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Good Investor of the Year Award

The Good Investor of the Year Award is a prestigious accolade that recognises an organisation that has demonstrated exceptional commitment to responsible and impactful investing.

Nominees

Ada Ventures
Ascension VC
Kindred LCR
Nesta Impact Investments
Pathway Fund
Ada Ventures

Ada Ventures

Ada Ventures is committed to promoting diversity and sustainability within its investment portfolio. Currently, 70% of their portfolio companies feature at least one underrepresented founder, with 49% led by women and 45% by non-white founders. This contrasts sharply with the broader venture capital landscape, where only 11% of funding has gone to female founders and 4% to all-ethnic teams over the past decade. By intentionally supporting diverse founders, Ada Ventures aims to create a more equitable startup ecosystem and foster innovation that addresses the needs of underserved populations.
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Ascension VC

Ascension VC

Ascension VC demonstrates that impact investing can go hand in hand with outsized returns. Their impact thesis proves that venture capital can focus on social and environmental change without compromising fund performance. With the recent launch of Ascension Fund III, targeting a £50m second close, the firm highlights the potential of impact-focused funds. This move further demonstrates the appeal of impact investing, attracting both Limited Partners (LPs) to the fund and outlier businesses to their portfolio.
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Kindred LCR

Kindred LCR

Kindred is a pioneering social impact movement based in the Liverpool City Region, comprising over 1,000 socially trading organisations (STOs) and the BlaST network, which represents 250 Black and Brown-led organisations. Established to promote collaboration among STOs, Kindred leverages over 200 years of combined experience to drive meaningful change within the community. The organisation focuses on supporting socially driven enterprises that prioritise social purpose alongside commercial viability.
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Nesta Impact Investments

Nesta Impact Investments

Nesta was an early contributor to thinking on impact measurement within the sector, through its involvement with the Impact Management Project. Impact investing has grown tenfold in scale over the past decade, and NII continues to contribute to the dialogue around the importance of considering purpose alongside profit in investment strategies through our connections with other impact investors and purely commercial investors.
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Pathway Fund

Pathway Fund

Pathway Fund works with Black and Ethnic Minoritised-led intermediaries and fund managers to develop responsive financial products. To date, they have created three grant and repayable grant products that address the needs of their communities. Pathway Fund continues to develop both financial and non-financial support through co-design in a responsive manner. By collaborating with intermediaries and fund managers, they focus on how their interventions can add value to their partners, emphasizing long-term partnerships rather than a traditional top-down funder-grantee relationship and power dynamic.
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