# Schroders (slim)

> Schroders's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Cohere, ElevenLabs, Poolside and MoEngage, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/schroders/index.md (~1,250 tokens) · this version ~1,130 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/schroders/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/schroders/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
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Investor.

Website: https://www.schroders.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Cohere**, Series C, June 2023, through Schroders Capital, valued at about $7B as announced (the source doesn't say pre- or post-money), 2025 round, second close, September 2025
  - [Cohere Chat API (Command models)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cohere-chat.md), graded B, 64.7/100
  - [Cohere Embed and Rerank](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cohere-embed.md), graded BB, 72.5/100
  - [Cohere Transcribe 03-2026](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cohere-transcribe-03-2026.md), graded C, 59.3/100
  - Source: https://cohere.com/blog/announcement
- **ElevenLabs**, Series D third close, May 2026, valued at $11B as announced (the source doesn't say pre- or post-money), Series D, February 2026
  - [ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-agents.md), graded BB, 71.4/100
  - [ElevenLabs Music API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music.md), graded B, 66.9/100
  - [ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-scribe.md), graded B, 69/100
  - [ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-tts.md), graded BB, 75.3/100
  - [ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-voice-cloning.md), graded BB, 74.8/100
  - Source: https://elevenlabs.io/blog/500m-arr-and-new-investors
- **Poolside**, Series B, October 2024, through Schroders Capital, valued at $3B as announced (the source doesn't say pre- or post-money), Series B, October 2024
  - [Laguna M.1](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/laguna-m-1.md), graded C, 55.5/100
  - [Laguna S 2.1](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/laguna-s-2-1.md), graded C, 61/100
  - [Laguna XS 2.1](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/laguna-xs-2-1.md), graded C, 61/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/02/ai-coding-startup-poolside-raises-500m-from-ebay-nvidia-and-others/
- **MoEngage**, Series F, December 2025, through Schroders Capital
  - [MoEngage](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/moengage.md), graded B, 65.3/100
  - Source: https://entrackr.com/news/moengage-raises-additional-180-mn-in-series-f-completes-15-mn-liquidity-event-10917122

## Where they invest

- Open-weight models, 3
- Speech-to-text, 2
- Model APIs & inference, 1
- Embeddings & rerankers, 1
- Conversational voice agents, 1
- Music generation, 1
- Text-to-speech, 1
- Voice cloning & custom voices, 1
- Lifecycle marketing & customer engagement, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Aidan Gomez](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aidan-gomez/), Cohere, Cohere Inc.
- [Nick Frosst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/nick-frosst/), Cohere, Cohere Inc.
- [Ivan Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ivan-zhang/), Cohere, Cohere Inc.
- [Mati Staniszewski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mati-staniszewski/), ElevenLabs
- [Piotr Dąbkowski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/piotr-dabkowski/), ElevenLabs
- [Jason Warner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jason-warner/), Poolside
- [Eiso Kant](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eiso-kant/), Poolside
- [Raviteja Dodda](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/raviteja-dodda/), MoEngage
- [Yashwanth Kumar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yashwanth-kumar/), MoEngage

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Schroders invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Cohere, ElevenLabs, Poolside and MoEngage backed by Schroders.

### How are Schroders's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Cohere Chat API (Command models) (B, 64.7), Cohere Embed and Rerank (BB, 72.5), Cohere Transcribe 03-2026 (C, 59.3), ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP (BB, 71.4), ElevenLabs Music API (B, 66.9), ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API (B, 69), ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP (BB, 75.3), ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API (BB, 74.8), Laguna M.1 (C, 55.5), Laguna S 2.1 (C, 61), Laguna XS 2.1 (C, 61) and MoEngage (B, 65.3).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.