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Triodos Bank is one of the world's leading sustainable banks. Our mission is to make money work for positive social, environmental and cultural change. Exploring the vast opportunities in the field of social capital markets, impact investing and socially responsible investment is at the heart of what Triodos Bank and its subsidiaries Triodos Investment Management and Triodos Private Banking do. Triodos Bank is proud to partner with SOCAP/Europe. Through this partnership we hope to take further steps in broadening the SOCAP movement, deepening our mutual understanding of social capital markets, and, ultimately, increasing our positive impact on the environment, on global society, and on the quality of life of all that inhabit this planet. Learn more.
ABN AMRO aims to build long-term and personal relationships with clients. We see an increased demand for sustainable products and services and are systematically integrating sustainability into our strategy and core processes. The personal nature of impact investing brings us into a closer dialogue with our clients about personal convictions, values and investment objectives. As a bank we can act as a partner, advisor and facilitator. Being an internationally operating bank, ABN AMRO is ideally positioned to address the impact investing needs of our clients due to the combination of our investment capabilities and our broad network. By sponsoring SOCAP we aim to support the development of the impact sector. Learn more.

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ABN AMRO aims to build long-term and personal relationships with clients.We see an increased demand for sustainable products and services and are systematically integrating sustainability into our strategy and core processes.The personal nature of impact investing brings us into a closer dialogue with our clients about personal convictions, values and investment objectives. As a bank we can act as a partner, advisor and facilitator. Being an internationally operating bank, ABN AMRO is ideally positioned to address the impact investing needs of our clients due to the combination of our investment capabilities and our broad network. By sponsoring SOCAP we aim to support the development ofthe impact sector.


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Enviu develops innovative solutions to environmental and social issues and introduces these to the market. We collaborate with a large group of young entrepreneurial people, senior executives, corporate partners and universities to co-create these innovative businesses.


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Hub is a social enterprise with the ambition to inspire and support imaginative and enterprising initiatives for a better world. The Hub is a global community of people from every profession, background and culture working at ‘new frontiers’ to tackle the world’s most pressing social, cultural and environmental challenges.


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Emcor Securities Inc. (Emcor) has three decades of experience as a leading independent risk management firm. Emcor provides strategic asset allocation advisory services to institutional investors and family offices, and specializes in the design and development of customized investment allocations and strategies. The investment programs to which Emcor serves as advisor are managed by traditional as well as alternative investment managers, and include investments in U.S. timberland properties with an emphasis on full-forestry ecosystem services.


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EVPA. is a membership association comprised of organisations interested in or practicing venture philanthropy in Europe.


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ANDE is a global network of organizations that invest money and expertise to propel entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Officially launched in 2009, they are a member-driven organization housed within the Aspen Institute, an international non-profit that promotes enlightened leadership. Their members are the vanguard of a movement that is focused on small and growing businesses (SGBs) that create economic, environmental, and social benefits for developing countries. Ultimately, they seek to build sustainable prosperity in the developing world.


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AVINA Foundation shares SOCAP’s commitment to facilitating the flow of capitaltowards social good, through a variety of sustainable mechanisms. SOCAP conferences, like SOCAP Europe 2011, provide robust forums in which like-minded organizations and individuals can share and exchange information on impact investing and social entrepreneurship, from which powerful partnerships and initiatives invariably arise. SOCAP’s focus on directing the power and efficiency of market systems towardsocial impact are very much in alignment with AVINA’s mission of building the conditions for a diversity of allies from civil society and the private sector to work together towards common goals, promoting the development of shared agendas for change, and building relationships and broker alliances with global actors to accelerate and scale up impact. AVINA Foundation contributes to sustainable development in Latin Americaby encouraging productive alliances based on trust among social and business leaders and by brokering consensus around agendas for action. AVINA works in almost all the continent, implementing national and regional strategies.


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Beyond Profit, a new social enterprise magazine, presents the stories, people and ideas behind these innovating social ventures by bringing you first-hand insights and expert commentary. The publication is brought to you by Intellecap - a social investment advisory firm providing services to the for-profit development sector in areas such as financial inclusion, water, energy and education.

 


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The BlueOrchard/ Bamboo Finance Group has been a global leader in impact investing for over 10 years. Jointly, BlueOrchard and Bamboo Finance offer abroad range of products and services which are designed to use a market-based approach to directly improve the quality of life for low income communities around the world. The BlueOrchard/Bamboo Finance Group of companies manage investments of nearly USD 1.2 Billion in over 40 countries.


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Region Skåne, or Skåne Regional Council, is the self-governing authority ofSkåne, the southernmost county of Sweden. The Regional Board, appointed bythe Regional Council, governs, develops and co-ordinates the administration ofRegion Skåne’s activities.The work of Region Skåne lies within the areas of health, medical and dentalservices, trade and industry development, the environment, promotion ofinvestment, town and infrastructure planning, public transport and culture.Political work is focused on creating good conditions and opportunities for Skåneto become an attractive region in which to work, establish businesses, study andlive. In accordance to this, Region Skåne considers the work of Socap a new andvery interesting field with great opportunities.


