A team of Whitespace volunteers made up of designers, engineers, founders, and researchers will be bringing their individual expertise and skills to the workshop and identify existing challenges that are preventing the startup from scaling. During the session, we will collaboratively explore ways to progress and overcome the problems the team is facing.
Whitespace hosts Discovery Workshops with charity, Crisis
Throughout July and August 2022 Whitespace ran Discovery Workshops during to support Crisis on their journey to invest in startups offering innovative solutions to end homelessness, as part of their Venture Studio.
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The economic and social impact of the pandemic has left more people than ever before vulnerable to homelessness. In an attempt to turn this around and end homelessness for good, the Venture Studio actively looks to invest funding, technical knowledge, and expertise in startups with solutions that improve access to housing, finance, healthcare, and wellbeing services or provide new pathways to employment.
In addition to investing in these types of solutions, the Venture Studio is also developing its own ventures; including working with housing providers to make securing a home more affordable for everyone.
So, where did Whitespace come in?
As a proud partner of the Venture Studio, we're delighted to be able to provide technical due diligence and design support for the two teams Crisis has invested in, as well as the Venture Studio itself, via a dedicated Discovery Workshop.
The time to end homelessness is now. With the help of Whitespace and our other partners, we will demonstrate how entrepreneurship can prove most effective in accelerating the end of homelessness.Liz Choonara, Head of Entrepreneurship at Crisis
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