# Creative UK

> Creative UK is a VC fund backing Media and Entertainment and Film Production. See 57 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 57
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 70%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/creativeukgroup
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/WeAreCreativeUK
- Website: https://www.wearecreative.uk
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WeAreCreativeUK

Creative UK is a VC fund in Bristol focused on Media and Entertainment and Film Production. Creative UK connects, invests, supports, and champions creative projects.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Creative UK. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Creative UK. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/creative-uk?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $131k–$1.6M |
| Debt Financing | $179k–$792k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Media and Entertainment | 17 | 30% |
| Film Production | 12 | 21% |
| Software | 10 | 18% |
| Broadcasting | 8 | 14% |
| Gaming | 5 | 9% |

66 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 15 | 26% |
| Seed | 11 | 19% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 11 | 19% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 5 | 9% |
| Grant | 2 | 4% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 40 | 70% |
| United States | 2 | 4% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gabriele Nardo | Investment Manager | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabriele-nardo |
| Hannah Upton | Investment Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hannah-upton-2919 |
| Livingstone Ian | Non Executive Director | 16 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-livingstone |
| Sasha Collington | Investment Manager | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sasha-collington |
| Tim Evans | Investment Director | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-evans-c9bd |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Covatic | Covatic is a Birmingham and Oxford start-up exploring the use of mobile based algorithms to bring smart personalisation to apps. We are a small team of enthusiastic problem solvers, who are always looking for like-minded people to join us and take our products to the next level. | $2M | Series B | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| Moralbox | Moralbox provides a web-based training and compliance management platform. | $719.6K | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 20, 2025 |  |
| JECO | Jeco is revolutionizing software development by developing automated optimization tools for all software, an industry first that will save developers' time, money, and even carbon emissions. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Jul 30, 2025 |  |
| Stampede Events | Stampede Events a company specialising in the production, management, and staffing of worldwide live events. with a special focus on Europe-wide activations, cross-border tours, and roadshows | $402.9K | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 17, 2025 |  |
| Nomad Games | Nomad Games is a UK-based digital game developer. | $543.2K | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 05, 2025 |  |
| Nomad Games | Nomad Games is a UK-based digital game developer. |  | Debt Financing | Jun 05, 2025 |  |
| MySalesCoach | MySalesCoach offers Despite overwhelming evidence that sales coaching has the greatest impact on rep development and success, managers typically devote less than 5% of their time to coaching a team that craves and deserves coaching to reach their full potential. | $1.4M | Seed | Mar 18, 2025 |  |
| Deadgood | Deadgood creates high-quality, environmentally friendly furniture, lighting, and interior products that come in the finest hues. |  | Debt Financing | Feb 12, 2025 |  |
| Orbital FX | Orbital FX operates as a props and costume design company. | $123.3K | Debt Financing | Jan 20, 2025 |  |
| BeamXR | BeamXR is a gaming business that develops a game-changing streaming software development kit that allows extended reality (XR) games to be live-streamed via popular streaming services. | $339.1K | Seed | Dec 09, 2024 |  |

10 of 57 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Northstar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northstar-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [North East Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/north-east-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [British Business Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/british-business-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Comcast](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/comcast) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Innovate UK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovate-u-k-) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Creative UK invest in?

Creative UK invests primarily in Media and Entertainment, Film Production and Software startups, most often at Debt Financing and Seed stage. Most of the 57 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 Creative UK's check size?

Creative UK typically joins rounds of $131k–$1.6M at Seed and $179k–$792k at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Creative UK participates in.

### How do I contact Creative UK?

Public channels for Creative UK 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 Creative UK?

The team at Creative UK includes Gabriele Nardo (Investment Manager), Hannah Upton (Investment Manager) and Livingstone Ian (Non Executive Director). 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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