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CSRwire is the leading global source of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability news. Founded in 1999 to advance the movement towards a more economically-just and environmentally-sustainable society and away from single bottom line capitalism, CSRwire has paved the way for new standards of corporate citizenship, earning the international respect of thought leaders, business leaders, academics, philanthropists, activists and the media community. Through innovative techniques and strategic partnerships, CSRwire continues to expand its content, communication technology and distribution channels exponentially.


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Dowser is a media organization that reports on social innovation, focusing on the question: Who is solving what and how? They highlight creative approaches to social change in order to help people understand how to build better communities and a better world. They envision a day in which everyone is as well-informed about potential solutions to social problems as they are about the problems themselves.


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Economy Transformers are explorers and builders of a society that serves and dignifies all life on planet Earth.Economy Transformers is a group of individuals that hold very diverse backgrounds bringing all kinds of expertise, experience and knowledge together.When defining a shared vision and narrative together, we also unleash the power of our community. Thus, we not only build an accurate theoretical framework together, but even more important, also create the power and connections that make it possible to become a reality!


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Eventbrite believes that anyone can be an event organizer. That’s why they’ve created tools that make it easy to sell tickets to all kinds of events — whether it’s a photography class or a sold-out concert, an inspiring conference or an air-guitar competition. With Eventbrite, organizers can create a customizable event page; spread the word with social media; collect money; and gain visibility into attendees and sales.


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Exygy is a web services and applications development company based in San Francisco, CA. They’re a team of artists and developers building custom web, mobile, APIs, wordpress and more for startups, social ventures and corporate clients around the world.


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EuroCharity was founded in 2006 by two visionary, values-based entrepreneurs from Greece and The Netherlands with the mission to be Europe’s largest privately-run communication and networking platform specialised in CSR, SRI and the Green Economy.


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GATE Technologies LLC has launched its newest GDM (GATE Developing Marketplace), GATE Impact. GATE Impact utilizes the powerful market infrastructure engine developed by GATE Technologies LLC and applies it to the impact investing space.

Impact investing is a progressive new philosophy whereby an investor proactively seeks to place capital in businesses that can generate financial returns in addition to the intended social and environmental goals. GATE Impact will centralize the way impact investments are made by applying established innovative technology to create market infrastructure, and provide portfolio management, informational content, and the metrics necessary to measure and manage the performances of these types of investments.


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The GreenMoney Journal encourages and promotes the awareness of socially & environmentally responsible business, investing and consumer resources in publications & online. Their goal is to educate and empower individuals and businesses to make informed financial decisions through aligning their personal, corporate and financial principles.


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i-genius help people who want to make a difference promote what they’re doing, their work, their ideas, their passion – and enables them to connect with others through the i-genius community. i-genius seeks to stimulate fresh thinking and bright ideas, and inspire a new generation to become social entrepreneurs.

 


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If we want to be the architects of a more sustainable tomorrow, how wouldthis change what we do today? This is what KL Felicitas Foundation isexploring through its support of global social entrepreneurship and impactinvesting. SoCap Europe is providing a convening place this summer inAmsterdam for those passionate about a holistic approach to social andenvironmental change. With an audience representing an active cross section ofglobal participants, whether novice or deeply schooled, this is the place to be toengage with the social capital market makers.


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LGT Venture Philanthropy is a global impact investor supporting organizations with outstanding social and environmental impact. Our team in five continents strives to increase the sustainable quality of life of less advantaged people byinspiring clients for active philanthropy, providing individualized philanthropic advice and investment implementation. LGT VP offers its clients access tothe experience, systems, processes and networks built by implementing the philanthropic engagement of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein/LGT.LGT VP is proud to partner with SOCAP/Europe to showcase real-life examplesof scalable and replicable solutions with innovative business models that inspire. Partnering with SOCAP/Europe will help LGT VP to inspire more individuals tobecome actively involved as impact investors and unleash the positive power of capital.


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Liquidnet brings together the world’s largest asset managers and publiccompanies on a single network that directly connects traders, portfoliomanagers, analysts and corporate issuers.By revolutionizing the flow of ideas, liquidity and capital Liquidnet has helpedchange an entire industry while enabling the key players in the institutionalinvestment process to more efficiently capture and retain alpha.


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The Iona Foundation aims to encourage spiritual, cultural and socialdevelopment in the broadest sense. The foundation support initiatives for thecommon good, especially in the field of anthroposophy and the pedagogy, healthcare, care for the disabled, agriculture, natural science, eurythmy, visual andmusical arts, religious renewal, architecture, monumental arts, garden andlandscape architecture and active art observation inspired by anthroposophy.


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N2P is an innovative and results-driven consultancy specializing in financial public relations. N2P provides strategic advice and editorial and project-management services to help global companies communicate more effectively with the financial world and achieve their goals.


