# Veridian Ventures

> Veridian Ventures is a VC fund backing Music, FinTech and Hardware. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/veridianventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/VeridianVenture
- Website: https://veridianventures.co.uk

Veridian Ventures is an angel syndicate offering carefully curated investment opportunities to their network of Investor Members.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 1 | 7% |
| FinTech | 1 | 7% |
| Hardware | 1 | 7% |
| Software | 1 | 7% |
| Retirement | 1 | 7% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 21% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dan Schönfeld | Founding Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-schonfeld |
| Marwan El-Hakim | Founding Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marwan-el-hakim |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maji | Maji is a science and AI technology platform and app, designed to manage consumer's pensions and plan for retirement. It is available through employers, pension providers, and financial service partners for whom it can cut costs and increase revenue. | $190.2K | Seed | Jan 17, 2024 |  |
| GridDuck | GridDuck transforms homes and businesses into part of the smart grid. GridDuck's gateway uses a Zigbee wireless network to connect to our plugs and relays. It monitors consumption data and executes your rule-sets. It connects to the cloud via ethernet, wireless or cellular network. The company's wireless plugs, relays and switchesmonitor real-time consumption patterns. Then can also monitor grid conditions and immediately respond to commands from the GridDuck gateway. | $631.5K | Series A | Nov 30, 2023 |  |
| Plum Fintech | Plum Fintech is the developer of Plum, a smart money app. Founded by Victor Trokoudes and Alex Michael in 2016, Plum automates the parts of personal finance that people find difficult or don’t have time for, with effortless saving, empowered spending and accessible investing. It offers the best financial products to help customers grow their moneyfor life, from pensions to tax-wrappers. Today, Plum has helped 2m people across Europe and has expanded to 10 countries. The team of 200+ are based in the company's London HQ as well as offices in Athens, Greece and Nicosia, Cyprus. | $5.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 29, 2023 |  |
| Democrance | An insurance technology company with a mission to create partnerships that make insurance accessible for those who need it most but can afford it least. | $3M | Series A | Oct 24, 2023 |  |
| Ambr AI | Ambr is a B2B SaaS solution focused on burnout prevention | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| WiseWorks | WiseWorks is a meeting automation platform helping corporate governance professionals reduce the time they spend on costly tasks. | $1.2M | Seed | Jul 04, 2022 |  |
| Torsion Information Security | Torsion delivers Confident Data Access Control. It helps you get control of who has access to what, why and when – among massive collections of files, folders and sites. Access to files and folders sprawls much faster than it is controlled. Constant sharing with little visibility or control of who has access to what, leads to significant securityand compliance challenges.Torsion integrates with your existing collaboration systems, working with business users to monitor and control access as circumstances constantly evolve. Working across Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Office 365 and File Share systems – to improve data security and simplify compliance. Unlike traditional data governance tools, Torsion focusses on the people in the business, to help them use information securely. Business users, not IT, are best positioned to understand who needs access to their information, and so we empower them without slowing them down.Torsion’s unique solution is cloud-first, smooth to deploy and affordable for businesses of all sizes. | $1.3M | Seed | Jun 29, 2022 |  |
| MusicGurus | Their teachers are all awe-inspiring, world-class musicians who’ve chosen to give back to the musical community by sharing their talent and knowledge with students across the world.Students subscribe monthly to access high-quality educational videos with useful camera angles, structured around specific topics and themes “a bit like a series ofmaster-classes”. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Democrance | An insurance technology company with a mission to create partnerships that make insurance accessible for those who need it most but can afford it least. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 07, 2021 |  |
| Travlet | Travlet is a digital concierge for hotels. They offer a platform that makes personalized recommendations for the best guest experiences and attractions, automatically. They offer digital concierge, contactless user journeys, travel, digital hotel services, marketing, travel technology, and hotel technology. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Wa’ed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/waed-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [APX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apxberlin) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bayes-entrepreneurship-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Business Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-growth-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eurobank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eurobank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Veridian Ventures invest in?

Veridian Ventures invests primarily in Music, FinTech and Hardware startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Veridian Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Veridian Ventures?

The team at Veridian Ventures includes Dan Schönfeld (Founding Partner) and Marwan El-Hakim (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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