Who we are
A frontier investor community.
Tabu Ventures is a community and angel syndicate backing transformational businesses hidden by shame and stigma. We find the founders, do the work, and build the co-investor network to move early, together.
We're early-mover investors who noticed the same thing from different directions: the categories that make people uncomfortable are the ones capital is late to. Not because the businesses are weak, but because discomfort delays the money. We exist to close that gap while it's still open.
How we work
- We uncoverWe go looking where others flinch, sourcing founders solving real problems in sexual wellness, women's health, addiction recovery and end-of-life care.
- We validate, togetherAs a syndicate, we bring specialist co-investors around each opportunity to pressure-test whether it's genuinely investable.
- We back earlyFocussed on pre-seed and seed businesses, we move before the crowd is comfortable, because the returns in these categories are made in the lag between cultural and capital acceptance.
The people behind Tabu Ventures
A core team at the centre of a wide network of investors, operators and specialists who've spent their careers close to these categories. Around each opportunity we convene the right people to judge what's genuinely investable, and to help founders once we're in.
Nicola Telford
Founder, Tabu Ventures
Avital von Allemann
Operations, Tabu Ventures
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Advisors, angels and operators who help us judge what's genuinely investable, and back founders once we're in.
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