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Spotlight on Impact Measurement
Monday 12th November and Tuesday 13th November saw EVPA’s Impact Measurement Workshop taking place in Dublin just prior to the Annual Conference. The turn out of 80 participants plus a long waiting list confirmed that social impact measurement is a … Continue reading
Members’ Q&A Corner
Adessium Foundation As a membership organisation we value the contribution that each organisation brings to the network. Therefore we would like to highlight one of our members and the great work they do in our monthly VP Update. This month … Continue reading
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Tagged adessium foundation, EVPA, EVPA members, members, venture philanthropy
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EVPA on the road in 2013
With the 8th EVPA Annual Conference behind us, we are already busy planning next year’s events. We would here like to highlight some events taking place in 2013. Look out for more detailed information in the coming VP Updates. We … Continue reading
WISE receives the Innovation Award 2012
On 26 November, EVPA member and supporter of the 9th EVPA Annual Conference in Geneva, WISE, philanthropy advisors, received the “Innovation Award 2012″ at the 10th economic event of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (CCIG), organized in partnership … Continue reading
EVPA welcomes new members
We are happy to welcome three new members on board this month! Our new full members include one of UK’s largest social investors The Social Investment Business. The organisation has made over 1300 investments in civil society organisations ranging from … Continue reading
Kois Invest joins Social Venture Fund in supporting Auticon
Brussels-based impact investor Kois Invest has recently invested in Auticon, the Berlin-based social enterprise providing quality IT jobs for people with Asperger syndrome, a form of autism. The main aim of the social enterprise is to give people diagnosed with … Continue reading
German venture philanthropy&social investment scene gathers in Munich
On 11 September, EVPA, together with members BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt, Auridis, Ashoka and BonVenture, organised the second country group meeting for German members. The event was also open to invited non-members. More than 60 representatives from social investment funds, … Continue reading
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Tagged ashoka, banks, bmw, country group meeting, EVPA, financial instruments, financial models, financial return, forum for active philanthropy, foundations, germany, grant making, Impact investing, Impact Measurement, philanthropy, social entrepreneurs, social investment, social investors, venture philanthropy
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The 8th EVPA Annual Conference – an update
Thanks to all who have already registered for the Annual Conference in Dublin. For those of you who have not made up your mind whether you should attend, let us remind you of the great things you can expect and … Continue reading
Feature – Turning the tables?
As the European VP market reaches $1bn, investors need to readjust to the scarcity of social innovation By Felix Oldenburg, Europe leader and director Germany, Ashoka The pioneering EVPA survey published in June puts the collective investments of European venture philanthropy … Continue reading
Chair Collaborator – 8th EVPA Annual Conference
We are delighted to announce that Jan Lübbering of ‘streetfootballworld’, will join the 8th EVPA Annual Conference as “Chair Collaborator”. Alongside this year’s Conference Chair, David Gold of Prospectus, Jan will guide us through the two-day programme taking an active … Continue reading
