# Doorway Capital

> Doorway Capital is a VC fund in London backing E-Commerce and Retail. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/doorway-capital/
- Website: http://www.doorwaycapital.com

Doorway Capital is an independent provider of risk capital to law firms. It offers facilities of between £50,000 and £20 million to firms authorized by the SRA to practice law in England and Wales. These facilities can be used to fund disbursements, acquisitions, lock-up, tax liabilities, or anything else. It also purchases paid disbursements fromlaw firms for up to 80% of their face value. These means capital earning little or no return can be redeployed into more profitable activities of the firm or returned to its partners.Doorway Capital was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in London, England.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$2.9M |
| Series A | $1.6M–$6.6M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $647k–$7.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 38% |
| Retail | 2 | 25% |
| Marketplace | 2 | 25% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 25% |
| Sports | 1 | 13% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 25% |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Italy | 6 | 75% |
| France | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ken Arnold | Head of Litigation Finance | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-arnold-1ca6 |
| Steve Din | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-din |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Babaco Market | Babaco Market is a subscription with which you receive out-of-the-ordinary fruit and vegetables at home. Products that do not exceed the beauty contests organized by traditional channels and which risk being wasted. We deliver them to your home, in a box. Bring all the goodness of nature to the table and reduce food waste! | $6.6M | Series A | Nov 23, 2022 |  |
| Deliveristo | B2B Foodtech marketplace and delivery platform which allows chefs and restaurant owners to digitally organize their orders directly from farmers and distributors | $7.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 28, 2022 |  |
| Smartness | Smartpricing is a provider of computer software application and revenue management system solutions to Hotel. | $2M | Seed | Jul 12, 2022 |  |
| Deesup | Deesup only selects iconic furniture items which are listed by private and professional sellers. The products are promoted to a like-minded audience and once they are sold Deesup takes care of the logistics. The company's mission is to make design accessible to everyone, by advertising it to the right audience and therefore enhancing itsvalue. Recently the start-up launched its on-line shop all over Europe with the aim of becoming the main reference for second-hand design. | $1.6M | Series A | Nov 10, 2021 |  |
| PEP-Therapy | PEP-Therapy is a biotechnology company developing first-in-class peptides as targeted therapies for severe diseases, with an initial focus on cancer. PEP-Therapy develops Cell Penetrating and Interfering Peptides (CP&IP) for the intracellular delivery of targeted therapies. These active compounds penetrate cells and block relevantintracellular protein-protein interactions, thus inhibiting key pathological mechanisms. | $3.3M | Series A | Apr 22, 2021 |  |
| Wall Street Football | WSF is based on a fully-automated mathematical and statistical model integrated with Machine Learning for analyzing data and forecasting future player achievements and actions, and a dynamic algorithm that allows financial trading on derivatives based on footballers performance on the pitch.We provide our software and our services to gamingfirms, gambling companies, professional football teams and sport directors that wish to offer our products in their markets.Our long term vision is to cover all the major sports and leagues in the world. | $647.2K | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 14, 2021 |  |
| ACBC | The company’s business model is oriented both to the B2B market and to the B2C and suppliers in the Fashion, Sportswear, Lifestyle, Hôtellerie, Wine & Spirits and Food & Beverage sectors. | $2.9M | Seed | Aug 04, 2020 |  |
| ACBC | The company’s business model is oriented both to the B2B market and to the B2C and suppliers in the Fashion, Sportswear, Lifestyle, Hôtellerie, Wine & Spirits and Food & Beverage sectors. |  | Equity Crowdfunding |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Club degli Investitori](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/club-degli-investitori) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GELLIFY](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gellify) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Italian Angels for Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/italian-angels-for-growth) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Doorway Capital invest in?

Doorway Capital invests primarily in E-Commerce, Retail and Marketplace startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Doorway Capital's check size?

Doorway Capital typically joins rounds of $2M–$2.9M at Seed, $1.6M–$6.6M at Series A and $647k–$7.1M 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 Doorway Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Doorway Capital?

Public channels for Doorway Capital 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 Doorway Capital?

The team at Doorway Capital includes Ken Arnold (Head of Litigation Finance) and Steve Din (Founder). 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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