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Top 50 Non Profit VC (Venture Capital) Funds in United Kingdom in January 2025

A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Non profit startups based in United kingdom. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Non profit companies from United kingdom. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Non Profit VC (Venture Capital) Funds in United Kingdom in January 2025

Investor Non Profit United Kingdom investments
ClearlySo 2
Social and Sustainable Capital 2
Triple Point Ventures 2
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation 2
Social Tech Trust 2
The FSE Group 2
Big Issue Invest 2
Sequoia Climate Foundation 1
MTech Capital 1
Charity Bank 1
The Accelerator Group 1
North East Social Investment Fund 1
Santander 1
AA Sons 1
NatWest Bank 1
Livingbridge 1
Google.org 1
Scottish Enterprise 1
FJ Labs 1
Lloyds Bank 1
QVentures 1
Ascension 1
Nesta Impact Investments 1
TriplePoint Capital 1
DN Capital 1
Nottingham Building Society 1
Barrow Cadbury Trust 1
Companion Fund 1
Social Investment Scotland 1
Helvetia Venture Fund 1
dmg ventures 1
City Bridge Trust 1
Sarona Partners 1
Invest Northern Ireland 1
Picus Capital 1
Kelvin Capital 1
Open Society Foundations 1
Environmental Defense Fund 1
Northstar Ventures 1
LankellyChase Foundation 1
Midven 1
Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures 1
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation 1
The Welsh Government 1
Episode 1 1
Union Square Ventures 1
T0 Ventures 1
SI² Fund 1
Harpur Trust 1
Joseph Rowntree Foundation 1
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ClearlySo VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom
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Investment focus
  • Education, Communities, Association
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • United Kingdom, Australia, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
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  • FuroSystems — We are the direct to consumer brand for elegant, practical and high performance electric vehicles.
  • Ethical Angel — Ethical Angel provides your people with opportunities to practice skills and develop targeted behaviours while supporting good causes.
Social and Sustainable Capital VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom
Funding organisations that support communities and transform lives.
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Investment focus
  • Non Profit, Communities, Transportation
  • Debt Financing
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • HCT Group — HCT Group is a social enterprise in the transport industry. Their story starts in 1982 with the formation of Hackney Community Transport, providing low cost minibuses for local community groups – a service they provide to this day.In 1993, with traditional grants under threat, they came to the realisation that the best way to become asustainable social enterprise was to become an effective enterprise. They began to compete for commercial contracts in the marketplace to ensure they could continue to provide community transport.HCT Group service users This approach has seen HCT Group grow from a handful of volunteers and a couple of minibuses, with a turnover of £202k in 1993 – to a large scale social enterprise with 800 employees, ten depots spread across London, Yorkshire, Humberside, the Southwest and the Channel Islands, a fleet of 500 vehicles and a 2013/14 turnover of £43.7m.Their commercial track record spans a wide range of services – from London red buses to social services transport, from school transport to Park and Ride, from community transport to education and training. They now deliver well over 20 million passenger trips on their buses every year. You can find a full breakdown of the services they provide across the group here.
  • Five Lamps — Five Lamps aims to ?transform lives, raise aspirations, remove barriers and offer choice to families, business and communities?. They are a charity that supports the community by re-investing any profit back into the business. They are also known as a social enterprise, registered charity and community development finance institution.
  • Gawcott Fields Community Solar — Gawcott Fields Community Solar is a not for profit organization generating electricity and income for the benefits of the local community.
Triple Point Ventures VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 7 investments in the past 12 months
Triple Point Ventures is an early stage VC based in London, investing in promising start-ups across multiple sectors including ecommerce, AI, platforms and wider tech. TP's team offers entrepreneurs something a bit different - a fusion of funding and operational expertise, helping investee companies fulfil their growth plans at speed whileensuring teams themselves reach their full potential as they expand.Triple Point has funded many companies, including Skin Analytics, LendInvest, Contis Group, Capital on Tap, Payment Sense, Flatfair and MWS Technology. Several TP-backed companies have featured in start-up charts such as The Sunday Times Tech Track 100. TP recently began raising its second £30 million venture fund to invest in early stage companies who are addressing identified challenges in the B2B or B2B2C world.Triple Point Ventures is the venture capital arm of the wider Triple Point Investment Management group. The Triple Point Group manages over £1.5 billion in assets across multiple strategies including debt, infrastructure, real estate and venture capital. The group was established in 2004 as a UK venture capital trust manager and has continued to provide strong risk-adjusted returns to investors throughout this time.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
  • trumpet — Create beautiful, personalised, trackable and interactive digital sales pods in a few clicks with trumpet
  • Visibly — Visibly developing technology to bring about the change our built environment requires by providing businesses with the tools they need to reduce the industry's skills gap and ensure our infrastructure can meet the needs of the population.
  • Paloma Health — A technology-enabled provider of children's mental health services, starting with autism assessments.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation VC Fund
The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation is an independent grant-making foundations in the UK.
