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Top 50 Payments Startup Investors in United Kingdom in September 2025

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

Top 50 Payments Startup Investors in United Kingdom in September 2025

Investor	Payments United Kingdom investments
Seedcamp	20
Speedinvest	15
Force Over Mass Capital	14
Chris Adelsbach	13
Fuel Ventures	12
Ascension	11
Par Equity	10
Passion Capital	9
Global Founders Capital	9
Headline	8
Firstminute Capital	8
tokentus investment AG	8
Equity Gap	8
Anthemis	8
Connect Ventures	8
Maven 11 Capital	8
Digital Currency Group	8
Maven Capital Partners	7
MMC Ventures	7
Paul Forster	7
Alexander Edward Chesterman	7
Northstar Ventures	7
Notion Capital	7
Index Ventures	7
Charles Delingpole	7
ConsenSys	7
Errol Damelin	7
Mark Ransford	7
Sam Enrico Williams	6
BREEGA	6
Magnus Capital	6
SFC Capital	6
Accel	6
Taavet Hinrikus	6
Simon Franks	6
Marbruck	6
LocalGlobe	6
Blockchain Founders Fund	6
Octopus Ventures	6
Kima Ventures	6
Firestartr	6
Will Neale	6
Vassil Terziev	5
1818 Venture Capital	5
1kx	5
Animoca Brands	5
Barclays Corporate Banking	5
Practica Capital	5
Nesta Ventures	5
Svetozar Georgiev	5

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Seedcamp is Europe's seed fund, identifying and investing early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. The Seedcamp Nation includes over 400 startups building breakout businesses that change the way people live, interact and buy and includes publicly listed UiPath, Wise, and unicornsRevolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo, and wefox along with fast-growing businesses such as Grover, viz.ai and Ezra. Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support, and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Sylvera — Sylvera Carbon offset ratings make offset quality and risks transparent. We make offsets auditable for offset sellers, intermediaries, buyers and investors.
Outverse — A community platform that's easier to use, better organised and designed for real interaction.
Dust — Dust is a platform for creating sophisticated processes based on large language models and semantic search.

Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage venture capital funds, with more than €1.2bn in AuM and offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, and Vienna. Our dedicated sector-focused teams (Climate Tech & Industrial Tech, Deep Tech, Fintech, Health & Bio, Marketplaces & Consumer Tech, SaaS & Infra) are the first to fundEMEA's most innovative pre-Seed and Seed tech startups. Our in-house operational experts and global network of industry leaders support our portfolio companies with growth, people (HR), market expansion, and more throughout every stage of their journeys. Bitpanda, GoStudent, Wayflyer, Open, CoachHub, Schüttflix, TourRadar, Adverity, and TWAICE are among our portfolio of 400+ companies.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

ARX Robotics — ARX is a defence technology company that specialises in developing autonomous unmanned systems and sensors for the European defence sector.
Due — Discover our global payment platform. Powered by open, decentralised and interoperable networks.
Tibo Energy — To make sure you operate within the limits of your contract we control your network. We avoid congestion in your energy network.

Force Over Mass Capital is an FCA regulated venture capital firm focused on early stage technology investments across UK and Europe. We invest in B2B innovation across four verticals, i.e. Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS and Industry 4.0.FOM cap operates both seed and scale-up funds to support early stage businesses through their growthjourney.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Apaleo — Transform your hospitality business with an open platform. Easily connect 3rd party applications to build a best-in-class tech stack for your hotel
Converge — Converge is building the next generation of wireless sensor networks for the industrial internet of things by augmenting existing sensors to help large industries replace manual monitoring with automated, continuous data collection and analytics.
MONET — Embedded finance for agencies and B2B platforms. Frictionless access to white-labelling B2B credit, global payments and new revenue streams. Offer white-label invoice finance to your network, driving growth for you and your suppliers.

Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Bourn — Bourn's technology is designed to automate cash flow management, offering SMEs fast access to capital.
Alfa AI — Alfa AI is a recruitment technology company specializing in AI-driven hiring solutions.
Cloud Capital — CloudCapital manages cloud costs and invests in tech companies using AI and ML.

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, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Roomix — Make your home your own with Roomix. Get custom made products from expert joiners along with installation instructions and on-hand support. Floor Beds, wall panelling, shelving, radiator covers and lots more.
Allasso — Learn more about Allasso's services.
PayControl — PayControl is the control layer for enterprise payment management — modular, provider-agnostic infrastructure designed for scale, with native support for digital assets.

