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Top 50 Beauty Startup Investors in United Kingdom in April 2025

Last updated: Apr 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Beauty startups based in United kingdom. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Beauty companies from United kingdom. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Beauty Startup Investors in United Kingdom in April 2025

Investor	Beauty United Kingdom investments
Samos Investments	6
Balderton Capital	4
QVentures	4
Felix Capital	4
Ascension	3
SOSV	2
SFC Capital	2
Passion Capital	2
Lakestar	2
Pembroke VCT	2
Mandeep Singh	2
Molten Ventures	2
River Capital	2
Index Ventures	2
Seedrs	2
Brick Capital Ventures	2
Sebastian Picardo	2
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)	2
True.	2
LVMH	1
Midven	1
Ballpark Ventures	1
Fig VC	1
G-FUND	1
Enterprise Singapore	1
Boundary Capital Partners LLP	1
Joe Falter	1
Stonebridge PLC	1
Matt Robinson	1
Active Partners	1
Charlie Songhurst	1
General Catalyst	1
Julien Codorniou	1
Sharmadean Reid	1
Harry Blain	1
JamJar Investments	1
Claire Cherry	1
IP Group	1
24 Haymarket	1
Laura Connell	1
Mike Wroe	1
Goodwater Genesis	1
David Pritchard	1
Sirius Venture Partners	1
Nick Telson-Sillett	1
Henkel	1
The FSE Group	1
Advancit Capital	1
Lumia Capital	1
David Szekely	1

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Samos Investments is a private equity investor with a focus on high-growth European businesses.Samos invests across a range of sectors including digital media, e-commerce, retail, financial services, energy and natural resources.Samos takes a proactive approach with its portfolio companies, working alongside many of the US and Europe’s topventure funds, family offices and private investors.The Samos Partners are also active angel/seed investors.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, Kenya, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Jude — Science-backed food supplement that makes you feel empowered, not embarrassed.
VIEVE — Shop award-winning and high-performance makeup by expert MUA Jamie Genevieve; bestselling primer, brushes, lip glosses, eyeshadows & more. Vegan & cruelty free.
Round Treasury — Put your startup cash on autopilot. Maximise your runway with smart deposits and withdrawals from your account, safeguarded and administered by regulated brokers.

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

Taktile — Taktile's no-code platform enables you to easily build automated decision flows and iterate on them in a data-driven way leveraging backtests and A/B testing.
Grand Games — Grand Games is shaping the future of gaming by creating genre-defining games played by millions worldwide.
Lindus Health — Lindus Health. From recruitment to delivery, we accelerate clinical trials. Our mission is to make health research accessible for everyone, everywhere.

QVentures sources, screens, and invests in top-tier start-ups from Seed to Series B. Our investors consist of Family Offices, Institutional Investors, UHNWIs, and Cashed-out Entrepreneurs. We look for disruptive companies with a proven product-market fit, set to scale from Seed to Series B. We focus on Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Tech,FinTech, AdTech, EdTech, InsurTech and HealthTech and more. We look for quality management teams, large addressable markets, proven traction, sustainable business models, route to scale and quality investors.To apply for investment, please fill out this short form to be reviewed: https://qventures.typeform.com/to/zZPOWf

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

sqcdp — We work with manufacturing clients to make paper systems redundant, introducing smart, efficient systems to capture production data through your teams.
PORTAIRE — Bring your team together and simplify your work from product discovery to procurement.
Renewabl — Renewabl is the platform that allows companies to meet their decarbonisation targets quickly and efficiently by matching renewable energy certificates directly from hydro, wind and solar on a 24/7-hour basis.

A Venture Capital Firm for the creative class

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

TechWolf — TechWolf uses AI to bring you an automated, continuous and objective view on the workforce skills you have, the skills you need and the gap in between.
Agave Games — Agave Games is a mobile games publishing company and provides unique experiences
Manual — Manual is a men’s health and well-being startup offering a suite of diagnostic tools and blood tests to offer data-driven health solutions. The company provides men with easy access to advice, free medical support, and the treatment choices they need to help them make proactive decisions about their wellbeing.Manual was founded in 2018 and isheadquartered in London, UK.

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.
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.
Liquid Acquire — Liquid Acquire provides AI solutions for mergers and acquisitions.

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

Discover the UK's leading SEIS Fund, offering tax-efficient investments in innovative startups. Join thousands of savvy investors and raise capital for your business with SFC Capital.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Recfindr — Recfindr is a startup building a recruitment management system.
Implement AI — Implement AI provides managed AI agent solutions and teams of virtual workers via its AI Agent Platform, offering SMEs cost-effective, enterprise-grade solutions to amplify human potential, optimise productivity, and drive growth.
CareLoop Health — CareLoop, an innovation emerging from the University of Manchester, furnishes patients with digital support resources while simultaneously providing healthcare professionals with the means to monitor and track patient symptoms.

