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Spotlight Series: AI
Is there a Venture Capital firm anywhere not talking about AI? For want of sounding like a broken record – there is a good reason AI is the talk of the VC town. It will change our lives profoundly in ways we cannot yet envisage.
Meet the Founder of Joy, Patrick Harding: “At Joy, our mission is to add ten years to life expectancy by addressing the social determinants of health.”
Joy is a software company allowing health and social care professionals to link clients to local services tackling the root causes of ill health.
Meet the Founders of I AM NUT OK, Nivi and Angela: “More daring than dairy!”
Inspiring people to make more sustainable food choices by daring to be different. I AM NUT OK’s mission extends beyond food, advocating for wellness and sustainability.
Conduit Connect selected by Innovate UK for match-funding programme to back pioneering British tech
We are delighted to announce we have been selected alongside a group of leading VC firms to partner with Innovate UK via its 'Investor Partnership Program' to drive even more funding to early-stage UK based impact businesses.
Generation Impact Academy November 2023
That’s a wrap on our final Generation Impact Academy of 2023.
Circular Economy Investor Dinner
The Circular Economy Investor Dinner, hosted on Monday 16th of October was a major success. Alongside a fantastic three course meal, the guests were treated to a host of highly informative and engaging speeches on Circular Economy.
Spotlight Series: Health
Read the first part of our impact sector spotlight series focusing on health and wellbeing.
Meet the Founder of Redemption Roasters, Max Dubiel: “Reducing re-offending through specialty coffee”
Reducing reoffending through professional coffee industry training both inside and outside of prison
Treasury Committee VC Report cites ‘Unacceptable Diversity Stats’
Diversity in VC: Conduit Connect’s Approach
By Gabrielle Morgan
It comes as no surprise to read, yet again, about the pervasive lack of diversity in venture investing in the UK.
Meet the Founder of For The Creators, Lyndsay Mason: “The first intelligent, inclusive, full circle platform created by mums for mums”
For The Creators is a rental subscription service designed to support every step of the wonderful journey into motherhood, created by mums for mums.
Meet the Founder of Fin, Rich Pleeth: “We’re making sustainable net zero logistics mainstream”
Fin is creating a zero-emission sustainable parcel delivery logistics network that caters for every e-commerce brand, whilst providing an exceptional customer experience at an affordable price.
Why We Invested…
Why we invested…
By Gabrielle Morgan
We’re coming up for air after a whirlwind couple of months for the Conduit Connect. We kicked things off with our partners Katapult and The Conduit at the Katapult Future Fest in Oslo, bringing 7 of our portfolio companies with us who wowed the crowds across four different panels.
Meet the Founders of LVNDR Chris and Araxie: “a comprehensive solution that fills a glaring gap in the healthcare system”
LVNDR Health is the first LGBTQ+ platform in Europe to provide non-judgemental and inclusive healthcare. Offering a centralised service with at-home diagnostics, remote consultations, and medication delivery.
Meet the Partners, Jean de Fougerolles and Emma Steele - Ascension Fund III
Ascension is led by Jean de Fougerolles, an exited entrepreneur dedicated to finding the UK’s best seed startups since 2015 and Emma Steele (ex. corporate banking and impact consultant). For the past 5 years, this duo have worked together and built an extensive track record backing leading Tech4Good businesses, such as Wagestream and Credit Kudos (exit to Apple). One of Ascension’s key superpowers is the 300+ founders and hundreds of angel co-investors who form a highly supportive community that share, access and assess the UK’s leading early stage deal-flow.
Meet the Co-Founders of Good Life Sorted, Constantine and Verity: “we have delivered over 200,000 hours of help to elderly across the south of England”
Good Life Sorted is tackling the shortage of carers by creating a new supply pool of local vetted ‘Helpers’ enabling customers to live happier and longer in their homes.
Stephanie Monty, Founder of Ostique: “We develop our products with ostomates, for ostomates”
Ostique is a medtech company creating innovative ostomy care products with superior performance while changing the narrative around stoma care.
Meet the Founder of BioFactory, Eoin Sharkey: “here we are with a product that farmers really want”
BioFactory is designing and manufacturing innovative waste to energy solutions, specialising in the utilisation of Anaerobic Digestion (AD) for micro-scale applications.
Meet the Co-Founders of Home.Earth, Emil Bender Lassen and Rasmus Nørgaard: “The challenges our cities are facing require us the think in entirely new ways”
Home.Earth is a newly launched real estate company which has set out to develop urban communities with inclusivity, liveability, and sustainability at its core.
Meet the Co-Founder of Béa Fertility, Tess Cosad “We’re reinventing the fertility pathway for the good of all families”
Béa Fertility is the first clinical grade, at-home ICI fertility treatment; putting control and intimacy into the hands of those starting families and making safe, effective fertility care accessible to those who need it most.
Meet the Co-Founders of Better Nature: “Our tempeh produces 94% less CO2e than the equivalent portion of beef”
Better Nature is the world's leading tempeh brand and food tech company creating an all-natural plant-protein like nothing else.