Navigating early stage boards; 200K in grant money
For founders seeking the best alternatives to VC
Hello folks! I’m Esme, the founder of Considered Capital. This is the 9th issue of The Considered Club - a bi-weekly newsletter for founders raising alternative funding. The most clicked post from last week’s issue was for the Social Enterprise Support Fund. If you’ve enjoyed what you’ve read today please consider sharing it with friends.
Hi folks!
This will be the final issue of the year. We are closing our doors and taking a much needed break over the Christmas holidays. See you in the new year!
Money
Grants & Challenges
UnLtd | offering grants of £10-100K for social entrepreneurs trying to start-up or grow their social business
Innovate UK Smart Grants | a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovation
The Ro Plastic Prize |10.000€ for innovative solutions in the field of re-Waste
The Social Science Research Council | two-year awards of $100,000 per year as part of the inaugural cohort of its Just Tech Fellowship
Accelerators
Village Capital | offering grant funding to selected female-led startups operating in and out of Europe
The GreenHouse | a 12-month innovation programme for climate positive technology startups offering equity free funding
Positive Planet Accelerator Hub | a 12-week “Accelerator Hub” programme to support 50 minority entrepreneurs across the United States
Unfound | a business support programme for UK based platform co-ops
How to navigate early stage boards:
Funders
Republic buys U.K. equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs
A list of newly raised impact funders
Join our Spring 2022 cohort
Whether you’re fundraising right now or preparing to in the new year, learn how to raise aligned funding and connect with incredible founders from across the world. Here’s what you’ll get;
10 hours of self-guided lessons to watch in your own time
Curated links and reading lists for each module
LIVE training sessions with experts & founders
A directory for finding funding fit for your business
Everything is recorded and you get life time access to it all!
In case you missed it
Atomico | has launched their annual State of European Tech report
Kin & Carta | becomes the first publicly traded company to be certified as a B Corp on the London Stock Exchange
Considered Capital | writes about the Top 5 Equity- free Alternatives to VC
Until next year!
Esme