{"id":7855,"date":"2020-02-03T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/?p=7855"},"modified":"2023-08-29T13:14:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T11:14:17","slug":"vision-versus-reality-learnings-in-social-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/blog-en\/vision-versus-reality-learnings-in-social-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision versus reality: What we learned in 6 years of building bridges for social finance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by EVPA\u2019s reflections on \u201e<a href=\"https:\/\/evpa.eu.com\/knowledge-centre\/publications\/15-years-of-impact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">15 Years of Impact \u2013 Taking Stock and Looking Ahead<\/a>\u201c, FASE\u2019s recent 6<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary was the perfect occasion for us to look at our part in the European social finance endeavor. Do we fully share EVPA\u2019s findings or come to slightly different conclusions? Here are our experiences from building bridges between enthusiastic impact investors and passionate social entrepreneurs in an everything-but-perfect ecosystem.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"max-width:949px;\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1594027406\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1594027406 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h4><span data-text-color=\"primary\">Long before impact investing became mainstream, we shared one specific characteristic with EVPA: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EVPA-Investors-FOR-Impact.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Investors FOR impact&#8221;<\/span><\/a> were the vast majority in our network.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>This is no surprise. Back in 2013, when FASE made its first steps in supporting social entrepreneurs to secure the financing they more than deserve, the number of impact investors was small. Most of them were deep impact enthusiasts and social business angel pioneers. To expand our network, we had to tirelessly knock on doors and explain what it really means to invest in early-stage social ventures. Often, we faced a wave of prejudices and binary mind-sets: For some capital providers, &#8211; whether they came from the philanthropic or the commercial worlds -, it was simply too hard to imagine that you can actually do BOTH, invest for positive returns AND support social innovation. So we had to spend a lot of time debunking myths about the real versus perceived risk of impact investing and about the true long-term impact of classic philanthropy. Our favorite claim back then: \u201c<em>One Euro of donation creates impact only once, one Euro of investment can do so multiple times<\/em>\u201d. The argument didn&#8217;t always fly. We had to create new and often hybrid financing models so that social entrepreneurs could outmaneuver the dizzying gaps in the ecosystem. At that time, the social finance market hadn\u2019t come up with enough fitting solutions yet.<\/p>\n<h4><span data-text-color=\"primary\">Honestly, it wasn\u2019t an easy ride.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The entire FASE team consisted of two founders. Good publications and education on social finance were rare. Investing for impact was a tiny spot in a vast financing galaxy that was just about to discover sustainable strategies. And our clients, the social entrepreneurs, were often skeptic how it would feel to have impact investors aboard.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"icon-box featured-box icon-box-top text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box-text last-reset\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:62%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ashoka-Team-4531_HighRes-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ashoka-Team-4531_HighRes-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ashoka-Team-4531_HighRes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ashoka-Team-4531_HighRes-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ashoka-Team-4531_HighRes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ashoka-Team-4531_HighRes-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ashoka-Team-4531_HighRes-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4><em>On the red sofa: Ellinor Schweyer and Markus Freiburg shortly after founding FASE in 2013.<\/em><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-924860602\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-924860602 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h3><span data-text-color=\"primary\">2020: A different universe<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Fast forward 6 years and we\u2019re in the middle of a different universe. Today, it is rather hard to follow the daily flood of insightful impact publications. There are entire guides and <a href=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EU-A-recipe-book-for-social-finance-2019-2nd-edition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recipe books<\/a> for social finance, critical takes on the roles of investors such as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pioneerspost.com\/business-school\/20191127\/investors-impact-risk-takers-defining-feature-or-distant-aspiration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Investors for impact as risk-takers: defining feature, or distant aspiration?<\/a>\u201d, expert opinions on additionality such as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/evpa.eu.com\/the-impact-papers\/the-devil-in-investment-opportunities-why-funding-solutions-must-be-the-new-paradigm-in-impact-investing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The devil in &#8216;investment opportunities&#8217;: Why funding solutions must be the new paradigm in impact investing<\/a>\u201d, candid blogs about the state of play of inclusion such as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iixglobal.com\/is-white-liberalism-taking-over-impact-investing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Is White Liberalism Taking Over Impact Investing?<\/a>\u201d or heated debates about how to really achieve the SDGs and finally <a href=\"https:\/\/nextbillion.net\/who-owns-poverty-martin-burt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">start asking those stakeholders<\/a> for whom we originally set out to achieve impact: the beneficiaries.<\/p>\n<h4><span data-text-color=\"primary\">So what has changed in these past 6 years?