This month’s newsletter brings you a world-first. We’ve been working with our friends at Bethnal Green Ventures to create the first market map of WorkerTech innovation in the UK. The State of WorkerTech in the UK report is an in-depth reflection of the social investment activity in the space and a taxonomy of the ventures … Continued

Resolution Ventures made its maiden WorkerTech investment in 2019, on what then was the start of much-needed innovation in the world of work.   The following year, we created the WorkerTech Partnership, the UK’s first programme of social investment directed towards improving the lives of those in low-paid and precarious jobs. At the center of the … Continued

I’m Aish, Resolution Ventures’ Ventures Manager and the new author of this monthly newsletter. Here in the UK, nothing says Autumn quite like unpredictable weather, train cancellations and party conferences. As headlines from respective political talks begin to appear in the news cycle, we’re keeping an eye out for announcements and legislation to do with … Continued

In August, we were delighted to welcome Aish Moothan, our new Ventures Manager, to the Resolution Ventures team. You’ll be hearing more from her in future months. We are also celebrating the first exit from the Workertech portfolio, as Breakroom have been acquired by U.S. company ZipRecruiter. More on that below, along with some great … Continued

We’re now a whole [counts on fingers] 25 days into the new Government in the UK, and there has been a flurry of announcements being broadcast from Westminster (as well as Leeds and Barnsley). So this month’s newsletter explores what we’ve heard so far – and what might come next. If you’re working on a tech-for-good … Continued

  The Resolution Foundation team has been very hard at work in recent weeks preparing a series of excellent pre-election briefings ahead of the general election on the 4th July – see below for some examples. But what might this election mean for the future of work? The team have helpfully summarised the key issues, … Continued

I am bringing you this month’s newsletter, as Emma Selinger has now left the Resolution Ventures team and has headed off to join the brilliant folks at Fair4All Finance. We wish her well! We’re also heading into a General Election, which means my colleagues at the Resolution Foundation are working hard to bring you lots … Continued

This week I’m excited to share a new addition to our portfolio. Planna is a temporary workforce management tool making seasonal work better quality and more predictable. I also wanted to let you know that this will be my last newsletter for Resolution Ventures as I am moving on to a new role. It has been a … Continued

This month we have two funding opportunities to share with WorkerTech founders. In February, I told you about the GLA’s No Wrong Door Open Innovation Challenge which is still open for applications until 18th April. Today we’re also opening applications for the WorkerTech Pre-Investment Programme, a programme of grants and mentoring for early-stage WorkerTech founders. More … Continued

This month I’m excited to tell you about a new initiative that we’re working on in partnership with the Greater London Authority and Allia.The No Wrong Door Open Innovation Challenge will support 15 innovators to test and build new solutions to support diverse groups into good quality work in London. If you’d like to know more, … Continued

‘Why is a think tank investing in startups?’ is a question I hear a lot. This month I’m bringing you some insights from the ‘thinking’ part of Resolution Foundation to try and answer this. One of our most recent research-focused newsletters does a great job of showing how research shapes our investment priorities, while also … Continued

As we come to the end of the year we’ve been reflecting on our work in 2023, so in this edition you’ll find our highlights of the year. Do you have a WorkerTech idea that you’re developing for 2024? Book in a time to speak to us in January to see how we can work … Continued

Last week we hosted our first WorkerTech Conference bringing together startup founders, investors, policymakers, unions, and researchers all interested in how tech can improve low-paid and precarious work. More details on the day are in this newsletter, and a link to re-watch the sessions if you weren’t able to join us. Since then, we’ve been busy spreading the … Continued

As promised in last month’s newsletter, we have three more investments to announce. We’re excited to welcome these three companies and their brilliant founding teams to our portfolio: 🍽️ Slinger – a platform for hospitality workers to find shifts at a time and place that suits them, and that are guaranteed to pay at least … Continued

It’s been a busy summer here at Resolution Ventures. We’ve been pleased to complete four investments (more on those below and next month), and are looking forward to our first-ever Workertech conference in November. Sign up now to join us for a day of exploration and discussion on the future of better work. As always, … Continued

Last month I announced the date for our first-ever WorkerTech Conference on 21st November, and over 100 of you have registered to attend in person already. We now have even more brilliant speakers confirmed, including Claudine Adeyemi, CEO of Earlybird, Emma Back, Founder of Equal Care Coop, and Jeegar Kakkad, Director of Future of Britain Policy at Tony … Continued

Are you free on 21st November? I’d love you to join us at our first-ever WorkerTech Conference in central London. We’ll be exploring the relationship between impact investors and start-ups, and examining how mission-driven organisations – in collaboration with foundations, researchers, unions and businesses – can use data and technology to benefit low-paid workers and … Continued

Last month we let you know about our first WorkerTech Pre-investment Workshop which included the opportunity to win a cash prize and additional mentoring from our team. We welcomed a great group of diverse founders, and had some great conversations – thanks to everyone who came. I’m also pleased to announce the winner of the on-the-day pitching … Continued

Do you have an idea for how tech could improve low-paid or precarious work in the UK? Are you looking to take the next step and seek investment for your idea? Resolution Ventures and Bethnal Green Ventures are hosting a WorkerTech Pre-Investment Workshop on 22nd June to provide expert advice to founders who are seeking first-time … Continued

How can we make sure gig work is good work? We helped a group of founders, workers, investors and researchers answer this question last week at our workshop with Fairwork. You can learn more about it in this newsletter, and read Fairwork’s new report on digital labour platforms in the UK. As always, if you have … Continued

Around 5 million people in the UK do some form of work via digital platforms, so we think it’s really important that platforms providing this type of work are designed to offer fair and decent work to users. Register to join us on Thursday 20th April at our free workshop with Fairwork (experts in equitable labour platforms) … Continued

We’re delighted to announce that Resolution Ventures has made an investment in Equal Care Co-op as part of the Workertech Partnership. The aim of the Workertech Partnership is to use impact investment to back a new wave of innovators who will harness technology to improve the pay, prospects, power, and progression of low-paid workers. One … Continued

You’ve probably seen a headline or two mention economic inactivity over the past week, with various takes on who is affected and how to solve the problem. Someone who is economically inactive is a person of working age who is not in work, not looking for work, and is not in education. In this newsletter I’m sharing Resolution … Continued

Are you a founder of a social business, or have an idea for one you’d like to start? We’re partnering with Shift Design to interview founders or aspiring founders to help us improve the way we support entrepreneurs to develop their business ideas and access early-stage investment. Participants will receive a thank you of £50 for 90 minutes … Continued