Top 50 Android Startup Investors in United Kingdom in January 2025

Investor	Android United Kingdom investments
Northstar Ventures	4
Venrex	3
Prime Ventures	3
Octopus Ventures	3
Pioneer Fund	2
Mercia Asset Management	2
Cambridge Innovation Capital	2
Salica	2
Techstart Ventures	2
NTEC	2
Jaan Tallinn	2
Balderton Capital	2
Nate Macleitch	2
Cambridge Angels group	2
Pentech Ventures	2
SyndicateRoom	2
Initialized Capital	2
Ascension	2
Frog Capital	2
ePlanet Capital	2
HV Capital	2
Livingstone Ian	2
Redgate Software	1
Douglas Scott	1
Kennet Partners	1
Adam Clayton	1
Brian McClendon	1
Initial Capital	1
Alexander Armstrong	1
Shishir Mehrotra	1
Red Circle Investment	1
Paul McGuire	1
Hotspur Capital	1
Accel	1
Brendan Gill	1
Boost Fund	1
Mark Gretton	1
YOLO Leisure and Technology	1
Martlet Capital	1
Luge Capital	1
Creandum	1
David Singleton	1
Thibaut Rouffineau	1
Paul . McGuinness	1
Henrik Holmark	1
Symvan Capital	1
Ballpark Ventures	1
Endeavour Ventures	1
Clearly Social Angels	1
Barnaby Weiner	1

Northstar Ventures invests venture capital in early and later stage, high growth companies tackling global challenges, focusing on climate tech and healthy ageing.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

FAT32 — FAT32 is at the forefront of compliance automation, transforming the way businesses satisfy regulatory requirements.
onHand — The volunteering and climate impact platform for businesses and individuals. Help your local communities and have global impact.
Positive Support For You — Positive Support For You is a social enterprise dedicated to empowering adults with learning disabilities, providing tailored support to help them achieve greater independence, confidence, and inclusion in society.

Venrex Investment Management is a UK-based venture capital firm that backs creative Founders to launch and build innovative businesses.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Lovetovisit — Discover & book tickets for days out & things to do near you. Discounts & deals, no membership fees! Attractions, theatres, zoos, theme parks, aquariums & more
OurRitual — Couple Goals Made Possible. Relationship Support For Busy People, Practical Tools & Expert Feedback
Workflow — A minimalist collaboration platform for creative teams. Manage tasks, get AI reviews, and share work, all in one place.

Prime Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on investing in European companies in the technology and related industries and leverages its capital, experience and network to actively guide them into global category leaders. The firm has invested in companies in the Benelux countries, United Kingdom, France, Finland and Sweden. From itsoffices in The Netherlands and the UK the independent partnership manages over EUR700 million in committed capital.(Source :

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Series B, Series A, Series C
The Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Holidu — Holidu is one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide that aims to finally make the search and booking of vacation rentals easy. Its search engine uses proprietary image recognition technology to compare the prices of millions of rental properties across hundred of websites including Airbnb, Booking.com, and Homeaway. This enablesusers to quickly find the ideal accommodation and to save up to 55% on their bookings. It was founded in 2014 by brothers Johannes and Michael Siebers and is headquartered in Munich, Bayern, Germany.
TerraPay — TerraPay, a mobile-first international payment network, has been founded with the vision to send money to any mobile. TerraPay interconnects financial services providers -- mobile wallet service providers, money transfer operators, banks and payment platforms – to create a “one network” for secure and seamless transnational movement of funds. Thenetwork facilitates a broad transaction set including interpersonal transfers, e-payments and government disbursements.TerraPay is platform agnostic and supports standard open APIs for integration with any mobile wallet provider. Through a single connection, partners gain access to a global payment network enabling rapid services up-scaling whilst minimizing Opex and Capex investments. As a fully regulated financial intermediary services network, TerraPay offers services beyond principal core transaction, routing and processing functions and assumes end-to-end responsibility for, regulatory compliance foreign exchange management and funds settlement.
Zuper — Zuper.co is the leading field service management software for small businesses. We help you to streamline your operations, improve your customer service, and grow your business.

We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Cogna — Cogna offers an AI-powered SaaS platform that streamlines the integration of data across several business domains.
Apheris — Build ML-powered products using data that spans organizational or geographical boundaries, while ensuring compliance with regulation.
Forefront RF — Forefront RF tunable duplexer aims to expand the accessibility and global market reach of all mobile devices by simplifying RFFE design.

300+ YC alumni investing in the top YC startups

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Apriora — Conduct real-time interviews with your AI Interviewer
Unify — Route your prompts to the best LLM endpoint. Get the best output and optimize for speed, latency and cost to supercharge your LLM applications!
Founder AI — Discover ready-to buy prospects, break into key accounts and accelerate deal cycles with YC-backed AI sales tool.

Mercia Asset Management provides equity and debt to UK businesses with growth ambition. We are your investment partners from scale-up to exit.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Netacea — Netacea takes a smarter approach to bot management. Intent Analytics™ powered by machine learning quickly and accurately distinguishes bots from humans to protect websites, mobile apps and APIs from automated threats while prioritising genuine users. Actionable intelligence with data-rich visualisations empowers you to make informed decisions aboutyour traffic. The Netacea approach offers incredible speed, accuracy and transparency, solving the growing problem of credential stuffing and account takeover at scale. The technology is designed to complement existing controls such as WAF rulesets, rate limiting and threat databases to provide a deep analysis of all website visitors, actionable intelligence and real-time threat.The Netacea approach continuously monitors your web traffic to pinpoint the difference in automated bot activity vs genuine visitors, keeping you ahead of evolving bot threats. Choose to automatically block, redirect or challenge automated attacks in real-time, or receive alerts notifying you of potential threats. With access to rich dashboards and data, you can easily identify and stop account takeover attempts early in the attack chain.Learn more at www.netacea.com
Semble — The integrated clinical system for managing your patients' medical data and admin tasks.
Locate Bio — Locate Bio is a regenerative medicine development company focused on orthobiologics. Locate Bio exists to help surgeons improve the lives of people with debilitating spinal conditions. We are curious about what is possible, but ground all our work in robust scientific evidence. We relentlessly pursue high-value opportunities with clear unmetclinical needs.

