Reinvest in ethical Venture Capital
Many Venture Capital firms invest in unethical companies, pushing dollars from university endowments and pension funds into companies making weapons “battle-tested” on civilians, that violate human rights, with founders and executives who have taken part in war crimes. Often, the firms themselves have manufactured consent for genocide, and promoted false narratives and dehumanizing propaganda.
We can do better.
How we help
For students and stakeholders
We can help you demand your university divest from harmful Venture Capital, tailored for your values, goals, and situation. We have researched a range of divestment options, including from those who manufactured consent or violence against students, or who invest in companies that build weapons, violate human rights, and commit war crimes.
For universities and LPs
We make it easy to accept student and stakeholder demands for ethical investments, offering research and software to minimize time and effort required to comply with these important investment criteria.
For Venture Capital partners and firms
We can help advise you on how to stay compliant with ethical investments, including providing tooling and content to help convince other stakeholders at your firm of the financial and reputational value of ethical investing, and in taking a human-rights focused approach to investing.
About us
The Institute for Ethical Venture Capital (ethics.vc) researches best practices in ethical Venture Capital, focusing on the unique opportunities for world changing innovation to be pointed in the direction of good.
Founded in 2024 by Paul Biggar, founder of Tech for Palestine, CircleCI, and Darklang, to help student encampments enforce the values of their universities.
Contact Us
Working on ethical investments or divestment? Worried about Venture Capital? We can help. Students, stakeholders, universities other LPs, VC firms should get in touch. Discussions are free and confidential.
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