Team U (Restart gGmbH)

Goals & Process

How did you want to finance your endeavour?  

Business angels (Ashoka Angels) 

How did you finance your endeavour?

Financed through honorary employees, charity and membership fees   

Why did you choose this funding type?

• A hybrid business model (including corporate structuring) facilitates the combination of different financing instruments – so a self-contained financing system can be set up. 
•  Philanthropic capital can be the decisive "lever" to use investment capital for the sustainable scaling of social impact 

Successes & Challenges

• Financed through honorary employees, charity and membership fees 

  • Experts with own critical experiences 

  • Experts and clients are matched, based on predetermined criteria to ensure that Unruh & Team solely advises people who will take on responsibility for the situation they find themselves in, which supports projects for the education of financial competencies and takes on the training of the advisors. 

• This kind of financing follows the business plan and its expected cash- flows, not the other way round 
• Realistic planning and expectations help find the “right” investors  
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Takeaways & Additional Information

Social entrepreneurs should seek professional advice, both for preparing the financing and the actual financing

Source: FASE, Germany