# ScaleUp Capital

> ScaleUp Capital is a VC fund backing Software and Wellness. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 62%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3341482
- Website: https://scaleupcapital.com/

ScaleUp Capital is a VC fund focused on Software and Wellness. Previously Root Capital, we are expert scale-up investors. We scale B2B digital businesses through our Scaler Programme and Academy. We acquire and/or invest £2-£10 million into businesses with revenues usually between £1-£10 million and an enterprise value of £2-£30 million, and scale them to revenues of £10-£50 million and an enterprisevalue of £20-£200 million over 4-8 years.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for ScaleUp Capital. Shizune tracks 3 team members at ScaleUp Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/root-capital-llp?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $229k–$5.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 23% |
| Wellness | 3 | 23% |
| Health Care | 3 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 15% |
| News | 1 | 8% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 5 | 38% |
| Seed | 3 | 23% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 69% |
| India | 1 | 8% |
| Ireland | 1 | 8% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simon Philips | Chief Executive Officer | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-philips |
| Frank Hyman | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-hyman |
| Michael Allen | Investment Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-allen-allen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dailygurus | Dailygurus is an Agritech startup that addresses an unnoticed issues in the agriculture industry. | $229.4K | Seed | Mar 10, 2025 |  |
| Zevo Health | Zevo Health is a workplace health and wellbeing provider. |  | Private Equity | Aug 01, 2023 |  |
| Kooth | Kooth is the UK's largest digital mental health provider. As a pioneer in digital mental healthcare, XenZone’s vision is to make mental health support available to everyone, taking individuals on a personalised journey to wellbeing through clinically-proven digital self-help, online peer support, and one-to-one counselling. | $12.7M | Post-IPO Equity | Jul 04, 2023 |  |
| GoReport | GoReport provides a range of purpose-built solutions for a variety of survey types across the entire property sector. Surveyors can now carry out surveys and generate reports more efficiently and in much less time. Surveyors can now quickly capture all relevant survey data directly on an iPad using a simple and easy to use combination of standardand custom phrases, automated voice to text and pick lists.GoReport was founded on 2011 and is headquartered in Belfast, United Kingdom. |  |  | Jun 07, 2023 |  |
| Rungway | Rungway their platform helps organizations to optimize technologies. | $3.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 11, 2022 |  |
| Sanctus | Sanctus makes it easy for employees to talk to a professional about their mental health. | $5.8M | Seed | Jan 11, 2022 |  |
| Sifted | Sifted is a media site for Europe’s innovators and entrepreneurs. | $5.4M | Series A | Nov 22, 2021 |  |
| imageHOLDERS | imageHOLDERS are one of the worlds leading designers and manufactures of tablet kiosks and enclosures for business. imageHOLDERS ability to create custom solutions for clients also means their vast product range includes E.POS kiosks, AV displays, exhibition stands and graphic POS systems. imageHOLDERS propriety range of products has helpedsome of the worlds biggest brands implement tablet technology into their marketing strategy. Integrating interactive apps and touch screen tablet technology across the enterprise offers exciting possibilities throughout any business sector - and imageHOLDERS products are the means with which to securely mount and stunningly present the digital content. |  | Private Equity | Apr 30, 2021 |  |
| imageHOLDERS | imageHOLDERS are one of the worlds leading designers and manufactures of tablet kiosks and enclosures for business. imageHOLDERS ability to create custom solutions for clients also means their vast product range includes E.POS kiosks, AV displays, exhibition stands and graphic POS systems. imageHOLDERS propriety range of products has helpedsome of the worlds biggest brands implement tablet technology into their marketing strategy. Integrating interactive apps and touch screen tablet technology across the enterprise offers exciting possibilities throughout any business sector - and imageHOLDERS products are the means with which to securely mount and stunningly present the digital content. |  | Private Equity | Apr 30, 2021 |  |
| Big Clever Learning | Big Clever Learning, is a private-equity backed business that focuses on acquiring, developing and building the next generation of digital education brands for kids. |  | Private Equity | Sep 01, 2015 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BGF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bgf-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ingenious Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ingenious-media) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does ScaleUp Capital invest in?

ScaleUp Capital invests primarily in Software, Wellness and Health Care startups, most often at Private Equity and Seed stage. Most of the 13 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 ScaleUp Capital's check size?

ScaleUp Capital typically joins rounds of $229k–$5.8M 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 ScaleUp Capital participates in.

### How do I contact ScaleUp Capital?

Public channels for ScaleUp Capital include LinkedIn 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 ScaleUp Capital?

The team at ScaleUp Capital includes Simon Philips (Chief Executive Officer), Frank Hyman (Partner) and Michael Allen (Investment Director). 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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