# Connect Ventures

> Connect Ventures is a VC fund in London backing Software and SaaS. See 164 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 164
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 51%
- Fund size: $80M
- Last fund: Sep 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/connect-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/connect_v
- Website: http://www.connectventures.co/

Connect Ventures is a VC fund in London focused on Software and SaaS. Connect is the Product VC. We are a thesis-led, pan-European pre-seed and seed stage VC. We invest in opinionated products, crafted with love, and loved by many.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Connect Ventures. Shizune tracks 9 team members at Connect Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/connect-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $669k–$6M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$3.7M |
| Series A | $5M–$55M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 33 | 20% |
| SaaS | 12 | 7% |
| FinTech | 12 | 7% |
| Financial Services | 12 | 7% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 7% |

140 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 77 | 47% |
| Series A | 31 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 16 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 10 | 6% |
| Series B | 4 | 2% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 53 | 32% |
| United States | 16 | 10% |
| France | 7 | 4% |
| Germany | 7 | 4% |
| The Netherlands | 4 | 2% |

14 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amira Naik | Senior Finance Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amira-naik |
| Federico Miguens | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/federico-miguens-7a0d |
| Karin Killander | Head of Brand & Community | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karin-killander-80f4 |
| Katy Turner | Operations Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katy-turner |
| Mark Pettit | CTO; Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-pettit-2f1e |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nexcade | Nexcade provides comprehensive end-to-end AI automation solutions for global freight forwarding, covering air, ocean, and road logistics. | $6M | Seed | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| Dessn | Dessn is an AI app that enables designers & product managers to contribute to product building without coding. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 12, 2026 |  |
| Zellify | Zellify is a constructing Web2App infrastructure. | $3.6M | Seed | Apr 28, 2026 |  |
| Tably | Building the quickest, easiest and most enjoyable place to share and collaborate on data work. Leveraging fundamental innovations in collaborative software to unlock magical UX and unique new functionality. Free and paid plans, for individuals and teams of all sizes. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 06, 2026 |  |
| Mosaico |  | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Jan 19, 2026 |  |
| Ewake | Ewake is an AI-driven production platform that enhances software reliability by monitoring systems, analysing issues, and offering actions in real time. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Oct 07, 2025 |  |
| Nexcade | Nexcade provides comprehensive end-to-end AI automation solutions for global freight forwarding, covering air, ocean, and road logistics. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Oct 07, 2025 |  |
| ai-coustics | ai\|coustics is pioneering innovative audio algorithms based on AI and Deep Learning models and fundamentally improving the capabilities of Speech Audio Enhancement in digital communication and media content. | $5.4M | Seed | Mar 25, 2025 |  |
| Cino | Cino is a mobile app that enables group payments with seamless, real-time bill splitting. | $3.7M | Seed | Mar 04, 2025 |  |
| Faks | Faks is an app development company. The company's application allows users to send faster requests, track the status of the requests, and settle any complaints, enabling the pharmacists to maintain a secure relationship with supplier laboratories. | $6.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 03, 2025 |  |

10 of 164 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Connect Ventures invest in?

Connect Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 164 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 Connect Ventures's check size?

Connect Ventures typically joins rounds of $669k–$6M at Seed, $1M–$3.7M at Pre-Seed and $5M–$55M 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 Connect Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Connect Ventures?

Public channels for Connect 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 Connect Ventures?

The team at Connect Ventures includes Amira Naik (Senior Finance Principal), Federico Miguens (Managing Partner) and Karin Killander (Head of Brand & Community), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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