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Top 25 Social impact venture capital companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 312 social impact venture capital companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 3,490 professional contacts across them, including 1,382 with verified work emails and 271 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.

This list covers social impact venture capital companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 6, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 6, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
312Companies
3,490Contacts tracked
1,382Verified emails
271Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest social impact venture capital companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 312 social impact venture capital companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to social impact venture capital companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
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1Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026501-1,000288 contacts →

“We encourage you to follow Simon Rogerson, Founder & CEO of Octopus Group: We’re entrepreneurs and we’re investors, on a mission to back the people, ideas and industries that will…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
2Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-200141 contacts →

“Lightrock is a global investment platform supporting the growth of technology-enabled companies.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
3Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-200119 contacts →

“UnLtd's mission is to reach out and unleash the energies of people who can transform the world in which they live.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
4Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-200116 contacts →

“Better Society Capital is the UK’s leading social impact investor.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
5Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-200112 contacts →

“Index Ventures partners with exceptional entrepreneurs – those with unique insight who are intrinsically driven to make their vision a reality.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
6Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20096 contacts →

“Octopus Ventures, part of Octopus Group, is one of the largest and most active venture capital investors in the UK and Europe.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
7Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20084 contacts →

“AgDevCo is a specialist impact investor operating exclusively in the agriculture sector in Africa.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
8Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20084 contacts →

“We finance social change.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
9Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5073 contacts →

“Bridges is a specialist private markets investor.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
10Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20068 contacts →

“ThirdWay Partners operates as an impact investment and advisory firm focused on creating inclusive sustainable development and impact.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
11Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5065 contacts →

“GSG Impact builds impact economies.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
12Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5062 contacts →

“Temporis was founded in 2011 by three seasoned investment industry professionals.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
13Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5061 contacts →

“Future Planet is the impact-led, global venture capital firm built to back growth companies emerging from the founders and science from the world's top universities.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
14Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5053 contacts →

“Lagata invest in businesses in growth markets, with a specific expertise in emerging markets and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
15Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5046 contacts →

“Big Issue Invest is the investment arm of the Big Issue Group, founded by visionary impact entrepreneurs John Bird and Nigel Kershaw.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20045 contacts →

“Tailored investment services, delivered sustainably.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
17Strong evidenceExeter, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20040 contacts →

“Oxygen House focuses on impact investment in data analytics, education, sustainable property development, renewable energy, and city planning, leveraging patient capital for a…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
18Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5039 contacts →

“Zouk Capital is a fund manager focused on the opportunities emerging at the intersection of infrastructure, technology and sustainability.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
19Indirect evidenceChester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5037 contacts →

“Deepbridge only invests in sectors in which our team has experience.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
20Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5036 contacts →

“We've seeded impactful founders since at places like Citymapper, Improbable, Lovefilm, Moo, Wise and Zoopla.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
21Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5035 contacts →

“Ascension is an early-stage venture capital firm built and managed by exited operators and entrepreneurs to back the next generation of tech and impact founders.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
22Indirect evidenceSheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5034 contacts →

“Growing enterprise in communities.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
23Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5034 contacts →

Venturebeam connects capital with purpose - uniting investors and founders to back high-growth, impact-driven ventures that deliver strong financial returns and measurable…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
24Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026n/a32 contacts →

“Bethnal Green Ventures is Europe’s leading early-stage tech for good VC.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
25Strong evidenceEdinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5031 contacts →

“Par Equity is a venture capital investor focused on businesses with global ambitions, and innovative technology at their core.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026

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Social impact venture capital companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 6, 2026
39.6%Verified-email coverage
7.8%Mobile-number coverage
11.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
73.7%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
198
11-50
89
51-200
16
201-500
6
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
1

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How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among social impact venture capital companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “social impact venture capital companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names social impact venture capital companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among social impact venture capital companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,382 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Social impact venture capital companies by metro

  • Social impact venture capital companies in London230

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names social impact venture capital companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many social impact venture capital companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 312 social impact venture capital companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Octopus, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most social impact venture capital companies?

London leads with 230 headquartered companies, followed by Edinburgh (5) and Manchester (5).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,382 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 312 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 6, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.