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Refugee Venture Fund: investment

The Refugee Venture Fund is an investment of £25,000 to £100,000 for early-stage start-ups started by entrepreneurs with lived experience of forced displacement, based in the United Kingdom.

Run by Refugee Venture Fund

Checked against the official page (refugeeventure.fund) on 29 Oct 2026.

A UK venture capital fund that invests in early-stage businesses started by entrepreneurs with lived experience of forced displacement. It offers a minority share, coaching and a place in its Showcase.

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Status and deadline

Status

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We could not tell whether it is open

Deadline

Not stated

How much

£25,000 to £100,000

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

The fund invests in early-stage businesses started by entrepreneurs with lived experience of forced displacement, focusing on the UK refugee community.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Start-ups

Not confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

The text does not say how to apply; it says a four-month selection process will focus on founder potential, and shortlisted founders will pitch for co-investment at the Showcase.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Not confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

Things we could not confirm

  • The text does not say how to apply or when applications open or close.
  • The fund is run with TERN (The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network); its own rules may apply.
  • Whether a business can apply directly is not clear from this page; the page describes backing founders in the refugee community.
  • Selection process is described as four months but no opening date is given.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (refugeeventure.fund) on 29 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 29 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Refugee Venture Fund before you apply.

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