Directing capital towards institution-building of small and mid-sized non-profits and impact-driven enterprises
Social Synergy Deutschland e.V. (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 called ’Investing at Margin’ as developed and continuously refined since 2013 by 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.
Our Services
A large number of organisations and donor portfolios we work with possess these common characteristics:
Key lessons from our experience
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).