United Kingdom · What does Big Issue Invest invest in?
Big Issue Invest invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Sdg, Social and Underserved.
Big Issue Invest highlights
- 01
2 rounds on record
- 02
Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds
- 03
Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $40K
What they do
- Type
- Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries B
- Sectors
- SdgSocialUnderserved
- Based in
- United Kingdom
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first2 appearances
- 2013
1 round
- Sept
- 2009
1 round
- Nov
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration24 named
FGFay Gina BrooksdirectoriCompany registersince 2025
HWHolger WestphelydirectoriCompany registersince 2026
JKJennifer Katherine KnottdirectoriCompany registersince 2026
JPJohn-Paul PrestondirectoriCompany registersince 2026
LALawrence Arthur GoslingdirectoriCompany registersince 2023
RJRobert John Mcdougall GilligandirectoriCompany registersince 2024
SLSara Leigh RedforddirectoriCompany registersince 2020
SVShaheen VerjeedirectoriCompany registersince 2022
YUYuliia UhorskadirectoriCompany registersince 2026
ACAmy ClarkedirectoriCompany registersince 2018
ARAnthony Robin Dominic Monro-DavisdirectoriCompany registersince 2004
AVArthur Victor Rudland WooddirectoriCompany registersince 2008
COCharles O'MalleydirectoriCompany registersince 2004
DNDanyal Nurus SattardirectoriCompany registersince 2024
ESEps Secretaries Limitedcorporate-nominee-secretaryiCompany registersince 2003
IWIqbal WahhabdirectoriCompany registersince 2012
JMJames Macgregor Ayton FairweatherdirectoriCompany registersince 2016
JAJohn Anthony BirddirectoriCompany registersince 2003
JLJosephine Louise AllendirectoriCompany registersince 2008
LGLouise Gillian BoothbydirectoriCompany registersince 2020
MPMark PorterdirectoriCompany registersince 2024
MSMark Shaun SimmsdirectoriCompany registersince 2020
MAMartin AllendirectoriCompany registersince 2020
MLMikjon Limitedcorporate-nominee-directoriCompany registersince 2003
We also hold 9 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the UK company register, which it must file accurately by law
- Companies House
- 04764982, since 2003
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
0 of 17 we have independently watched raise
Access-socialinvestmentB CorpBig ExchangeBritish-business-bankBvcaCioinvestmentclubColumbiathreadneedleDiversityforumEsmeefairbairnGreat place to workHomeLondonPensionsforpurposePrinciples for responsible investmentShareTnlcommunityfundYellowpeach
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.