Stay in touch

A sustainable future is possible. Support us in making it a reality by joining our network and becoming a supporter of our work.

Sign up for our newsletter

Write us an email

Steward-Ownership. For an economy fit for the 21st century.

OWNERSHIP FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

Steward-ownership is shifting the tide away from value-extraction and short-termism towards stewardship, independence, and long-term purpose.

Steward-ownership structurally retools who holds control in companies and what motivates decisions. By disrupting the relationship between power/money and the purpose of business, steward-ownership is a powerful agent for economic change.

Learn more about steward-ownership

WE’RE BUILDING THE ECOSYSTEM

We’re a group of nonprofit and for-purpose organizations developing the ecosystem of knowledge, resources, support, and capital necessary to make transitioning to steward-ownership and raising capital on aligned terms easier for businesses.

  • MVP_HP_NonProfit

    Know-How

    We research and promote steward-ownership to help spread awareness of alternatives to the shareholder primacy paradigm. We also develop open-source resources to make steward-ownership more accessible.
  • MVP_HP_Support

    Support

    For startups and mature businesses alike: We provide hands-on support to develop legal, financing, and governance solutions that reflect your company’s history, industry, and future.
  • MVP_HP_Investment

    Capital

    We aim to activate capital for steward-ownership. Our financing enables young and mature businesses to grow and transition to steward-ownership with patient, purpose-aligned investments.

Key Figures

100

Companies

Companies we helped transition towards steward-ownership.

250 m

Activated Capital

Committed capital for investments into steward-owned companies.

100 +

Entrepreneurs

Companies educated on becoming steward-owned and mission aligned financing.

Arte-documentary 2020

“Purpose over greed – rethinking capitalism”

A 30-minute documentary about Purpose companies and steward-ownership. Please check the youtube video settings for English and Spanish subtitles

Steward-owned Companies

Ecosia

02/2021 | Berlin, Mature, Tech

View company profile

Sharetribe

06/2020 | Mature, Tech, Helsinki

View company profile

Companies we've supported

quotationmark-in quotationmark-out

Self-ownership can help companies to stay mission driven and independent for the long term.

Juho Makkonen, CEO and Co-founder of Sharetribe
quotationmark-in quotationmark-out

Purpose provides a new model for the social enterprise sector, which is hungry for alternative ownership structures.

Kate Danaher, Senior Director, Integrated Capital at RSF Social Finance
quotationmark-in quotationmark-out

Much more experimentation is needed as well as an understanding of historic forms, which showed much more diversity than one would be led to believe from the current dominance of the singular shareholder focused C Corporation.

Albert Wenger, Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures
quotationmark-in quotationmark-out

Purpose brings a rich management philosophy that is post-ideology, weaving together the best from capitalism, cooperatives, startup culture, and democratic organizing.

Alexa Clay, Author 'The Misfit Economy'

Team

We’re pioneering steward-ownership.

Our team is an international mix of entrepreneurs, investors, lawyers, psychologists, and changemakers driven by the common goal of creating systemic change by rethinking ownership.

Who we are.

Stay in touch

A sustainable future is possible. Support us in making it a reality by joining our network and becoming a supporter of our work.

Sign up for our newsletter

Write us an email