Venturesome

© Interact worldwide - Malawi children at a roleplay meetingVenturesome is a social investment fund - a CAF initiative launched in 2002.

We provide capital investment to charities and other social purpose organisations. We recognise that capital investment is necessary - for growth, covering cash flow difficulties or weathering difficult periods - but difficult to access. Such financial needs may fall outside the criteria of a grant maker, but be too risky for a bank loan.

Venturesome fills this funding gap, providing capital investment (in the form of underwriting, loans and equity-like investment) tailored to suit the needs of individual organisations.

We are only able to invest in organisations that:

  • are registered in the UK
  • can clearly articulate their charitable purpose and social impact (organisations do not have to be registered charities but do need to be of charitable purpose)
  • have at least one year's history of trading and/or income
  • are looking for between £20,000 and £350,000
  • have a legal structure which allows them to take on debt / equity funding

We learn from our practical work with charities and capture that learning, sharing it with the emerging social market in order to encourage greater access to capital investment.

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If you have a question about Venturesome, please contact us.