# Serious Change: portfolio, investments and team

> Serious Change is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 13 investments on record, latest Jun 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/serious-change (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Serious Change

Last cheque observed Jun 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm Website unconfirmed

Seed Series A Series B Consumer Electronics Hardware

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 13 on record

Since the last cheque **2699** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.0M** Rounds led **0 of 13** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

Pitch Serious Change

## Serious Change highlights

- 01 13 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 82% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $100K

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Consumer Electronics Hardware
- **Based in:** United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. [Tell us the right one](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=serious-change).

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **13 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Jun** **[ReUp Education](https://millionrounds.com/company/reup-education)** US · Edsurge **$6.0M** With 6 others
- **2017** 1 round
- **Mar** **[HowGood](https://millionrounds.com/company/howgood)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$4.2M** With 7 others
- **2016** 1 round
- **Nov** **[LendStreet](https://millionrounds.com/company/lendstreet)** **$28M** With 23 others
- **2015** 2 rounds
- **Aug** **[ConnXus](https://millionrounds.com/company/connxus)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[BeneStream](https://millionrounds.com/company/benestream)** Series A · US **$4.3M** With 3 others
- **2014** 4 rounds
- **Dec** **[Maxwell Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/maxwell-health)** Series B · US **$26M** With 7 others
- **Jul** **[BeneStream](https://millionrounds.com/company/benestream)** Seed · US **$1.6M** With 9 others
- **Mar** **[ConnXus](https://millionrounds.com/company/connxus)** Seed · US **$1.7M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Ethical Electric](https://millionrounds.com/company/ethical-electric)** Series A · US **$11M** With 2 others
- **2013** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[Maxwell Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/maxwell-health)** Series A · US **$6.0M** With 6 others
- **Jul** **[Mosaic](https://millionrounds.com/company/mosaic)** Series B · US · pevc.dowjones.com **$15M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[Attentive.ly](https://millionrounds.com/company/attentive-ly)** Seed · US **$100K** Sole investor
- **2012** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Attentive.ly](https://millionrounds.com/company/attentive-ly)** Seed · US **$375K** With 1 other

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 cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$6.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$100K**

Led 0 of 13 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jun 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *5*
- Series A *4*
- Series B *2*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2012 2019

Often in the room with

- [Blue Haven Initiative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-haven-initiative) 2
- [Catalyst Health & Technology Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catalyst-health-and-technology-partners) 2
- [CincyTech](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cincytech) 2
- [Kapor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital) 2
- [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) 2
- [Tribeca Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tribeca-venture-partners) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Serious Change. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Blue Haven Initiative** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-haven-initiative)[**Catalyst Health & Technology Partners** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catalyst-health-and-technology-partners)[**CincyTech** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cincytech)[**Kapor Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital)[**Lerer Hippeau** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau)[**Tribeca Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tribeca-venture-partners)[**Vaizra Investments** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vaizra-investments)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Serious Change put money into.

[**ReUp Education** $6.0M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/reup-education)[**HowGood** $4.2M · Mar 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/howgood)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Serious Change in their description, not their title.

- [Give First](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/give-first) 18 Jun 2019 · 27 min Kesha Cash on impact investing, and how mentorship got her there With [Kesha Cash](https://millionrounds.com/person/kesha-cash) Mentions [Columbia Business School](https://millionrounds.com/fund/columbia-business-school)[Impact America Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/impact-america-fund)[Serious Change](https://millionrounds.com/fund/serious-change) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Serious Change

### What does Serious Change invest in?

Serious Change invests most often at Seed and Series A (82% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Consumer Electronics and Hardware.

### How active is Serious Change?

13 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jun 2019.

### What has Serious Change invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: ReUp Education (Undisclosed round, Jun 2019), HowGood (Series A, Mar 2017) and LendStreet (Nov 2016).

### How big are Serious Change's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.0M.

### Does Serious Change lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 13 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Serious Change invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Serious Change investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jun 2019.

### Who does Serious Change invest alongside?

Most often Blue Haven Initiative (2 rounds together), Catalyst Health & Technology Partners (2 rounds together) and CincyTech (2 rounds together).

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