Top 10 Franchise VC (Venture Capital) Funds in United Kingdom in May 2025

Last updated: May 2025 A list of 10 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Franchise startups based in United kingdom. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Franchise companies from United kingdom. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Franchise VC (Venture Capital) Funds in United Kingdom in May 2025

Investor	Franchise United Kingdom investments
EchoVC Partners	2
Pembroke VCT	2
Alchimia Investments	2
Fuel Ventures	2
Firstminute Capital	1
HMB Finance Group	1
Kima Ventures	1
Burda Principal Investments	1
GC Angels	1
LDC	1

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EchoVC Partners is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams, business models, and knowledge across North America, Africa, and SE Asia. The average investment size ranges from $25,000 to several million dollars depending on the stage of opportunity and capital needs of thebusiness.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Nigeria, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Shuttlers — Shuttlers is a platform that offers mobility solutions by providing scheduled bus-sharing services for the professionals within the region.
Snowstorm — Official site of the Snowstorm Network
Senga Technologies — Welcome to Senga, custom-built, with love, for businesses shipping in Africa.

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

TALA — TALA is the brand you always knew you wanted but could never quite find - sustainable activewear and athleisure styles at competitive prices without the need to compromise on high-performance designs and flattering fits. Making conscious shopping choices easier for everyone.
Ryft — Butlr is the fastest growing ordering platform for bars, pubs and music venues. One app across all venues removing queues.
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.

Alchimia is an investment company primarily operating in the Venture Capital Sector. Leveraging the expertise of our team and a wide network of international advisors, we invest and co-invest in high growth potential opportunities offering capital, as well as dedicated strategic and operational resources.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Medical
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Italy, Israel

Portfolio highlights

NoTraffic — NoTraffic has developed the first AI-powered traffic signal platform that connects road...
Prestatech — Prestatech: Revolutionizing financial data automation with advanced AI and machine learning. Streamline your financial workflows, ensure compliance, and enhance decision-making with our cutting-edge solutions.
Stellar — At Stellar we bring perfect internet on the move to vehicles and passengers, leveraging the combined strength of cellular, wi-fi, and satellite networks, through AI and fully integrated solutions. We offer SaaS, data plans, and all-inclusive options for enterprise connectivity needs on the move.

Fuel Ventures - a leading early stage seed / growth stage EIS Fund based in London, UK. Investing in the most ambitious technology companies.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

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AVIEL Intelligence — AVIEL Intelligence provides a proactive, AI-driven solution to prevent customers from making payments to scammers and block fraudulent transactions.

firstminute is a seed fund backed by over 120 unicorn founders and a world-class community.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Ontik — Ontik provides a modern payment platform that helps merchants achieve a greater number of trade customers. The platform automate key credit processes and reduces the administrative burden and enables real-time reporting, minimise credit losses, and get paid on time.
Scalera — Scalera is an AI-powered platform designed to automate and optimize the administrative processes involved in construction procurement and tendering.
IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.

The HMB Finance Group provides financial solutions for every stage of your financial journey.

Investment focus

FinTech, Franchise, Financial Services
Angel
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

The UK Adviser Group / AdviserTech® — At The UK Adviser, our advisers deal with lenders on a day-to-day basis. Their experience means they can offer more than just mortgages

Kima Ventures promotes the growth of startups, supporting them in the fastest and most effective ways.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Kalent — Search. Match. Engage. At scale. From your ATS to our 500M+ profiles — Kalent is your AI recruiter.
Plakar — Plakar is an open-source backup and restore platform built for modern infrastructure, AI workflows, and high-compliance environments.Designed to replace legacy backup systems with something leaner, smarter, and more developer-friendly, Plakar lets teams protect, version, and instantly recover their data — across local systems, S3-compatibleobject storage, Kubernetes, and more.Plakar turns every backup into a self-contained, immutable unit that carries its own structure, metadata, and encryption. It supports end-to-end deduplication, instant recovery, and granular restores, making backup storage reusable for AI training, data audits, and reproducibility.Plakar is especially relevant for teams working in fast-moving or regulated industries — such as AI, finance, healthcare, and cybersecurity — where data integrity, traceability, and rollback capabilities are mission-critical.Founded in 2024 and based in Paris, Plakar is backed by Seedcamp, HelloWorld, IrregularExpression, Galion.exe, Kima Ventures, OPRTRS, Purple, Motier Ventures, Pareto, and several leading angels including executives from Datadog, Docker, Voodoo, Sqreen, and Logmatic.io.
Alta Ares — Alta Ares is a data integration surveillance service provider that utilizes drone imaging.

Burda Principal Investments (BPI) is a division of Hubert Burda Media which provides long term growth equity for fast growing digital technology and media companies.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Retail
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Planet A Foods — The chocolate revolution is here. 100% cocoa-free and unbelievably delicious. We call it QOA. You need to try it!
BillEase — No credit card? No problem. Buy now, pay later at your favorite stores with Billease and avail monthly installment plans with 0% interest. Split your purchase in 4 payments or pay only 1/3 upfront and the rest up to 12 months. No hidden fees. No surprises. Learn more here.
Aleph Alpha — Aleph Alpha develops AI systems for modern security challenges.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Fashion
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Cress — Cress is a new online marketplace focused to buying and selling gently used children's apparel.
Brarista — Elevate your lingerie shopping with our AI Fit Chatbot, seamlessly offering perfect bra fittings and bespoke styling advice. Boost sales, enhance customer satisfaction, and streamline operations.
Prorizon — Prorizon is to pioneer a new era in mental health through the development of objective measurements and tracking ,paralleling advancements in physical health, to empower individuals with proactive and preventative health solutions.

For over 40 years, LDC has been the trusted investment partner for ambitious management teams. We invest in a diverse range of businesses across every region and sector of the UK economy.