NExT SSE to promote ‘crowd investing’ in Germany

Launched by the German Social Stock Exchange Association in 2008, NExT SSE aims to connect social enterprises with responsible investors seeking social and financial returns by means of a social stock exchange. On 25 March, its roundtable in Berlin had five ventures pitching to a dozen investors for a financing volume of roughly €20 million. ‘All investment talks resulting from that are still ongoing,’ says Anne-Kathrin Kuhlemann of NExT SSE.