Bethnal Green Ventures, £60K for 7% and 3 to 4% get in

Bethnal Green Ventures says on its apply page that its next application round for the Tech For Good Programme opens in November. The page gives no exact date, and the Autumn 2026 round is closed. Its home page says 12 companies are joining that autumn cohort.

The terms, from BGV's own pages:

• Money: £60,000 paid upfront. The Our Offer page says this is for 7% equity. The apply page does not state the equity share, and the instrument, valuation and rights are not published. By simple arithmetic, £60,000 for 7% values the company at about £857,000 after the investment.
• Program: six weeks of intensive learning, then six weeks of coaching. About 8 to 10 hours per week over two or three days, and founders should work on the venture full time. Asked on its FAQ whether the offer is negotiable, BGV answers: "No."
• Selection: twice a year, 10 to 15 companies. The average acceptance rate is "usually about 3-4%".
• Eligibility: for-profit, UK-incorporated, limited by shares. Community interest companies cannot be invested in. Prototype stage is the target, and BGV says roughly 80% of applicants had no funding before.
• Follow-on: BGV says it invests in 10 to 15 portfolio ventures a year from its follow-on fund. Indicative cheques are £250,000 to £300,000 at pre-seed, £500,000 to £750,000 at seed and £500,000 at Series A/B.

Who pays: Bethnal Green Ventures invests from its own funds. It does not publish who its investors are or how large the funds are. Social Tech Trust describes itself as a founding partner that helped raise and launch BGV's first fund.

The track record, by BGV's own count: 10 exits at the end of 2025, and 22 million lives impacted as of December 2025. Its pages give 197 and 209 as the number of ventures invested in since it launched in 2012, and do not say how much follow-on money the portfolio has raised.