# City of London

> City of London is a VC fund in London backing E-Commerce and Email. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/city-of-london
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/cityoflondon
- Website: http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CityofLondonCorp

City of London is a VC fund in London focused on E-Commerce and Email. City of London Corporation is a government body that provides economic, social, and community development services.It offers information on council housing; family and children; sports and leisure facilities; environment and planning; crime and community safety; and libraries.City of London Corporation Ltd. was formerly known asCorporation of London. It is based in London, United Kingdom.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for City of London. Shizune tracks 3 team members at City of London. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/city-of-london?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 50% |
| Email | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sean Green | Director of IT City of London Corporation and City of London Police | 0 | — |
| James Layfield | Tech Ambassador to the Mayor of London | 0 | — |
| Tim Levene | Common Councilman (Elected Councillor (Independent), City of London, Ward of Bridge) | 40 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-levene |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology | The Centre for Finance, Innovation, and Technology (CFIT) was established as a key recommendation of the UK Fintech Kalifa Review. Our goal is to ensure that the UK is not only a leader in fintech start-ups, but also the finest place in the world to scale a business and take solutions from conception to mainstream adoption.CFIT financial innovationto maximize economic growth in all regions of the UK. | $6.8M | Seed | Jun 05, 2023 |  |
| Fanaverse | We’re building the future of philanthropy ($450 billion market), enabling e-commerce ($4 trillion) checkout linked giving from merchants into a digital wallet. Consumers then become allocators and will be offered a wide selection of impact causes in app. Giving cycle will be gamified socially with digital assets (collectibles, rewards) released forgenerating positive impact. | $615K | Pre-Seed | Apr 10, 2022 |  |
| HCT Group | HCT Group is a social enterprise in the transport industry. Their story starts in 1982 with the formation of Hackney Community Transport, providing low cost minibuses for local community groups – a service they provide to this day.In 1993, with traditional grants under threat, they came to the realisation that the best way to become asustainable social enterprise was to become an effective enterprise. They began to compete for commercial contracts in the marketplace to ensure they could continue to provide community transport.HCT Group service users This approach has seen HCT Group grow from a handful of volunteers and a couple of minibuses, with a turnover of £202k in 1993 – to a large scale social enterprise with 800 employees, ten depots spread across London, Yorkshire, Humberside, the Southwest and the Channel Islands, a fleet of 500 vehicles and a 2013/14 turnover of £43.7m.Their commercial track record spans a wide range of services – from London red buses to social services transport, from school transport to Park and Ride, from community transport to education and training. They now deliver well over 20 million passenger trips on their buses every year. You can find a full breakdown of the services they provide across the group here. | $13.1M | Private Equity | Dec 07, 2015 |  |
| Rchive-it.com | @rchive-it.com is the trading name of a new company, Rchive-it.com Ltd., that has been set up to exploit new opportunities in the Internet, e-mail and e-commerce arenas. @rchive-it.com specialises in Message Warehousing and in secure archival and retrieval of information in electronic form. |  |  | Jan 20, 2000 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Big Issue Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-issue-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Bravia Capital — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The FSE Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finance-south-east) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- HM Treasury — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [STEALTHCAP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stealthcap) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Triodos Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/triodos-investment-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does City of London invest in?

City of London invests primarily in E-Commerce, Email and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact City of London?

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### Who are the partners at City of London?

The team at City of London includes Sean Green (Director of IT City of London Corporation and City of London Police), James Layfield (Tech Ambassador to the Mayor of London) and Tim Levene (Common Councilman (Elected Councillor (Independent), City of London, Ward of Bridge)). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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