# Aviva Group

> Aviva Group is a VC fund in London backing FinTech and Finance. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aviva-plc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/avivaplc
- Website: http://www.aviva.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AvivaIndia/

Aviva Group is a VC fund in London focused on FinTech and Finance. Aviva is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the sixth-largest insurance company in the world measured by net premium income and has around 43 million customers across 21 countries.Aviva is the market leader in both general insurance and life and pensions in the UK and has major businesses inAsia, continental Europe and North America. They offer a wide range of insurance and savings products to help people protect what’s important to them and save for a comfortable future. They help them to defy uncertainty.They believe they have a clear strategic advantage: they are a "composite" insurer, which means they can provide customers with a wide range of insurance and savings products - from car, home and health insurance to pensions, investments and asset management.They are the UK’s largest insurer and they also have a strong international presence in Europe, Canada and Asia. They focus on markets where they can achieve scale, profitability and competitive advantage.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $472k–$52M |
| Grant | $11k–$11k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 4 | 40% |
| Finance | 3 | 30% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 30% |
| Health Care | 2 | 20% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 20% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 30% |
| Grant | 2 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 20% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 10% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 4 | 40% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 40% |
| Ireland | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Akhil Doegar | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akhil-doegar |
| Brian O'Connor | Head of Data Privacy | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-o-connor-2329 |
| Michael Mire | Independent non-executive director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-mire-2 |
| Nick Amin | Group Chief Operations and IT Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-amin |
| Patricia A Cross | Independent non-executive director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patricia-a-cross |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HYKE | HYKE offers healthcare benefits decision support tools to help users choose and manage insurance and benefits packages. |  | Corporate Round | Feb 12, 2026 |  |
| FNZ | FNZ is a FinTech firm that partners with financial institutions to enable them to provide multi-channel wealth management services to their clients across direct, intermediated, and workplace channels. FNZ develops long-term partnerships with customers to enable them to get to market with a market-leading digital proposition, transform theircustomer service offering, and grow assets under management across multiple distribution channels. | $650M | Private Equity | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| Nattergal | Nattergal operates as a nature restoration company. | $52M | Seed | Oct 16, 2024 |  |
| Feroscan | Feroscan was set up in 2014 at the initiative of its four founders bringing together scientific and business skills. Feroscan specializes in the development of first-in-class personalized cytotoxics with a unique and innovative mode of action. The pipeline of the company focuses on intractable cancers; such as ovarian, triple negative breast andNSCL cancers. Feroscan’s business strategy is to test in parallel several preclinical programs on several orphan applications up to proof of concept, IND and early clinical stages. Feroscan is based on a strong IP strategy, cutting edge science and relies on a strong academic and industrial network worldwide to develop clinical applications of its research programs. | $11K | Grant | Jul 15, 2019 |  |
| Wealthify | Wealthify is a new way for Britons to invest and grow their money. It’s effortless, transparent and affordable investing for everyone. With Wealthify, you don’t need to be a market expert or have any experience to put your money to work. They are a Cardiff-based Fintech company. Launching in early 2016. | $19.6M | Corporate Round | Oct 19, 2017 |  |
| Nathan Hart Clothing | Nathan Hart Clothing | $472K | Seed | Sep 08, 2017 |  |
| Alkion BioInnovations | Alkion BioInnovations was created in March 2017 in order to develop disruptive cannabinoid & pharmaceutical API production using large scale plant tissue production. The team works also on a new sugar replacement: a novel plant-based high intensive protein sweetener. The company won many R&D grants: I-lab, I-Nov, Plan de Relance & EICPhase I; and other prize: La Fabrique Aviva, Netva, Wilco, IPA4SME... | $11K | Grant | Jun 20, 2017 |  |
| Trackinsight | Trackinsight provides investors with data, tools and analysis on ETFs listed worldwide.Trackinsight provides curated daily data on over 7,000 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed worldwide, supports the due diligence and ETF research needs of professional investors and creates bespoke technology solutions for ETF and capital market participants.Trackinsight is a privately held financial technology company founded in 2014 with operations in USA, Canada, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, and United Kingdom. | $2.7M |  | Oct 17, 2016 |  |
| RefundMyTicket | Claim Assistance owns and operates refundmyticket.com and remboursermonbillet.com that help travelers claim air transport related refunds. It has developed tools, databases, algorithms and processes to optimize and industrialize air passenger claims for delayed or cancelled flights. They use them for individuals but indeed for corporatepartnerships like OTA, metasearch companies or corporate travel platforms. Pierrick Morier and Romain Drosne founded RefundMyTicket in 2014. It has its headquarters in Pantin in France. | $1.1M | Seed | Sep 18, 2016 |  |
| Founders Factory | Founders Factory builds and funds startups together with exceptional entrepreneurs and the world's leading companies. We invest across four key themes - fintech, health, climate, and deeptech.Founded in 2015 by Brent Hoberman, Henry Lane Fox and George Northcott, Founders Factory combines capital and bespoke support from a team of over 70specialists with a broad network of corporates and established entrepreneurs.Founders Factory has backed over 300 technology companies globally. Corporate partners include Aviva, L’Oreal, Guardian Media Group, easyJet, Reckitt, Marks and Spencer, CSC Group, J&J, Deutsche Telekom, Fastweb, Pico Global, Mediobanca and Standard Bank. |  |  | May 18, 2016 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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- [Island Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/island-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Aviva Group invest in?

Aviva Group invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Aviva Group's check size?

Aviva Group typically joins rounds of $472k–$52M at Seed and $11k–$11k at Grant. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Aviva Group participates in.

### How do I contact Aviva Group?

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### Who are the partners at Aviva Group?

The team at Aviva Group includes Akhil Doegar (CEO), Brian O'Connor (Head of Data Privacy) and Michael Mire (Independent non-executive director), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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