# Manta Ray Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Manta Ray Ventures is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 3 investments on record, latest Dec 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Manta Ray Ventures

Last cheque observed Dec 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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VC firm Quiet

Seed Series A Series B AI & Machine Learning AgTech Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **2515** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$1.4M** Rounds led **0 of 3**

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## Manta Ray Ventures highlights

- 01 3 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> We invest early, build deep conviction, and take a long view. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** AI & Machine Learning AgTech Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)
- **Based in:** London, United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2019** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[Pepper](https://millionrounds.com/company/pepper)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$5.6M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[BEIT](https://millionrounds.com/company/beit)** US · Linkedin **$1.4M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Forge Platform](https://millionrounds.com/company/forge-platform)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$1.0M** With 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **10** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**45** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[Alien](https://millionrounds.com/company/alien)[Aqtual](https://millionrounds.com/company/aqtual)[Archdesk](https://millionrounds.com/company/archdesk)[Assemblyosm](https://millionrounds.com/company/assembly-osm)[Astranis](https://millionrounds.com/company/astranis)[Beacon](https://millionrounds.com/company/beacon)[Beit](https://millionrounds.com/company/beit)[Believermeats](https://millionrounds.com/company/believer-meats)[Bettani](https://millionrounds.com/company/bettani)[Betterdairy](https://millionrounds.com/company/better-dairy)[Booksy](https://millionrounds.com/company/booksy)[Brainly](https://millionrounds.com/company/brainly)[Calypsoai](https://millionrounds.com/company/calypsoai)[Clark](https://millionrounds.com/company/clark)[Cuemath](https://millionrounds.com/company/cuemath)[Deepcell](https://millionrounds.com/company/deepcell)[Divergent3d](https://millionrounds.com/company/divergent-3d)[Elephant](https://millionrounds.com/company/elephant)[Epicgames](https://millionrounds.com/company/epic-games)[Finiata](https://millionrounds.com/company/finiata)[Gropyus](https://millionrounds.com/company/gropyus)[Helloself](https://millionrounds.com/company/helloself)[Hyperloop-one](https://millionrounds.com/company/hyperloop-one)[Infinitopes](https://millionrounds.com/company/infinitopes)[Juvenatherapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/juvena-therapeutics)[Kadence](https://millionrounds.com/company/kadence)[Kernel](https://millionrounds.com/company/kernel)[Nomagic](https://millionrounds.com/company/nomagic)[Ossiumhealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/ossium-health)[Peek](https://millionrounds.com/company/peek)[Phytoformlabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/phytoform-labs)[Probablygenetic](https://millionrounds.com/company/probably-genetic)[Raise](https://millionrounds.com/company/raise)[Sage](https://millionrounds.com/company/sage)[Siren](https://millionrounds.com/company/siren)[Sitehop](https://millionrounds.com/company/sitehop)[Stethome](https://millionrounds.com/company/stethome)[Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/company/telegram)[Tequipy](https://millionrounds.com/company/tequipy)[This](https://millionrounds.com/company/this)[Toonstar](https://millionrounds.com/company/toonstar)[Voicify](https://millionrounds.com/company/voicify)[Volocopter](https://millionrounds.com/company/volocopter)[arrow](https://millionrounds.com/company/arrow)[arrow](https://millionrounds.com/company/arrow) Aivivo Bluu Buildcover Cetoswater Coinpaprika Eatcala Fibaro Forecast Freedombio Gamaspace Lisek Newglobe Nocadis Quvy Showrunner and 1 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$1.4M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Dec 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *2*
- Series A said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Often in the room with

- [Upfront Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upfront-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Manta Ray Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Upfront Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upfront-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Manta Ray Ventures put money into.

[**Pepper** $5.6M · Dec 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/pepper)[**Forge Platform** $1.0M · Feb 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/forge-platform)

## Quick answers about Manta Ray Ventures

### What does Manta Ray Ventures invest in?

Manta Ray Ventures invests most often at Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI & Machine Learning, AgTech and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML).

### How active is Manta Ray Ventures?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Dec 2019.

### What has Manta Ray Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Pepper (Seed, Dec 2019), BEIT (Undisclosed round, Oct 2019) and Forge Platform (Seed, Feb 2019).

### How big are Manta Ray Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.4M.

### Is Manta Ray Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Dec 2019.

### Who does Manta Ray Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Upfront Ventures (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Manta Ray Ventures?

Manta Ray Ventures is a VC firm based in London, United Kingdom.

### When was Manta Ray Ventures founded?

Manta Ray Ventures was founded in 2017.

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