# Crisis Venture Studio seeks collaborations with start ups working to end homelessness

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/12/02/crisis-venture-studio-seeks-collaborations-start-ups-working-end-homelessness/
- Published: 2020-12-02T09:19:20+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Crisis is looking to invest in new housing, financial service, employment or healthcare
solutions aimed at helping to end homelessness.**

 

Through its [Venture Studio](https://www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved/venture-studio/),
which has been set up to invest in, support, and create ventures to end homelessness,
[Crisis](https://www.crisis.org.uk/) will collaborate with business leaders, experts,
funders, researchers, and start ups working on  solutions that have the potential
to, or are already:

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– Preventing homelessness at a societal or individual level

 

– Creating new housing

 

– Tackling the root causes of homelessness, such as;

 

– Creating pathways to employment

 

– Improving access to housing, finance, healthcare, and wellbeing services

 

It is now actively scouting for start ups to join it. Crisis will provide funding,
regular access to users for testing and co-creation, and share its data and market
insights, as well as its connections to partners and investors who can help with
providing lived experience of homelessness, mentoring and coaching, distributing
products in market and scaling businesses for the long term.

 

The charity expects to to invest in its first portfolio in early 2021, and is holding
regular Meet and Greet sessions for those interested in finding out more, with [further information also on its site](https://www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved/venture-studio/).
Its next online session is [on 8 December,](https://www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved/venture-studio/meet-greet-8-december/)
and applications close on 8 January.