Working with you to solve the world's most pressing issues.

We specialise in accelerating the Just Transition innovation in the UK, Africa and APAC. We form alliances with ecosystem catalysts and equip founders with needed capital, resources and skills for their ventures to succeed.

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Who we are

Who we are

Who we are

Who we are

Our mission.

Enabling an inclusive Just Transition by empowering entrepreneurs with access to funding, resources and expertise for a better, fairer world.

Jobs

+44

Turnover

+£780K

Patents

+1

Grant Funding

+£186K

Investment Raised

+£9.9M

We work closely with a number of founders in our community.

Sustainable Development Goals

Each of our founders are pursuing one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. These goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice.

Here are some of our dynamic initiatives in action.

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Sustainable Women's Network

Bringing together women who share common values that include making a difference, treading lightly on this planet, being authentic and leading change.

Programmes

Programmes

Programmes

Programmes

Programmes

Programmes

Programmes

Programmes

Both community founders and companies have seen real results with our programmes.

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Being part of SDS’s 2021 cohort has been a fantastic opportunity to scale, network and grow my startup.

The programme helped open the right doors and made me think of the early stages of my startup differently than if I were to navigate the pre-MVP stage alone. There were many sessions which helped me feel launch and pitch ready and I couldn’t have done it without the support from the team and the group sessions!

Paasha Ahmed

Founder of Paasha Cosmetics
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I really love how supportive the team at SDS are, and how invaluable the community they’ve built is. It’s easily one of the best facilitators of startup founders looking to find the right tools to begin their journey.

Emmanuel Olawore

Founder of Incept
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SDS was the course I never knew I needed. Direct access to business mentors is invaluable. Their contact list is a priceless tool and just makes life easier. The course content was well structured and filled in a lot of gaps I had to transition from a service-based business to a product business. I would highly recommend SDS!

Mary Adekoya

Founder of Papachichi (Pink Hot Comb)
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