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Investment focus
  • Non Profit, Communities, Charity
  • Debt Financing, Funding Round
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • HCT Group — HCT Group is a social enterprise in the transport industry. Their story starts in 1982 with the formation of Hackney Community Transport, providing low cost minibuses for local community groups – a service they provide to this day.In 1993, with traditional grants under threat, they came to the realisation that the best way to become asustainable social enterprise was to become an effective enterprise. They began to compete for commercial contracts in the marketplace to ensure they could continue to provide community transport.HCT Group service users This approach has seen HCT Group grow from a handful of volunteers and a couple of minibuses, with a turnover of £202k in 1993 – to a large scale social enterprise with 800 employees, ten depots spread across London, Yorkshire, Humberside, the Southwest and the Channel Islands, a fleet of 500 vehicles and a 2013/14 turnover of £43.7m.Their commercial track record spans a wide range of services – from London red buses to social services transport, from school transport to Park and Ride, from community transport to education and training. They now deliver well over 20 million passenger trips on their buses every year. You can find a full breakdown of the services they provide across the group here.
  • Five Lamps — Five Lamps aims to ?transform lives, raise aspirations, remove barriers and offer choice to families, business and communities?. They are a charity that supports the community by re-investing any profit back into the business. They are also known as a social enterprise, registered charity and community development finance institution.
  • Framework Housing Association — We are a charity that supports people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Sheffield.
Social Tech Trust VC Fund · Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Social Tech Trust is a UK's leading dedicated investor of socially motivated tech.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Software, Education
  • Seed, Grant, Funding Round
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • TapSOS — TapSOS is an app for a non-verbal method of contacting the emergency services. It will promote inclusivity and help transform the delivery of emergency services.
  • Feebris — AI-guided tools that support carers to capture and share precise health measurements enabling more effective care for vulnerable patients.
  • RightsDD — RightsDD is an award winning startup. Use RightsDD's platform to assess and monitor suppliers for slavery risk. Train employees with RightsDD's online and in-person anti-slavery courses. Benefit from specialist consulting.
The FSE Group VC Fund · Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom · 7 investments in the past 12 months
FSE C.I.C. is an independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) whose surpluses are reinvested in the business, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. FSE C.I.C. has a number of subsidiary companies to deliver its funds and services, which are collectively referred to as The FSE Group.All regulated activities are delivered through FSE Fund Managers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Finance East Limited delivers funding for businesses based in the East of England region.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Debt Financing, Seed, Funding Round
  • United Kingdom, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Wilder Sensing — Wilder Sensing is a nature technology business that uses artificial intelligence to quantify biodiversity changes.
  • Cybaverse — Cybaverse is a CREST accredited Managed Security Service Provider: Penetration Testing, Monitoring Detection and Response, Cyber Essentials.
  • Green Power Solutions — Green Power Solutions is a progressive business committed to providing innovative, environmentally friendly energy solutions. Green Power Solutions maintains our technology satisfies current demands while creating a more environmentally friendly future. With real-time monitoring, sophisticated analytics, and seamless integration, our flagshipproduct, the 3MS platform, is revolutionizing off-grid asset management and providing genuinely green, potent solutions to companies all over the world.
Big Issue Invest VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom
We are leaders in Social Impact Investing. We empower sustainable business solutions to deliver real social change.
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Investment focus
  • Charity, Non Profit, Communities
  • Funding Round, Debt Financing, Grant
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • OVO — OVO is the home of live theatre in St Albans, Hertfordshire. We are a theatre production company based in St Albans, just north of London.
  • World Media Initiatives — World Media Initiatives is a production company that stands out.
  • Phoenix Social Enterprise — PSE is a social enterprise with a purpose - to help individuals, communities and economies progress and grow, through our range of employment services
Sequoia Climate Foundation VC Fund · Irvine, California, United States
Sequoia Climate Foundation believes in a world powered by clean energy, where all people are protected by policies that have averted the worst effects of climate change.
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Investment focus
  • Consulting, Non Profit, Machine Learning
  • Seed
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Climate Policy Radar — Climate Policy Radar is a UK-based nonprofit, building open databases and AI-powered research tools to accelerate climate action
MTech Capital VC Fund · Santa Monica, California, United States · 2 investments in the past 12 months
MTech Capital is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles (Santa Monica) and London investing in InsurTech - technology companies operating in the insurance industry.
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Investment focus
  • Insurance, InsurTech, FinTech
  • Series A, Series B, Funding Round
  • United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
  • Zuub — Zuub is an all-in-one dental revenue cycle management platform that streamlines processes and boosts revenue through automated insurance verification, and more.
  • Verituity — Transforming legacy payout systems as the only dynamic payout network that connects Banks, Payers, and Payees, with smarter, faster, and safer end-to-end verified payouts.
  • Matic Insurance — Matic is an independent insurance agency that works with multiple insurance carriers so that we can provide the best recommendation to you. This often results in the best policy and the best price.
Charity Bank VC Fund · Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom
Charity Bank was established as an FSA-regulated deposit-taking bank in 2002, with a unique mission to provide loans to meet the financial needs of small charities, community organisations and social enterprises that are not being served by other lenders. They achieve this through the support of a community of investors, depositors, and borrowers,who share the view that it is worthwhile to support these organisations when they undertake capital projects that achieve beneficial social impacts and can borrow for this purpose on a financially sustainable basis.
