Korra Ventures angel syndicate launches to back underrepresented founders
The syndicate is founded on a simple but radical premise: the next generation of £100 million+ businesses will be built by underrepresented founders tackling the UN Sustainable Development Goals, if they can access the right capital and networks.
In a world where less than 2% of venture capital reaches female founders, and ethnic minorities receive even less, Korra Ventures was created by its founders to align diversity, inclusion, and sustainability with commercial excellence to rewrite the rules of early-stage investing.
Korra Ventures’ founders
Korra Ventures has been founded by three industry veterans: Tania Rahman, Dr. Thomas Schreiber, and Dirk Bischof.
Tania was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2018 and led multi-million pounds of investments into female founders as a VC and now turned angel investor. Thomas is a serial investor and entrepreneur, who was an early employee at Shazam and supported in scaling it to its eventual $400 million exit to Apple, as well as leading business units at Google. He is an active angel investor with over 25 investments since 2019. Dirk is a serial entrepreneur with one exit under his belt but supporting over 10,000 founders to date at Hatch, one of Europe’s top 50 business accelerators.
Impact investing
The syndicate focuses exclusively on post-revenue startups that have already validated their market fit, sourcing deal flow from elite accelerator networks including Y Combinator, Techstars, and Hatch. Their investment thesis targets companies with 10x return potential over 10 years, proving that profit and purpose aren’t mutually exclusive.
The syndicate is welcoming both investors and founders into its growing network. Membership opens to sophisticated and high-net-worth individuals with a minimum commitment of £20,000 annually, joining founding members from Google, Sky, Vivobarefoot, and leading insurance and fintech companies.
For investors, Korra Ventures offers more than attractive SEIS/EIS tax advantages. Members gain access to curated deal flow, mentoring opportunities, and the chance to co-invest alongside a high-performing syndicate focused on transformative ventures across climate, healthcare, logistics, and beyond.
Tania Rahman says: “We’ve seen founders with game-changing solutions get dismissed in five-minute pitch meetings, while their well-connected counterparts raising for less impactful ideas walk away with term sheets.
“Korra Ventures has been created to fix this issue in the capital markets and ensure investment can reach the brilliant underrepresented entrepreneurs that the industry is currently not serving, building the next generation of £100 million+ companies in the process.”
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