Social venture capital

As a social venture capital financial and moral support of initiatives, ideas and projects referred to seeking solutions to problems in the social sector in the broadest sense. Social venture capital can be provided for example by foundations.

Social venture capital helps social entrepreneurs. The English term social entrepreneurship (social entrepreneurship ) denotes Business Practices, which aims at sustainable solution to a societal problem with innovative and scalable resources, rather than to pursue profit-oriented goals. Persons or organizations that provide social venture capital is available, so work with a view to the sustainability of measuring success on the principle of Double Bottom Line: As a criterion for the success of a social enterprise is considered in addition to its economic development, a detectable positive societal or social impact.