# Ariadne Capital Limited

> Ariadne Capital Limited is a VC fund in Malta backing Mobile and Publishing. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Malta, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Nov 2015
- Lead investor: 15%
- Fund size: $202M
- Last fund: Jan 2016
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/ariadne-capital
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/AriadneCap
- Website: http://www.ariadnecapital.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AriadneCapital

Ariadne Capital Limited is a VC fund in Malta focused on Mobile and Publishing. Ariadne Capital is an investment and advisory firm that enables corporates who seek new digital revenues and startups who understand digital infrastructure. It specializes in sourcing funding, advising on business development, and exiting growth-stage digital companies. Ariadne Capital also brings its technology insight to corporates, advisingthem on innovating their business models, and how to work with entrepreneurs and high-growth startups to win in their markets.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $700k–$2.1M |
| Series A | $525k–$6.5M |
| Series B | $2.7M–$4.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 3 | 23% |
| Publishing | 3 | 23% |
| Hardware | 2 | 15% |
| Software | 2 | 15% |
| Messaging | 2 | 15% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 38% |
| Series A | 4 | 31% |
| Series B | 2 | 15% |
| Angel | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 46% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 38% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andy Horn | Director of Sales | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-horn |
| Nikhil Patwardhan | Senior Marketing Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nikhil-patwardhan |
| Shawna Warmington | Global Content Manager - Entrepreneur Country | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shawna-warmington |
| Steve Piper | Financial Controller | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-piper |
| Travis Baxter | Operating Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/travis-baxter |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Made TV | Made TV is the largest holder of local TV licenses in the UK, covering more than 11 million people across 5 stations: Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Teesside and Tyne & Wear. Made TV aims to become the premier source of all local information, entertainment and events across the whole of the UK connecting businesses and consumers in a way that islacking in the UK market. Made TV will be carried with prominent EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) positions on all major platforms including Channel 8 on Freeview and Channel 117 on Sky. | $4.6M |  | Nov 17, 2015 |  |
| Bloomy Days | Bloomy Days is a subscription-based fresh cut flower delivery service with headquarters in Germany. Bloomy Days currently delivers approximately 900 packages of fresh flower bouquets every week to businesses and private individuals. Customers can select the frequency of the delivery (e.g. weekly, bi-monthly, monthly), where Bloomy Days guaranteesthat flowers are no more than 7 days old. The company hand crops and prepares ready to use bouquets of flowers which are carefully selected from the market. Bloomy Days subscription model allows the company to avoid any inventory costs, ensuring strong cash flow and low capital requirements. |  | Series A | Mar 27, 2015 |  |
| Money Dashboard | Money Dashboard is an online personal financial management service allowing users to view their online financial accounts. Money Dashboard lets you see exactly where your money goes by showing all your current accounts, savings accounts and credit cards from whichever institutions you bank with, all together in one secure place.The service wasfirst released in 2010 to help people take control of their finances, and help empower them to make the right financial decisions in life.Money Dashboard is free; all you need is an online account with a UK bank, building society or credit card and access to the Internet. Money Dashboard means you keep an eye on your day-to-day spending, monitor whether you’re earning more than you’re spending, and making efficient use of any credit. It also lets you know if you’re likely to have any spare money left to spend at the end of the month. And for those who want to save, Money Dashboard uses your past spending patterns to predict future outgoings and potential savings so you can budget realistically for the future. Users save time and money, as Money Dashboard harnesses individual User spending patterns to offer less expensive products and services. | $3.7M | Series A | Jan 26, 2015 |  |
| Luno | Luno is a leading global cryptocurrency company with over 2 million customers in 40 countries and a team of over 250. Headquartered in London, Luno operates across Africa, South East Asia and Europe. Its products and services make it safe and easy to buy, store and learn about cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Luno’s vision is toupgrade the world to a better financial system. | $767K | Seed | Aug 19, 2014 |  |
| Jumo Health | Jumo Health develops age-appropriate, educational resources for patients and caregivers for use throughout their medical journey. It works with providers, manufacturers, and advocacy groups, to ensure resources are available at the moment of diagnosis, during a treatment regimen, or while participating in a clinical trial. The company was foundedin 2009 and is headquartered in New York, United States. | $4.5M | Series B | May 11, 2014 |  |
| GroundMetrics | GroundMetrics, Inc is the world leader in the development of land-based EM sensing and is working with oil, gas, mining, and geothermal companies to commercialize a new class of sensor system and methods and to provide advanced survey and monitoring services worldwide. GroundMetrics, Inc. spun-out of QUASAR Federal Systems (QFS) in 2010 with anexclusive license to productize QFS’s novel electromagnetic sensor technology for resource exploration, management and production. This technology offers advanced capabilities for electromagnetic (EM), induced polarization (IP) magnetotelluric (MT), and controlled-source EM (CSEM) surveys in arid regions common in Australia, Canada, Mongolia, Mexico, the Middle East, South America and the United States. Furthermore, it improves the precision, safety and economics of Borehole-to-Surface (BSEM) surveys and is ideal for time-lapse and continuous long-term monitoring applications such as reservoir imaging and monitoring for Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). GroundMetrics uses its proprietary sensors, noise mitgation methods and focused-azimuth borehole transmitter technology to provide survey and monitoring services directly to energy and mining companies. | $2.7M | Series B | Apr 23, 2014 |  |
| Quill | Quill has merged with Jellyfish to become their global Ecommerce Content capability, delivering multi-language content solutions that support Jellyfish’s cutting-edge digital transformation services | $6.5M | Series A | Mar 10, 2014 |  |
| TextPower | TextPower, Inc., was formed by two veteran entrepreneurs with deep experience in the wireless industry. The company's philosophy is different than most everyone else's in the SMS industry - we believe that there is a significant role to be played in the connectivity between people and machines that provides updates, alerts, informationand more via messages sent directly to a user's phone triggered by an event or threshold being reached. | $525K | Series A | Oct 17, 2013 |  |
| Quill | Quill has merged with Jellyfish to become their global Ecommerce Content capability, delivering multi-language content solutions that support Jellyfish’s cutting-edge digital transformation services | $1.5M | Seed | May 27, 2013 |  |
| Clickslide | ClickSlide can instantly create a Graphic User Interface for any API at minimal cost, with minimal effort and without writing code. It also offers a point and click CMS for all APIs with the ability to mashup services in no time. Optimised for all devices and web browsers, ClickSlide will be the most accessible way to create and deliver software. |  | Seed | Jan 07, 2013 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [37 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/37-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Launchpad LA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchpadla) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TCA Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tech-coast-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Calculus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/calculus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cowboy Technology Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cowboy-technology-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crescent Ridge Partners Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crescent-ridge-partners-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ariadne Capital Limited invest in?

Ariadne Capital Limited invests primarily in Mobile, Publishing and Hardware startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ariadne Capital Limited's check size?

Ariadne Capital Limited typically joins rounds of $700k–$2.1M at Seed, $525k–$6.5M at Series A and $2.7M–$4.5M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ariadne Capital Limited participates in.

### How do I contact Ariadne Capital Limited?

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### Who are the partners at Ariadne Capital Limited?

The team at Ariadne Capital Limited includes Andy Horn (Director of Sales), Nikhil Patwardhan (Senior Marketing Manager) and Shawna Warmington (Global Content Manager - Entrepreneur Country). 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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