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Annie Advisor is a textbook example of social impact
Sometimes a single message can change the rest of your life. Annie Advisor is a Finnish social innovation that is remarkably effective at preventing students from dropping out. The idea behind Annie Advisor is simple: it’s much easier to admit you need help when you receive a message...
Annie Advisor answers 3 questions
The Solutions Fund Effekt In the summer of 2026, it awarded impact grants to four projects: Annie Advisor, WorkPilots, ODDfest, and Startup Refugees. Learn more about the projects in this concise three-question Q&A, in which the recipients of the impact grants explain: 1) who...
Startup Refugees answers 3 questions
In May 2026, The Solutions Fund Effekt impact funding to four projects: Annie Advisor, WorkPilots, ODDfest, and Startup Refugees. Learn more about the projects in this concise three-question Q&A, in which the recipients of the impact funding share: 1)...
ODDfest answers 3 questions
In May 2026, The Solutions Fund Effekt impact funding to four projects: Annie Advisor, WorkPilots, ODDfest, and Startup Refugees. Learn more about the projects in this concise three-question Q&A, in which the recipients of the impact funding share: 1)...
WorkPilots answers 3 questions
In May 2026, The Solutions Fund Effekt impact funding to four projects: Annie Advisor, WorkPilots, ODDfest, and Startup Refugees. Learn more about the projects in this concise three-question Q&A, in which the recipients of the impact funding share: 1)...
The Solutions Fund Effekt fund 700 000 € for projects that build a better society
Press Release, June 4, 2026: Effekt has made its first funding decisions. Impact grants were awarded to four organizations in May 2026. The Solutions Fund Effekt a new type of player in the funding landscape, positioning itself between grant-making foundations and investment activities...
How does a new way of thinking begin?
In the latest issue of "Polemiikki" (01/2026) from the Foundation for Municipal Development the Solutions Fund Effekt describes their. plans...
What kind of funding makes room for experimentation and growth?
More and more socially important ideas run up against funding structures designed for a different time and different needs. When the aim is prevention, long-term impact and solutions that become part of lasting structures, the key question is not only...
How can financing better support the growth of social solutions?
We develop forms of financing that complement grants when socially important solutions have the potential to grow and become part of permanent operations. Catalytic capital falls between grants and market-based financing and provides space...
Recording of the launch
Can a new kind of financing change the world? Recording from the launch of the Solutions Fund on December 3, 2025. The Solutions Fund Effekt is a new, non-profit organization founded by the Foundation Brita Maria Renlunds Minne, Alfred Kordelin Foundation and StartMore Social Impact HUB...