Stride.VC is a London-based seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Fred Destin and Harry Stebbings. The firm practices what it calls 'artisan venture capital,' backing small teams of passionate entrepreneurs at the earliest stages with meaningful cheques.
Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $15.5M (across 15 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
20
Fund Size
$138.6M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
GC
Gabbi Cahane
Partner
LZ
Lina Zakarauskaite
Partner
MV
Michelangelo Valtancoli
Principal
PI
Pietro Invernizzi
Early Stage Investing
FD
Fred Destin
Founder
HS
Harry Stebbings
Founder
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
23 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TThema | Pre-Seed | $4.5M | Feb 2026 |
 Triver | Series A | — | Sep 2025 |
 Otera | Series A | — | Jun 2025 |
| Aanotherblock | Seed | — | May 2023 |
 Techwolf | Series A | — | May 2022 |
 Jow | Series B | $20M | Oct 2021 |
 Huboo | Series B | $81.4M | Oct 2021 |
 Accountable | Series A | — | Sep 2021 |
 Sedna | Series B | $34M | Jul 2021 |
 Unibuddy | Series B | $20M | Jul 2021 |
 Hofy | Unknown | $15.2M | Jan 2021 |
| WWeGift | Series A | $8M | Nov 2020 |
| Huboo | Series A | $17.8M | Sep 2020 |
| CCollective Benefits | Seed | $4.3M | Feb 2020 |
| Jow | Series A | $7M | Dec 2019 |
 Strapi | Seed | $4M | Oct 2019 |
| Strapi | Seed | $4M | Jan 2019 |
| FForward Health | Seed | $3.9M | Oct 2018 |
 Handly | Seed | — | — |
 Bene Bono | Growth | — | — |
| BBonBot | Unknown | $2.4M | — |
 Cleverea | Unknown | — | — |
 Kolleno | Seed | $5.4M | — |
Top Co-Investors
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Chalfen Ventures1 shared
Insight Partners1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026