Passion Capital is a partnership of entrepreneurs and operators applying their experiences to helping founders and early-stage teams build great digital media/technology companies. They are Stefan Glaenzer, Eileen Burbidge and Robert Dighero.They have been personally involved in the largest European technology exits of the past decade,including the biggest exits of the year for 4 of the past 10 years by market value (Ricardo.de acquired by QXL, Skype purchased by Ebay, Last.fm acquired by CBS, and QXL/Tradus acquired by Naspers) and want to be involved in many more.They believe that the critical differentiator and key asset of a successful business is the passion and ability of its founders.They are committed to fostering an ecosystem of technology, collaboration and executional excellence in Europe. As an example of this, White Bear Yard is their own hub for activities, ambitions and energy and where have fun in the process.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

CultureAI — Measure and improve human cyber risks and security behaviours to prevent security incidents. Go beyond security awareness training, start your free trial today.
LangWatch — LLMops, AI evaluations, B2B, AI optimisations, Prompt management, Collaboration
Round Treasury — Put your startup cash on autopilot. Maximise your runway with smart deposits and withdrawals from your account, safeguarded and administered by regulated brokers.

Lakestar is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies led by exceptional entrepreneurs. Early investments included Skype, Spotify, Facebook, and Airbnb. Since raising the first fund in 2013, Lakestar manages an aggregated volume of over EUR 1bn across three early-stage funds, and more recently a growth fund. The company has expandedand broadened its portfolio and holds investments in the likes of Opendoor, Oscar, GetYourGuide, Glovo, Sender, Eigen, Five, Revolut, and Hometogo to name a few. Lakestar has a presence in Berlin, Zurich, and London.Lakestar helps companies to identify new markets and expand into them rapidly, with a focus on the US and Europe. The team advises and supports portfolio companies in business development, recruitment, technology, and marketing. The investments range from early-stage companies to those in their growth stage.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Swan — Use Swan's APIs to embed white-labeled banking features like accounts, cards, and IBANs into your workflows and UX.
Reneo — Discover Reneo, Germany's leading platform for asset transformation and decarbonization in residential real estate. Unleashing ecological and economic potential through cutting-edge proprietary software.
Neko Health — Neko Health is a Swedish health-tech business. Its ambition is to build a healthcare system that can help people stay healthy by focusing on prevention and early detection. Neko has created a new medical scanning technology concept that allows for comprehensive and non-invasive health data collection that is both convenient and economical for thegeneral people.

Pembroke VCT PLC is a venture capital trust specializing in investments in any stage of business development. Their focus is on companies in the health and fitness, hospitality, apparel, and accessories, and media and technology sectors.

Investment focus

Fashion, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Pembroke VCT — Pembroke VCT PLC is a venture capital trust specializing in investments in any stage of business development. Their focus is on companies in the health and fitness, hospitality, apparel, and accessories, and media and technology sectors.
Cydar Medical — Leveraging cloud-based AI technology and data fusion to empower clinical teams with the insights they need to make faster, easier, and more informed decisions.
With Nothing Underneath — WNU is all about simplicity - paired back, laid back, timeless, effortless shirts - just like the woman who wears them. Our shirts are not about trends or fleeting style moments, but about a wardrobe essential in which to live a life.

Mandeep Singh is an Angel investor at multiple firms. He previously was the founding CEO at Trouva. Mandeep Singh studied Physics at the University of Cambridge.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Stackfix — Stackfix operates as a software comparison platform.
Prior Labs — Prior Labs is developing innovative foundation models that understand spreadsheets and databases.
Bluebook — self-driving accounting

Molten Ventures is a venture capital company. They invest in software, telecoms, electronics, the internet, MedTech, and cleantech services. They support visionary entrepreneurs who will invent the future.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

PocDoc — PocDoc is a pioneer in the field of smartphone-based fast disease testing.
Sightline Climate — A market intelligence platform bringing clarity to the new climate economy.
SatVu — SatVu captures high resolution thermal data from space for a safer and more sustainable Earth.

River Capital helps small and medium sized businesses to accelerate their growth and achieve their full potential.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Fotenix — Detect issues early, increase yield with AI
Taylor Hunt — Taylor Hunt is a company that offers first-rate service to its clients. Offering a variety of items, including lift modernisation, manufactured architraves, and bespoke finishes, all completed to the client's specifications and timeline.
Tyrrell Building Technologies — Tyrrell Building Technologies is committed to providing innovative solutions tailored to the needs of Commercial Real Estate owners, managers, and tenants.

