How often have you heard an impact investor, philanthropic institution or alike complaining about the fact that we lack a critical mass of investment cases? Maybe we have to shift our focus further to the beginning of the pipeline. How we can we attract substantially more entrepreneurial talent into the field? How to create a supportive ecosystem to bring ventures from ideation to market launch? These and similar questions will guide this Roundtable discussion.
This session is hosted by Jakob Detering, Managing Director of Social Impact Award International (SIA). SIA is one of Europe's largest organizations supporting early-stage impact entrepreneurs being active in 16 countries and working with 8.000+ talents annually. Learn more: www.socialimpactaward.net.
Social innovation, Capacity building, youth empowerment, impact validation, wellbeing of entrepreneurs
About me
Jakob Detering is passionate about empowering the next generation of social innovators to address the crucial societal challenges of our times. He is the Managing Director of Social Impact Award International. In doing so, Jakob is committed to build capacity among early-stage entrepreneurs and foster cross-sector dialogues on the topic of social entrepreneurship. Moreover, Jakob serves as a university lecturer for MBA classes on social entrepreneurship and is a member of the Management Board of the World Summit Awards. Before he joined Social Impact Award in 2015, Jakob worked in the foundation sector. He is also a social entrepreneur himself as former general manager of ‘Somaro’, a social business in Romania that runs social groceries to reduce food waste and provide Romanians living at the edge of poverty access to low-priced food. Jakob holds a Master in Public Policy and a Bachelor in Business, Economics and Social Sciences. Since 2013, he also serves as a Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum.
