# 1818 Venture Capital

> 1818 Venture Capital is a VC fund backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 58 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: St. Peter Port, Guernsey
- Total investments: 58
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 24%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1818venturecapital
- Website: https://1818venturecapital.com/

1818 Venture Capital is a VC fund in St. Peter Port focused on Financial Services and FinTech. 1818 Venture Capital invests in early-stage UK and Middle East-based fintech companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $800k–$5M |
| Series A | $2.7M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 13 | 22% |
| FinTech | 11 | 19% |
| Software | 9 | 16% |
| Finance | 7 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 10% |

69 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 21 | 36% |
| Funding Round | 9 | 16% |
| Series A | 6 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 7% |
| Angel | 2 | 3% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 31 | 53% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 2% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dan Pandeni Idhenga | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-pandeni-idhenga |
| Richard Avery-Wright | Founding Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-avery-wright |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Count Finance | Count Finance fintech company that offers all-in-one app for budgeting, automated savings, and smart investing solutions. | $1.1M | Seed | May 15, 2026 |  |
| Kudwa | Kudwa provides a technology-driven service that functions as a virtual CFO for SMEs. It integrates with business systems to deliver consolidated financial data analysis and insights. The service automates reporting, variance analysis, forecasting, and KPI tracking across entities. A dedicated CFO component offers oversight and explainablerecommendations on financial performance. This setup processes multi-currency, multi-jurisdiction data into actionable intelligence for finance teams. | $1.1M | Seed | Mar 16, 2026 |  |
| Sidekick | Sidekick is a wealth management firm that offers access to alternative investments as well as the ability to borrow against these portfolios. Sidekick provides an innovative suite of products, including stocks and cryptocurrency, as well as a funding line for customers to borrow against their portfolios when necessary. Customers will have access tothe Sidekick investment team, which will provide regular updates on portfolio performance as well as share editorial content to help customers build their investment knowledge as they progress. | $10.9M | Series A | Feb 05, 2026 |  |
| Bound | Bound is a fintech company that makes FX management easy for every business. The company was founded by Seth Phillips and Daniel Kindler in 2020. | $24.5M | Series A | Feb 04, 2026 |  |
| Theodosian | Theodosian is a cybersecurity company specialising in enterprise file encryption and access control solutions. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Oct 17, 2025 |  |
| Laka | Laka is an InsurTech startup that develops a peer-to-peer bicycle insurance platform to protect bikes. It provides actual coverage by a community of like-minded people who are collectively given a fair price that covers theft, vandalism, damage, and loss as well as provides recovery advice and treatments. | $10.3M | Series B | Jul 15, 2025 |  |
| Kudwa | Kudwa provides a technology-driven service that functions as a virtual CFO for SMEs. It integrates with business systems to deliver consolidated financial data analysis and insights. The service automates reporting, variance analysis, forecasting, and KPI tracking across entities. A dedicated CFO component offers oversight and explainablerecommendations on financial performance. This setup processes multi-currency, multi-jurisdiction data into actionable intelligence for finance teams. | $1M | Seed | Jun 23, 2025 |  |
| Willo | Willo is a human-first candidate assessment platform that equips the world’s fastest-growing organizations with the top-tier hiring infrastructure they need. By optimizing hiring efficiency, Willo streamlines the process and offers a comprehensive assessment of candidate skill sets, ensuring they meet both hard and soft skill requirements. Withversatile assessment formats designed to accommodate diverse needs, the platform fosters a more inclusive, accessible, and equitable experience for all. | $2.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 11, 2024 |  |
| Sidekick | Sidekick is a wealth management firm that offers access to alternative investments as well as the ability to borrow against these portfolios. Sidekick provides an innovative suite of products, including stocks and cryptocurrency, as well as a funding line for customers to borrow against their portfolios when necessary. Customers will have access tothe Sidekick investment team, which will provide regular updates on portfolio performance as well as share editorial content to help customers build their investment knowledge as they progress. | $5.7M | Seed | Jun 13, 2024 |  |
| Laka | Laka is an InsurTech startup that develops a peer-to-peer bicycle insurance platform to protect bikes. It provides actual coverage by a community of like-minded people who are collectively given a fair price that covers theft, vandalism, damage, and loss as well as provides recovery advice and treatments. |  |  | Oct 23, 2023 |  |

10 of 58 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fin-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Autotech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/autotech-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Creandum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creandum) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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- [Seedrs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedrs) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does 1818 Venture Capital invest in?

1818 Venture Capital invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 58 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 1818 Venture Capital's check size?

1818 Venture Capital typically joins rounds of $800k–$5M at Seed and $2.7M–$25M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 1818 Venture Capital participates in.

### How do I contact 1818 Venture Capital?

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### Who are the partners at 1818 Venture Capital?

The team at 1818 Venture Capital includes Dan Pandeni Idhenga (Investor) and Richard Avery-Wright (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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