Araya Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($190K–$570K Checks)
Araya Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in London, United Kingdom investing in SaaS, Healthcare, Fintech. The firm typically writes $190K–$570K checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $190K–$570K
- Portfolio
- 6 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- SaaS, Healthcare, Fintech, Other, Consumer, AI / ML, Enterprise
- HQ
- London, United Kingdom
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-31
Pre-Seed, Seed
$190K – $570K
6+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Solo-GP “Super Angel Fund” backing UK B2B SaaS startups at pre-seed and seed, with a particular focus on healthtech, fintech, commerce and future of work.
How Araya Ventures invests
Araya Ventures is a vc firm based in London, United Kingdom. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, Healthcare, Fintech, Other, Consumer.
Araya Ventures typically writes checks of $190K–$570K per investment.
Araya Ventures has backed 6 companies in our records, including By Rotation, Sojo, Juno.
Partners & Team
Rupa Popat
Managing Partner & Founder
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Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (6)
Other
By Rotation
A peer-to-peer fashion rental marketplace allowing users to rent and lend designer clothing and accessories.
Sojo
A mobile app platform providing on-demand clothing alterations and repairs to make sustainable fashion more accessible.
Juno
An employee benefits and workplace wellness platform that allows staff to choose their own personalized perks.
Bower Collective
A direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform providing sustainable, zero-waste home and personal care products in reusable packaging.
Daye
A gynaecological health company that created the world's first pain-relieving CBD tampon and at-home vaginal microbiome screening kits.
Lapse
A social photo-sharing application designed to mimic the experience of a disposable camera, where photos must "develop" before being shared.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Healthcare, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $190K – $570K check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Rupa Popat, Managing Partner & Founder.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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