Sure Valley Ventures
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
Sure Valley Ventures is a VC fund in London focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. SVV is a UK and Ireland focused VC Firm that since 2017 has invested in high potential, AI software companies. The team are former Founders turned Investors, bringing their decades of entrepreneurial experience to bear on finding the very best company founders to invest in. SVV invests in software companies that use foundational core AI technologies to solve real-world industry problems.
- Total investments:
- 62
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 45%
- Fund size:
- $32M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Sure Valley Ventures invests in
Stages Sure Valley Ventures invests in
Countries Sure Valley Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $889k–$4.8M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.5M–$4.1M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1.1M–$57M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 17 (27%)
- Artificial Intelligence 17 (27%)
- Information Technology 9 (15%)
- Virtual Reality 6 (10%)
- Cyber Security 4 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 27 (44%)
- Pre-Seed 10 (16%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (10%)
- Series A 5 (8%)
- Series B 3 (5%)
Country
- United Kingdom 22 (35%)
- Ireland 15 (24%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Downes
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 20 | Find email | |
Brian Kinane
Co-Founder & Partner
|
Co-Founder & Partner | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
|
Brian K.
Co-Founder & Partner
|
Co-Founder & Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Brian Kinane
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Cian Hughes
Partner and Head of Platform
|
Partner and Head of Platform | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nettle's AI synthesizes data from both internal and external sources, adding useful insights to underwriter-led desktop risk evaluations. | $4.8M / Seed / Oct 06, 2026 | ||
| Souk enables SaaS firms to recruit, launch and manage channel partners easily and accelerate deals together. | $1.6M / Pre-Seed / Sep 03, 2026 | ||
| BeCertain develops medical imaging software that applies artificial intelligence to support dental diagnosis. The company focuses on cloud-based clinical decision support tools that help dentists interpret 2D radiographs and 3D cone beam computed tomography scans. Its platform uses machine learning, statistical models, and image segmentation todetect dental pathologies, highlight critical anatomical structures, and assign confidence metrics to findings. The software is delivered through a browser-based, zero-installation interface designed to integrate with existing dental imaging workflows. BeCertain collaborates with oral health researchers and clinical practitioners to iteratively validate its algorithms and ensure defensible diagnostic outputs. The company targets dental practices, radiology services, and academic or hospital-based dental units seeking to standardize image assessment and reduce diagnostic variability. | $2.3M / Pre-Seed / Jul 16, 2026 | ||
| Xylo offers higher quality processes with full officer oversight, reducing planning uncertainty and boosting UK housing delivery. | $3.7M / Pre-Seed / Jul 01, 2026 | ||
| CameraMatics is a cutting-edge software platform that enables companies to manage fleet and driver risk by improving safety, reducing collisions and operating a safe, compliant fleet. | $56.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 10, 2026 | ||
| ManaMind is an AI-powered platform that automates video game quality assurance (QA) testing using autonomous bots to help developers identify bugs faster and cheaper. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Apr 30, 2026 | ||
| Audrey AI is an AI‑powered audit‑specific assistant that learns how an audit firm works, automates data‑collection and review tasks, and helps auditors focus on judgment rather than manual work. | $1.8M / Pre-Seed / Apr 16, 2026 | ||
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Ralio
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$2.5M / Pre-Seed / Apr 14, 2026 | ||
| Captur is an AI image data platform. The company provides image quality detection, instant decisions, no manual intervention, template workflows, and asset and workflow specific detection solutions. | $6M / Seed / Mar 10, 2026 | ||
| Overpath is a B2B team's AI-powered sales execution platform. To generate steady, predictable revenue, it examines actual sales behavior, finds execution gaps, and encourages the appropriate activities at the appropriate times. | $1.9M / Seed / Jan 29, 2026 | ||
| See all 62 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Sure Valley Ventures invest in?
Sure Valley Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 62 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Sure Valley Ventures invest in?
Sure Valley Ventures typically joins rounds of $889k–$4.8M at Seed, $1.5M–$4.1M at Pre-Seed and $1.1M–$57M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Sure Valley Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Sure Valley Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Sure Valley Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Sure Valley Ventures?
The team at Sure Valley Ventures includes Barry Downes (Managing Partner), Brian Kinane (Co-Founder & Partner) and Brian K. (Co-Founder & 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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