Ellie Horvath
At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 88 Social Impact companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Social Impact Companies & Startups (London)
Plend
| Founders | James Pursaill, Robert Pasco |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Building a better way to borrow, where people are no longer held back by their credit history
Pynk
| Founders | Mark Little, Seth Ward |
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Pynk is where everyday people invest better together.
Claro Money
| Founders | Rob Brockington |
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Claro is a digital financial coach that empowers you to make smarter financial decisions every day.
WeWALK
| Founders | Gokhan Mericliler, Kürşat Ceylan, Sadik Unlu |
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WeWALK is a startup developing a smart cane for the visually-impaired.
Taggstar
| Founders | Fraser Robinson |
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Real-time social proof message expert for enterprise eCommerce | Conversion uplift by up to 12% | Shop Direct, N Brown, TUI, Missguided use.
Ananas Anam
| Founders | CARMEN HIJOSA |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Piñatex is a strong, versatile, breathable, soft, light, flexible textile that can be easily printed on, stitched and cut.
Globechain
| Founders | May Al-Karooni |
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Globechain is a B2B reuse marketplace connecting businesses to charities, creating social impact data.
Cryptograph
| Founders | Edouard Bessire, Guillaume Gonnaud, Hugo McDonaugh |
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One-of-a-kind digital collectibles from your favourite icons and artists that raise money for charity forever, all secured by blockchain.
Millie
| Founders | Ariel Lau, Giuseppe Iademarco, Jenna J. Ahn |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
A global community for international school students
Xworks Tech
| Founders | Adrian Coutsoftides, Alexander David Hall, Electra Coutsoftides |
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Xworks Tech offers AI and blockchain-powered tracking that digitise waste streams and make them available to all key market players.
COB Circle
| Founders | Adam Swee |
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Risk-Free Consumer-Investor Platform
Lightning Social Ventures
| Founders | Ren Hooi |
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Enabling charities and public sector organisations to quickly verify and process grants for millions of people in financial hardship
Novus World
| Founders | Andoni Piña Sigg, Hristian Nikolaev Nedyalkov, Marco Wolf, Noah Bernet, Shruti Rai |
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The impact banking app that turns your everyday spending into a force for good
BrightSpark
| Founders | Tom Hooper |
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BrightSpark embraces technology to deliver the benefit of one-to-one numeracy support to classrooms across the UK.
Frog Design
| Founders | Hartmut Esslinger |
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Frog Design operates as a global design, innovation, and strategy firm.
My Community Capital
| Founders | Jan-Michael McIntosh |
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My Community Capital is a social service that makes it easy to set up new social activities and meet people local to you.
Nudge Global
| Founders | Jeremy Beament, Tim Perkins |
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Brighter financial futures for everyone, everywhere
SwiftGift
| Founders | Kirill Chliaifchtein |
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SwiftGift is the world’s first Instant Gift Messenger App which allows you to send real gifts to anyone in your phone’s contact book.
Airlabs
| Founders | Matthew Johnson, Sophie Power |
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Airlabs is an exciting young startup with a patented technology that cleans polluted air.
Karakoram
| Founders | Josh Thomas |
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Karakoram is an award-winning innovation consultancy that creates breakthrough solutions for the world’s toughest humanitarian challenges.
Lessgo
| Founders | Osama F Rama, Ruben Vereecken |
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The offline social network app
See What I Mean
| Founders | Ilyanna Kerr, Peter Rogers |
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See What I Mean is a speech to image communication tool that translates words into pictures.
encubate
| Founders | Zdenek Fred Fous, Will Dzama |
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encubate is an app that helps aspiring entrepreneurs build the foundations of their future business & master their entrepreneurial skills.
Funder Inc.
| Founders | Cody Hoffman, Keelan Brown, Leon Kirchhoff |
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A fundraising platform that uses gamification to raise funding for good causes.
KindLink
| Founders | Dessisslav Kamenov, Iskren Kulev |
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Online platform for businesses to manage and engage with employees through their social responsibility
TiiQu
| Founders | Laura Degiovanni, Samuel Hawksby-Robinson |
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TiiQu is a trust mechanism derived by immutable verifiable sources about one’s ID, Work, Knowledge, Performances
Fintech Worldwide
| Founders | Unknown |
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The World’s Leading Network for Fintech, Blockchain & Digital Impact.
