Supporting social ventures

We are a collective of UK universities working collaboratively to support and raise awareness of mission-driven businesses emerging from our ecosystems.

We have an exciting new initiative, ImpactU, to provide training to UK universities and funding to pre-seed social ventures from English universities. 

Bringing change, to people and places, by accelerating the development of impact-led projects

Each university is passionate about delivering positive impact from innovative solutions focussing on health, wellbeing, society and the environment. Our projects emerge from research, student entrepreneurial activity, accelerators, and entrepreneurial ecosystems.

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Aston University
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Cranfield University
Keele University
University of Leicester
Loughborough University
University of Nottingham
The University of Warwick

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News & events

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We now have a unique opportunity for a dynamic and motivated Investment Associate to join our team at Oxford University Innovation.
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A potent consortium of academic institutions, spearheaded by Oxford University Innovation (OUI), has secured a £1.5m bid titled “Seed Funding, Training, and Support for Social Ventures”, which will fortify and amplify the trajectory of university social ventures.
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Twelve leading English universities have come together to create an online showcase of their social venture start-ups, raising awareness of a new brand of mission-driven businesses founded by students and researchers across their campuses.