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Cass Entrepreneurship Fund

Venture Capital

The Cass Entrepreneurship Fund is a £10m commercial Venture Capital fund, based in-house at Cass Business School.

Portfolio

3

companies


Portfolio companies

Springpod

Springpod

Springpod offers online work experience programmes for students to explore future careers.

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BetterPoints

BetterPoints builds technology that encourages sustainable mobility and behavioural change.

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FibreCRM

FibreCRM provides cloud-based client relationship management software designed specifically for accountants.


Team

Linda Coyle

Linda Coyle

Investment Manager

Linda brings venture capital experience from roles at the Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund, Sustainable Venture Development Partners, and Enterprise Ireland.

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Helen Reynolds

MD & Investment Director

Helen brings investment and directorship experience, currently serving as managing director and investment director at Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund alongside non-executive and committee roles. She previously held positions at Crowdcube and Grant Thornton.

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Recent investments

Seed
£2.3M

The funding round was led by Triple Point, Cass Entrepreneurship Fund, and Alliance Fund Managers to support international expansion and platform growth.

"Every young person deserves equal access to opportunities with amazing employers and universities and the guidance to make informed decisions. Too often this is dependent on the school you attend or the professional network you can tap into. Springpod democratises access to top organisations and provides students with the toolset to explore, prepare for and secure their dream next step, from age 13-24."
— Sam Hyams, CEO
Seed
£800K

The round was led by the Cass Entrepreneurship Fund alongside matched backing from the Government's Future Fund.

"Positive behaviour change in individual travel modes generates increased physical activity, a shift change in transport and significantly reduces CO2 . Healthier lifestyles, improved air quality and a major contribution to climate change ensue. The forward thinking of the CASS Entrepreneurship Fund and the innovation of the Government’s Future Fund Scheme ensure that BetterPoints technology can be developed further, through the Covid-19 pandemic, to accelerate this behaviour change – and produce a rich seam of data – with the public sector and private businesses, in the UK and internationally"
— Richard Kirk, CEO