Apex Black
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
Apex Black is a VC fund in London focused on Software and Fashion. We are serial founders with a mission to back fellow founders with capital, connections and expertise. We seek ventures boldly reimagining our world via deep, defensible innovation –fuelled by deep tech, scientific breakthroughs or business model disruptions.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries Apex Black invests in
Stages Apex Black invests in
Countries Apex Black invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.8M–$7.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $530k–$1.4M
- Series A
- $9.6M–$15M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (33%)
- Fashion 3 (25%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (25%)
- Robotics 2 (17%)
- Textiles 2 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (42%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (17%)
- Series A 2 (17%)
- Convertible Note 2 (17%)
- Angel 1 (8%)
Country
- United Kingdom 4 (33%)
- United States 3 (25%)
- Germany 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Northbound
|
Northbound uses optimized container logistics to charge delay and demurrage. It assists inbound teams in reducing their D&D costs with live cost transparency, optimal planning, and automatic invoice verification. | $1.4M / Pre-Seed / Jul 10, 2024 | |
MeVitae
|
Building the Workforce of Tomorrow, Today.We help you understand your current workforce and leverage data-driven technology to attract, screen and retain top talent; ensuring that you build diverse and productive teams in the fairest way possible. Everything we do plugs seamlessly into your ATS and CRM, do you don't need to change yourprocesses. | $1.8M / Seed / Feb 16, 2024 | |
Materra
|
Materra's regenerative sourcing platform combines nature-based projects, enabling technology and supply chain transformation to offer fully traceable decarbonised fibre at scale. | $4.3M / Seed / Jun 12, 2022 | |
ViaBot
|
ViaBot develops outdoor maintenance robots for commercial properties, including retail spaces, sports arenas, and corporate buildings. Primarily used for outdoor cleaning, the ViaBot One also features vision-based security to capture details like vehicle license platesViaBot was founded in 2016 by Gregg Ratanaphanyarat and Andre Ding and is basedin Santa Clara, California, United States. | $3.6M / Seed / May 04, 2022 | |
Cerebra
|
At Cerebra, we are driven by a desire to shape a sustainable world where everybody can make better decisions. We give retailers the power to boost their businesses using data-driven direction without guesswork. Cerebra’s No-Code Decision Intelligence solution analyzes all available external signals and applies this to the company’s internal data,providing the path to optimal results based on the desired business outcome. This is how we leverage the full potential of connected data.Backed by Notion Capital and Wing.vc, Cerebra is on a fast-growth trajectory and is hiring great talent to shape the future of retail together. | $15M / Series A / Feb 08, 2022 | |
unspun
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We're a fashion company with technology in our veins. Our mission is to reduce global human carbon emissions by 1% through automated, localized, and intentional manufacturing for apparel. | $7.5M / Seed / Sep 08, 2021 | |
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unspun
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We're a fashion company with technology in our veins. Our mission is to reduce global human carbon emissions by 1% through automated, localized, and intentional manufacturing for apparel. | Convertible Note / Aug 23, 2021 | |
Monolith AI
|
Monolith AI is a software company that uses machine learning and data science to help engineers improve the product development process. It enables companies to monetize on their old simulation and test data by using it to anticipate the behavior of new products. Companies can optimize their R&D process by reducing the number of simulations,tests, and prototypes required to develop a new product delivering faster and better products.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London, England. | $9.6M / Series A / Aug 23, 2021 | |
Alacrity Law
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Alacrity is a legal relationship management platform that helps organizations get more from their external legal relationships | Seed / Dec 11, 2020 | |
M-XR
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M—XR is developing 3D production technology that allows brands, studios and creators to digitise the real-world accurately and automatically. Thus enabling them to leverage the infinite world of 3D with the highest quality 3D models. | Angel / Dec 01, 2020 | |
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FAQ
What does Apex Black invest in?
Apex Black invests primarily in Software, Fashion and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 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 Apex Black's check size?
Apex Black typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$7.5M at Seed, $530k–$1.4M at Pre-Seed and $9.6M–$15M 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 Apex Black participates in.
When did Apex Black last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Apex Black closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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