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Mirabaud today is an internationally active group providing financial services geared to clients who seek personalised relationships, high-quality services and maximum performance. The group has its roots in one of Switzerland’s oldest banking establishments, Mirabaud & Cie, banquiers privés, founded in Geneva in 1819. Keeping faith with our 19th-century heritage, we continue to adhere to our traditional values: attentiveness and confidentiality, listening skills and well-considered advice, expertise and savoir-vivre of the private banker. Today in the 21st century, although private banking remains our core competence, we have broadened our activities and developed a whole range of tailor-made services for private and institutional clients. For you, our client, we are present under one and the same name on four continents and right at the heart of the world’s leading financial centres.

 


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NextBillion.net is a website and blog bringing together the community of business leaders, social entrepreneurs, NGOs, policy makers and academics who want to explore the connection between development and enterprise. It is a discussion forum, networking space and knowledge base for individuals and organizations interested in the “next billion”. Their goal is to highlight the development and implementation of business strategies that open opportunities and improve the lives of the world’s approximately 4 billion low-income producers and consumers.


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Oikocredit is a cooperative financial institution with 481 million EURoutstanding in loans and equity investments to MFIs, cooperatives, fair tradeorganizations and SMEs in the developing world. As a privately financed institution, Oikocredit offers a dual return to its 43,000 investors. In addition to earning modest financial returns, investors are secure in the knowledge that their money is being used to fight poverty, promote fair tradeand respect our planet’s natural resources.The Oikocredit equity group is sponsoring SOCAP/Europe in recognition thatcollaboration with social entrepreneurs and diverse social investors enhances our ability to make a positive impact. SOCAP’s pioneering European event brings together a community of active and engaged colleagues and we strongly support this endeavour.


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Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessingthe power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives. Weinvest in and help scale innovative organizations to catalyze economic, social,and political change.We support organizations whose market-based approach has the capacity forlarge-scale, catalytic impact. The cornerstones of our investment focus areeconomic advancement and individual participation, which we pursue throughtwo broad initiatives: Access to Capital and Media, Markets & Transparency. Because we are inspired by people’s resourcefulness, ideas, and ability toaddress even the world’s most challenging problems, we believe that no matterwhat their economic, social, or political starting point, people everywhere can beempowered to improve their own lives and the lives of those around them.


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Progressio Foundation is a think & do tank for a civic economy, ie. a thought-leader, a convener and a venture catalyst that “channels entrepreneurial energy towards human progress”. Through its ventures, partnerships, coalitions, agenda-setting events, learning and action initiatives, Progressio has been contributing to a new world of enterprise - and entrepreneurs - who have been pioneering some of the most creative economic and social innovations of the last 22 years.From ethical investment to sustainable business, from private equity for development to social enterprise, from venture philanthropy to civil society, Progressio has mapped out a new world of enterprise, populated by dedicated entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders whose work has been at the leading edge of human progress.


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responsAbility’s participation at SOCAP10 proved to be invaluable. Throughthis partnership with SOCAP/Europe, we are excited to support the creationof a prominent forum in Europe. Our latest fund, the responsAbility VenturesI, demonstrates that a BOP-oriented SME fund for developing countries andemerging markets can deliver social impact as well as financial results. In linewith our other products in microfinance, independent media and fair trade, it isan innovative product that contributes significantly to the development of thesectors. responsAbility’s partnership with SOCAP is part of our commitment tostrengthen the social investment market in Europe.


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SocialEarth is a fresh, entrepreneurial and socially mindful weblog focusing on businesses that are doing good through their work. At SocialEarth, we believe the future of our livelihoods and our world depends on the creation and sustainability of such businesses.


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SocialFinance.ca is catalyzing and sustaining a robust social finance marketplace in Canada. SocialFinance.ca provides coverage, events and resource information on a variety of topics such as Impact Investing, Metrics and Measurement, Social Impact Bonds and more.


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Triodos Bank is one of the world’s leading sustainable banks. Our mission is tomake money work for positive social, environmental and cultural change.Exploring the vast opportunities in the field of social capital markets, impactinvesting and socially responsible investment is at the heart of what TriodosBank and its subsidiaries Triodos Investment Management and Triodos PrivateBanking do. Triodos Bank is proud to partner with SOCAP/Europe. Through thispartnership we hope to take further steps in broadening the SOCAP movement,deepening our mutual understanding of social capital markets, and, ultimately,increasing our positive impact on the environment, on global society, and on thequality of life of all that inhabit this planet.

 


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Triple Pundit is an innovative new-media company for the business community that cultivates awareness and understanding of the triple bottom line. They provide expert editorial coverage and group discussions on sustainable business in the 21st century.


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UnLtd is the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs and offers the largest such network in the world. We resource over 1,000 individuals in the UK each year through our core Awards programmes and operate a unique model by investing directly in the individual. UnLtd provides a complete package of resources from direct funding of up
to £20,000, to ongoing advice, networking and practical support, typically resourcing community entrepreneurs to start-up. We also support those with more established ventures to scale-up; broker relationships between social investors and investment opportunities in the £50,000k-£1million range; andare committed to developing an eco-system of support to make it easier for those who need help to find it.


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