Future VC

Pronghorn is a stand-alone business established to create a scalable template for diversifying an industry. The initial aim will be to cultivate the next generation of Black entrepreneurs, executive leaders and founders within the spirits industry through sustainable investment, incubation and recruitment. They are searching for an Investment Portfolio Associate to be based in New York City or Atlanta. Apply at the link below! #venturecapital, #vc

Future Planet Capital is a rapidly expanding venture capital firm with operations in the UK, US and Australasia. Their seed fund UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) nurtures innovative businesses, to leverage private investment and grow jobs, recycling profits from the realisation of our investments into the next generation of impactful UK companies. They are now looking for a new Investment Associate, more details linked. #venturecapital #vc

NEWS: Today we are thrilled to announce the oversubscribed final close of Ada Ventures Fund II at £63m/$80m. The £63m/$80m fund is dedicated to breakthrough ideas across the fund’s three themes: climate equity, healthy ageing and economic empowerment. We will continue to make pre-seed and seed investments between £250k and £1.5m And we’re already on our way. Our investment team has already partnered with 11 new companies across the UK including, BlakBear, Materials Nexus, OPENFORMAT, Juno Bio, PlannerPal, Multiomic Health, Glowb, Boldr, Greenworkx and Radiant Matter.   Our co-founding Partner, Francesca (Check) Warner, said: "We’re thrilled to announce the final close of our second fund. We’ve worked incredibly hard over the last five years to develop the systems and processes to turn our ambition to build a truly diverse and inclusive fund into reality. Strong returns are strongly correlated with inclusive investment. We want other funds to copy this blueprint. The excuse that diverse talent isn’t ‘out there’ is a cop out. We have proven that you can build a thriving, inspiring portfolio of diverse founders building breakthrough products and hugely valuable businesses." A big thank you to the LPs who joined Ada Ventures Fund II including British Business Bank, The University of Edinburgh, Big Society Capital, Legal & General Capital, Atomico, Export and Investment Fund of Denmark and Molten Ventures. They have been joined by a number of founder investors, including Taavet Hinrikus, co-founder of Wise, and Illusian Family Office, co-founded by Ilkka Paananen, co-founder and CEO of Supercell. Swipe right to learn more about Fund II's portfolio and follow the story in the comments below 👇 

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2024 Female Founders Day hosted at HSBC Innovation Banking last night!   It was amazing to have an all-star lineup for our VC Panel and startup pitch competition in celebration of #internationalwomensday. Our powerful panel included Ash Arora from LocalGlobe, Emma Steele from Ascension, Maya Ward from Gresham House Ventures, Anne-Laure Meynier from Apposite Capital, and Sarah Bertram Smith from HSBC Innovation Banking.   Congratulations to Ruby Raut from WUKA on winning the pitch competition 🏆🏆🏆 and to our runner up, Anita Borishade from First Portfolio. Well done to the other incredible founders in attendance, it was truly world class! - Peace Itimi (Velio .app), Gulsah Gulser (QUIN AI), Nele Wessels (Naeo Nutrition), Jess Woodward-Jones (Vizzy), and Patricia Garcia (unithrifts).   Thank you to our Pitch Competition Judges: Richard Howard from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Pia Hauch from Redpin, Ella Markham from Blissgrowth, and Toni Thorne. Another special thank you to the startup advisors, who prepared the founders to pitch at the event: Anishka Prasad from Future VC, Kelly Panes and  Sara Nahon from CVX Ventures, Natalia Rivas from Atlas Ventures (Moderator), and Marie-Louise Favre. Last, but not least, thank you to our sponsors, without whom we would not be able to provide the incredible venue or prizes HSBC Innovation Banking, Fox Williams, and AWS Startups). The event was followed by an incredible networking session at a discrete location. Join our mailing list to gain access to the photos (available next week). Enabling connections and providing ACCESS to venture capital and is what LVCN is all about. We can't wait to see you at the next one!! Visit londonvcnetwork.com to learn more. #vc #venturecapital #startups #startup #femalefounder #founders

🎓 Yesterday was a fun day as I was invited by King's College London to give a guest lecture on entrepreneurship. To be honest, I originally didn't know what I wanted to talk about. I was never a great student, and I wasn't sure if I am an expert in anything. But as I thought back to my founder days, there were things that I wish someone had told me which would have saved me a lot of time, mistakes and heartaches. With that, I thought it would be interesting to explore the founder vs investor mindset, and the things they look for in each other. The title of the talk naturally became "Both Sides of the Table". We touched on a lot of things including: 🤔 The Idea Maze 🏎 Rapid Iterations, Rapid Learnings 🤘 Product/Market Fit 👩🎤 Attributes of Outlier Founders (shout-out to Harry Briggs & Future VC) The students were engaged, they asked great questions and it was a wonderful experience. My thanks to Kamini Gupta for the opportunity to share some of my experiences as a founder and an angel investor. A special thank you to 🇮🇱 Dr. Yotam Levy for thinking of me as a potential guest lecturer. 👇 Here is a picture of me in action. Apparently I make weird faces when I'm in public speaker mode 😂

🎓 Yesterday was a fun day as I was invited by King's College London to give a guest lecture on entrepreneurship. To be honest, I originally didn't know what I wanted to talk about. I was never a great student, and I wasn't sure if I am an expert in anything. But as I thought back to my founder days, there were things that I wish someone had told me which would have saved me a lot of time, mistakes and heartaches. With that, I thought it would be interesting to explore the founder vs investor mindset, and the things they look for in each other. The title of the talk naturally became "Both Sides of the Table". We touched on a lot of things including: 🤔 The Idea Maze 🏎 Rapid Iterations, Rapid Learnings 🤘 Product/Market Fit 👩🎤 Attributes of Outlier Founders (shout-out to Harry Briggs & Future VC) The students were engaged, they asked great questions and it was a wonderful experience. My thanks to Kamini Gupta for the opportunity to share some of my experiences as a founder and an angel investor. A special thank you to 🇮🇱 Dr. Yotam Levy for thinking of me as a potential guest lecturer. 👇 Here is a picture of me in action. Apparently I make weird faces when I'm in public speaker mode 😂

"While total venture dollars in the U.S. fell 37% last year, funding to Black-founded startups dropped a staggering 71%"

Some brilliant investors listed in this piece from; changing the VC industry by backing some amazing founders! Daniel Acheampong, Yasmin Cruz Ferrine, Bonin Bough, Marcus Glover, Brian Brackeen, Candice Matthews Brackeen, Melissa Bradley, Mitch Brooks, Tristan W., Brandon Bryant, Henri Pierre-Jacques, Jarrid Tingle, Shila Nieves Burney, Austin Clements, Paul Judge, Tessa Flippin, Claude Grunitzky many more in the article!

Check out our first VC jobs LinkedIn Newsletter 👇 Let us know if you find it useful and get in touch if you want to add any open roles 💃🏻

Excited to represent Antler at the London Venture Capital Network event this evening, where I’ll be sharing insights on investing in underrepresented markets and breaking into VC. Looking forward to sharing the stage with Toyosi Ogedengbe at Ascension and Sam Sturm Founders Factory. Whether you're an investor or seeking like-minded connections, this event provides the perfect opportunity to mingle and enjoy drinks at the ZINC offices. #enterpreneurship #venturecapital #emergingmarkets #underservedcommunities