# Aviva Ventures

> Aviva Ventures is a VC fund in London backing Software and Insurance. See 40 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 40
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 57%
- Fund size: $337M
- Last fund: Jan 2015
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aviva-plc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/avivaplc
- Website: https://digital.aviva.com/

Aviva Ventures is a U.K.-based venture capital firm that invests in digital and new technology businesses.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Aviva Ventures. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Aviva Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/aviva-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$8.1M |
| Series A | $2M–$12M |
| Series B | $7.1M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 13% |
| Insurance | 4 | 10% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 10% |
| SaaS | 3 | 8% |
| Smart Home | 3 | 8% |

70 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 9 | 23% |
| Seed | 8 | 20% |
| Series A | 8 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 15% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 40% |
| United States | 6 | 15% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Singapore | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Luckett | Founding Managing Director | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-luckett |
| Ant Barker | Director of Venture Capital | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ant-barker |
| Fernand Lendoye | Managing Director | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fernand-lendoye |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Owlstone Medical | Owlstone Medical focuses on creating breath-based diagnostic tools to enhance early detection of diseases such as cancer and respiratory conditions. The company's Breath Biopsy platform utilizes advanced technology to identify volatile organic compounds in breath, facilitating the discovery of non-invasive biomarkers. | $27M | Series E | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| Tembo Money | Tembo is on a mission to transform lending. Its innovative mortgage product is helping generation buy a home | $17.8M | Series B | Nov 29, 2024 |  |
| Invest in Women Taskforce | The goal of the Invest in Women Taskforce is to establish one of the biggest investment pots in the world, with funds contributed by female investors, in order to spur investment in female-led companies throughout the United Kingdom. | $313.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 25, 2024 |  |
| Rendesco | Rendesco's mission is to transform the heating business by creating geothermal networks using ground-source heat pump technology. | $7.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 13, 2024 |  |
| HealthKey | HealthKey is a platform that connects employers and insurers with health providers. | $1.4M | Seed | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| Scan.com | Scan.com is a diagnostic imaging platform. | $48M | Series A | Dec 28, 2023 |  |
| Scan.com | Scan.com is a diagnostic imaging platform. | $48M |  | Dec 28, 2023 |  |
| Scan.com | Scan.com is a diagnostic imaging platform. | $50M | Series B | Dec 28, 2023 |  |
| Ev.energy | Ev.energy is a smart charging software platform for electric vehicles, to reduce carbon emissions and costs. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in London, England. | $34M | Series B | Jul 27, 2023 |  |
| Tembo Money | Tembo is on a mission to transform lending. Its innovative mortgage product is helping generation buy a home | $6.2M | Series A | Apr 27, 2023 |  |

10 of 40 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Oxford Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxford-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Redbus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redbus-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Triple Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/triple-point) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [YZR Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yzr-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [McPike Global Family Office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mcpike-global-family-office) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Aviva Ventures invest in?

Aviva Ventures invests primarily in Software, Insurance and Financial Services startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 40 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 Aviva Ventures's check size?

Aviva Ventures typically joins rounds of $500k–$8.1M at Seed, $2M–$12M at Series A and $7.1M–$50M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Aviva Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Aviva Ventures?

Public channels for Aviva Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Aviva Ventures?

The team at Aviva Ventures includes Ben Luckett (Founding Managing Director), Ant Barker (Director of Venture Capital) and Fernand Lendoye (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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