Investing in a positive future for people and planet
SIS Ventures Impact
As an impact investor, we expect care for people and planet to be part of an investee businesses’ DNA. We work with founders and management teams committed to acting with care, and bringing positive change, for the people and places they interact with.
SIS Ventures investees act intentionally to:
Our investees act intentionally to mitigate or significantly reduce negative outcomes for people and the planet.
Generate positive outcomes for otherwise underserved people or the planet.
Contribute to solutions, generating substantial positive change.
SIS Ventures considers all impact investments, with a focus on businesses:
Founded / led by women, people of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, have reported a disability, and those under 30 or over 50 years of age.
Are headquartered in the UK, with local, national, international and / or global impacts.
Whose products/services aim to progress the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
Responsible Business Practices
Our investees have a common belief in business as a force for good.
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We encourage investee businesses to:
- Promote fair work principles and practices.
- Minimise harm to the environment through their own, and supply chain, practices.
- Appreciate and develop practices to bring diversity of thought across the business, and fair access to products and services.
- Understand customers in the broadest sense and consider how to care and add value for them, including approaches to evaluating suppliers and other third-party relationships.
- Engage with communities touched by the business including charitable giving and civic engagement.
- SIS Ventures will aim to work towards a more inclusive social investment sector as signatories of the Diversity Forum Manifesto 2.0, and advance access to capital for women entrepreneurs as signatories of the Investing in Women Code.
Portfolio
Our Portfolio
The Impact First Fund supports inspiring mission-driven ventures focused on social and environmental impact.
Impact Report
Impact Report
SIS Ventures Impact Report 2024
This Impact Report provides an insight into the progress of our portfolio and our approach to impact investing.