Matt Penneycard
Overview
As an angel investor and founding partner at Ada Ventures, Matt Penneycard focuses on pre-seed investments in technology companies across sectors such as climate equity, economic empowerment, and healthy ageing. Ada Ventures is a pre-seed inclusive venture capital firm that backs European founders building businesses for a better human future. The firm invests between £250,000 and £1 million in early-stage companies. Prior to co-founding Ada Ventures, Penneycard served as the head of Downing Ventures, an early-stage technology venture capital firm based in London. During his tenure at Downing Ventures, he managed the Downing Growth 4 fund, which invested in seed EIS and EIS qualified companies in the UK tech sector, focusing on consumer internet, enterprise SaaS, and defense and health technologies. Penneycard has a background in private equity and corporate finance, with experience supporting US and UK companies across private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and growth capital. He has been a pre-seed investor for over fifteen years and is on the Board of Durham University's Venture Lab. As a founder coach, his mission is to help founders realize their full potential and build businesses that truly matter.
Investment Focus
- Technology companies in climate equity, economic empowerment, and healthy ageing sectors
Portfolio Companies
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What sectors does Matt Penneycard invest in?
Matt Penneycard invests in Technology, Healthcare, Banking, Retail, Renewable Energy and E-commerce, and is based in United Kingdom. Matt Penneycard is listed as a angel investor in the ConnectSafely investor database.
What stage does Matt Penneycard invest at?
Matt Penneycard backs companies at Pre-Seed, Seed and Early Stage, writing cheques of 250K - 1M.
Which regions does Matt Penneycard invest in?
Matt Penneycard invests across United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Denmark.
What companies has Matt Penneycard invested in?
Matt Penneycard's portfolio includes LoyaltyLion, Boldr, Huboo, Odin, Materials Nexus, Greenworkx, Baby2Body and Duel.
How do I contact Matt Penneycard?
Matt Penneycard's contact details — including work email and LinkedIn — are listed in the ConnectSafely investor database, along with its website and the LinkedIn profiles of the team.
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