# Latitude

> Latitude is a VC fund in London backing Financial Services and Software. See 72 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 72
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/latitudevc
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/latitudevc
- Website: https://latitude.vc/

Latitude is a VC fund in London focused on Financial Services and Software. Latitude Ventures is the series B+ sister fund to UK-based seed fund LocalGlobe. Latitude invests in emerging break-out companies from LocalGlobe, as well as more widely in the most ambitious founders. Latitude and LocalGlobe have been early investor in iconic companies including Transferwise, Zoopla, Improbable, Robinhood, Citymapper and SecretEscapes, as well as emerging stars including Tessian, TravelPerk, Flow Commerce and Raisin.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $25M–$75M |
| Series B | $20M–$65M |
| Series C | $50M–$170M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 13 | 18% |
| Software | 11 | 15% |
| FinTech | 9 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 10% |
| Payments | 5 | 7% |

90 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 26 | 36% |
| Series C | 10 | 14% |
| Series A | 6 | 8% |
| Series D | 4 | 6% |
| Series E | 3 | 4% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 26 | 36% |
| United States | 9 | 13% |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 3% |
| Kenya | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Julian Rowe | Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julian-rowe |
| Emma Phillips | Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-phillips |
| George Henry | General Partner | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-henry |
| Marisol PerezChow | Fellow (LF5) | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marisol-perezchow |
| Michael Mashkautsan | General Partner | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-mashkautsan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nyobolt | Nyobolt develops high-power energy storage systems based on advanced lithium-ion battery technology designed for rapid charging and sustained high performance. The company focuses on battery systems that enable very fast energy replenishment, supporting applications where downtime needs to be minimized. Its technology combines specialized anodematerials, cell design, battery management systems, and power electronics to achieve high charge and discharge rates. The platform is used in sectors such as robotics, data centers, industrial equipment, and electric mobility where consistent high power delivery is required. It also develops integrated energy solutions that support demanding workloads like automated logistics systems and high-performance computing infrastructure. Nyobolt’s approach emphasizes optimizing cycle life, thermal stability, and energy density for repeated fast charging environments. | $60M | Series C | May 06, 2026 |  |
| Fuse Energy | Fuse is an energy supplier that offers the UK's cheapest electricity tarif. Also active in the US. | $69.2M | Series B | Dec 18, 2025 |  |
| Model ML | Model ML is an artificial intelligence platform for private equity firms and investment banks. | $75M | Series A | Nov 24, 2025 |  |
| Venn | Venn creates a new way of urban neighboring by managing homes, creating shared spaces, supporting hyperlocal business initiatives and services, programs events, and facilitating community engagement – all on a neighborhood-wide level. Operating by the motto, “If they build it, they will stay,” venn’s platform encourages urbanites to become activecreators and participants in the development of their community and enables developing neighborhoods to become as vibrant and desirable as the downtown core. Founded in 2016 by people raised in the Big City and in cooperative communities, venn is a new movement of neighboring that impacts tens of thousands of people in three cities (Tel Aviv, Brooklyn, and Berlin) with +75 employees | $52M | Series B | Nov 19, 2025 |  |
| Deblock | Deblock offers banking services to cryptocurrency users.It assists people to cash out their cryptocurrency investments. | $34.6M | Series A | Nov 19, 2025 |  |
| Starship Technologies | Starship Technologies is a robotics company building fleets of self-driving delivery robots designed to deliver goods locally within 30 minutes. The robots drive autonomously 99% of the time to make safe and environmentally friendly curb-side deliveries from a local hub. They also offering people convenient new services that improve everyday life.Starships Technologies robots are equipped with a sensor suite that includes cameras, GPS, and inertial measurement units. The company's aim is to fundamentally reshape how goods are shipped and delivered, and make local delivery, ultimately, free. It also enables a new era of instant delivery that works around your schedule at much lower costs.Starships Technologies was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $50M | Series C | Oct 15, 2025 |  |
| Heidi Health | Heidi Health develops an ambient AI medical scribe platform that automates clinical documentation and related tasks. It listens to patient-clinician conversations, transcribes key highlights, and then produces structured notes, referral letters, patient summaries, billing codes, and other downstream documents. The system supports customizabletemplates, allows editing during sessions, and integrates with various EHR systems while offering compliance with privacy and security standards. Clinicians in multiple specialties and care settings use Heidi to reduce administrative burden, improve focus on patient care, and streamline workflows. | $65M | Series B | Oct 06, 2025 |  |
| Nothing | Nothing is a consumer electronics company that designs and manufactures smartphones, earbuds, and other connected devices. The company focuses on product integration and user experience, aiming to create a digital ecosystem through hardware and software development. | $200M | Series C | Sep 15, 2025 |  |
| Phasecraft | Phasecraft is a quantum computing software developer. | $34M | Series B | Sep 02, 2025 |  |
| Melio | Melio is a fintech company that delivers a digital accounts payable and receivable platform tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. The platform enables users to pay invoices via ACH, credit/debit cards, or checks, and to receive payments through bank transfers or mailed checks, all from a unified dashboard. It integrates withaccounting software like QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks, and Shopify, enabling streamlined bookkeeping and cash flow management. Melio adds features like user permissions, recurring and batch payments, virtual cards, real-time payments, and a buy‑now‑pay‑later option to offer flexible vendor payment options. | $150M | Series E | Oct 29, 2024 |  |

10 of 72 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Latitude invest in?

Latitude invests primarily in Financial Services, Software and FinTech startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 72 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 Latitude's check size?

Latitude typically joins rounds of $25M–$75M at Series A, $20M–$65M at Series B and $50M–$170M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Latitude participates in.

### How do I contact Latitude?

Public channels for Latitude 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 Latitude?

The team at Latitude includes Julian Rowe (Partner), Emma Phillips (Partner) and George Henry (General Partner), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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