Bethnal Green Ventures
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
Bethnal Green Ventures is a VC fund in London focused on Health Care and Software. Bethnal Green Ventures (BGV) is Europe’s leading early-stage tech for good VC. BGV invests in ambitious teams using technology to tackle pressing social and environmental challenges, helping them launch and scale their businesses through their flagship Tech for Good programme and providing opportunities for follow-on funding and life-longsupport.
- Total investments:
- 128
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
- Fund size:
- $45M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Bethnal Green Ventures invests in
Stages Bethnal Green Ventures invests in
Countries Bethnal Green Ventures invests in
Contacts
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Bethany Greer
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Cansu Deniz Bayrak
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Catherine Barker
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Dama Sathianathan
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Melanie Hayes
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 24 (19%)
- Software 17 (13%)
- Information Technology 15 (12%)
- Apps 12 (9%)
- Education 10 (8%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 53 (41%)
- Seed 47 (37%)
- Series A 2 (2%)
- Funding Round 2 (2%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (2%)
Country
- United Kingdom 96 (75%)
- France 1 (1%)
- United States 1 (1%)
- The Netherlands 1 (1%)
- Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Bethany Greer
Investment Manager
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Investment Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Cansu Deniz Bayrak
Head of Partnerships
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Head of Partnerships | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Catherine Barker
Head of Finance
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Head of Finance | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Dama Sathianathan
Partner, Senior Manager for Communities and Networks
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Partner, Senior Manager for Communities and Networks | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Melanie Hayes
Managing Partner and Investment Director
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Managing Partner and Investment Director | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
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Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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ZERØTEC
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ZERØTEC is an pattern design and nesting software platform for fashion designers and manufacturers | $739.6K / Pre-Seed / Oct 01, 2025 | |
Excelas.ai
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Excelas is the maker of ExamGPT School - The UK’s most trusted AI-powered mock exam marking platform, designed to save teachers time and improve student outcomes. Our flagship system, ExamGPT2, delivers GCSE assessment marking that’s up to 90% more cost-effective than traditional methods — all while maintaining human-level accuracy (90–98%).Builtfor teachers, not to replace them, ExamGPT School automates the marking of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics exams, providing instant, detailed feedback and data insights.Trusted by schools across the UK, Excelas helps educators reduce workload, improve feedback consistency, and boost staff retention — enabling more time to focus on what matters most: teaching and student progress. | $135.5K / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 01, 2025 | |
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Excelas.ai
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Excelas is the maker of ExamGPT School - The UK’s most trusted AI-powered mock exam marking platform, designed to save teachers time and improve student outcomes. Our flagship system, ExamGPT2, delivers GCSE assessment marking that’s up to 90% more cost-effective than traditional methods — all while maintaining human-level accuracy (90–98%).Builtfor teachers, not to replace them, ExamGPT School automates the marking of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics exams, providing instant, detailed feedback and data insights.Trusted by schools across the UK, Excelas helps educators reduce workload, improve feedback consistency, and boost staff retention — enabling more time to focus on what matters most: teaching and student progress. | $135.5K / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 01, 2025 | |
Noggin HQ
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We're building the next generation Credit Reference Agency. You know the phrase: "when one door closes, another door opens"? Noggin HQ is that open door for young people needing to access credit. | Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 27, 2025 | |
Rule
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Rule is a fintech startup building a ‘save-to-win’ mobile game to combat the ‘ADHD tax’. | $1.1M / Pre-Seed / Jul 29, 2025 | |
Legacy Compass
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Legacy Compass facilitates the verbal and emotional process of end-of-life care. It provides expert guidance, practical tools, and a supportive community. | $77.5K / Pre-Seed / Mar 24, 2025 | |
Windfall Energy
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Windfall Energy empowers people living in UK flats and small homes to tap into the benefits of renewable energy - without needing rooftop solar, rewiring, or major lifestyle changes. Our Windfall Battery automatically stores energy when the grid is cleanest and electricity is cheapest, and powers your home through the peak times. Unlike typicalhome energy setups, our solutions require no professional installation and work right out of a standard socket. Designed for ease, affordability, and sustainability, we make it possible for millions to reduce their energy costs and environmental footprint - comfortably and confidently. | $78.1K / Pre-Seed / Mar 19, 2025 | |
Vouchsafe
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Vouchsafe is a biometric identity verification provider. It is a flexible platform for compliance, risk, and trust teams that verifies users without photo ID. | $1.3M / Pre-Seed / Mar 17, 2025 | |
Our Time HQ
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We deliver a state of the art AI/ML-powered dashboard to optimise operations, reduce costs, and enhance decision-making for organisations managing complex, dispersed systems. Integrating internal (e.g., HR, payroll) and external (e.g., compliance benchmarks) data, the platform uses predictive analytics, LLMs, RAG, and speech technologies todeliver actionable insights via intuitive dashboards. Key features include staffing optimisation, turnover risk prediction, real-time workforce metrics, and intelligent document processing | Pre-Seed / Aug 30, 2024 | |
PreActiv
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PreActiv provides personalized programs to improve treatment outcomes. The company offers prehabilitation programs that start before a surgery or cancer treatment and prepare the person andtheir body so they get the best possible results. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in London, England. | $640.8K / Pre-Seed / Jul 08, 2024 | |
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FAQ
What does Bethnal Green Ventures invest in?
Bethnal Green Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 128 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Bethnal Green Ventures includes Bethany Greer (Investment Manager), Cansu Deniz Bayrak (Head of Partnerships) and Catherine Barker (Head of Finance), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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