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Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP (“Cheyne Capital”), one of Europe’s leading alternative investment managers, has launched the Cheyne Social Property Impact Fund (“the Fund”) to help tackle the chronic shortage of housing solutions for disadvantaged groups in the UK.

Spacehive, the world’s first civic crowdfunding platform, has today announced the completion of a £1.3m funding round led by a mix of institutional investors and angels.

Social investment could play a leading role in alleviating the crisis faced in social care for older people, but urgent action is needed to make this happen, says a new report released today by Age UK and Big Society Capital.

Nick O’Donohoe, Chief Executive Officer of Big Society Capital, committed to launching a new corporate Challenge Prize on Wednesday 24 September, at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York.

This letter is submitted jointly by the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) and Big Society Capital (BSC). It not only complements our respective submissions to the consultation, but demonstrates the increasing cooperation between the social and venture capital investment communities, facilitated by both our organisations. 

High net worth individuals face missing out on the benefits of the new Social Investment Tax Relief because their advisers do not know enough about it, a poll commissioned by Big Society Capital has found.

The Community Shares Underwriting Fund (CSUF), created and managed by social investment experts Resonance, has today received a £1 million investment from Big Society Capital.

Big Society Capital, the world's first social investment bank, today published its 2013 annual report, outlining performance to date and setting out a new three-year strategy.

Local Partnerships launches Technology Spin-out Fund to support public sector spin-outs

A new £6 million initiative announced today will enable public sector spin-outs access to loans of between £250 thousand and £1 million for investment in technology to improve services in health and social care.   

Big Society Capital has made its largest ever single investment – up to £14.5m of ordinary shares in Charity Bank in three successive tranches between 2014 and 2016. The first tranche of £4.5m has been invested following receipt of all requisite regulatory and shareholder approvals.

Big Society Capital, the world's first social investment bank, today welcomes the commitment made by the Chancellor, the Rt Hon George Osborne MP, in his Budget to set the rate of social investment tax rate relief at 30%.

The FSE Group has today unveiled The Social Impact Accelerator Loan Scheme (‘SIA’), supported by initial investment from Big Society Capital.  Flexibly structured loans of between £250,000 and £1,000,000 will be provided to regulated social sector organisations to support their expansion strategies.