We believe in a circular world
Where people, knowledge, and organisations are connected and collaborate to build effective solutions to pervasive problems.
We are a private venture philanthropy foundation that partners with social impact first organizations that want to enhance sustainable economic opportunities for entrepreneurs, communities and vulnerable groups.
We do so by supporting local talent potential, creativity, and innovation with useful tools, flexible funding, and a knowledge network to maximize and scale impact.
In disadvantaged rural areas and informal settlements, millions of people live in severe scarcity: people with talent and potential but with limited resources and options to improve their living conditions.
Creating sustainable economic opportunities improves communities’ well-being, their sense of self-development, and contribution. This allows people and communities to embrace their own future, and to lead lives with hope and dignity. We believe in supporting communities to design and drive systemic change for generations to come, by building a community that is eager to share generously so we can reach further, faster.
We believe in acting from the head and the heart.
Our values
Honesty: We commit to full honesty & transparency with our partners, recognising the limits of what we can achieve.
Trust: We believe that mutual trust is critical to a meaningful relationship, one that is capable of creating lasting changes, so we always demonstrate integrity in our dealings.
Respect: We respect that our partners and local communities are aware of their own problems and also the best means of addressing them, so we respect their priorities.
Accountability of impact: We are accountable for the impact of our actions and expect our partners to be as well. We strive to measure impact and understand the long term consequences of any interventions and ensure that these are positive for people and the planet.
Curiosity: We shape impactful solutions by making knowledge and innovation accessible where it can serve the purpose of social impact.
Exploration: We shape impactful solutions by making knowledge and innovation accessible where it can serve the purpose of social impact.
Our Team
Making things happen with passion & dedication
Executive Director
María Jesús Pérez
She has over 15 years of experience in the field of economic development.
She has lived in the UK, Central America and the Middle East and has managed international projects and teams in several countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa. She served as Deputy Director of CODESPA Foundation, international NGO specialised in sustainable poverty eradication, leading innovative strategies to increase the impact of economic development projects, and creating systems and actions to generate and share specialised knowledge. She led multiparty partnerships with business, academy and social impact organisations. She has a specialised background in microfinance, inclusive business and private sector engagement in development. She is author of several papers and research on these topics.
Her education is in Business and Economics and holds a MSc Degree in Development and Project Planning (UK) with complementary studies at IESE Business School (Spain), INSEAD (France) and Harvard Kennedy School (Boston).
"I believe in putting people at the center of every action and my passion lies in seeing people display their talent and potential no matter their context or starting point."
Venture Philanthropy Portfolio Manager
Lolo Kleykamp
She brings a blend of sustainability expertise and impact investing experience to SCF.
For nearly three years, she worked as an ESG Consultant at Holtara, a sustainability advisory firm, where she developed strategic sustainability roadmaps for private equity firms and their portfolio companies, guiding them through their transformation journey toward sustainable operations.
Prior to Holtara, Lolo co-founded Sustainable Students Consultancy, a non-profit student consultancy in Amsterdam that connects talented students with organizations facing sustainability challenges, creating opportunities for both professional development and meaningful impact.
Her academic foundation combines Natural Sciences & Innovation Management from Utrecht University with an exchange at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where she deepened her understanding of social entrepreneurship. She completed her Master's in Global Business and Sustainability, equipping her with the tools to bridge business strategy with sustainable development.
She is driven by a fundamental belief: talent is distributed everywhere, but opportunity is not. While challenges exist across the globe, there are communities and individuals who, despite their potential and capabilities, face systemic barriers that limit their access to opportunities. She is passionate about contributing to a world where everyone, regardless of their starting point, has the chance to build a dignified and hopeful future.
Philanthropy Portfolio Associate
Anna Conrad
Anna brings over four years experience at the intersection of international development, philanthropy, and program management, with a strong focus on community-driven impact. Previously at Wilde Ganzen, she worked on strengthening locally led initiatives with a particular focus on improving employment opportunities for women and youth. She supported partner organizations in designing and implementing impactful programmes rooted in sustainability, and facilitated workshops to help organizations work more effectively with and within their communities. Alongside this, Anna was the secretary to the G-Star RAW Denim Foundation, where she supported the foundation’s philanthropic activities.
