London’s 88 Fastest Growing Social Impact Startups

August 2, 2022

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 CrunchbaseSemRush 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

FoundersJames Pursaill, Robert Pasco
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Building a better way to borrow, where people are no longer held back by their credit history


Pynk

FoundersMark Little, Seth Ward
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Pynk is where everyday people invest better together.


Claro Money

FoundersRob Brockington
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Claro is a digital financial coach that empowers you to make smarter financial decisions every day.


WeWALK

FoundersGokhan Mericliler, Kürşat Ceylan, Sadik Unlu
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WeWALK is a startup developing a smart cane for the visually-impaired.


Taggstar

FoundersFraser 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

FoundersCARMEN HIJOSA
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Piñatex is a strong, versatile, breathable, soft, light, flexible textile that can be easily printed on, stitched and cut.


Globechain

FoundersMay Al-Karooni
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Globechain is a B2B reuse marketplace connecting businesses to charities, creating social impact data.


Cryptograph

FoundersEdouard 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

FoundersAriel Lau, Giuseppe Iademarco, Jenna J. Ahn
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A global community for international school students


Xworks Tech

FoundersAdrian 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

FoundersAdam Swee
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Risk-Free Consumer-Investor Platform


Lightning Social Ventures

FoundersRen 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

FoundersAndoni 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

FoundersTom 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

FoundersHartmut Esslinger
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Frog Design operates as a global design, innovation, and strategy firm.


My Community Capital

FoundersJan-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

FoundersJeremy Beament, Tim Perkins
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Brighter financial futures for everyone, everywhere


SwiftGift

FoundersKirill 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

FoundersMatthew Johnson, Sophie Power
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Airlabs is an exciting young startup with a patented technology that cleans polluted air.


Karakoram

FoundersJosh Thomas
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Karakoram is an award-winning innovation consultancy that creates breakthrough solutions for the world’s toughest humanitarian challenges.


Lessgo

FoundersOsama F Rama, Ruben Vereecken
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The offline social network app


See What I Mean

FoundersIlyanna Kerr, Peter Rogers
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See What I Mean is a speech to image communication tool that translates words into pictures.


encubate

FoundersZdenek 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.

FoundersCody Hoffman, Keelan Brown, Leon Kirchhoff
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A fundraising platform that uses gamification to raise funding for good causes.


KindLink

FoundersDessisslav Kamenov, Iskren Kulev
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Online platform for businesses to manage and engage with employees through their social responsibility


TiiQu

FoundersLaura 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

FoundersUnknown
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The World’s Leading Network for Fintech, Blockchain & Digital Impact.


Buengo

FoundersAlex 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

FoundersPinaman Owusu-Banahene
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Your premium fashion marketplace uplifting the vision of designers of African descent.


LocoSoco

FoundersUnknown
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Delivering products and tech with purpose whilst creating shared wealth community by community.


ZIPZERO Global Limited

FoundersAgnes Monod-Gayraud, Aymeric Monod-Gayraud, Marcin Walaszczyk, Mohsin Rashid
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ZIPZERO – Market Directly to Your Customers Based on What They Buy Everywhere Else


CommonVC

FoundersDhruv Boruah
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World’s first activist led impact accelerator for startups solving the world’s biggest challenges


Pledger Giving App

FoundersMariya Kupriyenko
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Social Impact as a Service for eCommerce Brands, SaaS


Nettle

FoundersRicky Mehta
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Nettle is an ethical ecosystem for doing good


YMCA

FoundersUnknown
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YMCA is a non-profit organization that helps people by providing health and wellbeing facilities, education, accommodation, and work.


GSG

FoundersUnknown
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GSG benefits the planet and the lives by agitating, innovating and orchestrating impact investment and entrepreneurship.


Tuki

FoundersJordan Kupersmith, Jorge Martins, Udai Dhamija
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Tuki, share your team with your trusted community.


Nummy

FoundersUnknown
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Mobile App


Dublin Tech Summit

FoundersUnknown
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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

FoundersUnknown
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Masonic Charitable Foundation focuses on grants, charities & funding schemes for the support & assistance of freemason families.


