Nobert Kunz, Managing Director of the Social Impact GmbH, gave a presentation on how the creation, implementation and scaling up of innovative ideas can be supported. Building on networks, crowdfunding and the exchange of ideas and design thinking processes, Social Impact GmbH provides various support mechanisms for social entrepreneurs. In the start-up phase, social entrepreneurs are offered financial consulting and are provided with an idea finding as well as crowdfunding platform and can be supported in establishing partnerships with welfare organisations.To guarantee a lasting impact, coaching is also provided provided in the stabilising and scaling up phase. Networking and the sharing of ideas are fostered in co-working labs and special support is offered of social start-ups in rural areas.

 The non-profit Social Impact GmbH was founded in 1994 – under the name of iq consult – as an organisation for innovative qualification.

Since then they have developed products and services that aim to contribute to ensuring sustainability and social exchange. Since 2011, Social Impact offers support to social entrepreneurs from the business idea up to the scaling of successful projects in the framework of the Social Impact programme consisting of:

• Social Impact Start: a scholarship programme supporting social entrepreneurs in their start-up phase (in Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Leipzig;  in Vienna, Zurich & Munich hosted by IMPACT HUB
• Social Impact Lab: a co-working space providing a platform for social entrpreneurs consulting & qualification offers, shared services, networking, events and co-working space (currently Berlin and Hamburg)
• Social Impact Consult: consulting on spreading and scaling up social businesses
• Social Impact Finance: a crowdfunding platform
• Social Impact Net: an online platform with tools to develop a conclusive concept
• Social Impact Local; support for projects for regional development in the rural area

Social impact GmbH offers numerous services (e.g. consulting, co-working and network) in all aspects of social entrepreneurship, promoting the creation of products or services for disadvantaged groups (49% of scholarship holders), of empowerment/donation or aid projects (15% of scholarship holders) or web 2.0 based solutions (36% of scholarship holders).

http://socialimpact.eu/unternehmen