# Ada Ventures

> Ada Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 76 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 76
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 37%
- Last fund: Mar 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ada-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/adaventures
- Website: https://www.adaventures.com/

Ada Ventures is a pre-seed inclusive venture capital firm that invests in the best, not just the best-connected. They find and fund the Ada Lovelaces of today. Backing European founders building businesses for a better human future. They invest £250K - £1M in technology companies across climate equity, economic empowerment and healthy ageing. Adainvests in purpose-led founders building for markets that are large, untapped and growing. Their approach drives outperformance, which they call Inclusive Alpha®.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$6.8M |
| Pre-Seed | $507k–$1.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 12% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 11% |
| Health Care | 7 | 9% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 8% |
| Internet | 5 | 7% |

86 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 32 | 42% |
| Pre-Seed | 23 | 30% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 5% |
| Series A | 3 | 4% |
| Angel | 1 | 1% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 47 | 62% |
| Denmark | 3 | 4% |
| Ireland | 2 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Francesca Warner | Founding Partner | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francesca-warner |
| Michael Tefula | Principal & Head of Product | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-tefula |
| Christian Tooley | Ada Ventures Angel | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-tooley-9361 |
| Diarra Smith | Head of Portfolio and Brand | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diarra-smith-6892 |
| Elizabeth Shaw | Venture Scout | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elizabeth-shaw-2bd5 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cascade | Cascade is an AI platform that helps engineering, architecture, and construction firms predict upcoming projects and automatically find, score, and write proposals for high‑fit contracts, so they can win more work with less manual effort. | $3.5M | Seed | Jul 21, 2026 |  |
| Juno Bio | Juno Bio uses machine learning and state of the art bioinformatics to analyse and predict how best to manipulate microbiomes, significantly reducing the time and resources needed to improve their functionality. | $3.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| Tyred | Tyred is revolutionising micromobility with a service philosophy built in three core pillars: simplicity, convenience, and scalability. | $3.4M | Seed | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| Alcolase | Alcolase is a Danish life science start-up that specializes in alcohol flushing. | $1.7M | Seed | May 18, 2026 |  |
| Alcolase | Alcolase is a Danish life science start-up that specializes in alcohol flushing. | $1.7M | Seed | May 18, 2026 |  |
| Gizmo | Gizmo develops educational software that utilizes generative AI learning to engage learners for better learning. The software generates quizzes from a user’s class notes, which can either be copied and pasted into the platform or the AI can pull out information from PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, web pages, or even a YouTube video, allowing themto adapt the study material faster and learn more. | $22M | Series A | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| Qoro Quantum | Qoro Quantum is an information technology company that offers software and quantum computing services. | $750K | Pre-Seed | Apr 09, 2026 |  |
| Jack & Jill AI | Jack & Jill AI is the creator of an AI-powered recruiting tool that aims to automate the job search process. It provides job offers and interview assessments, allowing users to locate jobs without the inconvenience caused by traditional techniques. | $20M | Seed | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| Aerska | Aerska is a biotechnology company that is creating RNA medications to treat, postpone, and prevent brain disorders. | $21M | Seed | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Boldr | Boldr is building the largest residential power plant enabling homes to provide peak capacity to the grid. An energy management platform that allows homeowners to connect traditional energy assets in the home, optimise usage, reduce bills and connect to local grid operators for grid balancing operations. Starting with the largest residential energymarket in the USA - HVAC. | $3.2M | Seed | Sep 25, 2025 |  |

10 of 76 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Selvedge Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/selvedge-venture) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Ventures Together](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ventures-together) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bethnal Green Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bethnal-green-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Entrepreneurs First](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrepreneurs-first) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ada Ventures invest in?

Ada Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 76 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ada Ventures's check size?

Ada Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$6.8M at Seed and $507k–$1.4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ada Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Ada Ventures?

Public channels for Ada Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Ada Ventures?

The team at Ada Ventures includes Francesca Warner (Founding Partner), Michael Tefula (Principal & Head of Product) and Christian Tooley (Ada Ventures Angel), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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