# Big Venture Challenge

> Big Venture Challenge is a VC fund backing Internet, Software and Training. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/BigVentureChall
- Website: http://bigventurechallenge.com

Big Venture Challenge is a VC fund focused on Internet and Software. The Big Venture Challenge supports ambitious entrepreneurs with access to business support, powerful connections and match funding to help them raise investment and deliver social impact at scale.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Training | 1 | 50% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 50% |
| Professional Services | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DigitalMums | Digital Mums offer a new solution to social media management training and recruitment. They provide cutting edge social media training to mums, and match them to businesses and charities that need help to get digital.Everyone knows social media is vital for business, but thousands of small businesses and charities are struggling to use iteffectively. So many could be using it to meet their business goals but they're too busy or don't have the right skills in their team. | $405.1K | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 22, 2016 | https://x.com/digitalmumshq |
| Commonplace | Commonplace has making is easier for communities to influence local planning decisions.As a team of entrepreneurs, designers, technologists and urban planners, we're making engagement smarter. We are helping developers, councils, city managers and their communities to understand each others’ needs and communicate better. Traditionalconsultation can be manual, time intensive and a one-off snapshot. Our tools aim to provide an ongoing channel of understanding and collaboration. Customers use Commonplace to reveal issues and suggest solutions, as well as for statutory consultation and formal planning applications. We also help communities plan their neighbourhoods, co-design solutions and analyse the social impact of new development.By making local participation easy, we reach wider audiences and provide real-time dashboards to see ‘the heartbeat’ of an area. We encourage companies to adopt these approaches, and to be more open to collaboration – because it benefits them. After all, even major developers strive to meet less opposition and to become more agile in responding to people's needs. | $318K | Seed | Aug 13, 2014 | https://www.commonplace.is/ |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Clearly Social Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clearly-social-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Newable Private Investing](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newable-private-investing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Big Venture Challenge invest in?

Big Venture Challenge invests primarily in Internet, Software and Training startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Big Venture Challenge last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Big Venture Challenge closed in Mar 2016. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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