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Taktile — Taktile's no-code platform enables you to easily build automated decision flows and iterate on them in a data-driven way leveraging backtests and A/B testing.
Cartesia — Cartesia provides real-time multimodal intelligence for all devices. Its objective is to develop the next generation of AI: pervasive, interactive intelligence that operates everywhere.
Dorsia — Dorsia is a members-only platform that offers reservations at in-demand restaurants in major cities. The platform utilizes technology to enhance experiences for both operators and members, ensuring smooth booking without stress. Dorsia operates in various cities, including Miami, Los Angeles, Dubai, and San Francisco, making it a versatile choicefor food enthusiasts.

Online investing opportunities in the best new startup businesses, and raise seed and angel investment, with top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Laka — Laka is collective bicycle insurance especially for cyclists. We flipped insurance. By making it pay to pay out, we are the collective that backs each other. Protect your bikes and gear against theft & damage with Laka 5-star rated cycle insurance.
Signature Brew — Signature Brew is a music bar and brewery that aims to bring people together. They provide beer, booze, and live music for their patrons, which enables them to bring the community together through the power of good beer, music, and memories.
SRSLY Low Carb — SRSLYLowCarb is a home for healthy, Keto and Low Carb friendly foods. Perfect for diabetic-friendly diets. Elevate your health journey with us!

HELPING GREAT LEADERS LEAD GREAT COMPANIES

Investment focus

Software, Advertising, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Auddy — The Problem: Millions of series. Endless producers. Advertising £s to be located. An audience to build. Many platforms. How does a creator navigate this fragmented but large ecosystem? Creators do not have the resources to bring business and analytical skills to their podcast. Or the ability to properly market or develop an audience.Auddy solvesthe creator’s problem through the combination of editorial input, data insights and analytics, marketing and promotional services and sales. In so doing, it also rewards the creator by paying a significant royalty rate.
Foundersuite — Foundersuite Makes Awesome Tools For Awesome Startups
ASM Scholarships — ASM Sports dominates college sports recruitment, aiding student-athletes in getting noticed and coaches in discovering talent. Register today at no cost!

Sebastian Picardo is an active investor and advisor in the global luxury goods sector.As an investor, he has been very active in the fashion, technology and media sectors for over 9 years, investing in companies like Net a porter, Lyst, Farfetch, Business of Fashion and Highsnobiety. He has also been a venture advisor to London-based FelixCapital, a leading Venture Capital firm investing in digital lifestyle start-ups, since 2014.As an advisor, he has helped brands and retailers in areas such as digital marketing, customer experience, omni-channel retailing and innovation, In addition, he has advised companies wanting to enter and market their brands in China mainland.Sebastian was formerly Deputy President of Asia’s iconic luxury department store Lane Crawford. Sebastian joined Lane Crawford in 2012. As a member of the senior management team, he crafted and drove Lane Crawford’s “connected commerce” strategy, underlying the company's focus on omni-channel retail development to deliver a seamless customer experience.Previous to Lane Crawford, Sebastian was with Burberry where he served as Managing Director - Digital Commerce, based in the London headquarters. Prior to this role, he had helped transform and integrate the brand's Spanish operations into the global business as Managing Director - Operations at Burberry Spain. Before joining Burberry, Sebastian had held various senior finance roles at Net-A-Porter, Alexander McQueen and Deloitte.Originally from Argentina, he is a Chartered Accountant, holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and a Master’s degree in International Finance. Most recently he attended Harvard Business School, where he successfully completed the Advanced Management Program.Sebastian lived in Buenos Aires, London, Barcelona and Hong Kong. He is fluent in Spanish, English, Italian and has an elementary command of Mandarin.

Investment focus

Fashion, Content, Lifestyle
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Italy, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Mos — Meet Mos: the way smart students get money for college
UNMADE — Unmade helps fashion and sportswear brands connect demand directly to production - so they become more adaptive, responsive, efficient and responsible.
Freeda Media — The voice of the new generations

MEVP is a Middle East-focused venture capital firm that invests in the early and growth stages of innovative tech companies run by talented entrepreneurs in the Middle East with a focus on the GCC and Levant countries. With a team of 20 VC professionals across offices in Dubai, Beirut, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Riyadh, MEVP manages 5 regional funds with more than USD 260 million in Assets Under Management. MEVP is the largest and most established VC firm in the region, with clear cross border investment appetite.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ziina — Pay and get paid fast. Ziina is the easiest way to send and receive money in the UAE. Accept cashless payments anywhere with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or card.
invygo — Invygo is MENA's first & largest car subscription service creating accessible mobility options through an all-inclusive monthly subscription, all in a seamless app-based experience.For consumers: we provide them access to passenger cars without any financial burdens through a customizable month-to-month subscription through a mobile appFor Dealers: through our technology, they get access to a new business model that helps them generate revenue and reduce their depreciation and operational cost The company was founded in 2018 by Eslam Hussein and Pulkit Ganjoo in Dubai, UAE.
Mealplanet — Mealplanet is an online marketplace for ordering and managing meal plans from various providers.

