Stride.VC

Stride.VC is a London-based pre-seed and seed venture capital firm focused on fintech, consumer, enterprise software, and marketplace companies primarily in the UK and Europe. Stride.VC is completely distinct from Stride Consumer Partners (listed in the previous row), which is a Boston-based consumer food service investment firm. The firm invests with initial checks from $500,000 to $2 million. Portfolio companies include Otta (now Welcome to the Jungle UK), the job search and career discovery platform; Freetrade, the UK commission-free stock trading application; Cleo, the AI-powered personal finance application; and Paddle, the software revenue delivery and merchant of record platform. Beyond its original investments, the portfolio includes additional UK and European fintech, consumer, and enterprise technology companies.