Startup/Scale-up

Clayton Hayward, CEO and co-founder of tech firm Ukheshe, discusses the role of technology in allowing Africa’s small, medium and micro enterprises to access financial services.

Two-month programme led by early-stage venture capital accelerator Rockstart aims to support circular economy startups in their fundraising efforts.

The Berlin-based fund has its own in-house science team and invests in startups providing solutions for climate mitigation, resource savings, biodiversity protection and waste reduction.

Wefunder raises funding for startups across sectors including sustainability, food industry and tech sectors. Twelve European companies are already listed on the platform.

Stockholm-based startup Wayout’s container-sized technology decontaminates non-potable local water sources to produce drinking water

New EU rules for crowdfunding are transforming the sector. The bloc’s second largest crowdfunding platform, which has just been created with the merger of Oneplanetcrowd and Invesdor, will have a particular focus on energy projects.

The LSE Marshall Institute’s ‘100x Impact Accelerator’ aims to help social enterprises, mainly from emerging markets, identify the best approaches to scale up their impact

The Dutch government-backed fund is providing valuable support for SMEs in developing countries at a time when sources of investment are drying up, report shows

Nesta Impact Investments, the investment arm of UK-based foundation Nesta, has made four investment as part of a new strategy to back impact-driven early-stage technology companies

A gathering taking place in Lisbon next week, organised by Social Nest Foundation and Casa do Impacto, aims to guide VC funds through the opportunities that investing in impact-driven companies can bring