A unique model for investing, innovating & growing

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Fable — Fable Home dinnerware brings people together for love, laughter, and storytelling by delivering gorgeous cutlery, tableware, and glassware at affordable prices.
Shellworks — Reimaging nature's packaging with beautifully sustainable, truly compostable alternatives to plastic for cosmetics and beauty products.
Awe Inspired — We believe in fine jewelry as a vehicle for empowerment. Shop our collection of goddess necklaces, coin necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings and more.

As the world leader in luxury, LVMH has been setting an example through its dynamic growth since its creation in 1987. Learn more about our prestigious Houses.

Investment focus

Fashion, E-Commerce, Lifestyle
Seed, Series D, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Italy

Portfolio highlights

autone — Autone is a SaaS operational platform enabling retail & CPG businesses to make optimal decisions easily and quickly
CHIMER AI — CHIMER AI is an AI design platform that helps brand companies, ODM companies, designers, and fabric companies develop new styles and expand categories more effectively, innovatively, and cost-effectively through generative artificial intelligence products focusing on the field of clothing design, and complete comprehensive clothing planning.
Woola — A sustainable alternative to bubble wrap: protective e-commerce packaging made of leftover wool. Lightweight. Compostable. Customisable.

Midven is a specialist venture capital company providing investment to fast growing small and medium sized enterprises ("SMEs"), run by an energetic, experienced and hands-on team of investment managers.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Lexverify — Lexverify uses artificial intelligence to detect potential legal and compliance concerns in communications. It assists businesses in proactively avoiding legal and regulatory concerns by harnessing the power of AI. Their objective is to make technological communication a benefit rather than a problem.
Nylahs Naturals — Shop our award-winning all-natural hair care products, designed to redefine the haircare standard for afro-textured hair.
Strolll — Strolll Neurotechnology

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.

Fig VC is a venture capital group providing a pragmatic new approach to supporting and investing in high-growth early-stage companies.Founded five years ago, Fig brings together exciting early-stage companies and experienced, value-added investors.Fig receives more than 2,000 approaches a year from companies seeking funding. It does not focuson a particular sector and invests across a wide range of industries by engaging industry experts as active advisors. The current portfolio contains fitness equipment manufacturers, neuroscience attention analytics, Software as a Service (SaaS), food & beverage companies and medical devices.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Retail
Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Smartr365 — A complete end-to-end mortgage and protection platform to connect advisors, introducers and home buyers.
When You Move — When You Move founders, Peter and Simon experienced first hand the frustrations with the conveyancing process. For all parties: the estate agent, the mortgage broker, the conveyancer and the end-customer, obstacles stood in the way of a smooth, successful journey. Current panels aren’t the answer. Estate agents and brokers still spend valuable timechasing for updates, conveyancers are overwhelmed by another system that sits outside their daily workflow, and often referral fees don’t even materialise.Peter and Simon believed that with the right technology, everyone can profit from working better, together. When You Move has been developed in consultation with the industry and with leading SaaS engineers, to create a connected client journey. It improves communication, facilitates introductions and increases profits.
Live Better With — Get products, support, and practical information to help you navigate everyday life with your health condition.

We are a cross over of generations. Combining the wisdom of investing with the stamina to accelerate models for the new consumer. Our focus are next-gen consumer businesses in the areas of nutrition & food, digital health & wellness, clean beauty & cosmetics, sustainable fashion & clothing, as well as digital education.

Investment focus

Wellness, Health Care, Food and Beverage
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

JENA — JENA is building the "Shopify for service professionals", starting with personal care. The company is on a mission to empower Solopreneurs to thrive on their own terms with radically simple business tools. JENA provides Solopreneurs with an Operating System (OS) providing them a full tech-stack: website, AI-powered booking system,payments, CRM, marketing, and e-commerce in one app.
XOXO Soda — XOXO Soda is a plant-based drink with prebiotic fiber that is low in sugar and calories.
dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung — dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung provides easy and sustainable solutions for climate-friendly homes energy-efficient renovations for homeowners.

