Portfolio · 19 Companies · Vol. I

Portfolio Companies — Dust Road Ventures

75+ investments since 2011 · 19 named publicly

The portfolio spans over 75 investments. Below are the 19 companies displayed publicly. Wise was invested in pre-revenue. Purplebricks listed Dust Road as its first investor. Tide was co-founded.

A laterite road cutting through green hills, the kind of unbuilt road this firm is named for. — S 19°56′ E 23°35′ · Mopane Woodland

75+ investments since 2011.

All 19 Companies

Last updated: 2026-05-07

Public (LSE)

Wise

Invested pre-revenue

International money transfer at the real exchange rate. Backed pre-revenue.

Fintech Global
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Tide

Co-founded

Business banking platform. Co-founded by Errol Damelin in 2015.

Fintech UK
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Exited

Purplebricks

First investor

Hybrid online estate agency. Dust Road was the named first investor.

Proptech UK
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HiBob

Seed investor

HR platform for modern, distributed companies.

HR Tech Israel
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Cleo AI

Seed investor

AI personal-finance assistant. Conversational money management for Gen Z.

Fintech / AI UK
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K Health

Seed investor

AI-driven primary care. Symptom triage and clinician follow-through.

Health-tech / AI US / Israel
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Cazoo

Early investor

Online used-car marketplace. UK-listed at peak before pivot.

Marketplace UK
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Exited (Via, 2023)

Citymapper

Early investor

Urban transit navigation. Acquired by Via in 2023.

Transport UK
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Exited (merged)

VivaReal

Early investor

Brazilian online real-estate marketplace. Merged with Zap.

Proptech Brazil
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Earnin

Seed investor

Earned-wage access. Pay-day, on demand, before pay-day.

Fintech US
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Elliptic

Seed investor

Crypto-asset compliance and AML for financial institutions.

Crypto / Compliance UK
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Sure

Seed investor

Embedded insurance infrastructure for marketplaces and brands.

Insurtech US
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YuLife

Seed investor

Group life insurance with employee-wellness gamification.

Insurtech UK
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Zoe

Seed investor

Personalised nutrition science. Continuous metabolic monitoring.

Health-tech UK
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Modifi

Seed investor

Cross-border trade finance for SME exporters.

Fintech Germany
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Ravelin

Seed investor

Real-time fraud and payment-risk detection for online merchants.

Fintech / Fraud UK
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Seat Unique

Seed investor

Premium live-event ticket marketplace.

Marketplace UK
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Dig.ai

Seed investor

Enterprise AI infrastructure for unstructured-data search.

AI Israel
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Canopy Connect

Seed investor

Instant insurance verification. Permissioned policy data on demand.

Insurtech US
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A Land Rover Defender on red Kalahari earth — the operator's vehicle, used not posed. — S 21°32′ E 23°09′ · Central Kalahari

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