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, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Italy

Portfolio highlights

Sprive — Sprive is the free app that helps take years off your mortgage and save you thousands of pounds in interest.
Capably AI — Capably empowers professionals to automate complex tasks with AI in minutes, regardless of their level of technical expertise. Operating autonomously in the background, Capably acts as an extension of the teams it supports, driving greater productivity and efficiency. Anyone in the company can use Capably to automate back-office tasks like dataentry and processing, generate insights and reports, manage projects, and more—all while the organisation maintains complete control and visibility over how and when employees delegate work to AI.
Liquid Acquire — Liquid Acquire provides AI solutions for mergers and acquisitions.

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.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

CSignum — Revolutionising underwater communications with electromagnetic technology for seamless data integration between surface & submerged devices.
Partful — Make sure customers get the right parts first time, every time with digital 3D parts catalogue software and digital work instructions.
Watercycle Technologies — Watercycle Technologies specialized in the development of high-yield, low-cost mineral extraction, and water treatment systems. Its core technology, capable of treating highly concentrated water, is an end-to-end solution encompassing mineral extraction, concentration, and crystallization.

Passion Capital is a partnership of entrepreneurs and operators who are applying our experiences to helping founders and early-stage teams build great digital media/technology companies. We are committed to fostering an ecosystem of technology, collaboration and executional excellence in Europe, and we believe that the criticaldifferentiator and key asset of a successful business is the passion and ability of its founders. We take pride in the calibre and success of all of our founders and teams including but nowhere near limited to GoCardless, Tray.io, Mendeley, Digital Shadows, Adzuna, Smarkets, Ravelin, Tide, Marshmallow, Butternut Box, PolyAI, Lendable and Monzo Bank

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

LangWatch — LangWatch is an AI agent testing, LLM evaluation, and LLM observability platform. Test agents with simulated users, prevent regressions, and debug issues.
Paypercut — Paypercut is a fintech startup that allows small and mid-scaled merchants to offer Buy Now, Pay Later at checkout via a single integration.
Teal — Teal is a payroll data API platform building financial data solutions for the credit industry. Payroll is the source of income for most people, it offers the most direct, consistent, and reliable foundation for assessing creditworthiness. Teal’s technology puts this data in the hands of both lenders and borrowers, helping lenders meet regulatoryexpectations, while giving individuals more control over how they access the credit they need.Teal is partnering with payroll and HCM providers to bring more transparency and control to how income data is used across financial services, helping lenders streamline underwriting and perform ongoing income and employment checks. Its modular API architecture ensures faster integration and adaptability, making it easier for lenders to customise Teal to their existing workflows with minimal effort.

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Orasio — Orasio turns video feeds into easily actionable information for cities, homeland security forces, and businesses.
Genie — Genie is a provider of a Shopify inventory management solution for fast-growing merchants.
Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.

Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Germany, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Vox AI — Voice AI for drive thru
Hyper — Automating phone calls with voice AI for 311, 911, etc.
Plancraft — MISSION We empower our customers to focus on what they love: crafts & construction VISION In times of automation, individual and high-quality work of craftsmen will be as demanded as ever. Plancraft paves the way for profitable projects by bringing powerful calculation to an easy-to-use and accessible level.

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.
ai.work — Amplify your team with intelligent AI Workers connected to your systems, knowledge, and policies - built to work the ticket queues, automate the repetitive tasks, and get things done - lightning fast.
Landbase — Landbase combines leading agentic AI with human expertise to intelligently automate your Go-To-Market

tokentus is a venture capital company investing in blockchain based business models. The tokentus network includes leading industry experts supporting portfolio companies with additional expertise, an institutional network to Banking and Financial Services, funding and market access in Germany and Switzerland. The ultimate goal is to createsynergies and acceleration for the portfolio companies within the ecosystem.

Investment focus

FinTech, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Transak — Transak offers a simple integration to allow your users to buy more than 100+ cryptocurrencies with credit/debit cards, or bank transfers in more than 120+ countries.
Blink — Blink is a fintech company creating a blockchain marketplace platform for blockchain analytics and recovering maximum extractable value.
Intract — Intract is the owner and operator of a web3 platform for marketing services. Customer relationship management, growth hacking, and token gating are among the marketing services provided by the organization. Its platform analyzes real users and performs high-ROI marketing campaigns to recruit more like them, allowing firms to sell themselves andattract more customers using blockchain technology.

