BGV (Bethnal Green Ventures)

Our vision is to significantly improve hundreds of millions of lives We look for the same ambition in our founders We invest in businesses where commercial growth means greater positive impact

The diversity of the people solving the world's biggest challenges needs to reflect the diversity of those they affect We know that tech for good founders can come from anywhere We don’t believe in stereotypes or rely on warm intros Instead we use a fair but rigorous application process

all walks of life

Problems like the climate crisis, inequality, or poor health These challenges provide the biggest opportunities for meaningful change and are a huge economic opportunity too We look for visionary founders committed to creating a sustainable planet, a better society, and healthy lives

We're Bethnal Green Ventures

We’re for founders who understand real problems Who come from all walks of life With big ambitions to build solutions at scale We help you take the first jump, then join you on the journey We’re a team with integrity who lead by example Sharing your vision for impact and helping you deliver on it Because the world’s most valuable businesses will be the ones that improve millions of lives We’re here to create a better future with tech for good

Find out about our investment offer

We invest in ambitious early-stage tech for good founders The journey of all our portfolio ventures starts on our programme We then help you grow with further support and investment up to Series A Applications to our next programme are currently closed, but you can still speak to our team

With a third of food wasted globally and the planet’s soils desperately degraded, agricultural systems need rethinking With their world leading aeroponics, LettUs Grow is at the forefront of this wave, enabling a new way of food production that is sustainable, scalable and affordable

With experience in renewable energy, systems engineering and plant biology, Charlie Guy, Jack Farmer and Ben Crowther came together to found LettUs Grow in 2015 BGV became the team’s first investor in 2017 as they joined our programme, following which we invested at pre-seed and seed stage CEO Charlie says: “BGV’s follow-on investment, mentorship and advisor network have helped us to grow from a small start-up with an idea to a fully fledged scale-up ” They have since developed the market’s leading container farm - DROP & GROW™, empowering localised production of fresh produce Their patent-pending aeroponic technology enables food to be grown with no soil, zero pesticides and 95% less water The team have since raised £4 5M from industry-leading investors, won numerous awards and featured in the likes of the Financial Times and Guardian

2023: time to prove a point about tech for good

Tech for good investing has grown markedly over the last decade Now we have to prove it can do well in tough times

Using no-code to build your tech for good startup

As tech for good investors, tech is an important piece of BGV’s investment thesis In this blog, we recap how founders can leverage no-code tools to build and grow their businesses

Impact investing market tops $1 trillion

Last week the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) published its annual study sizing the market for impact investments across the globe The GIIN estimates the size of the impact investing market to be $1 164 trillion in assets under management (AUM), a significant increase from the last time the study was conducted

Fundraising from impact investors

Fundraising It can be challenging enough at the best of times, but what about when there’s the added element of impact? Find out what impact investors look for when making funding decisions, and take a look at our founder fundraising checklist

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