Lisa Schemmerling

Team: Purpose Evergreen Capital, Purpose Ventures & Purpose Consulting

Role: Project Manager & Consultant

Lisa’s extensive experience in business development within the real estate industry led her to explore alternative design options in the context of prosperity, sustainability, and power dynamics during her part-time Master’s program “Sustainable Business Design.” This journey ignited her passion for the topic of steward-ownership, which brought her to Purpose in 2021.

Lisa holds several roles: as a project manager at Purpose Evergreen Capital and Purpose Ventures, she is a central figure between various projects and the Purpose entities. She manages diverse internal and external activities, gathers insights, and facilitates meaningful connections. Additionally, she is part of the Purpose Consulting team, where she guides small and medium-sized enterprises on their path to steward-ownership.

Welcome to Purpose

Since coining the term steward-ownership and founding Purpose in 2015, our mission has been to make this idea known and accessible. Today, the Purpose Group continues to help unleash the potential of steward-ownership.

We are a group of independent entities working in collaboration with steward-ownership forerunners, partners and allies with and for steward-ownership.

Together for steward-ownership

The Purpose Group is united by one mission: making steward-ownership known and accessible to everyone. Since coining the term steward-ownership and founding Purpose in 2015, the Purpose Group is united by one mission: making steward-ownership known and accessible to everyone. While the non-profit Purpose Foundation drives advocacy, research, and education, Purpose Consulting and the investing entities (Purpose Ventures and Purpose Evergreen Capital) work directly with companies, founders, and investors. By freely sharing their knowledge and experience, they enable the Foundation to create research, tools, and education materials as open content, freely available to a global audience.

Our work is made possible thanks to pioneering companies, investors, and the many experts and changemakers working with and transitioning to steward-ownership already today. In addition, international partners under the Purpose brand (Purpose Switzerland, Purpose Latam, Purpose US) and regional allies (e.g., Foundation for Steward-Ownership in Germany or We Are Stewards in the Netherlands) collaborate with us to advance steward-ownership worldwide.

A shared mission

As a non profit, the Purpose Foundation works to make steward-ownership globally known and accessible through advocacy, research and education. The mission is made possible and is amplified through the support of and collaboration with the steward-owned Purpose entities directly working with companies, investors and a variety of other stakeholders:
Purpose Consulting globally accompanies entrepreneurs and founders toward custom-tailored ownership and governance structures for their companies – from founding to succession, aligned financing and beyond.
Purpose Ventures helps the next generation of founders build profitable, steward-owned businesses with purpose-aligned capital – bringing their values, mission, and ownership into harmony while mobilizing more investment for steward-owned companies
Purpose Evergreen Capital offers patient, value-aligned capital to small and medium-sized enterprises helping businesses stay independent and true to their values with steward-ownership.
The Purpose Veto Share enables companies to legally safeguard the principles of steward-ownership (currently only available in Germany and Switzerland). The veto share solution was developed to simplify the legal implementation of steward-ownership for companies today.
In addition, there are regional affiliated Purpose Partners who operate under the Purpose brand (Purpose Switzerland, Purpose Latam, Purpose US), as well as regional changemakers with whom we closely collaborate to advance steward-ownership.

How we relate to each other: While all entities operate (legally, financially and entrepreneurially) independently, they all contribute their most valuable resource: knowledge, experiences, and input from working on the ground and their passion for steward-ownership. This allows the Purpose Foundation to carry out research grounded in practice, create open content and tools that are freely available and supportive to a global audience, and develop education materials based on insights others might put behind paywalls.

Thank you!

None of this would be possible without the forerunners – the steward-owned companies, entrepreneurs and investors who, in the face of partly uncharted territories and systemic adversities, have the courage to forge ahead and implement steward-ownership – as well as the many brilliant lawyers, tax consultants, employees in steward-owned businesses, researchers, legislators, thought leaders, changemakers and regional partners contributing to this journey. Thank you!

The minds behind the Purpose Group

Purpose

Purpose Latin America

Purpose Switzerland

Lukas Hotz

08/2024

Co-Lead, Berater

Selina Hotz

08/2024

Co-Lead, Consultant

Purpose US

Derek Razo

08/2024

Partner

Become part of our team!

We work for an economy that serves people, society and the planet!

Steward-ownership is at the heart of our activities. Do you share our passion for steward-ownership and would like to become part of our team?

Then join us in spreading the impact of steward-ownership and making it available worldwide.

We currently have no vacancies. However, you are welcome to send us a speculative application.

Next steps

Lisa Schemmerling

Welcome to Purpose

Together for steward-ownership

A shared mission

Thank you!

The minds behind the Purpose Group

Purpose

Achim Hensen

Annika Schneider

Adrian Hensen

Laura Höcherl

Alexander Kühl

Lilly Pokraka

Armin Steuernagel