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Although only 4.4% of the UK’s energy comes from solar at the moment, the market is growing rapidly. With a total of 122,000 homes installing solar in 2022 at a cost of €979 million, this is forecast to grow to €1.5 billion this year.   However, the scale of the opportunity remains restricted as consumers navigate… This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The…

In 2019 this VC decided to invest in diverse founders. Three years later it’s already starting a second fund

It feels like an eon has passed since the launch in 2019 of Ada Ventures, as a European VC that decided to invest in normally unrepresentative groups and sectors, like women or POC founders, as well as tech which improves society. Its $34 million (£27 million) fund, was designed as a “first-cheque” seed fund. Ada now says it’s reached a £36m ‘first close’ of its second fund. Sources say the fund…

Ada Ventures launches second fund following first close of €41 million to back overlooked founders and markets

Today, London-based Ada Ventures has just launched its second fund after the first close of €41 million. The VC firm is on a mission to back innovators with breakthrough ideas, supporting those ideas that are too often overlooked and underfunded but bringing about impactful change. Europe’s VC landscape continues to evolve and whilst there might… This content is for members only. Visit the site…

Meet the European VC firms funding overlooked founders

Over the past few years, a number of venture capital firms have sprung up across Europe to try to even out the funding playing field. Often started by individuals that experience discrimination themselves, be it for their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, or otherwise, these firms are solely on the look out for motivated minority founders that have been…