Check Warner

I'm the co-founder of Ada Ventures, the inclusive venture firm. Ada Ventures finds and funds extraordinary talent building breakthrough ideas for the hardest problems we face. We invest £250,000-1m in UK technology companies across climate, economic empowerment and healthcare & ageing. I'm also the co-founder of non-profit Diversity VC. I'm passionate about enabling talented people to realise their full potential. I write for Forbes and have written for CityAm and Sifted. I received an MBE for services to diversity and inclusion in Venture Capital for my work with Ada Ventures and Diversity VC in the King's New Years Honours 2022. Looking to connect? If you are raising seed capital for your startup, you can apply directly below: Fundraising: https://www.adaventures.com/#foundational-capital - I co-founded Ada with Matt Penneycard in 2019. To date, we have invested in companies solving problems like full-stack fulfilment for SMEs (Huboo), affordable, flexible childcare (Bubble), mental health support for employees (Spill) and workers rights (Organise) and many more. We raised closed first £38m fund in late 2019 which we invested in 28 companies which have gone on to raise a further £100m in just 2.5 years and a first close of our second fund on £36m in September 2022. Stay in the know by subscribing to our monthly newsletter here: http://adaventures.com/#community www.adaventures.com https://angel.co/checkwarner