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Sure Valley Ventures

Venture capital

London · Seed–Series B

Also known as SVV (Sure Valley Ventures)

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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.

Stage
Seed–Series B
HQ
London, IE
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2017
Last 12 months
1 investment
Tracked investments
33

What they invest in

from 28 of 33 portfolio companies

AI & 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 path

By year:2026 · 12025 · 22024 · 12023 · 15 dated

Animotiveanimotive.comin𝕏

Animotive is an immersive animation platform that combines VR-powered animation, motion capture, and real-time collaboration, with standard FBX, video, and audio exports.

GamingMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

Astut Seedastut.co.uk

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 AItryaudrey.aiin

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

CameraMaticscameramatics.comin𝕏

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

Capablycapably.aiin𝕏Apr 2025 · $4M

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

Capturcaptur.aiinNov 2023

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

Caseycaseyinsure.cominApr 2026 · $1.8M

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

Disseqtdisseqt.aiin𝕏

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

Elelemelelem.aiin

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

Everyangleeveryangle.aiin

Co-investorsFurthr VC

Floxmindfloxmind.comin

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

Inephanyinephany.comin𝕏

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)

Ittybitittybit.cominJun 2024

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

Jaidjaid.ioin

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

Jenticjentic.comin𝕏

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 Labsliteral-labs.aiin𝕏Jun 2025

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

Mirrorsecuritymirrorsecurity.io

Dublin, IE

Aditya Narayana K(Founder)

Momntummomntum.aiin𝕏

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

Novaleahnovaleah.com
Overpathoverpath.aiin𝕏

Overpath builds AI teammates for sales revenue execution, connecting to calls, emails, calendar, and CRM to give reps and managers live deal context and guidance on what to do next.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech

Precogsystems.Coprecogsystems.co.uk

PreCog Systems builds a GDPR-compliant data analytics platform that processes structured and unstructured data to detect anomalies and unusual behaviour for security and threat-response use cases.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & Infrastructure

Purpletransformpurpletransform.comin𝕏

SIYTE is an AI platform that connects cameras, sensors, drones and operational systems into a single intelligence layer that detects, correlates and responds to events in real time.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareIoT

Ralioralio.coin

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

Smarttech247smarttech247.com

Smarttech247 provides Managed Detection & Response (MDR) services combining a 24/7 human-led security operations centre with its AI-powered VisionX platform.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS

Stylusstylus.comin

Stylus provides cross-industry trends intelligence, expert trend analysis, and forecasts delivered through a research platform with AI research assistance and dedicated member support.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsHaatch

Stylusstylus.educationin𝕏

Stylus is an AI-powered assessment tool for English writing that lets students keep writing on pen and paper while the platform reads handwriting and scores work against nearly 100 criteria spanning KS1 to KS3.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS

Unity Softwareunity.comin𝕏

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

VividQvividq.comin𝕏

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.

Vizgardvizgard.com

Co-investorsOxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION)

Vologramsvolograms.comin𝕏
Vortexiqvortexiq.aiin𝕏

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

Wiawia.ioin

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

Zenosinteractivezenosinteractive.comin

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

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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 team

Barry Downes | Sure Ventures & Sure Valley Ventures Investor Morning | March 2019

Sure Valley Ventures · Barry Downes

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