Ada Ventures

What is Ada Ventures?

Ada Ventures is a UK-based venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive technology companies. With headquarters in London and a regional office in Bristol, Ada Ventures is keen on supporting founders who exhibit qualities beyond their academic or professional backgrounds. They target investments in the UK and Northern Europe, primarily connecting with companies that have a link to the UK.

Ada Ventures champions a pre-seed inclusive approach, emphasizing investment in the best founders irrespective of their connectivity to traditional networks. They aim to back founders building businesses aimed at a better human future, assessing each founder holistically, seeing beyond CVs to qualities such as being deeply commercial, ambitious, and gritty.

Their investment size ranges from £250,000 to £1,000,000, with a sweet spot of around £500,000 for the first funding round. Ada Ventures usually leads more than 70% of the investment deals they participate in and intentionally evaluates impact in every investment decision.

The firm is active across various industries including Software, PropTech, Hospitality, Media, Education, BioTech, AgroTech, Business Solutions, FinTech, Energy, Retail, Sales, Cosmetics, IoT, CleanTech, A.I., HealthTech, Blockchain, Web Security, Gaming, Advertising, Developer tools, Future Of Work, Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Impact, Logistics, Medical Devices, Messaging, Payments, Real Estate, DeepTech, Healthcare, LegalTech, Mobile, Mobility, Nanotechnology, Online Social, Consumer, Woman Focused, and several others.

They back approximately 10 to 12 companies each year and prefer those with unique or highly defensible technologies. Ada Ventures provides comprehensive support to their portfolio companies, which includes access to childcare, wellness support, growth specialists, and talent partners to assist in building high-performance teams.

They highlight focus areas such as Climate Equity, Economic Empowerment, and Healthy Ageing align these with their investment philosophy to promote a fair net-zero future, inclusive transformation of money, work, and skills, and healthier lives.

What they say:

We are a venture capital firm dedicated to discovering and supporting exceptional individuals who are developing innovative concepts.

What we look for: We invest in groundbreaking solutions addressing significant challenges and creating positive impact.