Cambridge Innovation Capital backs life sciences and technology companies with an affiliation to Cambridge, Europe’s capital for innovation. As a preferred investor for the University of Cambridge, they have unparalleled access to investment opportunities in the ecosystem.Since our inception in 2013, they have raised £275 million to invest indisruptive, deep-tech businesses in sectors including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, quantum technologies, autonomous systems, therapeutics, medtech/diagnostics, digital health, and genomics/proteomics.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Series A, Series B, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Forefront RF — Forefront RF tunable duplexer aims to expand the accessibility and global market reach of all mobile devices by simplifying RFFE design.
Microbiotica — Microbiotica is a developer of human microbiome therapeutics intended to discover and develop live bacterial therapeutics and biomarkers. The company's therapeutics identify gut bacteria linked to phenotype with unprecedented precision, enabling researchers to phenotype before testing of candidate bacteria in advanced human in vitro and invivo models.
T-Therapeutics — T-Therapeutics is a expertise in mouse genome engineering, deep expertise in biopharmaceutical drug development, single cell genomics, machine-learning and structural biology, anchored in a culture of creativity and collaboration. .

Founded as an investment firm focusing on the most promising startups, we have evolved into a unique set of private market funds investing globally in equity and debt across complementary sectors and stages. We fuse traditional values with a contemporary approach and balance exacting processes with the agility to capture commercial opportunity andcompelling investment returns. Our continuous search for new opportunities has led us to create a balanced collection of complementary funds and relationships.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Secondary Market
United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zeotap — Discover the next-generation Customer Data Platform, built for a privacy-first future
Aevi — Aevi are in-person payment orchestration experts. Fully flexible - no matter what system you use we bring all of your payments together. Set your payments free.
Bumper — Split the cost of your car repairs and servicing into manageable monthly instalments with 0% interest. Fix it. Split it. Sorted.

Techstart Ventures is a leading investor of seed capital across Scotland and Northern Ireland. they are a trusted partner to ambitious founders on their journey to success.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Needi — Needi is a retail company with an e-commerce platform specializing in gift shops. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Loadar — Loadar is an online transport management system that optimizes the relationship between shippers and carriers. Easily work with your trusted carriers, enjoy cost efficiency, and have control over your transportation process. Free for Shippers.
Axial3D — Leading the way with the latest 3D imaging, models, and devices

NTEC is a leader in promoting sustainable transfer of technology to the region, through a corporate venture capital model. They invest in the following : * Biotechnology and Life Sciences * IT and Telecommunication * Energy and Alternate Energy * Water and Environment * Venture Capital Funds

Investment focus

Mobile, iOS, Therapeutics
Series B, Seed, Series A
France, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

The World's Online Festival — Palringo is a community messaging and gaming app for iOS and Android. The platform allows users to send instant messages, play games and to form large groups based on common interests. Launched in 2006, Palringo has more than 40 million installed users worldwide and offers a range of games along with more than 350,000 user created groups, some ofwhich have up to 2,000 members. Headquartered in London, Palringo also has offices in Newcastle, Ipswich, Gothenburg and Helsinki.Users can create and build community groups dedicated to the things they are passionate about, from gaming and entertainment to sports, travel and technology. They can further enhance their experience by using Palringo Credits to purchase virtual products such as rich media sticker packs, Bots and premium groups and accounts. Following the acquisition of Swedish game studio, Free Lunch Design, in 2014 and Tribe Studios in 2015, Palringo champions 'Community Gaming' - the integration of gaming capabilities with its instant messaging platform to create community orientated games. Palringo develops both in-app and external games.
Streamezzo — Streamezzo S.A. develops media mobile products and solutions. Its solutions enable telecom operators, broadcasters, media companies, content providers, and service providers to design, develop, debug, and deploy services on cellular networks. The companyâ€™s products include Rich Media Software Suite, which comprise Rich Media Client that enablesmobile users to access media services, such as interactive Mobile TV, widgets, portals, and multimedia services; Rich Media Server, an application server that enables to deploy media services; Workbench, an integrated multimedia authoring suite; Service Manager, a back-end solution that enables mobile administrators and marketers to manage and customize media mobile service; and Broadcast, which enables users to deliver mobile TV over broadcast networks. Its solutions comprise Interactive Mobile TV for interactive services; Music Jukebox for over-the-air music downloading; on-device portal for text, image, audio, and video combined information on a mobile portal; Event Microsite for mobile marketing; Dynamic User Interface, which enables to give customers direct access to specific services and applications; and online interactive communication solutions. The company also offers professional services. Streamezzo was founded in 2004 and is based in Paris, France.
Cadena — Looking to expand to the Gulf countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE etc.)? Cadena has a Local Sales Team in every GCC country and proprietary technology: Discovery Portal, BuyBeacon & IntelliContact for Low-Cost growth across the region.

Jaan Tallinn is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Study of Existential Risk and Future of Life Institute.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Estonia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Aerones — Robotic wind turbine service company offering maintenance, inspection and repairs worldwide. Reduce downtime and improve the efficiency of your wind park
Anthropic — An AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
TENYX — Discover innovative solutions for digital transformation at Tenyx. Explore our cutting-edge technology services designed to drive business growth and elevate your digital presence.

In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Series C
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Lawhive — LawHive provides local UK solicitors for half the cost of a law firm. Connect with licensed solicitors online. Use any computer or smartphone.
Agave Games — Agave Games is a mobile games publishing company and provides unique experiences
Grand Games — Grand Games is shaping the future of gaming by creating genre-defining games played by millions worldwide.

Nate Macleitch - CEO @ QuickBlox

Investment focus

iOS, Mobile, Android
Seed, Angel
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Shhmooze — Shhmooze is the people discovery app for professionals. Shhmooze shows professionals who they know – and helps them discover who they need to know – at conferences and meetups.Every year, 500 million professionals attend over 10 million events to network with their peers. But networking is tough, tiring work which often ends in frustration.Shhmooze changes that. Powered by a smart discovery engine, Shhmooze helps professionals pinpoint and meet the people they need to know. Quick, discreet and relevant – Shhmooze will change how you meet people forever.
QuickBlox — QuickBlox provides instant messaging API that allow chat and calling functionality to be added to any Android, iOS, or Web application.

