Ashoka Belgium

Ashoka is the largest international network of leading social entrepreneurs bringing systemic solutions to society’s most pressing problems. Ashoka envisions a world in which everyone is a changemaker: a world where all citizens are powerful and contribute to change in positive ways.

Offer

• Systemic change

• Everyone a changemaker

• Positive Impact

Focus

• Social Entrepreneurs answering to 5 criterias: New Idea, Creativity, Entrepreneurial qualities, social Impact of the idea and Ethical Fibre / Changemakers / Young leaders

Contact

• pdelecourt@ashoka.org

Location

Rue Joseph II 20,
1000 Bruxelles

BNP Paribas Fortis

Het team Sociale Ondernemers van BNP Paribas Fortis ondersteunt het eco-systeem van sociale ondernemingen via financieringen, het aanbrengen van specifieke expertise en netwerking.

Offer

• Financiering

• Expertise

• Netwerking

Focus

• Start-up

• Scale-up

• Mature

Contact

• (FR)

• (NL)

Location

Vooruitgangsstraat 55, 1210 Brussel

C-Lever.org

We believe in enabling people and organizations who invest in positive change, for themselves and their families, for the organizations they work with, for the communities that surround them and for our planet. We contribute to inclusive improvements and development, while also nurturing and empowering social and inclusive entrepreneurship. We allocate 60% of our net profit for subsidizing social value and investing in impact enterprises.

Offer

• Platform for impact-driven consulting

• Open international network

• impact driven business plan

• social value & impact reporting

• due diligence assessments

•  stakeholder accountability

Focus

• Freelance professionals

• Social Intrapreneurs

• (candidate) social value & SROI experts

Contact

Location

m-Village, Rue des
Palais 44 (box 66),
1030 Brussels,
BELGIUM

Change

We support social innovation in Belgium by investing in innovative social enterprises and initiatives that make a positive change to society. Change is a specialised social investor with a dedicated team focused on supporting innovative social Enterprises through: 

Offer

• Capital financing with the possibility of convertible subordinated loans from €50k to €400k.

• Minority participation in capital and active presence of the board of directors.

• Strategic support for the mission and financial viability.

• Access to services offered by Credal group and its ecosystem.

Focus

• Social entrepreneurs

• Circular Economy

• Social Economy

Contact

Location

Einstein Business Center
Parc scientifique de Louvain-la-Neuve
Rue du Bosquet, 15A
1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert,
Belgium

Credal

Crédal is a specialized social lender, with a dedicated loan product for Social Enterprises, called Impact+. In addition, Crédal benefits today from a European Guarantee from the EaSI Programme, that allows us to take risks in terms of supporting start-ups and provide loans between €25K and up to €500K.

Offer

• Coaching and business development services for individuals and organisations

• Microloans/small loans up to €20K;

• Impact loans to social enterprises up to €200k.

• Solidarity loans up to €1M.

Focus

• Social Economy organisations

• Social or Micro entrepreneurs

• Financially excluded entrepreneurs

Contact

Location

Einstein Business Center
Parc scientifique de Louvain-la-Neuve
Rue du Bosquet, 15A
1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert,
Belgium

ConcertEs

ConcertES est la plate-forme de concertation des organisations représentatives de l’économie sociale. Sa mission est de représenter, défendre et promouvoir l’économie sociale en Belgique francophone.

Offer

• concertation

• représentation

• promotion

Focus

• Entreprises d’économie sociale de toutes tailles

Contact

Location

15A rue du Bosquet, 1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert

Coopcity

COOPCITY c'est le centre d'entrepreneuriat social et coopératif à Bruxelles. Nous proposons des accompagnements pour entrepreneurs en démarrage ou en consolidation, un réseau d'entrepreneurs sociaux et un espace de coworking

Offer

• échange

• cooperation

• convivialité

Focus

• Entreprises en démarrage

• Entreprises sociales qui souhaitent changer d'échelle

Contact

Location

72A rue Coenraets,
1060 Saint-Gilles

Collectiv-A

Collectiv-a facilite des espaces d’émancipation (où déconstruire les rapports de pouvoir) et d’expérimentation (où réinventer nos être et agir ensemble) pour des collectifs et les individus qui les composent, au service d’un changement de système.

