Ruth Foxe Blader

Venture Capital Investor

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 8 investments📅 15 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2022
VC🌍 United Kingdom
8
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4
Mid stage
0
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15y
Years active

Portfolio

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Board Observer
Jan 2022
AcreTrader was created with a simple mission: provide investors direct access to the highly attractive asset class of farmland investments. Farmland investments provide an opportunity for high-return potential and low volatility compared to other asset classes. Directly investing in farmland was historically difficult and unattainable for most investors. Until now. Through a proprietary online investment platform, AcreTrader offers transparency to people wanting to invest in farmland. Additionally, AcreTrader removes the headaches traditionally associated with land ownership by handling all aspects of administration and property management, from insurance and accounting to working with local farmers and improving soil sustainability. Securities are offered through AcreTrader Financial, LLC, a broker dealer registered with FINRA and a member of SIPC Information on all FINRA registered broker dealers can be found on FINRA’s BrokerCheck. Alternative investments are speculative, involve a high degree of risk and are not suitable for all investors. Complete loss of principal is possible. Private placements are unregistered securities, considered illiquid and long-term investments. Distributions are not guaranteed.
Board Observer
Apr 2020
Hometree is a home energy services company on a mission to accelerate the transition to net zero. By fixing, installing and financing home energy hardware, were helping homeowners transition to low-carbon living, when they’re ready. Heating is responsible for 14% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. If were serious about hitting those net zero goals to mitigate the climate emergency, we need to act. The transition has already begun but it’s a mammoth task and it won’t happen overnight. We know the challenges on the table – with soaring energy costs, expensive heat pumps and home infrastructure challenges, homeowners are left with many pressing questions - which option should I choose - heat pump or hydrogen boiler? Who will install the equipment - and- how will I afford it? Thats where Hometree comes in. We understand that homeowners will make the journey at their own pace - and our role is to assist them along the way. Today, we offer boiler and home emergency cover - but we’re rapidly expanding our products and services to install and finance low-carbon home energy hardware, so that we can help steer more UK homeowners to a cleaner and brighter future. Decarbonisation will transform the way we all heat our homes and this is just the start of the Hometree journey. Lets transform home energy together.
mid stageUtilities
Board Observer
Mar 2020
Tech-driven freight factoring for brokers and fleets. Boost your cash flow and simplify operations with our flexible solutions. Why Factoring with Denim? ✅ Save Time ✅ Save Money ✅ Gain Flexibility ✅ Build Trust Contact our sales team to learn how you Denim can supercharge your freight businesses growth in 2025.
Board Observer
Apr 2018
Flock is a UK Insurtech on a mission to make the world quantifiably safer with connected fleet insurance that enables and incentivises safer driving. 2022 Insurance Times Awards Winners 🥇 Excellence in Underwriting 🥇 MGA Challenger of the Year Flocks policies are backed by top underwriters, distributed by leading brokers and trusted by some of the UK’s most exciting fleets, including Virtuo, Onto and Jaguar Land Rover’s leasing arm ‘The Out’. Offering more than the obligatory motor certificate and occasional claims payments, Flock’s connected insurance actively rewards safer driving. Specialising in self-drive hire, trades, own goods delivery, and courier. With Flock, safer fleets pay less.
mid stageInsurance
Board Observer
Aug 2017
Our mission is to support accountants and their clients with funding solutions. Intelligent Cashflow by Fluidly is closing, but our commitment to our partners remains. We partner with over 1,000 accountancy firms across the country to provide bespoke funding solutions for their ambitious clients. With our transition into OakNorth Bank, we can now offer funding from £250k up to tens of millions. Enquire about becoming a partner by emailing partnerships@oaknorth.co.uk
Board Observer
Aug 2017
+Simple is an insurance Robo-Broker for freelancers, small and medium businesses. Answer 5-10 questions, and our technology generates a tailor-made and competitive insurance package for your business (typically including 5-10 products in one single policy). You can sign and pay it within minutes on a seamless e-commerce interface. And we manage your claims, too. +Simple was founded in 2015 by three French entrepreneurs: Eric Mignot (Chairman), Anthony Jouannau (CEO) and Salah Hamida (Deputy CEO and CTO). They have raised over €11m with leading European funds Idinvest and Anthemis. For more information, and partnerships, contact emignot@plussimple.com
early stageInsurance
Board Observer
Apr 2017
Imandra is the world leader in cloud-scale automated reasoning. As our reliance on complex software grows, deep advances in AI are required to ensure the algorithms we rely on are safe, explainable and fair. Imandra's Reasoning as a Service™ platform is leading the way.
Investor
Feb 2011
This is a catchall company for the doers, the thinkers, and the innovators.
Experience · 18 entries
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Investments (8)
Founder (5)
Board (7)
2026
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Jan 2026
Citrine invests in cutting edge startups at the explosive intersection of financial services and emerging technology.
2025
Co-founder & Executive Chair
Oct 2025
Starmoire sits at the intersection of fashion resale, residential storage, and style to unlock a new asset class in personal fashion. Starmoire offers secure garment storage, digital wardrobe management, and effortless resale so you can make space, preserve what matters, and unlock the value of what you already own. Real closets deserve better tools and we are building them.
2024
Co-founder & Executive Chair
Sep 2024
RockRose Risk is an insurance broker and captive underwriting manager, specialized in policies for commercial property owners engaging in risk mitigation. By partnering with leading mitigation companies, we leverage insurance expertise, cutting-edge technology, and automation to provide seamless risk management, credit for ongoing mitigation, and innovative solutions for property owners, insurers, and communities facing the growing threat of wildfires.
General Partner
Jan 2024
Backing Pre-Seed and Seed stage founders building at the intersection of technological and societal change.
2022
Co-Founder
Apr 2022
unlock VC (previously WVC:E) is an award winning global platform and community for women in VC. Culminating in a 400+ person annual summit in Paris, unlock VC seeks to develop highly productive networks to increase the success of diverse investors, partly through frequent local and virtual events, supported by a continuous stream of content, resources and training. The 1k+ member unlock VC community includes GPs, LPs, investors and angel investors.
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