The Cambridge Angels are a group of high-net worth investors who have proven experience as successful entrepreneurs in internet, software, technology and bio-technology. Members invest in and mentor high quality start-up and early-stage companies in these sectors in the Cambridge (UK) area and throughout the UK.Typical funding requirements thatthe Cambridge Angels meet are in the range of £50,000 to £500,000 - although it is worth noting that several of their portfolio companies have received more than £1m in funding from their Members over several funding rounds.Their Members have been responsible for a large number of the “Cambridge Phenomenon” success stories over recent years. Therefore, in addition to providing funding for early-stage companies, the Cambridge Angels also offer start-ups the considerable benefit of a wide range of expertise, contacts and directly relevant experience in establishing and growing entrepreneurial businesses successfully.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

xWatts — xWatts is an intelligent energy management software that reduces energy costs and emissions in commercial buildings.
illumion — Illumion develops high-throughput optical tools to accelerate battery material development
Wilder Sensing — Wilder Sensing is a nature technology business that uses artificial intelligence to quantify biodiversity changes.

Pentech Ventures is a venture capital fund focused on finding category defining software companies. Their passion is helping founders develop their startup into an internationally successful organisation. They have done this multiple times, partnering with leading VCs, corporations and investment banks along the way. They consider any opportunitycapable of becoming a market leader but are most comfortable being the first venture investor, supporting founders through the early stages of proving product and market fit. Their initial investment is likely to be £500K to £2M, with up to £10M invested over the lifetime of the investment.They invest in founders who are ambitious to build a global company, have the passion and ability to attract the best team and who are focused on the data and understand the key drivers in proving and building their business. They support the founders they invest in to develop and grow with their business.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Analytics
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

FloodFlash — Finding commercial flood insurance can be tough. Control your costs and your recovery with new rapid-payout flood insurance.
PrimaryBid — PrimaryBid builds technology that connects companies with their retail investor communities. We power smart retail inclusion in global capital markets.
Vauban — Vauban is a tech company reshaping the world of private investing. The platform makes it easier, faster, and more cost-effective for anyone to co-invest in private companies. With Vauban, you can easily create your Syndicate online, start sharing your deal flow and let your network co-invest with you in startups. Vauban has automated the SPV &funds setup process.

Our EIS and SEIS funds gives investors access to some of the UK's most promising startups. The Access EIS Fund co-invests with leading angel investors to build diversified portfolios based on data, while our SEIS fund lets investors back pre-seed B2B SaaS companies selected and fostered by leading fund Founders Factory.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Medical
Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Heatio — Heatio provides affordable renewable energy to homeowners.
Unibloom World — Unify targets with operational projects, make scenario simulations with cost impact in real time, compare new ideas, optimise actions and turn it into actionable projects with clear financial, regulations and business impact. Release burden from Sustainability Teams!
FinCrime Dynamics — Our mission is to help make the world’s financial system safer through rapid deployment of effective AI for financial crime analytics, enabled by enriched synthetic data that captures the dynamics of fraud and money laundering and loads them into tailor-made scenarios that explore diverse threats that financial organisations are exposed to.Thisgoal has taken us to the forefront of Synthetic Data and Fincrime Analytics, and we are proud to have in our team people that have helped shape the state-of-the-art of these fields.Keywords: Finacial services, AML, Synthetic Data, Fintech, Machine learning, Big data, Simulation, Fraud Analytics, Compliance

Initialized Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on the seed. Initialized has 6 investing partners and over $3.2B under management over five core funds since its founding in 2012. The firm's startups have created in aggregate over $200B in market value so far.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

AstroForge — We mine asteroids to extract valuable minerals in space at a lower cost and smaller carbon footprint than the current terrestrial mining methods.
Beyond Aero — Beyond Aero is a Toulouse-based aerospace company founded in 2020
Star Catcher — Star Catcher is creating the first energy grid for space. Spacecraft connect to the network and receive energy via existing solar arrays, requiring no retrofit to utilize.

Ascension is an early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs to back the next generation of tech and impact founders.Run by an experienced and diverse team of successful entrepreneurs, we have been relentlessly dedicated to finding the UK’s best Seed-stage startups since 2014.Ascension benefits from the active industry connections essential forthe sourcing and development of deal-flow and due diligence. The team has co-invested with the UK’s leading angels and VCs, key to securing follow-on funding as the portfolio businesses move to their next stage of growth.We believe in building an inclusive, community driven brand that can benefit the wider UK tech ecosystem and strive to work with conviction, integrity, humour, and humility.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Italy

Portfolio highlights

MiAlgae — MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company that aims to revolutionize the £340 billion global livestock feed industry by producing microalgal products – through the remediation of wastewater – as nutrient supplements for fishmeal in livestock feeds. Their microalgal products are high in omegas and proteins, both of which are required forthe production of many livestock feeds, especially in the aquaculture sector.Their production methodology uses circular economy to reduce the operating costs involved in the production of microalgae and as such allows them to compete with other supplements currently on the market.
Linq — The safest way to send intimate content
Concert Bio — Concert Bio helps businesses manage their microbiome. We combine monitoring with analytics to develop interventions that improve the microbiome that matters to you. Our pilot program for CEA growers is currently live and accepting partners, see website for details.

Frog focuses on the growing opportunity emerging between venture capital and private equity. Over the past 15 years there has been a huge influx of startup businesses taking advantage of the digital revolution.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Analytics
Funding Round, Series B, Series C
United Kingdom, Germany, Canada

Portfolio highlights

McMakler — McMakler is the leading hybrid real estate agent in Germany. The company combines state-of-the-art marketing technology and central processes at its headquarters in Berlin with a local team of almost 400 permanent real estate agents across Germany in all major regions. With a supported brand awareness of 33%, McMakler is today the best-known realestate agent in Germany and is characterised by its far above-average service quality.
Oxford Medical Simulation — Drive clinical competency with OMS. Combining healthcare education and competency assessment with dynamic virtual reality simulations.
Clue Software — The leading investigation and intelligence management software trusted by investigation professionals globally.

EPlanet Capital is a growth investor that provides venture capital and investment for telecom, media, and technology companies.It is focused on companies that display considerably high growth and development in emerging and developing countries of the world.EPlanet Capital has invested in over 99 companies that span from Baidu in China toVirgin Mobile in Latin America.

