About Francesca Hodgson

Prior to founding GoodBox, Francesca Hodgson worked at BGC Partners LP, a global broking firm where she headed the department responsible for CSR and the annual charity day. Having worked with UK charities for over a decade with a prior role at World Cancer Research Fund, Francesca has a passion for philanthropy and is dedicated to making a difference. Through her dedication to GoodBox over the past 4 years, Francesca has been awarded a scholarship to the University of Cambridge where she currently undertakes her Executive MBA. Francesca Hodgson is the co-founder and Managing Director of GoodBox, which helps non-profit organisations to take cashless donations, by providing them with contactless charity donation boxes, along with software to help them track, analyse and grow the amount of money they raise. Francesca and her business partner founded GoodBox after spotting a major gap in the charity sector. They secured an Angel investor at the start, who supported them with the money to create and test the tech which allows charities to take contactless donations. Further funding was secured via Crowdfunding following the success with the initial concept and trial. Francesca’s approach to investment was to take networking to the next level to find supporters for GoodBox, and benefiting from being part of three accelerators that helped the business with invaluable guidance and access to investors.