Social Investment Scotland
VC Fund
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Social Investment Scotland is a VC fund in Edinburgh focused on Non Profit and Rugby. 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.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 83%
- Fund size:
- $6.7M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Social Investment Scotland invests in
Stages Social Investment Scotland invests in
Countries Social Investment Scotland invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Debt Financing
- $26k–$6.6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Non Profit 2 (33%)
- Rugby 1 (17%)
- Social 1 (17%)
- Sports 1 (17%)
- Charity 1 (17%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 4 (67%)
- Grant 2 (33%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alastair Davis
CEO
|
CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kenny Fraser
Non Executive Director
|
Non Executive Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Wendy Alexander
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh Rugby is a professional rugby club that trains players and competes in various league and tournament matches. | $135.3K / Debt Financing / Sep 10, 2025 | ||
| Cabrach Distillery is the land filled with trees and antlers, hidden stills, and tales to tell is stirred and the wildness reigns more. | Grant / Jul 10, 2024 | ||
| Cabrach Distillery is the land filled with trees and antlers, hidden stills, and tales to tell is stirred and the wildness reigns more. | $180K / Debt Financing / Jul 10, 2024 | ||
| Locavore is an online shop for organic fruits, cheese, dairy, organic grains, pulses, flours, herbs, spices, frozen meat, eco household cleaners, and organic pantry goods. | $26K / Debt Financing / Oct 18, 2018 | ||
| 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. | $6.6M / Debt Financing / Jul 30, 2018 | ||
| Fair for You is a not for profit lender, providing small loans to lower income households to purchase essential items for their home. We are challenging the highest impact high cost credit that creates a large part of the poverty premium, and sees millions leaving our communities every week, extracted through the poorer households to high costlenders often based overseas. We have arrangements with manufacturers to sell items to our customers at market price. | $311.8K / Grant / Mar 22, 2017 |
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FAQ
What does Social Investment Scotland invest in?
Social Investment Scotland invests primarily in Non Profit, Rugby and Social startups, most often at Debt Financing and Grant stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Social Investment Scotland invest in?
Social Investment Scotland typically joins rounds of $26k–$6.6M at Debt Financing. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Social Investment Scotland's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Social Investment Scotland took part in.
How do I contact Social Investment Scotland?
Public channels for Social Investment Scotland 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 Social Investment Scotland?
The team at Social Investment Scotland includes Alastair Davis (CEO), Kenny Fraser (Non Executive Director) and Wendy Alexander (Founder). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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