Ada Ventures

Ada Ventures is a pre-seed inclusive venture capital firm. We find and fund the Ada Lovelaces of today. Backing European founders building businesses for a better human future. We invest £250K - £1M in technology companies across climate equity, economic empowerment and healthy ageing.

Cascade raises a $3.5 million seed round from Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun, Ada Ventures, and Snowball VC to help architecture, engineering, and construction firms find and win projects. Its platform tracks current and upcoming projects and uses AI and prior tender data to identify opportunities and predict likely winners. Cascade says it has signed contracts with firms involved in building JFK and LaGuardia airports, Four Seasons hotels, and data centers, and will use the funding for go-to-market efforts, industry events, and engineering hires.

Jul 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

AI learning app Gizmo has raised $22 million in Series A funding after attracting more than 13 million users across over 120 countries. The company plans to use the capital to expand its engineering and AI teams and grow in the U.S. college market, scaling from seven employees to around 30; Shine Capital leads the round, with Ada Ventures, Seek Investments, GSV, and NFX participating.

Apr 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Valla raises a £2 million seed round led by Ada Ventures to make legal support more accessible to workers. Its platform helps users collect evidence and generate documents, then connects them with legal experts for coaching; a generative AI tool assists with case briefings, call notes, and administrative tasks. Valla says more than 12,000 workers have brought complaints against employers and negotiated settlements since its 2022 launch. The company plans to invest in marketing, worker-union and insurer relationships, and AI features, before expanding into small claims and tenancy.

Jun 2025 · TechCrunchNews article

Materials Nexus raises a £2 million seed round led by Ada Ventures, with MD One Ventures, the University of Cambridge, and angel investors Andrew MacKay and Jasmin Thomas also participating. The U.K.-based company uses AI models to reduce physical testing and accelerate the discovery of new materials. It plans to use the funding to scale its commercial and scientific operations and test alternatives for materials used in products such as semiconductors and batteries.

Jul 2023 · TechCrunchNews article