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Almanac Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($300K–$1.0M Checks)

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Oakham, Rutland, United KingdomWebsite

Almanac Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Oakham, Rutland, United Kingdom investing in SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $300K–$1.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$300K–$1.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
AUM
$30M
Stage
Seed
Sectors
SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Other, Enterprise
HQ
Oakham, Rutland, United Kingdom

Last verified: 2026-09-11

Stage

Seed

Check Size

$300K – $1.0M

AUM

$30M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Almanac Ventures is a European pre-seed and seed deep tech fund investing in scientific breakthroughs applied to industrial systems, focused on performance, economics, and decarbonisation, particularly targeting TRL 4-7 solutions in sectors like manufacturing, materials, heat, chemistry, automation, and electrification.

How Almanac Ventures invests

Almanac Ventures is a vc firm based in Oakham, Rutland, United Kingdom. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Other, Enterprise.

Almanac Ventures typically writes checks of $300K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $30M in assets under management.

Almanac Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Vendr, Finch.

Partners & Team

ET

Elly Truesdell

Partner

Brand Innovation
Consumer Goods
Supply Chain
Hospitality & Food Brands
BH

Brian Halweil

Portfolio Manager

Food & Agriculture Systems
CPG & Food Technologies
VC

Valerie Christy

Founding Partner (now at Astanor Ventures)

Sustainable Agriculture
CPG
Food & Beverage
DB

David Barber

Founder & Managing Partner

CPG
Hospitality
Food System Technology

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
AI / ML
Developer Tools
Other
Enterprise

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

VE

Vendr

SaaS procurement workflow
FI

Finch

HR data API (ops infrastructure)
How to pitch Almanac Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $300K – $1.0M check.
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Elly Truesdell, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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