Enterprise Singapore is a government agency that supports enterprise development.The company works with committed companies to build capabilities, innovate and internationalize. Enterprise Singapore also supports the growth of Singapore as a hub for global trading and startups. As the national standards and accreditation body, the companycontinues to build trust in Singapore’s products and services through quality and standards.To enable businesses navigate today’s enterprise landscape, Enterprise Singapore adopts a company-centric approach. Enterprise Singapore do so, by providing programmes and support catered to your company’s stage of growth, the industry you are in, and the overseas markets of your interest.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Grant, Seed, Series A
Singapore, Hong Kong, United States

Portfolio highlights

Glance- Unlock Your Potential! — Our Talents, Your Solution! Welcome to Glance, empowering freelance services and allowing businesses to scale faster at minimal cost.
6Estates — Focus on using AI technology to deliver back office intelligent process automation solution in finance domain.
Dayta AI — SaaS Shopper Analytics - Cyclops presents you insightful data like shopper demographics, bahavioral metrics and many more. Drive more sales and traffic with AI now!

Boundary Capital Partners is a venture capital company focusing on early stage growth companies, primarily in the technology space.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Glyconics — Glyconics Ltd is an innovative diagnostics company which has developed a novel approach to the diagnosis and monitoring of chronic and acute diseases including respiratory disease. The new device uses fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FITR) to analyse sputum (saliva) samples for specific biomarkers, characteristic of chronic obstructivepulmonary disease (COPD).
Inotec AMD — Inotec AMD is a wound-care company that has developed Natrox:tm:, a device that produces a continuous flow of humidified oxygen and directs it to a specially-designed dressing, allowing oxygen to constantly refresh the wound.NATROX:tm: is a battery-powered medical device that produces a continuous flow of pure humidified oxygen from air anddirects it through a fine tube to a specially-designed Oxygen Delivery System (ODS), allowing the oxygen to constantly refresh the wound while allowing free passage of wound fluids (exudate) to pass away from the wound surface for absorption and retention in the normal way.
Torsion Information Security — Torsion integrates with your existing collaboration systems, working with business users to monitor and control access as business circumstances evolve.

Joe Falter is the founder of Zapp.

Investment focus

Apps, Beauty, Software
Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Sourcerie — Make bolder & faster decisions with an always-on connection to your customers
Bonnet — Bonnet is the easy way to charge your EV on the go. Access more than 3000 public chargers around the world. It's the must-have app for electric vehicle drivers everywhere.

Stonebridge PLC invests capital and expertise to build the consumer champions of tomorrow. Our holdings range from early-stage Venture Capital investments, all the way through to mature Private Equity strategies. We can invest anywhere from £250K to £25m into any single investment.

Investment focus

CRM, Pet, Fashion
Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

BIOME9 — Next-generation gut health testing and science-backed supplements to treat your dog inside and out. Discover how your dog's unique biology could lead them to a longer, happier and healthier life.
Townhouse — Luxury nail salons in multiple UK locations. Choose from manicures, pedicures & nail art from our highly experienced team. Book your treatment today.
The Growth Foundation — The Growth Foundation is a business consulting firm that assists clients with business development through branding, CRM, and finance.

Matt Robinson is the CEO and a co-founder at Nested, a property technology company. Prior to this, he founded GoCardless in 2010 and remains on the board of the recurring payment company.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Malga — Malga is an online payment platform that offers fraud protection and payment split services.
Kaedim — Kaedim’s product creates 3D content as easily as you can take a photo, 2D content, with your smartphone today.
Feather — Feather gives you insurance advice for expats in Germany. Our digital insurance agent will help you get the right insurance policies for your need.

Active Partners is a consumer-focused investment firm that partners with visionary founders to build the iconic brands of tomorrow.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Germany, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

ARTAH — ARTAH manufactures supplements like vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and botanicals.
Lovetovisit — Discover & book tickets for days out & things to do near you. Discounts & deals, no membership fees! Attractions, theatres, zoos, theme parks, aquariums & more
Coopah Running — Discover the best running training app to track your progress, improve performance, and stay motivated. Try our running coach app or for free today!

Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

FlyMy.AI — Real-time AI cloud
Lovable — Build software products, using only a chat interface
Briefcase — Briefcase automates the legwork in accounting so you can focus on growing your practice

Investing in powerful, positive change that endures

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Internet
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

Deasie — Deasie ensures that only relevant, high-quality, and safe data is fed into language models.
Nova Credit — Nova Credit is a consumer credit bureau that connects consumers and lenders with trusted data and analytics to expand access to credit.
Samara — Discover Samara's Backyard accessory dwelling units. Elevated design, expertly crafted. Fast and easy installation. Solar-powered and future-ready.

