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.
Employees: 1-10
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed
Portfolio 22
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 13.09.2024 | Definely | definely.com | $10.8M | United Kin... |
| 13.09.2024 | Jarvis | getjarvis.app | $2.33M | - |
| 13.09.2024 | Exactly.ai | exactly.ai | $4.33M | - |
| 13.09.2024 | Capsa AI | capsa.ai | $2.24M | - |
| 13.04.2024 | anqalab.com | - | - | |
| 13.04.2024 | Flair Impa... | flairimpact.com | - | United Kin... |
| 13.04.2024 | Audiomob | audiomob.com | $14M | United Kin... |
| 09.02.2024 | Evaro | evaro.com | $1.51M | United Kin... |
| 09.02.2024 | Aster | astercare.com | - | United Sta... |
| 24.05.2023 | Storia, Yo... | storia.world | - | United Kin... |
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Persons 6
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Edwin | Appiah | General Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | e***n@corn... | - |
| - | Vanessa | Mbamalu | Analyst | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Wilfred | Fianko | General Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | w*****d@co... | - |
| - | Ella | Wales Bonn... | General Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | e**a@corne... | - |
| - | Rodney | Appiah | Managing P... | linkedin.c... | - | r****y@cor... | - |
| - | Savina | Doshi | Visiting A... | linkedin.c... | - | s****a@cor... | - |
Mentions in press and media 8
| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.01.2024 | This UK-based startup founded by emergency doctor aims to make healthcare accessible, raises €1.3M | Read this article in: UK-based Evaro, a digital health startup that offers AI-powered clinical and drug prescription services for minor conditions, announced that it has secured $1.5M (approximately €1.38M) in a seed round of funding. The i... |
| 05.07.2023 | Cornerstone VC hires Ella Wales Bonner as first female partner | Cornerstone VC, one of the leading funds in the U.K. with a diversity-led investment thesis, announced today the hiring of its latest partner: Ella Wales Bonner. She will be the fund’s first female partner and will also focus time on buildi... |
| 22.05.2023 | Groupthink And Operational Inexperience Are Stifling The European Venture Product | Berlin's SuperVenture conference provides an opportunity for the European VC community to reflect ... [+] following a difficult year for venture investmentAda Ventures |
| 04.08.2022 | BGF leads investment into Cornerstone VC, a new £20m diversity-focused fund | Cornerstone VC, born out of black-led angel group Cornerstone Partners, has launched a £20m fund to invest in exceptional entrepreneurs in the UK from diverse backgrounds. The fund will focus on tech-enabled companies at pre-seed and seed ... |
| 03.08.2022 | Cornerstone VC launches £20m fund for diverse UK tech founders | Cornerstone VC has reached the first close of its £20m fund to invest in UK tech startup founders from diverse backgrounds. Founded from the angel group Cornerstone Partners, the venture capital firm will focus on early-stage startups, prov... |
| 03.08.2022 | UK’s Cornerstone VC launches €23.9M fund to invest in entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds | London-based Cornerstone VC announced on Wednesday that it has launched a £20M (approximately €23.91M) fund to back ‘exceptional entrepreneurs in the UK from diverse backgrounds’. The round was led by BGF and The Hg Foundation. Atomico, one... |
| 03.08.2022 | Cornerstone VC announces a €23.9 million fund to back diverse teams in the UK | London-based Cornerstone VC has announced the first close of its fund at about €23.9 million. The fund will back entrepreneurs and innovators that are underrepresented and startups led by diverse teams. Investment and funding have a diversi... |
| 08.03.2022 | Cornerstone VC unveils £20 million fund to back startups led by diverse teams in UK | According to Atomico’s 2021 ‘State of European Technology’ report, just over 1% of overall VC funding in Europe went to founding teams solely made up of ethnic minorities. Stepping up to change the situation, Cornerstone VC, born out of bla... |