Investing in startups that improve people's lives
Many people face daily challenges around issues such as financial inclusion, education, and health and wellbeing. Innovative technology solutions can tackle these issues and deliver products and services that meet people’s needs better.
The role of social impact investment
Social impact investment encourages and supports innovation by investing in those startup technology companies with impact at their core. These companies have the potential to change people's lives through the products and services they deliver, while their business models can allow them to scale rapidly and reach more people, more effectively.
We channel our own capital, bringing in other investors alongside, into scalable impact ventures. We invest in venture capital fund managers who bring the right values and skills to find and back a diverse range of impact startups. We complement these investments through a range of support, including building networks and embedding the discipline, processes and benefits of impact investing across the venture sector.
- £126m Total capital committed by Big Society Capital
- 129 Number of impact-targeting startups our capital has supported
- 7.4m Number of people those startups have supported
Startups creating impact
Across our portfolio, more than 100 startups are improving people’s lives in health, education and training, and financial inclusion.
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Learn moreUrban Jungle
Tech-enabled insurance provider on a mission to transform the UK home insurance market.
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The team at Big Society Capital are extremely thoughtful in their approach to impact and their depth of knowledge and collaborative outlook has been instrumental as we have launched Eka over the last two years.
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From the fund’s inception, the Big Society Capital team struck the perfect balance between holding us accountable to our impact framework and being a fantastic fund champion. They have been particularly supportive in helping us think about fundraising strategies, whilst building a sound impact thesis.
Emma Steele
Investment Director, Ascension
Impact venture funds
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We are a member of the BVCA. The BVCA represents over 750 influential firms, including more than 325 private equity and venture capital houses with a total of over £500 billion funds under management, alongside institutional investors, professional advisers, banks and other institutions and businesses operating in the industry.
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Whether you’re an established VC with an interest in impact or an impact-dedicated VC pioneering innovative models, our dedicated team of experts are here to help.
