# Your VC

> Your VC is a VC fund in London backing Software and Mobile Apps. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/growthdeck/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/growthdeck
- Website: https://www.growthdeck.com/

Your VC is a VC fund in London focused on Software and Mobile Apps. Growthdeck provides tax-efficient and growth investment opportunities to an expanding network of sophisticated private investors, partners and introducers. They carry out professional due diligence, provide ongoing and extensive business support and develop a close relationship with their investors. They also regularly host networking events thathelp connect growth businesses with sophisticated investors from across the world.Growthdeck attracts a wide range of growth businesses looking to raise money. But only the best will make it through their stringent due diligence process before being presented to the investor network. Their investment team has decades of combined experience in private equity (with the likes of 3i, Hotbed and Rockpool Investments). Growthdeck also retains a panel of high profile sector experts who provide unrivalled experience in assessing the quality of potential opportunities. They also provide hands-on support to their investee businesses throughout the lifetime of their involvement - from raise through to exit.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Your VC. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Your VC. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/growthdeck?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $800k–$3.3M |
| Series A | $2.7M–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 14% |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 14% |
| Restaurants | 2 | 14% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 14% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 14% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 29% |
| Series A | 3 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 21% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gary Robins | Co-founder and Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-robins |
| Ian Zant-Boer | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-zant-boer |
| James Wrighton | Co-founder & CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-wrighton |
| Simon Emary | COO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-emary |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tenzo | Tenzo was created through the combination of data-science, software and deep restaurant operating experience.Tenzo was designed to reduce a reliance on gut: they can put data behind questions like how much food to order in, what member of staff to schedule at what time and whether to rerun a promotion.They bring deep expertise and a world classmanagement team - their co-founders have built successful multi-million pound businesses, and bring the best of data-science and technology from Cambridge, Harvard and McKinsey. | $5M | Series A | Mar 31, 2026 |  |
| Zayndu | Boosting crop yield through non-toxic plasma treatment installed on grower's sites | $2M | Seed | Jun 13, 2025 |  |
| Shot Scope | Shot Scope's statistic collecting technology is currently in development, led by a team of engineers and golfers based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Trials are planned on UK golf courses throughout 2015 with general release scheduled for 2016. | $8.4M | Series B | Jul 31, 2024 |  |
| Drovo | The GIG economy driven on-car mobility media Platform that delivers high reach at low cost CPM via vehicle wrapped advertising campaigns for D2C brands. Adverttu - Get your brand on the road. | $3.6M | Series A | Oct 24, 2023 |  |
| Kelda Showers | Kelda Showers manufactures showering solutions using Air-Powered™ technology, reducing water usage by 55%. | $2.7M | Series A | Sep 12, 2023 |  |
| Shot Scope | Shot Scope's statistic collecting technology is currently in development, led by a team of engineers and golfers based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Trials are planned on UK golf courses throughout 2015 with general release scheduled for 2016. |  |  | Jul 21, 2023 |  |
| Salvalco | Salvalco Eco-Valves are new aerosol valves specifically designed to enable aerosols to be propelled successfully by harmless gases such as Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide or simply Compressed Air. | $3.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 16, 2022 |  |
| Supper | Supper provides food delivery service. The company offers food from some of London's restaurants to customers' home or office. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in London, England. | $3.3M | Seed | Oct 25, 2021 |  |
| Soho Street Cocktails | Soho Street Cocktails is a local manufacturer of pre-mixed cocktails. Their business provides cocktail pouches made with real fruit rather than artificial tastes or colors, allowing bars and restaurants to enhance service consistency, cut down on wait times, and increase revenue. Using the same recipes as the geniuses who created them, they havelegendary cocktails that are already prepared. | $781K |  | Sep 27, 2021 |  |
| Arkivum | Arkivum delivers software, services and domain expertise for long term data management and digital preservation globally.We serve organisations around the world in data intensive and regulated markets. We make your long term data secure, accessible and usable for as long as you need it, providing assurance your data is where you need it, when youneed it. Our domain expertise means we can guarantee 100% data integrity and best practice guidance for dealing with new compliance requirements as they are introduced. Our vendor neutral technology and no data lock-in means your data lives where you want it to and you own your data at all times. Arkivum delivers complete confidence in preserving, meeting complex compliance and regulatory requirements and creating business value from your data. Bringing your archived data to life. | $2.2M | Private Equity | Aug 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Green Angel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/green-angel-syndicate) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The SidebySide Partnership](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sidebyside-partnership) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [24 Haymarket](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/24-haymarket) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amadeus Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadeus-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AWI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/awi-df28) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beiersdorf](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beiersdorf) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Your VC invest in?

Your VC invests primarily in Software, Mobile Apps and Restaurants startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 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 Your VC's check size?

Your VC typically joins rounds of $800k–$3.3M at Seed and $2.7M–$5M 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 Your VC participates in.

### How do I contact Your VC?

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### Who are the partners at Your VC?

The team at Your VC includes Gary Robins (Co-founder and Director), Ian Zant-Boer (CEO) and James Wrighton (Co-founder & CTO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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