FACE DONATE

FoundersAlberto 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

FoundersUnknown
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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

FoundersMahek 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

FoundersUnknown
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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

FoundersLars Ling
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Supporting Climate impact companies & ecosystems. With business, financing & networks.


Volunteering Matters

FoundersUnknown
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Volunteering Matters is a nonprofit organization that offers employee volunteering, programmes, projects & full-time volunteering services.


Humanly

FoundersJenni Parker
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Humanly specializes in human-centered design for social impact.


Minority Rights Group International

FoundersUnknown
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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

FoundersUnknown
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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

FoundersUnknown
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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

FoundersUnknown
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Members’ Club, Digital Magazine & Corporate Services


Digital Social Innovation

FoundersUnknown
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Digital Social Innovation-crowdmapping actors & networks in Europe.


Wellbeing Economy Alliance

FoundersUnknown
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Wellbeing Economy Alliance is a global collaboration with a focus on changing the economic system.


Ecofin Us Renewables Infrastructure Trust

FoundersUnknown
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Ecofin invest in essential assets and services that contributes to sustainable human ecosystems and communities.


InnoGage Limited

FoundersDaniel 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

FoundersMelanie 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

FoundersUnknown
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New Economics Foundation aims to change the way people and organizations work to build a new economy.


British Asian Trust

FoundersUnknown
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British Asian Trust is a non-profit organization that provides support to marginalized people from various regions.


Civitas Investment Management

FoundersTom 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

FoundersNatasha Mudhar
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The World We Want develops strategic actions and creates global connections to achieve social impact.


The Freedom Fund

FoundersUnknown
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The Freedom Fund protects vulnerable populations, liberate and reintegrates those enslaved, and prosecutes those responsibly.


Access Foundation

FoundersUnknown
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Access Foundation provides social investment assistance to charities and social enterprises.


Care Recruitment UK

FoundersUnknown
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Care Recruitment UK is a social work recruitment agency.


EngagedX

FoundersUnknown
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EngagedX is a social impact investing and consulting company.


Redefine Us

FoundersNoam 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

FoundersUnknown
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Supply Change creates better supply chains by connecting social enterprises with procurement teams.


Shoreditch Trust

FoundersUnknown
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Shoreditch Trust is a non-profit organization that supports people to improve health, wellbeing, economy and social networks.


Chatterbox

FoundersGuillemette Dejean, Mursal Hedayat
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Smart online language learning for professionals, powered by refugees.


Provenance

FoundersJessi Baker
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Provenance is the leading software solution for sustainability communications


Planet N Group of Companies

FoundersNadeem 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

FoundersUnknown
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Operose Health is a nonprofit organization that provides patient education, primary care, and community services.


OnSavvy

FoundersUnknown
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OnSavvy is an social feeds into one place.


IKWRO

FoundersDiana 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

FoundersChris Skitch
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DIDGEROO HELPS CREATIVE AGENCIES BUILD INNOVATIVE WEBSITES.


Exhibit At Golden Lane Estate C.I.C

FoundersAlan 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

FoundersUnknown
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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

FoundersDarren Smith
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Studio PI promotes awareness on social issues through photography and illustration.


Nubian Life Resource Centre

FoundersUnknown
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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

FoundersUnknown
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The Runnymede Trust is a non-partisan think tank dedicated to racial equality.


The Hampstead Wells & Campden Trust

FoundersUnknown
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The Hampstead Wells & Campden Trust focuses on providing financial support for organizations, individuals and families through grants.


The Forward Trust

FoundersUnknown
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The Forward Trust empowers people to break the cycle of crime or addiction to move forward with their lives.


Younify

FoundersDerek 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

FoundersUnknown
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Save China’s Tigers is a charity organization that engages in the protection and conservation of South China tigers.


FrameWorks

FoundersUnknown
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FrameWorks is a research organization that conducts in-depth research into public understandings of social issues.


Gateway Housing Association

FoundersUnknown
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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

FoundersUnknown
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Call4Backup is a nonprofit organization that provides network support, e-shopping, fundraising, and community development services.


Transformational Business Network

FoundersKim 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

FoundersUnknown
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Citizens UK is a nonprofit organization that offers leadership and team-building skills training courses for the development of communities.

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