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom

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.
ZOEX — ZOEX is the world's first commercially viable, reliable and modular wave energy converter system. Discover today.
Bettii Pod — Bettii Pod is a pioneering FemTech start-up that creates a one-of-a-kind menstruation cup and disc washer for use in public restroom stalls.Bettii Pod's primary product, the menstrual cup/disc washer, is a step forward in normalizing discussions about menstruation and increasing availability to eco-friendly menstrual choices.

digitally native finance

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Cariqa — Cariqa: An all-in-one app for EV drivers. It makes charging, trip planning & battery management easy, with personalised recommendations based on your usage.
Burbank — Burbank's technology creates the most seamless customer experience by enabling authentication of users anytime, at any time, using the widely known "Tap and PIN." Burbank gives companies the ability to produce the remarkable.
SimpleClosure — The easiest and most trustworthy way to shut down your startup. Simplify your company dissolution process, saving time and money while getting everything done right.

We've been investing in pre-seed and seed stage product companies since 2012, from our home in London.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Faks — Faks is an app development company. The company's application allows users to send faster requests, track the status of the requests, and settle any complaints, enabling the pharmacists to maintain a secure relationship with supplier laboratories.
Cino — Cino automatically deducts everyone's share from their bank accounts. Create groups with whom you want to share bills, set your ratio split & stop fronting costs!
ai-coustics — ai|coustics is pioneering innovative audio algorithms based on AI and Deep Learning models and fundamentally improving the capabilities of Speech Audio Enhancement in digital communication and media content.

Maven 11 is a global blockchain and digital asset investment firm. The teams we partner with are on a rigorous quest to solve most exciting problems and make the necessary shift towards decentralised tomorrow.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Credit Coop — Leverage Future Cash Flows
Plural Energy — Plural Energy connects institutional investors with high-quality renewable energy assets overlooked by traditional finance. Access middle-market clean infrastructure with competitive yields, tax benefits, and impact while advancing the energy transition.
Plural Energy — Plural Energy is a platform for renewable energy assets available to more investors from fund and asset managers to alternative retail investors and retirement savers.

We are the capital engine supporting emerging talent & crypto technology. On its mission to accelerate the development of a better financial system.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Munify — Fast, secure, and cost-efficient cross-border payments powered by stablecoins. Send and receive money globally without delays, high fees, or the complexity
Manifold Labs — Manifold Labs is a decentralized AI infrastructure company.
Doppler Finance — Doppler Finance is a yield-earning platform that unlock earning opportunities within the XRPL ecosystem

Maven is one of the UK's leading private equity and investment firms. We provide essential capital and expertise to help businesses unlock their potential.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Q5D Technology — Additive manufacturing with conductors. Eliminate traditional wiring, saving space and weight. Unique 5-axis robots add power and data functions to products. Simplify supply chains and manufacturing. Transform productivity with our hardware, software, and support.
CWCS Managed Hosting — Let CWCS handle your hosting, full management, 24/7 expert support, seamless migrations, and UK-based performance you can trust.
Laverock Therapeutics — Laverock Therapeutics is developing a gene silencing platform for the creation of programmable, allogeneic cell therapies.

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

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

BlackWall — Protect your web site from hacking, content theft, crawling, and cloning!
ABEX — ABEX Capital focuses on algorithmic trading for digital assets using machine learning and high-frequency trading engines. It offers "Algorithmic Best Execution" solutions for institutional clients and is registered with the FCA for cryptoasset activities
Cloudsmith — Cloudsmith is the only universal, cloud-native solution for software artifact management and software supply chain security. Start your free trial today.

Paul Forster

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Stackfix — Stackfix - We combine deep software and AI knowledge. We apply it to your business. We deliver returns.
Singulate — The early Hopin team (#1, #4, #30 are cofounders) are back together to solve the biggest problem they saw in events and marketing at Hopin. They’re building a next gen AI marketing platform called Singulate. Singulate provides the easiest way to do audience segmentation and better relevance-personalization for marketing to individuals at scale —results of up to 10X higher CTRs and 5X response rates. They’re helping marketers (in demand gen, growth, community/events) nurture and convert more pipeline from their events and existing customers - it’s not an AI cold outreach sales tool (although it can do reactivations) but rather a lifecycle growth marketing tool. The best personalization is invisible - this is the future of large-scale communication. Get a demo to see the product.
Purple Dot — Sell More by Selling Earlier

