Underdog Ventures

Underdog Ventures has built a model of customised community venture capital funds, paired with customised philanthropy. It works with investors who care about financial, community and environmental results, and each investor has a dedicated fund that invests in areas the investor chooses.

What Underdog Ventures offers

• Fund management: acts as managing partner, structuring, negotiating and managing investments.
• Intermediary role: stands between the investors and the companies they back.
• Consulting: advice drawn from in-house staff, advisory board members and investors.
• Due diligence: checks on companies before investing.
• Community presence: keeps people on the ground in chosen communities and builds ties with non-profits.
• Exit routes: arranges ways out for investors in line with their priorities.

Who it serves

Investors seeking a mix of financial return and community or environmental benefit.