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
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Min Investment:
$250,000.00Max Investment:
$1,000,000.00Target Investment:
$500,000.00
Skills
Education
- DU
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Investments
Work Experience
2024
Member of the Board of Advisors
2024
Member of the Advisory Board for Durham University Venture Labs
2018
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
2018 - 2023
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.