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Investment focus
  • Charity, Non Profit, Communities
  • Funding Round
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Framework Housing Association — We are a charity that supports people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Sheffield.
The Accelerator Group VC Fund · Mclean, Virginia, United States
Based in London, The Accelerator Group (TAG) has been an advisor and investor in early stage and start-up companies since 1995. They focus on the Internet services, eCommerce and multi-channel retail sectors, investing primarily in the US and Europe.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, Finance
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Zemanta — Zemanta brings the power of programmatic advertising to native. Zemanta One is the only cross-channel media buying platform specifically designed for the promotion and distribution of marketing content. The world's largest brands and leading digital agencies use Zemanta's programmatic platform to scale, automate and optimize their entirenative advertising programs.Founded in 2007, Zemanta is based in New York with offices across North America and Europe.
  • Riskified — Leading global ecommerce enterprises leverage Riskified's AI-powered fraud and risk intelligence platform for chargeback guarantee, to grow revenues, and to fight fraud and policy abuse at scale.
  • Wise — 160+ countries, 40 currencies, one account. Save when you send, spend and manage your money internationally.
North East Social Investment Fund VC Fund
North East Social Investment Fund
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Investment focus
  • Non Profit
  • Debt Financing
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Five Lamps — Five Lamps aims to ?transform lives, raise aspirations, remove barriers and offer choice to families, business and communities?. They are a charity that supports the community by re-investing any profit back into the business. They are also known as a social enterprise, registered charity and community development finance institution.
Santander VC Fund · Madrid, Madrid, Spain · 22 investments in the past 12 months
Our purpose is to help people and businesses prosper. We strive to make all we do Simple, Personal and Fair.
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Investment focus
  • Energy, Financial Services, Renewable Energy
  • Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Seed
  • Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Co-op — The Co-operative Group is the UK’s largest mutual business, owned by over seven million consumer members. The Group operates 4,800 retail trading outlets, employs more than 100,000 people and has an annual turnover of more than £13bn. Whether it's a drop of milk for your morning cuppa, a little friendly advice because your back'splaying up again, or a helping hand onto the property ladder, we're here for you. With over 5,000 high street branches we're only ever just down the road, at the end of a phone or a click away. So whatever it is, however big or small, we're happy to help.We don't answer to shareholders, we answer to you. Unlike most businesses, we're owned by our members - all 7.2 million of them. We're not a plc, so we can fight for the good of our members and customers. Anyone can join The Co-operative, you can become a member online now or just pick up a leaflet in store. As a member, you'll not only have a say in the way we are run, but also get a share in our profits, as a big thank you for shopping with us.Originally formed in Rochdale in 1844 to offer real value to the community, 168 years on and our founding principles still stand. The world may have changed somewhat in those years but the need for a more ethical business, a more honest one and a more customer focussed one clearly hasn't. We're here for you in good and bad times. We're here for you for life.
  • Submer — Check out how immersion cooling can help you achieve high density, optimize your TCO, and minimize environmental impact.
  • Aypa Power — Aypa is a pioneering developer, owner, and operator of energy storage and renewable hybrid projects.
AA Sons VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom
AA Sons focuses on raising venture capital for ambitious, fast-growing companies with a desire to 'make the world a better place' in retail, mobility, healthcare, care, fintech and broader tech sectors.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • France, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • HUG — Join our global creative community to showcase & sell your art, connect with others, and access creator-friendly grants and education.
  • Kate — Kate redefines everyday mobility by offering electric vehicles made in France.
  • Multiwave Technologies — More than 2/3 of humanity has no access to medical imaging Our mission is to make MRI available globally, through our ultra-low field mobile device.
NatWest Bank VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 12 investments in the past 12 months
Welcome to NatWest. Our extensive personal banking products include bank accounts, mortgages, credit cards, loans and more. Visit today to see how we can serve you.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Telecommunications, Internet
  • Debt Financing, Funding Round, Post-IPO Debt
  • United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
  • Co-op — The Co-operative Group is the UK’s largest mutual business, owned by over seven million consumer members. The Group operates 4,800 retail trading outlets, employs more than 100,000 people and has an annual turnover of more than £13bn. Whether it's a drop of milk for your morning cuppa, a little friendly advice because your back'splaying up again, or a helping hand onto the property ladder, we're here for you. With over 5,000 high street branches we're only ever just down the road, at the end of a phone or a click away. So whatever it is, however big or small, we're happy to help.We don't answer to shareholders, we answer to you. Unlike most businesses, we're owned by our members - all 7.2 million of them. We're not a plc, so we can fight for the good of our members and customers. Anyone can join The Co-operative, you can become a member online now or just pick up a leaflet in store. As a member, you'll not only have a say in the way we are run, but also get a share in our profits, as a big thank you for shopping with us.Originally formed in Rochdale in 1844 to offer real value to the community, 168 years on and our founding principles still stand. The world may have changed somewhat in those years but the need for a more ethical business, a more honest one and a more customer focussed one clearly hasn't. We're here for you in good and bad times. We're here for you for life.
