# Venrex

> Venrex is a VC fund in London backing E-Commerce and Fashion. See 161 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 161
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last fund: Apr 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venrex
- Website: https://www.venrex.partners/

Venrex is a VC firm that backs creative founders to launch and build innovative businesses.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Venrex. Shizune tracks 7 team members at Venrex. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/venrex-investment-management?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$8.7M |
| Pre-Seed | $425k–$3M |
| Series A | $6M–$18M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 26 | 16% |
| Fashion | 16 | 10% |
| Internet | 14 | 9% |
| Software | 14 | 9% |
| Retail | 10 | 6% |

146 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 69 | 43% |
| Series A | 22 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 20 | 12% |
| Series B | 8 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 7 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 74 | 46% |
| United States | 17 | 11% |
| France | 3 | 2% |
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ian Goldberg | Principal at Venrex | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-goldberg-6e9d |
| Lilac Watt | Investment Associate | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lilac-watt |
| Mark Esiri | Founder and Chairman | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-esiri |
| Pooja Patel | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pooja-patel-2 |
| Sasha Roupell | Investment Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sasha-roupell |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Integral Privacy Technologies | Integral focuses on compliantly connecting health data in a secure and efficient manner, serving as the only end-to-end regulated insights platform transforming compliance barriers into competitive advantage. We offer a range of products and services to help businesses accelerate their data processing, collaborate securely, and unlock new insights.Our software provides robust security and privacy protections while enabling seamless collaboration with regulated data. Our flagship offering is Expert Certifications-as-a-Service, which allows companies to work with de-identified data to discover novel insights and make innovative business decisions. Unlike traditional methods conducted by consultants that take months, our automated expert certification software drastically reduces processing time to mere hours.Through our expertise in privacy-enhancing technologies and deep understanding of healthcare data complexities, we help enterprises extract bespoke, actionable insights from regulated data that aren't available anywhere else, making us a valuable asset for any company looking to compliantly work with regulated data. | $18M | Series A | Jul 01, 2026 |  |
| Observable Space | OurSky is a developer platform for space applications that provides observational data and analysis of objects and activities in space. | $90M | Series A | May 28, 2026 |  |
| Chexy | Chexy operates a digital platform intended to modify the process of paying rent. They allow tenants to send money online to their landlords, earn rewards, build credit points, and also facilitate the redemption of those points in order to access exclusive membership perks. It gives tenants control over one of their key monthly expenses, which isrent. | $10.2M | Series A | Mar 25, 2026 |  |
| VIEVE | Make-up brand by the famous artist Jamie Genevieve. A beauty brand built upon inclusivity, self-expression and positivity. | $12.1M |  | Dec 22, 2025 |  |
| Graymatter Labs | Graymatter Labs employs innovative nootropics and plant-based substances that are intended to replicate the effects of overprescription medications. | $1.3M | Seed | Nov 06, 2025 |  |
| Maeving | A new ear of beautiful, classically-styled electric motorcycles. | $10.8M | Series A | Sep 06, 2025 |  |
| Quantum Light | Quantum Light strives to transform the pigment industry by developing colors, coatings, pigments, dyes, and inks that take advantage of quantum dots' remarkable optical properties. | $1M | Pre-Seed | May 19, 2025 |  |
| Midnite | Building the future of esports betting | $10.1M | Series B | Apr 14, 2025 |  |
| Pockla | POCKLA is a London-based content strategy and marketing agency. Powered by our proprietary AI technology, we take an audience-first approach to levelling up organic content and paid ads for social-first brands.Our vision is to help brands market like the world's best content creators. We do that by helping brands find an authentic internetvoice, and engage on topics that actually matter to their audience.POCKLA acts as an extension of your team. Combining the expertise of world class content strategists, paid media and organic experts, designers, technology and growth specialists. Find out how we can help your business today. | $2.1M | Seed | Mar 31, 2025 |  |
| Something & Nothing | Something & Nothing specializes in seltzer made from natural ingredients and low in calories. | $2.6M | Seed | Mar 19, 2025 |  |

10 of 161 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [InnovationRCA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovationrca) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Active Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/active-partners) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Balderton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balderton-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [British Fashion Council](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/british-fashion-council) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Eka Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eka-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Venrex invest in?

Venrex invests primarily in E-Commerce, Fashion and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 161 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 Venrex's check size?

Venrex typically joins rounds of $1M–$8.7M at Seed, $425k–$3M at Pre-Seed and $6M–$18M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Venrex participates in.

### How do I contact Venrex?

Public channels for Venrex 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 Venrex?

The team at Venrex includes Ian Goldberg (Principal at Venrex), Lilac Watt (Investment Associate) and Mark Esiri (Founder and Chairman), among 7 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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