# Cardiff Wine Passport

> Cardiff Wine Passport is a VC fund in Cardiff backing Software and Information Services. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cardiff-wine-passport/
- Website: https://www.cardiffwinepassport.co.uk/

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Information Services | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Optimise AI | Optimise AI is an It consulting firm. | $951.3K | Seed | Jul 25, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [British Business Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/british-business-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capital Dynamics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-dynamics) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Carbon13](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carbon13) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- ccha — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Clean Energy Dynamics — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Coyote Ugly Saloon — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Cardiff Wine Passport invest in?

Cardiff Wine Passport invests primarily in Software, Information Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Cardiff Wine Passport last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Cardiff Wine Passport closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 1 investment 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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