Creator Fund closes £1.5M fund to support student founders across the UK
Creator Fund, the university-focused venture capital fund making strides to unearth startup innovation within European universities, is now focussing on its next stage of support for student-led ventures as it announces the close of a new £1.5M fund.
Launched in February 2020, Creator Fund, with the backing of Founders Factory, has now expanded to 25 universities, most recently including Southampton, Strathclyde, Queen’s University Belfast, Birmingham, and Sheffield. It has trained 40 student investors at universities in the UK, France, and Sweden, invested in five ventures (RecyclEye, Suji, PockiT Diagnostics, Enso Connect, Refund Giant), and currently reviews 150 student startups a month. It runs startup workshops across the UK, and will be launching an initiative to support black founders in 2021.