Buengo
| Founders | Alex Hancock, Fela Hughes |
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Buengo is an app that allows people to sell the stuff they don’t need anymore and donate the proceeds to good causes.
ADJOAA
| Founders | Pinaman Owusu-Banahene |
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Your premium fashion marketplace uplifting the vision of designers of African descent.
LocoSoco
| Founders | Unknown |
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Delivering products and tech with purpose whilst creating shared wealth community by community.
ZIPZERO Global Limited
| Founders | Agnes Monod-Gayraud, Aymeric Monod-Gayraud, Marcin Walaszczyk, Mohsin Rashid |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
ZIPZERO – Market Directly to Your Customers Based on What They Buy Everywhere Else
CommonVC
| Founders | Dhruv Boruah |
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World’s first activist led impact accelerator for startups solving the world’s biggest challenges
Pledger Giving App
| Founders | Mariya Kupriyenko |
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Social Impact as a Service for eCommerce Brands, SaaS
Nettle
| Founders | Ricky Mehta |
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Nettle is an ethical ecosystem for doing good
YMCA
| Founders | Unknown |
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YMCA is a non-profit organization that helps people by providing health and wellbeing facilities, education, accommodation, and work.
GSG
| Founders | Unknown |
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GSG benefits the planet and the lives by agitating, innovating and orchestrating impact investment and entrepreneurship.
Tuki
| Founders | Jordan Kupersmith, Jorge Martins, Udai Dhamija |
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Tuki, share your team with your trusted community.
Nummy
| Founders | Unknown |
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Mobile App
Dublin Tech Summit
| Founders | Unknown |
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DTS will bring together global leaders in innovation, technology and business to shape the future of global trends and technologies.
Masonic Charitable Foundation
| Founders | Unknown |
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Masonic Charitable Foundation focuses on grants, charities & funding schemes for the support & assistance of freemason families.
FACE DONATE
| Founders | Alberto De Biasio, Alexandr Kulakov |
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FACE DONATE is the social good network, connecting those in need with those who care, making giving no longer faceless.
Whyable
| Founders | Unknown |
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Whyable partner with impactful technology projects and inspired people to bring about the change that we both want to see in the world.
Luvyum
| Founders | Mahek Vara |
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Luvyum empowers local home-chefs by connecting the to neighbours with delicious, authentic home made meals, all whilst being sustainable!
Impetus
| Founders | Unknown |
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Impetus is a non-profit organization that supports charities focused on young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Cleantech Region Impact Group Limited
| Founders | Lars Ling |
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Supporting Climate impact companies & ecosystems. With business, financing & networks.
Volunteering Matters
| Founders | Unknown |
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Volunteering Matters is a nonprofit organization that offers employee volunteering, programmes, projects & full-time volunteering services.
Humanly
| Founders | Jenni Parker |
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Humanly specializes in human-centered design for social impact.
Minority Rights Group International
| Founders | Unknown |
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Minority Rights Group International is a non-governmental organization that engages in securing rights for minorities and indigenous people.
Campaign Against Living Miserably
| Founders | Unknown |
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Campaign Against Living Miserably is a charity that helps in suicide prevention through the Support After Suicide Partnership (SASP).
L&Q
| Founders | Unknown |
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L&Q is a non-profit organization that provides safe homes, support, care and neighbourhoods for every type of resident to live peacefully.
The Oblique Life
| Founders | Unknown |
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Members’ Club, Digital Magazine & Corporate Services
Digital Social Innovation
| Founders | Unknown |
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Digital Social Innovation-crowdmapping actors & networks in Europe.
Wellbeing Economy Alliance
| Founders | Unknown |
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Wellbeing Economy Alliance is a global collaboration with a focus on changing the economic system.
Ecofin Us Renewables Infrastructure Trust
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Ecofin invest in essential assets and services that contributes to sustainable human ecosystems and communities.
InnoGage Limited
| Founders | Daniel VAN LERBERGHE, Hubert Fabre, Jessica Jones |
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InnoGage is turning innovative concepts and services to empower people, organisations and governments to co-create tomorrow’s world.
Black British Business Awards
| Founders | Melanie V. Eusebe, Sophie Chandauka |
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BBB Awards is an awards program that celebrates achievements of black people in British business.
New Economics Foundation
| Founders | Unknown |
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New Economics Foundation aims to change the way people and organizations work to build a new economy.