  • Amey — Amey provides full life-cycle engineering, operations, and decarbonization solutions for transportation infrastructure and complex facilities.
  • Propello Cloud — Grow Revenue, Reduce Customer Churn, Retain Customers. Reward driven customer loyalty & retention programmes, partner marketing platform and referral programmes
Livingbridge VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom
Livingbridge is a leading mid-market private equity firm. We empower your business to unlock its true potential. This is investment done the right way, built on ambition and experience.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Consulting
  • Private Equity, Funding Round, Seed
  • United Kingdom, Ireland, India
Portfolio highlights
  • T-Pro — T-Pro is a world leading document and patient workflow manahement platform for heathcare. Powered by state of the art AI speech technology, T-Pro reduces the burden of documentation for clinicians and automates patient noting and correspondence workflows.
  • CitNOW Group — Created to leverage innovation and help retailers and manufacturers deliver an outstanding customer experience, CitNOW Group is driven by the vision to transform the way the automotive world communicates.
  • Direct Ferries — Direct Ferries is an online platform that provides a selection of ferry routing information to its users.The platform allows its users to compare ferry crossings in its search and find fairs associated with them at the time of travel. Its network covers ports in Europe, with crossings available throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, North America,and South America. Furthermore, it allows its users to choose routes, as well as ferry deals information on their selected routes.
Google.org VC Fund · Mountain View, California, United States
Google.org is a platform that pulls together Google's philanthropic efforts. Google.org funds teams with big ideas that have a long-term global impact.
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Investment focus
  • Non Profit, Education, Information Technology
  • Grant, Funding Round, Seed
  • United States, United Kingdom, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
  • InnovateUS — InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning on data, digital and innovation skills for public servants like you.
  • Global Sisters — Global Sisters is a Making Business Possible for ALL women
  • Climate Policy Radar — Climate Policy Radar is a UK-based nonprofit, building open databases and AI-powered research tools to accelerate climate action
Scottish Enterprise VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 25 investments in the past 12 months
Scotland's business advice, support and funding agency. Explore our products and services to find the right support for your business and apply online today.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
  • Grant, Funding Round, Seed
  • United Kingdom, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Bettii Pod — Bettii Pod is a pioneering FemTech start-up that creates a one-of-a-kind menstruation cup and disc washer for use in public restroom stalls.Bettii Pod's primary product, the menstrual cup/disc washer, is a step forward in normalizing discussions about menstruation and increasing availability to eco-friendly menstrual choices.
  • Kaly Group — KALY is like an intriguing group based on the description, it appears to be a collective of individuals with diverse interests and passions—innovators, sailors, and nature enthusiasts—coming together with a shared mission of exploration and discovery.
  • Concinnity Genetics — Concinnity designs unique RNA-based gene control systems that enable the precise control of gene therapies to improve safety.
FJ Labs VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 101 investments in the past 12 months
FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Faks — Faks is an app development company. The company's application allows users to send faster requests, track the status of the requests, and settle any complaints, enabling the pharmacists to maintain a secure relationship with supplier laboratories.
  • Wurthy — Get instant access to low cost credit using your accounts receivable, so you can keep your business running smoothly.
  • Odyssey — Discover how Odyssey Energy Solutions unblocks bottlenecks in DRE project development. Access diverse financing, procure equipment efficiently, and remotely monitor system performance. Join over 2000 renewable energy companies that use Odyssey to scale. Get in touch today.
Lloyds Bank VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Wherever you want to get to in life, Lloyds Bank has a range of bank accounts and personal banking services to suit you. Visit us today to find out more
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Financial Services, Real Estate
  • Debt Financing, Seed, Post-IPO Debt
  • United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Co-op — The Co-operative Group is the UK’s largest mutual business, owned by over seven million consumer members. The Group operates 4,800 retail trading outlets, employs more than 100,000 people and has an annual turnover of more than £13bn. Whether it's a drop of milk for your morning cuppa, a little friendly advice because your back'splaying up again, or a helping hand onto the property ladder, we're here for you. With over 5,000 high street branches we're only ever just down the road, at the end of a phone or a click away. So whatever it is, however big or small, we're happy to help.We don't answer to shareholders, we answer to you. Unlike most businesses, we're owned by our members - all 7.2 million of them. We're not a plc, so we can fight for the good of our members and customers. Anyone can join The Co-operative, you can become a member online now or just pick up a leaflet in store. As a member, you'll not only have a say in the way we are run, but also get a share in our profits, as a big thank you for shopping with us.Originally formed in Rochdale in 1844 to offer real value to the community, 168 years on and our founding principles still stand. The world may have changed somewhat in those years but the need for a more ethical business, a more honest one and a more customer focussed one clearly hasn't. We're here for you in good and bad times. We're here for you for life.
  • Optimise AI — Optimise AI is a decision support tool providing essential tools to gain deep, intuitive insights to reduce the energy and carbon consumption of your facility.
  • Statera Energy — Statera Energy is a company that generates, transmissions, and distributes electric energy.