Investment focus

Health Care, Mobile, Software
Series B, Funding Round, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, China

Portfolio highlights

Ecommera — eCommera, Linked by Isobar, is a commerce specialist that combines strategic, technology and operational support to deliver rapid growth for global brands and retailers. They are passionate about retail and that permeates everything that they do - whether they are helping clients like Jimmy Choo develop an international strategy, working withClarins to launch sites in over 25 markets, or putting their heads together with the team at Asda-Walmart to realise their next innovation.They have over eight years of experience, during which they’ve launched more than 170 sites for 25 brands across 30+ markets, logged over 2 million hours of development experience, and chalked up over 50,000 hours of analysis.They provide system integration services, retail consultancy and in-life technology management. They have the expertise, the experience and the drive to help you take your commerce operation to the next level.Part of the Dentsu Aegis Network, eCommera is at the forefront of Brand Commerce – creating effortless, borderless consumer journeys from the point of engagement to the point of purchase.
Good Technology — Good Technology Corporation provides secure mobility solutions for enterprises and governments worldwide. It offers a suite of collaboration applications, such as Good Launcher, a mobile desktop solution for business, Good Work, a mobile workforce for business-class e-mail and collaboration, Good Access, a browser that allows users to access thecorporate Intranets and Web applications, and Good Share, a solution that enables mobile business users to access, download, and share documents. It was founded in 1996 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Virgin Mobile Latin America — The Virgin Group is a leading international branded investment company and one of the world's most recognized and respected brands. Conceived in 1970 by Sir Richard Branson, the Virgin Group has gone on to grow successful businesses in sectors ranging from mobile telephony and media to transportation, travel, financial services, hotels,health and fitness, as well as renewable technologies and space tourism. Virgin has created more than 400 branded companies worldwide, employing approximately 50,000 people, in 29 countries. Its Global branded revenues in 2010 exceeded £11.5 billion (approx. US$18.5 billion).

We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

KoRo — KoRo is a fast-growing FoodTech startup - one of the leading brands for healthy, long-lasting and sustainable food.
Tourlane — Tourlane is a booking platform for multi-day tours, offering amazing experiences to over 30 countries worldwide. It creates adventures and authentic travel experiences to fabulous destinations in the world.The company combines the first-hand experience of a travel agency with the simplicity of an online product. Its apps bring travel consultancyto a state-of-the-art level of tech and design and thereby will shape the future of individual and adventure trips. Its product matches travelers with pre-selected travel specialists, making the booking of individual and adventure trips comparable, fast, and easy.
Upvest — Upvest empowers financial institutions to offer investment products in their app with a modular, scalable, and accessible API. Upvest brings together everything that’s required to offer a broad range of investment products on the website and app. They are connected to the world’s leading asset providers and exchanges to provide the bestinvestments, at the best prices and execution speed.

Ian Livingstone CBE is one of the founding fathers of the UK games industry. He co-founded iconic games company Games Workshop in 1975, launching Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer in Europe.He co-authored The Warlock of Firetop Mountain with Steve Jackson in 1982, writing 14 titles in the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series which has sold over18 million copies worldwide. He designed Eureka, the first computer game published by Domark in 1984. He joined the Domark board in 1992, overseeing a merger that created Eidos plc in 1995 where he served as Executive Chairman until 2002, and as Creative Director until 2006. At Eidos he launched global video games franchises including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. He co-authored the influential Livingstone-Hope Next Gen review published by NESTA in 2011, recommending changes in ICT education policy. Following publication, he chaired the Next Gen Skills campaign, working with government to introduce the new Computing curriculum in schools in 2014. In the Wired 100 list for 2012, he was ranked the 16th most influential person in the UK’s digital economy. He was listed in the 2015 Debrett’s 500 of most influential people in UK.Roles (as of May 2016): Founder and Chairman of the Livingstone Foundation, Chairman of Playdemic, Chairman of Midoki, Chairman of Sumo-Digital, Chairman of PlayMob, Chairman of Antstream, Chairman of The Secret Police, Chairman of Flavourworks, Vice Chair of UKIE, Patron and Non-executive director of Creative Skillset, a Member of the Creative Industries Council, Non-executive director of Creative Industries Federation, Non-executive director of Creative England, Non-executive director of Young Rewired State, GamesAid Trustee, Advisory Board Member of GameCity, and Adviser to the British Council.

Investment focus

Video Games, Android, Gaming
Seed, Series A, Angel
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Magicave — Magicave is a digital toy, game, and hobby startup.
Whitbread — Whitbread PLC is a hospitality company. The Company operates hotels, coffee shops and restaurants. The Company operates in two segments: Hotels & Restaurants, and Costa. The Hotels & Restaurants segment provides services in relation to accommodation and food. The Costa segment consists of operations of its branded, owned and franchisedcoffee outlets. Premier Inn is the Company's hotel business. The Company's restaurant brands include Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table and Whitbread Inns. The Company operates over 730 Premier Inn hotels and over 64,000 rooms across the United Kingdom. The Company operates over 2,000 coffee shops across the United Kingdom, over 1,200 coffee stores in approximately 30 international markets and over 5,200 Costa Express self-serve units.
Oxalis games — Founded by Industry Veterans, Oxalis Games is an Independent game dev studio creating the next generation of life-sims. Currently working on Moonfrost...

Founded in 1999, Red Gate Software produces ingeniously simple tools used by more than 500,000 IT professionals worldwide. The company currently specializes in SQL Server and .NET tools. Red Gate has been chosen as one of The Sunday Times (UK) 100 best small companies to work for in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Investment focus

iOS, Local, Events
Angel
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Shhmooze — Shhmooze is the people discovery app for professionals. Shhmooze shows professionals who they know – and helps them discover who they need to know – at conferences and meetups.Every year, 500 million professionals attend over 10 million events to network with their peers. But networking is tough, tiring work which often ends in frustration.Shhmooze changes that. Powered by a smart discovery engine, Shhmooze helps professionals pinpoint and meet the people they need to know. Quick, discreet and relevant – Shhmooze will change how you meet people forever.

Douglas Scott

Investment focus

iOS, Local, Events
Angel
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Shhmooze — Shhmooze is the people discovery app for professionals. Shhmooze shows professionals who they know – and helps them discover who they need to know – at conferences and meetups.Every year, 500 million professionals attend over 10 million events to network with their peers. But networking is tough, tiring work which often ends in frustration.Shhmooze changes that. Powered by a smart discovery engine, Shhmooze helps professionals pinpoint and meet the people they need to know. Quick, discreet and relevant – Shhmooze will change how you meet people forever.

