Backing tech-enabled ventures led by underrepresented founders, built in underestimated markets, or transforming undercapitalised industries.
Djassi Ventures is a London-based Venture Builder working alongside bold and ambitious founders to build scalable, commercially sustainable and investment-ready startups.
600+
Startups supported through Venture Building
$11M+
Resources deployed through Venture Building
$30M+
Capital raised by accelerated startups
35+
Countries represented
30+
Industries covered
60%
Women founders
Unlike traditional accelerators, mentoring programmes or consultancies, we work hands-on alongside founders, combining Venture Building, Capital, and access to our global Ecosystem.
Many of the founders we support are building outside traditional venture networks, in underestimated markets or across industries where access to capital, expertise and opportunity remains limited.
Our ambition is not simply to help these founders solve the world's greatest challenges. It is to become a long-term Venture Building partner, supporting them throughout their entrepreneurial journey, from validating their product and acquiring their first customers to preparing for investment and scaling internationally.
Overlooked = Outsized Opportunity = Untapped Scale
At Djassi Ventures, underrepresented goes beyond identity.
It reflects structural gaps in access to capital, networks, and markets.
We back founders and sectors that are systematically overlooked, including:
- Founders from historically underrepresented backgrounds
- Builders outside traditional VC networks and geographies
- Entrepreneurs building in markets underestimated by mainstream capital
- Operators transitioning from corporate or non-traditional pathways
- Innovators in high-potential industries often ignored by venture capital — including the Creative Industries, cultural tech, digital media, and adjacent sectors
Underrepresented talent
Underestimated markets
Undercapitalised industries
We invest where others hesitate. That is where outsized opportunities exist.
Underrepresented is not a category. It is a signal of untapped scale.
Led by experienced Builders that speak both “Corporatese” and “Startupish”.
Fernando Cabral
Managing Partner
Rudolphe Cabral
General Partner
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Build, Grow and Scale your startup with us!
From building your first product to generating revenue, raising capital and scaling your business, we work alongside ambitious founders to unlock their next milestones. We build with startups at any stage of their journey (from Ideation to Series A).
- 01Join Track
Build to Early-Validation Unlocked
Are you in the early-days of building and validating your startup?
- 02Join Track
Pilot to First Revenue Unlocked
Are you ready to run a structured pilot and convert early-traction to paying customers?
- 03Join Track
Repeatable Revenue to Commercial Growth Unlocked
Are you ready to move from initial revenue to repeatable customer acquisition and commercial growth?
- 04Join Track
Fundraising to Funding Unlocked
Are you ready to raise your first or next funding round (capital)?
- 05Join Track
Growth to Scaling Unlocked
Are you ready to move from established growth to scaling operations and market reach?
One journey. Five UNLOCKED tracks.
Join Djassi Angels.
We are building a more inclusive angel investment ecosystem by addressing evidenced disparities in angel investing and strengthen the diversity and reach of the global early-stage investment ecosystem.
With our Djassi Angels Syndicate (DAS) we aim to mobilise and deploy more Capital into underrepresented founders building globally.