Fair By Design Fund

What they do

The Fair By Design Fund is a partnership between Ascension Ventures, Finance Birmingham, Wayra UK, Nominet Trust, Big Society Capital and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The Fund will invest in companies seeking loans and equity funding from Seed through to Series A and beyond, and will share Ascension Ventures and Finance Birmingham’s co-investment philosophy, seeking deal-flow and co-investment opportunities from other funds, VC’s and angel investors. The Fund is ready to deploy capital into exceptional businesses designed to make an impact on the poverty premium. These will include for-profit and nonprofit companies; tech startups, Community Interest Companies (CICs), charities and private limited companies.

What they look for

Invests in new and scalable ventures addressing specific aspects of the poverty premium, reshaping essential services such as energy, credit, insurance, and payments to make markets fairer.

Stage

Seed

Sectors

Fintech, Climate

Based

London, GB