# Top 50 Fashion Startup Investors in United Kingdom in June 2026

## Index Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

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.

## Venrex
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet

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

## Forward Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Forward Partners is a venture capital firm in London specialising in technology businesses focused on eCommerce, marketplace and applied AI early-stage startups.

## Balderton Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## Octopus Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

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.

## QVentures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

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

## LocalGlobe
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Seeding ambitious founders at places like @citymapper, @improbableio,@teamkano, @moo, @songkick,@seedcamp, @transferwise and @zoopla since 1999. Who's next?

## Playfair Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce

Playfair is a sector agnostic fund focused exclusively on pre-seed investing. Based in London, Playfair invests across the UK and Europe with an intentionally high conviction, low volume approach: making six investments a year out of its third $70m fund and preserving time, capital and resource to help companies post-investment. Our 78% Series Agraduation rate is ~3x industry average. Playfair has backed 100+ companies since 2013, including Thought Machine, Orca AI, Protex AI, StackOne and Nory.

## Worth Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Software

Tax Efficient Investments with the Start-up Series SEIS & EIS Fund. Our approach unearths compelling investment opportunities.

## GC Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Fashion, Health Care

The Growth Company’s two Angel services, Co-Angel Investment Service and  North West Business Angels have recently merged creating a more cohesive offer, enabling increased access to early stage equity funding. The service now known as GC Angels, supports businesses seeking access to angel investment, ranging from £25,000 up to £2m.
Developed by GCas the next evolution of its successful Co Angel Investment Service, GC Angels forms part of the GM Combined Authority's response to supporting the early stage investment market, and integrates with the range of wider GC business finance and business support services. It will incorporate the network offer (NWBA); the fee-bearing advisory service (Co Angel) alongside the new GM Co-Investment Fund, providing an innovative, single solution equity funding service.

## Beringea
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Analytics

Beringea is an international investor in high growth US & UK businesses. With expertise in multiple sectors we are at the forefront of emerging trends.

## Seedrs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage

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

## MMC Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

MMC is a venture capital fund investing in early stage, high-growth UK companies. Investing in technology companies at Seed and Series A.

## Angels Den
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software

Join 21,000+ investors backing the top 4% of UK startups. Access vetted, tax-efficient (SEIS/EIS) investment opportunities and exclusive pitch events.

## Business Growth Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority investment to growing companies.

## Simon Beckerman
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Travel, Advertising

Simon Beckerman is the founder of Depop, a peer-to-peer social shopping app based in London.

## ACE & Company
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

ACE offers three core investment strategies across the stages of private investment: Secondaries, Buyout, and Venture. Our portfolio construction guidelines ensure that our investors access the necessary customization to achieve their risk and return requirements.ACE aims to drive returns by managing risks and strategically adjusting investmentexposure to the stage of a company’s development. We strongly believe that diversification and sizing of investments according to the risk profile are the most effective approaches to investing private capital.ACE’s specialized investment teams provide the support to create long-term and sustainable investment results.

## Ascension
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Internet

Pre-seed and seed investors backing 300+ ambitious founders from day one.

## Equity Gap
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing

Equity Gap is a group of private individuals set up to invest in and support emerging and growing businesses based in Scotland

## Highland Europe
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Highland Europe invests in rapidly growing European internet, mobile, and software companies that address large market opportunities and have over €10 million in annualized revenues. They can provide acquisition finance or lead secondary transactions as well as making primary investments. Their capital enables management teams to accelerate growthand build a lasting, valuable business.Highland Europe was launched in 2012 and closely collaborates with Highland Capital Partners, an independent global venture capital firm with a twenty-seven year investment experience and offices in Boston and Palo Alto.

## LAUNCHub Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

LAUNCHub is a leading early-stage venture capital fund focused on investing in startups in South-Eastern (SEE) and Central-Eastern (CEE) Europe. 

## True.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail

A unique model for investing, innovating & growing

## H&M Group Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Textiles

H&M Group Ventures is the venture capital arm of the H&M Group.

## Sebastian Picardo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, Content, Lifestyle

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.

## Scottish Investment Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

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## Ada Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

Ada Ventures is a pre-seed inclusive venture capital firm that invests in the best, not just the best-connected. They find and fund the Ada Lovelaces of today. Backing European founders building businesses for a better human future. They invest £250K - £1M in technology companies across climate equity, economic empowerment and healthy ageing. Adainvests in purpose-led founders building for markets that are large, untapped and growing. Their approach drives outperformance, which they call Inclusive Alpha®.

## Par Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Founded in 2008, Par Equity is a venture capital firm that backs the most innovative, high growth technology companies in the North of the UK. Based in Edinburgh, Par invests across Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

## IW Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Private Equity, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, E-Commerce, Restaurants

Support high-growth UK businesses and benefit from bespoke investment opportunities designed to offer long-term growth potential and significant tax relief through the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).

## Avonmore Developments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

Avonmore Developments is the family office of Simon and Michael Blakey that focuses on investments into seed and early-stage businesses, primarily in the UK and Europe. Avonmore has been operating since 2000 and has invested in over 40 different businesses in over 80 funding rounds. Michael Blakey now runs Singapore-based seed fund Cocoon Capital(www.cocooncap.com) that invests in early stage businesses across SE Asia. Simon Blakey is a member of Cambridge Angels, Chairs the Investment Committee of Playfair Capital (www.playfaircapital.com) and is on the investment committee of the Angel CoFund (www.acfinvestors.com/angel-cofund/)Avonmore's approach to deals is hands-on: mobilising other angel investors, working actively with entrepreneurs post-deal, and coordinating further funding rounds.

