# Cause4 named top 50 hottest UK tech start-up

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/11/17/cause4-named-top-50-hottest-uk-tech-start/
- Published: 2016-11-17T07:48:50+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**[Cause4](http://www.cause4.co.uk), the social enterprise that helps charities 
and other social enterprises find ways to grow, has been named by Silicon Valley
Comes to the UK ([SVC2UK](http://www.svc2uk.com/)) as one of the UK’s 50 hottest
tech ‘Start up to Scale up’ companies.**

Now In its tenth year, SVC2UK invited 50 UK high-growth technology companies to 
join its 2016 ‘Scale Up Club’, including Cause4, as well as Touchnote and Snapfashion.
The 2016 programme began on 1^(st) November, and offers mentoring and support from
entrepreneurs and investors from both the US and the UK, as well as debates, roundtables
and masterclasses, and culminating with its annual CEO Summit. As one of the 50,
Cause4_ _will continue to receive mentoring and networking support through the network
to help it achieve further scale.

Set up in May 2009, Cause4 has raised over £46 million for clients, with initiatives
including the Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy programme of training and mentoring.

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In the last year, Cause4 has invested heavily in a digital strategy function, enabling
it to work with charities in the UK and internationally to exploit technology to
support growth strategies and fundraising. As a result, Cause4’s digital team can
now help charities navigate and select the right digital services and partnerships
to support their growth across key aspects of fundraising, communications and infrastructure.

Michelle Wright, Cause4 founder and CEO (pictured), said:

> “Charities that don’t make best use of technology will get left behind or face
> collapse. The charity sector deserves the same investment as the private sector.
> A visit to some charities can feel like stepping back in time. If charities are
> going to survive in this post-Brexit environment, they have to take the same attitude
> to success as private sector companies, they won’t get any dispensation just because
> they are not part of the corporate world.”

SVC2UK was set up by investors and entrepreneurs Sherry Coutu, Ellen Levy, and Reid
Hoffman, the founder of Linkedin. Cause4 is a social enterprise and certified B-
Corporation, meaning that it measures its social impact based on the level of income
achieved for clients, and the associated impact of programmes across multiple beneficiary
communities.

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