QVentures VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in the past 12 months
QVentures sources, screens, and invests in top-tier start-ups from Seed to Series B. Our investors consist of Family Offices, Institutional Investors, UHNWIs, and Cashed-out Entrepreneurs. We look for disruptive companies with a proven product-market fit, set to scale from Seed to Series B. We focus on Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Tech,FinTech, AdTech, EdTech, InsurTech and HealthTech and more. We look for quality management teams, large addressable markets, proven traction, sustainable business models, route to scale and quality investors.To apply for investment, please fill out this short form to be reviewed: https://qventures.typeform.com/to/zZPOWf
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • sqcdp — We work with manufacturing clients to make paper systems redundant, introducing smart, efficient systems to capture production data through your teams.
  • PORTAIRE — Bring your team together and simplify your work from product discovery to procurement.
  • Renewabl — Renewabl is the platform that allows companies to meet their decarbonisation targets quickly and efficiently by matching renewable energy certificates directly from hydro, wind and solar on a 24/7-hour basis.
Ascension VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 10 investments in the past 12 months
Ascension is an early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs to back the next generation of tech and impact founders.Run by an experienced and diverse team of successful entrepreneurs, we have been relentlessly dedicated to finding the UK’s best Seed-stage startups since 2014.Ascension benefits from the active industry connections essential forthe sourcing and development of deal-flow and due diligence. The team has co-invested with the UK’s leading angels and VCs, key to securing follow-on funding as the portfolio businesses move to their next stage of growth.We believe in building an inclusive, community driven brand that can benefit the wider UK tech ecosystem and strive to work with conviction, integrity, humour, and humility.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, FinTech
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • United Kingdom, United States, Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • MiAlgae — MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company that aims to revolutionize the £340 billion global livestock feed industry by producing microalgal products – through the remediation of wastewater – as nutrient supplements for fishmeal in livestock feeds. Their microalgal products are high in omegas and proteins, both of which are required forthe production of many livestock feeds, especially in the aquaculture sector.Their production methodology uses circular economy to reduce the operating costs involved in the production of microalgae and as such allows them to compete with other supplements currently on the market.
  • Linq — The safest way to send intimate content
  • Concert Bio — Concert Bio helps businesses manage their microbiome. We combine monitoring with analytics to develop interventions that improve the microbiome that matters to you. Our pilot program for CEA growers is currently live and accepting partners, see website for details.
Nesta Impact Investments VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 3 investments in the past 12 months
We provide financial, knowledge and network capital to innovative enterprises that are changing the world for good.
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Investment focus
  • Education, Health Care, Internet
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • Gaia Learning — Gaia Learning are a special online school dedicated to children with additional needs. We help kids with ADHD, ADD, OCD, PDA and Autism, learn online.
  • Aira — Aira operates as a clean energy-tech company.
  • martee ai — Reduce Wastage, Unlock Revenue, Maximise Profit. Martee ai is the only demand forecasting tool tailored for the food-on-the-go industry.
TriplePoint Capital VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 11 investments in the past 12 months
TriplePoint Capital offers leases and loans to finance companies' equipment or growth-capital needs. The company offers debt-financing products, including equipment leases, equipment loans, and growth capital loans. The company's equipment leases and equipment loans are used to finance equipments, such as computers and servers, electronictest and measurement equipment, telecommunications equipment, laboratory equipment, office furniture, and software.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
  • Debt Financing, Seed, Series A
  • United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Zing — Zing Coach™ is an interactive mobile app that makes is possible for everyone to benefit from truly customized workout programs, individual trainer guidance and immediate coach feedback, to reach real results and enjoy fitness tailored to You! Get uniquely immersive AI-enabled personal training experience.
  • Player’s Health — With a mission to create the safest environments for sports players, Players Health provides digital risk management tools and insurance solutions to sports organizations.
  • Thoughtful AI — We build and manage the digital workers to help companies automate their complex business processes. Automation-as-a-service means we handle everything from design, to implementation, to digital workforce management, so your team can get more done with the people you already have.
DN Capital VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 4 investments in the past 12 months
DN Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in Europe and North America. The firm focuses on companies that plan to establish operations on both sides of the Atlantic, and strives to help its companies build international businesses. Founded in 2000, the company has operations in London and Silicon Valley. DN Capital’sprevious funds are top performers and the firm is one of the lead investors in companies such as Endeca (sold to Oracle), Shazam (one of the world’s leading mobile app), Auto1 (world's largest used car marketplace), Purplebricks (IPO London) and Quandoo (sold to Recruit).
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Hawk — Award-winning AML & CFT technology powered by explainable AI increases your risk coverage, helps you identify more crime, and reduces your false positives.
  • Plumery — Plumery provides an innovative Digital Banking Platform, empowering you to elevate your customer digital banking experiences.
  • Evidently — Evidently is a Cognitive AI platform powering the future of data-driven medicine. The EHR-embedded Evidently app gives clinicians superpowers to provide faster and better care.
Nottingham Building Society VC Fund · Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Investment focus
  • Charity, Non Profit, Communities
  • Funding Round
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Framework Housing Association — We are a charity that supports people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Sheffield.