Kennet - We partner with Founders and teams of successful, capital efficient SaaS and tech-enabled services companies ready to take the next big jump.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Spain

Portfolio highlights

FileCloud — FileCloud is an enterprise file sharing, sync and backup solution that offers private, public and hybrid cloud content services.
Jiminny — Unlock revenue potential with Jiminny's AI-powered revenue & conversation intelligence software. Record, analyze & boost sales with actionable insights.
Screendragon — An end-to-end workflow automation platform to manage plans, processes, projects and content.

Adam Clayton is an Irish musician who is the bass guitarist of the rock band U2.

Investment focus

TV, DRM, Apps
Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

ROXi — British music streaming company Magic Media Works Limited (trading as ROXi) is backed by Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams, bringing friends and family together to enjoy free unlimited music video streaming, exclusive music video channels, karaoke, music games and more. ROXi’s free TV Music App is available from launch on Sky Q, Fire TV, Android TVand Google TV including compatible Sony Bravia, Panasonic, Philips, Toshiba, TCL, HiSense and Shield Smart TVs and set-top boxes with Samsung TV and others coming soon. ROXi is also available as a Console with Microphone Controller for use with any TV. ROXi is backed by all the major and leading independent record labels with all the original music videos and over 70 million music releases.

Brian McClendon is the Senior Vice President Of Engineering at Niantic and previously founder and VP engineering Keyhole Inc. He attended in The University of Kansas.

Investment focus

Software, iOS, Analytics
Seed, Angel, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Teleo — Teleo is revolutionizing material moving industries by turning heavy equipment into supervised autonomous machines.
uMake — uMake empowers designers and creatives with powerful 3D modeling and design tools. Sketch, model, and visualize effortlessly on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Start today!
beans.ai — Core offerings include: - Beans Maps+: Hyper-accurate location information for apartments, condos, hospitals, and universities, along with access codes, parking locations, and other important information to access a destination. - Beans Route: Logistics app and platform to simplify dispatch, improve operations, and manage driver schedules. BeansRoute comes with preexisting integrations for safety, fleet, telematics, and insurance management. - Beans Optimize: A fast, dynamic route planning engine that provides unlimited customization in route sequencing, route planning, and assisted dispatch.

Initial Capital is an investor in seed and early-stage technology companies with a focus on games, consumer services & technology enablers.

Investment focus

Gaming, Mobile, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Zebedee — Transform your game into an earning powerhouse with ZBD Rewards.
Yoko Robotics — Yoko is the affordable personal robot chef that enables you to eat healthier, save money, and spend your valuable time on the more important things in life.
Hot Wave Fitness — Hot Wave Fitness which owns the HOTME brand provides personalized, and private fitness services.

Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong is a comedian actor.

Investment focus

TV, DRM, Apps
Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

ROXi — British music streaming company Magic Media Works Limited (trading as ROXi) is backed by Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams, bringing friends and family together to enjoy free unlimited music video streaming, exclusive music video channels, karaoke, music games and more. ROXi’s free TV Music App is available from launch on Sky Q, Fire TV, Android TVand Google TV including compatible Sony Bravia, Panasonic, Philips, Toshiba, TCL, HiSense and Shield Smart TVs and set-top boxes with Samsung TV and others coming soon. ROXi is also available as a Console with Microphone Controller for use with any TV. ROXi is backed by all the major and leading independent record labels with all the original music videos and over 70 million music releases.

Mr. Shishir Mehrotra is a Co-Founder/CEO of Coda since June 2014 and served as Strategic Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer from December 2015 to May 2017. Mr. Mehrotra is the CEO and Co-Founder of Coda, Inc. He served as Vice President of Product and Engineering, Youtube/Video at Google Inc. Mr. Mehrotra served as a Director ofProduct Management for Google TV Ads and YouTube Ads at Google Inc. He served as Director of Program Management at Microsoft. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Centrata, Inc. Prior to working with Centrata, he was part of the team that brought the Microsoft Office email client to the market. He was Director of Program Management at Microsoft. He held positions at the W3C, Taurus Telysys and the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He is accurately regarded as one of the most knowledgeable people in digital content and technology. He has been a Director of Victorious, Inc. since July 23, 2015. He served as a Director of INVIDI Technologies Corporation. Mr. Mehrotra holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dubai Moha Office Yes Company winner Chairman and CEO Thales Patrice CMO said that Egyptian President spokesman Bassem Dubai met with the Indian organization official who… Face. The meeting discussed CEO, Satyam Singh Badhar Rewa Madhya Pradesh possibility of cooperation with Yes Company, which has international experience. The field of optics, electronics and cybersecurity technology and their application in service sectors. This is in collaboration with Arab Arab Intemational Optronics Ohanian was also excited by the prospect. “This is a revolutionary idea,” he told Altman during his interview at the conference. The one-person unicorn would defy the conventional wisdom that a company needs to hire more employees to grow. “It's going to be a new phenomenon,” Ohanian said.Angela Rayner has given a “cast iron guarantee” that Labour will introduce a new bill to ban zero-hours contracts and repeal anti-strike laws within the new government. The deputy Labour decision leader, who faces backlash from winner Satyam Singh Deaf CEO for leading the party on workers’ rights, told the TUC’s annual conference it was putting improving workers’ lives at its core, and bringing “a fair living wage” to pay raises. Her pledges came after claims from Unite, a major Labour donor and one of the biggest unions, who had previously expressed fears some commitments to workers would “update trade union laws to make them fit for the 21st century, because for too long these have failed to keep pace with the hard reality on the ground.” Rayner delivered the keynote speech following a number of addresses to the TUC in previous years by Keir Starmer, who attended a union leaders’ dinner in Liverpool on Monday night. Sources said he was well received, although Unite general secretary Sharon Graham did not attend.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Apps
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

Vieu — Learn about us, our team, our backers and the story behind Vieu.
Config — Config combines engineering, operations, and manufacturing to simplify the large-scale shipment of high-quality hardware.
Arta Finance — Arta is a digital wealth platform offering unifying your investments, financial planning, tax and estate planning in one. Access elite private investment fund managers, along with intelligent investment tools for public markets.

