Cornerstone VC is a venture capital fund focused on a ‘people first’ investment strategy, investing at pre-seed and seed stage in UK technology businesses.
Employees: 1-10
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed
Portfolio 34
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 12.02.2026 | Smart Bric... | smart-bricks.com | - | - |
| 05.12.2025 | Monq: AI | monq.io | $3M | United Kin... |
| 03.11.2025 | FlowLens | magentic.ai | - | - |
| 03.11.2025 | Rowm | rowm.co | - | United Kin... |
| 03.11.2025 | Healthtech... | healthtech1.uk | - | United Kin... |
| 15.10.2025 | ForkForge | forkforge.dedsol.xyz | - | - |
| 13.10.2025 | Gladys | gladys.care | $2.02M | United Kin... |
| 22.05.2025 | Litehaus | litehaus.co | $1.69M | - |
| 12.05.2025 | Leeroo | leeroo.com | - | - |
| 02.05.2025 | SpriveApp | sprive.com | $7.59M | United Kin... |
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Persons 11
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Edwin | Appiah | General Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | e***n@corn... | - |
| - | Vanessa | Mbamalu | Associate | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Wilfred | Fianko | General Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | w*****d@co... | - |
| - | Ella | Wales Bonn... | General Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | e**a@corne... | - |
| - | Rodney | Appiah | Managing P... | linkedin.c... | - | r****y@cor... | - |
| - | Savina | Doshi | Visiting A... | linkedin.c... | - | s****a@cor... | - |
| - | Lord | Dr Michael... | Board Memb... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Oksana | Stowe | IC Member | linkedin.c... | - | o****a@cor... | - |
| - | Nat | Falconer | Venture Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | n*t@corner... | - |
| - | Susannah | Nicklin | IC Member | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
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Mentions in press and media 12
| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.10.2025 | Gladys secures £1.5M to scale AI home care across the UK | London-based AI home care platform Gladys has raised £1.5 million in seed funding led by Cornerstone VC, with participation from Exceptional Ventures, Embryo Ventures, Ufi Ventures, Houghton Street Ventures, and Conduit EIS Impact Fund. Gla... |
| 25.06.2025 | Litehaus: Pioneering Affordable Housing Through 3D Printing Innovation | In a world where homeownership feels like a distant dream for many, a beacon of hope emerges from Portugal. Litehaus, a startup founded by Simi and Thibault Launay, is reshaping the landscape of home construction. With a recent funding boos... |
| 24.06.2025 | Litehaus Secures €1.46 Million to Scale Affordable 3D Printed Homes | Portugal-based startup Litehaus has secured €1.46 million in pre-seed funding to scale its 3D printing-enabled homebuilding platform. The company aims to lower construction costs, reduce build times, and improve sustainability in the reside... |
| 16.01.2025 | What Inspired a Founder to Take on the Pension Industry? Building a business that makes pensions engaging and accessible isn't easy. Here's how a bold idea, resilience, and a focus on user experience ... | For Royden Greaves, launching London based fintech Jarvis that tells workers exactly when they can retire was about more than just building a fintech startup - it was about reshaping the way UK workers engage with their pensions. With over ... |
| 31.01.2024 | This UK-based startup founded by emergency doctor aims to make healthcare accessible, raises €1.3M | Read this article in: UK-based Evaro, a digital health startup that offers AI-powered clinical and drug prescription services for minor conditions, announced that it has secured $1.5M (approximately €1.38M) in a seed round of funding. The i... |
| 05.07.2023 | Cornerstone VC hires Ella Wales Bonner as first female partner | Cornerstone VC, one of the leading funds in the U.K. with a diversity-led investment thesis, announced today the hiring of its latest partner: Ella Wales Bonner. She will be the fund’s first female partner and will also focus time on buildi... |
| 22.05.2023 | Groupthink And Operational Inexperience Are Stifling The European Venture Product | Berlin's SuperVenture conference provides an opportunity for the European VC community to reflect ... [+] following a difficult year for venture investmentAda Ventures |
| 04.08.2022 | BGF leads investment into Cornerstone VC, a new £20m diversity-focused fund | Cornerstone VC, born out of black-led angel group Cornerstone Partners, has launched a £20m fund to invest in exceptional entrepreneurs in the UK from diverse backgrounds. The fund will focus on tech-enabled companies at pre-seed and seed ... |
| 03.08.2022 | Cornerstone VC launches £20m fund for diverse UK tech founders | Cornerstone VC has reached the first close of its £20m fund to invest in UK tech startup founders from diverse backgrounds. Founded from the angel group Cornerstone Partners, the venture capital firm will focus on early-stage startups, prov... |
| 03.08.2022 | UK’s Cornerstone VC launches €23.9M fund to invest in entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds | London-based Cornerstone VC announced on Wednesday that it has launched a £20M (approximately €23.91M) fund to back ‘exceptional entrepreneurs in the UK from diverse backgrounds’. The round was led by BGF and The Hg Foundation. Atomico, one... |
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