Tag: Growth Impact Fund

Brixton Village’s Black Farmer receives £250k investment from fund for underrepresented entrepreneurs

Stuart Mitchell

On 5th November 2024, the Growth Impact Fund (GIF), a social impact investment fund developed by Big Issue Invest and UnLtd has made an investment of £250,000 in The Black Farmer – a farm shop opened in Brixton Village by celebrated entrepreneur Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones MBE last year.   With only 1% of UK farmers from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, Emmanuel-Jones founded The Black Farmer to challenge this exclusion and showcase that Black entrepreneurs can succeed in traditionally exclusive markets. He believes that black entrepreneurs can also belong in markets…

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Social investment fund announced to tackle inequality as wealth gap widens  

Stuart Mitchell

A new potential £25M social investment fund has been announced recently, offering flexible and patient capital for early-stage social businesses to grow their impact, ringfencing a minimum of 50% of funding for leaders from underrepresented backgrounds. Big Issue Invest, UnLtd and Shift have come together to announce the Growth Impact Fund, to level the social investment playing field.   This landmark fund is built in coalition with social investment experts, and is backed with funding from supporters including Bank of America and Access Foundation. Big Issue Invest, UnLtd and design agency…

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