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Working Capital Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies focused on promoting fairness and building responsible, sustainable global supply chains. They target startups developing innovative solutions like AI-enabled transparency tools, worker-voice platforms, and financial technology that addresses urgent labor rights and ethical supply chain challenges.
The fund operates with a mission to improve the lives of vulnerable workers across global supply chains and catalyze economic justice. They focus on addressing root causes of social and environmental challenges in supply chains, which annually generate $354 billion worth of goods at risk of involving forced labor and contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions while relying on over 17 million people in modern slavery conditions.
Working Capital Fund drives systems change by investing in technologies that can create impact at scale, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, health-tech wearables, blockchain, and fintech tools. Their portfolio companies facilitate corporate compliance, enable worker self-advocacy, support responsible sourcing, and generate proprietary datasets valuable to the responsible sourcing ecosystem, ultimately working toward more just and responsible global supply chains.
Working Capital Fund invests in startups that promise to deliver impact at scale with sustained revenue growth, focusing on technology solutions that address the intersection of supply chains and social sustainability. They target companies developing AI and machine learning tools, computer vision, health-tech wearables, blockchain, fintech, and traceability technologies that can drive corporate adoption through efficient legal compliance and demonstrate the link between impact and financial performance.
The fund's investment approach is driven by market forces, regulation, and technology, with evidence supporting their thesis that an investable market exists where supply chains and social sustainability intersect. They seek companies that engage workers directly to enable self-advocacy and grievance resolution, illuminate compliant suppliers, and generate valuable data for responsible sourcing systems.
Impact at Scale
Investment approach offers promise of impact at scale with sustained revenue and growth through technology solutions.
Innovative Technologies
Focus on AI, machine learning, computer vision, health-tech wearables, blockchain, and fintech tools for supply chain transformation.
Worker Protection
Portfolio companies reduce risks of forced and child labor while improving working conditions and financial wellness.
Systems Change
Investments drive systemic change by addressing root causes of social and environmental challenges in global supply chains.
Investment stages