Alex Chesterman is the Co-Founder of Houseful. Alex Chesterman attended the University College London.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Zefir — Zefir aims to expand the realm of possibilities for millions of European homeowners. We make home-selling simpler, faster and more certain by buying the property directly from you. Selling a home is now just a few clicks away.
Pharmacierge — Pharmacierge is the digital e-prescribing service chosen by private clinicians to deliver medication to their patients throughout the UK and worldwide. Clinicians create and transfer e-prescriptions to our pharmacy near London's Harley Street, for free delivery to their patients either the same day or next weekday
Vyne Technologies — Vyne Technologies is the specialist account-to-account payments platform.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Nanovery — Founded by scientists specialised in Nanotechnology, Medicinal Chemistry and Artificial Intelligence, we are on a mission to enable early detection of cancer through a rapid and affordable blood test Backed by academics at top universities, clinicians, industrial leaders, and Entrepreneur First.
AI Hay — AI Hay develops an AI-driven answer engine that allows users to access information through a question-and-answer format. The company combines hyperlocal, culturally nuanced knowledge discovery engines with social loops to enhance community validation and perspectives. It utilizes in-house specialized large-language models, retrieval-augmentedgeneration (RAG), and social features to build a knowledge discovery platform that serves the community.
Magnitude Biosciences — Magnitude Biosciences is a biotechnology firm combine experience in ageing research, the nematode C. elegans and automation.

Notion Capital is a VC firm focused on European SaaS and Cloud.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Miru Labs — Miru Labs offers tailored solutions to spot, rank, and halt crypto threats for enterprises and retail users.
Orus — L'assurance professionnelle que vous attendiez. Plus juste, rapide, simple et humaine. Souscrivez en 5 minutes et recevez votre attestation sous 48 heures.
Zango — Zango is an AI-powered compliance automation platform designed to help financial services firms manage regulatory change across multiple regions, including the UK and EU. Leveraging cutting-edge AI, the platform performs real-time horizon scanning, automated gap analysis, and human validation to ensure accuracy and maintain security andtransparency. Backed by industry-leading investors, it empowers compliance teams to dramatically accelerate processes and reduce manual oversight.

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

Spiko — Spiko is a tokenization platform that offers to be the supplier of tokenized Money Market Funds.
Mistral AI — Take control of the future with a complete AI solution from platform to interface, with open, customizable models that can be deployed anywhere.
Parallel — Parallel is a technology company focused on adapting the web for artificial intelligences. It builds retrieval, ranking, and reasoning systems that enable AIs to perform high-value tasks using web data. The company's initial offering is an API designed to facilitate these interactions, enhancing the capabilities of advanced AIs.

Charles Delingpole is Founder and CEO of ComplyAdvantage, a technology company focused on wiping out financial crime using Machine Learning. As CEO, Charles leads the product development and growth of the company. His passion for the issue came from his time as the MLRO of a previous startup he founded when he realized how inefficient processesaround money laundering are. Charles previously worked at The Student Room as a Founder and CEO. He attended the University of Cambridge and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).Over 99% of money laundering is successful, ComplyAdvantage is working to stop it completely. Founded in 2014 with offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Cluj, ComplyAdvantage work with over 350 firms across 45 countries. Charles set up his first company, The Student Room Group, now the world’s largest student discussion forum when he was 16. After completing his MA in Politics at Trinity College Cambridge, and then an MSc in Management, Strategy, and Finance from the LSE, he became an associate at J.P. Morgan Cazenove.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Ascendx Cloud — Supercharge Salesforce with connected apps that streamline sales, automate data, and drive enterprise-scale growth - Salesforce Solutions By Ascendx
Firenze — Firenze aims to expand financial services by extending investment-backed lending to a wider audience, recognizing its importance in wealth creation and preservation. The founding team aims to democratize Lombard lending, making it accessible to all, while focusing on mass affluent clients.
Isembard — Isembard has experience from the military, government, large enterprises, and a successfully exited technology business.

Build next-generation apps, launch blockchain-based financial infrastructure, and access the decentralized web with ConsenSys' Ethereum product suite.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Turtle Club — Turtle is a distribution protocol, democratizing liquidity access, monetizing Web3 activities, and redistributing value fairly in DeFi.
Mesh — Mesh enables safer, easier crypto transfers and payments from 300+ leading exchanges and wallets, all without leaving your platform
SharpLink — SharpLink is an online technology company that works with sports leagues, fantasy sports sites, and sports media companies.

