# Design Age Institute

> Design Age Institute is a VC fund in London backing Apps, Family and Software. See 7 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/design-age-institute
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/designage_
- Website: https://designage.org

Design Age Institute is a VC fund in London focused on Apps and Family. Design Age Institute accelerates innovative startups with seed funding and mentoring to support improved health, well-being, and connection for ageing communities.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |
| Family | 1 | 14% |
| Software | 1 | 14% |
| Education | 1 | 14% |
| Consulting | 1 | 14% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 86% |
| Grant | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Centaur Robotics | Centaur believes mobility needs re-imagining to provide a real advantage for everyday human needs. Our vision is to challenge thinking through design and technology to create superhuman technology - that provides extra-ordinary mobility fit for humans in the 21st Century. |  | Seed | Feb 15, 2024 |  |
| Waymap | Waymap provides the world’s only navigation app that guides both indoors and outdoors. Waymap is a high-technology business that was founded to address the navigation needs of visually impaired persons. Their vision is to provide an inclusive navigation app, driven by cutting-edge technology. |  | Seed | Feb 15, 2024 |  |
| Applied Information Group | Applied Information Group is a design firm that designs and develops wayfinding and spatial experience and structures for clients. |  | Seed | Feb 15, 2024 |  |
| Play Well for Life | Play Well For Life is an educational games company that teaches children, teenagers, and parents about emotional intelligence through games. They all desire happy, free children. Included. Informed. Inspired. |  | Seed | Feb 15, 2024 |  |
| PROCare | PROCare is a shower and bathroom center that manufacture and distribute bathroom products such as shower trays, taps, lights, and heaters. |  | Seed | Feb 15, 2024 |  |
| BelleVie | BelleVie's vision is a world where those who receive and provide support are valued and thrive. BelleVie's radically different operating model of self-managing teams was inspired by the successful Buurtzorg model of nursing in the Netherlands. Unlike other care providers who are digitising a broken operating model, BelleVie addresses theroot cause, fixing the operating model and then digitising that. | $63K | Grant | Feb 15, 2024 |  |
| Hangar19 | Hangar19 is an engineering solutions provider that facilitates the creation and delivery of electric car services, equipment, and energy infrastructure. |  | Seed | Feb 15, 2024 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Design Age Institute invest in?

Design Age Institute invests primarily in Apps, Family and Software startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 7 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 Design Age Institute last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Design Age Institute closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 7 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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