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7RIDGE — Seed VC Firm

VC
London, EnglandWebsite

7RIDGE is a Seed venture capital firm based in London, England investing in Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML. The firm has 6 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
6 companies on record
Partners
10 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML
HQ
London, England
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-07

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Backs deep-tech and infrastructure companies with a focus on network effects and technical moats. Relevant for cross-chain infrastructure and market structure primitives.

How 7RIDGE invests

7RIDGE is a vc firm based in London, England. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML.

7RIDGE has backed 6 companies in our records, including 7RIDGE, Daml, AMERIBOR®.

Partners & Team

AA

Alokik Advani

Partner

EP

Edward Pla

Partnership Manager

GP

General partner team

GP

deep tech
infrastructure
CK

Carsten Kengeter

CEO

leadership
growth
M&A
restructuring
turnaround
operating experience in financial markets

30 years of leadership, growth, M&A, restructuring, turnaround, and operating experience in financial markets. Key roles: Deutsche Boerse Group: CEO; UBS: Chairman & CEO of the Investment Bank, Member of the Group Executive Board; Goldman Sachs: Partner – Head of Securities, Asia Ex-Japan

VA

Veronica Augustsson

Partner

technology
leadership
technology to exchanges and clearing houses

20 years of technology and leadership experience for the leading independent provider of technology to exchanges and clearing houses. Key roles: Cinnober: CEO, Head of Group Sales, Developer team

RH

Ralf Hafner

Chief Operating Officer

VS

Vikas Shah

Managing Director

JM

Jack Meyer

Vice President of Finance

RW

Robert Warshaw

Partnership Manager

FC

Felipe Carvalho

Managing Director

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Developer Tools
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

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7RIDGE

A Private Markets Asset Manager

DA

Daml

A ledger-agnostic, permissioned, smart contract accessing language.

AM

AMERIBOR®

Provides a credit sensitive interest rate benchmark.

TR

Trading Technologies

financial markets infrastructure / trading tech·growth / buyout-stage

A global trading connectivity and execution technology platform for capital markets

RA

Raft Technologies

communications infrastructure / financial markets technology

A provider of ultra-low-latency wireless network technology for long-distance communications

DI

Digital Asset Holdings

blockchain / capital markets infrastructure software

Creator of Daml, a smart-contract language and data-access platform for enterprise ledger systems

How to pitch 7RIDGE
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alokik Advani, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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