Public-Interest Foundation Tests Catalytic Capital at Kobe Forum
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According to AI TIMES, the Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation said at the main session of the Asia Impact Investment Forum held in Kobe…
According to AI TIMES, the Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation said at the main session of the Asia Impact Investment Forum held in Kobe, Japan, on September 17 that public-interest foundations should play a catalytic capital role by taking on the initial risks of social innovation. The foundation cited its 14 years of experience nurturing 374 impact startups through "CMK Impactpreneur" as the basis for that argument. The core of the presentation was the view that foundations should share risk in the gap between the end of public support and the point when private investment begins in earnest. It also proposed a cooperative structure in which the government and private foundations together support social innovation. The foundation has recently shifted the focus of its support from organizations to individual entrepreneurs, expanding its work around people who keep pursuing social problems. It also highlighted that it is broadening its scope overseas based on the nurturing experience it has built in South Korea.
Perspective
This issue shows whether a public-interest foundation can position itself as capital that opens up a market at an early, high-risk stage, rather than merely as a donor. In particular, it suggests that the social innovation ecosystem may shift from a subsidy-centered model to one centered on cooperation and risk-sharing, since it offered an answer to who will fill the gap between public support and private investment. The move to focus support on people rather than organizations can also be read as a structure that allows a project to continue into the next challenge, not just complete a single initiative.
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