On the afternoon of 7 August, starting at 2 PM, a ‘Policy Discussion Forum on Activating Social Finance’ was held in Conference Room 5 of the National Assembly Members’ Office Building. This event, jointly hosted by Assembly Members Choi Hyuk-jin, Bok Ki-wang, and Seo Wang-jin, alongside the Korea Social Value Solidarity Fund, the Social Finance Forum, and Social Venture Korea, aimed to foster social impact investment and invigorate the social venture ecosystem.

This policy discussion featured presentations by Mr An Ji-hoon, CEO of Social Venture Korea, on ‘The Current State of Social Ventures and Measures to Activate the Ecosystem’, and Ms Jang Ji-yeon, Secretary General of the Korea Social Value Solidarity Fund, on ‘The Current State of Social Impact Investment and Improvement Measures’. Kang Shin-cheon, Director of the Venture Investment Division at the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, participated in the designated discussion. Yoon Hoon-seop, General Partner at D3Jubilee Partners, Han Sung-geun, CEO of Ark Impact Asset Management, and Kwon Oh-hyun, CEO of the social cooperative Pati, engaged in a free discussion.

Social finance in Korea now faces the critical challenges of achieving qualitative maturity and establishing a sustainable ecosystem. The Korea Social Value Solidarity Fund will continue its efforts to create the institutional and financial environment that meets the needs on the ground.

For more details (in Korean):

https://svsfund.org/foundation/resources/3680