
SWISOX was born with the intent of addressing the inefficient impact investing market and the need for a dedicated liquid marketplace. Social enterprises are taking off as a new operating model addressing acute societal challenges that have gained a global consensus through the UN SDGs. In parallel, while the impact investment market is growing at an average annual rate of 20%, hurdles still prevent it from becoming mainstream, including, the sourcing and evaluation of investment opportunities, transaction sizes, viable exit options, and impact measurement.
With the large and growing market of medium-sized social enterprises globally and their significant lack of access to financing, coupled with a strong and growing trend in impact investments, there lies an ideal opportunity for the SWISOX.

Geneva is singularly positioned to develop an international stock exchange specially dedicated to social enterprises. With a long humanitarian tradition recognized internationally, Geneva remains associated, in the minds of many people living abroad, as a city committed to humanitarian action. At the same time, Geneva has a stronghold in the global world of finance, as it remains one of the top financial centers in the world and an essential bastion of private wealth management. Thanks to the unique ecosystem that brings together international organizations, leading banks, the Lake Geneva region has been at the center of many innovations in sustainable finance in recent years and remains a world benchmark in terms of impact investing.
SWISOX will bring new innovations such as specialized social indices and new social finance analysis tools.
to remain at the heart of global innovation and strengthen its position as a leader in international sustainable finance.
SWISOX is building on the pioneering efforts of earlier attempts to create social financing exchanges-cum-platforms. SWISOX has distilled valuable lessons learned that will underpin its success.

Matching impact investors with the vetted and investable impact deals presents a significant opportunity for SWISOX to become a “one-stop shop” for all matters impact.

1. Located in Switzerland, a unique ecosystem combining the world’s largest center of wealth management with the epicenter of the UN SDGs;
2. Created as sub-segment within an existing regulated stock exchange, leveraging the infrastructure;
3. with a quantitative and standardized social impact scoring system to determine eligibility; and an
4. AI-powered feeder structure to identify the most promising issuers.
