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About Dust Road Ventures

Investor type

Family office

First check

$25k to $750k

Lead

Sometimes

Funding Stages

1. Idea or Patent2. Prototype3. Early Revenue5. Growth

Countries of investment

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Who we are

We are Dust Road Ventures, the personal investment firm of founder and angel investor Errol Damelin, deploying permanent family capital to back early-stage category-defining startups.

Funding Requirements

We invest in ambitious founders building non-obvious, outlier solutions before they’re obvious. As first money in, we make non-consensus bets with asymmetric upside. Our track record of early backing includes Wise, Tide, Purplebricks, Zoe, and HiBob. Guided by permanent family capital with no fund-cycle constraints, we leverage a deep co-investment flywheel with top-tier partners like Ribbit, NFX, and Entree to build generational, enduring companies.

Value add

We provide Founder DNA and support, primarily with Financing and Product strategy. Once we invest, we are deeply hands-on where it matters: sharpening GTM, pressure-testing product decisions, and opening doors to downstream capital, top-tier talent, and institutional enterprise customers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Locations

Wickhams Cay II Road, Road Town, BVI HQ

Dust Road Ventures Team

Idan Lakritz

Idan Lakritz

Other

"I invest in amazing operators and leaders"

Dust Road Ventures Portfolio

Wise

Wise

wise.com

Tide

Tide

tide.co

Purplebricks

Purplebricks

purplebricks.co.uk

Hibob

Hibob

hibob.com

Cleo

Cleo

web.meetcleo.com

K-health

K-health

khealth.com

Cazoo

Cazoo

cazoo.co.uk

Citymapper

Citymapper

citymapper.com

Vivareal

Vivareal

vivareal.com.br

earnin

earnin

earnin.com

Elliptic

Elliptic

elliptic.co

Sure

Sure

sureapp.com

Yu life

Yu life

yulife.com

Zoe

Zoe

joinzoe.com

Modifi

Modifi

modifi.com

Ravelin

Ravelin

ravelin.com

Seat unique

Seat unique

seatunique.com

Dig

Dig

dig.ai

Canopy Connect

Canopy Connect

usecanopy.com

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