services

Avantage Ventures works with social entrepreneurs, investors, practitioners, intrapreneurs, governments and other stakeholders in Asia. We add value to a range of stakeholders by improving transparency, fostering best business practices, enhancing performance of social enterprises, facilitating greater liquidity in the market place, and connecting resources and talent to bring about a more vibrant marketplace. 

Consult

We provide consultation to social enterprises to help them improve performance - financially, socially and environmentally, and to enhance their strategy enabling them to attract funding, to expand, or to consolidate. By solidifying social enterprise  clarifying strategy and scope, the social enterprise can better utilize their resources. We help social enterprises develop pragmatic plans to build their businesses and in turn, to have a greater impact. We impart sustainable business models that allow social enterprises to be less reliant on donations or in-kind help, and to continue to create social impact for their communities at the highest levels.

Investment Advice

We provide investment advisory services to social enterprises and social investors. We advise social enterprises on ways to increase assets, on fundraising strategy and ways to promote their venture to investors. For social investors, we offer insights into the social enterprise market in Asia and help match their interests with appropriate projects as well as assist in the due diligence process.  We undertake social enterprise projects that have undergone comprehensive performance metrics implementation.

Connect

We connect social enterprises to other valuable opportunities outside of finance. Aside from funding, additional support may come in the form of introducing new markets, sharing best practices, or connecting to business networks or Avantage Ventures’ group of intrapreneurs. This add-value resource can aid in the development and growth of the social enterprise, thereby contributing to the performance of the social enterprise’s mission.

Inform

We continue to profile various quality social ventures in Asia offered in our Social Ventures Catalogue. The database aims to map Asia’s landscape for innovative, creative and entrepreneurial solutions to social and environmental problems, which can ultimately contribute to the global body of best business practices.