Angel Academe
Angel networkLondon · Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
Angel Academe backs exceptional female founders through a diverse angel network and an associated EIS fund — described as the UK's first EIS fund for female founders. It invites angel investors to co-invest, encourages female founders to apply to pitch to its network, and works with a curated group of sponsors and partners. The focus is on improving gender diversity in early-stage investment by channelling angel capital and EIS-structured funding into companies led by women.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's website & curatedWhat they invest in
from 38 of 50 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×14Fintech ×11SaaS ×11Digital Health ×8Healthtech ×7FemTech ×5Medical Devices ×5Biotech ×3
HQs:United Kingdom×17United States×1
Investments · 50 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 12024 · 12022 · 14 dated
aflo is a digital health platform that automates and corrects inhaler technique for patients with asthma and COPD, combining daily inhalation scores with air quality and behavior data to improve symptom control.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsClarendon Fund Managers Ltd.
Data science-backed hiring platform built on structured models and predictive analytics, acquired by Phenom in 2026 after scaling to 500+ customers.
Ayda is a payment platform for the market research industry that disburses participant incentives globally, offering direct bank payments in 64+ countries plus PayPal and voucher options across 190+ countries.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Béa provides an at-home fertility treatment and care service designed to help people conceive without relying on timed intercourse, offering expert support from the start of the conception journey.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtech
Co-investorsAmboy Street VenturesCalm/Storm VCMolten VenturesOctopus VenturesQVentures7percent Ventures
Behaviour Lab is a software and analytics firm that helps portfolio managers, asset owners, and wealth managers identify and reduce the effect of statistical and unconscious biases in their investment decisions.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsFounders FactoryFounders Factory NY
Audience engagement and marketing platform tapping into GenY and Z buying power.
Co-investorsSalica Investments
Co-investorsAmrock Ventures
Cytochroma provides genetically diverse iPSC-derived human cell models, high-throughput screening, and phenotypic data (branded "Wet AI") for drug discovery and preclinical validation.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechEdinburgh, GB
Co-investorsScottish EnterpriseVentureLink LP
Deployed is a document assembly platform that helps teams create accurate business documents (Statements of Work, NDAs, project briefs, and related agreements) through guided questionnaires and pre-approved clause libraries, rather than template editing.
Enterprise SoftwareLegalTech
Kayleigh Kuptz(CEO)
Co-investorsAmrock VenturesM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
Adora Women's Health provides clinically-led menopause and menstrual health support for employers, offering consultations, training, and education sessions as part of workplace benefits and wellbeing programs.
Digital HealthFemTechHR Tech
Co-investorsCambridge Angels groupNina Capital
Dressipi provides fashion-specific AI for apparel retailers, offering automated product tagging, personalized product recommendations, and outfit recommendations to improve product discovery and revenue.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail Tech
Sarah McVittie(Co-founder)Donna North(Co-founder)
Co-investorsG-ForceSouth East Angels
EnterpriseAlumni provides a corporate alumni engagement platform that helps companies build and manage networks of former employees for sales, recruitment, and brand advocacy.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsBackedBY Venture PartnersD4 Ventures
Envolve provides an AI-powered virtual shopping assistant that answers customer queries in real time, improves site navigation, and aids product discovery for online stores.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail Tech
Uses AI to release value from the content and media ecosystem through intelligent music tagging and recommendation.
Fiskl offers an AI-driven accounting and invoicing platform for small businesses, freelancers, creators, and startups, with real-time cash flow tracking, automated transaction categorization, and reconciliation.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSLondon, GB
Alina Vader Lapusneanu(Founder)Shawn A. Vader(Founder)
Co-investorsLyall Ventures
Forte Medical designs precision urine collection devices (the Peezy Midstream, First Stream and Twin Stream range) that capture specific parts of the urine flow for reliable diagnostic testing.
FemTechHealthtechMedical Devices
Good-Loop offers advertising solutions that help brands run purpose-driven campaigns tied to charitable causes and measure and reduce the environmental impact of their advertising.
AdTechClimate TechMarketing TechEdinburgh
Amy Frances Williams(Director)Natasha Taylor(Director)Alexander Scurlock(Director)Austin Davis(Director)David William Luttrell(Director)
ImproveWell provides a real-time feedback and continuous improvement platform for health and care organisations, offering tools such as an idea hub, pulse surveys, and a sentiment tracker.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Inicio AI offers Budgie, a specialist conversational AI virtual agent that conducts income and expenditure affordability assessments with consumers 24/7.
AI & Machine LearningFintech
Rachel Curtis(CEO)
Co-investorsFuture Planet CapitalHaatchMint VenturesMorgan Stanley
Innovate UK Business Connect (formerly KTN) is a strategic delivery partner to Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, that connects businesses, researchers, investors and partners to funding opportunities, partnerships and expert support.
Deep TechGovTechImpact & Social Good
Co-investorsInnovate UK Investor Partnerships
Insurtech platform providing flexible insurance for the self-employed and SMEs.
Co-investorsBritish Design Fund
Loowatt develops a patented waterless, chemical-free flush toilet that seals waste in a lining and offers end-to-end sanitation-as-a-service, including servicing and processing of waste into biogas and fertiliser via anaerobic digestion.
