# Imbiba

> Imbiba is a VC fund in London backing Hospitality and Restaurants. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Fund size: $67M
- Last fund: Feb 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/5233690/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/imbibalondon
- Website: http://www.imbiba.com

Imbiba is a specialist start-up and growth capital investor in the UK leisure and hospitality market. With over 19 years of investment and operating experience, Imbiba has amassed deep sector knowledge and expertise. As entrepreneurs backing entrepreneurs, Imbiba offers best-in-class support in key areas of property, strategic marketing andoperational-level finance. It's this niche focus which has enabled Imbiba to deliver consistent high returns.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.7M–$4.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hospitality | 4 | 33% |
| Restaurants | 4 | 33% |
| Family | 2 | 17% |
| Retail | 2 | 17% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 17% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 42% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Phillips | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-phillips-48d2 |
| John Connell | Co-founder & Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-connell-6663 |
| Simon Wheeler | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-wheeler-bbcb |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Unity Coffee | Unity Coffee UK provides premium self-serve coffee via smart vending machines that deliver barista-quality drinks like precision-engineered espresso with fresh milk.The service features contactless machines in offices, shops, and public spaces, integrated with a mobile app for ordering, payments, and loyalty rewards. It emphasizes fair pricing,high margins for partners, and no staffing needs. | $2.7M | Seed | Apr 20, 2026 |  |
| F1 Arcade | F1® Arcade is an immersive hospitality concept that offers the thrill, glitz, and excitement of Formula 1 racing to the general public with 60 full-motion racing simulators, two reaction games, enormous viewing displays, top-notch food and drinks, and a vibrant atmosphere. You've never seen social gaming like this before. | $37.5M |  | Jun 12, 2023 |  |
| Little Houses Group | The goal of the Little Houses Group is to create a network of community-led spaces that improve people's lives through education, support, and recreation. Our clubs will be hubs for people to enjoy face-to-face interaction in a world that can be so focused on being online. The opportunity to see old friends and meet new ones, a haven forparents, a place where children can be children, and where everyone can be seen and heard. | $85.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 16, 2023 |  |
| OTHERWORLD | Step into your immersion pod and we'll transport you to a Luxury Virtual Resort in the cloud, home to a growing collection of VR’s greatest social experiences — from multisensory DJ sets, to science fiction adventures, to cutting-edge art shows. Feel the sun on your face, the wind in your hair, and the quake of a new world to explore.Alreadythe UK’s most popular location-based virtual reality experience, we have transported over 250,000 people to another dimension, including celebrities Adele, Skepta, Jonathan Ross, KSI and Fnatic. Now expanding across the UK and US. | $3.7M | Series A | Jun 16, 2021 |  |
| OTHERWORLD | Step into your immersion pod and we'll transport you to a Luxury Virtual Resort in the cloud, home to a growing collection of VR’s greatest social experiences — from multisensory DJ sets, to science fiction adventures, to cutting-edge art shows. Feel the sun on your face, the wind in your hair, and the quake of a new world to explore.Alreadythe UK’s most popular location-based virtual reality experience, we have transported over 250,000 people to another dimension, including celebrities Adele, Skepta, Jonathan Ross, KSI and Fnatic. Now expanding across the UK and US. | $4.1M | Seed | Jun 16, 2021 |  |
| OTHERWORLD | Step into your immersion pod and we'll transport you to a Luxury Virtual Resort in the cloud, home to a growing collection of VR’s greatest social experiences — from multisensory DJ sets, to science fiction adventures, to cutting-edge art shows. Feel the sun on your face, the wind in your hair, and the quake of a new world to explore.Alreadythe UK’s most popular location-based virtual reality experience, we have transported over 250,000 people to another dimension, including celebrities Adele, Skepta, Jonathan Ross, KSI and Fnatic. Now expanding across the UK and US. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2019 |  |
| Vagabond Wines | Vagabond Wines is owns and operates wine bars and shops in the United Kingdom. It offers various seasonal foods, such as nibbles, cheese, charcuteries, mixed platters, puddings, and small plates. | $4.6M |  | Aug 12, 2018 |  |
| Purple Dragon | Purple Dragon is a state-of-the-art facilities for music, dance, art, design, cooking, sport and imaginative play for children up to the age of 12, combined with high-quality, informal casual dining and socialising areas for adults. |  |  | May 29, 2017 |  |
| temper Restaurant | Temper restaurants are unique BBQ and open fire pit restaurants with a focus on New World wine, with an innovative cocktail selection, created in house. All food is cooked in front of customers using only wood and charcoal in huge open kitchen fire pits in the middle of each venue.Temper only use the best produce available and source their meatfrom local farms and butcher it all in-house, served alongside cornish fish and seafood on a range of breads made in-house. Award winning chef Neil Rankin and business partner Sam Lee have created a highly celebrated and award-winning brand. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2017 |  |
| Wright & Bell | Wright & Bell venues comprise bar, restaurant, casual dining and separate 'Backroom Bars'. Easy-going atmosphere and flexible layouts make the ideal locations for events in the City and Central London. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2015 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Edge VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edge-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Asahi Group Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asahi-group-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [British Business Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/british-business-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Formula 1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/formula) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Liberty Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/libertymedia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Imbiba invest in?

Imbiba invests primarily in Hospitality, Restaurants and Family startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 12 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 Imbiba's check size?

Imbiba typically joins rounds of $2.7M–$4.1M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Imbiba participates in.

### How do I contact Imbiba?

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### Who are the partners at Imbiba?

The team at Imbiba includes Brian Phillips (Partner), John Connell (Co-founder & Chairman) and Simon Wheeler (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 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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