Sure Valley Ventures
Venture capitalLondon · Seed–Series B
Also known as SVV (Sure Valley Ventures)
Investment thesis
Early investor founded by former startup builders (incl. Barry Downes of FeedHenry), focused on AI/AR‑VR/security, built its own AI sourcing database and a GPT term-sheet negotiation tool.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
What they invest in
from 28 of 33 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×22SaaS ×11Enterprise Software ×8Cybersecurity ×4Deep Tech ×4Developer Tools ×4Fintech ×4Gaming ×4
HQs:United Kingdom×6United States×2Ireland×1
Investments · 33 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 22024 · 12023 · 15 dated
Astut develops a hybrid AI system for supporting high stakes unseen decisions (HSUD), where organisations face one-off, irrevocable strategic choices with no prior outcomes to learn from.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software
Pete Grindrod(CEO)Sharon Whiteside(Head of Data & Analytics, CTO)
Co-investorsFuture Planet CapitalUK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
Audrey is an audit-specific AI platform that adapts to an accounting firm's methodology, historical audits, and existing tools to automate PBC requests, data validation, and test procedures while producing review-ready workpapers with full traceability.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsDelta Partners
CameraMatics provides a fleet safety and management platform combining 360-degree vehicle camera systems with AI risk detection, telematics, driver workflow apps, asset monitoring, and ESG emissions reporting.
IoTMobility & TransportationSaaS
Co-investorsPuma Private EquitySalica InvestmentsBlume EquityIreland Strategic Investment Fund
Capably provides enterprise AI automation using agentic AI to handle routine work and support critical tasks, offering a proprietary stack with governance, safety, and industry-tailored automation.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Nicolas Trésegnie(Co-Founder)Rafa Pulido(Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBoost Capital PartnersHaatchAraya VenturesAscensionWayra
Captur provides on-device image validation and scoring against user-defined policies for field teams and enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Charlotte Bax(Founder)in
Co-investorsMMC VenturesRally Ventures Management, LlcRLC VenturesAscension VenturesTwo Culture Capital
Casey Insure uses technology to help businesses find appropriate insurance coverage across more than 100 insurance carriers at competitive prices.
FintechInsurTechSan Francisco, US
Maximilian Thoelen(Founder)inNico Hänggi(Founder)inPascal Küng(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorDelta PartnersEnterprise Ireland
Disseqt provides an AI assurance platform that verifies, stress-tests, and monitors enterprise AI systems, including agentic workflows, across pre- and post-deployment stages.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsDelta Partners
Elelem provides an AI-powered on-site answer tool that responds to visitor questions to increase conversion and retain traffic lost to AI search, and offers an "elelem Score" to measure AI citation quality.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
FloxMind provides a managed platform for decentralised robotic coordination in warehouses, using edge computing to orchestrate robots without a central server or vendor lock-in.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics
Co-investorsHeartfelt Capital
Inephany develops Paramorph, a foundation model for neural network optimisation that dynamically adjusts hyperparameters and training behaviour at runtime to improve convergence, scalability, and system performance.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsLondon, GB
John Torr(Founder)
Ittybit builds a private, searchable media library that lets teams index their video content and extract structured data from it.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsGMG VenturesMercuri.vcOxford
Jaid offers an AI-based "Agentic Case Manager" that interprets unstructured client communications such as emails, extracts data, and turns them into structured, auditable case-management workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsProject Voice Capital Partners
Jentic offers a self-hosted, open-source control layer that sits between enterprise AI agents and the APIs they use, connecting to internal systems and 1500+ public SaaS APIs while scoping agent access, injecting credentials at runtime, and auditing every call.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Literal Labs develops logic-driven AI technology, positioning its work as an alternative approach to machine learning.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechIoT
Noel HurleyLeon FeddenProfessor Alex YakovlevProfessor Rishad Shafik
Co-investorsGMG VenturesMercuri.vcNorthern Gritstone
Momntum offers an AI customer conversation platform ("Laila") that unifies messaging across channels like WhatsApp, webchat, email, and calls, maintaining context and building customer profiles from sentiment, preferences, and behavior patterns.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Ralio provides a trust and safety layer that sits between AI agents and existing payment rails, verifying agent identity and intent, enforcing spend limits and approval rules, and logging every transaction before money moves.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
Ghali(Cofounder & CEO)
Co-investorsAdelineLove Ventures
Unity is a cross-platform real-time development engine and creation platform used by content creators and developers to build games and interactive experiences for mobile, PC, console, and extended reality (XR) devices.
AdTechCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareGamingSan Francisco, US
David Helgason(Co-founder & CEO 2004–2014)inJoachim Ante(Co-founder & CTO 2004–2023)Nicholas Francis(Co-founder & Chief Creative Officer 2004–2013)inMatthew Bromberg(Chief Executive Officer and President)
Co-investorsEdge VCEQUIAMEvolution VC PartnersGP BullhoundiGlobe PartnersInterlace Ventures+13 more
VividQ develops computational holography software, including an end-to-end holographic software framework and algorithms for high-quality holographic displays.
Deep TechGamingHardwareCambridge, GB
Aleksandra PedraszewskaTom Durrant
Co-investorsCambridge Angels groupUTECUTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd.
Co-investorsOxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION)
Vortex IQ is an AI operating system for eCommerce that connects a store and its tools across 200+ connectors, continuously detecting issues, diagnosing root causes, and executing approval-gated fixes across areas like SEO, merchandising, paid media, inventory, and retention.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail Tech
Wia is an energy intelligence platform that ingests data from every meter and source (IoT, BMS, invoices, cloud) across large building portfolios and unifies it into one view for monitoring electricity, gas and water consumption, anomaly detection, forecasting and capex modelling.
CleantechEnergyIoT
Zenos Interactive provides a real-time 3D infrastructure that extracts live game state and 3D assets from any video game without publisher tools or server access, rebuilding matches as "Game Twins" inside Unreal Engine 5.
AI & Machine LearningGamingMedia & Entertainment
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Stylus · ecoustics.com · Aug 16, 2026
Unity Software · marketscale.com · Jul 18, 2026
Casey · comicsbeat.com · Jul 15, 2026
CameraMatics · siliconrepublic.com · Jun 15, 2026
Captur · londonstockexchange.com · Mar 11, 2026
Literal Labs · techfundingnews.com · Jun 5, 2025
Capably · tech.eu · Apr 22, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Sure Valley Ventures invest at?
- Sure Valley Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does Sure Valley Ventures focus on?
- Sure Valley Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Media & Entertainment, SaaS.
- Where is Sure Valley Ventures located?
- Sure Valley Ventures is headquartered in London, IE.
- Does Sure Valley Ventures lead rounds?
- Sure Valley Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamBarry Downes | Sure Ventures & Sure Valley Ventures Investor Morning | March 2019
Sure Valley Ventures · Barry Downes
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