Circular EconomyCleantechHardware
Virginia Gardiner(CEO + Founder)
Co-investorsOxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION)Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Movetru provides on-field movement analytics that track how athletes move, land, load, cut, and perform.
AI & Machine LearningSports TechWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsTwo Magnolias
Nuggets provides a cryptographic trust layer that sits across existing IAM, PAM, and cloud infrastructure to give autonomous AI agents verifiable identity, delegated authority, consent, and policy enforcement at the moment of action.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
PheroSyn develops and supplies pheromone-based insect monitoring and control products for farmers, using synthetic insect pheromones to target specific pests such as pea midge, pea leaf weevil, saddle gall midge, pear gall midge and wheat midge while reducing pesticide use.
AgTechBiotechCleantech
Co-investorsRockstartSustainable VenturesTall Grass Ventures
Pivigo is a UK-based company that helps businesses apply AI and data science to their operations, offering delivery, consulting, and data science services.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesData & InfrastructureFuture of Work
Jason Muller(Co-founder & CEO)
Co-investorsMerian VenturesQVenturesCraigie CapitalLondon Co-Investment Fund
PreActiv offers a digital prehabilitation platform designed to help patients prepare for surgery, such as hip replacements, in order to reduce complications and shorten hospital stays.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsExceptional VenturesOxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION)
Provenance operates a claims-validation framework that independently verifies product sustainability and quality claims for consumer brands, mapping them to certification bodies and regulatory standards.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupMerian VenturesOpen Data Incubator for Europe (ODINE)Working Capital FundNordic Eye Venture Capital
Salve is a Fertility Experience Platform that provides fertility clinics with unified patient communication, automated workflows, patient education, and secure data handling in a single app.
Digital HealthFemTechSaaSMiami, US
Rogers Niki(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBethnal Green Ventures
Samphire Neuro makes the Nettle Headband, a medical-grade wearable that uses neurostimulation to manage mood and chronic pain symptoms linked to hormonal changes across the menstrual cycle.
Digital HealthFemTechMedical Devices
Emilė Radytė(CEO)
Co-investorsAfterWork VenturesAlberts Impact VenturesCVX VenturesFirstpickFortify VenturesInventure+3 more
ScaleXP is an AI-powered finance platform that automates revenue recognition, billing, subscription management, and month-end close by connecting accounting, billing, and CRM systems into one source of truth.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsCambridge Angels groupFounders Factory
SupaPass provides no-code technology that lets content creators and businesses build their own branded websites and apps to host and monetize content, keeping full revenue and direct customer relationships instead of relying on social media or streaming platforms.
Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Juliana Meyer(Founder)in
Co-investorsAnglia Capital GroupCoral Reef IO
SyndicateRoom operates tax-efficient EIS and SEIS investment funds that let investors build diversified portfolios of early-stage UK startups by co-investing alongside experienced angel investors.
Fintech
Co-investorsCambridge Angels group
Co-investorsSalica Investments
Uncommon Bio has sold its cultivated meat platform to Vow and is now focusing on SymphoRNA, leveraging its nucleic acid delivery technology.
Biotech
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalGlobal Brainredalpine
Co-investorsCambridge Angels group
YEO provides continuous facial recognition and biometric identity verification technology that checks user presence throughout a session rather than only at login, with biometric data stored on-device.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep Tech
Co-investorsSeedrs
Zonova Tech develops Z-ROS, an antimicrobial technology engineered directly into medical or other devices to provide built-in protection against microbes.
HealthtechMedical DevicesNew Materials
Co-investorsTHENA Capital
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioAppliedacq. by Phenom People
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesInnovate UK Business Connect · iuk-business-connect.org.uk · Aug 19, 2026
Akoni · vanguardngr.com · Jul 23, 2026
PreActiv · trysignalbase.com · Jul 18, 2026
Abundance · prospect.org · Jun 12, 2026
Zonova · moonshotcapital.substack.com · May 31, 2026
Béa Fertility · syndicateroom.com · Mar 24, 2026
Cytochroma · rarerevolutionmagazine.com · Dec 15, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Angel Academe made?
- Angel Academe has 51 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Angel Academe invest at?
- Angel Academe invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Angel Academe's typical check size?
- Angel Academe typically writes checks of $11K – $385K.
- What sectors does Angel Academe focus on?
- Angel Academe focuses on Cleantech, Cybersecurity, Digital Health, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Medical Devices, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Angel Academe located?
- Angel Academe is headquartered in London, GB.
- Does Angel Academe lead rounds?
- Angel Academe typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Angel Academe co-invest with?
- Angel Academe most often shares deals with Cambridge Angels group, Founders Factory, Merian Ventures, among 50 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamThe Business of Backing Women: Inside Angel Academe with Sarah Turner
VC10X with Prashant Choubey · Sarah Turner
Championing female founders and investors with Sarah Turner, Angel Academe
Cambridge Tech Podcast · Sarah Turner
#86, CEO and Co-founder of Angel Academe, Sarah Turner: Diversifying Angel Investment
The Tech Leaders Podcast · Sarah Turner
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