Prior to this, she was at the CARE Netherlands Climate Justice Center, where she focused on youth leadership, climate action, and fostering communities of practice around climate justice. Her academic background is rooted in an International Relations Bachelor and an International Development Master.
Anna combines strong analytical and organizational skills with a collaborative and hands-on approach, and is motivated to contribute to initiatives that advance equity, inclusion, and sustainable development. At SCF she is further deepening her commitment to amplifying the role of young people and communities in driving meaningful and lasting social and environmental change.
Programs & Partnerships Coordinator- US
Delia DeVere
Delia brings over two decades of senior corporate experience in global strategic account management, workforce solutions, and partnership development to the Social Capital Foundation. She has held Vice President and SVP-level roles at leading organizations including The Adecco Group and Kelly Outsourcing & Consulting, where she managed global portfolios and built lasting relationships across the U.S. and internationally.
Throughout her career, Delia found ways to connect business with community, working with nonprofit organizations focused on domestic violence prevention, food insecurity, workforce training and economic empowerment for underserved groups. She has always believed that real change happens at the intersection of people, resources and relationships.
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Delia now channels that experience into supporting SCF's mission and cultivating partnerships with global impact organizations both at home and abroad — driven by the belief that talent and potential exist everywhere, and that opportunity should too.
Impact Manager
Wiep van Eck
Wiep brings over 7 years of experience in responsible investment and sustainable development, and from her role as Impact Manager at Blink Impact actively collaborates as part of the SCF team.
Prior to joining Blink Impact, she worked as strategy consultant at Holtara, mostly supporting private equity firms in integrating ESG into their investment strategies and supporting portfolio companies with sustainability strategy projects. Wiep started her career at PwC, focusing on sustainable finance advisory, ESG in Deals, and co-managed international development programmes in emerging markets (Dutch Good Growth Fund on behalf of the Dutch MfA).
Wiep has been driven to advancing international development, nature conservation, and social equity for as long as she can remember, inspired by periods spent abroad and doing voluntary projects growing up.
Wiep holds a MSc in Business Economics & Sustainable Management from Uppsala University and a BSc in International Business Administration from Rotterdam School of Management, including a minor in International Relations & Human Rights obtained at Erasmus University College.
Head of impact
Ana Pimenta
Ana has more than 12 years of international experience focused on impact investing and consulting, private equity/ venture capital, and corporate finance.
She has led and executed projects across several asset classes and industries, particularly education, renewable energy, real estate and infrastructures. Prior to joining SCF, Ana worked in social impact strategy and measurement at Banco Santander. Prior to that, she worked for both the Big 4 consultancy firms, EY and Deloitte, and for several small investment houses and family offices, such as Lynx Asset Managers, Third Way Africa and Alanis Capital.
Additionally, in collaboration with IE University and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Ana teaches impact investing and mentors several social enterprises, mainly in Europe, Latin America and Africa.
Ana is currently finishing her PhD in Impact Investing from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) and she also holds a Master’s degree in Economics from NOVA School of Business & Economics in Lisbon (Portugal).
Technical Advisor
Kees Jan Koster
Kees Jan works at the intersection of technology and people, providing hands-on capacity building to tech teams inside impact-driven organisations. His support goes well beyond technical guidance: he coaches teams on communication, collaboration, and ownership, the soft skills that determine whether a project succeeds or fails long after the engagement ends.
As part of the more than finance programme of Social Capital Foundation, he has carried out on-site capacity building assignments. His experience has shown him that the real challenges facing technical teams are rarely purely technical. They are rooted in team dynamics, management relationships, and the ability to translate needs across organisational boundaries. Being present on the ground, rather than coaching remotely, is what allows those deeper issues to surface and be addressed.
