Directing capital towards institution-building of small and mid-sized non-profits and impact-driven enterprises
Social Synergy Deutschland (SSD) aims to contribute to the creation of steady, consistent, and durable impact over time through institution-building of matured, small, and medium non-profits' and enterprises by enhancing their intangible (institutional) capital. We invest patient capital and on-the-ground technical advisory to impact-oriented and social enterprises as well as mature non-profit-organizations, supporting them in developing and streamlining their business models to leverage their potential.
Our mission builds on the unique and proven approach ’investing at margin’ as developed and continuously refined since 2013 by the Social Synergy Foundation (SSF), based in Mumbai, India. SSD was launched in December 2018 and registered in Freiburg, Germany, as a not-for-profit charitable organization ("Verein") under German Law with the aim to promote this unique approach to supporting non-profits and enterprises in their engagement with funders.
A large number of organisations and donor portfolios we work with possess these common characteristics:
Our Services
Strategy & Design → Partnerships → Implementation & Governance → Learning → Adaptation
We offer Advisory Services & Partnership Support to philantropic institutions and impact investors.
Our services include:
Investment Strategy & Governance
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Re-evaluation of existing portfolios
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Program & portfolio design for funding expansion
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Impact strategy & governance structures
Implementation & Partnership Support
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Partner identification & structuring
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Multi-stakeholder facilitation
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Local capacity strengthening
Ecosystem & Field Building
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Network & platform development
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Knowledge exchange formats
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Long-term ecosystem strengthening
Implementation, Learning & Adaptation
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Monitoring, reflection & learning
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Adaptive management in complex systems
Key lessons learnt during our journey
More money doesn’t mean better outcomes.
Infusion of technology and excessive formalisation of systems and processes don’t guarantee higher fund absorption.
Many of the things that you can count don’t count, many of the things that you can’t count really count.
Log-frame type thinking: solutions of today only hide problems of tomorrow.
Be careful to not confuse scale (put in more, get more out) with scalability (get more out with less put in).