Tenzing Capital Ventures

Tenzing Capital Ventures partners with Tenzing in exploring new investment opportunities and nurturing technology innovations. The firm focuses on identifying and supporting innovative technology ventures that have the potential for high growth and impact.

CCI Score

-33.37

0.02% April 18

Latest Event

Venture Capital Firms Complicit In Human Rights Abuses

Amnesty International’s investigation reveals that leading venture capital firms lack robust human rights due diligence, potentially facilitating investments that fund repressive technologies and support authoritarian regimes. This concern extends to the broader VC industry, including firms like Tenzing Capital Ventures.

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Tenzing Capital Ventures is currently rated as a Toadie.

-30 to -44 CCI Score

Companies scoring in this range actively seek to please authoritarian regimes. They offer proactive support and assistance in exchange for preferential treatment, compromising ethical standards for business gains and political favor.

Latest Events

JUL

30

2021

Venture Capital Firms Complicit In Human Rights Abuses
-45.18

Amnesty International’s investigation reveals that leading venture capital firms lack robust human rights due diligence, potentially facilitating investments that fund repressive technologies and support authoritarian regimes. This concern extends to the broader VC industry, including firms like Tenzing Capital Ventures.
-70

Business Practices and Ethical Responsibility

March 18

The report criticizes major venture capital firms for neglecting human rights due diligence processes. This failure to evaluate the ethical impact of their investments may indirectly contribute to human rights abuses, revealing complicity in practices that can empower authoritarian regimes.

Top Venture Capital Firms Complicit In Human Rights Abuses
-60

Economic and Structural Influence

March 18

Investments by venture capital firms have indirectly financed companies developing surveillance and repressive technologies. This financial collaboration facilitates state control in regions like Xinjiang and the West Bank, indirectly endorsing repressive and authoritarian practices.

Top Venture Capital Firms Complicit In Human Rights Abuses
JUL

30

2021

Venture Capital Firms and Human Rights Due Diligence Concerns
-27.57

An Amnesty International briefing reveals that many leading venture capital firms neglect to perform human rights due diligence when investing in technology, raising serious concerns about the ethical implications behind these investment decisions. Although Tenzing Capital Ventures is not directly named in the report, the broader industry trend suggests that similar practices may be present, which could indirectly contribute to authoritarian outcomes.
-40

Labor Relations and Human Rights Practices

March 18

The Amnesty International report exposes a significant lack of human rights due diligence among venture capital firms investing in innovative technology. This neglect in evaluating the human rights impact of their investments can contribute to enabling repressive practices and authoritarian narratives, as funding may inadvertently support technologies that facilitate surveillance or injustice. While Tenzing Capital Ventures was not explicitly named, as a firm active in the venture capital space, it is implicated by this broader trend, thus earning a negative score.

Risky Business: How leading venture capital firms ignore human rights when investing in technology
JUL

01

2021

Investigation Reveals VC Firms’ Failure in Human Rights Due Diligence
-27.35

A July 2021 investigation by Amnesty International has exposed that the vast majority of major venture capital firms lack robust human rights due diligence policies and diversity measures. This suggests a systemic neglect of ethical business practices in the VC sector, potentially including firms like Tenzing Capital Ventures.
-40

Labor Relations and Human Rights Practices

March 18

The report highlights that leading VC firms are failing to implement adequate human rights due diligence processes, which is a clear undermining of ethical responsibilities regarding labor relations and human rights practices. This negligence contributes to a broader trend in the sector that can indirectly support oppressive practices by not safeguarding worker rights and ensuring diversity.

Investigation takes stock of venture capital's human rights oversight, finding vast majority of firms are failing responsibilities & lacking diversity