Offer

• facilitation et animation

• accompagnement

• formation sur mesure

Focus

• secteur associatif et non-mar hand

Contact

Location

Rue de Liedekerke 71,
1210 Sint Joost ten Noode

De Stuyverij

De Stuyverij is an incubator for initiatives that have the potential to create social impact and aims to create an honest, tolerant and meaningful environment for all individuals. They intend to offer individuals a network and space to actively search for new insights and balance in individuals’ lives, where work, personal development and family are central but where balance in societies is also emphasized. 

Offer

• A network and space to search for insights

Focus

• ​

Contact

Location

R. Saverystraat 26,
8500 Kortrijk

De Punt

De Punt is een bedrijvencentrum in Gent dat ruimte biedt aan ondernemers om te groeien. We sluiten daarbij geen enkele ondernemer uit, maar hebben een voorkeur voor sociale en kwetsbare ondernemers. Dit heeft o.a. geleid tot de oprichting van spin-offs Starterslabo (voor kwetsbare ondernemers) en SOIF (voor sociale ondernemers). Voor sociaal ondernemers hebben we bovendien een permanent aanbod van advies, coaching, opleidingen en andere trajecten (www.depunt.be/sociaal-ondernemen-in-actie).

Offer

• Advies & Coaching voor sociaal ondernemers

• Opleidingen en trajecten

Focus

• Alle sociale en kwetsbare ondernemers.

Contact

• bedrijvencentrum@depunt.be

Location

Kerkstraat 108
9050 Gentbrugge

Enactus

Enactus is the world’s largest experiential learning platform dedicated to creating a better world while developing the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders and social innovators. The Enactus network of global business, academic and student leaders are unified by our vision—to create a better, more sustainable world.​

Offer

• Experiential learning program

• Global community of student, academic and business leaders in 37 countries

Focus

• students at universities or college (higher education)

• Trajectory covers from start to social enterprise

Contact

Location

Jozef De Bomstraat 11,

2018 Antwerpen

Febecoop

A cross-sectoral platform of entrepreneurs, networks and associations. Its mission is to develop and promote cooperative business models.

Offer

• Cooperative design & strategic planning

• Business & Financial planning

• Marketing & Communications

Focus

• Cooperatives

Contact

Location

Place des Barricades 1,
1000 Bruxelles

Funds for Good

Funds For Good SA conceives SRI investment and saving products and distributes them through a network of professionals such as brokers, bankers and investment advisers. Simultaneously, Funds For Good generates a concrete social impact by supporting less favored entrepreneurs through its own ASBL/VZW, Funds For Good Philanthropy, by granting 0% interest rate loans and free coaching. Funds For Good Philantrophy is fueled with 50% of Funds For Good’s profits, leaving the returns for investors intact.

Offer

• SRI investment products

• Interest-free and subordinated loans

• Professional coaching

Focus

• Formerly unemployed entrepreneurs

• social/sustainable business projects

• investors

Contact

Location

Avenue Louise 251,
1050 Bruxelles

Foundation for Future Generations

As a transformative philanthropic platform, the Foundation enables its many partners
and donors to invest in future generations to pass on a liveable world.

Thinking, undertaking and investing 360°-wise: confident in the ability of young people to profoundly transform society, the Foundation finances them, connects them, supports them and promotes them to other players and the general public during four key moments along their journey: as graduate students and researchers, as student-entrepreneurs, as creators of sustainable start-ups and as more mature social entrepreneurs.

Offer

• Impact first seed capital in the form of loans up to €50k (SE'nSE Fund convertible subordinated loans)

• Grants up to 5k€ for the prototyping of creative 360° sustainable solutions

• Opportunities for networking and for sharing experience with social entrepreneurs

Focus

• Student-entrepreneurs & prototyping (student incubator partner)

• Creators of sustainable start-ups and initiatives an an early stage of their development.

Contact

• (FR)

• (NL)

Location

Rue de l'industrie 10, 

1000 Brussel

Rue de l'Arsenal 4,

5000 Namur

HERW!N - Het collectief van sociale circulaire ondernemers

Herwinnen van talenten, herwinnen van grondstoffen. Dat is wat we doen!

We zijn de belangenbehartiger van onze leden en de gesprekspartner van overheden en sociale partners.

Offer

• Vertegenwoordiging van 100 sociaal circulaire ondernemers.

• Versterkt, verbindt, inspireert en beweegt.

Focus

• ...

