Our Chief Investment Officer, Karen Hitschke, spoke to Gerd Hübner for Hauck & Aufhäuser Magazine about the investments we make with our philanthropic venture funds. Read the article in German below.


Since the COVID-19 crisis began in January this year, we at Yunus Social Business have been acutely aware of the potential threat it poses to the populations we support. While governments in wealthy European countries have been subsidising employee salaries, this has not been the case for the emerging countries in which our portfolio Social Businesses operate.

Humanity is working together to fight this pandemic. It is encouraging to see how within weeks people have fundamentally changed their long-held habits like shaking of hands.

40 leading organizations form alliance to amplify support for Social Entrepreneurs during COVID-19 pandemic USD$75 million already mobilized by Alliance members to mitigate impacts of pandemic Alliance will feature a searchable database of available emergency relief funds Members to catalyse global conversation about building a more equitable, sustainable future