Organisations
Big Issue Invest
Started in 2005 as the social investment arm of The Big Issue, Big Issue Invest (BII) extends the Group’s mission by backing social ventures and charities that dismantle poverty and create opportunity for for people and communities across the UK.
Our vision is to create a “social merchant bank” - by social entrepreneurs,
for social entrepreneurs. We pay any dividends generated by our investments to The Big Issue Group, which is a social enterprise itself, to further our mission.
BII manages or advises on over £150m of social funds. Investments range from £50,000 to £3 million and take the form of early stage finance, loans, and equity.
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Greengage Global Holding Ltd
Greengage aspires to be a digital merchant bank that provides a platform of relationship-based banking services to digital companies, SMEs, and HNWIs to the highest ethical, secure, and compliance standards. Bridging traditional financial services and digital innovations in crypto assets and blockchain, we provide access to the benefits of digitisation in finance.
Their tailored services are delivered by people, empowered by technology.
They offer:
• E-money solutions* to facilitate £, € and imminently $ payments and cards (coming soon)
• Wholesale crypto into fiat loans • Bespoke Salesforce-based solutions for financial services firms
• Access to other third-party services and providers
As part of its mission to be the best in class, Greengage aims to obtain a full banking license and add crypto-native solutions and additional technological solutions.
*E-money solutions are provided as an agent of Modulr FS Limited, Greengage is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. The Financial Ombudsman Service or the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) do not apply to the crypto asset activities carried on by Greengage.
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Prism the Gift Fund
Resonance Ltd
We believe that one day, aligning profits with social impact will be the norm.
We are one of the UK's leading social impact investment companies. Since 2002 we have worked with over 165 social enterprises and charities, enabling them to raise capital to grow their impact, and make a greater difference to the communities they serve. We currently manage over £260m of investors' capital across eleven operational funds, with a team of forty across five locations – Launceston, Bristol, Manchester, London and Birmingham.
In 2019/2020 we mobilised £43m of useful capital into the hands of 30 social enterprises from 175 investors.
RESONANCE SOCIAL IMPACT INVESTMENT FUNDS
We have created and manage eleven social impact investment funds, which focus on tackling major societal issues, with particular expertise in homelessness, poverty, community-led projects, health & wellbeing and education. Our funds aim to deliver a financial return and a targeted social impact to investors.
Our largest funds are the Resonance Homelessness Property Funds, which have reached £258m of funds under management, and are housing over 2,533 people on their way out of homelessness.
SharedImpact
SharedImpact is the world's first global donor-advised fund - a network of charities created to foster strategic philanthropy and impact investment around the world, by making it easier for donors, investors and charitable organisations to connect, give and receive donations tax-efficiently.
We have a unified charity tax structure that allows philanthropists and family offices in the UK, United States and Hong Kong to seamlessly move donations internationally while retaining all their local tax benefits. We also offer our clients an online platform which not only enables access to impact investments but also acts as a global fundraising service for social-purpose organisations.