Houghton Street Ventures
VC Fund
Holborn, United Kingdom
Houghton Street Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in the best of the alumni, students, and faculty of LSE.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
- Fund size:
- $1.9M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Houghton Street Ventures invests in
Stages Houghton Street Ventures invests in
Countries Houghton Street Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2M–$7.6M
- Series A
- $7.9M–$20M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 3 (27%)
- E-Commerce 2 (18%)
- Employee Benefits 2 (18%)
- Information Technology 2 (18%)
- B2B 1 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (73%)
- Series A 2 (18%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (9%)
Country
- United States 4 (36%)
- United Kingdom 3 (27%)
- Germany 2 (18%)
- Finland 1 (9%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hannah Leach
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Veronika Kapustina
Founder & Partner
|
Founder & Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Adam French
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 10 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladys is a revolutionary social care software platform set to transform the caregiving landscape through innovation, empowerment, and direct connections. With a commitment to cutting out intermediaries, Gladys brings local carers, helpers, and families together in a seamless digital ecosystem. Led by a seasoned co-founding team with extensiveexperience in the sector, Gladys is uniquely positioned to address the challenges faced by the social care industry. As a female-led tech business based in the UK, Gladys is dedicated to driving change, simplifying processes, and enhancing the quality of care provided to vulnerable individuals. Backed by venture capital firm Antler, Gladys is poised to redefine social care, empowering caregivers and families. | $2M / Seed / Oct 13, 2025 | ||
| Okapi facilitates the storing, updating, and retrieval of customer data for businesses using CRM (customer relationship management) software. | $3.3M / Seed / May 06, 2025 | ||
| Venteur is the health insurance operating system designed to end "job lock" and return healthcare agency to the individual. Leveraging the ICHRA model, we enable employers to provide predictable, defined-contribution benefits while giving employees the freedom to choose and own their coverage.By balancing technology-driven scale withpeople-centric advocacy, we service the real-life needs of individuals navigating complex care. Venteur is on a mission to decouple health insurance from employment, building the reliable infrastructure for a personalized, portable healthcare future. | $20M / Series A / Apr 01, 2025 | ||
| Empower your team with the Next-Gen of workforce management software | $5M / Seed / Feb 27, 2025 | ||
| Heim Health is a healthcare firm using technology to deliver scalable, community-based solutions. | $2.8M / Seed / Nov 19, 2024 | ||
| Saiz fits individual products to individual shoppers making it the most accurate size recommendation and fit solution. | $2.7M / Seed / Jul 18, 2024 | ||
| Valpas is the new hospitality standard for bed bug safety that frees guests in-room from the bed bugs they may carry, so guests return home safe and the hotel never gets infected. With Valpas, hotels can quit pesticides and the environmental damage they produce. Loved by a growing number of hundreds of highly-rated hotels worldwide and appreciatedby both leisure and corporate travel buyers. Look for the Valpas label on hotel websites and you know you travel safe. | $4.3M / Seed / Jun 26, 2024 | ||
| BinStar is an e-commerce and retail company that offers users a shopping experience in the form of treasure hunt. | $2.8M / Seed / Nov 14, 2023 | ||
| Venteur is the health insurance operating system designed to end "job lock" and return healthcare agency to the individual. Leveraging the ICHRA model, we enable employers to provide predictable, defined-contribution benefits while giving employees the freedom to choose and own their coverage.By balancing technology-driven scale withpeople-centric advocacy, we service the real-life needs of individuals navigating complex care. Venteur is on a mission to decouple health insurance from employment, building the reliable infrastructure for a personalized, portable healthcare future. | $7.6M / Seed / Aug 18, 2023 | ||
| Embedded commerce infrastructure | Pre-Seed / Dec 01, 2022 | ||
| See all 11 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Houghton Street Ventures invest in?
Houghton Street Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, E-Commerce and Employee Benefits startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Houghton Street Ventures invest in?
Houghton Street Ventures typically joins rounds of $2M–$7.6M at Seed and $7.9M–$20M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Houghton Street Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Houghton Street Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Houghton Street Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Houghton Street Ventures?
The team at Houghton Street Ventures includes Hannah Leach (Partner), Veronika Kapustina (Founder & Partner) and Adam French (Partner). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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