Reconnecting capital with the real economy.
Better capital for a better world.
Better World Capital Investments PLC (BWCI) structures long-term capital around the real needs of productive and regenerative businesses, and connects it with institutional investors and authorised partners whose mandates fit.
There is no shortage of capital. The challenge is getting it to productive businesses in the right shape. There is no shortage of capital. The challenge is getting it to productive businesses in the right shape.
The product comes first
Too often a business is asked to fit the finance, when the finance should be shaped around the business.
The pieces arrive separately
A company that needs working capital, equity and trade finance usually has to find, negotiate and fit them together on its own.
The terms don't fit the work
Short-term money for a long-term asset, or rigid repayments for a seasonal harvest, can put real strain on an otherwise sound business. For investors, that mismatch is avoidable risk.
We start with the economic need, not the financial product.
Before we talk about capital, we want to understand what is being built, how it earns and what support would genuinely help.
Need, then structure, then the right capital. That order is what protects both the business and the capital behind it.
How we approach itThe Financial Engine
Six steps, one loop: from economic need to productive activity, and back into reinvestment.
We start with what an organization or project needs to grow, operate, or invest before considering any financial product.
We then design the financial structure around that need: the form, terms, and capital ownership that fit the activity.
Next, we identify the institution or delivery capability best placed to provide that system, within the platform or through a partner.
Capital is then matched to the structure, from sources whose terms and time horizon suit the activity.
The capital is put to work in productive activity: the business operates, trades, employs, and builds.
Performance is reviewed, lessons are recorded, and capital and insight are reinvested to meet the next need.
We start with what an organization or project needs to grow, operate, or invest before considering any financial product.
The platform today, and what we are building
The Better World platform is being built in stages. Here is each part and where it stands today.
Providence Asset Management
The group’s asset management company. Any investment management is carried out by this entity, within its regulatory permissions.
Strategic Partner Capabilities
Specialist financial, technical and operational capabilities provided by independent, authorised partner institutions.
Private Capital Platform
Being designed to structure private debt and growth capital for established businesses.
Trade Finance Platform
Designed to support trade flows and the working capital needs of productive businesses.
Financial Infrastructure
Long-term financial infrastructure serving productive economic activity.
What “Better World” means in practice
For us, a better world is not a label added at the end. It starts with practical questions asked at the beginning: who will this capital serve, how long does it need to stay, and what will it help to build or restore? For us, a better world is not a label added at the end. It starts with practical questions asked at the beginning: who will this capital serve, how long does it need to stay, and what will it help to build or restore?
“Impact should influence the architecture of capital itself.”
So we bring impact in early, when capital is structured, owned and deployed. The result is investment designed around long-term productive and regenerative outcomes, not reported on afterwards.
The approach is created to support four outcome areas.
Productive enterprise
Capital that reaches SMEs and entrepreneurs, and the employment they create.
Resilient trade and supply chains
Finance structured around how goods and services actually move, so working capital supports trade instead of holding it back.
Regenerative business and sustainable infrastructure
Patient, long-term capital for productive assets, and for businesses that restore rather than deplete.
Stronger regional economies
Capital that circulates in the communities where it is earned, supporting local resilience together with, where relevant, financial inclusion.
Who we work with
Whoever you are, the conversation starts in the same place: what you are trying to achieve.
Businesses and projects
For businesses and project sponsors with a specific need. Start with what you are trying to do; we’ll then look at the framework and capital that fit. Start with what you are trying to do.
Start with your need→Investors and capital providers
For institutional investors, private investors and family offices, and other capital providers who want to understand how capital is intended to be structured and deployed across the platform. How capital is intended to be structured and deployed.
Why participate→Banks and financial institutions
For banks and lenders interested in working alongside BWCI on finance for productive businesses and projects. Working alongside BWCI on finance for productive businesses.
Work with us→Strategic partners
For corporate and strategic-level partners whose capabilities, networks, or supply chains connect with productive businesses and projects. Capabilities and networks that connect with productive businesses.
Partner with us→Leadership and governance
How we are governed
Clear lines of accountability matter to everyone who works with us. Our governance pages set out the role of the Board, our leadership team, and where the holding company ends and regulated activity begins.
How we’re governedStart the right conversation.
Tell us a little about who you are and what you need. Your enquiry goes to the person best placed to help, and they will come back to you directly.