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Ariadne Fund
The Ariadne Fund is a target £20m venture capital fund with £5.5 under management.
The fund is an early-stage investor in entrepreneur-led businesses, providing capital for seed and start-up (Series A) rounds; £0.25m - £1m
The Ariadne Fund invests in "digital enablers" bringing high-growth to the established companies with large distribution and reach in the new digital ecosystems which are emerging
Current Ariadne Fund portfolio:
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Clickslide - Gabriel Ortiz Clickslide is an operating platform for software development that creates a Graphic User Interface (GUI) instantly for any API and does so without writing code. It also offers a point-and-click Editor for Apps generated by the platform and is optimised for all display devices and web browsers. Clickslide is set to become the most accessible way to create software
The Ariadne Fund was the lead investor for Clickslide in 2012 |
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Taggstar - Fraser Robinson Taggstar enables photos, on online publishing websites, including large sites like MSN or small blogs, to be monetised by enabling a call to action from the image and the objects within the image. That media call to action can be video, audio, ecommerce based. Taggstar uses GeoLocation to identify the end-user location in order to display listed shopping suggestions that are relevant
The Ariadne Fund was the lead investor for Taggstar in 2013 |
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Quill - Ed Bussey Quill provides brands with digital content on any topic, in any language, leveraging hundreds of Quill copy writers, editors, video producers and photographers. Quill’s ‘content as a service’ / ‘content in the cloud’ enables brands to receive content at speed, 4-5 hours from request, which is unique content - driving SEO further. Quill have built a content management system which enables them to manage the workflow; creation of a robust brief, reviewing, creation of digital content and pushing content direct to brand site using APIs. Quill provides content strategy and planning, editorial content, social posts, video, curated news, content microsites, guest posting, content syndication.
The Ariadne Fund was the lead investor for Quill in 2013
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Entrepreneur Country CrowdCube
Ariadne Capital’s media platform, Entrepreneur Country, partners with the UK leading crowd funding platform, CrowdCube, to raise seed funding for entrepreneurial businesses.
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OVIVO - Dariush Zand OVIVO is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), providing freedom from monthly contracts and commitments by giving usage away for free each month.
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Ariadne Fund Zero
Prior to raising the Ariadne Capital Fund, Ariadne Capital advised and raised capital for high-growth start-ups, for more than 10 years.
During this time Ariadne secured a equity stakes in a number of companies; this portfolio is referred to as Ariadne Fund Zero.
Current Ariadne Fund Zero portfolio:
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EGS - Peter Whent EGS provides cloud-based solutions to automate and accelerate expensive and time consuming back office processes including corporate procurement, invoice processing, e-sourcing and accounts receivable
Ariadne secured investment, for EGS, from a private investor in 2010 |
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Medikidz - Dr Kim Chilman-Blair Medikidz mission is to improve the quality of life of young patients through education, by becoming a trusted global brand for children’s health. Medikidz are building a multimedia health education system for children
Ariadne provide strategic and business development support to Medikidz |
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Money Dashboard - Gavin Littlejohn Free UK online money management software for retail customers. Helps customers make decisions, prepare budgets and aggregates multiple accounts across banks
Ariadne secured investment, for Money Dashboard, from a private investor in 2010 |
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Monitise - Alastair Lukies Monitise provide the technology and expertise to enable financial institutions and other service providers to offer mobile banking and payments services to their customers in both developed and developing territories
Ariadne advised Monitise on business development from 2004 to 2012 |
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Oxygen Finance - Mark Hoffman Oxygen Finance is an enabler for corporate and public sector organisations, unlocking income from their spend and transforming procurement and accounts payable functions into revenue generators. Oxygen Finance’s solution offers a service to manage the business to business payments network on an industrial scale, underpinned by non-intrusive technology
Ariadne secured investment, for Oxygen Finance, in 2013 |
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SoundOut - David Courtier-Dutton SoundOut is a web based music technology and data company using crowdsourcing and the wisdom of crowds to predict the market potential and demographic resonance of new music. Its main products are reports to radio stations allowing them to tailor programming to their sponsor’s targets
Ariadne secured investment, for SoundOut, in 2009, 2010 and 2011 from private investors |