Errol Damelin is the Founder, CEO, chairman, or original investor and backer of over 75 digital and tech companies around the world, including in the US, the UK, most of Europe, Israel, Indonesia, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, and Nigeria. He concentrates his efforts on SaaS, fintech, crypto, marketplaces and data analytics as well as on health andwellness. He is also a technologist and has three granted patents to his name with another four pending.Among the companies co-founded by Damelin are groundbreaking fintech company Wonga, and SME banking startup Tide. His early investments include Wise, Cazoo, Purplebricks, K Health, YuLife, Sure, Demyst, Zoe, Farewill, CityMapper, Modifi, UnBabel, Thimble, HiBob, Modifi, Elliptic, Lendingkart, and VivaReal. Using his own personal equity, Damelin continues to invest early on in the next generation of entrepreneurs so that he can help them succeed. He is not an institutional VC fund and does not maximize the assets under his management. He best describes his approach as Riding Shotgun.Damelin's success as a founder has been recognized by The Guardian, which named him Digital Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011; by Ernst and Young, which named him the UK's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011 as well; and by TechCrunch, which named him Founder of the Year in 2010.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Zelt — Manage everything from HRIS, payroll, pension, devices, apps and more seamlessly in one central hub, for all processes and applications, third-party included. Improve productivity through enhanced employee experience.
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.
OurRitual — Couple Goals Made Possible. Relationship Support For Busy People, Practical Tools & Expert Feedback

Angel Investor

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, France, Italy

Portfolio highlights

Damisa — Highly Secure Business to Business Transactions. Smarter, Safer, and Cost-Effective Global Payments. Eliminating delays, reducing costs, and simplifying global transactions with stablecoins.
Zango — Zango is an AI-powered compliance automation platform designed to help financial services firms manage regulatory change across multiple regions, including the UK and EU. Leveraging cutting-edge AI, the platform performs real-time horizon scanning, automated gap analysis, and human validation to ensure accuracy and maintain security andtransparency. Backed by industry-leading investors, it empowers compliance teams to dramatically accelerate processes and reduce manual oversight.
Little John — Little John creates a platform using generative AI to empower insurance brokers.

Sam Enrico Williams is a CEO & Founder at Zloadr. Having built intelligent systems for the past 10 years, that have been implemented into corporate structures and organisations, Sam Enrico Williams brings a deep level and understanding of System Architecture. Sam has strong experience in Cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and economymarkets; needed to drive DocTailor to unprecedented levels.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Web Apps, Fantasy Sports
Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

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VCs use all sorts of tricks to attract the best companies. We do too. But as founders, we know that the main reason you choose an investor to be a part of your journey is because you like them. You trust them. Their values align with yours.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Griffin — Griffin is making a bank you can build on. They provide banking-as-a-service solutions for companies that want to offer financial services products. The company is currently seeking regulatory approval from the PRA and FCA to become the UK's first platform bank. It was founded in 2017 and based in London, England.
Pensero AI — Pensero.ai is an AI-powered performance review platform for engineering teams, offering real-time insights, automated analysis, and ongoing feedback. Setup in just 5 minutes to enhance transparency, save managers 50 hrs, and promote a culture of growth.
Brink Therapeutics — Brink Therapeutics is a Biotechnology Research firm conducting cell therapy research using reprogrammed recombinases.

Magnus Capital is a crypto investment firm.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
Singapore, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

GenLayer — GenLayer is a platform that focuses on intelligent contracts.
Spicenet — Spicenet enables universal access to the top DeFi venues across all networks, creating better financial outcomes for all.
YeagerAI — YeagerAI is a pioneering AI research lab focused on developing technology that promotes sovereignty, transparency, and decentralization.

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

Paapi — The truth-first ad measurement platform for D2C marketers tired of ad platform propaganda and wasted spend.
TILKI — TILKI is an AI-powered game creation platform that democratizes video game development by enabling all creators to build immersive games without coding.
Privasee — Privasee is a self-compliance tool that takes away the complexity of GDPR and makes it easy for SMEs to understand their data and mitigate its risks.

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

CityMall — CityMall is a social e-commerce venture, backed by Elevation Capital, aiming to help the 200-300 million new to Internet users realize the power of Internet
FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
ASTRO — Situs Belanja Kebutuhan Harian Online dengan Harga Terjangkau dan Kualitas Terbaik. Pesan Kebutuhan Harian di ASTRO Pasti Sampai dalam Hitungan Menit

Taavet Hinrikus is co-founder and CEO of TransferWise. Prior to starting TransferWise, Taavet was Skype’s director of strategy until 2008, starting as its first-ever employee. One of the World Economic Forum's Tech Pioneers, Taavet is an adviser to Prime Minister of Estonia on the digital agenda. He’s also a mentor and angel investor; hisinvestments include Tweetdeck, Mendeley, OMGPOP, Property Partner, Sunrise, Improbable and Mapillary.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Meatable — Meatable is a food production company that produces real and guilt-free meat. With one cell, they are revolutionizing the meat industry's impact on climate change and animal welfare. At the same time they increase food security, without compromising the culinary experience of eating tasty, real meat. They aim to satisfy the world'sappetite for meat without harming people, animals, and the planet.It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Delft, South Holland, The Netherlands.
Open Cosmos — Open Cosmos design, build and operate space missions, providing straightforward access to high quality satellite data and insights on a global scale.
Unearthly Materials — Unearthly Materials is a transformative materials company focused on delivering practical room-temperature superconductors and powering the century of superconductivity.

