{"id":8,"date":"2016-03-08T09:57:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T09:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socimpactpartners.org\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:59:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T08:59:06","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.socimpactpartners.org\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div      class=\"vc_row wpb_row section vc_row-fluid  page-heading-padding\" style=' text-align:left;'><div class=\" full_section_inner clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  page-heading\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"orange\" style=\"text-align: center;\">About us<\/h1>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div      class=\"vc_row wpb_row section vc_row-fluid  section-padding grey-bg grid_section full_screen_section\" style=' padding-bottom:0%px; text-align:left;'><div class=\" section_inner clearfix\"><div class='section_inner_margin clearfix'><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  content-max-width\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Social Impact Partners (SIP) is a Hong Kong-based venture philanthropy firm. Our mission is to enable sustainable change to systemic social issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As a financing and strategic partner to growth-stage social purpose organisations, we create tailored solutions that help develop the sustainability and scalability that social purpose organisations (SPOs) (non-profit organisations and social enterprises) need to achieve organisational maturity.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Central to our approach is our fundamental investing discipline: While we ourselves are not-for-profit, we evaluate all potential SPO partners with the same rigour and due diligence as would a traditional investor deciding a portfolio opportunity. We are also distinctly equipped to drive rapid and effective organisational improvement: When SPOs partner with us, they are also partnering with our extensive network of world-class professional experts, long-term funding partners and global industry leaders. By leveraging this network, SIP maximises its investment capital and services to deliver an exponential return on positive social impact.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \t<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"  style=\"height: 20px\" ><span\n\t\t\tclass=\"vc_empty_space_inner\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"empty_space_image\"  ><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\n<div      class=\"vc_row wpb_row section vc_row-fluid vc_inner  grid_section\" style=' text-align:left;'><div class=\" section_inner clearfix\"><div class='section_inner_margin clearfix'><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-11 vc_col-xs-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_clearfix   vc_video-aspect-ratio-169 vc_video-el-width-100 vc_video-align-center\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><iframe width=\"1060\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VuV6L_2sDDY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"  style=\"height: 20px\" ><span\n\t\t\tclass=\"vc_empty_space_inner\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"empty_space_image\"  ><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  content-max-width\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Since 2014, we have been empowering SPO scale-ups and driving positive social impact across diverse communities in Hong Kong. Our model is built on two strategic pillars: funding and capacity building.<\/p>\n<p>We provide fully integrated funding, strategic support and governance<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deliver long-term funding to SPOs: A significant challenge today is that funding is erratic and project-based, while multiple funding relationships require management to divert limited resources to relationship management and away from managing the organisation. Project-based funding also goes towards specific objectives rather than to sustain the core business of the SPO.<\/li>\n<li>Build capacity for long-term scalability: Optimised organisational strategy and operations must develop in parallel to long-term funding to enable SPOs to deliver sustainable social impact.<\/li>\n<li>Maintain transparency, performance measurement and portfolio accountability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <div class=\"separator  normal   \" style=\"\"><\/div>\n<div      class=\"vc_row wpb_row section vc_row-fluid vc_inner  row-max-width top-space\" style=' text-align:left;'><div class=\" full_section_inner clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  content-max-width\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"large\">We provide a comprehensive network of strategic partners<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t<div class=\"wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_clearfix   vc_video-aspect-ratio-169 vc_video-el-width-100 vc_video-align-center\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><iframe title=\"SIP Stakeholders Gathering 2023\" width=\"1060\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3GNuPuOxV5s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"  style=\"height: 20px\" ><span\n\t\t\tclass=\"vc_empty_space_inner\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"empty_space_image\"  ><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"large\">Funding Partners<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High net worth individuals<\/li>\n<li>Family foundations; Chen Yet-Sen Foundation, Fu Tak Iam Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Foundations of private equity firms; All Stars Investment, Baring Private Equity Asia, CVC Capital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"large\">Professional Partners<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World-class experts in strategy, governance, communications and operations<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer as long-term institutional partners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"large\">Industry\u00a0Network<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Global venture philanthropy firms such as Impetus-PEF in the UK, New Profit in the US and Social Investment Partners in Japan<\/li>\n<li>Venture philanthropy networks like Asia Venture Philanthropy Network<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div      class=\"vc_row wpb_row section vc_row-fluid vc_inner  row-max-width top-space\" style=' text-align:left;'><div class=\" full_section_inner clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  content-max-width\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"large\">If you would like to get involved, please <a href=\"\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About us Social Impact Partners (SIP) is a Hong Kong-based venture philanthropy firm. 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