# Common Magic

> Common Magic is a VC fund in London backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/common-magic
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/_CommonMagic
- Website: https://www.commonmagic.xyz

Common Magic is a pre-seed/seed solo GP fund investing in and supporting founders building products with community at their core across Europe and the US.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 13% |
| Gaming | 1 | 7% |
| Robotics | 1 | 7% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 33% |
| Germany | 1 | 7% |
| United States | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xylo | Xylo offers higher quality processes with full officer oversight, reducing planning uncertainty and boosting UK housing delivery. | $3.7M | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2026 |  |
| Ethos | Ethos is an AI-driven platform that matches individuals with opportunities. It uses AI to scan hundreds of millions of profiles and match clients with the most relevant experts for insight-driven calls. The platform streamlines the entire process from booking to communication and compensation, making it equitable for clients and experts. Whilecurrently focused on expert calls, Ethos is expanding to match advisors with startups, speakers with events, and talent with employers. | $22.8M | Series A | May 06, 2026 |  |
| Modern Relay | Modern Relay provides context graph for enterprise AI. | $2.9M | Seed | Apr 14, 2026 |  |
| Bounti | Bounti helps organizations steer, enable, and scale their frontline employees, combining training, quality control, communication, and operations execution into one intuitive app. With Bounti, companies can maintain consistent quality and operations, streamline training and reach their entire workforce in more than 100 languages. | $4.6M | Seed | Mar 19, 2026 |  |
| Escargot | Escargot is a greeting card company with uses generative AI, thoughtfully reinventing the greeting card experience | $2.8M | Seed | Feb 27, 2026 |  |
| GoodFit | At GoodFit, we help our customers unlock their next stages of growth with highly actionable & relevant data. Without a need to spend thousands of hours on manual research, B2B companies use GoodFit's data engine to identify their next opportunities, understand their customers & generate demand.Our platform takes data from hundreds ofsources across the internet, and combines it into a real-time and constantly updated view of each opportunity our clients monitor. We process a lot of data to do this, and utilise best-in-class data processing technologies to do this at scale, robustly and efficiently. | $13M | Series A | Sep 29, 2025 |  |
| Those Beyond | Those Beyond develops a social gaming platform that supports interactive fan experiences within fictional universes. The platform uses its proprietary Arise Engine to enable browser-based adventures, role-playing, and puzzle-solving activities involving mass community participation. Projects include collaborations with entertainment franchises suchas "The Walking Dead," allowing fans to engage with story-driven challenges and community events. The platform includes customizable social spaces designed to reflect the themes and aesthetics of the associated intellectual properties. | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 02, 2025 |  |
| Automated Architecture | Automated Architecture provides the technological infrastructure for a distributed robotic micro-factory network producing sustainable timber housing. | $6.9M |  | Jun 04, 2025 |  |
| Ethos | Ethos is an AI-driven platform that matches individuals with opportunities. It uses AI to scan hundreds of millions of profiles and match clients with the most relevant experts for insight-driven calls. The platform streamlines the entire process from booking to communication and compensation, making it equitable for clients and experts. Whilecurrently focused on expert calls, Ethos is expanding to match advisors with startups, speakers with events, and talent with employers. | $3.2M | Seed | Mar 27, 2025 |  |
| Embedd | Software integration and testing of semiconductor chips | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2024 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Seedcamp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedcamp) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Robin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robin-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [CapitalT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capitalt) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cocoa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cocoa-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Connect Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connect-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Common Magic invest in?

Common Magic invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed 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.

### When did Common Magic last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Common Magic closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 15 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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