Upsocial

UpSocial facilitates the implementation of more efficient and effective solutions to social challenges. It identifies innovative solutions that may be extended to reach the most vulnerable groups and people affected by exclusion.

Problem
Social problems grow at a faster pace than solutions, while the public resources needed to tackle them gradually diminish. It is imperative that more efficient, effective and sustainable solutions be found. However, there are successful models that are currently being implemented around the world, and they could be used in other contexts.

Solution
To identify, both locally and at a global scale, the best solutions to social challenges, which should meet three specific criteria: they should represent an actual innovation with proven impact, and they should be scalable and be supported by an economic sustainability model.

Impact
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Disinvestment
The entrepreneurial team repaid the participating loan.

Social innovation

Investment
2014

Disinvestment
2016