Barrow Cadbury Trust VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom
Learn how our work creates long term structural change. Get news and our latest publications. Find links to our work on criminal and economic justice, migration, social investment, and the poverty premium, speaking truth to power.
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Investment focus
  • Non Profit
  • Debt Financing
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Five Lamps — Five Lamps aims to ?transform lives, raise aspirations, remove barriers and offer choice to families, business and communities?. They are a charity that supports the community by re-investing any profit back into the business. They are also known as a social enterprise, registered charity and community development finance institution.
Companion Fund VC Fund · New York, New York, United States
DV Investments provides venture capital to early-stage companies across life sciences, health technology & services, and animal health with the goal of supporting our portfolio companies throughout their development.
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Investment focus
  • Pet, Health Care, Veterinary
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom, China
Portfolio highlights
  • Mirna — Mirna is a veterinary diagnostics company that specializes in the development of veterinary disease testing technology.
  • Smalls — Smalls is a direct-to-consumer pet food company that produces human-grade and fresh food for cats.The company's cat food is prepared with human-grade ingredients and offers customized kits as per the cat's nutrition needs, enabling pet owners to get healthy and fresh food directly at their doorstep. It offers variants such as chickenand beef; freeze-dried chicken, and turkey and duck.In 2017, co-founders and best friends Matt Michaelson and Calvin headquartered the company in New York, New York.
  • Native Pet — Native Pet crafts organic supplements for dogs and cats that harness the nutritional power of whole food ingredients
Social Investment Scotland VC Fund · Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Social Investment Scotland (SIS) is the largest not for profit provider of business loans to the third sector in Scotland as well as being a social enterprise and registered charity.
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Investment focus
  • Non Profit
  • Debt Financing
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Five Lamps — Five Lamps aims to ?transform lives, raise aspirations, remove barriers and offer choice to families, business and communities?. They are a charity that supports the community by re-investing any profit back into the business. They are also known as a social enterprise, registered charity and community development finance institution.
Helvetia Venture Fund VC Fund · Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Helvetia has a long tradition: in over 150 years, it has grown from a number of Swiss and foreign insurance companies into a successful international insurance group. Today, Helvetia has subsidiaries in its home market Switzerland as well as in the countries that make up the Europe market area: Germany, Italy, Austria and Spain. Helvetia is alsopresent in France with its Specialty Markets market area and through selected regions worldwide.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Information Technology, Software
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Germany, Switzerland, Spain
Portfolio highlights
  • Flitter — Flitter is a neo-insurance company that provides pay-per-mile insurance and connected technology.
  • INKI.TECH — Equip your business with high-end, secure IT equipment through INKI's device-as-a-service model. Reduce operational costs, increase agility, and embrace sustainability while minimizing total cost of ownership.
  • CamperBoys — CamperBoys rents out fully equipped camper vans in Munich, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Leipzig-Halle & Berlin.
dmg ventures VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Dmg ventures is the venture capital arm of Daily Mail and General Trust plc. dmg ventures is part of a large diversified group of consumer media and B2B information services companies spanning industries from Edtech, Energy, Property, Insurance and Events. They focus on finding early-stage businesses where they can help grow their brands and marketpresence through their media properties and industry networks. They commit time, capital and resource to nurture these start-ups into mature, robust stand-alone businesses.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Financial Services, Consumer
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • United Kingdom, Luxembourg, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Napo — Comprehensive pet insurance by Napo. Full dental cover included. Free unlimited video vet and behaviourist consultations. 5% multi-pet discount.
  • Blue Stripes — Blue Stripes upcycles the entire cacao pod to make delicious and antioxidant-rich foods, including Cacao Water, Granola, Trail Mix, Dried Cacao Fruit, Chocolate Covered Cacao Beans, and Whole Cacao Chocolate Bars. Our products are vegan, gluten-free, and full of key nutrients like Iron and Magnesium.
  • SURI (Sustainable Rituals) — A world-class clean that doesn’t cost our planet. SURI is the new, sustainable electric toothbrush. Delivering an effective clean with innovative plant-based materials.
City Bridge Trust VC Fund
City Bridge Trust
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Investment focus
  • Communities, Charity, Non Profit
  • Funding Round, Debt Financing
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • HCT Group — HCT Group is a social enterprise in the transport industry. Their story starts in 1982 with the formation of Hackney Community Transport, providing low cost minibuses for local community groups – a service they provide to this day.In 1993, with traditional grants under threat, they came to the realisation that the best way to become asustainable social enterprise was to become an effective enterprise. They began to compete for commercial contracts in the marketplace to ensure they could continue to provide community transport.HCT Group service users This approach has seen HCT Group grow from a handful of volunteers and a couple of minibuses, with a turnover of £202k in 1993 – to a large scale social enterprise with 800 employees, ten depots spread across London, Yorkshire, Humberside, the Southwest and the Channel Islands, a fleet of 500 vehicles and a 2013/14 turnover of £43.7m.Their commercial track record spans a wide range of services – from London red buses to social services transport, from school transport to Park and Ride, from community transport to education and training. They now deliver well over 20 million passenger trips on their buses every year. You can find a full breakdown of the services they provide across the group here.
