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November 29, 2023

Bethnal Green Ventures raises £33m of a new fund to back tech for good

The fund aims to back up to 100 impact startups based in the UK through the firm’s Tech For Good Programme

Sadia Nowshin

3 min read

London-based VC Bethnal Green Ventures (BGV) has secured a first close of £33m for its biggest fund yet, which will back up to 100 startups over the next four years through its flagship Tech For Good Programme. It’s a big step up from its last institutional fund, which closed at £3m in April 2019; since 2019, it's been investing out of this, plus £3m worth of SEIS and EIS funds. 

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Sadia Nowshin

Sadia Nowshin was a reporter at Sifted covering foodtech, biotech and startup life. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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