Cornerstone VC Website, Blog & Press Pages

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Dean Forbes/team/dean-forbes
Dean also topped 2025 Powerlist as the UK’s most influential black person. Dean also founded Forbes Family Group (FFG) which supports community projects and empowers minority-owned businesses.
Edwin Appiah/team/edwin-appiah
Edwin is a founding general partner at Cornerstone VC, which invests in tech businesses led by diverse teams. He serves on Imperial College’s Enterprise Fund II investment committee and represents Cornerstone at the Development Bank of Wales Investment Forum.
Rodney Appiah/team/rodney-appiah
Cornerstone VC is an early-stage fund investing at pre-seed and seed in UK technology businesses led by diverse founding teams. Rodney is its founder and managing partner and a non-executive director of UKBAA and Conduit Connect.
Team/team
The company is a close-knit team that meets founders and hears their ideas. Its listed team members sit on its Investment Committee.

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Cornerstone VC is a venture capital fund focused on a ‘people first’ investment strategy, investing at pre-seed and seed stage in UK technology businesses.

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Litehaus raises €1.46M pre-seed to build home-building platformtechcrunch.com/2025/05/28/litehaus-raises-e1-7-million-pre-seed-to-build-home-building-marketplace/
Litehaus raises a €1.46 million pre-seed round to scale its home-building platform. The company connects landowners and property developers with construction companies, architects, contractors, and interior designers, while providing tools to track costs, schedules, and building progress. Co-led by Cornerstone VC and Explorer Fund, the round also includes Claster Group and angel investor Pascal Levy; Litehaus plans to use the funding to scale and hire across engineering, product, marketing, and operations.
May 2025 · TechCrunchNews article
Airbnb and fashion app By Rotation partner for free destination wedding outfitstechcrunch.com/2024/08/30/airbnb-and-fashion-app-by-rotation-partner-for-free-destination-wedding-outfits/
Airbnb partners with fashion-rental app By Rotation to offer complimentary outfit rentals to Airbnb guests attending destination weddings. Running from August to December, the program initially serves U.K. customers booking eligible stays in selected wedding destinations, with users applying through an Airbnb wedding-wardrobe page. By Rotation says it has more than 1 million downloads and 150,000 designer listings, and that revenue has grown 250% this year.
Aug 2024 · TechCrunchNews article