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Crowdfunding platforms unite for impact

by Ethex 29 July 2026

Ethex and Triodos Bank UK Crowdfunding are uniting for impact. Two of the UK's most trusted impact investment platforms are coming together.

For more than a decade, ethically minded UK investors have been using their money to directly support organisations and businesses that match their values through the Ethex and Triodos crowdfunding platforms. As the sector gains momentum, together we are now consolidating, bringing a moment of change for direct impact investing in the UK.

We’re excited to announce that Ethex and Triodos Bank UK are partnering by bringing Triodos crowdfunding investments onto the Ethex platform, and combining two communities of investors who have always believed the same thing: that where you put your money matters.

Two pioneering organisations, one platform

Ethex and Triodos Bank UK have each spent decades proving that everyday investors want to do more with their money than chase the highest return. Between us, we've helped more than 300 impactful projects raise over £330 million, from community energy schemes and social housing to ethical food businesses and environmental initiatives. Now we're bringing that experience, and those opportunities, together.

From now on, all Triodos Bank UK crowdfunding investment offers will be available on the Ethex platform. Triodos's specialist Corporate Finance team, which has been structuring investment offers for over 25 years, continues to originate and manage those opportunities. They'll be clearly badged as Triodos offers, sitting alongside Ethex's own investments, so you always know what you're looking at.

How does this impact Triodos investors?

If you currently have investments through Triodos Crowdfunding, your investments are safe, and your terms are unchanged. You'll be transferred to Ethex, where you'll be able to view and manage everything through a single online portfolio. We'll be in touch with full details on next steps; you don't need to do anything until then.

Will this affect Ethex investors?

You'll start to see Triodos-structured investment opportunities appearing on the platform alongside Ethex's own offers. More choice, more impact, same trusted platform.

Why now?

The demand for people-powered finance has never been stronger. Consumer research from 2025 shows that 81% of people are concerned about the future of the world, and 68% believe we need positive social and environmental change now more than ever. At the same time, the scale of projects coming to market is increasing; the community energy sector, in particular, is growing at scale in the UK.

Mark Clayton, CEO at Triodos Bank UK, puts it well: "By partnering with Ethex, we can now offer more investors even greater access to these high-impact opportunities. Working together, we are uniquely placed to respond to the increasing scale and evolution of the direct impact investment market.”

We share that view. As Lisa Ashford, co-CEO at Ethex, says: "Our partnership with Triodos Bank UK is about urgency and scale. We are joining forces to put more capital into the hands of changemakers while making 'investing for good' the standard for all.”

The bigger picture

This isn't a merger. Both organisations remain independent, and both will continue to source and develop their own investment opportunities. What changes is that all these opportunities will be featured and managed in one place.

The UK's impact investing market has enormous untapped potential. Bringing the two most experienced platforms together is, we believe, a step towards unlocking it.

We're proud to be building something bigger, and we're glad our investor community is part of it.

Have questions about the partnership or what it means for your investments? Read our FAQs here.

Ethex and Triodos are co-hosting a webinar on 20th August at 12:30 PM where you can join, listen and ask questions. Register your place here.

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Investments offered on the Ethex platform are not readily realisable, which means that they may be difficult to sell and you may get back less than you originally invested. Investments are not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) and returns are not guaranteed. If you are in any doubt, you should contact an Independent Financial Adviser.