Founded in 2014, ScaleChanger supports impact-driven organisations in their scaling ambition so they can maximise their social impact.
Our team comprises a group of seasoned and passionate professionals, and includes a pool of associated experts who work hand in hand with social and inclusive entrepreneurs as well as actors of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), in France and internationally, on their development challenges.
Our purpose
We contribute to the scaling of social innovations!
ScaleChanger was born out of the observation that, while innovations with a strong social or environmental impact are emerging all over the world, only a few manage to grow at a much larger scale.
The reason for this: an ecosystem insufficiently conducive to the development of impact-driven organisations, despite significant progress and the challenges and doubts faced by their leaders wanting to scale their solution:
- Is my organisation mature enough?
- What path should I take to achieve my impact ambitions?
- How can I implement my development strategy?
- How can I change my business model?
- And so on.
Our mission at ScaleChanger is to remove the obstacles faced by organisations (social entrepreneurs, NGOS, etc.) while helping to strengthen the ecosystem, so that in the future, any proven social or environmental innovation can flourish and be a response to today’s global challenges.
This is the vision of the world that we defend at ScaleChanger and for which we work every day. Our theory of change is based on a global approach, giving managers the keys to maximising the impact of their solution. Thanks to our support in the development of their strategy and capabilities, their vision is clearer and they feel better to successfully scale up their solution.
Our approach
A holistic view of scaling up
As they begin to scale up, social entrepreneurs face complex questions:
How to manage growth?
How to grow without losing the organisation’s “DNA”?
What skills should be developed to lead and manage this acceleration?
How can I finance the scaling of my organisation?
We support entrepreneurs and their teams in finding the right answers so they can increase their social impact more peacefully.
A full range of expertise and skills on scaling up
We offer tailor-made support by drawing on a full range of expertise and skills developed by ScaleChanger -from strategic support to operational implementation. Relying on years of experience alongside scaling organisations, our approach is based on:
Field expertise in France and abroad
Proven methodologies
Concrete feedback from our past experiences
A relationship of proximity & a culture of “doing with” the organisation
We support organisations at every stage of their scaling up journey: from the preparation to the implementation of their scaling project. Depending on the needs, we provide support on strategy, organisation, evaluation, facilitation and change management.
The convictions behind our actions
For us, coaching and supporting social entrepreneurs means building and growing together. We strongly believe in collective intelligence and skills development to provide relevant and lasting results within the organisations that we support.
A global action & exposure
We operate in France and internationally, more specifically in Europe and in the Global South. We collaborate with impact-driven economy actors from all over the world in order to share and capitalise on innovative and high-impact models.
Since 2014, we have worked with more than 500 organisations: social enterprises, associations, NGOs or corporations.
The team
A dedicated team of experts with complementary backgrounds
Isabelle Hoyaux
SCALE UP ADVISOR & Founder
I started my career as a strategic consultant before joining Unis-Cité, an organisation which activity dramatically accelerated over that period of time (by 10 times). I participated in the evolution development strategy of the association and its organisational structure. I then contributed to the scaling of an innovative healthcare solution developed by the he Right To Sight NGO from India to Africa. I then took over the management of the Centre for International Development and Research which implements innovative actions in Africa. In 2014, after seeing the potential social innovations in addressing today’s challenges world problems, I decided to create ScaleChanger
Nicolas Boillereau
SCALE UP ADVISOR
I started my career as a strategic consultant within major companies and financial players. Then I spent six years in working in administration to support major state reforms. After entrepreneurial experiences in the consulting sector and wanting to collaborate with impact entrepreneurs, I joined ScaleChanger in 2018.
Gloria Ba
right-hand woman
I spent 7 years evolving in the international partnerships industry and more specifically in the higher education sector in France and overseas. Back in 2014, I decided to reorient my career and focus on the sustainable development & CSR sectors as well as the Social and Solidarity Economy. I realised that I only thrive when in I am surrounded by impact-driven entrepreneurs in France and Africa. This is the reason why I decided to join ScaleChanger in 2020. My daily routine consists in supporting the organisation in the execution of its strategical and transversal missions while working on specific missions (project evaluations, …)
Fanny Bellassen
SCALE UP ADVISOR
I experienced scaling when working in a social entreprise. I am therefore very familiar with the questions and difficulties that go along with it. After 10 years of work experience in the field of the Social & Solidarity Sector and philanthropy, I have worked for 3 years with actors who want to growth their social impact. I joined ScaleChanger to strengthen the capacities of social entrepreneurs and their team and to find the best ways to develop their project.
