Green Gown Awards 2018 - Prosper Social Finance CIC and the University of Edinburgh - Finalist

Prosper Social Finance is the UK’s first student-run social investment fund run entirely by students at the University of Edinburgh.

At its core, Prosper aims to challenge the traditional perceptions of finance, making the world of investment more compassionate and responsible. Our investment portfolio is underpinned by environmental, social and governmental criteria. All profits from our investment portfolio will be used to make our own social impact investments into local charities, projects and social enterprises.

All our members go through our social finance training programme, making investing and finance more accessible and inclusive. We aim to get students to be more involved and aware of the community they are a part of. We also aim to connect with a global community of students investing responsibly.

Top 3 learnings:

• I want finance for a fairer future.
• Prosper allows me to harness the economy to create profit for a purpose.
• Social finance allows me to have an impact in my community in a new way.

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