Avantage Ventures launches the group website on June 8, 2009. The online platform promotes ready-to-invest in ventures that benefit local communities in Asia in ways that go beyond philanthropy and charity. It offers current information on Avantage Ventures activities but also offers a tool for investors to access social enterprise profiles and for social enterprises to learn more about best business practice and opportunities. The social enterprise ventures profiled will have either undergone rigorous consultation by Avantage Ventures team or else been incubated by other social entrepreneurship practitioners.
Avantage Ventures uses a combination of strategic consulting, venture philanthropy and private equity finance in our approach. Our focus is on projects in Asia that are designed for social impact but also sustainability some projects may be early stage ideas that require angel investments and incubation while other ventures may require growth capital and consulting for further capacity building. Ancillary services will include matchmaking social enterprises with its network of intrapreneurs for specific business needs or mentoring.