Participated · Series A · Dec 2025

FreightSuite builds a next-generation, end-to-end freight forwarding platform that autonomously handles data exchange and operational workflows for shippers, carriers, truckers, and customs authorities. The London-based company blends logistics know-how from DHL, EV Cargo, and Rohlig with engineering talent from Apple, Google, and Goldman Sachs to deliver an Apple-like user experience and F1-level speed and accuracy. Its system aims to drive marginal operating costs toward zero, contrasting with the heavily manual processes and thin margins that characterize traditional freight providers. Recent traction includes onboarding major forwarders and delivering a 40 % increase in throughput per operative, putting the business on track for 7× sales growth into 2026. The founders even ran their own forwarding operation to perfect the automation logic, underscoring their domain obsession. Fresh capital will fund accelerated product development and the expansion of engineering and commercial teams as the company positions itself to become the category leader in autonomous forwarding technology.

Participated · Seed · Oct 2025

Nila offers a digital care-management platform focused on helping emigrants oversee the health and wellbeing of ageing family members across borders. Operating first in India, the service already delivers in-home care in more than ten cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata. The company has built an in-house certification programme that vets and trains local caregivers in geriatric care and safeguarding, branding them as “Nila Certified” Carers. Caregivers use the platform to schedule home visits, manage medication adherence, coordinate transport to medical appointments and process medical payments on behalf of overseas family members. Spun out of Founders Factory’s Aviva fintech venture studio, Nila plans to use its new capital to deepen coverage across India over the next 12–18 months and enter additional Asian markets such as the Philippines thereafter. The platform aims to reduce stress for expatriates while professionalising elder-care delivery in emerging markets.

Participated · Seed · Aug 2023

Kavida AI provides a platform that de-risks procurement by tracking, managing and resolving supply-chain issues so procurement managers have visibility and early alerts before problems become crises. The company plans to integrate ChatGPT and other LLM capabilities into its platform to transform how users interact with supply-chain data and accelerate a ten-year product vision into immediate reality. Kavida says the recent funding will enable hiring of top AI and data‑science talent to build those capabilities. The business emphasizes real‑time access to order status, arrival times, delays and risk notifications to help customers avoid disruption. The company positioned its product as an AI co‑pilot for supply chain management and aims to be at the forefront of that shift. Financially, Kavida secured a $1.1M investment in this Seed round to support these product and hiring plans. Kavida.ai is a London-based supply chain resiliency startup that offers decision intelligence tools to help enterprises prevent and mitigate supply chain disruptions. Its platform analyzes live publicly available data from sources such as Twitter, YouTube, and news channels and converts it into simulation mathematics to quantify the impact of emerging threats. The system identifies optimal decisions to mitigate threats across sectors including apparel, FMCG, food, retail and pharma. Launched in October 2020, the company is led by CEO Anam Rahman and CTO Sumit Sinha. Kavida.ai raised £300K in pre-seed funding and intends to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach.

Participated · Seed · Aug 2021

HolidayFox is a London-based startup offering an end-to-end search platform for camping enthusiasts and a listing and management platform for campsite owners. Its product lets users search by amenities (playground, yurts), features (sea views, big groups), onsite or nearby activities (canoeing, biking), and personal likes (beach, mountains). The company aims to digitise the camping market in the UK and across continental Europe and to simplify campsite discovery and booking. HolidayFox also targets new short-term campsite operators created under UK guidelines that allow anyone to open a campsite for up to 56 days per year, providing exposure and management tools. The startup raised £1.17 million in pre-seed funding led by Fuel Ventures and plans to use the proceeds to expand and scale its engineering and operations teams. It was founded by former colleagues Jason Green and Richard Hooker. Domestic camping demand has grown sharply, with UK residents exploring the island by a margin of 307%.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2015

Credible operates a multi-lender marketplace that connects borrowers with vetted lenders for student loans, refinancing and personal loans. Its flagship product, LenderExpress, is an intelligent pre-qualification engine that shows borrowers the actual rates they’ll qualify for in real time without impacting credit scores. The platform emphasizes consumer control over data sharing and targets millennial borrowers seeking unbiased loan comparisons. Management says the company has seen rapid growth since launching LenderExpress, with more than 85,000 people qualifying for loan offers in 2016. Credible plans to use new funding to accelerate development of data-driven technology and continue rapid product innovation. Stephen Dash is the company’s founder and CEO, and the company is based in San Francisco. Credible is a multi-lender marketplace for student loans that secures firm, legally binding loan offers for borrowers to evaluate and select. The platform works with 12 lending partners and issues fixed credit quotes that are valid for 30 days. Credible also offers a student loan refinancing product for graduates to refinance federal and private student loans. The company earns revenue by taking a transaction fee from the lender once a credit line is accepted. Credible was founded in 2012 and is led by CEO Stephen Dash. According to Dash the addressable refinancing market totals about $200 billion, of which roughly $5 billion is actually being refinanced today. Credible Labs operates an independent marketplace for student loan refinancing, enabling recent graduates and young professionals to shop and compare offers from multiple lenders. The company is not a lender but a matchmaker that provides a single application to surface personalized refinancing options. Credible reports borrowers saved an average of $11,688 by refinancing through its platform in 2014. It has seen significant growth in lender participation and aims to remove friction in the refinancing process while giving lenders access to the types of borrowers they want to underwrite. Credible plans to use new funding to expand its team and build user-friendly features to help millennials make informed decisions about their finances. The company was highlighted as the winner of LAUNCH 2.0 at San Francisco’s LAUNCH Festival. Credible is a San Francisco-based startup operating a Kayak-style marketplace to simplify private student loan refinancing. Users complete a seven-question qualification, create a profile, link existing loans and submit a single offer request that lenders use to produce refinancing offers shown in a secure dashboard. The service is offered for free to borrowers; Credible plans to generate revenue by collecting fees on disbursed loans rather than through lead-generation. During its beta the startup enrolled 30,000 students and the article notes one borrower is projected to save more than $40,000 in interest over the life of a refinanced loan. Credible closed a $500,000 seed financing from a mix of venture funds and angel investors to support its launch and marketing. Founder Stephen Dash says the team intends to expand supported lenders over the coming year and explore applying the platform to other complex application processes in banking and insurance.