Contact

• EvaDM@herwin.be

Location

Koning Albertlaan 124,

9000 Gent

Impact Capital

Impact Capital is een Belgische holding die impact investing en sociaal ondernemerschap wil promoten via investeringen en middels een ecosysteem.

Offer

• Social impact Holding

Focus

• enige focus = social impact maar altijd vanuit een ecosysteem visie: van grants tot voor innovatieve vzw's, tot coaching en zaaikapitaal voor start-ups, van netwerk en funding voor groeiende sociale ondernemingen tot deelnames in mature inclusieve bedrijven of fondsen.

Contact

Location

Gemeentehuisstraat 6, 3078 Everberg

Impact House

The hub for positive societal impact, bringing together in a coworking space all kinds of changemakers.

Offer

• Coworking space

• Offices

• Event spaces

Focus

• People driven by the passion to create entrepreneurial solutions to social and environmental challenges.

Contact

Location

Rue Joseph II 20,
1000 Bruxelles

Impactlawyers.be

Law professionals who focus on the operations and governance of social enterprises, their partners, and projects, especially relating to their governance in times of (hybrid) collaboration and restructuring.

Offer

• Law advice

• Participatory management

• Pioneering

Focus

• Start-up

• Scale-up

• Mature (collaboration, exploration)

Contact

Location

Congresstraat 35,
1000 Brussel

Impact Valley

Impact Valley is an innovation agency that facilitates sustainable innovation by helping corporate organizations to create business value and societal impact. 

Offer

• co-elaborating space

Focus

• All individuals interested in creating innovative solutions.

Contact

Location

Avenue Louise 54,
1050 Ixelles

Inpulse.Coop

Inpulse, a Brussels-based investment manager, strives to bring positive changes in the life of final beneficiaries while ensuring competitive financial and social returns for both their clients and investors.

Offer

• Social investment

• Microfinance

• Social inclusion

Focus

• Vulnerable groups 

Contact

• i

Location

Avenue Louise 54,
1050 Ixelles

The Shift

The Shift est le point de rencontre du développement durable en Belgique. Nous avons pour mission de réaliser la transition vers une société et une économie durables. Ceci à travers la création et le renforcement de partenariats, entre acteurs issus des secteurs privés, public, associatif et académique.

Offer

• Echange d'expérience

• Soutien aux projets de transition

Focus

• Organisations déjà actives

Contact

Location

Rue Haute 139, 1000 Bruxelles

iPropeller

A pioneer in the field of social entrepreneurship. Targets socially innovative organizations to grow.

Offer

• Business Advising

• Coaching

• Networking

Focus

• Mid stage

• After proof of oncept

Contact

Location

Rue Joseph II 20, 1000 Bruxelles

Koalect

Koalect is a Belgian enterprise that allows social-profit organizations to build their own crowdfunding, crowdsourcing or fundraising platform. We provide a SAAS solution that gives organizations the autonomy to manage a platform and launch campaigns themselves. In addition, we train organizations in the use of our toolbox and the communication around it through workshops and an online knowledge center. Koalect generates social impact through the organizations it works with. 

Offer

• Fundraising tools and consultancy

• Web-design

Focus

• Social-profit sector

Contact

Location

Rue des ateliers 31, 1332 Genval

Leuven.INC

The Leuven.Inc Foundation stimulates the social dimension of entrepreneurship and innovation. 
Our mission is to connect high-tech, social entrepreneurs and companies as well as to support and emphasise the importance of societal impact.

Offer

• Networking

• Exchange

• Community of like-minded people

Focus

• Bridging the gap between regular and social entrepreneurship

Contact

• i

Location

Innovatie- en Incubatiecentrum

Kapeldreef 60

3001 Leuven

Lita.co

LITA.co est une plateforme de crowdequity spécialisée dans le financement participatif des entreprises ayant un fort impact sociétal et/ou environnemental. LITA.co permet au grand public de financer, à partir de 100€, des entreprises en capital ou quasi-capital.

Offer

• Impact investing

• Accompagnement à la levée de fonds

• Levée de fonds

Focus

• Entreprises d'impact en post-création (start-up, scale-up)

Contact

Location

Rue Joseph II 20, 1000 Bruxelles

SI² Fund

SI2 Fund is a European impact investment fund operating in the Benelux and the United Kingdom. SI2 Fund invests in enterprises that make it their core business to address a societal challenge and helps them achieve sustainable, societal impact alongside a fair financial return.

