Vala Capital are a sustainability-focused Venture Capital firm run by experienced entrepreneurs. We fund startup and early-stage UK business.
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 17
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 29.04.2021 | The Sustai... | sustainabi... | - | United Kin... |
| 20.01.2021 | Good Club | goodclub.c... | - | United Kin... |
| - | Instream | instreamen... | - | Canada, Br... |
| - | Arksen | arksen.com | - | - |
| - | RING POWER... | ringpowerc... | - | United Kin... |
| - | Hutch | hutch.io | - | United Kin... |
| - | VN Aerotox... | vn-ads.co.... | - | - |
| - | Playstack | playstack.... | - | United Kin... |
| - | Shackleton | shackleton... | - | Spain, Com... |
| - | Miappi | miappi.com | - | United Kin... |
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Persons 10
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Jake | Wombwell-P... | Investor -... | linkedin.c... | - | j**e@valac... | - |
| - | Tim | Meikle | Business D... | linkedin.c... | - | t*m@valaca... | - |
| - | Jonathon | Spanos | Head of Ve... | linkedin.c... | - | j******n@v... | - |
| - | Kasper | Hunt | CTO | linkedin.c... | - | k****r@val... | - |
| - | Mike | Bland | Systems Ad... | linkedin.c... | - | M**e@valac... | - |
| - | George | Robinson A... | Investment... | linkedin.c... | - | g****e@val... | - |
| - | Laura | Smith | - | linkedin.c... | - | l***a@vala... | - |
| - | Jasper | Smith | Chairman | linkedin.c... | - | j****r@val... | - |
| - | Jane | Holland | - | linkedin.c... | - | j**e@valac... | - |
| - | John | Oliver | Sales Dire... | linkedin.c... | - | j*********... | - |
News 38
| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.12.2020 | Vala recognised in two award categories at the Growth Invest... | Our investment in PlayWorks was named as one the most impactful investments, recognising both the wa... |
| 15.12.2020 | The art and science of valuing portfolio companies | A version of this article first appeared in FT Adviser. Valuing companies is complicated. McKinsey ... |
| 14.12.2020 | Project Ocean - Arksen begins construction of its 85ft explo... | Portfolio company Arksen has recently started work on Project Ocean - the fabrication of its 85ft ex... |
| 07.12.2020 | Perfect alignment - the five forces that mean it’s an ideal ... | Ban Ki-Moon, Former Secretary General of the United Nations At Vala, our goal is to spot emerging t... |
| 20.11.2020 | Intelligent Partnership shortlists Vala for four Growth Inve... | We are delighted to announce that Vala has been named as a finalist in four award categories for thi... |
| 09.11.2020 | How to help start-ups on their sustainability mission | By Max Middleton This article originally appeared in ESG Clarity We need to make sure every VC has... |
| 14.09.2020 | Video: In conversation with Jasper Smith and Jonathan Boltax | We strongly believe that investors should understand how we select businesses to invest in and the w... |
| 21.08.2020 | Video: In conversation with Paddy Willis and Paul Rostand | In case you missed it, here is a recording of our recent webinar. It features Vala's John Oliver int... |
| 03.08.2020 | The hidden human cost of Covid-19 | By Jasper Smith, Vala founder and CEO One of the key things to have come out of the Covid-19 lockdo... |
| 22.06.2020 | The ups and downs of managing a portfolio of start-ups durin... | Vala's ethos is based on the idea that the best people to help companies grow and succeed are fellow... |
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Mentions in press and media 3
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 04.10.2023 | Blue biotech firm FlexSea raises £2M for sustainable seaweed... | London-based blue biotech company FlexSea has raised a £2 million equity Seed round led by Indico Ca... | tech.eu/20... |
| 30.08.2022 | So fresh and so clean: Oxwash soaks up £10 million and recei... | London-based Oxwash has been going about its business when it comes to taking on the environmental t... | tech.eu/20... |
| 30.08.2022 | So fresh and so clean? Oxwash soaks up £10 million and recei... | London-based Oxwash has been going about its business when it comes to taking on the environmental t... | tech.eu/20... |