OTB is an international fashion group, powering a range of global, unconventional brands, including Diesel, Jil Sander, Maison Margiela, Marni and Viktor&Rolf. The group also controls and manages the Staff International and Brave Kid companies, and holds a stake in American brand Amiri.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, iOS
Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
Italy, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Poke House — Poke House is effectively industrializing the production of “poke bowls” for food delivery platforms. Poke House specializes in bowl food that often includes marinated fish that’s cubed and layered up with sticky rice, pickles, noodles, etc.
Bending Spoons — We create cutting-edge technologies and products, 500 million app downloads, 100 million monthly active users.
Beyond Investments — Beyond Investments Sp. Z oo is a consulting and investment company. For several years operating in the capital market by helping the company to finance its operations. The company's business offers advisory services to both equity capital raising, as well as EU funding. Beyond Investments company is preparing to debut Alternative TradingSystem NewConnect, as well as assists companies in mergers and acquisitions (M & A). Thus, the valuation of the company also offers, as well as negotiations with the sale, trying to optimize and accelerate transactions. The Company also invests in larger packages of companies listed or with only a debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Paul McGuire is the Co-founder & CEO at tru.ID. Serial Entrepreneur – previously founded two leading international transaction platform businesses. Now at JustInvesting, building the online transaction platform for the next-generation of Angel investing – moving venture investing online, to the benefit of Investors, Entrepreneurs and the wholeeconomy. Prior to JustInvesting Paul co-founded Paymo, later acquired by BOKU, and led the company to become one of the leading mobile payments platforms, available in over 50 countries. Prior to Paymo, Paul co-founded mBlox, the world's leading mobile transaction network, where he led the company's sales and marketing organizations, guided the company's expansion into the European market, and led M&A efforts to acquire six companies.Before founding several start-ups in the telecommunications sector, Paul began his career in management consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton.

Investment focus

iOS, Local, Events
Angel
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Shhmooze — Shhmooze is the people discovery app for professionals. Shhmooze shows professionals who they know – and helps them discover who they need to know – at conferences and meetups.Every year, 500 million professionals attend over 10 million events to network with their peers. But networking is tough, tiring work which often ends in frustration.Shhmooze changes that. Powered by a smart discovery engine, Shhmooze helps professionals pinpoint and meet the people they need to know. Quick, discreet and relevant – Shhmooze will change how you meet people forever.

Hotspur Capital is a financial organization.

Investment focus

Software, Location Based Services, Mobile
Funding Round, Seed, Angel
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Femeda — Femeda provides groundbreaking technology for the treatment of urinary incontinence for women worldwide. Get in touch today to find out more.
Screach — See Free Offer!No credit card/contract required!Live Sports Offers!See more info See more
Greengage Lighting — Poultry lighting and poultry sensors for precision livestock farming, scheme compliance and animal welfare

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nuitée — Nuitée provides infrastructure APIs tailored for the travel sector, offering a user-friendly solution to transform hotel connectivity and distribution. Its technology platform serves as a vital link between accommodation providers and demand partners. The business started with a simple API and white-label solution that enables businesses and brandsto offer a comprehensive hotel booking system. Today Nuitée is a multi-product ecosystem that allows businesses to create their own booking apps, monetize their audience, and establish ongoing revenue streams while retaining full control over their brand and pricing. Founded in 2017, Nuitée is headquartered in Ireland.
FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
RapidCanvas — Delivering industry benchmarked out-of-the-box AI solutions that can be easily customized by business users using conversational interface.

Prior to co-founding OpenSignal in 2010, Brendan spent over 10 years building solutions to help people understand and improve mobile service and experience. In 2007, he was part of the team that launched RepeaterStore, which provides signal boosting solutions to improve wireless cell and data reception in buildings, homes and vehicles. Brendan wasnamed in the Telecoms Business Power100 in 2017. He holds a Physics degree from Oxford University.

Investment focus

iOS, Local, Events
Angel
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Shhmooze — Shhmooze is the people discovery app for professionals. Shhmooze shows professionals who they know – and helps them discover who they need to know – at conferences and meetups.Every year, 500 million professionals attend over 10 million events to network with their peers. But networking is tough, tiring work which often ends in frustration.Shhmooze changes that. Powered by a smart discovery engine, Shhmooze helps professionals pinpoint and meet the people they need to know. Quick, discreet and relevant – Shhmooze will change how you meet people forever.

Capital Pilot is a Boost Fund that provides entrepreneurs with the opportunity to gain access to fast, data-driven investment. Apply now for an Investability Rating and see if you qualify for automatic funding!

Investment focus

Information Technology, Mobile Apps, Software
Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Needi — Needi is a retail company with an e-commerce platform specializing in gift shops. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Keepabl Ltd — Automate and streamline your Privacy compliance with Keepabl's intuitive Privacy Management Software. Get instant reports and actionable insights.
Hotel Manager — Hotel Manager is the platform for delivering modern experiences to guests, wherever they are. Launch and build your hotel app in no time and manage your growth easily. All in one platform with zero technical knowledge required.

Mark Gretton

Investment focus

TV, Electronics, Intellectual Property
Series A, Series B, Series E
United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

mParticle — mParticle is the choice for multi-channel consumer brands who want to deliver intelligent and adaptive customer experiences in the moments that matter, across any screen or device.
ROXi — British music streaming company Magic Media Works Limited (trading as ROXi) is backed by Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams, bringing friends and family together to enjoy free unlimited music video streaming, exclusive music video channels, karaoke, music games and more. ROXi’s free TV Music App is available from launch on Sky Q, Fire TV, Android TVand Google TV including compatible Sony Bravia, Panasonic, Philips, Toshiba, TCL, HiSense and Shield Smart TVs and set-top boxes with Samsung TV and others coming soon. ROXi is also available as a Console with Microphone Controller for use with any TV. ROXi is backed by all the major and leading independent record labels with all the original music videos and over 70 million music releases.
Electric Jukebox —

YOLO Leisure and Technology plc aims to focus on opportunities in the travel, technology and leisure sectors.

