Themepark: Impact Investing

Join our interactive panel. We've invited two experts who will be sitting in an open panel (aka fishbowl). What does this mean? It's a panel where the audience has the chance to get involved and directly ask questions. You don't have to wait until the Q&A to ask your burning questions - we want to empower you to step in and ask relevant questions. We will kick-start our first Themepark Session with a topic that has been on our mind for obvious reasons: IMPACT INVESTING. In our panel we want to tackle the question "How can social start-ups become investment ready and what investment structures are most beneficial for them?". We'll also touch upon how the impact investment scene is changing - there is a greater need for investments that have a positive impact for society and environment and a financial return. To bring in two perspectives on impact investment we invited someone who really knows what he is talking about. We invited Dirk Mueller-Remus to show the start-up perspective. He is the founder of Auticon, a leading social enterprise in Germany, that exclusively employs people with autism as consultants in the IT sector. Auticon is funded by a range of impact investors - he has substantial insight he wants to share! Our second guest is Nina Cejnar - she brings in the investor's perspective. Nina has worked in several positions facilitating impact investment deals as a consultant to both social entrepreneurs and impact investors. Today she lives in Berlin running her own company GoldenDeer with the aim to push Impact Investing forward in Germany. Come to the Themepark and join the ride!