DEEP is an L3C - a hybrid social enterprise for sustainable development empowering the next generation of business leaders throughout the United States and Africa. DEEP places PEOPLE,PLANET, PROFITS in exact order creating realistic and supportable return on investment for the next generation of entrepreneurial individuals.

As the social enterprise field evolves and grows, there is a great deal of debate on legal and structural issues. Given the social and financial objectives of social enterprise, many argue that existing corporate structures are inadequate. Tax-exempt organizations have limited avenues to access capital, and a strong profit orientation may jeopardize their tax status. In an effort to find a practical solution, DEEP is leading the charge to establishing impact investment throughout the US and Africa with our Hybrid Limited Liability Company (L3C). L3Cs are fast becoming the organizational structure of choice.

DEEP's strategy is an exemplary opportunity for individuals and institutions looking to directly effect the future outlook of their local communities and the world. DEEP is a hybrid incubation company financially and commercially stabilizing each partner with which it works. Through a combination of services including marketing, branding, market-penetration strategy/implementation and logistics, DEEP provides the structural support necessary for it's partners to establish sound governance, transparency, and growth in the impact market sector.

Opportunity
The impact market sector suffers from a lack of transparency and governance. Commonly used strategies are frequently illiquid and poorly implemented and cannot sustain the three utmost priorities, identified as the triple bottom line: people, planet, profit. This sector is frequently viewed as a disorganized and under-leveraged niche, suffering from the legacy of both non-profit and for-profit ills. Entrepreneurs are frequently ill-equipped, lacking the multitude of tools necessary. Proper market understanding, expansion strategy and sound governance with provable social and environmental returns become unattainable goals. Socially and environmentally responsible enterprises are often too small and/or hyper specialized, leading to fiscally unsupportable long-term benefits. This dilution of focus negatively impacts each business' core mission.

Solution
DEEP directly addresses an urgent need in the global market for the increased profitability and visibility of sustainable businesses and entrepreneurs. DEEP has adopted a newly formulated and highly sophisticated hybrid business model to incubate these businesses to great heights. The innovation at the heart of DEEP lies in it's decision to bring the most effective traits of a collaborative social network to the foundation of a standard business model. DEEP is the first incubation company to employ this technique, capitalizing on the vast networks of information only recently made available through media-technology.

As incubator, DEEP is engineered to provide a platform for Byfusion technology; its currrent project in Africa. DEEP SA is directing regional feasibility studies, marketing, and strategy creation, enabling Byfusion to focus directly on their core strengths of R&D. DEEP works directly with Byfusion’s clients and local government to ensure the plants meet the needs of the communities that purchase them. Click here to read more...