Investment Strategy
- The Five Critical Factors of Social Enterprise Profitability
- November 19th, 2009
What are boards, investors and management teams to do when there is tension between the financial and social bottom lines of social enterprises? And are there ways of optimizing the financial performance of the business without negatively impacting the social performance?
This article describes some of the learning Social Capital Partners has gleaned from seven years of investing in employment-based social enterprises. We identify what we believe to be the five most important factors that determine whether a social enterprise will be profitable or require some form of subsidy.
- SCP’s Strategies and Experience
- September 15th, 2006
Presentation of SCP's strategies and experience to date, as presented at the Social Enterprise Policy Forum in Septmber 2006.
- SCP’s Learning from Social Enterprise
- July 6th, 2006
Document that outlines our initial concept, learning and challenges around social enterprise.
For more recent information, visit the Our Evolution section.
- Franchise Strategy Overview
- April 26th, 2006
Document that outlines our initial thinking around working with franchises and social hiring.
For updated information, visit the Franchise Strategy section.
- Investing in Social Enterprise
- October 26th, 2005
Presentation on Investing in Social Enterprise as presented to St. Michaels College on October 21, 2005.
- Launching a Social Enterprise: Early Learnings from Inner City Renovation
- December 15th, 2003
This report discusses SCP's early experiences with Inner City Renovation in Winnipeg. Part 1 of the report discusses our experience on both sides of the double bottom line, and Part 2 attempts to glean key learnings that we can apply to other portfolio investments
- Social Enterprise and the SCP Business Model
- August 1st, 2003
This presentation summarizes SCP's approach to funding social enterprises and outlines our thoughts on the innovative aspects of social enterprise.