Simon Franks is the founder and managing partner of Redbus Ventures and Chairman of the Franks Family Foundation. (www.thefff.org)

Investment focus

FinTech, Payments, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, Australia, 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.
Oto Health — Take back control of your tinnitus with Oto, the app built by doctors that teaches you how to stop noticing the ringing using clinically proven techniques. Includes CBT, targeted mindfulness, and relaxation. 86% users experience benefits after just 1 month.
Pharmacierge — Pharmacierge is the digital e-prescribing service chosen by private clinicians to deliver medication to their patients throughout the UK and worldwide. Clinicians create and transfer e-prescriptions to our pharmacy near London's Harley Street, for free delivery to their patients either the same day or next weekday

Marbruck is an open-ended venture capital group. Marbruck sources, invests, and provides ongoing guidance to early / growth stage technology companies. With no outside capital, Marbruck actively manages a diverse global portfolio of 30+ companies spanning Seed through to pre-listing. Marbruck leverages its intellectual capital, its network ofpartner investors, and its deep operational experience, to successfully navigate the highest-risk, highest-reward spectrum of investing.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

EatClub — EatClub shows you nearby restaurants, with spare tables, offering last minute deals. Receive up to 50% off your bill (including drinks!)
Mutinex — Discover how Mutinex helps businesses optimize marketing decisions with data-driven insights and AI-powered solutions.
Sitemate — Sitemate builds user friendly software which thousands of industrial companies use every day to streamline their paperwork and processes.

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

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States, France

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.
Xelix — Empower your AP & P2P teams with Xelix: AI-powered software that prevents overpayments & delivers meaningful insights around working capital.
Two — Buy Now, Pay Later for your business customers. Two makes it easy and safe to offer invoice as a payment method on your e-commerce site.

We Focus Exclusively On Adding Value To Blockchain & Emerging Technology Projects With Real World Applications.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Freename — Redefining Web3 Naming System. Web3 Registrar: custom TLDs and Domains
Metafide — Metafide offers AI-driven trading solutions and Web3 asset analysis for financial entities.
Velvet Capital — Velvet Capital is a DeFi operating system that helps launch and manage on-chain funds and structured products. Velvet Capital offers its users a way to gain exposure to digital assets.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

CRED — Compare millions of commercial data points and uncover unique and personalised opportunities for your brand.
Healsgood Ai LTD — Discover how HealsGood is revolutionising healthcare with AI-powered workforce solutions. Explore our expertise in clinical insourcing, staff bank management, and secure data-driven technology.
Perci Health — Connecting cancer patients with expert practitioners. On-demand, affordable appointments. Get personalised support and a tailored care plan today.

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

Retab — Cube AI boosts back-office logistics efficiency, allowing teams to handle more loads and focus on human relationships.
AUSTRAL Dx — AUSTRAL Dx is developing a new imaging technique based on airborne ultrasounds in order to map the vibrations coming from the lungs. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Paris.
Aircap — Aircap revolutionizes investment with a banking platform dedicated to investors.

Firestartr helps the most promising digital entrepreneurs take their companies from seed stage to Series A and beyond. Beyond providing capital, they draw on their entrepreneurial successes and senior operational experience with leading technology companies to support sustainable growth in their portfolio. Their deep domain expertise, combinedwith an unrivalled network of advisors, enable us to make meaningful connections at the right time and propel companies with hands-on support.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Banked — Banked : Real time payments for consumers, businesses and banks.
Qori — Accept a wide variety of cryptocurrencies on your POS terminal or iOS or Android device without handling crypto yourself.
Clarisights — Clarisights is the leading marketing analytics platform for Enterprises on G2. Connect, visualize and explore all your marketing data in one place. From questions to insights in minutes.

Founder (Grabyo, Fonix). Investor.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Italy, Japan

Portfolio highlights

qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
Verisian — Verisian accelerates drug time to market with the industry's first platform offering real study traceability (CDISC, SDTM, ADaM, TFLs)
SAPI — SAPI builds credit products for payment companies to facilitate payment flows, engage and retain merchants, and generate new revenue.

