10 UK Startups That Are Changing The World
On our list of UK startups changing the world, you’ll find companies making positive strides for the environment and society. See how you can join them:
Do you want to work for a UK startup that’s changing the world?
These new companies have been making positive strides for the environment and its people. They’re hoping to solve some of the biggest issues of our time. And they’re currently looking for team members to join their mission.
Keep reading to see which causes speak to your soul and which London-based startups need your help to make a lasting impact.
10 UK Startups That Are Changing The World (and You Can Join Them!)
Here at Unicorn Hunt, we’re always making lists of the top 15 unicorn startups and awesome green startups you should know about. We believe it takes a special candidate to join a startup and disrupt industries desperate for change.
These companies want job seekers like you to help them change the world for the better:
1. Beam
Alex Stephany, the founder of Beam, got to know a homeless man at his local Tube station. The man spent decades out of work, and Alex could see his condition going from very bad to even worse. When the man had a heart attack, Alex asked himself: What could we do to make a real difference in that man’s life?”
Solving a problem as big and complex as homelessness requires government, charities, social enterprises, tech startups, and regular people to work together. So Alex launched Beam in 2017, with the goal of crowdfunding new career opportunities for homeless men and women.
Check out Alex’s TEDx talk to hear more about his mission!
The team provides homeless people with a support network and helps them learn career skills to leave homelessness for good. They’ve been working hard to build scalable technology and services that will change millions of lives — and you can be one of them.
2. BeZero Carbon
The 2020s is often called the decade of climate action. So BeZero Carbon helps organisations adapt to and prosper in a low carbon future. It offers a systematic approach to change through three pillars: smart decarbonisation, offsetting 2.0, and natural capital.
BeZero’s team bridges capital and conservation to embed ecological outcomes into everyday decision-making. Their full-service climate solutions business was established in April 2020 and ensures clients that their offset residual emissions are genuinely helping to achieve climate action.
See all BeZero Carbon jobs now!
3. PetsApp
Many people consider their pets part of their family. PetsApp is a platform that allows veterinary clinics and pet owners to communicate quickly and easily. Pet owners use PetsApp to chat with the vet team that they know and trust to get advice on any issues their furry friends are having. They can also make appointments, hold video calls, pay outstanding bills, and order medication.
Since launching in January 2020, PetsApp has raised over $4 million in investments and became the number one rated veterinary app. Thousands of vet professionals now use the PetsApp platform. And the team says they’re “doggedly determined to make veterinary care purrfect.”
See how you can join the PetsApp squad!
4. Ankorstore
The team behind Ankorstore doesn’t want to live in a world where Amazon is the only option for shopping. They believe local independent retailers have a huge impact on the soul of the cities and villages where we all live.
Ankorstore wants these small businesses to flourish. So they provide them with great tools and purchasing conditions to do so. Their marketplace connects the most authentic European brands to thousands of independent retailers around the world.
Ankorstore was founded by the former founders and employees of Etsy, Vestiaire Collective, and A Little Market. And now there are over 20,000 shops registered on the platform across France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and the UK. But that’s just the beginning!
Be part of the Ankorstore revolution today!
5. We Are The News
We Are The News (WATN) is a news-based social media platform formed with everyday people in mind. Their mission: to be the world’s most trusted social news platform, empowering their team and communities all over the globe to speak their truth and unite in a desire to make a difference.
According to WATN, freedom of speech is increasingly in danger. Censorship is rife, both in the mainstream and social media worlds. We Are The News is committed to telling the news from all sides, bringing together and connecting people with opposing and/or similar views for the purpose of dialogue and debate. Users can also share real-life news footage and report how the news has affected them personally.
Get your voice heard with a job at We Are The News!
6. fieldmargin
In the UK, 71% of all land is farmland, and farming employs almost 500,000 people. But with the uncertainties climate change brings, farmers all over the world are struggling to keep nations fed and combat food shortages. In the next 40 years, the world will have to produce more food than it has done in the previous 8,000!
So fieldmargin is helping farmers make better decisions using simple, mobile, cloud-based farming software. They offer digital farm mapping, streamline livestock management, and create actionable farm performance records. Their platform allows farmers to monitor their fields remotely with updated satellite imagery and provides analyses to help reduce crop loss.
Grow your career at fieldmargin!
7. Flair
Flair is a Black-owned people analytics company on a mission to create a world where all ethnicities can thrive. Their team helps organisations lead the way in building truly anti-racist cultures.
Through anonymous surveys and their dashboard and recommendations platform, Flair shines a light on where racial issues exist within an organisation’s culture. Their team then gives guidance on how to address these issues.
Since launching in September 2020, Flair has over 50 clients, including several of the UK’s leading schools and major brands. The Flair team says your work will have a significant social impact.
Apply to the Flair team today!
8. Get Mads
Get Mads is the world’s first impact-as-a-service platform allowing businesses to easily integrate positive impact across every touchpoint. Their team is on a mission to tackle some of the greatest challenges facing the world today by incentivising and inspiring businesses to take action on issues like climate change, poverty, and ecological destruction.
Get Mads helps businesses understand the positive impact they can have on the planet and gives them the tools to take action through their platform. The team knows that what’s good for business can be good for the planet too. Get Mads believes every business can turn into “a force for good.”
9. Everpress
Everpress is a global fashion marketplace connecting people to unique, ethically produced, and sustainable products made by independent creatives.
Each year the growing demand for fashion puts a massive strain on natural water sources and pumps the equivalent of 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere. The founders of Everpress say that if retail doesn’t change, the world will see mountains of waste due to low-quality fast fashion.
Their sustainability journey supports grassroots creators and reduces fashion waste. According to their team, Everpress has already managed to save over 336 million litres of water and over 124,000 tees from landfills using their pre-order model.
The company has a goal to be climate and water positive by 2025. And by 2022, it aims to have every Everpress purchase backed by the option to return your T-shirt, even after you’ve worn it, for a discount on future purchases. All returned tees will be recycled or upcycled. It also hopes to be a fully credited B-Corp company by that time.
Browse all Everpress opportunities here!
10. Taptap Send
The Taptap Send app lets immigrants send money back home to emerging markets instantly, securely, and at very low prices.
Global remittances account for over $500 billion annually, most of which moves back into developing countries. But the market is dominated by traditional services that are expensive, so money can take days to arrive and has limited reach in rural areas. Taptap Send is working on making the UN Sustainable Development Goal of bringing cross-border remittance costs down by 2030 a reality today.
Since launching in 2018, they’ve already moved tens of millions of dollars and reached tens of thousands of customers. In addition to Reid Hoffman, Taptap Send is backed by Canaan, Flourish Ventures, Helios, the Omidyar Network, and others. Their team members come from top-tier tech companies, professional services firms, and industry leaders, including Twitter, Yahoo, Amazon, Google, McKinsey, Bain & Co, KPMG, Cravath, and Vodafone.
According to Taptap Send, tech companies can sometimes trick themselves into believing they’re single-handedly transforming the world for the better. But their team genuinely believes they can impact millions of families and even contribute to the growth of emerging markets.
Apply for a job at Taptap Send today!
Want To Work for One of These Startups Changing the World?
You’re not alone. These companies all have ambitious missions and need the help of committed and passionate team members to make them a reality.
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