Wild Blue Cohort is a network of business angel investors in London who finance the development of early-stage ventures. Members have closed 28 investments to date in B2B tech ventures in diverse verticals, including marketplaces, e-commerce platforms, SAAS, edtech, healthtech, fintech and proptech. Often, they invest alongside top-tier S/EIS Funds, accelerators and VCs, such as Passion Capital, LocalGlobe VC, Forward Partners, Octopus, Downing and Horizon Ventures. Wild Blue is a member of the UK Business Angels Association.

Wild Blue Cohort

PensionBee

PensionBee combines all your old pensions into one new online plan. The application enables its users to create profiles including information on past and present pension and personal information. It allows them to track the pension progress and features a pension calculator to set retirement goals and add new contributions. PensionBee was launched in 2014 by Romi Savova and is based in London. PensionBee is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. With pensions, your capital is at risk.

<div><p>PensionBee combines all your old pensions into one new online plan. The application enables its users to create profiles including information on past and present pension and personal information. It allows them to track the pension progress and features a pension calculator to set retirement goals and add new contributions. PensionBee was launched in 2014 by Romi Savova and is based in London. PensionBee is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. With pensions, your capital is at risk.</p></div>

Embedding environmental, social, and corporate governance factors into investments

Sustainable Finance

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    PensionBee combines all your old pensions into one new online plan. The application enables its users to create profiles including information on past and present pension and personal information. It allows them to track the pension progress and features a pension calculator to set retirement goals and add new contributions. PensionBee was launched in 2014 by Romi Savova and is based in London. PensionBee is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. With pensions, your capital is at risk.
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    Starling Bank is an award-winning and fully licensed bank built to give people a fairer, smarter, and more human alternative to the banks of the past. Starling Bank offers four different account types – personal, business, joint, and euro, plus a child card. Pairing this with a pioneering payment services proposition for businesses, Starling’s world-class tech reimagines banking for life today, putting the tools people need to feel good about money in the palm of their hand. All of Starling’s accounts are protected up to £85,000 by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
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Starling Bank

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    Sustainability-focused banking platform that claims not to use deposits to fund fossil fuel exploration or production. States that it plants up to two trees every time a purchase is made under its credit card offering and provides cash-back rewards of up to 1% on all purchases if customers attain carbon zero status.
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    Offers incentives to promote sustainable practices, such as 3–5% cashback on Conscience Coalition purchases, personal impact scores, and options to plant a tree with every round-up of spending. Also provides access to the company’s “Redwood Fund” and “Redwood IRA”; an investment fund and retirement account which solely invests in companies that are based on sustainable and ethical principles.
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Aspiration

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    Classy is a social enterprise that helps nonprofits maximize their impact through a suite of world-class online fundraising tools. The company also hosts the Collaborative and Classy Awards to recognize excellence in social innovation. Since 2011, they've powered tens of millions of donations from over 190 countries and raised over $2 billion for social good.
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Classy

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    Sustainability-focused banking platform; offers a “Green Instant Access Saver,” which it launched in February 2021; a savings feature with variable interest rates and an annual equivalent rate (AER) of 0.4%.
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    Supports green lending initiatives; offers “Green Loans” to its customers to fund green initiatives.
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Tandem

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    Cushon is a fintech company that provides investment, pension, financial wellbeing and workplace savings.
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Cushon

AI/ML is used to support robo advisory functions and allocate funds into ESG-based investments

Startups in this hub focus on ESG-related financial services such as sustainable investing

Offers a platform for individuals and businesses to invest in sustainability-related companies, projects, and investment portfolios.

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