Location: London (Central-London)

Unilever Ventures is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs create successful businesses. We provide venture capital funding and management skills to start-up businesses, and expansion capital to companies looking to accelerate growth. We focus on consumer-facing and technology-based businesses across Europe. We are backed by Unilever, one of the largest and most successful consumer goods companies in the world. We operate independently of Unilever, but have full access to its brands, R&D and wealth of expertise in bringing consumer goods to market. About Us Formed in 2002 and fully backed by Unilever Plc, Unilever Ventures is a venture capital firm providing funding and management skills to start-up and early stage businesses looking for successful growth. Having initially focused purely on start-up investments, we are now considering investments at later stages as well, including expansion-led capital and management buyouts with an enterprise value of up to €50m. To date, we have invested in nearly 20 businesses, mainly in the UK, originating both from within Unilever and from external sources. Our focus is to support businesses that deliver a compelling consumer proposition in growth markets, whether that be product or service led. We also have interests in several technology-led spin outs where we have been able to utilise a technology that has emerged through Unilever’s leading research labs. We have a strong team of 11, drawn both from within Unilever and the private equity sector, we are based in central London.

 
Location: London (East-London)

We are a specialist business incubator, in Shoreditch, at the heart of London’s ICT and digital media hub. Specializing in business development programs for high value, innovative, growing businesses in information and communication technology, interactive media, e-learning and design.