Foundervine
Accelerating the growth of entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Education
- Fundraising
- Training
- Learning
- London, UK
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Company mission
To build opportunities in underserved communities that help tomorrow's leaders shape the future. By connecting today's leaders with mission-led organisations, Foundervine aims to transform our society by making innovation open to anyone, anywhere.
Our take
Many entrepreneurs do not have the chance to scale their businesses because of a lack of access to funding, experience and mentorship, much of which can be further exacerbated by the barriers disadvantaged communities face. Foundervine is a social enterprise that aims to support entrepreneurs from underserved communities to develop their skills and scale their start-ups.
With an estimated 5% of SME's in Britain being led by someone from a Black or minority ethnic background, Foundervine partners with the local government, universities and corporates to create comprehensive start-up accelerators that help BAME entrepreneurs develop their businesses.
So far it has helped over 2,000 aspiring entrepreneurs to develop their entrepreneurial ventures since its launch in 2018. Its aim is to continue developing its range of programmes to further enhance the support it offers and ensure that opportunity within the start-up world is truly democratised.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- 3% match contribution to the NEST pension scheme
- Individual annual training budget
- Book and resource allowance
- Company discounts via benefit scheme
- International engagement opportunities - particularly Sub-Saharan Africa
- Access to dozens of events and training sessions delivered by some of world's leading experts
- Peer recognition scheme
- 30 days holiday + Bank holidays
- Work from home opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted Technology scheme
- Optical Benefits
- WFH Office equipment allowance
- Lunch allowance on last Wednesday of the month
- Between 1-3% bonus subject to performance rating
- Your Birthday off
- Career progression
- Office Tea, Coffee & Snacks
- A company passionate about Diversity and Inclusion
Leadership
Izzy Obeng
(CEO & Co-founder)CEO & Co-founder @ Foundervine | Previously Management Consultant | People & Change Advisory at KPMG | Ambassador at One Young World | Non-Executive Director at Capital Enterprise |
Cecil Adjalo
(Co-founder & COO)Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer | Start-up Accelerators | Thriving with Automation | Tech Industry | Entrepreneurship | Diversity & Inclusion | Ex-Black Business Advisory Committee |