A NORDIC COLLECTIVE IMPACT APPROACH
We leverage the power of many perspectives
By working together, we can speak and advocate with a common voice for the changes we wish to make. And make a greater impact for the emerging adults we all seek to support.
Driven by this common goal we decided to establish a collective initiative, with several Nordic stakeholders. With partners in both public and private sectors, in academia and mental health practices, as well as emerging adults, we represent and include all aspects of the issue. And although trends and support systems do differ across the Nordic region, there are still far more issues that bind us together than keep us apart.
Our intention is to have partners join financially, but also with their skill sets, networks and sector expertise. Together, we bring a unique ability to assess and advise the social entrepreneurs we believe have the largest potential for helping the most vulnerable emerging adults.
Denmark
Danish Design Center
As a non-profit foundation, they focus on fostering innovation and sustainable growth through design. Their open-source knowledge and resources are accessible to all, and they offer market-based services for training and counseling to companies and organizations.
Mandag Morgen
Mandag Morgen is a think tank, empowering leaders to make forward-thinking decisions for their organizations and society. In today's rapidly changing world, resilience is key, which is why they focus on creating organizations that can adapt quickly and effectively.
PARTNERS
Sweden
Kinnevik
Kinnevik is a growth investor and the co-founder of Reach for Change. They back digital companies for a reimagined everyday and to deliver significant returns while also possessing their own entrepreneurial spirit and eagerness to do practical efforts and take responsibility.
Ing Marie Wieselgren Foundation
Ing Marie Wieselgrens stiftelse is a newly founded foundation that aims to support initiatives from individuals, businesses or organizations, across all social sectors and target groups, with a focus on mental health. Particular emphasis is placed on capturing risks and strengthening protective factors for children and young people.
Perspetivo
Perspetivo is a research company offering representative data; data that mirrors the diverse perspectives and demographics in the Nordics.
Lorensberg
Lorensbergs was founded in 1995 with a passion to combine outstanding learning design with a psychological depth and scientific tools and methods.
Norway
Norwegian Council for Mental Health
The Norwegian Council for Mental Health (NCMH) comprises 31 organizations advocating mental health. We focus on prevention, youth mental health, workplace inclusion, treatment improvement, and research support, striving to influence policy and promote well-being for all.
Kavli Fund
Kavli Trust is the foundation that owns Kavli Group, and which distributes the entire profit to good causes. They prioritize work with child and adolescent mental health, in particular preventive interventions, life skills and education, and have a large focus on the climate and environment, with an emphasis on responsible consumption and production.
Impact Startup Norway
They connect ventures with investors, providing tailored support through their Accelerator and Studio programs. Funded by partners, their aim is to drive positive societal change by enabling more solutions to succeed.
Finland
Eva Ahlström Foundation
Eva Ahlström's foundation believes in the power of action, collaboration and structural transformation. They are a humanitarian organization that above all supports women and children by collaborating with established non-governmental organizations.
Illusian
Illusian invests, partners with and support world-class entrepreneurs as they create products and services to help their communities – be it for profit or not for profit. Their mission is to increase equality, reduce social exclusion and support sustainable investing.
Nordics
Bain and Company
Bain is a global consultancy that helps change makers define the future. They work with the ambition to achieve extraordinary results, redefine industries and create vibrant ecosystems of innovation. Additionally they invest in pro bono services to tackle today’s urgent challenges.
Northzone
Northzone is a multi-stage venture capital fund dedicated to founders who take on whatever the world throws at them. Their perspective is shaped by lives as entrepreneurs and they have a large focus on responsible investments that result in positive social or environmental outcomes.
Ashoka Nordics
Ashoka Nordic is the first independent and systems change oriented organization covering the Nordics. We bring nearly 40 years of experience working globally with systems change, social entrepreneurship and how to inspire and enable people to become Changemakers in their lives, businesses and communities.
Meet our reference group
Meet our emerging adults