# Arāya Ventures

> Arāya Ventures is a VC fund in London backing Software, Generative AI and SaaS. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 70%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arayaventures/
- Website: https://araya.ventures/

Arāya Ventures is a venture capital investment firm that prefers to invest in companies operating in the pre-seed and seed sectors.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 30% |
| Generative AI | 3 | 30% |
| SaaS | 2 | 20% |
| Wellness | 2 | 20% |
| Health Care | 2 | 20% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 30% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 70% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bodycare | Bodycare engages in the manufacture and supply of fragrance, skincare, makeup, nails, hair, false tan, luxury bath, and body products. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 03, 2026 |  |
| BeatpulseLabs | With 500K+ hours of video, speech, and music data, BeatpulseLabs powers generative AI training across audio, video, and multimodal use. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Jun 08, 2026 |  |
| BeatpulseLabs | With 500K+ hours of video, speech, and music data, BeatpulseLabs powers generative AI training across audio, video, and multimodal use. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Jun 08, 2026 |  |
| Paypercut | Paypercut is a fintech startup that allows small and mid-scaled merchants to offer Buy Now, Pay Later at checkout via a single integration. | $5.8M | Seed | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| First Concepts | First Concepts delivers an intelligent creative workspace where agencies manage briefs, styles, assets and team collaboration. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 17, 2026 |  |
| MyARC | MyARC is a fitness app for content creators and their fans. | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 26, 2026 |  |
| Curvo AI | Curvo is building the real-time intelligence layer for sales, giving every rep the answers, structure, and confidence of a world-class performer, live on every call. We believe the future of AI is on-device and private, and that elite sales performance shouldn't depend on memory, luck, or years of experience. Curvo makes every call your bestone. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2025 |  |
| Unfabled | Unfabled is a women’s health consumer platform that delivers curated and personalised solutions. | $1.7M | Seed | Oct 13, 2025 |  |
| Capably AI | Capably empowers professionals to automate complex tasks with AI in minutes, regardless of their level of technical expertise. Operating autonomously in the background, Capably acts as an extension of the teams it supports, driving greater productivity and efficiency. Anyone in the company can use Capably to automate back-office tasks like dataentry and processing, generate insights and reports, manage projects, and more—all while the organisation maintains complete control and visibility over how and when employees delegate work to AI. | $4M | Seed | Apr 22, 2025 |  |
| Research Grid (R.grid) | R.grid has built machine learning-based software for medical research. | $6.4M | Seed | Nov 06, 2024 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Avalancha Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avalancha-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fuel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-ventures-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lighthouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lighthouse-ventures-6458) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Morgan Stanley](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morgan-stanley) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Arāya Ventures invest in?

Arāya Ventures invests primarily in Software, Generative AI and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Arāya Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Arāya Ventures closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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