Coaching the world’s leading social innovators

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SOCIAL INNOVATION CIRCLE

Mark Cheng
Social Innovation Circle Founder and Managing Partner

Why Social
Innovation Circle?

Are you a social innovator looking to build impactful new business models to power social change? Then this community is for you.

I’ve been an impact investor for over 15 years. During this time, I’ve coached hundreds of the world’s leading social innovators. I’ve seen how hard it is for them to raise funds. We need new tools and frameworks for funding impact, and a community of entrepreneurs and impact investors to drive that forward.

That’s why, together with my two co-founders, Anshul Magotra and Pauline Verhaeghe, we’ve created Social Innovation Circle, a space where you will find all the concepts and coaching needed to raise blended finance.

Come join a vibrant global community of fellow social innovators. Welcome to Social Innovation Circle!

Social Innovation
Concepts

It all starts with a unique insight into the world of social
innovation. With over 15 years of experience working with leading social innovators, we are building a library of insightful concepts to help you navigate the world of blended finance.

“Remarkable thing is introducing basic concepts that encapsulate what is essentially needed. This has been extremely helpful.”

Fredrik Galtung
Founder of Integrity Action

Social Innovation
Courses

Building on our Social Innovation Concepts, we create online courses for social innovators and investors to help bridge the knowledge gap to facilitate the growth of systemic solutions around the world.

“This course was absolutely on point for us and not only
helped us reflect on the rapidly changing and challenging
space we all work in but gave us insights and tools on how
we should be positioning ourselves to keep our
organisations growing and sustainable.”

Shona McDonald
Founder of Shonaquip

Social Innovation
Capital

Every year, the SIC team supports financially a cohort of social innovators from their community. From equity to grant funding, SIC puts forward the appropriate tool to help a select number of ventures move to the next level.

“The early support of Mark and his team has meant a lot to us. Thank you for your trust.”

Rob Wilson
CEO at Toast Ale

Social Innovation
Community

At SIC, we believe that the only way to induce change at scale is through collaboration and co-creation. By joining our courses, you are joining a global community of impact driven entrepreneurs that are looking to connect and learn from each other.

“We were able to build great connections. Getting to know the other innovators, hear their stories and get a glimpse of the challenges they face was very helpful.”

Debra Pretorius
Co-Founder of Olive Leaf Foundation

Social Innovation Circle testimonials

“What a liberating experience! My expectation was that we’d be focusing exclusively on our charity during the course. However, we ended up connecting all of our commercial , not for profit and charitable activities together. Thank you for changing our entire approach to funding our work!”

Mark PollockChairman of Collaborative Cures

“It is a fantastic course. Every social entrepreneur who is looking to raise funds, whatever the stage they are in (from incubation to scale) will be enriched in knowledge by this course.”

Sankara RamanCo-Founder of Amar Seva

“Far beyond my expectations ! It is worth every minute, practical examples and exercises that I could implement on my project right away. It expanded my view around fundraising possibilities. I feel more confident to approach sponsors now.”

Marina MonterossoFounder of Somos Todas Marias

"We have been very fortunate to be associated with SIC over the last many years. Our association began with Karma winning the UBS Social Innovator Award in 2016. The coaching and mentorship we received from the SIC team was critical in helping us streamline our business model, shape our growth story and raise investment"

Jagdeep GambhirFounder of Karma Healthcare

THE SOCIAL INNOVATION CIRCLE TEAM

At Social Innovation Circle, we envision a world where social innovators are empowered with the tools and support they need to scale their system changing solution to millions.

We are bridging the knowledge and funding gap by offering state of the art coaching services, drawn from decades of working at the forefront of social innovation. With our combined experiences and networks, we are building the leading coaching platform for social innovators raising finance.