1. Venturesome – social purpose finance
Paul Cheng
Investment Manager, Venturesome
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2. Agenda
Introduction to Venturesome
Funding needs and financial mechanisms
The challenges of unlocking capital
Case studies
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3. Venturesome: filling a funding gap
Charities are undercapitalised
Weak balance sheets
There are no social investors (just donors)
Our goal: lack of access to capital is no longer a major
barrier to charities achieving their social impact
Our mission is to change the way society thinks about
how charities and social purpose businesses should be
financed
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4. Mad money – the irrational world of charity
finance
Surpluses are bad
Cash is restricted
Price does not have to cover costs
Marginal costs of growth can be ignored
Overhead is a luxury and a distraction
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5. Our track record
Since 2002, we have offered over £12m to over
200 charities
Default rate is very low: <5%
We are currently managing a fund of £12m
Our investors are charitable foundations, banks
and high net worth individuals
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6. The spectrum of venture capital involvement
Mainstream VC Specialist VC VC / Social Social / VC Philanthropy
PHILANTHROPIC
COMMERCIAL
DRIVERS
DRIVERS
SOCIAL /
Environmenta
l Commercial Social
sustainability, Community Venture
Investment in Enterprise
CSR and SRI Development Philanthropy /
Social / Investment /
consideration Venture Charitable
Environmenta Social
s for Capital Initiatives
l Sectors Venture
Mainstream Capital
VC Investors
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7. The spectrum of venture capital involvement
Mainstream VC Specialist VC VC / Social Social / VC Philanthropy
PHILANTHROPIC
COMMERCIAL
DRIVERS
DRIVERS
SOCIAL /
Environmenta
l Commercial Social
sustainability, Community Venture
Investment in Enterprise
CSR and SRI Development Philanthropy /
Social / Investment /
consideration Venture Charitable
Environmenta Social
s for Capital Initiatives
l Sectors Venture
Mainstream Capital
VC Investors
Venturesome
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8. Helping individual charities – what we offer
1. Working capital to cover cash flow fluctuations
2. Development capital – ‘hard’ and ‘soft’
3. Pre-funding of fundraising – bridging loan
4. Underwriting – standby facilities
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9. Main financial mechanisms used by Venturesome
Underwriting / standby facilities
undertaking to provide financing for a particular project if
budgeted income does not materialise
Unsecured loans
not taking security on the charity’s assets
Equity and quasi-equity
the return the funder receives is linked to the financial success
of the venture
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11. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
LOW
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
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12. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
LOW
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
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13. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
Standby
Facility
LOW
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
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14. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
Standby
Facility
Overdraft
LOW
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
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15. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
Standby
Facility
Overdraft
Unsecured
Loan
LOW
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
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16. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
Standby
Facility
Overdraft
Unsecured
Loan
Patient
Capital
LOW
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
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17. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
Standby
Facility
Overdraft
Unsecured
Loan
Patient
Capital
Quasi-equity
LOW
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
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18. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
Standby
Facility
Overdraft
Unsecured
Loan
Patient
Capital
Quasi-equity
Equity
LOW
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
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19. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
Standby
Facility
Overdraft
Unsecured
Loan
Patient
Capital
Quasi-equity
Equity
LOW
CHANCE OF Grant
REPAYMENT
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20. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
Standby
Facility
Overdraft
Unsecured
Loan LOW RISK HIGH RISK
Patient
Capital
Quasi-equity
Equity
LOW
CHANCE OF Grant
REPAYMENT
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21. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
Standby
Facility
Overdraft
Unsecured
Loan LOW RISK HIGH RISK
Hard
Patient Development
Capital Capital
Quasi-equity
Equity
LOW
CHANCE OF Grant
REPAYMENT
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22. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
Standby
Facility
Overdraft
Unsecured
Loan LOW RISK HIGH RISK
Hard Working
Patient Development Capital
