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Bethnal Green Ventures (BGV) is Europe’s leading early-stage tech for good VC. They back ambitious founders from all walks of life using technology to tackle the world’s pressing social and environmental challenges aiming to positively impact millions of lives.
Often the first investor into their portfolio companies, BGV helps founders launch and grow their ventures. The journey of every BGV-backed company starts on their twice-yearly Tech for Good Programme, which accepts 20-24 new companies every year. BGV then provides follow-on investments in their most promising portfolio ventures from pre-seed to Series A. Having pioneered tech for good since 2012, BGV’s experience and expertise in building an impact-driven tech startup are unrivalled.
Paul Miller OBE and Melanie Hayes are BGV’s Managing Partners, currently leading a team of seven people in London.
Since 2012, BGV invested in 177 companies, with five exits and an active portfolio of over 80 companies. Collectively the active portfolio companies had a positive impact on more than 16 million lives, accelerating progress towards 15 out of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, making ÂŁ80M in total revenues in 2022.
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Some of BGV’s portfolio companies include