# UKTV Ventures

> UKTV Ventures is a VC fund in London backing Software, Retail and Internet. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 56%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uktv
- Website: https://corporate.uktv.co.uk/article/uktv-ventures/

UKTV Ventures is a VC fund in London focused on Software and Retail. UKTV Ventures is UKTV's multi-million-pound investment fund which offers high-growth start-ups an opportunity to enter the TV advertising market in exchange for a minority stake in their company. This is described as airtime-for-equity.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 33% |
| Retail | 2 | 22% |
| Internet | 2 | 22% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 22% |
| Marketplace | 2 | 22% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 22% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 89% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elder | Elder was founded on the basic idea that you shouldn’t have to go to a care home unless you want to. You should be able to keep the life you know and love, all while getting the care you need. Elder offers an online platform that focuses on connecting elders with homecare service providers. It offers its services in the United Kingdom. Theyenables its customers to find homecare service providers according to their needs and preferences. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 22, 2024 |  |
| The Farewell Guide | We’re a free online service dedicated to making funeral planning better, affordable and highly-personal. We prevent overpaying and make it easier to plan a funeral that truly reflects the individual and allows consumers to compare local trusted funeral directors within a few clicks. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 12, 2024 |  |
| raffolux | Raffolux offers the chance to win exclusive and luxury prizes through a modern twist on the age-old raffle. | $1.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 11, 2023 |  |
| StoryTerrace | Story Terrace helps people to capture their life story using professional writers, editors and software.Our offices in Los Angeles and London intelligently match customers with one of our 500 professional writers to create beautiful, full-colour books more affordably than ever before. Our focus is on American English, British English, and Dutch.We work with bilingual writers that can interview in many more languages. We are currently creating our first life story in a virtual reality environment. |  | Private Equity | Feb 06, 2023 |  |
| easyGuide | easyGuide is to discover and book tickets to top attractions, activities, experiences, tours and theatre shows in your favourite locations. | $1.2M | Seed | Jun 20, 2022 |  |
| WeAre8 | WeAre8 is a content sharing platform that assists brands to engage and manage influencers and customer relationships at scale. It is a marketplace that utilizes a powerful data engine to enable brands to sponsor and reward people for their time, creativity, and advocacy. WeAre8 was established in 2012 and is headquartered in New York. | $15M | Series B | Mar 17, 2022 |  |
| Kinkind | Kinkind is a manufacturing company that provides bars of shampoo, moisturizers, and body washes to reduce the use of plastic bottles. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Beelivery | Beelivery provide a nationwide 15-60 minute grocery delivery service by crowd-sourcing from over 10,000 drivers. Already delivering to over 90 towns and cities across the UK, they aim to have a driver within 0.5 miles of any customer, delivering from the customer's local convenience store in as little as 15 minutes. Founded in 2015,Beelivery covers a larger geographical area than any other on on-demand delivery company. A tech focused, short-chain logistics marketplace, they have introduced the sharing economy of on-demand grocery delivery. | $6.2M | Series A | Apr 16, 2021 |  |
| TIME-TO-FIND | TIME-TO-FIND is the world's first and only global marketplace for luxury Swiss watches supplied directly to by brand-authorized retailers. |  | Seed | Mar 09, 2021 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CentreStone Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/centrestone-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Channel 4 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/channel-4-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GreenBank Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenbank-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MBU Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mbu-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does UKTV Ventures invest in?

UKTV Ventures invests primarily in Software, Retail and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did UKTV Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for UKTV Ventures closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 9 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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