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Ada Ventures

·Aug 2

Materials Nexus — why Ada Ventures invested

Ada Ventures has led a £2m investment round in Materials Nexus, an AI company which finds replacements for composite materials, metallic compounds and rare earths. It was founded by Jonathan Bean, a physicist based at the University of Cambridge. Materials Nexus is a unique deep-tech company, with the potential to…

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Materials Nexus — why Ada Ventures invested
Materials Nexus — why Ada Ventures invested
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Ada Ventures

·Apr 19

Ada’s Investment in Greenworkx

Our latest investment out of Fund 2 is under our Climate theme: Greenworkx! This is a pre-seed stage company, building a marketplace for training and jobs in the green economy. The company was founded my Mat Ilic and Richard Ng who lead a team that has deep domain and relevant…

Climate Change

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Ada’s Investment in Greenworkx
Ada’s Investment in Greenworkx
Climate Change

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Ada Ventures

·Mar 6

Ada’s Investment in BlakBear

Today we are delighted to share that Ada Ventures led a £2.3M seed round for BlakBear, a London-based food quality technology business. Joining us in this round were Green Circle Capital (NYC), Ponderosa Ventures (London), Tom Sturgess (CA) and Remus Capital (Boston). BlakBear has developed patented sensor technology that is…

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Ada’s Investment in BlakBear
Ada’s Investment in BlakBear

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Ada Ventures

·Dec 9, 2021

Ada Ventures, Two Years In

Check and I launched Ada Ventures, a £38M VC fund that invests in overlooked founders and markets, on the 11th December 2019, almost exactly two years ago to the day. To say its been an amazing ride so far would be a huge understatement for both of us. This role…

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Ada Ventures, Two Years In
Ada Ventures, Two Years In
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·Oct 22, 2021

Ada Ventures Investment in Yuty

Earlier in 2021, Ada Ventures led a pre-seed round into Yuty, a personalised beauty-matching tool powered by proprietary AI. We’re thrilled to have been joined by our friends at Venrex in the round. Yuty is the brain-child of the amazing Simi Lindgren, who approached my Partner Check in December 2020…

Startup

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Ada Ventures Investment in Yuty
Ada Ventures Investment in Yuty
Startup

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·Sep 30, 2021

Ada Ventures Investment in Tooth Fairy

Along with our friends Slingshot Ventures in Amsterdam, we’re super excited to have lead the £3M Seed round Deepak and Kian at Toothfairy, as report yesterday in Techcrunch. Ada Co-led the pre-seed round, alongside Unicorn factory Seedcamp, last year. Toothfairy is what happens when two highly entrepreneurial and award-winning dentists…

Startup

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Ada Ventures Investment in Tooth Fairy
Ada Ventures Investment in Tooth Fairy
Startup

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·Sep 7, 2021

Ada Ventures Investment in SPOKE

Ada Ventures has invested into the pre-seed round at SPOKE, a new mental health technology that uses music to access our brains in calming and uplifting ways. …

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Ada Ventures Investment in SPOKE
Ada Ventures Investment in SPOKE
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·Aug 10, 2021

Ada Ventures Investment in Mirthy

In a round led by our friends at Ascension Ventures, Ada has invested in the pre-seed financing of Mirthy, an interactive community for over 55 year olds. Via the Mirthy platform, users can lead or participate in a huge array of live-streamed activities from cooking to pilates and history lectures. …

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Ada Ventures Investment in Mirthy
Ada Ventures Investment in Mirthy
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·Jun 29, 2021

Ada Ventures Investment in Boundless

Today we’re thrilled to announce our investment in Boundless, the awesome remote employee platform out of Dublin! Boundless was founded by an all-star team of Dee (CEO), Emily (CTO) and Eamon (CSO), who come out of the Dublin tech community, and are building a truly global company, operating in the…

Remote Working

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Ada Ventures Investment in Boundless
Ada Ventures Investment in Boundless
Remote Working

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·Jun 22, 2021

Ada’s 1st Hire

Check and I have had many “o wow!” moments over the past couple of years, and here’s another big one we wanted to share with you. In yet another pinch-ourselves event, the amazing Xun Ning Choong has joined Ada Ventures as Head of Operations! At Ada, Xun will be helping…

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Ada’s 1st Hire
Ada’s 1st Hire
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