  • Framework Housing Association — We are a charity that supports people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Sheffield.
Sarona Partners VC Fund
We invest and scale-up extraordinary founders, across B2B, B2E, B2D and B2SMB sectors.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Retail, Micro Lending
  • Series A, Funding Round, Private Equity
  • Israel, Mexico, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Napo — Comprehensive pet insurance by Napo. Full dental cover included. Free unlimited video vet and behaviourist consultations. 5% multi-pet discount.
  • Hexa — Elevate your eCommerce experience with a 3D tech-stack that lets you create, manage, analyze, and distribute your 3D commerce assets.
  • Spinframe Technologies — Spinframe developing cloud-base technologies for the automotive industry and provides an interactive visual user experience that increases the engagement & conversion.
Invest Northern Ireland VC Fund · Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
Invest Northern Ireland is Northern Ireland's economic development agency. Their overall goal is to help create wealth for the benefit of the whole community by strengthening the economy and helping it grow.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Funding Round, Grant, Seed
  • United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
  • TruCorp — TruCorp: Your source for lifelike Medical Training Equipment. Explore our intubation manikins & airway trainers. Request a free demo today!
  • GoPlugable — GoPlugable's innovative approach to EV charger sharing makes it easier for businesses & individuals to access and share charging infrastructure.
  • CV6 Therapeutics — CV6 Therapeutics is a drug development company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapies for the treatment of human diseases.
Picus Capital VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 24 investments in the past 12 months
Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Omni HR — Omni HR helps companies automate the end-to-end employee journey including onboarding, time off, employee management, and more. Easy to use and customizable!
  • Prima — Reliable manufacturing & supply chain partner for custom parts, metal fabrication & efficient sourcing from Mexico. Manage design, production & delivery
  • Spot My Energy — The uptake of PV, EVs, home storage, and heat pumps leads to a gigantic need for digital and intelligent metering and for the integration of millions of...
Kelvin Capital VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 3 investments in the past 12 months
We invest venture capital in to globally ambitious companies which have the potential to deliver a significant return to our investors
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Chromacity — Chromacity manufacture the next generation of ultrafast lasers. Discover our fixed wavelength femtosecond lasers and picosecond OPOs.
  • Biotangents — Biotangents develops veterinary diagnostic tests to detect infectious diseases in livestock (bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD), mastitis, bovine respiratory disease (BRD), brucellosis) using our highly adaptable molecular diagnostic technology, Moduleic Sensing.
  • Sofant Technologies — Sofant is developing a low cost RF MEMS technology that solves power consumption and heat problems in high frequency phased array antenna systems.
Open Society Foundations VC Fund · New York, New York, United States
One of the largest philanthropic organizations in the world, we care about freedom, democracy, and human rights.
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Investment focus
  • Consulting, Non Profit, Machine Learning
  • Seed
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Climate Policy Radar — Climate Policy Radar is a UK-based nonprofit, building open databases and AI-powered research tools to accelerate climate action
Environmental Defense Fund VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Environmental Defense Fund provides solutions for environmental problems. It is a non-profit organization that protects the environmental rights of people, including access to clean air and water, healthy and nourishing food, and flourishing ecosystems.The company was incorporated in 1967 and is based in New York, United States with additionaloffices nationwide.
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Investment focus
  • Consulting, Non Profit, Machine Learning
  • Seed
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Climate Policy Radar — Climate Policy Radar is a UK-based nonprofit, building open databases and AI-powered research tools to accelerate climate action
Northstar Ventures VC Fund · Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · 6 investments in the past 12 months
Northstar Ventures invests venture capital in early and later stage, high growth companies tackling global challenges, focusing on climate tech and healthy ageing.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • United Kingdom, United States, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
  • FAT32 — FAT32 is at the forefront of compliance automation, transforming the way businesses satisfy regulatory requirements.
  • onHand — The volunteering and climate impact platform for businesses and individuals. Help your local communities and have global impact.
  • Positive Support For You — Positive Support For You is a social enterprise dedicated to empowering adults with learning disabilities, providing tailored support to help them achieve greater independence, confidence, and inclusion in society.
LankellyChase Foundation VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom
LankellyChase Foundation exists to bring about change that will transform the quality of life of people who face severe and multiple disadvantage. LankellyChase Foundation focuses particularly on the persistent clustering of social harms such as homelessness, substance misuse, mental and physical illness, extreme poverty, and violence and abuse.
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Investment focus
  • Charity, Non Profit, Communities
  • Funding Round
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Framework Housing Association — We are a charity that supports people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Sheffield.
Midven VC Fund · Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Midven is a specialist venture capital company providing investment to fast growing small and medium sized enterprises ("SMEs"), run by an energetic, experienced and hands-on team of investment managers.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • United Kingdom, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • Lexverify — Lexverify uses artificial intelligence to detect potential legal and compliance concerns in communications. It assists businesses in proactively avoiding legal and regulatory concerns by harnessing the power of AI. Their objective is to make technological communication a benefit rather than a problem.
