We provided

2,500 social enterpreneurs with funding and support to help address social issues via our APAC Made for Good programme in 2023

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Made for Good

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Enterprise plays a vital role in the growth and prosperity of communities around the world. Through history, entrepreneurs have led the way in answering unmet needs. An emerging breed of entrepreneur is using the enterprise model to address issues in society. From developed to developing world, socially-motivated entrepreneurs and organisations that support social entrepreneurship are providing new ways to tackle poverty, unemployment, inequality, deprivation and other challenges that limit prospects and quality of life. They are creating change on a local, national and international scale. Yet as many as 80% of start-ups do not survive beyond 18 months (Bloomberg, 2013) and the hurdles are even greater for businesses with social goals.

Business knowledge and skills and connections to others can help them build momentum and capacity. They need funding too, but early-stage ventures find it hardest to attract investors. Continuing Deutsche Bank’s long history of championing initiatives that drive positive change in society, we created our global enterprise programme, Made for Good, to help these pioneers succeed.

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Supporting entrepreneurial ventures that create wider social good is a natural extension of what Deutsche Bank does for businesses of every size and purpose, every day, all over the world.

Our global enterprise programme Made for Good draws on this experience to help start-ups and early-stage enterprises — microenterprises, non-profits and commercial businesses — build momentum and capacity.

We provide assistance when these businesses need it most. To equip them to be sustainable in the long run, we focus on their readiness for investment, networks and operating systems and access to funding.

Our employees are central to this effort, sharing their business knowledge and acting as mentors and advisers offering practical guidance on how to manage the road ahead.

In Hong Kong and Singapore, we are supporting Project Dignity, a social enterprise providing training and employment to those with disabilities.

In India, we work with Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) to provide women in rural communities the support they need to start their own business and earn a livelihood to break out of the poverty cycle.

We are proud to be able to support entrepreneurs around the world create social good.

Made for Good gives businesses that drive positive change in society access to what they need to get off the ground and reach their next level.

Born to Be Born to Be

We created Born to Be to help young people reach their full potential. Our projects increase motivation, develop skills and improve access to education and employment opportunities.