# ClearlySo

> ClearlySo is a VC fund in London backing Communities and Internet. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Nov 2020
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clearlyso
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/clearlyso
- Website: https://www.clearlyso.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClearlySo

ClearlySo is a VC fund in London focused on Communities and Internet. ClearlySo is Europe’s leading impact investment bank, working exclusively with businesses and funds delivering positive social, ethical and/or environmental impact along with financial return. It supports capital raising activity through financial advisory work.Originally founded in 2008, ClearlySo has helped capital raise more than £450million in impact investment from its extensive network of institutional and individual investors for its enterprise and impact funds clients.ClearlySo is headquartered in London and backed by Octopus Investments, Big Society Capital and more than 40 high-net-worth individuals.ClearlySo's mission is to bring impact to investment. Our vision is of a world where the financial system is a powerful force for good and the impacts of businesses are considered in all investment decisions.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $786k–$3.1M |
| Series A | $2M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Communities | 3 | 15% |
| Internet | 2 | 10% |
| Software | 2 | 10% |
| Education | 2 | 10% |
| Non Profit | 2 | 10% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 6 | 30% |
| Seed | 5 | 25% |
| Series A | 4 | 20% |
| Angel | 2 | 10% |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 80% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rodney Schwartz | Founder and Chief Executive | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rodney-schwartz |
| Carl Bergholtz | Impact Investment Banker | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carl-bergholtz |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FuroSystems | We are the direct to consumer brand for elegant, practical and high performance electric vehicles. | $982K |  | Nov 26, 2020 |  |
| FuroSystems | We are the direct to consumer brand for elegant, practical and high performance electric vehicles. | $1M | Seed | Nov 26, 2020 |  |
| Ethical Angel | The Employee Engagement Engine with a Social Impact By-Product | $534K | Angel | Jul 30, 2020 |  |
| amicable | Amicable exists to help separating couples achieve better outcomes for their families. Too many families emerge from divorce damaged and scarred. They can’t prevent divorce, but they think it is a sad event not a bad event, with the focus being on people being able to move on successfully with their lives.They use technology to help couplesdivorce faster and tools and support to achieve fairer outcomes. Their service will evolve over time based on the needs of divorcing families.Amicable reduces the strangle-hold of the legal profession and improve the human experience. As a result reducing the cost to the individual, families and society as a whole. | $615.1K | Angel | Jul 09, 2020 |  |
| GPDQ | GPDQ offer GP consultations, physiotherapy, mental health, audiology, health checks, blood tests, referrals, prescriptions and vaccinations and our service is available nationwide. | $2.6M | Series A | Apr 22, 2020 |  |
| BibliU | BibliU provides colleges and universities with digital content management, automation, and analytics platform. BibliU’s solution puts digital textbooks, courseware, and monographs at the fingertips of all students. Working with thousands of publishers and OER providers to deliver millions of digital resources, BibliU combines academic freedom withinnovative affordability and automation. | $10M | Series A | Apr 17, 2020 |  |
| GPDQ | GPDQ offer GP consultations, physiotherapy, mental health, audiology, health checks, blood tests, referrals, prescriptions and vaccinations and our service is available nationwide. | $2.5M | Series A | Apr 16, 2020 |  |
| Zeigo | Zeigo is a company formed by a team of like-minded clean energy & tech pioneers with a mission to help companies transition to a low carbon economy. | $1M | Seed | Apr 14, 2020 |  |
| LettUs Grow | LettUs Grow brings affordable food growing to the modern city. Our patent-pending aeroponic technology delivers consistent, rapid yields for vertical farms. Simple, efficient & sustainable.Having demonstrated significant yield benefits from our core technology, we are building Europe's first commercial-scale aeroponic vertical farm inBristol.LettUs Grow are raising a seed round to grow our team, expand testing capabilities and begin exporting to a global market that is growing 27% year on year.LettUs Grow partners include: - Bethnal Green Ventures - Grow Bristol CIC - SETsquared Bristol - University of Bristol - IoT Boost UKFor more, see: www.lettusgrow.comOr please feel free to get in touch! | $3.1M | Seed | Jan 09, 2020 |  |
| Charity Bank | 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. | $6.5M | Debt Financing | Nov 26, 2019 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TriplePoint Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/triplepoint-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SI² Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/si%C2%B2-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TSP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tsp-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Allia C&C](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allia-c-c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bethnal Green Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bethnal-green-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does ClearlySo invest in?

ClearlySo invests primarily in Communities, Internet and Software startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is ClearlySo's check size?

ClearlySo typically joins rounds of $786k–$3.1M at Seed and $2M–$10M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds ClearlySo participates in.

### How do I contact ClearlySo?

Public channels for ClearlySo include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at ClearlySo?

The team at ClearlySo includes Rodney Schwartz (Founder and Chief Executive) and Carl Bergholtz (Impact Investment Banker). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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