# Channel 4 Ventures

> Channel 4 Ventures is a VC fund in London backing E-Commerce and Marketplace. See 33 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 33
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 58%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/channel4ventures/
- Website: https://www.channel4ventures.com/

Channel 4 Ventures is a VC fund in London focused on E-Commerce and Marketplace. Channel 4 Ventures offers high potential brands the opportunity to accelerate their growth through TV advertising, in exchange for an equity stake in the business.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.8M–$9M |
| Series B | $6.5M–$26M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $100k–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 21% |
| Marketplace | 6 | 18% |
| FinTech | 5 | 15% |
| Internet | 5 | 15% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 12% |

75 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 15 | 45% |
| Series B | 5 | 15% |
| Seed | 4 | 12% |
| Series A | 3 | 9% |
| Series C | 1 | 3% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 24 | 73% |
| United States | 2 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Mahon | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-mahon |
| Vinay Solanki | Founder & Head | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vinay-solanki |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OneDome | OneDome is the World’s first HomeBuying platform which enables home buyers and sellers to conduct an end-to-end property transaction online. From searching for properties to engaging with estate agents, conveyancers and mortgage brokers - everything is done on one centralised consumer-centric platform. In 2019, OneDome acquiredNethouseprices.com, one of the oldest property search websites in the UK. OneDome is a listing partner of Facebook Marketplace, this partnership allows OneDome to automatically list all properties with Facebook Marketplace making it easier for Facebook users to find properties. OneDome managed websites are among the most visited property websites in the UK, attracting nearly 3Mil monthly visits and generating 4 property enquiries from its customers every minute. OneDome is working with most of the largest property companies in the UK.OneDome Group was founded in 2016 by Babek Ismayil, a former Senior Vice President of Credit Trading at J.P. Morgan. Chairman of OneDome is Sir Nigel Knowles, former CEO and Chairman of DLA Piper and current CEO of DWF Plc.OneDome has raised £13.2Mil in external funding from several prominent family offices in the UK and the USA. Our website: www.onedome.com | $34.2M | Series C | Feb 03, 2026 |  |
| Airtasker | Airtasker is an online and mobile marketplace that connects people and businesses with local community members that can help around the home and office.Airtasker is a trusted community marketplace for people and businesses to outsource tasks, find local services, or hire flexible staff in minutes - online or via mobile.Whether it’s handymanwork, office admin, photography or anything else, you simply post a task for FREE and then choose from rated, verified, and reviewed people ready to work straight away. | $2.9M | Post-IPO Debt | Oct 08, 2025 |  |
| AllergyRhino | AllergyRhino Limited revolutionises allergy care with our digital-first, end-to-end service. | $5.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Chip | Chip is the savings account of the future, enabling customers to seamlessly earn the best returns on their savings. The application utilizes open banking technology to enable customers to deposit to investment funds, cash deposits, ETF's and alternative passive investments all seamlessly from inside the bank. | $8.2M | Equity Crowdfunding | Sep 15, 2025 |  |
| Sprive | Sprive is a UK based FinTech that helps homeowners pay off their mortgage faster and save interest. | $7.4M | Seed | Apr 28, 2025 |  |
| Layered Reality | Layered Reality is an entertainment company that uses a unique method to build experiences using three ‘layers’ of multimedia. Layered Reality combines digital tech (Virtual Reality, projection mapping, and volumetric holograms) together with live theatre (live actors, movie-scale sets, and special effects) plus real physical sensations (touch,temperature, smell, sound and music, physical movement, and taste) to create a unique immersive experience that is truly memorable. | $2.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 29, 2024 |  |
| Fy! | Fy is an e-commerce company that builds a mobile marketplace to shop online. It uses a combination of social content, machine learning, and a deep understanding of its products and suppliers to create a personalized experience for each shopper using the site and app. Fy was launched in 2017 driven by a mission to make the world of designdiscoverable, affordable, and instantly accessible through social commerce. | $3.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 04, 2024 |  |
| Vinterior | Vinterior is the online marketplace to discover, buy and source vintage & antique furniture. | $3.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 12, 2024 |  |
| Oddbox | Oddbox is London's first and only wonky and surplus veg box delivery scheme. Oddbox is a social impact business fighting food waste in UK’s farms with innovative solutions and our first solution is London’s first wonky fruit and veg box scheme. We buy fresh, wonky & surplus produce for a fair price directly from local farms and marketsand deliver them in a weekly subscription box scheme to South London's homes and Central London's offices at 30% cheaper than similar box services. We donate 10% of our produce to charities that fight food poverty | $100K | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 01, 2023 |  |
| Hyfé | Hyfé Foods is a biotech company producing ingredients by leveraging fungal fermentation to upcycle water byproducts from food manufacturers. | $9M | Seed | Jun 22, 2023 |  |

10 of 33 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Greater Manchester Combined Authority](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greater-manchester-combined-authority) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Headline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/headlinevc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Octopus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/octopus-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aggregate Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aggregate-media) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Channel 4 Ventures invest in?

Channel 4 Ventures invests primarily in E-Commerce, Marketplace and FinTech startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Series B stage. Most of the 33 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 Channel 4 Ventures's check size?

Channel 4 Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.8M–$9M at Seed, $6.5M–$26M at Series B and $100k–$23M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Channel 4 Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Channel 4 Ventures?

Public channels for Channel 4 Ventures include LinkedIn 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 Channel 4 Ventures?

The team at Channel 4 Ventures includes Alex Mahon (Chief Executive Officer) and Vinay Solanki (Founder & Head). 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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