Ventures

CardiaTec, a TechBio company employing computational methods to decode the biology behind cardiovascular disease, has raised $6.5M in seed funding led by San Francisco-based Montage Ventures. [Cambridge, 10 September 2024] – CardiaTec, a TechBio company employing computational methods to decode the biology behind cardiovascular disease, has secured $6.5M in seed funding led by Montage Ventures…

Kodifly has raised $750K from Laidlaw Scholars Ventures to support its mission of enhancing infrastructure management through advanced spatial intelligence. [Hong Kong 23 June 2024] – Kodifly, a technology company using AI to support infrastructure management and increased safety in the Transportation sector announced today a $750K investment from Laidlaw Scholars Ventures. This funding will…

[February 9, 2023]—Laidlaw Scholars Ventures has invested $650K in Guava, a digital banking and networking platform by and for Black entrepreneurs, to help narrow the racial wealth gap in the United States. Guava Founder and CEO Kelly Ifill, a former Laidlaw Scholar at Columbia Business School, founded Guava to help close the racial wealth gap…

ProMotion Rewards, a consumer rewards company which provides brand partners with customer insight, has secured a €725k pre-seed investment led by Laidlaw Scholars Ventures [Dublin, Ireland, 18 October 2022] – ProMotion Rewards, a consumer rewards company which provides brand partners with customer insight, has secured a €725k pre-seed investment led by Laidlaw Scholars Ventures with participation from Delta Partners and Enterprise…

.   Sable is a digital bank that allows marginalized Americans and new immigrants without a U.S. financial history to open accounts and build their credit scores quickly. ·   Laidlaw Scholars Ventures (LSV) invested $1m. [New York, NY, USA, 14 July 2022] –Sable, a banking company offering U.S. credit, debit and bank accounts, has secured a…

.   Sool is the producer of Makku, America’s first craft makgeolli, a rice-based drink and the oldest alcoholic beverage in Korea.  ·   Laidlaw Scholars Ventures (LSV) contributed $650k, to take Sool’s total funding to $3.5m  [New York, NY, USA, 12 July 2022] –Sool, a Korean drinks company located in the US, has secured a $1.2m…

.     CardiaTec is applying artificial intelligence (AI) on large-scale multiomic data to develop the next generation of cardiovascular disease targets. ·     The pre-seed investment was led by Laidlaw Scholars Ventures (LSV) and APEX Ventures with participation from Crista Galli Ventures, o2h ventures and Cambridge Enterprise. [Cambridge, UK, 06 July 2022] – CardiaTec, an…

LONDON, UK, October 4th 2021—Laidlaw Scholars Ventures (LSV), a venture capital fund established by the Laidlaw Foundation to invest in businesses led by Laidlaw Scholars, today officially opens for applications. All profits from LSV will be returned to the Foundation to invest in its educational programmes. Lord Laidlaw of Rothiemay, Chairman of the Laidlaw Foundation…

LONDON, UK, September 10th, 2021—Laidlaw Foundation appoints Niall Santamaria as Chief Investment Officer of its new investment fund, Laidlaw Scholars Ventures (LSV), opening for applications on October 4th this year.  Niall will start at LSV on September 13th, joining from Edge Investments, where he led investments, supported the portfolio as a Board Director, and managed exits…