Top 5 LGBT Startup Investors in United Kingdom (August 2026)

Harry is a partner at OMERS Ventures, previously at Balderton Capital & BGF Ventures- and the youngest investor in the inaugural Forbes "Midas List Europe", thanks to investments such as The Hut Group, GoCardless, Touch Surgery and Revolut. Prior to Balderton, Harry co-founded Firefly Tonics, a healthy energy drink brand that sells inover 30 countries, sold to Private Equity in 2012. Harry started his career at McKinsey & Co., the strategy consultancy, in London and New York.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
Geography: United Kingdom, Canada, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 29
Round size: Seed $713k–$7.5M; Series A $3.2M–$23M; Series B $12M–$29M
Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow

Portfolio highlights

Claimer — Claimer is a self-service application that gets credit claims done easily of money spent on research and development. Its platform empowers company owners and advisors to prepare their claims, without any specialist knowledge, no matter how big or small the claim. It also prepares and submits the amended tax return for free.Claimer was founded in2019 by Adam McCann and is headquartered in Croydon, United Kingdom.
Jump — Launched in late 2018 after 2 years of R&D supported by competitive grant funding from the UK & NL Government, Jump is a people analytics platform that gives everyone a chance to succeed. By understanding what makes people unique and linking this to business outcomes, Jump gives more personalised job recommendations to professionals, inturn attracting much better job applications to businesses. Win:win for both!Jump is backed by outstanding investors whose successes include Revolut, CarWow, GoodLord, Magic Pony and many others. Jump collaborates with Imperial College and other top UK Universities in the development of the data science and algorithms behind Jump.Looking for new career options or just a change of scenery? Sign up and receive personalised job matches - absolutely and always for free - at https://app.jump.work/jobsLooking to transform your talent attraction using people analytics? Drop me a note and we can chat!
LVNDR Health — Get ready for sexual healthcare with you at the centre

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Globivest is a private investment firm with a diversified portfolio of assets. Our primary focus is on innovative and scalable early stage start-ups. We seek to establish long-term relationships with visionary entrepreneurs while adding clear value in strategy and execution.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, FinTech, Biotechnology
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 56
Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Pre-Seed $2M–$3M; Series A $1M–$16M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Qureos — Level up with the best mentors and apprenticeships from businesses.
Goodvest — Goodvest is an investment app (life insurance) that builds a better world, in line with your values and promoting performance.
BioSapien — BioSapien is a pre-clinical biotech company developing novel biodegradable implantable products that deliver active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for oncology indications with reduced systemic side effects. The applications for this technology are currently under investigation for pancreatic cancer and lung cancer. The intended pipeline ofindications is expected to expand into other cancers such as colorectal, breast, and stomach cancers. BioSapien's 3D-printed MediChip delivers FDA-approved toxic high-dose systemic therapies in a localized slow-release biodegradable mesh which is able to target tissues while improving patients' quality of care and life.

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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

Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 400
Round size: Seed $2.1M–$12M; Series A $3.3M–$22M; Series B $8M–$44M
Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $101M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

geoSurge — Customers don't search. They ask.
Grasp — Grasp is the world's first AI analyst for finance professionals. Our AI analyst automates company and market research for investment banks, private equity firms, and management consulting firms across the world.
Monkey Bizness — Monkey Bizness is the largest provider of indoor family entertainment centres in the UK. Each centre includes a children's soft play area and is designed to provide a safe, clean and fun environment in which parents and children can feel comfortable. Monkey Bizness' centres provide a setting that encourages children to express themselvesthrough creativity and play as well as providing fresh and nutritious food to keep kids happy and healthy.Monkey Bizness currently has centres in eight locations: Lewes, Gosport, Poole, Sheffield, Stevenage, Hull Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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Calm/Storm is an exclusive founder network and venture capital firm. We invest in purpose driven founders changing our life & health for the better. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria we invest in early-stage companies all over Europe and the US. We focus on the pre-seed and seed stages but also invest up to Series A.

Investment focus

Industry: Health Care, Wellness, Software
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, Austria

Investor stats

Total investments: 135
Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $538k–$2.6M; Series A $7.6M–$18M
Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $23M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

Apylon — Intelligent Revenue Management™ for European Healthcare
PROPCORN AI — At PROPCORN, our goal is to harness the power of AI to automatically unlock the full real estate building potential of our customers, enabling them to make faster and more accurate decisions in real-time.
SquareMind — SquareMind redefines skin exams with Swan, the world's first full-body dermoscopy robot. Automated, seamless, and powered by AI technology.

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