Individual Investors
The ClearlySo Angels is the UK’s leading group of high-net-worth individuals and families focused on creating social and environmental impact alongside financial return.
We give high-net-worth individual and sophisticated investors (see criteria) access to impact investment opportunities, spanning across a range of deal sizes, sectors and structures. We pride ourselves in introducing businesses creating diverse social and environmental impacts to our network of investors.
Salient investment opportunities from ClearlySo are based on your interests and investment criteria. Depending on your preferred level of engagement, we can offer access to:
"There’s a seemingly infinite number of investment opportunities out there, so being part of a group like ClearlySo Angels, and filtering through the thousands and thousands of opportunities and distilling it down to [the] really high quality ones, is a really important benefit of being part of an angel group."
ClearlySo Angels share their stories!
Read candid interviews spotlighting some of our ClearlySo Angel investors who give us real insight into their journeys to impact, what it's like being an angel investor and what they look out for when it comes to meeting and investing in entrepreneurs and their businesses.
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Faces of Impact: Rosalind Riley, angel investor
ClearlySo Angels member Rosalind Riley discusses the divergence between philanthropy and impact investing, and why her work in the charity sector gives her a unique approach.
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Faces of Impact: Stephen Murdoch, angel investor
Human Rights lawyer turned journalist, turned impact investor, Stephen Murdoch talks candidly to us about the last five years as a ClearlySo Angel, sharing his personal experience and insight.
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Faces of Impact: Kim Morrish, angel investor
ClearlySo Angels member Kim Morrish opens up about her background in investing, and balancing social/environmental impact with financial returns.
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Insight from the ClearlySo Team!
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The dynamics of angel investing in tech-for-good
Investment Manager at ClearlySo and clean-tech and energy expert, Matias Wibowo shares some of his insights working with angel investors from motivations to investment strategy and what he pinpoints as the big opportunity areas.
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In Impact Investment, you absolutely CAN “have your cake and eat it”
ClearlySo CEO Rodney Schwartz discusses the potential for some impact investments to generate substantial impact and sensational financial returns.
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In praise of angels: how angel investors are shaping impact investing
Inspired by recent impact investing triumphs at the UKBAA Angel Investment Awards 2017, ClearlySo's CEO Rod Schwartz highlights how angel investors are leaders in the space.
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