Many investors wait at the end of the pipeline for the deals to gush out. If they walked up the pipeline to earlier stage deals, they would meet many social entrepreneurs who are reluctant when faced with the big tickets and near-market returns many impact investors prefer. This does not make them bad entrepreneurs, simply rational ones, recognising the dangers of conflicts with donors and mission drift. Investors will have to do the legwork in the early stages, if they want to hope for large deals down the line. And that means they have to start working together instead of against each other at the expense of social entrepreneurs. Finance for social entrepreneurs is a young field. In Europe, it has developed within a few years and it can change within a few years. Listening to social entrepreneurs could be a great start.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 12:02:02 +0000
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