Offer

• Impact investment

• Strategic and operational advice

• Impact measurement and management support

• Network

Focus

• Early stage (non-seed) and growth stage social businesses with an innovative, scalable business model operating mainly in Benelux or the United Kingdom

Contact

Location

Rue Joseph II 20, 1000 Bruxelles

Smart

Smart est l'émanation de travailleurs autonomes de tous horizons qui s'associent, au travers d'une société coopérative, pour se doter des moyens de développer en toute autonomie leurs propres activités économiques et de se procurer des revenus socialisés et fiscalisés. Smart, en offrant un ensemble de services mutualisés (administratifs, juridiques, financiers, espaces de travail, etc.)accompagne des miliers de travailleurs dans ses secteurs très variés et est présente dans 40 villes (dont 10 en Belgique) dans 9 pays européens

Offer

• Participation

• Services mutualisés

• Innovation sociale

Focus

• Smart existe depuis 1998 en Belgique et génére plus de 200 millions chiffres d'affaires au niveau Européen dont 170 en Belgique.

Contact

Location

rue coenraets 72,
1060 Bruxelles

Sociale Innovatie Fabriek

De Sociale InnovatieFabriek is de netwerkorganisatie voor de promotie en begeleiding van sociale innovatie en sociaal ondernemerschap in Vlaanderen en Brussel. Hun missie: zorgen dat je solide, innovatieve en impactvolle maatschappelijke innovaties kan starten of laten groeien.

Offer

• Op maat (gratis) advies

• Community van innovatoren

• Vorming

Focus

• (Pre) start-up

• Scale up van sociale innovaties en ondernemers

Contact

Location

Ravensteingalerij 28, 1000 Brussel

SOIF (Sociaal Investeringsfonds)

Werd door De Punt opgericht als zaaikapitaal voor sociaal ondernemers. Wil dat beloftevolle sociale ondernemers de best mogelijke ondersteuning krijgen om welvaartscreatie te realiseren. SOIF hecht bijzonder belang aan de tewerkstelling van kansengroepen en het meten van maatschappelijke impact.

Offer

• Risicokapitaal

• Kwalitatieve ondersteuning

• Participatie raad van bestuur

Focus

• Sociaal ondernemers

• Sociaal investeerders

Contact

• info@soif.be

Location

Kerkstraat 108

9050 Gentbrugge

Trividend

De missie van Trividend is sociaal ondernemerschap ondersteunen door risicokapitaal ter beschikking te stellen. Trividend gelooft in de kracht van sociaal risicokapitaal als financiële en inhoudelijke hefboom voor maatschappelijke impact en transitie.

Offer

• Kapitaalparticipaties

• Converteerbare leningen

• Achtergestelde leningen

Focus

• De kerndoelgroep van Trividend bestaat uit bedrijven die aantoonbaar bijdragen tot het creëren van tewerkstelling, direct of indirect, voor personen met een afstand tot de arbeidsmarkt.

• ​Aanvullend, komen ook andere innovatieve sociale ondernemingen met een duidelijk oogmerk binnen de duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen van de Verenigde Naties in aanmerking voor een investering.

Contact

Location

Rue du Progrès 333, 1030 Bruxelles

VentureLab

VentureLab is an ecosystem of entrepreneurship support which is designed for all students and recent graduates from higher education institutions of “Pôle académique Liège-Luxembourg”. Founded in 2014 on the initiative of the University of Liège and HEC Liège, the VentureLab’s mission is to sustain business creation by young entrepreneurs, while respecting their life course. In September 2020, VentureLab celebrated support for the 104th business creation. To achieve excellence, the incubator pursues three inseparable roles : educational, economic and societal. 

Offer

• Personalized coaching, tools and methods for supporting young entrepreneurs.

• Network of 170 experts from different fields

• Hands-on support and recognition from various partners

Focus

• Education: helping students and young graduates to become entrepreneurs.

• Economic supporting business creation

• Societal: responding to societal challenges 

Contact

Location

Boulevard de la Sauvenière, 118, 4000 Liège. 

VUB Chair of Social Entrepreneurship

A university hub for social entrepreneurs, focused on both developing research and supporting social entrepreneurs. 

Offer

• Business planning 

• Communications & Pitching  

• Networking

Focus

• Conceptual stage

• Early stage

Contact

•  

Location

Pleinlaan 5,
1050 Elsene