Family Office & AI Venture Studio · Brooklyn, NY · Est. 2026

Builders whoinvest. Investorswho build.

Ifada Ventures is a family office and AI Venture Studio. We build our own AI-powered products and back the early founders building what comes next.

We build & we back
AI-native · Long-term
ifadaventures.com
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How we work

We're operators first. We build products we'd use ourselves, then back the founders chasing the same standard.

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We build, then back
Operating teaches what investing can't. We ship our own products, and invest with a builder's eye for what's real.
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Our own capital
We invest our own money on our own timeline, following our conviction.
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AI-native by default
Every product we build and every founder we back uses AI as leverage: small teams, outsized output.
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Built for the long game
Generational wealth and relationships, measured in decades rather than exits.
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What we build

Our studio builds AI-powered products that solve problems we've lived. We use what we make, refine it in the real world, then decide what becomes a company.

NestIQ
Real Estate Intelligence · NYC
AI that surfaces, analyzes, and prices NYC property deals: built for homebuyers and investors hunting value.
Studio product[ link ]
Tendcove
Childcare · Marketplace
On-demand childcare that dispatches trusted caregivers to families the moment they're needed.
Studio productTendcove
Stylist
Personal Styling · Coming soon
An AI stylist that learns your taste and dresses you for the life you're building: effortless, personal, always on.
In development
What's next
We build in the open. More from the studio soon.
Follow along →
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Who we back

Stage
First-check to early

Pre-seed and seed founders, often before there's a clean story to tell. We're comfortable being early.

Founders
AI-native & under-backed

We look for founders using AI as real leverage and we're intentional about backing women and underrepresented builders.

Our edge
Operators, not just capital

We've built and shipped AI products ourselves, so we help you build yours.

Check Size
First-check + follow-on

$5K–$25K to start, with room to keep backing what's working.

For Founders

Tell us what
you're building.

A short note beats a polished deck. Tell us about you, the problem, and why now — especially if AI is core to it.

founders@ifadaventures.com →
For Investors

Build alongside
us.

Co-invest, share deal flow, or back the studio itself. If you build or invest in AI, we'd love to compare notes.

investors@ifadaventures.com →
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The principals

Diara
Founder & Investing Partner
Beauty founder, former VC, background in marketing and technical product development.
diara@ifadaventures.com
Chinedu
Partner · Product & Engineering
Tech founder, background in data & AI; oversees the studio's products.
chinedu@ifadaventures.com
Building in public

We document the journey building products and backing founders, in the open.

Product launches, founder meetings, lessons, and the occasional miss. If you build or invest, follow along.