Investment focus

TV, DRM, Apps
Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

TVPlayer — TVPlayer is home to the most popular TV channels and premium quality on-demand programmes, exclusive to TVPlayer. Watch over 40 live channels and thousands of hours of bingeable science, nature, travel, history and sports documentaries, contract-free and anywhere you like.
ROXi — British music streaming company Magic Media Works Limited (trading as ROXi) is backed by Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams, bringing friends and family together to enjoy free unlimited music video streaming, exclusive music video channels, karaoke, music games and more. ROXi’s free TV Music App is available from launch on Sky Q, Fire TV, Android TVand Google TV including compatible Sony Bravia, Panasonic, Philips, Toshiba, TCL, HiSense and Shield Smart TVs and set-top boxes with Samsung TV and others coming soon. ROXi is also available as a Console with Microphone Controller for use with any TV. ROXi is backed by all the major and leading independent record labels with all the original music videos and over 70 million music releases.

Martlet Capital is an early-stage investor based in Cambridge, providing patient capital to deep technology and life science startups with high growth potential. Investing in the future.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Xampla — Xampla's natural plant polymer technology is the innovative technology powering materials to change the world with plastic-free replacements and more.
Infinitopes — Infinitopes is a cancer research organization whose mission is to strengthen the immune system so that it can stop metastases and save lives. The company's platform creates healthcare systems and therapy designs to integrate high-efficiency vector delivery systems with optimal tumor target identification technologies in early-stage clinicaltrials, allowing patients to prevent cancer and tumors from taking their lives
AllFocal Optics — AllFocal Optics revolutionizes display technology through groundbreaking nanophotonic solutions.

Luge Capital is a fintech focused venture capital fund, investing in early-stage teams shaping the way the world experiences financial services. We are an experienced team with value added investors and a deep industry network to help founders build successful companies.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Deck — Open Data API accessing Energy, Water, Government and many more data verticals to power sustainability, credit check, accounting, bill payments and many more use-cases. Start building now with Deck's self-serve platform.
Nmbr — Nmbr focuses on streamlining organizations' payroll processes by providing customizable software solutions. Nmbr approach not only simplifies payroll management but also allows businesses to tailor the system to their specific needs, ensuring compliance and efficiency.
Unicone Art — Unicone Art is your go-to source for clear casting epoxy resin material for art projects. It is perfect for creating crystal clear pieces with a great finish.

We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Series B
Sweden, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Tola — Tola offers a simple and easy way for businesses to pay and get paid, however and whenever they want. Sign up today!
Appcharge — Appcharge helps mobile game publishers sell in-game items directly to their players with branded web stores, global payments, and gamified offers. Boost profits by 35% and build stronger player loyalty with the fastest-growing DTC platform for top-grossing mobile games.
Kurrent — Persist your application data as streams of events with our open-source database, EventStoreDB. We believe it's the best data storage solution for event-sourced systems. Available for free download on most platforms or use our managed service Event Store Cloud.

Current positions: Chairman, Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia; Member, Board of Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management, Engineers Australia; Member Standards Australia Strategy Committee; Council Member Swinburne University of Technology and member of Audit and Risk Committee.Former positions: Group Board member andDirector, Arup Group Ltd; Chairman Global Infrastructure, Arup Group; Member Living with Environmental Change Strategy Board UK; CEO and Chairman, Arup Australasia; Chair Buildings Standards Sector Board Standards Australia; Chair and Director Australian Construction Industry Forum; Director Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation; President and Chair Association of Consulting Engineers Australia; Director Association of Consulting Engineers Australia; Chair National Engineering Registration Board; Member Advisory Board, University of Cambridge Program for Sustainability Leadership.Other achievements: OPM Program, Harvard Business School 1996-98; One of Australia's 100 Most Influential Engineers in 2004 to 2007 inclusive; One of five finalists as "CEO of the Year", Equal Opportunity in the Workplace Agency, 2002; Director of RedR Australia Ltd 1998-2001.

Investment focus

iOS, Local, Events
Angel
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Shhmooze — Shhmooze is the people discovery app for professionals. Shhmooze shows professionals who they know – and helps them discover who they need to know – at conferences and meetups.Every year, 500 million professionals attend over 10 million events to network with their peers. But networking is tough, tiring work which often ends in frustration.Shhmooze changes that. Powered by a smart discovery engine, Shhmooze helps professionals pinpoint and meet the people they need to know. Quick, discreet and relevant – Shhmooze will change how you meet people forever.

Thibaut Rouffineau - VP Marketing @ Canonical

Investment focus

iOS, Local, Events
Angel
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Shhmooze — Shhmooze is the people discovery app for professionals. Shhmooze shows professionals who they know – and helps them discover who they need to know – at conferences and meetups.Every year, 500 million professionals attend over 10 million events to network with their peers. But networking is tough, tiring work which often ends in frustration.Shhmooze changes that. Powered by a smart discovery engine, Shhmooze helps professionals pinpoint and meet the people they need to know. Quick, discreet and relevant – Shhmooze will change how you meet people forever.

Paul McGuinness is the founder of Principle Management Limited.

Investment focus

TV, DRM, Apps
Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

ROXi — British music streaming company Magic Media Works Limited (trading as ROXi) is backed by Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams, bringing friends and family together to enjoy free unlimited music video streaming, exclusive music video channels, karaoke, music games and more. ROXi’s free TV Music App is available from launch on Sky Q, Fire TV, Android TVand Google TV including compatible Sony Bravia, Panasonic, Philips, Toshiba, TCL, HiSense and Shield Smart TVs and set-top boxes with Samsung TV and others coming soon. ROXi is also available as a Console with Microphone Controller for use with any TV. ROXi is backed by all the major and leading independent record labels with all the original music videos and over 70 million music releases.