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The social finance ecosystem has evolved. Climate change, inclusion and poverty have become more pressing issues than ever (or just more visible for everyone). Impact investing is now a hype, with the typical positive and negative side effects. Social entrepreneurs are more aware of (and versed in) their options to finance scale. There are many incubators, accelerators, educators and support organisations for social changemakers out there. Public and philanthropic funders are busy investigating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/programs\/catalytic-capital-consortium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more effective catalytic approaches.<\/a> Impact management tools have become lean and impact data points more abundant. A new wave of impact enthusiasts has emerged with the next generation of wealth owners. And FASE has passed the test of time with more than 50 transactions and EUR 25 million closed.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1813824353\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1813824353 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:80%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1052\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/impact-publications-examples-2019-1.png\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/impact-publications-examples-2019-1.png 1900w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/impact-publications-examples-2019-1-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/impact-publications-examples-2019-1-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/impact-publications-examples-2019-1-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/impact-publications-examples-2019-1-1536x850.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Only a fraction of major impact news in 2019<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-169791044\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-169791044 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n<h3><span data-text-color=\"primary\">6 years of FASE: lessons learned<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>So what have we learned from this adventurous journey? First of all, it takes a challenging mix of vision, acceptance, flexibility and persistence to follow through with your mission. In this respect, we are in the same boat as our clients, the social entrepreneurs. Without our network of tireless supporters, from BMW Foundation to Ashoka to the European Commission, it would have been much harder \u00a0&#8211; and maybe impossible &#8211; to make it this far. Yet we also learned a lot about the impact finance universe as such. So here come our main insights about what has changed in the ecosystem to the better and where reality still lags behind the vision:<\/p>\n<h4><span data-text-color=\"primary\">(1) Impact investments have become mainstream &#8211; but still not accessible for every social entrepreneur.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>It is true: industry experts and media report a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pioneerspost.com\/news-views\/20190401\/global-impact-investing-market-soars-above-500bn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sharp increase in number of impact investors and size of funds and allocations to impact<\/a>. The Global Impact Investor Network (GIIN) sized the global market for impact investing at <a href=\"https:\/\/thegiin.org\/assets\/Sizing%20the%20Impact%20Investing%20Market_webfile.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US$ 502 billion last year.<\/a> BlackRock\u2019s CEO Larry Fink <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackrock.com\/corporate\/investor-relations\/larry-fink-ceo-letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">just announced<\/a> that the firm, &#8211; managing an incredible US$ 7 trillion in assets -, will put environmental sustainability as a core goal in investment decisions. And asset managers today cannot afford to have NO products for their clients with at least some sort of impact claim on the label. This is very good news.<\/p>\n<p>However, the question is: <span data-text-color=\"alert\">Does this automatically improve the flow of capital to early-stage social ventures?<\/span> Not necessarily. The biggest slice of the impact finance cake continues to target returns of (close to) market-rate (see graph below). For many social enterprises in early stages, this is simply too high to be met. So we decided to challenge the status quo and launch an innovative fund vehicle for German investors, which will engage in a diversified portfolio of investment-ready, early-stage social enterprises. The novelty of this &#8220;EUROPEAN SOCIAL INNOVATION AND IMPACT FUND&#8221; (&#8220;ESIIF&#8221;): It is the first ever mezzanine fund in the German impact market to receive a guarantee mechanism (&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eif.org\/what_we_do\/microfinance\/easi\/easi-guarantee-instrument\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EaSI<\/a>&#8220;) provided by the European Investment Fund. After more than 3 years of hard work, we hope that the &#8220;ESIIF&#8221; will become a real game-changer for social enterprises, German investors and the impact ecosystem as such.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:89%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1065\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GIIN-2019-Target-Financial-Returns.png\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GIIN-2019-Target-Financial-Returns.png 1065w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GIIN-2019-Target-Financial-Returns-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GIIN-2019-Target-Financial-Returns-1024x407.png 1024w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GIIN-2019-Target-Financial-Returns-768x305.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1065px) 100vw, 1065px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" style=\"padding:1px 1px 1px 1px;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>85% of impact investors target (closer to) market-rate returns <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>(GIIN, Annual Impact Investor Survey 2019)<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-766315270\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-766315270 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h4><span data-text-color=\"primary\">(2) Impact management tools are simpler and more shared &#8211; but still not sufficiently used.