Frendie:
A social business

Frendie is a business solving a social issue. Mission is to decrease loneliness and strengthen the authentic connection between people. Frendie develops digital and communal solutions which help people find friends, build meaningful human relations and feel like belonging.

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In the centre of Frendie is the friendship app connecting people based on their interests, values and life situations. The goal is to lower the threshold of new encounters and offer a safe environment for meeting – in day to day life and different types of events.

Frendie also builds solutions for loneliness and community together with educational organizations, businesses, munincipalities and other partners. With Frendie organizations can make strengthen community in a concrete way, as well as measure the results.

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Tampereen kävelymiitin kokoontuminen, ihmisiä kaupunkimaisemassa ja Frendien bannerit

However the technology alone isn't the core of Frendie. There's also the active influence work to make loneliness and especially its solutions visible in the society. Additionally Frendie organizes live meetings and events to support community and social wellbeing.

As a social operator Frendie aims to generate measurable social impact: the objective is to improve wellbeing, prevent social exclusion and increase the feeling of participation. Frendie represents new type of responsible business in which financial sustainability and positive societal impact go hand in hand.

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