Top 20 B Corps
2021-03-17
Confido
10 minutes
It’s B Corp month, which means it’s time to celebrate those businesses that go above and beyond to truly make a difference. As we specialise in scaling Tech for Good startups, this is a topic that’s close to all our hearts at Confido. Not quite sure what a B Corp is? We explain everything, here.
With over 4,700 registered B Corporations spanning 155 industries and 78 countries, it’s safe to say we were spoilt for choice.
So, without further ado, let’s dive right in...
About: The allplants team believe the world (and everyone on it, including us) would be better off if we ate more plants. Eating 100% plant-based meals should be tasty, easy and convenient. That’s why allplants was born – to help people enjoy plant-based eating on their schedule. Their tasty vegan meals are delivered frozen to lock in nutrition and taste. From food to delivery, everything is designed to protect the planet.
Location: London
Company size: 11 to 50 employees
Funding: allplants has raised a total of £52.8m in funding over five rounds. Their latest funding was raised in Oct 2021 from a Series B round.
B Corp certification: July 2018
About: CIRCA5000 is on a mission to bring impact investing to everyone. They believe that everyone should have access to the financial tools that empower them to provide for their own future, in a way that contributes to our collective future.
Location: London
Company size: 11 to 50 employees
Funding: CIRCA5000 has raised a total of $15.1m in funding over five rounds. Their latest funding was raised in Nov 2021 from an Equity Crowdfunding round.
B Corp certification: July 2020
About: Who Gives a Crap donates 50% of profits to help build toilets for the 2.3 billion people who don’t have one. Unlike the majority of the world’s toilet paper, Who Gives A Crap 100% recycled loo rolls are made without trees. The eco-friendly, double-length rolls are super soft and come individually wrapped in delightful, reusable paper. Made without any inks, dyes or scents, this TP feels as good on your bottom as it does on your conscience.
Location: Australia
Company size: 150 to 200 employees
Funding: Who Gives a Crap has raised a total of $41.7m in funding over two rounds. Their latest funding was raised in Sep 2021 from a Series A round.
B Corp certification: February 2016
About: Lifesaver Power is focused on building the largest renewably powered energy network, allowing users to pick up power in one location and swap it for a full one in another, thus helping to reduce our demand on our resources through sharing. Lifesaver’s overall mission is to empower people while protecting the planet. The service is sustainable, creating positive social impact by encouraging societal change to the way we view and consume energy - specifically instilling the belief that by optimizing our use of resources, we can all contribute towards a sustainable future.
Location: London
Company size: 1 to 10 employees
Funding: History unknown
B Corp certification: June 2019
About: Mindful Chef is a health-focused food box company set up by school friends Giles, Myles and Rob. Since their launch in 2015, they’ve shipped over 10,000,000 ingredients from incredible small farms across the UK. For every meal they sell, they donate a school meal to a child living in poverty. They are the only recipe box to operate this one for one charity model. So far, Mindful Chef customers have donated over 1,000,623 meals.
Location: London
Company size: 100 to 150 employees
Funding: Mindful Chef has raised a total of £9.3m in funding over four rounds. Their latest funding was raised in January 2019 from a Series A round.
B Corp certification: September 2018
About: Bulb is making energy simpler, cheaper and greener. Bulb provides their members with 100% renewable electricity from solar, wind and hydro. Their gas is 100% carbon neutral, too. They offset the emissions from the gas supplied by supporting carbon reduction projects around the world. Plus, they’re the biggest buyer of green gas for homes in the UK so a chunk of their gas mix comes from renewable sources, like food or farm waste.
Location: London
Company size: 101 – 250 employees
Funding: Bulb has raised a total of $80.7m in funding over four rounds. Their latest funding was raised in March 2019 from a Non-equity Assistance round.
B Corp certification: May 2016
About: bio-bean is the world’s largest recycler of coffee grounds. They recycle spent coffee grounds into a broad spectrum of efficient, sustainable products for a range of markets, both consumer and industrial. bio-bean work with the biggest companies in the UK to transform these spent coffee grounds into value at an industrial scale, giving new life to a material previously considered waste.
Location: London
Company size: 11 to 50 employees
Funding: bio-bean has raised a total of $7.5m in funding over four rounds. Their latest funding was raised in November 2019.
B Corp certification: October 2020
About: From an award-winning magazine offering employment opportunities to people in poverty, a multi-million-pound social investment business supporting enterprise to drive social change, to a charity Foundation supporting vendors to rebuild their own pathways to a better future and a shop curating social enterprise products. For 29 years The Big Issue Group has strived to dismantle poverty through creating opportunity, in the process becoming one of the most recognised and trusted brands in the UK.
Location: London
Company size: 251 – 500 employees
Funding: History unknown
B Corp certification: September 2015
About: Bethnal Green Ventures invests in and supports very early-stage businesses solving social and environmental problems using technology, with a focus on health, education, environmental sustainability and civic innovation. It aims to back social ventures whose business model is tied to their social impact. Bethnal Green Ventures is attempting to show that technology can be a positive force for good in the world.