## Redrice Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

We support Founders creating premium consumer brands, platforms and related tech solutions.

## Jenson Funding Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Marketplace, Information Technology

Jenson Funding Partners LLP (Jenson) was founded in 2012 by Paul Jenkinson and Sarah Barber from Jenson Solutions Ltd., a network of finance directors who continue to provide support to the investee companies. Since 2012, they have launched five SEIS and four EIS funds. They are now in the 10th tranche and have invested £16 million in 100entrepreneurial UK businesses that have typically launched their product or service and are typically close to or past revenue. In addition, they have supported 20 follow-on funding rounds, all at a premium to the initial launch cost. They have recently become FCA-authorized and have split our SEIS and EIS funds into two separate funds, retaining the same ethos and strategy across both evergreen funds.

## C Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail

Co-founded by entrepreneur Adrian Cheng and veteran investor Clive Ng, C Ventures is a global venture capital bridging the West and the East, curating a global cultural ecosystem targeting Millennials and the generation Z with a focus on disruptive businesses in technology, lifestyle and media. 

## JamJar Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care

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

## Accel
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere

## Downing Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

The opportunity for institutional investors to access leading UK early stage healthtech businesses

## Foresight Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Private Equity, Seed
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care

Foresight Group is a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager which has been managing funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients for more than 35 years. Foresight has over £7.2 billion of assets under management across a number of funds on behalf of some of the world’s largest institutional investors, family offices,private and high net-worth individuals and retail investors. Foresight's investment strategies are underpinned by a strong environmental, social & governance (“ESG”) focus, which increasingly meets the demands of today’s investors and ensures we are consistently working towards creating a sustainable legacy for future generations.

## Apex Black
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: Fashion, Software, Textiles

Apex Black. Investing in founders boldly reimagining our world with deep innovation.

## Active Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce

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

## Felix Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care

A Venture Capital Firm for the creative class

## Founders Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Founders Fund is a San Francisco based venture capital firm investing in companies building revolutionary technologies.

## Talis Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

We back founders who see the future differently.

## Pembroke VCT
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Technology

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.

## GoBeyond
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Medical, Software

GoBeyond is a FinTech company transforming angel investing into a new scalable asset class for small and large, novice to experienced investors. It offers a unique deal platform, portfolio tools, syndication/pooling, due diligence, investment monitoring services, training and certified deal leaders.Its clients are individuals, familyoffices, professional groups and corporations. It is active in the EU, Switzerland and the US. GoBeyond also offers educational training modules for angel investors in 11 categories.

## Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Angel / Sophisticated Investor and Trader (Ex London Stock Exchange(LSE), Deutsche Bank, London Clearing House(LCH) ) , Invested in 60+ Startups / 4 successful exits (with Avg 20x) and counting more. (Web3 -> udaybs.ETH )Invested in following asset classes from past 2 decades across UK / India / US / Europe / 
-Private Equity (Seed / Growth / VC/ Acquisition / Merger)
- Equity Markets
- Real Estate
- FX
- Commodity
- Bonds
- Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto Market, Web3 , DeFi, NFT
- Derivative Markets / Hedging / F&O / CFDGrowing Wealth in bumpy economic rides - There is no secret formula. Investment is an art. Being vigilant, dynamic, connecting dots, evaluating risk with constant change, loads of patience and visualising medium to long term.Private Equity Investments across globe in following domains / categories:
- Energy - EV / Carbon Footprint
- Blockchain / FinTech / AI / ML / Web3 / DeFi
- D2C / B2C
- Food & Beverages
- Pharma
- Media & Entertainment

## Natalie Massenet
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Fashion, Beauty, E-Commerce

Natalie Massenet is co-founder and partner of Imaginary Ventures, a venture fund investing in early-stage opportunities at the intersection of retail and technology, as well as the non-executive co-chairwoman of Farfetch, a global e-commerce platform for luxury fashion. Massenet is best known for founding the luxury fashion online retailerNet-A-Porter, in 2000. In the year before she stepped down from her role following its merger with YOOX, the Net-A-Porter-Group recorded net revenues of almost $1 billion. Massenet began her career as a journalist and fashion editor, working at WWD and Tatler before setting up Net-A-Porter. In 2009, she was awarded an MBE, and in 2016 she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, both in recognition of her contributions to the U.K. fashion and retail industry. Massenet was chairman of the British Fashion Council between 2013 and 2017.

## Rogue Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet

Rogue Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in startups. It seeks to invest in new and growing businesses in Oregon and the PNW.Rogue invests in entrepreneurs that reject the status quo, and who are driven by market traction.  Rogue values ingenuity, insight and intelligence and accelerates entrepreneurialsuccess with resources, values and vision.  Rogue is committed to increasing Oregon's entrepreneurial footprint through committed, sustainable investment in new businesses and growing enterprises.

## The FSE Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology

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.

## Carmen Busquets
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail

Carmen Busquets - Founder @ CoutureLab

## Piper Private Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Private Equity, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Fashion

We are the investment partner of choice for ambitious founders. Founded by entrepreneurs, we are a team of brand experts who have grown over 40 global brands.

## 24 Haymarket
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology

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.

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