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>In the meantime, there have been many initiatives striving to develop shared and simpler impact management principles and tools, for example the <a href=\"https:\/\/impactmanagementproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Impact Management Project<\/a> or Acumen\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/acumen.org\/lean-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lean Data<\/a>. On top, all impact actors, whether entrepreneurs, intermediaries or investors, now look at the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as THE guiding framework. This is wonderful news.<\/p>\n<p><span data-text-color=\"alert\">Yet does this lead to impact measurement being more seriously and frequently used?<\/span> In our experience: not necessarily. While some investors are pushing the boundaries to move to <a href=\"https:\/\/evpa.eu.com\/knowledge-centre\/publications\/outcomes-funds-in-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">measuring outcomes<\/a>, others are happy with tracking a few more or less insightful indicators. In our view, the positive impact that social enterprises create has to become visible and monetized, if we want to enable a thriving ecosystem for social finance. If investors opt to \u201cbake\u201d impact into the financial instruments they use, we will be one big step ahead. When talking to our clients, we often advise to include impact incentives into their <a href=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Examples-of-Hybrid-Financing-Models-developed-by-FASE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(hybrid) financing models<\/a>. Once these milestones are achieved, the enterprises can enjoy reduced cost of capital. This gives them more leeway to pursue what is at the heart of their ventures: scaling impact in a sustainable way.<\/p>\n<h4><span data-text-color=\"primary\">(3) Impact investing is a continuum &#8211; not a set of well-defined boxes.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>No doubt, it is very important to understand the distinction between \u201cinvestors FOR impact\u201d and \u201cinvestors WITH impact\u201d. In practice, however, the lines are often blurred. Which type of impact-return-risk profile an investor may seek is sometimes not clear from the start. In addition, the profile might change over time as the investor gets more and more experienced. As outlined above, there are also limits as to which return expectations social enterprises can meet, specifically those working with untested business models in pioneer markets.<\/p>\n<p>In our network of more than 1,000 individuals, impact funds, foundations, business angels, ethical banks, venture capital firms, asset managers, family offices and corporates, there are many who started to invest in impact in a rather opportunistic way. Some were more inspired by the entrepreneurs\u2019 personalities, impact journeys and themes. Others approached the topic in a very strategic and systemic way. The good news: There are enough targets out there for any type of investor. While FASE mainly began to work with investors FOR impact in 2013, today we can serve all types of investors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omidyar.com\/sites\/default\/files\/file_archive\/Across%20the%20Returns%20Continuum.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">across the returns continuum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:89%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1659\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Omidyar-Returns-Continuum-1.png\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Omidyar-Returns-Continuum-1.png 1659w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Omidyar-Returns-Continuum-1-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Omidyar-Returns-Continuum-1-1024x312.png 1024w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Omidyar-Returns-Continuum-1-768x234.png 768w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Omidyar-Returns-Continuum-1-1536x468.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1659px) 100vw, 1659px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"max-width:949px;\"><\/div>\n<h4><span data-text-color=\"primary\">BOTTOM LINE:<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span data-text-color=\"primary\">The ecosystem has evolved \u2013 and so has FASE. As we overcome hurdles and continue to grow, we are hugely grateful to those clients, investors, funders, advisors and friends who supported us on our journey since day one. Let\u2019s build even more bridges for impact together in these roaring 2020ies!<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span data-text-color=\"primary\">Ellinor and Markus<\/span><\/h4>\n\t<div id=\"gap-355637814\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-355637814 {\n  padding-top: 16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:62%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Portraits-\u252c\u00aeAndreas-Tobias-5-2-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Portraits-\u252c\u00aeAndreas-Tobias-5-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Portraits-\u252c\u00aeAndreas-Tobias-5-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Portraits-\u252c\u00aeAndreas-Tobias-5-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Portraits-\u252c\u00aeAndreas-Tobias-5-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Portraits-\u252c\u00aeAndreas-Tobias-5-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Portraits-\u252c\u00aeAndreas-Tobias-5-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"max-width:949px;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message-box relative\" style=\"padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;\"><div class=\"message-box-bg-image bg-fill fill\" ><\/div><div class=\"message-box-bg-overlay bg-fill fill\" ><\/div><div class=\"container relative\"><div class=\"inner last-reset\">\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-1960641914\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-190497578\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>Would you like to hear what our clients learned on their impact journeys?<\/h3>\n<p>We have many testimonials from social entrepreneurs we worked with &#8211; check out what they have to say about their experiences with raising impact investment.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-634266948\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/testimonials\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button primary expand\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"border-radius:25px;\">\n\t\t<span>TESTIMONIALS<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by EVPA\u2019s reflections on \u201e15 Years of Impact \u2013 Taking Stock and Looking Ahead\u201c, FASE\u2019s recent 6th anniversary was the perfect occasion for us to look at our part in the European social finance endeavor. 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