Solifin is pleased to present you its 2021 activity report.

1. SOLIFIN - ACTIVITY REPORT 2021

2. CONTENT
Mission 1: Facilitate access to funding
Mission 2: Foster collaboration inside the network
Mission 3: Support and promote the member’s activities
CONTACT INFORMATION
www.solifin.be
info@solifin.be
ADDRESS
Rue Joseph II, 20 - 1000 Bruxelles
Solifin is a network of
financial actors active in the
Belgian impact economy.
Our common mission is
to mainstream sustainable
finance and better fund the
enterprises which contribute
to tackle our current
social and environmental
challenges.
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3. 2021, Solifin’s second year of activity... and a very positive record,
in a context still marked by the sanitary crisis!
Positive impact entrepreneurship is a growing and active force
tackling the social, environmental and financial threats we are
experiencing.
In 2021, we doubled the number of entrepreneurs we support,
giving Solifin a true national focus (by strengthening our presence
in Wallonia and Flanders), opened our network to Development
Finance Institutions and integrated four new financial actors, who
have put impact measurement at the heart of their investment
strategy.
We have consolidated our operational budget and our team and
responded to several calls for projects, which are very promising
for 2022.
MISSION 1: FACILITATE ACCESS TO FINANCING
Sevan Holemans
Managing Director
A WORD FROM SEVAN HOLEMANS
4%
direct match
59%
29%
161
applications
88%
37%
members
11%
internet
search
15%
partners
10%
media
19%
personal
network
18%
other
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38% OF 161
APPLICATIONS
SUCCEEDED

4. GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE
Seed
39%
Seed post
revenues
21%
Start-up
26%
Scale-up
14%
14%
16%
EDUCATION AND
SOCIAL INCLUSION
RESPONSIBLE
CONSUMER GOODS
21%
RESPONSIBLE FOOD
AND AGRICULTURE
TOP SECTORS
14%
STAGES OF DEVELOPEMENT
Health &
Well-being
39%
30%
27%
4%

5. COMPANIES

8. MISSION 2: FOSTER COLLABORATION INSIDE THE NETWORK
ETHICS COMMITTEE OUR NETWORK
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9. NEW MEMBERS

10. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHARTER OF MEMBERS
1. Significant activity in Belgium
2. Transparency about their
practices
3. Min. 50% of impact companies
in portfolio
4. Rest of portfolio should be
certified as socially responsible

11. THE TEAM
PICTURE
Solifin’s team kept growing in 2021. Naële Marti, our project officer, joined in February. Later that year
we were pleased to welcome five interns, Chlöe Piret is still with us today. In September, we recruited
our communication officer, Emilie de Gerlache, who got some help by the beginning of 2022 with the
incorporation of Alicia Raposo and Laura Von Elpons, our communication assistants.
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12. SEARCH ENGINE
OUR SEARCH ENGINE IN OUR MEMBER’S WEBSITES
OUR MEMBER’S ID CARDS
Solifin’s search engine aims at supporting positive impact entrepreneurs looking for the right funding. The
engine gathers all the relevant financial instruments which are currently offered by our members and a few
partners. In total more than 45 instruments are listed on the engine.
By answering four key questions, the entrepreneur is able to narrow down his/her research and start
determining the appropriate funding mix. He/She is then invited to contact us to onboard our funding
journey. The search engine also gives more visibility to our members and introduces the «Solifin label» as
well as our charter.
In 2021, our search engine was embedded on 8 websites (Citizenfund, Trividend, Scale-up, Sense fund,
1819, De Punt, Impact house, CircularEconomy.Brussels) and more than 10 other organisations are now
considering implementing it!

13. COMMUNICATION
MISSION 3: SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE MEMBER’S ACTIVITIES
Communication is key for Solifin. It allows us to strengthen the collaboration between our
members and build a strong ecosystem around them with individual investors as well as
other stakeholders (public agencies, incubators, accelerators, start-up studios, co-working
spaces, etc.) in the whole country. Our aim is to mainstream impact finance and the me-
asurement & management of impact. We can do that with an inspiring communication,
targeting the whole financial industry and shedding light on positive impact projects and
enterprises.

14. FACEBOOK LINKEDIN
FOLLOWERS
1489
AVERAGE POST
REACH
130 AVERAGE POST
LIKES
5 PAGE LIKES
681
25- 34 TOP
CITIES
TOP AGE
RANGE
TOP
CITIES

15. NEWSLETTER PRESS
FOLLOWERS
896
OPEN RATE
40%
AVERAGE
CLICKS
100
TELEVISION
1
ARTICLES
3
PODCASTS
2

16. EVENTS

17. SUCCESS STORIES
236.000
EQUITY
CROWDEQUITY
OYA SEED
LITA.CO

18. THANK YOU
THANK YOU
FOR JOINING
FOR JOINING
US IN 2021!
US IN 2021!
CONTACT INFORMATION
www.solifin.be
info@solifin.be
ADDRESS
Rue Joseph II, 20 - 1000 Bruxelles
2022
OBJECTIVES

19. SOLIFIN - ACTIVITY REPORT 2021