Social Finance Israel

What Social Finance Israel does

Social Finance Israel (SFI) is an impact investment firm headquartered in Tel Aviv, founded in 2013. Its stated purpose is to raise private sector capital to fund public programs, placing it within the social impact bond / pay-for-success / outcomes-based financing category. The firm operates as an intermediary that structures financial vehicles channeling corporate and institutional capital into Israeli public-sector initiatives with measurable social outcomes.

SFI's core "product" is its deal-structuring and program-management capability: the firm originates, designs, and manages outcome-based contracts that align private investor returns with measurable public-program results. Its capital partners include a major Israeli bank (Bank Hapoalim), a global cybersecurity firm (Check Point Software Technologies), and an emerging-markets impact investor (Vital Capital), which collectively committed $20 million in August 2017. The firm is led by co-founder and CEO Yaron Neudorfer and operates with a team of 11-50 people. The underlying technology stack, proprietary platforms, and specific public programs financed are not disclosed in the available data.

Because SFI's website and most secondary sources were not accessible (the site returned only a loading/verification page), detailed revenue mechanics, pricing model, deal pipeline, current AUM/program capital under management, and post-2017 milestones are not available. Monetization is most plausibly via management/advisory fees on deployed program capital or transaction structuring fees, consistent with industry norms for impact investment intermediaries, but no explicit pricing or fee structure has been disclosed.

Name

Social Finance Israel

Website

https://sfi.org.il

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Social Finance Israel is a Tel Aviv-based impact investment firm, founded in 2013, that raises private sector capital to fund Israeli public programs via outcomes-based financing structures. It is led by CEO Yaron Neudorfer.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Impact Investment / Social Finance

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Impact Investing & Social Finance (Funds, CDFIs, Microfinance) (BPAGALAA)

Keywords

• Impact investing
• Social impact bonds
• Pay-for-success financing
• Public-private partnerships
• Social finance

Headquarters

HQ city

Tel Aviv

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Social Finance Israel is an impact investment firm that raises private sector capital to fund public social programs in Israel. It designs and manages pay-for-success financial vehicles (such as social impact bonds) that channel corporate, banking, and institutional investment into government-backed social outcomes, linking investor returns to measurable program results.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Impact Investment Vehicles for Public Programs Structured financial vehicles that raise private sector capital to fund Israeli public sector social programs, with investor returns tied to measurable program outcomes (pay-for-success / social impact bond model). The offering is for Israeli corporates, banks, and institutional investors, and for government agencies seeking outcome-based program funding.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Social Finance UK: Social Finance UK is the originating nonprofit that pioneered social impact bonds and the same operating model around which Social Finance Israel was structured. It is the closest conceptual sibling—both entities structure private capital to fund public programs through SIBs and outcomes-based contracting.
• Bridges Fund Management: Bridges Fund Management is a UK-based dedicated impact investor managing private debt and equity strategies that finance social and environmental outcomes. It is comparable to SFI in its use of private capital to scale solutions to public-sector problems.
• Big Society Capital: Big Society Capital is a UK social investment wholesaler that channels private capital into charities and social enterprises. It mirrors SFI's role as an intermediary between private capital providers and socially beneficial programs funded by public outcomes.
• Acumen: Acumen is a global impact investment fund that raises philanthropic and private capital to fund businesses addressing poverty. Comparable to SFI as a mission-led organization deploying private patient capital toward public-good outcomes.
• BlueOrchard Finance: BlueOrchard is a Zurich-based impact investment manager pioneering microfinance and inclusive finance funds. Comparable to SFI in mobilizing private institutional capital toward social outcomes and underserved populations.
• Root Capital: Root Capital is a nonprofit impact lender providing capital to small and growing businesses in underserved regions. Comparable to SFI as a non-rates-driven capital intermediary pursuing both financial sustainability and measurable social impact.
• Triodos Investment Management: Triodos IM is a Netherlands-based sustainable investment manager running impact-only strategies across multiple asset classes. Comparable to SFI in its mission-driven approach to mobilizing private capital for social and environmental benefit.
• Kiva: Kiva is a nonprofit crowdfunding platform channeling small-dollar loans from individuals to underserved borrowers worldwide. Comparable to SFI as a nonprofit intermediary that mobilizes private capital toward social outcomes, though at a much smaller ticket size.

Broad incumbents

• Omidyar Network: Omidyar Network is a large impact investment and philanthropy platform funding for-profit and nonprofit ventures globally. Comparable to SFI as a major impact allocator with broader scope and significantly more capital than SFI's niche PPP focus.

Regional players

• Social Ventures Australia (SVA): SVA is an Australian not-for-profit advisory and intermediary working on outcomes-based commissioning and social impact investing. Comparable to SFI in methodology (SIBs, outcomes contracts) but operating in a different geography (Australia vs. Israel).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/socialfinanceil
• Facebookfacebook.com/social-finance-israel-1688981728045655
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/3255432

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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