Trust Ventures

Trust Ventures is a venture fund that backs startups tackling large social problems where technology already exists but policy stands in the way. It invests like a venture capital fund and advises like a strategy consultancy. Its current website describes its focus as solving policy problems for high-growth companies.

Services

• Investment: funds startups in industries slowed by public policy barriers.
• Strategic guidance: helps portfolio companies plan for regulatory challenges and argue for change.
• Relationship building: helps startups develop contacts and approaches that level the field against larger incumbents.
• Unpaid advice: the firm says it takes no fee for this guidance and succeeds only when its companies do.

Who it works with

The fund looks for early companies aiming at society's biggest challenges. It is assembling a portfolio across a range of industries where regulation or political inertia delays progress.