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Scholar's Ridge Ventures

VC
Cambridge, UKWebsite

Scholar's Ridge Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Cambridge, UK investing in Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.5M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.5M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Scholar's Ridge Ventures invests in transformational academic and research tools seeking to democratize access and streamline processes.

How Scholar's Ridge Ventures invests

Scholar's Ridge Ventures is a vc firm based in Cambridge, UK. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Consumer.

Scholar's Ridge Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.5M per investment.

Scholar's Ridge Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including ResearchGate+.

Meet the Team

LS

Lorra Stone

Chief Financial Officer

MG

Mark Gavigan

Management Technology Professional Services

AD

Akriti Dokania

Partner

DL

Derrick Lee

Chief Financial Officer

YK

Yousuf Khan

Partner

KB

Karen Brewer

Director of Investor Relations

PK

Pat Kenealy

Venture Partner

EC

Emma Carter

GP

Academic Tools
Digital Publishing

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

RE

ResearchGate+

Collaborative Research Platform
How to pitch Scholar's Ridge Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lorra Stone, Chief Financial Officer.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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