Chenelle Ansah

Alma Angels is a diverse and active community with a bold mission: Generate $1 trillion in women-led wealth by 2050. Since 2020, we have brought together and trained over 500 angel investors who have invested into 200+ women (co)founders building tech or IP-rich ventures with global ambitions. These companies have gone on to raise more than £300m to date. Alma Angels is committed to training 10,000 angels and backing 10,000 women founders by 2035.

Village Capital is reinventing the system to back the entrepreneurs of the future. Known for its groundbreaking approaches to supporting founders who are building solutions to emergent social, economic, and environmental challenges, VilCap unlocks critical social and financial capital for early-stage companies to maximize business and impact growth. Since 2009, Village Capital has supported over 1,400 startups that have raised over $5 billion in investment capital. It has made more than 150 investments through its various affiliated funds, including Vilcap Investments, which has invested in 110 peer-selected companies. Over 20,000 entrepreneurs have improved their investment readiness through its network of entrepreneur support organizations and its platform, Abaca.

We back founders obsessed with using technology to meaningfully advance people and our planet and for us that’s solutions in Climate tech and Financial Inclusion. Submit your pitch deck: https://airtable.com/app2RF0G7gy11tRR9/shrt53wOFZo0U1UFz

Venture Studio from Crisis exists to invest in, support, and create ventures that share our mission to end homelessness for good. We enable diverse start-ups, Crisis staff, and the members we serve to make a significant difference in ending homelessness. For our Crisis members, those who are experiencing homelessness and use the Crisis services, the Venture Studio supports them to start their own businesses as a way to sustainably end their homelessness. For the team at Crisis, our Venture Studio works to accelerate the impact of individuals who want to contribute to ending homelessness as an entrepreneur or intrapreneur. Finally, for start-ups, it’s a place of innovation for founders and teams who have a product in market and are ready to leverage our energy, experience, and expertise to scale. With our support, your team will be equipped with access to industry-leading expertise in the fields of homelessness, innovation, user-research, creative design, along with the essential tools and networks needed to scale your business. First, we wrote the road map to ending homelessness. Now, we’ve built a centre to support new scalable solutions that will work towards ending homelessness.

Cornerstone Partners is the first Angel Investor Network focused on investing in businesses owned and run by black and diverse founders. We focus on investing in black and diverse businesses out of a desire to empower and create more diversity in the UK business market. We believe superior returns can be delivered by leveraging the inherent competitive advantage of diverse teams and our aim is to uncover them.

Alma Angels is a diverse and active community with a bold mission: Generate $1 trillion in women-led wealth by 2050. Since 2020, we have brought together and trained over 500 angel investors who have invested into 200+ women (co)founders building tech or IP-rich ventures with global ambitions. These companies have gone on to raise more than £300m to date. Alma Angels is committed to training 10,000 angels and backing 10,000 women founders by 2035.