This is Social-Bee's great vision.
After several internships and jobs in the fields of venture capital and start-ups, Zarah Bruhn founded the social start- up „Social-Bee“ together with her partner Maximilian Felsner in Munich. Germany’s first integration service provider uses the temporary employment model to integrate refugees into the labour market and society: Social-Bee takes care of all the bureaucratic work and supports its employees by offering them an opportunity to acquire further qualifications and participate in integration programs.
After founding Social-Bee during the refugee-crisis, the current corona-pandemic has led her to co-found bringandring.de, a platform to provide shopping assistance across Europe to minimise social contact and fight the spread of the virus.
On June 30th - for our next #Sustainability series and our #SGWomen month, Zarah will share with us:
#how she combines for-profit and for-purpose missions in her serial endeavours
#how she successfully ride out the current Covid-led lockdown, pivoted and turned a crisis into a new business opportunity
#how she raises social entrepreneurship out of its niche and inspires business leaders to take a more sustainable route
#how she empowers women to become founders and strong leaders for change
Looking forward to seeing many faces!
Social-Bee
Co-Founder & CEO
Zarah Bruhn is a German social entrepreneur and change-maker.
During her semester abroad in Stockholm she took part in a refugees-welcome event. Realising that in addition to well-functioning first aid, there was a lack of concepts for the sustainable integration of fugitives, she returned to Germany with an innovative business plan in her mind: " Read More
Zarah Bruhn is a German social entrepreneur and change-maker.
During her semester abroad in Stockholm she took part in a refugees-welcome event. Realising that in addition to well-functioning first aid, there was a lack of concepts for the sustainable integration of fugitives, she returned to Germany with an innovative business plan in her mind: "Social Bee" was born - The first non-profit temporary employment agency for fugitives that invests all profits in integration support.
As Co-founder and CEO of Social-Bee, Germany’s first integration service provider, she is working on creating equal opportunities for refugees. Social-Bee takes care of all the bureaucratic work and supports its employees by offering them an opportunity to acquire further qualifications and participate in integration programs. Coming from a technical and business background and being passionate about social impact, she wants to raise Social Entrepreneurship out of its niche and inspire business leaders to take a more sustainable route for a better, more diverse future.
After founding Social-Bee during the refugee-crisis, the current corona-pandemic has led her to co-found bringandring.de, a platform to provide shopping assistance across Europe to minimise social contact and fight the spread of the virus. As a speaker and interview partner she is also very outspoken about empowering women to become founders and strong leaders for change.
Zarah grew up as the youngest of three siblings in Bamberg. She studied business administration at the University of Mannheim in the bachelor, then she worked for venture capitalists and private equity companies before she started her master in management and technology at the Technical University of Munich. Meanwhile, she worked in the field of cleantech venture capital. She has lived in Munich since 2015.
As Ashoka Fellow and Capital 40 under 40, Zarah has received several awards for her social entrepreneurship. She appears as an expert on integration and "female entrepreneurship" at conferences, among others at Bits & Pretzels and TEDx.
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