Julien is an investor at Felix Capital where he focuses on SaaS (Worktech in particular) and gaming investments.Before joining Felix, Julien Codorniou spent 11 years at Facebook where he led the global platform partnerships team, helping Facebook partners to build, grow and monetize their mobile apps and games. From 2016 to 2021, he has beenserving as Vice President of Workplace. Under his leadership, Workplace went from 0 to 9 million paid subscribers at companies like Walmart, Grab, GSK, Nestlé, Chevron, MercadoLibre, ServiceNow, Astrazeneca, Lixil, Spotify, Save the Children and many more globally. Julien started his career in finance and before Facebook he was Director of Business Development at Microsoft Corp.Since 2012, Julien has served on the board of the French media group Le Monde. He is the co-author of the book: "The Kelkoo.com success story"published by Pearson in 2005.His former investments, as business angel include companies like TripleDot Studios, Bloom & Wild, Pigment, Xentral, Homesome, Olio, Peanut, Nabla, Curio, Linktree, Airlift Technologies and Sunday.He grew up in France and now lives in London with his wife and their two boys.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

5Mins — 5Mins is the new microlearning platform that helps your employees build in-demand skills fast with AI-powered personalisation and advanced gamification.
Sharpist — We offer personalized learning that will help people-centric organizations and teams grow throughout the challenges of today and tomorrow. Learn more!
Dust — Dust is a platform for creating sophisticated processes based on large language models and semantic search.

Sharmadean Reid - Chief Executive Officer @ The Stack World

Investment focus

Beauty, Retail, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Debt Financing
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Ruka — We celebrate Black women and create hair products designed with real textures in mind.
Yonder — A modern lifestyle credit card packed with rewards, no foreign exchange fees, and loads more. Apply without needing a UK credit score.

Harry Blain

Investment focus

Beauty
Angel
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

DECREE Skincare — DECREE Skincare is a dermatologist skin care brand.

We love, help & invest in early-stage consumer brands.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

XOXO Soda — XOXO Soda is a plant-based drink with prebiotic fiber that is low in sugar and calories.
Bibbi Parfum — SIGN UP TO THE BIBBI UNIVERSE
With Nothing Underneath — WNU is all about simplicity - paired back, laid back, timeless, effortless shirts - just like the woman who wears them. Our shirts are not about trends or fleeting style moments, but about a wardrobe essential in which to live a life.

Claire Cherry is the Investment Partner at Ataraxia & Joyance.

Investment focus

Apps, Beauty, Fashion
Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, China

Portfolio highlights

BEDFOLK — Luxury bedding made ethically in the world's best mills and sold at a fraction of the traditional retail price.
Sourcerie — Make bolder & faster decisions with an always-on connection to your customers
Luna Daily — Microbiome balancing body care for all skin, even your most intimate. Head, vulva, knees and toes. Vegan, dermatologist-approved, and eco-friendly skincare for all skin types. On a mission to connect women of all ages and stages to each other and their entire bodies.

IP Group's core business is the creation of value for its shareholders and partners through the commercialisation of intellectual property originating from research intensive institutions. Their strength lies in managing this process from finding suitable intellectual property to commercialise to either helping develop businesses and createvalue out of them, or identifying and establishing appropriate commercial partnerships to do so. IP Group's extensive expertise in this area combined with its inside knowledge of both industry and finance have enabled the group to create a formidable track record of consistently delivering excellent results for their companies, for their partners and for their shareholders.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

AccelerComm — Our patented, market-leading IP solutions for 4G and 5G are configurable for quick, high-performance implementations across a wide range of applications.
Deep Render — Deep Render Ltd. is a spin-out from the Department of Computing at Imperial College London. We are a London based AI start-up that is developing the next generation of media compression algorithms. Our proprietary and patented technology is at the forefront of machine learning research. Furthermore, our Biological Image Compression results arestate-of-the-art, providing at least a 50% efficiency gain over the previous standards
Crescendo Biologics — Crescendo Biologics is a new Cambridge-based company whose vision is to deliver next-generation antibody therapeutics based on novel class-leading platforms.The focus of the company is on developing platforms that will address key issues in generating high-affinity, soluble, human VH antibody fragments. These are the smallest fragments thatretain antibody binding, and have many desirable properties as potential therapeutics. Crescendo will then utilise these platforms for product development of in-house targets or in partnership with other companies.

24Haymarket is an investment network which included several highly-experienced private equity and venture capital investors, seasoned entrepreneurs, and senior operators. Investing up to £5 million in growth companies in the UK and Europe. They invested their own capital in direct alignment with entrepreneurs and actively support their growthagenda and join the board of the companies in which they invest. Since inception in 2011, 24Haymarket has invested in more than 50 high-growth businesses.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

myGwork — The global recruitment & networking hub for LGBTQ+ professionals. Find jobs in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender friendly organisations. Grow your LGBTQ+ professional network. Read the latest LGBTQ+ professional news.
Previsico — Previsico is a spinOut company from Loughborough University specialising in modelling flooding in real-time, using weather predictions to make street-level flood nowcasts and forecasts. The company's mission is to be the leading global provider of cutting-edge flood prediction that saves lives and livelihoods.Its FloodMap Live producesround the clock street-level flood risk predictions and analytics. Uniquely, these are continuously modelled and updated using a combination of different weather forecasts. This allows the company to map the likelihood of short and long-term surface water events in real-time to the street level.
Huq Industries — The leading monitoring platform for footfall, dwell, catchment and traffic flows valued by government, retail and real-estate. Used by 50+ councils!

