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June 28, 2021

Tech-for-good VC Bethnal Green Ventures bought by pension asset manager

The London seed-stage VC will retain operational independence.


Eleanor Warnock

3 min read

Melanie Hayes, Paul Miller and Darren Agombar of Bethnal Green Ventures.

One of the UK’s most active VCs, social-impact focused Bethnal Green Ventures, is being acquired by asset manager Connected Asset Management. 

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Eleanor Warnock

Eleanor Warnock is an advisor to VC firm Bek Ventures, and writes a newsletter on tech and writing. She was previously Sifted’s deputy editor. Find her on X and LinkedIn

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