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Araya Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

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London, United KingdomWebsite

Araya Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in London, United Kingdom investing in Healthcare, SaaS, Fintech. The firm has 30 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
30 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Healthcare, SaaS, Fintech, Other, AI / ML, Enterprise
HQ
London, United Kingdom
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-14

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Portfolio

30+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Solo-GP style super-angel fund backing UK B2B SaaS startups at pre-seed and seed, with explicit interest in healthtech among a few other software verticals. The fund is designed for early, relationship-driven investments.

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 Healthcare, SaaS, Fintech, Other, AI / ML.

Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.

Araya Ventures has backed 30 companies in our records, including Adora, Aeon, Autometry.

Partners & Team

RP

Rupa Popat

Managing Partner

U

Unknown

GP

HealthTech
B2B SaaS
SL

Soizic Le Lasseur

Operations Manager

MR

Mitul Ruparelia

General Partner

AH

Anna Haynes

Executive Assistant

MC

Martin Carruthers

Venture Partner

HG

Hemant Grover

Venture Partner

KK

Kenneth Koh

Venture Partner

SK

Satyam Karia

Partner Associate

Industry Focus

Invests In

Healthcare
SaaS
Fintech
Other
AI / ML
Enterprise

Funds

Araya Ventures Fund II

$150M2022
investing

Araya Ventures Fund I

$100M2020
investing

Portfolio Companies (30)

Other

AD

Adora

Health Tech

AI-driven clinical pathways for perimenopause and menopause through an MHRA-registered Class I medical device, sold B2B2C to employers, insurers and the NHS.

AE

Aeon

Health Tech

Preventive health platform offering full body MRI, blood biomarker analysis, and genomics for early disease detection.

AU

Autometry

Future of Work

Delivers AI-driven recruitment tools that enhance efficiency, match quality, and candidate engagement for staffing agencies.

BE

Beatpulse Labs

AI

Creates custom, high-fidelity multimedia training datasets for enterprise AI, turning expert human judgement into reliable signals for machine learning models.

BO

Bodycare

Commerce

A new-generation health and beauty platform built on a 55-year heritage brand, combining accessible pricing with curated discovery, services and social commerce in new-format Studio Stores.

BR

Brickflow

FinTech

Digital marketplace for specialist property finance. Connects brokers and developers with lenders for faster, better value loans.

CA

Capably

Future of Work

AI platform that supercharges company productivity. Automates tasks, streamlines workflows, and unlocks new performance gains.

CH

Chiron Health

Health Tech

An AI-powered self-management platform supporting patients with chronic conditions between clinical appointments, integrating directly into NHS records and feeding outcomes back to clinicians.

CO

Cold

Future of Work

Turns your fragmented work stack into a seamless workflow. Connects tools and automates processes to save time and reduce friction.

CU

Curvo

Future of Work

AI-powered deal intelligence platform for enterprise sales teams. Helps win more deals through real-time insights and recommendations.

How to pitch Araya Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Healthcare, SaaS, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Rupa Popat, Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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