# Reuters Venture Capital

> Reuters Venture Capital is a VC fund in London backing Internet and Information Technology. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Nov 2015
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://rvc.com

Reuters Venture Capital is a VC fund in London focused on Internet and Information Technology. Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. They combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax & accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered by the world's mosttrusted news organization.RVC, the former venture capital arm of Reuters, was set up in 1994 and began investing RVC I (originally known as The Greenhouse Fund) in Palo Alto, California in 1995. In 1997, RVC expanded the focus of its operations to Europe, bringing its significant Silicon Valley experience to a market with relatively few venture capitalists focused on early stage information technology companies.In September 2001, RVC became independent from Reuters and is now wholly owned by its Investment Partners and Chairman. It was awarded the contract to continue managing RVC I on behalf of Reuters. In establishing its investment independence, RVC has retained its strong relationships with Reuters, its affiliates (Tibco, Factiva, Instinet, Radianz) and its customers, which are primarily financial services and media companies who were amongst the first to be impacted by and adopt new technology. Building on RVC’s relationship with Reuters in financial services, RVC is developing similar relationships with leading corporations in other verticals, and acquiring deeper understanding of the needs and challenges CIOs and business decision makers have in increasing efficiency and/or revenues through their leverage of IT investments. In early 2004, after 10 years of successful technology investments, Reuters announced a strategy of refocusing on its core activities and away from venture technology investments. Over the ensuing few months, the partners at RVC explored the opportunity of buying RGF and successfully obtained debt financing for the purchase. On 22 June 2004, Norman Fiore, Martin Stapleton and John Taysom along with Chairman Sir David Walker became the new owners of RGF via their new vehicle Sofius Capital. RVC will remain the manager of the RGF and will continue to invest in RGF portfolio companies to maximise the overall return on the committed capital of the fund.Since inception, RVC I has invested €449 million in 82 companies, including Yahoo!, Verisign, Phone.com (now Openwave Systems), Digimarc, Infoseek, Orchestream, and Metamerge, amongst others. With 16 IPOs and 27 trade sales or other cash realisations, and a first fund that is 94% returned, they believe they have one of the strongest track records in Europe. Today, RVC has 11 staff located in London and the Silicon Valley.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $4.8M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 4 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 33% |
| Software | 3 | 25% |
| B2B | 2 | 17% |
| News | 2 | 17% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 4 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 25% |
| Seed | 2 | 17% |
| Series C | 2 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 92% |
| Russian Federation | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ExoAtlet | ExoAtlet make medical exoskeletons to help with patient rehabilitation. ExoAtlet® I is a medical exoskeleton designed for the rehabilitation of patients with locomotive impairments to their lower limbs sustained as the result of an accident, an operation or illness of the locomotive system or nervous system. Its main applications are for therestoration of impaired locomotive functions and the compensation of lost functions. | $166K | Seed | Nov 18, 2015 |  |
| BitPipe | Bitpipe.com is the enterprise IT professional's guide to information technology resources. Browse this free online library for the latest technical white papers, webcasts and product information to help you make intelligent IT product purchasing decisions. | $3M | Series C | Apr 02, 2004 |  |
| Visible World | Visible World is the leading provider of targeted television advertising solutions. Our suite of services enables advertisers, agencies, and media companies to deliver addressable, interactive, and measurable ads. Visible World campaigns increase ad relevance and engagement by providing capabilities to target real-time offers, products, andcreative based on geography, programming, inventory levels, time of day, weather, and other data-driven conditions. Today, Visible World helps over 200 advertisers target consumers in ~100 millions U.S. television households and across more than 1,500 major websites. | $8M | Series B | Nov 17, 2003 |  |
| Pathfire | Pathfire, Inc. provides digital media distribution and management solutions to the television, media, and entertainment industries. The company offers Digital Media Gateway, a digital IP store-and-forward platform, delivering news stories, syndicated programming, advertising spots, and video news releases to broadcasters. It provides solutions forcontent providers and broadcasters, as well as station solutions. The company was formerly known as Video Networks, Inc. and changed its name to Pathfire, Inc. in January, 2001. Pathfire, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Roswell, Georgia. As of June 4, 2007, Pathfire, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of DG FastChannel, Inc. | $27M |  | Apr 09, 2002 |  |
| Sphera Corporation | Sphera is the global provider of Web hosting automation and management software, today announced that it has expanded its management team and moved its corporate headquarters to Denver, Colorado. In the coming months, Sphera will continue to leverage recent funding to support and build its infrastructure in high-potential markets, strengthen itstechnology portfolio, increase sales and marketing initiatives and increase support for its global customers. | $20M | Series B | Jan 17, 2002 |  |
| Enition | Enition designs and markets network-centric payment technology and systems for the valuation and payment of information and services over the Internet in the United States and France. The company offers NetToll system, an Internet protocol based infrastructure solution that enables content, content distribution, and network service providers toprice and sell digital content and services. It serves various markets, including business information services, entertainment, e-learning, application service provider services, and digital storage. |  | Seed | Jul 06, 2000 |  |
| Moreover.com | Moreover's mission is to help companies and individuals make smarter, more informed business decisions by organizing the most relevant media coverage and social commentary from across the Web and from licensed information sources, delivered seamlessly and in near real-time. | $21M | Series A | Jun 12, 2000 |  |
| Harmony Software | Harmony Software is the leading analytic engine for B2B & B2C exchanges, portals, ASPs and platform partners. |  |  | May 26, 2000 |  |
| Kinecta | Kinecta Corporation was a content syndication company. | $12M | Series B | May 09, 2000 |  |
| Medsite | Medsite is the physician´s home on the Internet. The company, which operates Medsite.com, offers a comprehensive range of user-friendly solutions in the categories of medical ecommerce, medical information, and communication services. Building on its first Internet business, Medsite Books, Medsite has become a healthcare destination site offeringan extensive selection of medical books, software, journals and supplies, electronic physician credentialing, the latest medical news, a customizable finance channel and numerous other services, geared towards making your practice click. | $19.7M |  | Dec 16, 1999 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Reuters Venture Capital invest in?

Reuters Venture Capital invests primarily in Internet, Information Technology and Software startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Reuters Venture Capital's check size?

Reuters Venture Capital typically joins rounds of $4.8M–$20M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Reuters Venture Capital participates in.

### When did Reuters Venture Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Reuters Venture Capital closed in Nov 2015. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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