British Asian Trust
| Founders | Unknown |
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British Asian Trust is a non-profit organization that provides support to marginalized people from various regions.
Civitas Investment Management
| Founders | Tom Pridmore |
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Civitas Investment Management is an impact investment manager that is dedicated to achieving long-term sustainable returns.
The World We Want
| Founders | Natasha Mudhar |
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The World We Want develops strategic actions and creates global connections to achieve social impact.
The Freedom Fund
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Freedom Fund protects vulnerable populations, liberate and reintegrates those enslaved, and prosecutes those responsibly.
Access Foundation
| Founders | Unknown |
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Access Foundation provides social investment assistance to charities and social enterprises.
Care Recruitment UK
| Founders | Unknown |
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Care Recruitment UK is a social work recruitment agency.
EngagedX
| Founders | Unknown |
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EngagedX is a social impact investing and consulting company.
Redefine Us
| Founders | Noam Kostucki |
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You want your organisation to be more successful: we can help you grow and innovate, prevent catastrophes and make the most of a new
Supply Change
| Founders | Unknown |
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Supply Change creates better supply chains by connecting social enterprises with procurement teams.
Shoreditch Trust
| Founders | Unknown |
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Shoreditch Trust is a non-profit organization that supports people to improve health, wellbeing, economy and social networks.
Chatterbox
| Founders | Guillemette Dejean, Mursal Hedayat |
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Smart online language learning for professionals, powered by refugees.
Provenance
| Founders | Jessi Baker |
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Provenance is the leading software solution for sustainability communications
Planet N Group of Companies
| Founders | Nadeem Hussain |
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Planet N Group is an emerging markets focused high-tech and social impact investment firm dedicated to development through digitization
Operose Health
| Founders | Unknown |
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Operose Health is a nonprofit organization that provides patient education, primary care, and community services.
OnSavvy
| Founders | Unknown |
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OnSavvy is an social feeds into one place.
IKWRO
| Founders | Diana Nammi |
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IKWRO is an NGO that support women and girls facing forced marriage, child marriage, female genital mutilation and domestic abuse.
Didgeroo
| Founders | Chris Skitch |
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DIDGEROO HELPS CREATIVE AGENCIES BUILD INNOVATIVE WEBSITES.
Exhibit At Golden Lane Estate C.I.C
| Founders | Alan Lam & Yanki Lee |
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EXHIBIT has a passion for contributing constructive cultural development that stimulate and enhance community cohesion and healthy aging.
Royal Asiatic Society
| Founders | Unknown |
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Royal Asiatic Society is a non-profit organization that provides forums, seminars and lectures for people interested in Asian history.
Studio PI
| Founders | Darren Smith |
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Studio PI promotes awareness on social issues through photography and illustration.
Nubian Life Resource Centre
| Founders | Unknown |
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Nubian Life Resource Centre provides culturally specific care and respite services that help to support African and Caribbean older people.
The Runnymede Trust
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Runnymede Trust is a non-partisan think tank dedicated to racial equality.
The Hampstead Wells & Campden Trust
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Hampstead Wells & Campden Trust focuses on providing financial support for organizations, individuals and families through grants.
The Forward Trust
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Forward Trust empowers people to break the cycle of crime or addiction to move forward with their lives.
Younify
| Founders | Derek Catlow |
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Fundraising and charitable platform for the ethical business and charity to build partnerships for social good
Save China’s Tigers
| Founders | Unknown |
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Save China’s Tigers is a charity organization that engages in the protection and conservation of South China tigers.
FrameWorks
| Founders | Unknown |
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FrameWorks is a research organization that conducts in-depth research into public understandings of social issues.
Gateway Housing Association
| Founders | Unknown |
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Gateway Housing Association is a non-profit organization that provides affordable housing and support services for people with low incomes.
Call4Backup
| Founders | Unknown |
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Call4Backup is a nonprofit organization that provides network support, e-shopping, fundraising, and community development services.
Transformational Business Network
| Founders | Kim Tan, Stuart McGreevy |
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Transformational Business Network is a network of professionals who uses their skills to build sustainable enterprises to tackle poverty.
Citizens UK
| Founders | Unknown |
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Citizens UK is a nonprofit organization that offers leadership and team-building skills training courses for the development of communities.
