Profil de antreprenor social: Isabel Medem, CEO, X-Runner

Social Entrepreneur Profile: Isabel Medem, CEO, X-Runner

Isabel Medem, CEO of X-Runner, a Peruvian waterless sanitation system used in the slums of Lima, is the first social entrepreneur to be interviewed by the Latin American Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LAVCA) about the impact of its efforts on the local community. X-Runner has been a member of the NESsT portfolio in Peru since 2014.

Antreprenorii locali contribuie la generarea de venituri durabile pentru fermierii și pescarii din Polonia rurală

Local Entrepreneurs Help Generate Sustainable Income for Farmers & Fishermen in Rural Poland

NESsT Poland initiated its first portfolio of social enterprises in 2014, with five enterprises that are beginning to achieve their social impact goals.One very promising NESsT Enterprise is Eko Bielska Kraina, an online marketplace for healthy, certified bio-products made by small-scale farmers and fishermen. Located in southern Poland, Bielska Kraina is a fertile region with a huge potential for sustainable farming and fishery, as well as for becoming a tourist destination for socially and ecologically conscious travelers.

NESsT Parteneriat cu Kiva pentru extinderea finanțării pentru impactul social

NESsT Partners With Kiva to Expand Financing for Social Impact

De la înființarea sa în 1997, NESsT a investit finanțare și expertiză în afaceri pentru a dezvolta întreprinderi sociale care aduc soluții inovatoare pentru reducerea sărăciei în țările cu piețe emergente. Acum, NESsT face echipă cu Kiva, o platformă de creditare socială non-profit, pentru a oferi un capital mai mare și o bază mai largă de sprijin pentru cele mai de succes întreprinderi din portofoliul nostru.

NESsT și Blackstone Charitable Foundation sărbătoresc succesul programului de antreprenoriat social al universității braziliene

NESsT and the Blackstone Charitable Foundation Celebrate the Successful Brazilian University Social Entrepreneurship Program

Pe măsură ce primul an al Programului de antreprenoriat social universitar NESsT Brazilia se apropie de final, NESsT și partenerii săi sărbătoresc rezultatele.

NESsT Shares Learnings from Mistakes in New EVPA Report

NESsT Shares Learnings from Mistakes in New EVPA Report

NESsT was recently involved in one of the first reports promoting intelligent failure within the venture philanthropy and social investment sector. Would you like to learn from our mistakes?If so, have a look at the recently published European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) report on failures, which we contributed our learnings to.