# Big Issue Invest: portfolio, investments and team > Big Issue Invest is a corporate vc based in United Kingdom. 2 investments on record, latest Sept 2013. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/big-issue-invest (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Big Issue Invest Last cheque observed Sep 2013. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Corporate VC Quiet Seed Series A Series B Sdg Social Underserved Follow Big Issue Invest and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fbig-issue-invest) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record Since the last cheque **4796** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$870K** Rounds led **0 of 2** Sole investor **1 rounds** Pitch Big Issue Invest ## 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:** Seed Series A Series B - **Sectors:** Sdg Social Underserved - **Based in:** United Kingdom - **Cold pitches:** Accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances** - **2013** 1 round - **Sept** **[State of Ambition](https://millionrounds.com/company/state-of-ambition)** GB **$40K** Sole investor - **2009** 1 round - **Nov** **[Call Britannia](https://millionrounds.com/company/call-britannia)** Series A · GB · online.wsj.com **$1.7M** With 2 others 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 registration **24 named** FG **Fay Gina Brooks** director i Company register since 2025 HW **Holger Westphely** director i Company register since 2026 JK **Jennifer Katherine Knott** director i Company register since 2026 JP **John-Paul Preston** director i Company register since 2026 LA **Lawrence Arthur Gosling** director i Company register since 2023 RJ **Robert John Mcdougall Gilligan** director i Company register since 2024 SL **Sara Leigh Redford** director i Company register since 2020 SV **Shaheen Verjee** director i Company register since 2022 YU **Yuliia Uhorska** director i Company register since 2026 AC **Amy Clarke** director i Company register since 2018 AR **Anthony Robin Dominic Monro-Davis** director i Company register since 2004 AV **Arthur Victor Rudland Wood** director i Company register since 2008 CO **Charles O'Malley** director i Company register since 2004 DN **Danyal Nurus Sattar** director i Company register since 2024 ES **Eps Secretaries Limited** corporate-nominee-secretary i Company register since 2003 IW **Iqbal Wahhab** director i Company register since 2012 JM **James Macgregor Ayton Fairweather** director i Company register since 2016 JA **John Anthony Bird** director i Company register since 2003 JL **Josephine Louise Allen** director i Company register since 2008 LG **Louise Gillian Boothby** director i Company register since 2020 MP **Mark Porter** director i Company register since 2024 MS **Mark Shaun Simms** director i Company register since 2020 MA **Martin Allen** director i Company register since 2020 ML **Mikjon Limited** corporate-nominee-director i Company register since 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-socialinvestment B Corp Big Exchange British-business-bank Bvca Cioinvestmentclub Columbiathreadneedle Diversityforum Esmeefairbairn Great place to work Home London Pensionsforpurpose Principles for responsible investment Share Tnlcommunityfund Yellowpeach 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. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$870K** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$40K** Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 1 rounds - **Last cheque:** Sept 2013 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *1* - Seed said *-* - Series B said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2009 2013 **Pitching Big Issue Invest?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Quick answers about Big Issue Invest ### 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. ### How active is Big Issue Invest? 2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2013. ### How big are Big Issue Invest's cheques? The median round it joins is $870K. ### Is Big Issue Invest investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2013. ### What kind of investor is Big Issue Invest? Big Issue Invest is a corporate VC based in United Kingdom. ### Does Big Issue Invest take cold pitches? Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches. ### When was Big Issue Invest founded? Big Issue Invest was founded in 2003. ### Where does this information on Big Issue Invest come from? From 1 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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