Tramlines
London, UK · Invests in UK · Website
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Domain experts with 10-20 years of industry experience are uniquely positioned to build AI-native services businesses that transform their sectors. Tramlines backs grounded founders combining human judgment, deep domain expertise, and AI-powered execution to build sustainable, revenue-first businesses.
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No experimental AI projects without commercial grounding; no technology-first approaches without domain expertise; no rapid-scale-before-sustainable-model founders; no consumer apps or non-B2B plays
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Leads or follows
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Advisor
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
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Recent activity
- Jun 2025
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Tramlines in the news
Louder Than War
Tramlines 2026: Day Two – Festival Review
1 month ago
northernexposuremagazine.co.uk
TRAMLINES DAY THREE: ENDING WITH ELEMENTS OF ELECTRIFYING ENERGY
1 month ago
Far Out Magazine
Local festivals are coming to a crossroads, but they can be fixed
1 month ago
Belfast Telegraph
Andy Burnham’s love of music is ‘not fake’, says indie band singer
1 month ago
Welwyn Hatfield Times
Andy Burnham’s love of music is ‘not fake’, says indie band singer
1 month ago
UKTN
Tramlines Ventures assembles senior leadership team
2 months ago
TheBanker.com
Former Metro Bank CEO to chair London AI venture firm
2 months ago
ShefNews
Sheffield makes the longlist for UK City of Culture 2029
5 months ago
Lionel Barber | Substack
Don’t write Britain off
6 months ago
thehootleeds.com
A new Aussie coffee shop and cafe is opening in Sheffield this month
7 months ago
ECF - European Cyclists’ Federation
Cycling strong component in Dutch €2.5 billion fund to access new housing
9 months ago
Live4ever Media
The Streets return with new single Utopia
11 months ago
NME
Tramlines speak out against KKR, while Sónar vows to "never send them a single Euro" after 28 artists pull out in pro-Palestine protest
May 2025
Far Out Magazine
Tramlines issues statement clarifying KKR ownership
May 2025
Future Farming
Autonomous precision irrigation to save up to 30% water
Feb 2025
BBC
Sheffield: Music scholarship in memory of Tramlines founder
Jan 2025
Soundsphere magazine
Festival Review: Tramlines Festival, Hillsborough Park, Sheffield [Day 1 - Friday 26th July 2024]
Jul 2024
SheffNews.
Everything you need to know ahead of Tramlines 2024
Jul 2024
SheffNews.
Tramlines granted approval to remain at Hillsborough Park
Mar 2024
chinadaily.com.cn
Vision China highlights crucial role of science and technology
Nov 2023
SheffNews.
Tramlines: the impact of events on Sheffield’s economy and parks
Sep 2023
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May 2022
South China Morning Post
One of the few remaining tramlines still operating in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv
Mar 2022
Now Then Sheffield
Che Ga Zebra / Richard Hawley / Tramlines Highlights.
Jul 2020
Goldmine Magazine
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