Laura joined Balderton's investment team in 2018. She spent the previous three years advising technology startups across industries to develop and implement their fundraising and launch strategies as well as their financial and operational structure, in sectors ranging from online retail to healthcare and fintech.Laura was at Goldman Sachsfor five years, first in the Investment Management Division and subsequently the Financial Institutions Group in M&A.Laura undertook neuroscience research in the Brain Sciences Department of Imperial College's Faculty of Medicine. She was a Fulbright Scholar and gained her MBA from Harvard, and she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Oxford.Laura speaks fluent English and French and her primary focus is later stage investing with the Liquidity I fund.

Investment focus

Beauty, Medical, mHealth
Pre-Seed, Series B, Series C
Denmark, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Corti — Corti offers a digital assistant, augmenting medics in improving patient outcomes and internal performance.
Sourcerie — Make bolder & faster decisions with an always-on connection to your customers
Pelago — Quit Genius is the world’s first digital clinic for treating nicotine, alcohol and opioid addictions. Built on the evidence-based approach of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), Quit Genius combines virtual cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with approved medication and connected devices to help employers and health plans tackle the high cost ofaddiction, while improving the lives of their employees and members.

Mike Wroe is the chief financial officer of Just Eat. Previously, he held the same position at Nexagent. Wroe holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nottingham. He resides in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.

Investment focus

Beauty
Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Slick — Stress-free salon software built by professionals like you to save you time and grow your business

Goodwater Genesis is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Health Care, Beauty, Wellness
Seed
Indonesia, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

TaxGPT — Looking for instant tax help? Meet TaxGPT, your AI-powered tax assistant. We simplify tax processes and maximize deductions. Try TaxGPT today!
Shmoody — Shmoody is the fun, personable, and not-so-serious mental health app to help you feel better when you're down or depressed.
Tentang Anak — Mendampingi Ayah dan Bunda dalam mengoptimalkan tumbuh kembang anak dan kesehatan anak melalui informasi dari sumber terpercaya.

David Pritchard serves as an advisor of Hassle.com. David was Founder and Managing Director of OpenTable Europe. David has enjoyed a 30 year transatlantic career as a senior operating executive in primarily US based software before becoming an angel investor.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, SaaS
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Feedr — Probieren Sie Deutschlands Top Catering Service | EatFirst
Allegrow — Allegrow is the #1 inbox placement platform, we're helping more of your emails land in the primary inbox, not spam or unfocused folders.
JENA — JENA is building the "Shopify for service professionals", starting with personal care. The company is on a mission to empower Solopreneurs to thrive on their own terms with radically simple business tools. JENA provides Solopreneurs with an Operating System (OS) providing them a full tech-stack: website, AI-powered booking system,payments, CRM, marketing, and e-commerce in one app.

Sirius Venture Partners GmbH is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-up, mid venture, and early venture investments. The firm seeks to invest between €0.15 million ($0.21 million) and €1.5 million ($2.1 million) in its portfolio companies. It would consider syndicated investments with private and public partners of up to €5 million ($6.95 million). The company typically acts as a lead or co-lead investor, takes a minority stake and a seat on the board or committee of its portfolio company. The firm typically exits its investment through IPO or trade sale. Sirius Venture Partners GmbH was founded in 2004 and is based in Wiesbaden, Germany with an additional office in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Software
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Germany, The Netherlands, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Syndio — Syndio provides expert-backed technology that helps companies measure, achieve, and sustain workplace equity.
Lalamove — Lalamove is the fastest way to deliver anything in your city. From parcel courier to bulky delivery, Lalamove connects you with thousands of drivers in 1 click.
Feelunique.com — Feelunique.com was a on-line retailer of premium beauty products, serving predominantly the UK market from its headquarters in the Channel Islands, and employing 125 staff.

Exited Founder of DesignMyNight (Acquired 2019), Co-Founder trumpet, Founder of Venture Arm Horseplay Ventures, Angel Investor in 55+ Startups and Podcaster

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Round Treasury — Put your startup cash on autopilot. Maximise your runway with smart deposits and withdrawals from your account, safeguarded and administered by regulated brokers.
sequel — A community of the world's best athletes investing in the world's best startups, advancing humanity.
Perplexity — Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence.

