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Literacy Ventures

VC
London, UKWebsite

Literacy Ventures is a Seed, beta venture capital firm based in London, UK investing in Other, SaaS, Real Estate. The firm typically writes $100K–$500K checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed, beta

Check Size

$100K – $500K

Portfolio

7+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Literacy Ventures is dedicated to backing early-stage businesses developing innovative literacy assessment tools, emphasizing SaaS models.

How Literacy Ventures invests

Literacy Ventures is a vc firm based in London, UK. The firm invests at the Seed, beta stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Real Estate. It does not invest in Finance, Biotech.

Literacy Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$500K per investment.

Literacy Ventures has backed 7 companies in our records, including ReadFast, Literacy Volunteers Charlottesville/Albemarle, Pro Literacy.

Meet the Team

EC

Emma Castle

Founder & GP

Literacy Technologies
SaaS
EO

Ellen Osborne

Executive Director

HD

Heather Dexter

Marketing And Communications Coordinator

SR

Steven Reid

Program Manager

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Real Estate

Does Not Invest In

Finance
Biotech

Portfolio Companies (7)

Other

RE

ReadFast

Literacy Tech
LI

Literacy Volunteers Charlottesville/Albemarle

PR

Pro Literacy

HO

Hometree

Home services / insurtech·Early growth round

Home services and insurance platform focused on home heating, home cover, and home emergency insurance.

CU

Cubo

Commercial real estate / flexible workspace·Not stated

Provider of office and co-working spaces outside London.

TE

Techpoint

Electronics manufacturing / industrial services·Not stated

Supply-chain solutions provider for specialist, high-end technology manufacturers; Literacy notes it was originally backed as Vanilla Electronics.

TY

Tyrefix Group

Automotive services / fleet services·Not stated

Tyre management provider.

How to pitch Literacy Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, beta? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Real Estate — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $500K check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Emma Castle, Founder & GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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