Ferd Social Entrepreneurs

We invest for both social and financial returns.

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Social results 2025

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65 000

Total number of people for whom companies in our portfolio had a positive impact.

3 477 people

Life-enhancing impact

61 537 people

Life-changing impact

Investing in Social Impact

Ferd Social Entrepreneurs invests to scale solutions to social challenges in the Nordics.

Our goal is to contribute to increased labour inclusion and school participation, and to support the development of a stronger market for impact investing.

We achieve this through three investment strategies: social impact investing, social innovation, and the Oslo Initiative.

The portfolio company KLAR has developed a digital learning tool that helps more multilingual students complete vocational upper secondary education. Photo: Vestbris

Our Investments

We deploy a broad range of investment instruments, from direct ownership through our portfolio and capital through funds, to outcomes-based financing in social outcome contracts, support for early-stage companies through our Impact Startup accelerator, and targeted investments in the opportunities of children and young people through the Oslo Initiative.

auticon only employs neurodivergent IT consultants. Photo: Oda Hveem.

Team

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Henriette Skretteberg

Director
Ferd Social Entrepreneurs

Espen Daae

Investment Chief,
Social Investments
Ferd Social Entrepreneurs
Astrid Laake Paaske. Photo: Dag Knudsen

Astrid Laake Paaske

Investment Professional,
Social Impact
Ferd Social Entrepreneurs