Pierre Fillaudeau
SCALE UP ADVISOR
Specialised in corporate finance, I started my career as a consultant in transactional services. Then I joined Lita.co, an impact-based participatory finance platform, as an Investment Officer. After supporting many social enterprises in their scaling/fundraising phase on strategic and financial issues, I joined the ScaleChanger team in 2022. I also provide pro-bono support to social enterprises in their seed phase and I volunteer in a number of SSE organisations (e.g. MakeSense, CIGALES, Fresque du Climat).
Laurine Darrasse
SCALE UP ADVISOR
I trained as a public works engineer and switched to the Social and Solidarity Economy sector in 2016 after 6 years of consulting in the construction industry. Seeking meaning and wishing to actively contribute to the transformation of our society, I became involved in associations working for causes that were close to my heart. While working in these organisations, I fully understood the role they play in the perception, understanding and addressing of social, societal and environmental needs.
I then chose to position myself alongside them in order to better support them in their mission. To this end, I joined ADASI in 2018 to contribute to the consolidation of the sector by researching and experimenting with innovative solutions that meet the strategic support needs of general interest organisations. Today, with ScaleChanger, I use these experiences to support impact entrepreneurs in the development of their project.
Claire Operto
SCALE UP ADVISOR
After 8 years in the entrepreneurial field, I became specifically involved in the social and solidarity sector. Initially involved in a personal capacity in several associations, both local and national, I joined the Pro Bono Lab team in 2020 to manage its activities in the North and to develop a program dedicated to youth involvement. I was able to explore the various challenges of scaling up, which made me want to work more specifically on this axis by joining ScaleChanger.
Anne Lancelot
SCALE UP ADVISOR
With nearly 30 years’ experience of running humanitarian organizations and development programs, mainly in Asia (Afghanistan, Burma, Nepal) and West Africa (Senegal, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso), I joined ScaleChanger early in 2024. I bring to ScaleChanger my knowledge of the social private sector (social franchises in the health sector, social enterprises for the distribution of essential medicines, support for entrepreneurship and renewable energy). I’m passionate about the ecological transition, and my professional motivation is to make a lasting social and human impact.
Lisa Loste
project officer
My studies at Sciences Po Bordeaux and my master’s degree in Social and Solidarity Economy have provided me with an in-depth understanding of contemporary issues and the organisations within the SSE ecosystem.
In parallel, I founded an association dedicated to promoting women’s sports, which allowed me to develop skills in project management, fundraising, digital communication, and building partnerships.
Joining ScaleChanger as a project officer would enable me to leverage these skills in an innovative and committed environment.
Our team also has local local experts based in different regions: West Africa, Madagascar and Asia.
In addition to our in-house expertise, we work with various experts (lawyers, sector experts, thematic experts such as gender, inclusion, etc.).
Democratic and participative governance
ScaleChanger’ governance is ruled by democratic, collaborative and participatory practices. It is based on :
A Social and Solidarity Economy Committee, a forum for exchange and information between the various members, whose mission is to :
- give its opinion, in an advisory capacity, on the strategic orientations linked to the life of the organisation, in particular its development,
- submit, in an advisory capacity, recommendations to improve and increase the social impact of our support and contributions to the ecosystem,
- ensuring that our governance principles are respected and that the interests of our stakeholders are taken into account.
- processes that encourage the dissemination of information, consultation and transparency: meetings, interaction between members, circulation of information, etc.
- decision-making processes that involve all staff in a representative and pluralist manner.
ScaleChanger’s operations are also based on principles in line with our values and tools such as a work and teleworking charter.
Our story
History and development
Founded in 2014, ScaleChanger has been developing its activities in France and internationally since its inception.
Initially based in the Ile-de-France region, ScaleChanger has expanded into different territories and now covers five French regions.
We also rely on a network of key international partners in different regions, notably in Africa and Europe. To date, we have carried out assignments in more than 29 countries around the world.
A committed company
Because social utility is at the heart of our mission, Scalechanger is ESUS-accredited (French label which recognizes that our organisation pursue a social utility mission). The ESUS accreditation is a mark of official recognition for SSE (social and solidarity economy) organisations that make the general interest their primary objective. Approved organisations can promote their activities to their public and private partners and access specific funding schemes.
Our commitment
Our contribution to help and boost the ecosystem
At ScaleChanger, we aim at making the environment more favorable for social innovations to scale. We are looking to create and share knowledge with as many people as possible and to build synergies between different ecosystems.
We are collaborating with other SSE and scaling experts in spaces of dialogue in France and internationally. We also produce open source resources and tools to address the needs of the social entrepreneurs.
Today, more than 3000 persons have accessed our resources.
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