# Swordfish Investments

> Swordfish Investments is a VC fund backing Software and Financial Services. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/company/swordfish-investments-llp
- Website: http://www.swordfishinvestments.com/

Swordfish Investments is a VC fund in London focused on Software and Financial Services. Swordfish Investments has invested in several sectors worldwide including technology, media, financial services, sports management, education and marketing. We spend a large proportion of our time working with our portfolio companies and advising them on a variety of issues related to product, strategy, finance, fundraising, technology and humanresources. Some of our investments are included below.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $750k–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 15% |
| Mobile | 3 | 11% |
| FinTech | 3 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 11% |

64 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 23 | 85% |
| Angel | 1 | 4% |
| Series A | 1 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 44% |
| United States | 8 | 30% |
| India | 3 | 11% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amit Bhatia | Founding Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-bhatia-5335 |
| Alvaro Alvarez del Rio | Director | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/%C3%81lvaro-%C3%81lvarez-del-r%C3%ADo |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tinka Games | Tinka Games is a gaming platform that specializes in creating and playing of multiplayer gamebooks and interactive stories. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Viker | Viker is a mobile studio that designs, develops and publishes mobile and computer games for OS and Android systems. | $4.1M | Seed | Nov 08, 2022 |  |
| plutos ONE | plutos ONE provides Get quick cash vouchers on your phone from leading brands. |  | Angel | Sep 05, 2022 |  |
| Ecolibrium | The era of Climate change, not only presents the gravest challenge to Humankind, but also the biggest opportunity in this century to establish a more sustainable ecosystem.Global warming and energy crisis are two significant challenges facing the world today. Not only are they inter-linked, but their negative impact is accelerating as you readthis. The choice we have is clear: develop clean and smart energy infrastructure or ignore the dire consequences that will come with an unimaginable cost.An even bigger problem is the transmission of the generated electricity to its consumers in the most efficient fashion. High transmission and Distribution losses, Energy theft, peak power shortages leading to power outages are some of the real challenges a large portion of the world is facing.Ecolibrium Energy is transforming the way the world uses energy. We help commercial, institutional and industrial organizations use energy more intelligently, pay less for it, and generate cash flow that benefits the bottom line. Our technology-enabled solutions help meet the needs of utilities/grid operators that deliver energy and are responsible for maintaining the real-time balance between supply and demand.We are focusing on Energy Management Solution, Demand Response Programs for Distribution companies and renewable energy integration in the grid | $5M | Seed | Jun 13, 2022 |  |
| WFHomie | WFHomie is an employee engagement and culture-building platform for remote teams. WFHomie team leaders build informal connections between remote employees through a whole range of services, including our epic virtual icebreaker activities. | $1.5M | Seed | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Kitt | Kitt creates inspiring, bespoke workspaces for businesses looking to tailor their space to their people, brand and culture. From managing the build to partnering with you to create your workplace experience, our office experts take care of the details, so that you can focus on your business. | $8.4M | Seed | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Mitra Chem | Mitra Chem operates as a lithium-ion battery materials manufacturer. It innovates and commercializes iron-based cathode materials to enable mass-market electrification in transportation and energy storage. The company is driven to industrialize these cathodes in purpose-built inflation reduction act-compliant facilities. | $20M | Series A | Nov 15, 2021 |  |
| Viagem | Short-term stays with all the comforts of home in prime urban locations |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Zero Bond | Zero Bond is the gathering place. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Chingari | Chingari is a short-video entertaining platform connecting talented Indians. It allows users to share the videos on third-party social platforms as well. The application is available for Android users. It monetizes through in-app advertisements. |  | Seed | Nov 04, 2020 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Initial Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/initial-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LocalGlobe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/localglobe) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LOI Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loi-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alaya Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alaya-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Swordfish Investments invest in?

Swordfish Investments invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 27 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 Swordfish Investments's check size?

Swordfish Investments typically joins rounds of $750k–$5M 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 Swordfish Investments participates in.

### How do I contact Swordfish Investments?

Public channels for Swordfish Investments 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 Swordfish Investments?

The team at Swordfish Investments includes Amit Bhatia (Founding Partner) and Alvaro Alvarez del Rio (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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