About us

Scandinavia’s first social impact capital fund

We combine economic growth and social impact in our investments – for the benefit of companies, investors and society alike.

We invest in two ways:

Den Sociale Kapitalfond invests in two areas via the Invest and Effekt funds. All of our investments are driven by the desire to make a positive difference and show how social responsibility and financial success can go hand in hand.

The double bottom line is repeated in all our work and also applies to ourselves. All the potential financial gains from the investments that we make in Den Sociale Kapitalfond group depend on whether we have achieved both the social and the financial objectives that are set. Here we are different from most other private equity funds.

Social impact private equity

Small and medium-sized companies in Denmark, Norway and Sweden with good potential for growth and social responsibility – via the private equity funds Den Sociale Kapitalfond Invest I & II

Social outcome investments

Welfare solutions in Denmark in close collaboration with municipalities and professional welfare providers – via the impact funds Den Sociale Kapitalfond Effekt I & II

We have a strong network of investors, whom you can learn more about here

Our four funds under management

History

Den Sociale Kapitalfond was established in 2011 by Lars Jannick Johansen in collaboration with TrygFonden as Scandinavia’s first social impact investment fund. The purpose was to develop investments that create new opportunities for people in vulnerable situations on a sustainable basis.

The first years were focused on pilot investments that experimented and tested the potential among companies in Denmark. Next, we worked to mature the market through a wide range of development projects, including accelerator programs for Danish and later Nordic companies and startups. On this basis, we established the first commercial, social impact investment funds: First, the private equity fund, Den Sociale Kapitalfond Invest.

Den Sociale Kapitalfond Invest and then the outcome fund, Den Sociale Kapitalfond Effekt. In recent years, we have chosen to separate the work of market maturation to the independent association Invest for Impact Denmark and focus fully on our investment funds.

For Den Sociale Kapitalfond, the goal today is to continue to expand and scale investments that combine financial returns and social impact. Both for the benefit of companies and people in vulnerable situations, for investors and society – and now also to an increasing extent in Scandinavia.

2011
Pilot

Experimental investments

2013
MARKET DEVELOPMENT

Development projects and accelerator programmes

2018
COMMERCIALISATION

Commercial impact funds

2024
SCALING

Scaling and a growing Scandinavian focus

You can read more about our investment philosophy and values here

Documents

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Lars Jannick Johansen
Founder and Managing Partner
+45 2961 6892
Jannik Tharben Buchholz
Managing Partner
+45 3131 9260