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Cornerstone

Cornerstone

Venture Capital

Cornerstone is an early-stage venture capital fund that employs a people-first strategy to invest in diverse founding teams across the UK.

Portfolio

10

companies


Portfolio companies

Evaro

Evaro

Evaro provides embeddable digital healthcare infrastructure that allows consumer brands to offer regulated prescription services.

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Monq

Monq provides an artificial intelligence negotiation platform for enterprise procurement.

Gladys

Gladys

Gladys provides an artificial intelligence platform to connect families with local care workers.

Definely

Definely

AI-powered legal tech platform for contract review and editing.

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ComplyStream

ComplyStream provides a unified platform to streamline post-event financial crime and fraud operations.

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Capsa AI

Capsa AI develops artificial intelligence technology to streamline due diligence for private equity firms.

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Jarvis

Jarvis provides a lifetime pension and retirement planning application for workers.

Passionfruit

Passionfruit

Passionfruit connects businesses with vetted independent talent through an intelligent collaboration platform.

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Exactly

The company provides generative artificial intelligence tools for artists to commercialise their work.

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Sticky Connections

Sticky provides a no code operating system that uses NFC stickers to accelerate transactions in physical spaces.


Team

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Rodney Appiah

Managing Partner


Recent investments

Series A
£18.3M

AlbionVC led the £18.3m Series A round, which will fund expansion across new treatment areas and clinical capabilities.

"Patients now expect the same convenience from healthcare that they get from banking or shopping—instant, mobile, on their terms. The technology exists to deliver this for minor conditions, but our system is still stuck requiring appointments, phone calls, physical visits – with no capacity for smart aftercare. We want to solve this, and scale the infrastructure that matches how people actually want to access care in 2026."
— Oskar Wenbar, Chief Medical Officer and co-founder
Pre-Seed
£2.3M

The pre-seed round was led by Outward VC and will support team expansion and international growth.

"Strategic procurement is one of the last frontiers for true automation because so much of it remains powered by intuition. Throughout my previous roles, I saw just how much instinct drives results, but also how much time is wasted and how much value is being left on the table because instinct alone can only go so far. Our goal at Monq isn’t to replace that judgment but to amplify it. By empowering procurement teams with strong, actionable, data-driven and intelligent insights, we’re giving enterprises the speed, clarity and confidence to negotiate at an entirely new scale while unlocking billions in hidden deal flow, value and efficiency before that value is lost to the company."
— Yasin Bostancı, Co-founder and CEO
Seed
£1.5M

The financing round was led by Cornerstone with backing from several early stage investors.

"Rising care costs, an overstretched social care system, and the demands of daily life can leave families feeling guilty and stretched thin as they think about their elderly loved ones. That’s why I’m thrilled to back George and Alex as they build Gladys, a managed social care platform that makes it easy to find and book trusted caregivers and companions. Their mission is close to my heart: giving families peace of mind and helping everyone grow old with dignity, in the home they cherish, for as long as possible."
— Rodney Appiah, Managing Partner
Seed
Undisclosed

The maiden funding round was led by Cornerstone VC and Ascension to support team expansion and platform development.

"ComplyStream is addressing a critical pain point for financial institutions. Their approach to unifying compliance tools and applying AI-driven insights, solves a problem I saw first hand as COO of OakNorth Bank and is precisely what the industry needs to stay ahead in today’s regulatory landscape."
— Amir Nooriala
Seed
£1.7M

The financing round was led by Outward with participation from Cornerstone and Antler.

"Capsa AI has received such a positive reaction from investors and customers alike because we are using AI to address a clear and pressing challenge in one of the world’s biggest industries. We are already driving productivity and efficiency in major PE firms and I have every confidence that we can build a product which will transform collaboration, knowledge sharing and decision making in private equity and private capital worldwide."
— Danyal Özdüzenciler, Co-founder
Seed
£1.8M

The seed round was co-led by Ascension and Cornerstone to fund product development and company expansion.

"Over my 15 years in the wealth management space, I’ve seen the stark contrast between those who can afford continuous financial advice and the majority who cannot. This inspired me to create a solution accessible to everyone, regardless of their financial status. Jarvis is designed to provide clarity and empower individuals to enjoy their lives now while planning effectively for the future. Traditional advice often centres on saving for a rainy day, but we understand that people want to live fulfilling lives today. Our platform helps users balance current enjoyment with future security. This investment will support our continued growth as we integrate with the broader ecosystem."
— Royden Greaves, CEO and Founder
Series A
£7.0M

Seaya led the Series A investment to help the workforce platform expand its product suite and grow in North America.

"We started our business because we believed that the next generation deserved a new way to operate their professional lives, and we realised that if we could reimagine career infrastructure end-to-end for the 21st century, businesses would also be enabled to operate in a more agile way, one that drives more efficient growth."
— Raffi Salama, Co-Founder and CEO
Seed
£3.4M

The seed round was led by Speedinvest to support product development and international expansion.

"AI’s role in the creative industries has been hotly debated for a long time now, and understandably, many professional artists have concerns over how its growing influence will impact their creativity and their livelihoods. But we are firm believers that there is a world in which the two not only exist, but work together to produce outstanding results."
— Tonia Samsonova, Founder and CEO
Series A
£5.6M

The Series A round was led by Octopus Ventures with backing from angels and institutional investors.

"Before we built Definely, lawyers that needed to access information and understand contracts would use Ctrl+F keys, multiple windows, scroll through hundreds of pages, or simply print out documents so that they could reference all the information in one place. As someone who is visually impaired, you can imagine the challenge this represented for me."
— Feargus MacDaeid, Co-Founder
Seed
£1.5M

The investment round was led by Praetura Ventures with backing from Cornerstone VC and SFC Capital.

"Sticky offers a no-code low-code solution that helps businesses innovate at speed. We help our customers see their physical space as an asset and as a way to make more money. The future of physical spaces is well debated but at Sticky there is no debate about their future or value – they are where we all live and work."
— Priscilla Israel, Co-founder