Investment firm & venture studio

From first commit to acquisition.

Ashvale backs technical founders through every stage of growth — and builds new companies from the ground up where we see the gap before the market does.

2016
Founded
24
Companies backed
7
Built in-house
9
Acquisitions

Two ways we put capital to work.

We don't only write cheques. We invest where founders are already building, and we build ourselves where no one has started yet.

01 — Invest

We back early tech companies.

We partner with founders at the earliest stages and stay involved through to acquisition — capital, operating support, and the introductions that move a company from promising to proven.

  • Pre-seed to Series A entry, with reserves for the journey
  • Hands-on through hiring, GTM, and fundraising
  • A relationship network built for clean, well-timed exits
02 — Build

We start companies of our own.

Through the Ashvale studio we develop and spin up new businesses — taking an idea from thesis to incorporated company with a founding team, product, and first customers.

  • Validated theses, not spray-and-pray bets
  • Shared engineering, design, and finance from day one
  • We recruit operators to lead and own what they build

The arc, end to end.

Most investors meet a company once and check in quarterly. We work the whole curve — from the first line of code to the day the deal closes.

Stage 01

Commit

First conviction. We take a position early — in a founder we believe in, or an idea we choose to build ourselves.

Stage 02

Build

Product, team, and the first signs of traction. Heavy operating involvement when it matters most.

Stage 03

Scale

Repeatable growth. We open doors to customers, talent, and the capital that takes it further.

Stage 04

Acquisition

A considered exit. We position the company, run the process, and see founders through to a result they're proud of.

Where we spend our attention.

We invest and build in technical markets where deep product work creates a durable advantage.

A.01

Applied AI

Models put to real work inside products people use every day.

A.02

Developer tools

Infrastructure, tooling, and platforms that make engineers faster.

A.03

Fintech & payments

Money movement, infrastructure, and the systems behind it.

A.04

Vertical SaaS

Software that owns a workflow end to end in a specific industry.

A.05

Climate & energy

Software and hardware-enabled tools for the energy transition.

A.06

Health tech

Clinical and operational software where outcomes and trust matter.

Selected portfolio.

A sample of companies we've backed and built. Replace these with your own — the structure is ready for them.

Invested · Applied AI

Northcurrent

Document intelligence for regulated industries.

Active · Series A
Built · Dev tools

Quillrun

CI infrastructure spun out of the Ashvale studio.

Active · Studio
Invested · Fintech

Halden Pay

Embedded payments for B2B marketplaces.

Acquired · 2024
Invested · Vertical SaaS

Fieldmark

Operations software for field-service teams.

Active · Seed
Built · Climate

Emberline

Grid-balancing analytics, founded in-house.

Active · Studio
Invested · Health tech

Verra Health

Clinical workflow tools for outpatient care.

Acquired · 2023
Why founders choose us
01

We've built, not just funded.

We run a studio of our own, so we know the work from the inside — and we don't give advice we haven't had to live with.

02

We stay for the whole arc.

From first conviction to acquisition. We're not looking for the next round of markups; we're looking for a result.

03

Technical due diligence, done properly.

We read the codebase and the market. Founders get a partner who understands what they're actually building.

04

A network built for exits.

Relationships with the acquirers, advisors, and operators who make a clean, well-timed sale possible.

Get in touch

Building something? Let's talk.

Whether you're raising your first round or exploring an idea worth founding, we read every message. Tell us what you're building and where you want it to go.