Investors looking to invest in social impact
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FR
100K - 500K
Origins.fund is a venture capital firm that provides an unfair advantage to consumer founders from pre-seed to series A. The firm enables founders to access funding as well as influence to help them succeed. Origins.fund invests in consumer-facing startups, including in e-commerce, retail, and c...
ID
MY
PH
50K - 500K
Garden District Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New Orleans, Louisiana that specializes in early-stage investments. They invest in fearless founders and impactful ideas, and have a review process that typically takes up to a month. They focus on venture building in Southeast Asia, an...
GB
500K - 2M
Colle Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage and seed-stage startups. The firm is based in New York and was founded in 2015. It has made seven exits, and its portfolio companies include technology, healthcare, e-commerce, and consumer goods startups. Its website offers con...
AU
NZ
80K - 800K
Albert's is a family-run business that has been providing quality, affordable home improvement products and services since 1957. They offer a wide range of products and services, including windows, doors, roofing, siding, insulation, decking, fencing, and more. Their products are designed and ma...
AD
1M - 5M
ArcTern Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Toronto, Canada with offices in Oslo and San Francisco. The firm invests globally in breakthrough technologies to help solve the climate crisis and rethink sustainability. They invest in early-stage cleantech companies and provide capital, expe...
100K - 1M
Parallella is an open source, energy efficient, credit-card sized computer platform based on the Epiphany multicore chip. It is designed to provide a highly parallel computing platform for low-cost, energy-efficient applications, and is suitable for use in a wide variety of applications, from we...
3M - 10M
defy.vc is a venture capital firm based in San Mateo, California. They specialize in early stage investments in companies in the technology, healthcare, and life sciences industries. They focus on helping entrepreneurs build companies that can make a positive impact in their respective industrie...
500K - 20M
Felix Capital is a venture capital firm based in London, UK that specializes in investing in the intersection of technology and creativity. Founded in 2014, the firm has invested in a variety of companies in the tech and creative sectors, such as Spotify, Supercell and Reformation. The firm focu...
500K - 2M
Asterion Impact is an impact investing firm that works with investors, entrepreneurs, and corporate partners to achieve positive social and environmental outcomes in addition to financial returns. They focus on infrastructure and energy investments, providing capital and expertise to support bus...
DE
100K - 750K
D2 Fund is an early-stage venture fund founded in 2020 by Dan and Dave. The fund invests in founders, startups, and projects that emphasize the importance of Design, Data, and DevOps. D2 Fund is committed to helping founders build great companies through its network of experienced mentors and ad...
200K - 1M
iFly.vc is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 that invests in early-stage technology startups. They specialize in helping founders build market-leading companies through their global reach, unrivaled ecosystem, and freedom-level capital. They have one exit to date and are based in Rollingwoo...
AT
PT
ES
100K - 1M
MSM is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in enterprise software and technology-enabled services. They look for investments in companies with a unique and defensible technology or business model, where the founders have a deep domain understanding and are passionate about ...
25K - 200K
Climate Avengers is a Rolling Fund created by Yotta Energy that aims to invest in startups with a focus on climate change solutions. The fund is co-invested by WIND Ventures, EDP, Riverstone, and Doral Ventures, and is targeting to back the next generation of teams focused on mitigating climate ...
250K - 1M
RH Capital is a venture capital fund that is part of the Rhia Ventures group. It focuses on investing in early and growth-stage women's health companies that are working to improve women's reproductive health and maternal health outcomes. The fund looks to invest in companies that are creating i...
IL
500K - 1M
Terra Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 and based in Jerusalem, Israel. They focus on early-stage investments in technology and life sciences companies, primarily in the Israeli market. They invest in a wide range of sectors such as software, medical devices, energy, and...
250K - 750K
Better.vc is a venture capital firm dedicated to promoting a sustainable and secure food system. They invest in innovative alternative protein companies that are working to solve global challenges related to food, health, and the environment. They focus on companies that are developing alternati...
IN
2M - 10M
Mayfield is a venture capital firm that provides seed and growth capital to early-stage technology companies. The firm has an experienced team of investors and advisors who provide capital and access to a network of resources and expertise to help entrepreneurs build successful companies. Mayfie...
1M - 20M
Playground Global is a venture capital firm founded in 2014, which helps investors and entrepreneurs working at the intersection of bits, atoms, and AI. It is based in Palo Alto and has several key employees. Playground Global assists companies in the areas of hardware, software, artificial inte...
BE
FI
200K - 6M
Bloc Ventures is a specialist deep tech investor based in London, England. Founded in 2013, the company provides venture capital and other forms of investment to companies across Europe and Israel. Bloc Ventures is an evergreen investment company, not an investment fund. It is focused on backing...
VN
500K - 2M
Ascend Vietnam Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in the growth of Southeast Asia. They provide capital, strategic guidance and mentorship to founders with the goal of positively transforming the lives of people throughout the region. The fund is focused on investments in ...
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.