Our mission is to flip the odds for impact startups from 90% failure to 90% success by matching great ideas with funding and proven, successful market knowledge.
Working in partnership with impact founders to raise capital.
De-risking technology
Improving success rates with our deep digital product expertise.
Pre-seed to Series A
Supporting growth from pre-revenue to post-revenue and beyond.
Investment programmes
We back start-ups that are good for humans, nature and the planet.
IB Go
A pre-seed programme for pre-revenue and post-revenue impact focused startups in the UK.
Impact Builder Go provides £250k match funding against £50k from the startup. Applicants are required to have at least £200k of SEIS available.
Goals: Fundraising: Proactive, hands-on support helping the startup raise £250k from our network of funds, foundations and angels. Digital Product: Go is a fixed-price, variable scope programme customised to accelerate the startup to the next level of their journey. Half of the total fund will be dedicated to digital product design, build and stabilisation, with the remaining half directed to fuelling the startup’s growth plan.
IB Grow
Following Go, our seed programme supports post-revenue startups scale impact and revenues.
Impact Builder Grow offers between £400k to £900k match funding against £100k from the startup. Applicants need to be generating at least £3k per month, growing at 20% month-on-month.
Goals: Fundraising: Raising £900k in partnership with the startup from values-aligned VC, funds, foundations and angels. Digital Product & Growth: Fifty-percent of the raise directed across both the design & development of the digital product as well as support from our Growth Partners.
IB Glow
Our Series A programme enables established, proven impact startups with £3m+ in funding.
Impact Builder Glow is open to established startups with demonstrable, sizeable impact and more than £100k in recurring monthly revenue, growing 10% month-on-month
Is your startup eligible?
We back start-ups that are good for humans and good for the planet.
UK-based Ideally based on the South Coast.
Revenue Go: Pre or Post revenue Grow: Post revenue
Impact Positive people, planet, nature impact at the core
Digital Product Business critical need for digital products (app, web app)
100% Impact Focused
We only work with startups with impact and financial performance in lockstep.
Funding solutions for Pre-revenue to Series A
Our founder-friendly match-funding solutions range from £250k to £3m depending on startup stage and need.
More than capital
Together, digital design and development experts ASquared and hand-selected Growth Partners give your startup an unfair advantage.
Good Actor Pledge
We’re in this together. Our ‘Good Actor Pledge’ secures long term interest, and ensures that our services are aligned with your startup’s success.
The IB Application process
Here’s what the application process might look like
Step 1: Startup completes the application form.
Step 2: Online programme overview meeting to hear your pitch & answer your questions.
Step 3: Startup raises £50k as part of their match for the funding.
Step 4: Join a Pitch2Pitch session to pitch your startup and hear pitches from ASquared and Growth Partners.
Step 5: Go/No-Go milestone for the startup and Impact Builder.
Step 6: Contract review and signature.
Step 7: An initial £100k commitment (in services) made by ASquared and £50k match deposited by the startup.
Step 6: Contract review and signature.
Excited? Great, so are we.
Roll up your sleeves, and apply to get your business sorted out.
