On the 11th of June, we welcomed the SI2 Fund and Shaerpa Foundation community at the ‘Sharing the Passion’ event in the Impact House in Brussels.  The Sharing the Passion event series brings together SI2 Fund portfolio companies, its shareholders and a select group of experts and practitioners in the field of social entrepreneurship and impact investing, with the aim to exchange insights and expertise regarding our common passion. This edition tackled a question that many social entrepreneurs and impact investors ask themselves sooner or later: “How to scale an ...

SI2 Fund is proud to be one of the first members of the newly created Integrated Capital Network, bringing together impact-oriented finance providers in the Netherlands.  The network focuses on supporting social entrepreneurs with funding and expertise to grow their business and social impact. The Integrated Capital Network, ICN for short, is set up by Generous Minds, Impact Hub Amsterdam and the City of Amsterdam to strengthen the social entrepreneurship ecosystem and improve access to capital. The network represents a wide range of established impact funders, focusing on companies in ...

SI2 Fund is proud to announce its investment in We Are Digital, a UK-based company that works to tackle digital and financial exclusion by upskilling poor and vulnerable people with limited technological skills. The investment serves to scale its operations and impact in the UK and beyond. In Europe, 44% of people aged between 16 and 74 years lack basic digital skills. In the UK no less than 12,6 million people do not have essential digital knowledge, the highest proportion of whom are the poorest and most vulnerable. We are Digital ...