Emma Steele
Partner @ Ascension
London, United Kingdom
Emma Steele is a seed investor at Ascension in London focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Emma Steele
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 82%
Last updated:
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Industries Emma Steele invests in
Stages Emma Steele invests in
Countries Emma Steele invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 4 (36%)
- FinTech 3 (27%)
- B2B 2 (18%)
- Apps 2 (18%)
- Wellness 2 (18%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (64%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (18%)
- Series A 1 (9%)
- Funding Round 1 (9%)
Country
- United Kingdom 9 (82%)
- Australia 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Jarvis
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Jarvis offers a platform for managing lifetime pensions, featuring a retirement calculator and financial insights. | $2.3M / Seed / Jul 24, 2024 | |
Happl
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Tahora is a workplace connectedness technology that transforms people's favorite things into real-world connections. Founded in 2020 and is based in London, England, United Kingdom. | $3M / Seed / Apr 08, 2024 | |
Happl
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Our goal is to make Happl the leading People Experience platform for businesses across the globe. We want every manager to feel empowered to engage and support their teams, to make sure employees feel like they belong. | $3M / Seed / Apr 08, 2024 | |
SuperFi
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SuperFi Finance is a financial application that provides personalized debt support. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in London, England. | $988K / Pre-Seed / Jul 27, 2023 | |
Plend
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Plend is building a better way to borrow where consumers are no longer held back by credit history.Built on the belief that one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to credit, Plend was created to enable wider access to truly affordable loans, underpinned by new and innovative advances in open-banking powered credit scoring in order to create afairer future for borrowers.The company was founded in 2020 and is based in London, England. | $45.5M / Seed / Nov 02, 2022 | |
Kettel Homes
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Helping first-time buyers achieve their dream of homeownership | Seed / May 01, 2022 | |
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Kettel Homes
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Helping first-time buyers achieve their dream of homeownership | Pre-Seed / May 01, 2022 | |
CourtCorrect
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CourtCorrect started to provide digital legal support services, which has grown into a full-fledged online legal system. CourtCorrect provides cutting-edge technology that takes out the complexity and cost of resolving disputes. AI makes legal support affordable for everyone. AI-powered claims handling reduces the workload and legal risks forbusinesses.CourtCorrect matches the law firms and insurers with our clients, scaling up their business and reducing their work with AI management solutions. CourtCorrect offers a space for courts, ombudsmen, and ADR to adjudicate online, making them faster, more effective, and transparent. | $2.7M / Seed / Nov 08, 2021 | |
BEPPS Snacks
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BEPPS Snacks are chickpea snacks with black-eyed pea inclusions that pack a flavourful punch. | $552.2K / Seed / Jul 13, 2021 | |
We are Digital
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We are Digital launched in 2012 and is one of the UK’s leading digital and financial inclusion training providers to councils, housing associations, charities, corporates and the general public. After taking over responsibility for Digital Unite’s tutor network in October 2015, we now have the largest centrally controlled network of tutors in theUK and are a major provider of digital and financial inclusion support to over 60 housing associations. | $2M / Series A / Apr 30, 2019 | |
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Co-Investors
Haatch
6 deals together
Fair By Design Fund
4 deals together
Visionaries Club
3 deals together
ClearlySo
2 deals together
Nationwide
2 deals together
NBS Ventures
2 deals together
About Ascension
Ascension is an early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs to back the next generation of tech and impact founders.Run by an experienced and diverse team of successful entrepreneurs, we have been relentlessly dedicated to finding the UK’s best Seed-stage startups since 2014.Ascension benefits from the active industry connections essential forthe sourcing and development of deal-flow and due diligence. The team has co-invested with the UK’s leading angels and VCs, key to securing follow-on funding as the portfolio businesses move to their next stage of growth.We believe in building an inclusive, community driven brand that can benefit the wider UK tech ecosystem and strive to work with conviction, integrity, humour, and humility.
Ascension Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Jean Rollet de Fougerolles
Managing Partner & Founder
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Craig Fletcher
Venture partner and investment committee member
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Emma Blackburn
CFO
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Emma Steele
Partner
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Ian McClelland
Venture Partner
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FAQ
What does Emma Steele invest in?
Emma Steele invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 11 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 Emma Steele last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Emma Steele closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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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