Capital Capital (closed)
Quasi-equity
Equity
LOW
CHANCE OF Grant
REPAYMENT
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23. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
Standby
Facility
Overdraft
Unsecured
Loan LOW RISK HIGH RISK
Hard Working Pre-funding
Patient Development Capital Capital
Capital Capital (closed) Fundraising
Quasi-equity
Equity
LOW
CHANCE OF Grant
REPAYMENT
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24. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
Standby
Facility
Overdraft
Unsecured
Loan LOW RISK HIGH RISK
Hard Working Pre-funding Working
Patient Development Capital Capital Capital
Capital Capital (closed) Fundraising (open)
Quasi-equity
Equity
LOW
CHANCE OF Grant
REPAYMENT
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25. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
Standby
Facility
Overdraft
Unsecured
Loan LOW RISK HIGH RISK
Hard Working Pre-funding Working Soft
Patient Development Capital Capital Capital Development
Capital Capital (closed) Fundraising (open) Capital
Quasi-equity
Equity
LOW
CHANCE OF Grant
REPAYMENT
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26. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
Standby
Facility
Overdraft
Unsecured
Loan LOW RISK HIGH RISK
Hard Working Pre-funding Working Soft
Patient Development Capital Capital Capital Development
Capital Capital (closed) Fundraising (open) Capital
Quasi-equity
Equity
LOW
CHANCE OF Grant
REPAYMENT
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27. Matching financial mechanisms to funding needs
HIGH
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT
Secured loan
Standby
Facility
Overdraft
Unsecured
Loan LOW RISK HIGH RISK
Hard Working Pre-funding Working Soft
Patient Development Capital Capital Capital Development
Capital Capital (closed) Fundraising (open) Capital
Quasi-equity
Equity
LOW
Grant
INCREASING SUPPLY
LITTLE
CHANCE OF
REPAYMENT SUPPLY (c) Venturesome 2009
29. Who funds what?
HIGH Increasing evidence
CHANCE OF Secured loan
of commercial
REPAYMENT finance available
Standby
Facility
Overdraft
Unsecured
Loan LOW RISK HIGH RISK
Working Pre-funding
Hard Working Soft
Capital Capital
Patient Development Capital (open) Development
(closed)
Capital Fundraising Capital
Capital
Quasi-equity
Equity
LOW
Need for further supply
CHANCE OF of capital and
REPAYMENT Grant
development of financial
instruments
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45. The challenges to unlocking capital
Changing the grant-making mindset
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46. The challenges to unlocking capital
Changing the grant-making mindset
Creating guarantee funds
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47. The challenges to unlocking capital
Changing the grant-making mindset
Creating guarantee funds
Using subordinated debt
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48. The challenges to unlocking capital
Changing the grant-making mindset
Creating guarantee funds
Using subordinated debt
Creating retail social investment products
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49. The challenges to unlocking capital
Changing the grant-making mindset
Creating guarantee funds
Using subordinated debt
Creating retail social investment products
Exploring the negative return spectrum
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50. The challenges to unlocking capital
Changing the grant-making mindset
Creating guarantee funds
Using subordinated debt
Creating retail social investment products
Exploring the negative return spectrum
The emergence of a new financial services
industry around social enterprises
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51. “Not everything that counts can be
counted. And not everything that
can be counted, counts.”
Albert Einstein
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52. Case studies – working capital
Mental Health Media (2006)
low reserves but refocusing of activities required unrestricted funds to
meet expenditure
open working capital needed
standby facility of £50,000
remains undrawn as funds were raised as expected
Questscope (2004)
grants from World Bank and EU up to 14 months late, resulting in
significant working capital problems
closed working capital needed
unsecured loan of £60,000
repaid in full once grant payment was received
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53. Case studies – development capital
Women Like Us (2005)
budget shortfall plus a cashflow difficulty arising from committed
funding being paid in arrears
open working capital and soft development capital needed
£25,000 standby facility and £25,000 unsecured loan
£20,000 drawn down, being repaid monthly
Facility extended in 2007; £50,000 standby facility offered
Charity Technology Trust (2007)
transitioning from grant-dependency to a more commercial model
soft development capital needed
£50,000 in the form of a Revenue Participation Right
first payment expected April 2008
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54. Case studies – pre-funding of fundraising
St. Cuthbert’s Church (2003)
third phase of extensive redevelopment project required building
contracts to be signed, but fundraising was not 100% committed
pre-funding of fundraising
£80,000 standby facility
undrawn, facility ‘recycled’
facility renewed 2007
£50,000 underwriting ahead of BLF grant
undrawn, facility recently recycled
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