Barclays H1 2023 ESG Investor Presentation
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Supporting businesses and fostering entrepreneurship
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FinTech
Venture
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Eagle Labs
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Foundervine
Barclays Black Founders'
Accelerator
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Description
FinTech workspaces in London and New York
Global virtual community providing access to
mentoring, thought leadership and growth
opportunities
20 week digital first programme to empower
founders who are rethinking the traditional
approach to Finance
10 week digital first programme for high growth
FinTech founders
Programme to identify strategic opportunities
across the bank, design and deliver pilots to
ensure the success of our scaled partnerships
• Network of co-working spaces, growth
programmes, mentors and industry experts for
high-growth tech start-ups
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Programme designed to champion diversity in
entrepreneurship and showcase Black
Founder-led businesses
Programme of masterclasses designed to help
women drive growth and achieve funding
A US, UK and Europe based studio, with
investment capital dedicated to cultivating
entrepreneurial talent in women
• Global partnership supporting growth-stage
entrepreneurs solving pressing social and
environmental challenges
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Mission
To connect technology, talent and trends
across the Rise ecosystem to accelerate
innovation and growth
• To create future FinTechs, supporting
emerging founders to transition their idea into
Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
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To scale strategically relevant FinTechs and
transition their founders into CEOs
Transform finance for Barclays teams and
clients through effective FinTech partnerships
and co-creation
To interconnect the UK entrepreneurial
ecosystem to help connect, innovate and grow
To help ambitious UK-based businesses with
tech or digital bias, traction beyond MVP and
one or more Black Founders
To bring more women into entrepreneurship
and level the playing field
• To continue to bring women into
entrepreneurship and close the fundraising
gender gap
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To actively scale businesses solving pressing
global challenges while creating the jobs of
tomorrow
Scale/Goal
• Home to >120 FinTechs
Rise members raised >$90m venture
funding in H123
• To have 750 founders supported by
2025
To have 50 FinTechs supported by 2025
Launch 6 new ventures by 2027
Supported c.12,000 businesses
Committing up to £2.5m investment
from 2023 in Carbon13 partnership
• 4 cohorts to date; 165 businesses
supported as of end June 2023
>120 applications received to date;
cohort of 40 businesses supported as of
end June 2023
$30m of capital allocated
$7m invested in 11 portfolio companies
as of end June 2023
To support a further 200 businesses by
end 2027 after reaching 269 companies
as of end 2022
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