Vassil is responsible for overseeing Telerik’s strategic direction and enabling its rapid growth as a global provider of enterprise-class software and services. As a co-founder of Telerik, Vassil was instrumental in growing the sales, support and business development units of the company and establishing the fanatical dedication to customerservice. Vassil’s vision and dedication has helped Telerik keep its slogan to “Deliver more than expected” and enjoy a solid track record of growing revenues and profitability in the ever changing developer tools marketplace.Vassil earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration at the American University in Bulgaria and has served in various roles in companies from real estate, investment and high-tech industries.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, FinTech
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United States, Bulgaria, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Payhawk — Payhawk is a spending software that simplifies expenses, payments, and card spending for growing businesses. The company's platform enables financial officers and business owners to manage the entire spending lifecycle end-to-end. It collects and analyzes receipts, invoices, and card transactions to help stay in control of the budget with nopaperwork for the employees. With its paperless corporate card linked to an automated expense management, Payhawk provides a product on top of existing banks.Payhawk was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in London, England.
Reloyalty — We turn every bank card in Europe into a loyalty card. Reloyalty is a fully automated and personalised loyalty platform on top of card payments leveraging Open Banking / PSD2. We enable users to connect existing bank cards to Reloyalty and unlock 10-50% in reward value from their every day shopping. Participating retailers and banks can getaccess to data about their most valuable customers based on purchasing patterns and launch loyalty campaigns with measurable ROI.Reloyalty was founded with the goal of helping businesses identify their most passionate customers and helping those people get treated as such. They believe that the their relationship with the places where they shop, eat and meet with people are more than transactional.
UPPER — Upper enables start-ups, businesses, and organizations to find and hire quality tech talent to work full-time, part-time, or hourly

1818 Venture Capital is proud to invest in portfolios of tech startups that aim to generate wealth for our investors and do good in the world.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, United Arab Emirates

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.
Willo — Interview anyone, anywhere for free. GDPR compliant one-way video interviews that can be set up in minutes. Trusted in over 100 countries - free to start.
Sidekick — Expertly-managed portfolios for the modern investor

1kx is an early-stage investment firm focused on ecosystem growth.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Stackup — Stackup is transforming how businesses manage their on-chain operations by offering a smart account platform designed to simplify and automate complex blockchain tasks. As the need for seamless, secure, and efficient crypto transactions grows, Stackup provides centralized control over decentralized assets, allowing businesses to take charge ofevery detail of their operations with ease. Our platform integrates advanced security and adaptive features to eliminate the chaos of traditional crypto wallets, empowering businesses to manage their crypto stack in real-time. Whether you’re orchestrating large-scale transactions or ensuring complete transparency, Stackup’s solution brings order and precision to blockchain management—turning crypto chaos into structured, seamless business flow.
Orange Cap Games — Orange Cap Games is a game and experience design studio that creates digital and physical trading card games featuring Pudgy Penguins.
Impossible Cloud Network — Impossible Cloud Network (ICN) is the foundational layer for the next-generation internet — a decentralized, composable cloud infrastructure serving AI, Web3, and enterprise applications. Unlike siloed DePIN projects or centralized incumbents, ICN delivers a high-performance, permissionless platform integrating storage, compute, and networking.With $31M in total funding, enterprise-grade architecture, 1,000+ B2B clients, and 28,000+ hypernodes sold, ICN is uniquely positioned to outcompete traditional cloud services and power the future of decentralized infrastructure. ICN is community-owned, performance-optimized, and regulation-aligned — bridging real-world adoption with blockchain innovation.

Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Haven1 — EVM multi-app blockchain
Qooverse — Qooverse is a Web3 gaming studio that creates fast-paced, win-to-earn mobile card games with a compelling gameplay loop. This involves developing an ecosystem of mid-core and casual social games for Telegram and future social platforms.
Igloo — Our mission is to create the largest onchain community, driving the consumer crypto revolution.

