Investors looking to invest in social impact
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KZ
50K - 200K
Startupwiseguys is a venture capital and accelerator firm that specializes in helping startups grow and scale. They provide coaching and mentorship for founders, and invest in early stage companies in the technology, media, and healthcare sectors. They have offices in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,...
US
50K - 750K
Steamwork Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles that is focused on investing in early stage companies working on connected solutions. They provide early-stage capital, strategic advice, and access to their network of industry partners to help companies achieve their maximum pot...
GB
DE
50K - 100K
The Fund is a venture capital fund based in the Rocky Mountains that provides early-stage investments in startups and tech companies. The fund invests in a wide range of technology-related businesses, including software, hardware, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology. The fund also provide...
250K - 2M
TriplePoint Ventures is a venture capital firm that finances seed and early stage investments in the life sciences and technology sectors. The firm's mission is to provide early stage capital to promising companies to help them realize their full potential. TriplePoint invests in companies in a ...
FR
ES
200K - 600K
TS Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. They invest in early-stage and late-stage companies harnessing information growth and computing power to change the world. They have a team of experienced professionals who are committed to helping companies succeed. They...
CN
Tsing Capital is a venture capital firm that specializes in investments in the areas of new energy, energy efficiency, environmental protection, and sustainable development. It has raised over US$2 billion in total capital and has invested in over 50 companies. Tsing Capital is committed to deli...
BE
400K - 10M
XAnge is a Franco-German venture capital team that manages a range of funds dedicated to investing in early-stage technology companies. They focus on companies that are creating innovative solutions with a positive social and environmental impact. They operate a number of funds across Europe, wi...
KR
SG
500K - 5M
Yellow Dog is a Korean software company that specializes in providing high-performance computing solutions for data-intensive workloads. Their product portfolio includes cloud-based, on-premise, and hybrid solutions for big data and artificial intelligence, as well as solutions for high-performa...
120K - 1M
Colam Impact is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Colam Entreprendre Group. It is an impact investment company that seeks to accelerate the development of companies that have a positive social and environmental impact. The company provides both equity investments and convertible loans to help com...
IT
500K - 1M
Progress Tech Transfer is an investment fund specialized in sustainable technologies from research of Italian universities. The fund invests in early-stage start-ups, spin-offs, and entrepreneurs in order to develop innovative and socially responsible solutions that create value for society. The...
100K - 1M
Best Nights VC is the innovation and investment unit of Mast-Jgermeister SE, with the mission to shape the future of nightlife. The firm seeks to invest in and partner with early-stage companies that are developing products and services in the nightlife sector, including nightlife entertainment,...
TR
GR
250K - 2M
ScaleX Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The firm invests in seed and series A startups and focuses on providing support to exceptional founders from unexpected places. It invests in a range of industries, from technology to healthcare, and has ...
CA
500K - 1M
Alpaca VC is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in the intersections of the digital and physical worlds. It focuses on early-stage tech startups in the e-commerce, logistics, digital media, IoT and AI spaces. The firm's core values are innovation, collaboration, and helping entrepren...
250K - 1M
Altalurra is an investment firm focused on creating positive social and environmental impact through their investments. Their Impact Framework is designed to help optimize for maximum revenue, margins and impact. They invest in a range of companies, including Impak Ratings, a leading impact anal...
100K - 1M
\n\nH-L.vc is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, USA. Founded in 2014, H-L.vc has invested in over 30 early-stage companies, primarily in the technology and media sectors. H-L.vc\u2019s focus is on investing in and helping to grow companies with strong potential for growt...
IN
200K - 2M
Venture Highway is a venture capital firm based in New Delhi, India that focuses on early-stage investments in the information technology, artificial intelligence, and internet-based start-ups. It also provides its portfolio companies with post-investment services such as recruiting, business de...
100K - 2M
TCC Partners is a mission-driven consulting firm that works in partnership with foundations, nonprofits, corporations, and public agencies to design and implement solutions for social impact. TCC Partners has expertise in helping clients with strategic planning, organizational development, finan...
500K - 3M
Eka Ventures is a venture capital firm based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 2018, the firm focuses on investing in founders building category-defining consumer technology companies that positively shape the world, making it more sustainable, efficient, and equitable. The firm's team consi...
360K - 4M
Citizen Capital is a French venture capital firm that specializes in investing in high-growth technology companies. The firm was founded in 2010 and has since invested in over two hundred companies, including big names such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple. Citizen Capital's mission is to provide...
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.