GEXSI - The Global Exchange for Social Investment

Our Mission


"We must eradicate poverty in our generation."
(Muhammad Yunus)

  • GEXSI links charitable donors, entrepreneurs and investors in funding social businesses in low-income regions around the world.
  • We support social entrepreneurs in moving "from Aid to Market": from charity dependence towards sustainable business.
  • GEXSI provides social enterprises with coaching and development investment services.
  • Donors can directly finance aid-to-market projects through the GEXSI Bottom of the Pyramid Fund.



To Social Entrepreneurs we offer:

  • Business planning support
  • Information and expertise
  • Networking & mentorship
  • Links to social investment exchanges and other searches for financiers


To Social Investment Exchanges, Investment Funds and Business Plan Competitions we offer:

  • Listings of social enterprises in accordance with their business development stage: ranging from charitable or below-market to full-fledged early stage commercial ventures.
  • GEXSIs philanthropic Bottom-of-the-Pyramid (BoP) rotating Fund, which can leverage donations by successively re-investing repayment funds in further start-up aid-to-market projects.


To all Social Investors we offer:

  • Feedback, reporting and impact evaluations on investments