Barclays PLC is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide. It is engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, and wealth management with an extensive international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.The company offers current accounts, savingsproducts, Woolwich-branded mortgages, unsecured loans, general insurance, and banking and money transmission services to small- and medium-sized businesses; investment and insurance products; business lending services; bank assurance solutions; and retail, credit and debit card, and corporate services. It also offers international payments services for consumer and business customers, including credit cards and consumer lending services; investment banking services comprising strategic advisory, financing, and risk management services to large corporate, government, and institutional clients; integrated corporate banking solutions, including cash management, lending, and trade financing services to corporate and financial institutions as well as multinationals; and a range of wealth and investment management services such as international and private banking, investment management, fiduciary, and brokerage services.With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs more than 147,500 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests, and protects money of more than 48 million customers and clients worldwide.The company was formerly known as Barclays Bank Limited and changed its name to Barclays PLC in January 1985. It was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Debt Financing, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Sunswap — Sunswap is developing zero-emission transport refrigeration products to reduce noise and air pollution in our cities. Our mission is to replace the dirty diesel engines currently in use in the cold chain with our electric Transport Refrigeration Units (TRU).
WealthOS — WealthOS is an cloud-native, enterprise, core wealth management platform. Launch and run superior digital wealth management value propositions faster and cheaper.
Offr — Offr is the new way to buy and sell property, quickly and transparently.

Practica Capital

Investment focus

B2B, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Lithuania, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Creem — Creem provides Indie Hackers, Micro-SaaS and SaaS businesses with instant financial tools and functionality. As a Merchant of Record our pre-integrated embeddable components tap your existing data, boosting revenue effortlessly. No costs—pure growth potential for your business.
Handwave — Handwave is the world’s first biometric wallet and identity platform — replacing wallets, phones, and IDs with a single gesture for in-store payments. Designed for retail, meant for people. End users can easily onboard their palms through the Handwave app by scanning their palm with the phone camera, linking payment and loyalty cards, and thenenjoy frictionless checkout at retail by simply scanning their palm at a payment terminal.
Atrandi Biosciences — Achieve your discoveries easier using high-throughput screening and droplet microfluidics. Create your own custom workflows for any R&D or academic applications.

We bring bold ideas to life to change the world for good.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Medical Device, Medical
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Citymart — Citymart powers cities to deliver services that work. Following best practices developed with leading cities around the world, Citymart connects cities and revolutionizes the way cities frame needs, complete procurements, and improve service delivery. Over 100 cities in 35 countries have adopted Citymart tools and methods to-date.
Featurespace — Featurespace™ is the world leader in Enterprise Financial Crime prevention for fraud and Anti-Money Laundering. Featurespace invented Adaptive Behavioral Analytics and Automated Deep Behavioral Networks, both of which are available through the ARIC™ platform, a real-time machine learning software that risk scores events in more than 180 countriesto prevent fraud and financial crime.ARIC™ Risk Hub uses advanced, explainable anomaly detection to enable financial institutions to automatically identify risk, catch new fraud attacks and identify suspicious activity in real-time. More than 30 major global financial institutions are using ARIC to protect their business and their customers. Publicly announced customers include HSBC, TSYS, Worldpay, NatWest, Contis, Danske Bank, ClearBank, Akbank and Permanent TSB.
Radio Physics Solutions — Radio Physics Solutions is a security and investigation company that specializes in the fields of real-time concealed threat detection, Up to 30m Distance, autonomous, and unobtrusive. It specializes in providing early warning of threats concealed under peoples’ clothes, and so reduce the number of casualties caused by terrorists and criminalsglobally at schools, train stations, airports, government and military installations, tourist attractions and entertainment venues.Radio Physics Solutions was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

Svetozar Georgiev is the Chairman of the Board at BESCO. He attended American University in Bulgaria, Truman State University, and Technology School Electronic Systems (TUES), both associated with Technical University-Sofia.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United Kingdom, Bulgaria, United States

Portfolio highlights

Payhawk — Payhawk is a spending software that simplifies expenses, payments, and card spending for growing businesses. The company's platform enables financial officers and business owners to manage the entire spending lifecycle end-to-end. It collects and analyzes receipts, invoices, and card transactions to help stay in control of the budget with nopaperwork for the employees. With its paperless corporate card linked to an automated expense management, Payhawk provides a product on top of existing banks.Payhawk was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in London, England.
Reloyalty — We turn every bank card in Europe into a loyalty card. Reloyalty is a fully automated and personalised loyalty platform on top of card payments leveraging Open Banking / PSD2. We enable users to connect existing bank cards to Reloyalty and unlock 10-50% in reward value from their every day shopping. Participating retailers and banks can getaccess to data about their most valuable customers based on purchasing patterns and launch loyalty campaigns with measurable ROI.Reloyalty was founded with the goal of helping businesses identify their most passionate customers and helping those people get treated as such. They believe that the their relationship with the places where they shop, eat and meet with people are more than transactional.
Icanpreneur — The first Accelerator-as-a-Software that guides tech entrepreneurs from idea to product/market fit without relying on luck

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