Investors looking to invest in social impact
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US
250K - 1M
ATP Fund is an early-stage deep tech venture fund based in Austin, Texas. It specializes in seed and early-stage investments, and has backed companies in areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous systems, and software. The firm was founded in 2014 and has been actively investin...
AT
BE
FI
500K - 3M
Ananda is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in early-stage technology startups that are working to make a positive social and environmental impact. The firm looks for companies that are working on solutions to long-term challenges in fields such as health, education, agriculture, ...
IT
ES
DE
1M - 3M
Oltre Venture is a venture capital firm based in Milan, Italy that was founded in 2006. The firm specializes in impact investing, which is the process of investing in companies or organizations that have a positive social or environmental impact. Oltre Venture has invested in over 50 companies a...
GB
FR
500K - 10M
Illumina Ventures is an independently managed venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments in biotechnology, healthcare, and life sciences. The firm was founded in 2016 and is based in Foster City, California, United States. Illumina Ventures invests across a variety of sectors a...
AR
BO
BR
100K - 500K
Impacta VC is an Investment fund that invests and supports impact-driven founders from Latam on their Startups's growth journey whose focus is causing a positive social and environmental impact. They have a team of experts from different fields who work collaboratively to identify and develop th...
500K - 5M
Helicase Venture is a venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts and founded in 2018. The firm focuses on investing in life science and healthcare companies, with a preference for early-stage companies with innovative technologies and approaches. Their investment activities span across ...
BG
CM
5M - 15M
Orange Ventures is the venture capital fund of the Orange Group, with 350 million euros under management. The fund focuses on early-stage investments in digital, data, and emerging technologies. It has offices in Paris and San Francisco, and provides startups with access to the Orange Group's ne...
IN
MX
BD
50K - 300K
Innopact is a venture capital firm that invests in exceptional founders of all genders who are building technologies for underserved customers across emerging markets. The firm focuses on technology sectors, deploying venture capital to help build successful startups around the world. Innopact a...
CZ
SK
HU
100K - 2M
Tilia Impact Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Prague, Czech Republic. The fund primarily focuses on investments in technology companies and social impact startups in Central and Eastern Europe. The team consists of experienced entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors who are committed to...
250K - 1M
Invest &+ is an investment fund based in Paris, France, specializing in Impact Investing. Founded in 2012, Investir et Plus seeks to support entrepreneurs who carry out projects with a positive environmental and social impact. The firm provides venture capital, financing, and mentoring services ...
100K - 500K
Kaya Ventures is an investment fund that supports founders from the earliest stages of growth. They provide an intersection of consumer and tech, having spent the past decade as entrepreneurs, investors, and operators in the venture capital, retail, and consumer industries. Kaya Ventures focuses...
50K - 500K
Poligono Capital is a Mexican venture capital firm based in Zapopan, Mexico. The firm invests in seed and early-stage startups and provides them with capital, mentorship, and access to a network of experts. Poligono Capital has a portfolio of 16 companies and has invested in a variety of industr...
100K - 225K
SpringTime Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Denver, Colorado, with additional offices in Austin, Boulder, and San Francisco. Founded in 2016, SpringTime Ventures invests in high-growth startups in the healthcare, fintech, logistics, and marketplace sectors in the United States. The fi...
150K - 3M
Evolem Start is a venture capital investment philosophy that is focused on helping entrepreneurs achieve their vision. It involves investing in early-stage startups and providing them with resources, guidance and mentorship. The goal of Evolem Start is to help entrepreneurs build successful comp...
KE
NG
50K - 400K
Plug and Play Tech Center is a venture capital firm, startup accelerator, and corporate innovation consultancy. It focuses on early stage venture and seed investments in areas such as healthtech and securetech startups, and provides resources such as co-working spaces, corporate venture capital,...
100K - 1M
TwinklHive is an accelerator and investor type program created by Twinkl Educational and supported by the UK government. It offers seed funding of up to 1 million pounds and provides businesses with access to resources such as lesson plans, schemes of work, assessment, interactive activities, re...
SG
NL
50K - 500K
Venturerock is an early-stage Venture Building and Venture Capital Platform. The company works with startups and entrepreneurs to build and invest in businesses that have the potential to make a positive impact. They provide guidance, mentorship and resources to help entrepreneurs launch and gro...
CA
500K - 5M
Buoyant Ventures is a female-owned venture fund founded by Amy Francetic and Allison Myers. It operates as an early-stage venture fund, investing in digital solutions that have the potential to positively transform the lives of individuals and launch businesses. The fund focuses on companies in ...
10K - 300K
ALP SA is a French company that specializes in the design, development, and production of a wide range of products for the automotive industry. Their products include lighting, door systems, seating systems, and safety and comfort systems that are designed to meet the needs of their customers. T...
1M - 6M
Grishin Robotics is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2012. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in consumer robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, and has invested in companies such as Double Robotics and Taskade. Grishin Robotics also h...
Fundraising for social impact:
Investors are interested in startups with social impact because they have the potential to create positive change while generating financial returns. These companies aim to solve societal problems, such as poverty, lack of access to education or healthcare, and environmental degradation, while creating value for stakeholders.
Main categories
- Clean energy
- Affordable healthcare
- Education for underserved communities
- Access to clean water and sanitation
- Sustainable agriculture and food systems
Startups in the space
- D.light Design (provides affordable solar-powered products for households and small businesses in emerging markets)
- Konexa (develops and distributes low-cost mobile health technology for maternal and child health in rural areas)
- Bridge International Academies (provides affordable, high-quality primary education through a network of schools in low-income countries)
- Watsi (crowdfunds medical treatments for patients in need, particularly in developing countries)
- BrightFarms (builds and operates hydroponic farms in urban areas to provide fresh, local produce to communities).
VCs investing in social impact startups
- Impact Ventures
- DBL Partners
- Omidyar Network
- Khoros Investments
- Rethink Impact
The challenge for social impact startups is balancing financial returns with social impact. While these companies aim to create positive change in the world, they must also be financially sustainable in order to attract investment and grow. Investors must carefully evaluate the potential for financial returns and the level of impact a company is able to create in order to make informed investment decisions.