421+
Ventures supported
10
2016 — 2026
Ten Years
A decade of Unreasonable Impact
Ten years ago, Barclays and Unreasonable Group made a bet: that entrepreneurs are best positioned to solve the defining challenges of our century. This is what a decade of backing them looks like.
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Co-created with
Barclays
From our leaders
C.S. Venkatakrishnan
Group Chief Executive, Barclays
Unreasonable Impact has become more than a programme: it is a global community of founders, mentors and partners working together to address global challenges while creating the jobs of the future.
Daniel Epstein
Founder & CEO, Unreasonable Group
For the last decade, we’ve held a conviction that entrepreneurs are best positioned to solve the greatest challenges of the 21st century.
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Ten years, in numbers
The scale of a decade
Ten years of the partnership, in cumulative all-time figures, using the approved Unreasonable Impact publishing figures.
The portfolio
35
Headquarter countries
$19 bn+
Total financing raised
$17 bn+
Total revenue generated
The community & the impact
35,000+
Jobs supported
623 m+
Lives impacted
165 m+
Metric tons of CO₂e mitigated
180+
Countries reached
Figures self-reported by fellows and reviewed by the Unreasonable team. Funding raised and revenue are cumulative and all-time since company founding.
Solutions that reach almost every sector of the economy — and the people building them.
The 10-year documentary
In their own words
The documentary section can deep-link directly to the film while keeping the report, podcast, and portfolio context in the same place.
Featuring
Peetachai “Neil” Dejkraisak · Jasberry
Mike Zelkind · 80 Acres Farms
Lisa Dyson · Air Protein
Saif Dhorajiwala · Fourth Partner Energy
Christophe Williams · Naked Energy
Dr. Lisa Dyson
Air Protein · United States
I’ve never been on a programme so relentlessly focused on delivering immediate, high-impact value — it’s short-circuited months and even years of “knocking on doors.”
The journey
More than a programme
Unreasonable Impact is a relationship that compounds. Founders are handpicked, connected to a global network, scaled with hands-on support — and backed for life.
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01
Handpicked
421+ ventures · 35 countries
We privately invite growth-stage entrepreneurs building solutions to the defining challenges of our century.
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02
Connected
Mentors, partners, and Barclays expertise
Founders are paired with operators, specialists, investors, and leaders who can unlock the next stage of growth.
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03
Scaled
$19 bn+ raised
Targeted introductions, capital, and hands-on expertise help ventures solve key challenges and accelerate commercial traction.
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Backed for life
The Unreasonable Fellowship
Graduates join a lifelong community that keeps collaborating, opening doors, and building together long after the programme ends.
Partnership in action
In action across Barclays
Relationships continue well beyond the programme, with participants remaining part of the Unreasonable Impact community. Over the past decade, Barclays has worked with these companies as suppliers, partners, clients, or through direct investment via Barclays Climate Ventures.
Unreasonable Impact exceeded all my expectations. They have created a quality network of changemakers who work together to advance the missions and impact of the entrepreneurs in their programme.
Tessa Clarke
OLIO · United Kingdom
The portfolio, up close
A few of the 421+
Explore a small snapshot of the ventures building solutions across food, energy, infrastructure, health, and climate.
Future of food
Air Protein
An MIT physicist revived a NASA idea to make protein and other ingredients from air.
Renewable energy
Fourth Partner Energy
One of India’s largest renewable energy developers, helping factories save 30–40% on power.
Solar heat
Naked Energy
Solar technology now heating showers at Wimbledon and decarbonizing the warm elephant in the room.
Unreasonable Stories · Podcast
Hear it from the founders
Listen to the untold stories of unreasonable people: intimate conversations with entrepreneurs, funders and global leaders looking to define progress in our time. These episodes feature founders from the Unreasonable Impact community built with Barclays.
Hosted by Daniel Epstein · CEO, Unreasonable Group
57:15
Innovation
He Flew to Space. Now He's Building a New Space Station.
In this episode, Daniel Epstein sits down with Dylan Taylor, founder and CEO of Voyager Technologies. Dylan joined the Unreasonable Fellowship thro...
Dylan Taylor · Founder & CEO of Voyager Technologies
45:30
Innovation
She Studied Time Travel at MIT. Now She's Making Food from Air.
In this episode, Daniel Epstein sits down with Dr. Lisa Dyson, co-founder and CEO of Air Protein and Kiverdi. Lisa has a PhD from MIT in string the...
Dr. Lisa Dyson · Co-founder & CEO of Air Protein
1:06:13
Energy & Environment
The Battery Built for Traffic Lights, Now Powering AI Data Centers.
In this episode, Daniel Epstein sits down with Tim Hysell, co-founder of ZincFive. Tim joined the Unreasonable Fellowship through the Unreasonable ...
Tim Hysell · Co-founder of ZincFive
59:50
Energy & Environment
Renewable Energy That Saves India's Factories 40% on Their Power Bill
In this episode, Daniel Epstein sits down with Saif Dhorajiwala, co-founder of Fourth Partner Energy, one of the largest and fastest-growing renewa...
Saif Dhorajiwala · Co-founder of Fourth Partner Energy
1:08:22
Energy & Environment
Wimbledon Players Shower in Solar-Heated Water. Here's Who Built It.
In this episode, Daniel Epstein talks with Christophe Williams, founder and CEO of Naked Energy, a company solving what Christophe calls "the warm ...
Christophe Williams · Founder & CEO of Naked Energy
1:08:46
Energy & Environment
Concrete That Works With the Ocean, Not Against It
In this episode, Daniel Epstein sits down with Dr. Ido Sella, co-founder and CEO of ECOncrete. Ido is a marine biologist who discovered, largely by...
Dr. Ido Sella · Co-founder & CEO of ECOncrete
59:32
Health & Wellbeing
Detecting Cancer at Stage Zero from a Simple Urine Test
In the inaugural episode of Unreasonable Stories, Daniel Epstein sits down with Ryuichi Onose, co-founder and CEO of Craif. Ryuichi joined the Unre...
Ryuichi Onose · Co-founder & CEO of Craif
10 Years of Unreasonable Impact
A decade of Unreasonable Impact
The impact report
A decade, documented
Ten years of impact, hundreds of solutions. Inside, the high-growth companies using bold technology to take on the world’s most pressing problems, and the decade of building together that carried them from idea to industry.
A decade of Unreasonable Impact — Impact Report