# Barclays Ventures

> Barclays Ventures is a VC fund in London backing Energy and Software. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/barclays-uk-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/barclaysuknews
- Website: https://home.barclays/news/2019/2/barclays-uk-ventures--developing-business-models-for-the-future-/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barclaysuk

Barclays Ventures is a VC fund in London focused on Energy and Software. Venture capital and partnership unit aiming to accelerate the growth of new business lines, and customer propositions around areas of disruptive technology

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.2M–$8M |
| Series A | $3.2M–$6.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 13% |
| Software | 2 | 13% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 13% |
| Solar | 1 | 7% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 4 | 27% |
| Seed | 3 | 20% |
| Series A | 3 | 20% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 60% |
| United States | 3 | 20% |
| Israel | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Davey | CEO | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-davey-b316 |
| Gregoire Pennec | Private Capital Markets \| Barclays Ventures | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gregoire-pennec |
| Jesse Scott | Director of Cyber Innovation | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jesse-scott-3246 |
| Julian Wilson | Intrapreneur UK Ventures | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julian-wilson-f25e |
| Will Green | Director, Customer Proposition Development | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/will-green-d2e0 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zedify | Zero emission first and last mile deliveries in cities. | $6.1M | Series A | Mar 17, 2023 |  |
| Airex | Airex is a smart ventilation control that builds intelligent air ventilation units using atmospheric sensors and cloud algorithms. The company develops a retrofit smart ventilation control system that controls the airflow through air-bricks. Through it, owners will benefit from decreased energy bills, warmer homes, enhanced thermal comfort, healthyhome, and minimal disturbance without compromising on air quality. The smart algorithms allow automatic air flow regulation while taking into account local weather and air quality data.Airex was founded on 2016 and is headquartered in London. | $3.2M | Series A | Dec 12, 2022 |  |
| Airex | Airex is a smart ventilation control that builds intelligent air ventilation units using atmospheric sensors and cloud algorithms. The company develops a retrofit smart ventilation control system that controls the airflow through air-bricks. Through it, owners will benefit from decreased energy bills, warmer homes, enhanced thermal comfort, healthyhome, and minimal disturbance without compromising on air quality. The smart algorithms allow automatic air flow regulation while taking into account local weather and air quality data.Airex was founded on 2016 and is headquartered in London. | $3.2M | Series A | Dec 12, 2022 |  |
| Nuada | Nuada is a vertically integrated pure-play carbon capture company that is poised to decarbonise heavy industries through its next generation point-source capture technology. The company builds energy-efficient CO2 filtration machines that enable industrial emitters in hard-to-abate sectors to achieve their Net Zero targets whilst minimising theimpact on their bottom line. | $4.9M | Series A | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| Copper | Copper provides a secure infrastructure for the institutional digital asset investment community. Copper is a custody and portfolio management of digital assets for institutional investors. Asset managers are further protected by the ClearLoop network, which enables off-exchange trading and settlement at tier-1 digital asset exchanges. An offeringenhanced by the availability of uncollateralized lending. Copper's secure wallet architecture is available as a standalone application, a mobile app, and a browser extension for smart contract signing. | $181M | Series C | Jul 24, 2022 |  |
| Naked Energy | Naked Energy has developed an innovative hybrid solar technology generating combined heat and power.The versatile, modular design of Virtu® places crystalline photovoltaic cells in an evacuated solar thermal collector. For any given area more of the sun’s energy is converted into heat and electricity (80% of the 1000W/m2 available) thanksto the patented heat transfer mechanism.Thermal and electrical outputs are optimized irrespective of geographic or climatic conditions. With the isothermally cooled PV cells protected from the environment, Virtu® is especially suited to harsh high-insolation markets.Naked Energy is in the final stages of preparing for commercial launch to address global applications for domestic, commercial and industrial customers. Virtu® is both disruptive and scalable. |  | Series B | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| Fintech for International Development | Fintech for International Development (“F4ID”) brings humanitarian, finance and technology experts together under one roof. F4ID is an impact Fintech (#fintechforgood) which was founded through a collaboration between Save the Children, Barclays and Standard Chartered. F4ID provides solutions to the aid ecosystem. | $3.8M | Seed | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| Youtility | Every year we spend over 50% of our salaries on home finances yet managing and tracking these accounts is a modern day nightmare. Youtility is on a mission to provide a simple and smart solution. | $5.9M |  | Feb 24, 2020 |  |
| Youtility | Every year we spend over 50% of our salaries on home finances yet managing and tracking these accounts is a modern day nightmare. Youtility is on a mission to provide a simple and smart solution. | $5.8M | Pre-Seed | Feb 24, 2020 |  |
| SafeHouse | Safehouse provides military-grade cyber security for enterprise and government. SafeHouse core-tech conducts analysis of the user’s traffic, with the ability to detect and prevent cyber threats in real time. | $2.2M | Seed | Nov 05, 2019 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nesta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nesta-5) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Barclays Ventures invest in?

Barclays Ventures invests primarily in Energy, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 15 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 Barclays Ventures's check size?

Barclays Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$8M at Seed and $3.2M–$6.1M 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 Barclays Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Barclays Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Barclays Ventures?

The team at Barclays Ventures includes Ben Davey (CEO), Gregoire Pennec (Private Capital Markets | Barclays Ventures) and Jesse Scott (Director of Cyber Innovation). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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