# Stride.VC

> Stride.VC is a VC fund in London backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 85 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 85
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 58%
- Fund size: $135M
- Last fund: May 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stride-vc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/stride_vc
- Website: http://stride.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stridevc/2136390296624884

Stride.VC is a venture capital firm targeting seed stage startups. Founded in 2018, the firm is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Stride.VC. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Stride.VC. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/stride-vc?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.4M–$12M |
| Pre-Seed | $800k–$5.9M |
| Series A | $6.7M–$29M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 16 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 9 | 11% |
| SaaS | 8 | 9% |
| FinTech | 7 | 8% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 6% |

100 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 36 | 42% |
| Series A | 19 | 22% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 9% |
| Series B | 6 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 26 | 31% |
| France | 9 | 11% |
| Germany | 3 | 4% |
| United States | 3 | 4% |
| Spain | 2 | 2% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fred Destin | Founder | 77 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fred-destin |
| Cleo Sham | Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cleo-sham |
| Gabbi Cahane | Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabbi-cahane |
| Ron Bouganim | Investor | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ron-bouganim |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thema | Thema provides AI-powered infrastructure for analyzing market structure and building opportunities for private equity investors. | $4.5M | Pre-Seed | Feb 24, 2026 |  |
| TRIVER | Triver develops online and digital tools to assist and support various financial services. It is based in London, England. | $18.9M | Series A | Sep 23, 2025 |  |
| Conceivable Life Sciences | Conceivable Life Sciences is building the first fully automated IVF lab to democratize access to IVF. | $50M | Series A | Sep 15, 2025 |  |
| Buena | Home HT works on making housing better for everyone – starting with the easiest way for landlords to rent out their apartments. | $58.2M | Series A | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| Applied Computing | Foundational model for refining operations | $12.1M | Seed | May 28, 2025 |  |
| handly | handly is becoming the leading company in the Service Tech industry. We enable people to create their ideal living environment, while empowering home service companies to build their business and saving time for a quality life. | $3.9M | Seed | Feb 18, 2025 |  |
| Nodals AI | Nodals AI is a newly launched media buying platform that aims to enhance advertising performance by leveraging first-party data signals from media owners.Nodals AI seeks to address the evolving challenges in digital advertising where traditional identifiers like cookies are becoming less effective due to privacy concerns and regulatory changes. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Feb 05, 2025 |  |
| Kraaft | Kraaft.co is an instant messenger app dedicated to site monitoring for VRD public works trades: roads and various networks. Paris, Île-de-France in 2019. | $13.5M | Series A | Jan 21, 2025 |  |
| Conceivable Life Sciences | Conceivable Life Sciences is building the first fully automated IVF lab to democratize access to IVF. |  | Series A | Jan 14, 2025 |  |
| ARGO AI | At ARGO, we’re building a different kind of company — it’s insurance but vertically integrated from the ground up.For the first time, AI allows us to unify the three historically disconnected processes of insurance manufacturing into a single intelligent system. What was once fragmented now operates as one continuous, adaptive loop. At ARGOthat's what we have built as an AI-native company — vertically integrated commercial insurance, exclusively focused on serving private companies.This philosophy defines how we think and operate.We believe in control over every layer of our business. It may seem fanatical, but we see it as essential — the discipline that enables long-term focus, precision, and resilience. | $5M | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2024 |  |

10 of 85 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TrueSight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/truesight-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Entrée Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entree-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
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- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-twenty-minute-vc) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Third Kind Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-line-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Stride.VC invest in?

Stride.VC invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 85 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Stride.VC's check size?

Stride.VC typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$12M at Seed, $800k–$5.9M at Pre-Seed and $6.7M–$29M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Stride.VC participates in.

### How do I contact Stride.VC?

Public channels for Stride.VC include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Stride.VC?

The team at Stride.VC includes Fred Destin (Founder), Cleo Sham (Partner) and Gabbi Cahane (Partner). 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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