INNOVATION INITIATIVE
Children and young people | Equality and the prevention of exclusion | Youth mental health | Safe growth environment for everyone | Safe society |
Children and young people | Equality and the prevention of exclusion | Youth mental health | Safe growth environment for everyone | Safe society |
A new way to generate equality and well-being in society. It is comprised of the SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND INITIATIVE and the SOCIAL IMPACT HUB.
The Initiative combines the world-leading Nordic strengths of innovation, entrepreneurship, and social interventions in a new way to find, develop and scale up breakthrough solutions to address the most pressing societal needs of our time: equality and inclusion, safe growing environments for all and youth mental health – all contributing to a stable society.
Let's shape a SAFE AND EQUAL future together!
PURPOSE
Accelerating social innovations and allocating investments towards long-term solutions building a safer, more stable and more equal society.
WHY
Society’s most significant social challenges are growing. While traditional solutions focus on the treatment of symptoms, there is significant pressure to shift the focus towards prevention.
HOW
Fostering innovation, entrepreneurship and social interventions to find, develop and scale up breakthrough solutions addressing the most pressing societal needs of our time.
IMPACT GOALS
Long term measurable social impact on equality and inclusion, youth mental health, safe growing environments and stability in society.
Measurable impact on youth wellbeing in the Nordics
A special focus on children and young people
Nordic societies have an excellent infrastructure to create and foster impactful social innovations.
Modelling best practises across new regions and continuing the valuable work that has been done for decades in the Nordics will ensure a safe, flourising living place in the years to come.
Making Social Innovation Investable
START-UPS AND SCALE-UPS
The HUB serves both early-stage and scale-up enterprises.
IMPACT MODELING
Early-stage enterprises create a roadmap, business model, theory of change, proof of concept, and impact metrics.
INVESTMENT-READY
The goal is to make HUB ventures eligible for the FUND or other growth funding
COACHING
Coaching focuses on strategy creating a operational model that can be recreated in other areas across the Nordics. The aim is to build investable ventures with long-term, measurable impact.
FOUNDER WELLBEING
The founder wellbeing program focuses on founder mental wellbeing ensuring resilience and a spark for getting through ostacles on the path.
GO-TO-MARKET
Emphasis on demonstrating impact with data, modeling the social return on investment, matchmaking with relevant clients and further funding channels to reach a broader market in the Nordics.
Impact investing in critical societal issues of our times
StartMore Social Impact is our long-term commitment to uphold:
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We believe in a bright future. Our optimism creates possibilities that can only materialize when we see things as possible. Optimism also leads to enjoyment in what we are working on together. A shared sense of humor is a sign of acceptance that opens the mind to create new things.
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We have made a lot of friends. Our connections make it straightforward to discuss needed societal changes with ministers and millionaires, policymakers, and path-creators. We place value on connecting people of varied backgrounds, finding common ground, and bridging the gap between different schools of thought.
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We are fast to move but avoid rushing to conclusions. Our consistency in showing up, keeping what we promise, and especially collecting and measuring information on our ventures makes for transparent and accountable operations.
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We are eager to see things happen. Our enthusiasm makes us fast to move on ideas, see how things work, creating new best practices and shifts in society toward the future we envision.
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We have seen many good things created. Our experience in coaching and early-stage investing as well as our birds-eye view of both the private and public funding arena has introduced us to a pool of potential but also a fragmented project-based culture that needs to unite its strengths.
Success means simply not giving up.
