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🚀 Meet our AI hackathon judges 🌟 @MeryemArik9, CEO and Co-founder of @titanml_. Meryem has been recognised as a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree for her contributions to AI. @frainpan, Developer Community Lead at @MolliePayments. The winning team will receive premium onboarding and up to £150,000 in free processing from Mollie. @michaeltefula, Principal and Head of Product at Ada Ventures. Michael is a self-taught developer and former operator. @SrinMadipalli, Co-founder of People & Robots, an Ada portfolio company. Srin is the former CEO and Co-founder of Accomable (acquired by @Airbnb in 2017). This is more than just a competition; it’s your gateway to launching the next generation of AI-driven ventures with the backing of Ada Ventures, @googlecloud, Mollie, @ESgloballaw, and @bubbleChildcare. Applications close on *Friday 25th April at 11:59 pm BST*— spaces are limited, so apply now! 👉 To apply: lnkd.in/dAcgrsxC 🗓️ Event Details: Date: 2nd May 2025 Check-in: 9:00 AM | Hackathon Starts: 10:00 AM | Ends: 5:30 PM Location: Central London - near Tottenham Court Road Station Theme: Accelerating Prosperity with AI AI hackathon judging criteria: 👉 Speed of Execution – How far did you get with the limited time and resources? 👉 Originality – How non-obvious or differentiated is the idea? 👉 Clarity of Problem/Opportunity – Is it solving a significant pain point or addressing a massive opportunity? 👉 Team Potential – Could this team or founder be backed to scale something big? 👉 Demo Quality – Does the MVP do something valuable today? 🏆 Exciting Prizes Await: £100,000 equity investment for the winning team (T&Cs apply) Up to £100,000 in Google Cloud credits Legal support worth £12,500 from Eversheds Sutherland Through our collaboration with Bubble, we will offer childcare support to a select number of participants who find a lack of childcare a barrier to participating. Don’t miss your chance to create a transformative MVP and connect with brilliant minds in the tech community.

🌟Ada Ventures — 5 Years in 🌟 2024 has been a transformative year at Ada Ventures! Read our annual year in review: medium.com/ada-ventures/ada-… We reported on our Inclusive Alpha® commitments. Inclusive Alpha® is an investment approach where an inclusive lens is prioritised in every part of the investment process. We’ve welcomed amazing new team members, reported on our innovative initiatives like free childcare for founders and launched AdaGPT. This year, we closed our oversubscribed Fund II at £63m, backed by amazing LPs, and deployed £8 million across 13 new investments in groundbreaking companies like Radiant Matter, PHINXT Robotics and @LowCarbonM to name a few 🚀 We’ve also expanded our team and network, welcoming incredible talent including @michaeltefula, @jasmincbd, @dorothychou, @benjmnjn and Shanika Amarasekara MBE who are driving impactful change. We’re incredibly proud of our portfolio companies, like @MaterialsNexus, which is revolutionising clean energy technology, Multiomic Health, whose innovations in diabetic care are truly paving the way for proactive health solutions and @researchgrid announced in November that they raised $6.5 million to make clinical trials admin-free.

I'm thrilled to announce that @Stackfix - the software comparison platform - has raised a $3M Seed Round led by @chalfs, joined by @seedcamp and @helloworld, alongside some brilliant angel investors such as @paulforster, @matthewclifford and @Alicebentinck. When my co-founder @caminmc and I were building our previous companies, we saw firsthand just how time-consuming it is to find the right tools for your business - navigating endless options, confusing pricing, and overly pushy sales tactics. The existing 'solutions' are totally broken, as they rely on user-generated reviews, which are often out-of-date, incomplete, or paid-for by vendors. This problem is getting much worse. Advances in AI have dramatically lowered the barriers to building and updating software, leading to an explosion in the number of available tools. Traditional review-based approaches cannot keep up. Enter Stackfix. We enable businesses to compare software in seconds and be guided to the right product. Under the hood, we're building AI agents to automatically test software, which gives us live, comprehensive, and accurate information on thousands of tools. Read more about the announcement in the TechCrunch exclusive (link in the comments). Thank you @mikebutcher for the feature! 👇