We are on a mission to accelerate the end of homelessness through entrepreneurship.
We invest in innovative companies that are working to help increase supply of, or access to, good quality, affordable homes, or that prevent or end homelessness through their products and services.
Learn about the impact we've had over the last four years.
“What we’re trying to do is build a community of people who want to invest, who want to advise, who want to build this as a way in which we solve homelessness.”
Matt Downie MBE, Chief Executive, Crisis
The award-winning Venture Studio from Crisis is the investment arm of Crisis. We were set up to provide another tool to drive systems change in UK housing and homelessness and compliment Crisis' existing work - over 50 years in policy, research, campaigning and providing direct services.
Our approach pioneer’s new models of delivery through collaboration and innovation, to try and drive systemic change in a new way and create a more fair and sustainable future.
The mission-aligned founders we support are on a path to achieving significant social impact, alongside financial return through sustainable and fast-growing business models.
Whilst the primary goal is to impact on ending homelessness, any financial returns will be recycled to enable us to support more businesses and deliver more impact.
Without Venture Studio's innovative approach, traditional methods alone may struggle to keep pace with the evolving challenges of homelessness and housing need. By catalysing entrepreneurial solutions, attracting additional resources, and fostering a community of dedicated innovators, Venture Studio from Crisis aims to drive significant improvements in tackling the drivers of homelessness over the long term.
We invest in businesses that are that are trying to tackle the housing crisis in new and innovative ways and creating access to good quality, affordable homes.
Many of these businesses use technology to boost housing supply, by streamlining processes and unlocking parts of the system.
So far we've made seven investments and over the next three years we have ambitions to invest in many more businesses, to develop a robust evidence base of social impact.
"We've got a fantastic relationship with Venture Studio from Crisis. The team are incredible and we couldn't hope for a better partner to support us on our journey. They've introduced us to top class mentors and social impact investors, which have paid dividends."
Raza Ullah, CEO and Founder, Pfida
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