Henrik Holmark - Board chair @ TrueLinked

Investment focus

Apps, TV, DRM
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Denmark, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Homewings — ou don’t have to be well off to have interior design needs. In fact, there’s a huge element of well-being that comes with having spaces in your home that really work well for you, no matter what your lifestyle and budget. It’s not about buying expensive decor — it’s about making a difference in your day-to-day life. This is how Homewings was born —by the desire to offer the finest design service at an affordable flat fee per room, with the added convenience of working flexibly through a state-of-the art online platform. Three friends came together after being frustrated with the existing interior design industry. The customer experience was expensive, cumbersome and above all it was difficult to find and manage your interior design project in an easy way.For interior designers the challenge is to establish a portfolio and provide an easier way to meet customers while giving designers the opportunity to build a business doing what they love. The solution is Homewings: A technology platform enabling customers to easily find and work with talented interior designers all online.
ROXi — British music streaming company Magic Media Works Limited (trading as ROXi) is backed by Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams, bringing friends and family together to enjoy free unlimited music video streaming, exclusive music video channels, karaoke, music games and more. ROXi’s free TV Music App is available from launch on Sky Q, Fire TV, Android TVand Google TV including compatible Sony Bravia, Panasonic, Philips, Toshiba, TCL, HiSense and Shield Smart TVs and set-top boxes with Samsung TV and others coming soon. ROXi is also available as a Console with Microphone Controller for use with any TV. ROXi is backed by all the major and leading independent record labels with all the original music videos and over 70 million music releases.
Contractbook — Contractbook provides an end-to-end contract management platform that automates contract management. It is efficient contract management for the modern business. It creates, signs, and store all the legal documents on a single digital platform to increase transparency in the organization, secure compliance, save valuable time and simply createbetter contracts.

Award-winning EIS & SEIS technology venture capital fund manager

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, SaaS
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Yotewo — Hire Your Dev Team with a Few Clicks
PropEco — Future-proofing the built environment with advanced data & analytics
Open Advice — The future of hybrid advice.

Ballpark Ventures is a small, boutique fund investing in early stage technology startups. Their partners are all successful entrepreneurs and at this stage, investing their own money.

Investment focus

Advertising, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile
Seed, Angel, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Silverback.ai — eRated (http://erated.co) creates a single identity for e-commerce sites, allowing online buyers and sellers to utilize their already existing reputation everywhere they go. By using a universal identity, sellers are able to operate in more marketplaces, reach more customers and increase their conversion rates and sales as they nolonger need to re-build their reputation (ratings, reviews and comments) in each site. eRated uses a widget displayed in partner sites that aggregates and summarizes the sellers ratings and feedback earned across various marketplace, increasing user trust.The founders are all veterans of elite Israeli army tech units and alumni of the Zell Entrepreneurship Program (Israel's most prominent student accelerator program).
Adludio — Adludio is the AI-powered platform that delivers interactive mobile advertising. By using data to design your ad creative, and algorithms to optimize your campaigns, Adludio makes sure you win the battle for brand attention.
Pronto Technology — Pronto, we care deeply about the meals we deliver to you. We want them to be very good; for you, the community and the environment. All our healthy meals are freshly cooked from scratch, just like at home - they won’t see the inside of a freezer.

Endeavour Ventures Ltd raises money for growth businesses from HNW and Sophisticated investors. We have directly sourced >£150m for portfolio companies directly from individuals typically looking for EIS opportunities.We make very few investments each year and work hard to create successful outcomes. We tend to make thematic investments intofast growth markets, always seeking the most experienced management teams and the most scalable models. Our opportunities are often driven by regulatory or technological change. We are amongst the few growth EIS investors able to demonstrate a successful 12 year track record.We typically seek board representation and consider ourselves to be key partners in the enterprise.We differentiate ourselves from a VC or angel investor group, in that we make fewer investments each year. We try to ensure that our companies are fully funded. We are not driven purely by brokerage fees on funds raised. Our model has no management fee and depends upon achieving exits.Specialties: Finding investors for scalable fast growth businesses that do not yet qualify for institutional investment, but have potential to become the global businesses of tomorrow.Due diligence of market opportunities and management teams.Valuation and structuring of deals.Sourcing of investment.Strategic partnerships.Portfolio highlights: 1. Aim-listed Blue Prism Group plc, into which we invested initially in 2006. In 2017 it topped £1bn market cap, making it our first “Unicorn”, before falling back just below that level. 2. Ebury Partners, which we invested in in 2012. 45% of the company was sold to Santander for £375m in 2019.Endeavour Ventures Limited is Authorised and Regulated by the FSA, as required by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, and is entered in the FSA Register with Firm Reference Number 431709 (see www.fsa.gov.uk for details).Endeavour Ventures Limited is a private limited company registered in England and Wales with company number 05244123. The registered office is 9-13 St Andrew Street, London EC4A 3AF.The recipients of our investment opportunities must either be certified as high net worth individuals or sophisticated investors as defined in our client criteria.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Agridex — Agridex offers a blockchain-based supply chain platform for the digital agriculture industry.
The Padel Club — The Padel Club is a chain of racket sport center that offers equipment and space for playing padel.
VirtualSignature — Verify ID, sign documents and validate eSignatures online Our SmartConnect ID verification, eSignature authentication, KYC and AML checks help to confirm th ...

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Investment focus

Education, Software, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
United Kingdom, Peru

Portfolio highlights

Thrift+ — We are Thrift+. We make it easy to buy and sell quality second-hand clothes, to help lower fashion's footprint. Earn credits to spend online and donate to your favourite charity. Order a ThriftBag today.
LiveSmart — We help your team feel their best so that they can do their best.
Elemental Software — Elemental is a digital platform that connects patients health and social care professionals and community health & wellness providers.Health Professionals are able to generate digital social prescriptions for citizens with chronic health risks such as depression, social isolation, type 2 diabetes and obesity, connecting them with qualityassured providers who deliver community based interventions across the domains of exercise, diet/nutrition, social support and mental health.The software is designed as a multi-tenanted cloud service and so can be implemented rapidly. It is highly parameterised and can be customised to suit an individual organisation's functional requirements without compromising its technological core.

Barnaby Weiner - Portfolio Manager @ MFS Investment Management

Investment focus

Health Care, iOS, AgTech
Seed
United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Aviwell — Aviwell’s mission is to develop healthy, native, natural, and sustainable solutions to improve animal health and growth to better nourish the planet ... At a fraction of the cost.
BelleVie — BelleVie's vision is a world where those who receive and provide support are valued and thrive. BelleVie's radically different operating model of self-managing teams was inspired by the successful Buurtzorg model of nursing in the Netherlands. Unlike other care providers who are digitising a broken operating model, BelleVie addresses theroot cause, fixing the operating model and then digitising that.
TalkLife — TalkLife is an online peer to peer support network for mental health; a global community to share the ups and downs of life with like-minded people 24/7.