Henkel was founded in 1876. People around the world trust Henkel’s brands and technologies. In the fiscal year 2015, the company reported sales of approx. 18 billion euros and an operating profit of 2.9 billion euros (adjusted for one-time gains/charges and restructuring charges). The DAX-30 company has its headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany.Henkel employs about 50,000 people worldwide, more than 80 percent of whom work outside of Germany. Henkel is thus one of the most international German companies

Investment focus

Nanotechnology, E-Commerce, Electronics
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Actnano — Actnano is a nanotechnology company that specializes in automotive, consumer electronics, and smart coating solutions that make products water-resistant. The company enables the protection of a variety of materials from water damage and harsh environmental conditions. Its technology provides a broad spectrum of transparent nano guard coatings thatcan be applied to electronic devices in a way that makes them water-resistant to IPx7 levels, enabling clients to keep their electronics and gadgets protected and last long in an economical way.actnano was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
EHRGOLS — EHRGOLS is a nutritional supplement brand that includes EHRGOLS topical glucosamine and high-concentration fish.
AGORA — Agora World discover and create honest beauty content.

FSE C.I.C. is an independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) whose surpluses are reinvested in the business, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. FSE C.I.C. has a number of subsidiary companies to deliver its funds and services, which are collectively referred to as The FSE Group.All regulated activities are delivered through FSE Fund Managers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Finance East Limited delivers funding for businesses based in the East of England region.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Debt Financing, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Seriously Low Carb — Award Winning. Consumer brand of choice. Real food that's Keto and Low Carb friendly. The home of the Seriously Low Carb Loaf, the Seriously Low Carb Pizza and now lots of other products too.
Laserthrust — Laserthrust is developing and producing a 3D-printed, super-cavitating electric craft capable of traveling from Norwich, UK, to Amsterdam. The company's marine goods are made completely of recycled and recyclable FDM 3D-printed materials, with a particular emphasis on TPU-based materials.
Luxury Cottages — Find a luxury holiday cottage to rent in the UK. Our handpicked holiday homes at Luxury Cottages are carefully selected by our luxury travel experts.

Advancit Capital is a venture firm investing in media, technology and web3 startups. We partner with best-in-class entrepreneurs building the next generation of leading companies.

Investment focus

Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Germany, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Irreverent Labs — Irreverent Labs creates artificially intelligent hundred-year entertainment experiences on a blockchain. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Sheridan, Wyoming.
Religion of Sports — Founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, and Gotham Chopra, Religion of Sports creates best-in-class content, and is building a brand focused on human/emotional storytelling in and around the world of sports
Goldenset Collective — Goldensetsupport creators by becoming equity partners in their growing and evolving businesses, with the collective goal of creating long-term enterprise value truly owned by the creator. We believe that creators are more than just "influencers" who can be rented like billboards by other companies and brands but are also the founders ofhigh-growth start-ups with Fortune 500 potential.

Lumia is an expansion-stage VC firm partnering with forward-thinking US and European innovators expanding internationally for breakout growth. Lumia employs a hands-on strategy, working closely with management teams by pairing Silicon Valley insights and contacts with global knowledge sharing and relationships to propel companies throughexpansion-stage challenges and opportunities.It prefers to invest in internet and software companies with a focus on SaaS, mobile, cloud computing, infrastructure, and big data. It typically invests between $3 million and $30 million in companies with greater than $10 million annualized net sales. Lumia also invests in select early stage opportunities via its "Telescope" program. The company focuses on investing in primary and secondary transactions and in common and preferred shares. Lumia Capital was founded by Martin Gedalin in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Marketplace
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Auna — Auna engages in health care and wellness services.
Kitopi — Kitopi is a managed cloud kitchen platform that partners with restaurants to grow their business and expand their delivery reach.
Naked Labs — Naked Labs is a Silicon Valley-based startup focused on3D scanning, computer vision, and human-centered design. It uses infrared light to capture a 3D body model, which is visualized on the Naked app. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Lawyer-turned-Entrepreneur-turned-Investor/Advisor

Investment focus

Beauty, FinTech, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

JENA — JENA is building the "Shopify for service professionals", starting with personal care. The company is on a mission to empower Solopreneurs to thrive on their own terms with radically simple business tools. JENA provides Solopreneurs with an Operating System (OS) providing them a full tech-stack: website, AI-powered booking system,payments, CRM, marketing, and e-commerce in one app.
Helio — Boost e-commerce and NFT sales with Helio's instant and low-fee crypto payments available on any website or app and easy integrations on Shopify and WooCommerce.
Collectiv Food — Collectiv Food is a next generation food supplier, helping professional kitchens through increased reliability, cost savings, and greater sustainability.

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