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📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2025
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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BBFI Venture Scout & Angel Investor
Jul 2025
Zeal Capital Partners is a leading venture capital firm based in Washington, DC that invests in diverse management teams building enduring companies to generate above market rate returns and impact. Zeal partners with founders who are building high-growth, early-stage businesses across the financial technology, employment pathways, and health equity verticals. Founded in 2020 by Nasir Qadree, Zeal leverages its market backed Inclusive Investing™ strategy to narrow wealth, skills, and healthcare gaps in the United States, and at scale globally. **Are you a founder looking for investment? Please submit details on your project here: https://www.zealvc.co/seed-series-a-investments/ - We review every submission.**
Angel Investor
May 2020
Ada Ventures is a pre-seed inclusive venture capital firm. We find and fund the Ada Lovelaces of today. Backing European founders building businesses for a better human future. We invest £250K - £1M in technology companies across climate equity, economic empowerment and healthy ageing.
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2025
BBFI Venture Scout & Angel Investor
Jul 2025
Zeal Capital Partners is a leading venture capital firm based in Washington, DC that invests in diverse management teams building enduring companies to generate above market rate returns and impact. Zeal partners with founders who are building high-growth, early-stage businesses across the financial technology, employment pathways, and health equity verticals. Founded in 2020 by Nasir Qadree, Zeal leverages its market backed Inclusive Investing™ strategy to narrow wealth, skills, and healthcare gaps in the United States, and at scale globally. **Are you a founder looking for investment? Please submit details on your project here: https://www.zealvc.co/seed-series-a-investments/ - We review every submission.**
2022
Member of the Investment Advisory Committee, The Growth Impact Fund
May 2022
Big Issue Invest is the investment arm of the Big Issue Group, founded by visionary impact entrepreneurs John Bird and Nigel Kershaw. ​ With over 3.8 million people in the UK living in destitution — and that number rising, our work has never been more important.​ ​We invest in organisations working to end poverty and inequality across the UK.​ Since 2005, we’ve channelled over £90 million into social enterprises, mission-driven businesses, and charities that are creating real, lasting change in their communities.​ Were here to back organisations that put purpose at their core — unlocking opportunity, driving inclusion, and delivering measurable social impact.​ ​📩 Want learn more about how we can support your organisation?​ Reach out to our team of investment managers:​ investmentenquiries@bigissueinvest.com
2020
Board Member, Hamilton Commission
Sep 2020
We create and lead a community of outstanding experts and innovators to engineer better lives.
Angel Investor
May 2020
Ada Ventures is a pre-seed inclusive venture capital firm. We find and fund the Ada Lovelaces of today. Backing European founders building businesses for a better human future. We invest £250K - £1M in technology companies across climate equity, economic empowerment and healthy ageing.
2019
Non Executive Director
Dec 2019
We are accelerating the UKs startup ecosystem. Follow us to find out about new accelerators, funding opportunities and support programmes as they are announced. With our extensive network of partners, experts, and investors, we collaborate to offer programmes to take your business to the next level. Programmes we currently or recently delivered include: - The Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester AI Accelerator, supporting the next generation of AI-first startups in Greater Manchester. - TEAM SY, offering tech pre-accelerator and accelerator programmes targeted at founders and startups based in South Yorkshire. - Machine Learning Academy, training non-technical startup leaders in the fundamentals of machine learning and AI. - Cancer Tech Accelerator, supporting the commercialisation of new technologies in the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. - Barclays Eagle Labs Funding Readiness Programme, helping entrepreneurs demystify the funding landscape and providing founders with the skills and knowledge they need to fund their business growth. - CAP AI, supporting AI startups to gain access to computational power, resources and talent that they would not normally be able to find or afford, enabling them to move their businesses forward.
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