Barclays
Barclays is a British bank.
What is Barclays Pre-Seed Investments?
“Barclays Pre-Seed Investments is a $50 million investment vehicle dedicated to backing pre-seed companies focused on narrowing wealth, health, and skills gaps through the development of innovative technologies, tech-enabled services, and platforms across the financial services, healthcare, and future of learning and work verticals.”
View in the company profileWhy is Barclays launching BPI?
“Many businesses are underserved regarding the funding they need to grow and scale. We believe there is a mutually beneficial opportunity for both Barclays and the businesses that the BPI will invest in.”
View in the company profileWhy was Zeal selected to manage this initiative?
“Barclays Principal Investments has selected Zeal Capital Partners, a mission-driven venture capital firm with a proven investment track record of backing differentiated management teams and building enduring, category-defining companies that solve systemic challenges at scale while delivering outsized market returns.”
View in the company profileWhat geographies does BPI invest in?
“BPI has a primary geographical focus of the USA and a secondary focus of the UK, EU, Canada and Switzerland.”
View in the company profileWhat are the exact criteria for a business to be eligible for investment through BPI?
“The business must be seeking no more than a $3m funding round.They must have a minimum viable product built and can be pre-revenue or with annualised revenues up to $150,000. They must have no more than $250,000 raised in outside capital (except non-dilutive).”
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