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Matt Penneycard

Partner at Ada Ventures | Pre-seed VC for extraordinary talent building breakthrough technology for the hardest problems we face. Investing in climate, economic empowerment and healthcare & ageing

London, England

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $500,000.00

Education

  • DU

    LLB Hons

    (1998 - 2001)

  • Queen Elizabeth's Hospital School

    (1991 - 1997)

Work Experience

  • Member of the Board of Advisors

    2024

    Member of the Advisory Board for Durham University Venture Labs

  • Partner

    2018

    Ada Ventures is the inclusive venture firm. Ada Ventures finds and funds extraordinary talent building breakthrough ideas for the hardest problems we face. We are investing out of our second fund and we invest £250,000 - £1m in UK technology companies across climate, economic empowerment and healthcare & ageing. If you are raising seed capital for your startup you can apply directly below: Fundraising: https://adaventures.typeform.com/AdaSubmissions

  • Member Board Of Trustees

    2018 - 2023

2018 - 2018

  • Venture Advisor

    2018 - 2018

2014 - 2017

  • Head of Downing Ventures

    2014 - 2017

    Early-stage technology investments.

2010 - 2015

  • Non Executive Director

    2010 - 2015

2013 - 2014

  • Director

    2013 - 2014

    M&A and Fund Raising for UK SMEs; and principal investing in fast growing technology companies.

2010 - 2013

  • Partner

    2010 - 2013

    Investing private equity and growth capital into technology companies in the US and UK.

2009 - 2010

  • Managing Director

    2009 - 2010

    · Sourcing and execution of US Financial Technology VC transactions ­ investing $5m ­ 15m per portfolio company. - Additional fund raising responsibilities.

2009 - 2009

  • Consultant

    2009 - 2009

    whilst waiting for US visa approval ­ developed later stage IT deal flow and execution capabilities at US/European Software and Digital Media focused VC.