This programme is closed for applications
The Social Incubator Fund aims to help drive a robust pipeline of start-up social ventures into the social investment market, by increasing focus on incubation support, and attracting new incubators into the market.
The Fund will also increase the finance available at early stages of enterprise where the financial return is too low and/or the financial risk is too high for Big Society Capital and other investors. We expect social incubators to offer a portfolio of intensive support over a time-limited period and to each have the capacity to help at least 50 social ventures over the life of the project.
We want to fund projects that bring about the following outcomes:
- improved quality and quantity of early stage social ventures going on to seek financial support from the Investment and Contract Readiness Fund and/or social investment intermediaries;
- improved signposting between social investment intermediaries for early stage social ventures, particularly to enable them to secure further investment if appropriate; and
- increased numbers of social investors making investments into early stage social ventures.
Applicants need to be able to show how what they want to do will help achieve at least the first two of these outcomes.