Nominet Trust announces latest round of £50,000 winners to benefit from Social Tech, Social Change entrepreneur fund
The latest round of winners to receive financial backing from the Social Tech, Social Change fund have been announced and each has been awarded £50,000 to invest into their venture.
The fund is an initiative from the Nominet Trust and Founders Forum for Good and aims to provide support for entrepreneurs with business ideas that use technology to address major social issues in the UK. The first round of winners was announced in October.
As well as financial support, each winner will be matched up with a Founders Forum for Good ‘digital entrepreneur’ mentor. These include Brent Hoberman, co-founder of lastminute.com; Sir Tim Smit, co-founder of the Eden Project; Gi Fernando, co-founder of Techlightenment; Barry Smith, co-founder of Skyscanner.net; and Ralph Simon, the mobile guru also known as ‘the father of the ringtone’.
We take a look at a selection of the winning ideas.
Data Unity
Reduce. Reyooz. Recycle
Reduce. Reyooz. Recycle from justin robinson on Vimeo.
A community driven social gifting platform to encourage re-use of items otherwise destined for landfill.The Crowd Works
The Crowd Works - Investor Proposal on CrowdCube from Equinet Media on Vimeo.
A peer-based recruitment platform matching your LinkedIn contacts’ skills with open job roles.Wevolver
Wevolver Introduction from Studio Geenen on Vimeo.
A collaborative development platform for open source hardware projects.