Location: London
Company size: 11 to 50 employees
Funding: Bethnal Green Ventures has raised four funds, their latest being Future of News Pilot Fund.
B Corp certification: September 2015
About: Dai is pushing the boundaries of traditional womenswear by creating comfort-empowered performance for women everywhere. Founder Joanna Dai explains her passion behind the brand: ‘As women, we want to reach the top. I want to build a world where our clothes do not restrict us, but rather empower us. Because comfort is confidence.’
Location: London
Company size: 11 to 50 employees
Funding: History unknown
B Corp certification: October 2020
About: Over ten years ago, Henrietta; Lily’s owner, struggled to find a pet food filled with honest, natural ingredients. After Lily fell ill, suffering with sore and itchy skin, Henrietta started cooking from scratch to nurse her back to health. A much-loved member of the family, Lily deserved nothing but proper food and Henrietta wondered why all beloved pets couldn’t get their paws on the same. Henrietta then decided to work with some brilliant vets and nutritionists to make delicious, quality recipes using wholesome ingredients and just like that, Lily’s Kitchen was born.
Location: London
Company size: 101 – 250 employees
Funding: History unknown
B Corp certification: September 2015
About: Birdie is your complete homecare software solution. It’s designed to give you better visibility over your care and support older adults to live happily at home. Birdie’s technology provides instant alerts that allow you to react instantly. You can also get an instant overview of every care visit with call monitoring and daily care logs.
Location: London
Company size: 11 to 50 employees
Funding: Birdie has raised a total of $22.6m in funding over four rounds. Their latest funding was raised in May 11 2021 from a Series A round.
B Corp certification: August 2019
About: Creators of D, the world's first reusable tampon applicator, and DAME organic tampons. They're eliminating plastic, waste, and chemicals from period products with their award-winning solutions.
Location: London
Company size: 1 to 10 employees
Funding: History unknown
B Corp certification: January 2019
About: Since its beginning, Alpro has been a pioneer of plant-based food solutions, building on the promise to put sustainability at the heart of all it does for almost 40 years. By bringing innovative and tasty plant-based food and drink products to millions of consumers, Alpro is growing its business while tackling the health challenges of both people and the planet, thus creating both economic and social value.
Location: Belguim
Company size: 1001-5000 employees
Funding: History unknown
B Corp certification: March 2018
About: Ecosia uses the profits they make from web searches to plant trees where they are needed most. The search engine has planted over 121 million trees all over the world. This includes restoring diverse forests on former plantations in Indonesia, as 25% of the country’s rainforests have been destroyed by the palm oil industry.
Location: Germany
Company size: 51 to 100 employees
Funding: Ecosia has raised a total of $21.4k in funding over two rounds. Their latest funding was raised in April 2014 from a Seed round.
B Corp certification: April 2014
About: B2B platform, matching employees with unique volunteering projects so they can upskill while making their biggest impact. Through their pool of skilled professional volunteers, their community of non-profits (charities, social enterprises) and impact startups get access to the resource they need to help them fulfil their missions.
Location: London
Company size: 1 to 10 employees
Funding: Unknown
B Corp certification: September 2020
About: Change.org is the world's largest petition platform, empowering people everywhere to create the change they want to see. There are more than 40 million Change.org users in 196 countries, and every day people use Change.org's tools to transform their communities – locally, nationally and globally.
Location: USA
Company size: 250 – 500 employees
Funding: Change.org has raised a total of $72m in funding over five rounds. Their latest funding was raised in May 2017 from a Series D round.
B Corp certification: January 2011
About: As the Doisy & Dam team put it, ‘Chocolate. The world would be a better place if we ate more of it. Problem is, with dodgy chocolate around that's full of more e-numbers than ingredients, we can't. But just imagine chocolate full of palm oil, a thing of the past. Cocoa farmers fairly paid. Crap days, magically forgotten about. All through the power of chocolate. That's a world we want to live in. So we decided to make it happen. A better world, filled with better ingredients, better ethics, and better chocolate. So we can all eat chocolate whenever we dam well please.’
Location: London
Company size: 1 to 10 employees
Funding: Doisy & Dam has raised a total of £775.8k in funding over two rounds. Their latest funding was raised in July 2021 from an Equity Crowdfunding round.
B Corp certification: April 2017
Cafédirect
About: Cafédirect is a pioneering social enterprise working with smallholder coffee, tea and hot chocolate growers to deliver award-winning hot drinks to the retail and foodservice industries. They pay growers what they deserve, instead of paying middlemen. And by working together in true partnership they do more, investing over 50% of their profits in growers to create a more sustainable future.
Location: London, UK
Company size: 11 to 50 employees
Funding: Unknown
B Corp certification: June 2018
About: Leesa designs luxury mattresses, ordered exclusively online and delivered to your door. Every Leesa mattress purchased helps the team donate a bed to a child in need – they donate one bed for every ten mattresses sold.
Location: USA
Company size: 51 to 100 employees
Funding: Leesa has raised a total of $32m in funding over three rounds. Their latest funding was raised in July 2017 from a Series B round.
B Corp certification: September 2016
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Funding information taken from Crunchbase - updated 18th March 2022