  • Bendi — Bendi. Sustainability as a service. Tools tailor-made for fashion brands & retailers.
  • Get Well Soon — Established in 2018 by a prominent colorectal surgeon in the UK, Get Well Soon is a vital division of the Medmin Group, a leading medical enterprise headquartered in the West Midlands. Over the past five years, we have grown into one of the largest assemblies of medical practitioners in the UK. Recognizing the urgency for certain patients, weacknowledge that waiting is not always feasible. Even without private medical insurance, access to private healthcare remains a viable option. However, determining the cost of self-paying for treatment can often be convoluted and challenging. This is where Get Well Soon excels, providing clarity and assistance in navigating the complexities of self-payment for medical services.
Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States
O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV) is in the business of funding disruptors, innovators, and hackers of the status quo. From open source to the early days of the web and its recent resurgence, O'Reilly Media has played a key role as trend spotter and advocate for putting world-changing technologies on the map. OATV effort is to bring thelegacy, resources, and relationships of O'Reilly to each investment they make.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Analytics
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Pachama — Harnessing AI to drive carbon capture and protect global forests
  • Paintbrush — Paintbrush provides access to funding for idea-stage founders who are too early for other options.
  • Impart Security — Real-time API Security spanning discovery, monitoring, and enforcement.
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation VC Fund · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation is a global philanthropy bridging the frontiers of artificial intelligence, data science, and social impact to create a thriving, equitable, and sustainable future for all.
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Investment focus
  • Non Profit, Education, Health Care
  • Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Kenya, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
  • HelpMum — HelpMum is a social enterprise with the mission to reduce maternal and infant mortality in Africa.
  • Dawa Health — DawaMom is a standardized mobile clinic that delivers maternal and neonatal health through a digital health platform leveraging a wide network of trained 1st level clinicians and community health workers (CHWs) for emerging markets.
  • Climate Policy Radar — Climate Policy Radar is a UK-based nonprofit, building open databases and AI-powered research tools to accelerate climate action
The Welsh Government VC Fund
The Welsh Government is an investment firm.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Energy, Human Resources
  • Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • United Kingdom, Sweden, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • LaennecAI — Empowering people to take control of their health
  • Tai Tarian — Tai Tarian is a real estate firm that provides social housing, tenant empowerment, leasing and property development services.
  • SmallSpark Space Systems — Space and Atmospheric research using sound rockets and weather balloons in Wales
Episode 1 VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 12 investments in the past 12 months
We build relationships early, make decisions quickly, but engage with you for the long term. Our focus is getting B2B software companies at Pre-Seed and Seed to a successful Series A.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Carwow — Carwow brings you the best offers from thousands of trusted partners so you can buy or sell your car in just a few clicks. No haggling and no fees.
  • Refute — Refute identifies and addresses misinformation on behalf of there businesses.
  • Lawhive — LawHive provides local UK solicitors for half the cost of a law firm. Connect with licensed solicitors online. Use any computer or smartphone.
Union Square Ventures VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 25 investments in the past 12 months
Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • SuppCo — SuppCo helps people find health supplements, manage supplement routines, and track their health.
  • Radiant — Clean. Portable. Safe. Energy
  • Glow Labs — Solar farms on the Glow network are paid with GLW tokens for electricity output and stablecoins for carbon credits. According to the business, their incentive model prioritizes incentives for solar farms with the greatest environmental benefit, focusing on places where clean energy can best balance high carbon emissions.
T0 Ventures VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom
T-0 Ventures is a FinTech focused Venture Capital fund investing across Europe from pre-seed to Series A.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United Kingdom, France, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Napo — Comprehensive pet insurance by Napo. Full dental cover included. Free unlimited video vet and behaviourist consultations. 5% multi-pet discount.
  • SAPI — SAPI provides capital access to payment companies to facilitate payment flows, engage and retain merchants, and generate new revenue.
  • Stackr Labs — Micro-rollups to scale web3 applications
SI² Fund VC Fund · Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
Een Europees impactinvesteringsfonds dat sociale ondernemingen ondersteunt die baanbrekende oplossingen bieden voor de maatschappelijke uitdagingen van onze tijd.
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Investment focus
  • Training, Education, Non Profit
  • Series A
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • We are Digital — We work with the UK's largest housing associations, companies and charities to deliver basic skills courses, digital inclusion workshops and 1:1 home training...
Harpur Trust VC Fund
Harpur Trust
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Investment focus
  • Non Profit
  • Debt Financing
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Five Lamps — Five Lamps aims to ?transform lives, raise aspirations, remove barriers and offer choice to families, business and communities?. They are a charity that supports the community by re-investing any profit back into the business. They are also known as a social enterprise, registered charity and community development finance institution.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation VC Fund · York, York, United Kingdom
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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Investment focus
  • Non Profit
  • Debt Financing
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Five Lamps — Five Lamps aims to ?transform lives, raise aspirations, remove barriers and offer choice to families, business and communities?. They are a charity that supports the community by re-investing any profit back into the business. They are also known as a social enterprise, registered charity and community development finance institution.
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