Uninvest

Uninvest does not issue a fund or manage a pool of capital. It functions as a software layer that screens an investor's existing holdings against a customizable database of controversial sectors — weapons, fossil fuels, private prisons, and others tagged by the user — and then constructs a cleaned portfolio designed to track the original benchmark. The allocator retains their brokerage and custody relationships, using Uninvest purely for the divestment mapping and trade instructions.

No. The platform generates a divestment plan and, depending on the integration, can execute trades through a linked brokerage, but client assets remain in the user's own accounts. Uninvest's revenue model is based on flat subscriptions or one-time project fees, not on assets under management, which eliminates the asset-gathering incentive structure of most ESG fund managers.

The platform's taxonomy includes tiered exposure tags. Users can opt to exclude direct equity holders in flagged industries, and in more advanced configurations, can extend screening to known suppliers, financiers, and corporate parents. The database draws on NGO-maintained lists, public corporate filings, and third-party research, updated on a rolling basis to capture changes in corporate structure and activity.

Early public attention centered on university endowments and municipal pension systems responding to divestment campaigns tied to fossil fuels and weapons manufacturing. The platform was also marketed directly to individual investors through a consumer web interface, though the institutional use case — where a pension board needs a defensible, auditable divestment methodology — generated the most sustained discussion in the trade press.

The firm's current operating status is not verifiable from public filings as of the latest review. Uninvest maintained a minimal public profile and a product-led rather than personality-led communications strategy, which makes ongoing activity difficult to confirm without direct access to the platform or recent commercial announcements.