[February 9, 2023]—Laidlaw Scholars Ventures has invested $650K in Guava, a digital banking and networking platform by and for Black entrepreneurs, to help narrow the racial wealth gap in the United States. Guava Founder and CEO Kelly Ifill, a [...]
The Laidlaw Foundation is partnering with Newnham College, Murray Edwards College, Fitzwilliam College, and Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge to offer 25 of their exceptional undergraduates each year a place on the Laidlaw Scholars Leadership and Research [...]
ProMotion Rewards, a consumer rewards company which provides brand partners with customer insight, has secured a €725k pre-seed investment led by Laidlaw Scholars Ventures ProMotion Rewards provides brands with near real-time, first-party consumer data captured through receipt photos and [...]
The Laidlaw Foundation is partnering with The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) to annually offer 25 exceptional undergraduate students a place on the Laidlaw Scholars Leadership and Research Programme, designed to develop a new generation of leaders [...]
LONDON, UK, September 10th, 2021—Laidlaw Foundation appoints Niall Santamaria as Chief Investment Officer of its new investment fund, Laidlaw Scholars Ventures (LSV), opening for applications on October 4th this year. Niall will start at LSV on September 13th, joining [...]
Year 11 students at Academy 360, Excelsior Academy and Sedgefield Community College have celebrated success as they received their GCSE and Level 2 results after a year of uncertainty and challenges due to the pandemic. Students have dealt with [...]
Sedgefield Community College, a member of Laidlaw Schools Trust, has been awarded Secondary School of the Year in the Tes Schools Awards 2021. June 29th, 2021 Secondary school of the year is awarded to schools ‘that have had an [...]
We are delighted to share that newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, Ian Simpson, will be joining the Laidlaw Schools Trust family in April 2021. Currently Executive Principal at Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey, Ian is an experienced school leader [...]