Michael Tefula

Investor-in-Residence

2023

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 - £1.5mn in UK technology companies across climate equity, economic empowerment and healthy ageing. If you are raising seed capital for your startup you can apply directly below: Fundraising: https://adaventures.typeform.com/AdaSubmissions

Ada Ventures Angel 2023

2023 - 2024

More about my angel investing activities at https://michaeltefula.gitbook.io/angel-investing/overview/j-curve-capital

Venture Partner

2020 - 2023

Advisory Board Member

2019

Advisory board member to the Oxford Seed Fund, a student-led venture capital fund at the University of Oxford.

Advisor

2023 - 2024

CFO

2022 - 2023

Head Of Finance

2020 - 2022

Advisor

2023 - 2024

Atomico Angel Programme 2022

2022 - 2024

Angel investor (Atomico Angel Programme 2022). My angel investment thesis is to back startups that advance 🧠human, 💸 financial, or 🌍 natural capital, at scale. You can read more about the thesis here https://michaeltefula.gitbook.io/angel-investing/overview/j-curve-capital

Principal (Downing Ventures)

2020 - 2020

Early-stage venture capital investor focused on Seed to Series A investments (£500k to £5m cheques).

Associate (Downing Ventures)

2017 - 2019

Analyst (Downing Ventures)

2017 - 2017

Board Director

2020 - 2020

Board Observer

2018 - 2020

Board Observer

2018 - 2020

Investor

2016 - 2017

The Oxford Seed Fund is a student-run fund that invests £15-25k in early-stage ventures founded by Oxford students and alumni. It provides funding and support to entrepreneurs, and it is part of the Entrepreneurship Centre at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.