• Foundation

Yunus Thailand Foundation

Yunus Thailand is the national foundation for social business, co-founded by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, pioneer of the microfinance and social business concepts. Yunus Thailand empowers the youth through social business design competitions, advises and supports existing social businesses in Thailand, whilst also building capacity of ecosystem stakeholders and strengthening the sector overall. Yunus Thailand is also pioneering the Nobin Program micro-equity methodology in Thailand, whilst working with corporate and government partners to support social businesses and micro-entrepreneurs.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Sector agnostic

  • Services

    • Conduct research on the sector to disseminate publicly (such as an entrepreneurship research report)
    • Host events for entrepreneurs or entrepreneur support intermediaries

  • Nonfinancial Services

    • Capacity development services
    • Market linkages
    • Investment linkages

  • Capacity development services

    • Access to networks and partners
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Performance or impact measurement and management support
    • Value/supply chain development

  • Market linkages services

    • Access to new markets/customers
    • Meeting product standards

  • Investment linkages services

    • Access to information/research
    • Pitch readiness
    • Access to investors

  • Program online

    • Hybrid

  • Focus Tech

    • No

  • Focus Population

    • Rural entrepreneurs
    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Base of the pyramid population
    • Women entrepreneurs
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