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Sure Valley Ventures

Venture Capital

Sure Valley Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on software investments within the artificial intelligence sector.

Portfolio

17

companies

Investment by month

By category

  • AI/ML£21.5M
  • Uncategorised£21.4M
  • AdTech£18.2M
  • GameTech£2.6M
  • Robotics£2.0M

By location

  • New York£18.2M
  • London£11.6M
  • Cambridge£11.0M
  • Dublin£5.6M
  • United Kingdom£5.0M
  • Other£14.2M

Portfolio companies

Admix

Admix

Admix develops in-play monetisation technology for video games and virtual worlds.

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Astut

Astut builds hybrid artificial intelligence for high-stakes decisions without data.

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Capably

Capably provides an intelligent automation platform that enables businesses to delegate tasks to artificial intelligence.

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EVERYANGLE

Computer vision software that analyses CCTV footage for retailers and hospitality venues.

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Inephany

Inephany develops an intelligent optimisation platform for training neural networks.

Ittybit

Ittybit

Ittybit provides APIs and AI-driven tools for managing large media files.

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Team

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Brian Kinane

Founding Partner

Brian brings investment management and founding experience from Sure Valley Ventures, Riverfort Global Capital, and Yorkville Advisors UK LLP.

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Barry Downes

Barry Downes

Managing Partner

Barry brings venture capital and executive experience from Sure Valley Ventures, Alludium, and the Walton Institute, alongside advisory roles with InterTradeIreland and the European Innovation Council Accelerator.

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Isabelle O'Keeffe

Isabelle O'Keeffe

Principal

Isabelle brings early-stage investment experience from roles at Twin Path Ventures and Sure Valley Ventures. She also operates as an angel investor and board advisor.

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Isabelle O’Keeffe

Partner


Recent investments

Pre-Seed
£4.6M

Northern Gritstone and Mercuri co-led the pre-seed round to help the Newcastle-based artificial intelligence firm commercialise its technology.

"We’re at a pivotal moment for AI with adoption continuing to accelerate alongside sustainability and cost concerns. Our logic-based AI offers a new solution for those that want and need high-performing AI that is faster, more energy efficient and more explainable than what’s currently available via neural networks. This funding comes at a time when we’re ready to significantly speed up our product development and will enable us to bring our first product to market later this year."
— Noel Hurley, CEO
Seed
£3.0M

Boost Capital Partners led the seed round with participation from multiple European and American investors to fund product expansion.

"AI is transforming how people and businesses operate, and delegating work to AI is the future. Capably is leading this shift, and we’re excited to back them in redefining the way work gets done."
— Benjamin Torrero, Representative
Pre-Seed
£1.8M

The London-based deep tech startup secured backing from Amadeus Capital Partners, Sure Valley Ventures, and Professor Steve Young to expand its engineering team and refine its neural network training technology.

"We are thrilled to be backed by such experienced investors, and having a seasoned entrepreneur and AI pioneer like Professor Steve Young as our chair is a true privilege. Current approaches to training LLMs and other neural networks are extremely wasteful across multiple dimensions. Our unique solution tackles this inefficiency head-on, with the potential to radically reduce both the cost and time required to train and optimise state-of-the-art models. As we prepare to deliver our first products later this year, we are incredibly excited to embark on the next chapter of our journey—and to help shape the ongoing AI revolution by transforming AI optimisation."
— John Torr, CEO
Seed
£1.5M

Sure Valley Ventures led the seed round to help the artificial intelligence company expand its engineering and business development capabilities.

"Vizgard is tackling the growing need for time-critical visual intelligence and precision camera automation in security and defence solutions. Their technology addresses important AI reliability concerns through a robust ‘systems approach’, identifying threats that would have been missed and allowing stronger performance in new environments. With the rapidly growing demand for AI in Defence and Security, and the team’s deep domain expertise, we believe Vizgard has the potential to become a global leader in AI vision automation."
— Brian Kinane, Founding Partner