Investment focus

We invest broadly in tech for good, but we are particularly interested in startups that address the following challenges:

• Affordable, accessible health and social care
• Effective education and employability
• Climate change, resource efficiency and conservation of the environment
• Civic participation, maintenance and advancement of democracy
• Empowering vulnerable young people, improving health and wellbeing and giving them the tools to thrive
• Pro-worker innovation for the low-wage economy, solutions that increase bargaining power, boost pay and curb work insecurity

Investment criteria

At the accelerator stage we select teams based on:

The team

• A talented team (more than 1 person) of diverse founders with a strong commitment to a shared vision and mission
• A strong understanding of the problem and the market they will be operating in
• Technical experience within the team

The idea

• An innovative idea with some evidence of its merits and how it would solve the problem
• A clear hypothesis of how to produce, sell and distribute the solution

The potential for impact

• A strong ambition to scale and positively impact millions of lives.