Contact person
Paul Barrett
Phone
07508 056978

Northstar Ventures is a venture capital and social investment company supporting businesses, charities and social enterprises in the North East of England.

Social investment isn’t right for every organisation, we do believe that for some charities and social enterprises it can be the key to achieving your ambitions. Northstar Ventures has a dedicated social investment team whohave decades of  experience supporting charities and social enterprises. Our team works closely with an organisation to ensure that the investment we offer is the right fit, shaping the investment we make to the organisation, not the other way around. As a result, our investments are as varied and made to measure as the wide range of organisations across the North East we have supported.

Our Funds

North East Innovation Fund

The £27 million Innovation Fund is focussed on backing scalable, innovative businesses throughout County Durham, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland.

North East Angel R&D programme

The £1 million Angel R&D Programme is focussed on backing scalable, innovative businesses throughout County Durham, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland who are seeking investment and planning to undertake a research and development project.

Northern Accelerator Seed Investment Fund

The £1.7 million Northern Accelerator Seed Investment Fund is focused on backing scalable, innovative spin-out companies from the four Northern Accelerator partnership universities – Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria and Sunderland.