Kees Jan brings the same independent and transparent approach to all his engagements, whether advising on technical strategy or working shoulder to shoulder with a funded team to close capability gaps. He believes that sustainable impact is built by building people, not just systems.
Our Board
Inspiration, vision and commitment
Founder, Chairman of the Board
Laura Devere
Laura is the founder and Chairman of the Board of the Social Capital Stichting (Foundation).
She is an active Impact investor and venture philanthropist. Currently Laura serves as a board member of MCE, Social capital Microfinance, is an active investor in early stage Social businesses and actively in involved providing grants for income generation and educational programs.
Recently Laura founded a sister foundation, 5 Media Stichting which focuses on reducing our environmental impact and building the eco system for conscious capitalism. Social Capital Foundation is proudly collaborating with 5 Media.
In her business career she was the general manager USA for Bibit Global Payments and a Managing Director for a Specialist firm on the NYSE. Her education and professional experience has been in the areas of finance/economics and business development.
Board member
Tswi Rodrigues Pereira
Tswi Rodrigues Pereira was the first partner at Pereira; an excellent tax-consultancy office that advises clients with tax- and notarial related issues with tailor-made solutions. These clients mainly consist of entrepreneurs with successful family businesses, national and international.
After his study of tax law, Tswi was a tax inspector with the tax authorities. In 1988 he started working at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he became a partner in 1993. In 1997 he became member of the tax board of this big 4 corporation. He specialized in tax planning of larger corporations and stock exchange noted funds, mergers, buy-outs, acquisitions, due diligences and family businesses.
Tswi's main qualities are his ability to put things in perspective, his analytical skills and the ability to look at problems from different perspectives. His sense of humor and his associative ability form an integrated whole. These qualities have contributed to Pereira’s strength; creative thinking in custom made solutions, pragmatic and specific advisory and making the complex simple. Pereira believes in development through knowledge.
Tswi mainly operates as trusted advisor, he is a sound board for his relations and colleagues. Also, Tswi is a board member of several charity funds, mainly focusing on education. In his spare time he studies philosophy.
Board member
Chris van Leeuwen
Chris studied law in Leiden, after which he served one year in the Dutch army, and after that joined Arthur Andersen (Amsterdam) as a tax lawyer.
During a period of 10 years, he has been active in tax consultancy for merger and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and real-estate transactions with Arthur Andersen.
He joined Wagram in 2000, bringing his tax and legal expertise. This has become instrumental in the successful structuring of Wagram activities. Meanwhile, Chris developed into a senior investment manager, responsible for the successful execution of several transactions.
Our Advisors
Bright minds to catalyse our activities
Senior Advisor Tech & Scaling
Jean Claude Rodríguez Ferrera
Jean Claude is the Co-founder of Redsalmons, a consulting firm that helps innovative social projects scale, mainly with the use of technology. He is also a recognized social entrepreneur, Ashoka Fellow and was selected “Best Creative Entrepreneur of the World” by JCI in 2008.
Originally from Barcelona, he created the CAF methodology (self-financed communities) and expanded it to more than 10 countries. He lived in Silicon Valley, where he had such investors as Google Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.
He holds a PhD in Business Administration, he teaches “Social Entrepreneurship” in different universities and wrote the book “World Economy & Development”.
Senior Advisor Talent
Manuel Márquez
Manolo Marquez founded V3Leaders after 15 years of leadership and corporate governance consulting experience, and 8 years as publicly traded company chief executive officer.
He also holds an Executive in Residence position at ESADE Business School, chairing their Final Master Projects –a consultancy study delivered by full-time MBA students to selected participating companies with the collaboration of Monitor Deloitte.
As an international executive, he has been responsible for operations in more than 25 countries in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. He has been exposed to multiple industries and environments, addressing business transformation, international expansion and acquisition integration.
His experience in the boardroom, in Europe and USA, has helped him be effective as an external advisor and non-executive director, who challenges executive teams constructively, bringing them support and guidance in a non-intrusive way.
V3Leaders has also fostered and helped implement non-for-profit civil society projects such as 360SmartVision.com and Prosper4All.