Ventur
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Screen cohorts and companies
before you commit.

Ventur is a UK company screening and cohort intelligence platform. Rank applicants against your thesis, verify claims against external data, and monitor selected companies after the decision.

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Built for accelerators, grant bodies, funds, and teams screening companies before they commit.

Aster Labs Ltd
ApplicantRank #04 · Healthtech cohort
Review Priority
High
Discrepancy Flags
Revenue claim mismatchDirector overlapLimited filing history
Signals
Hiring ↑ 12 rolesGrant-fit: strongMedia coverage +3
Assessment ConfidenceHigh

Why does cohort triage still rely on incomplete information?

Accelerators, grant bodies, and investment programmes receive more applications than small teams can review deeply. Evaluators rely on pitch decks and intake forms, then still check Companies House, social signals, and news archives manually.

The result is slow triage, inconsistent shortlisting, and limited visibility after decisions are made.

How does Ventur handle intake instead?

1

Rank applicants against your thesis.

Ingest intake forms, pitch decks, forecasts, or CSV exports. Ventur parses each applicant and ranks the cohort against your funding criteria, sector focus, stage, geography, traction requirements, and exclusions so human review starts with a prioritised shortlist.

Thesis FitStageTractionExclusions
Ranked Shortlist126 applicants
01
Northgate Bio Ltd
UKSeedNHS pilot
94%
Strong fit
02
Aster Labs LtdCheck
HealthtechMRRHiring
88%
Review traction
03
Marlow Robotics Ltd
DeeptechGrant fitPatents
82%
Sector match
Thesis: UK healthtech, seed to pre-Series ATop 24 queued
2

Verify claims before human review.

For every shortlisted applicant, Ventur can run an external company intelligence check across statutory filings, director records, financial footprint, hiring signals, media coverage, web presence, and social signals. Where stated traction does not match the public footprint, the discrepancy is flagged before review begins.

Useful when you need consistent screening between intake and a final human decision.

Applicant Profile4 inputs
Thesis fitHealthtech · UK · Seed
Intake Form
StagePre-Series A, £80k MRR
Pitch Deck
VerificationRevenue claim needs review
External Signals
DirectorSarah Chen (Founder, 2023-)
Statutory Register
3

Monitor what changes after the decision.

Accepted, funded, shortlisted, or rejected companies can be monitored after the decision. Your team gets alerts when filings, hiring, product launches, media coverage, structural changes, or traction signals materially change across the portfolio.

Monitor funded and shortlisted companies
Watch rejected applicants for new traction
Track material changes between intake cycles
Monitored Companies3 active
Atom Bank Ltd
No changes
Today
Monzo Bank Ltd
New director filing
Today
Starling Bank Ltd
No changes
Yesterday

Why Teams Trust What Ventur Shows.

Every shortlist and company report stays source-linked, layered with operational risk context, and grounded in the evidence behind each applicant or company you are screening.

Source-Linked Throughout

Every finding links back to the intake answer, filing, article, or review it came from so your team can verify it directly.

SourceFindingReference
Statutory RegisterOverdue filing: 2022 accountscompanieshouse.gov.uk
News MediaDirector named in insolvency reporttheguardian.com
Employer ReviewsGlassdoor rating 2.1: high turnover flaggedglassdoor.co.uk
Compare Claims To Reality

See financial signals, director history, hiring activity, sentiment, and adverse media in one view so self-reported traction can be checked against external data.

Financial Health
Current Ratio1.4
Debt / Equity0.6
Net Assets£2.3m
Companies House · Mar 2024
Director Network
Sarah Chen4 appointments
Michael Roberts7 appointments
James WilsonPSC · 25%
Low risk
Figures from filed statutory accounts
Understand Relationships With Graph IQ

Open a relationship map from any completed report to explore directors, PSC records, and connected companies around a selected applicant or entity.

GraphPeopleCompanies
Snapshot saved to report
PeopleCompaniesControl
James Alderton
Director
Meridian Holdco Ltd
Parent company
PSC · 75%+
Control link

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