Top 50 Publishing Startup Investors in United Kingdom (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Simon Franks
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, Australia, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Health Care, Payments | $318k–$23M |
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Connect Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $669k–$55M |
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Ariadne Capital Limited
VC Fund
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Mobile, Publishing, Hardware | $525k–$6.5M |
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Flow Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt | Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning | $311k–$3.8M |
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Alexander Chesterman
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $470k–$23M |
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QVentures
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce | $125k–$3.9M |
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Oxford Science Enterprises
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Finland | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Software | $1.4M–$168M |
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Development Bank of Wales
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, Australia, United States | Seed, Debt Financing | Software, Health Care, Manufacturing | $18k–$3.8M |
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Seedcamp
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, SaaS | |
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Mercia Asset Management
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | |
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a16z Scout Fund
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Brazil, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $250k–$8.5M |
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Forward Partners
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $42k–$17M |
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Initial Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, Finland | Seed, Series A | Gaming, Mobile, Software | $796k–$12M |
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Techstart Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $100k–$4M |
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Nesta Impact Investments
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia | Seed, Series A | Education, Health Care, SaaS | $262k–$10M |
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Raghav Gupta
Angel
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2 | United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Internet | $354k–$5M |
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LAUNCHub Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Bulgaria, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $55k–$59M |
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Nauta Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Spain, United Kingdom, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, SaaS, Mobile | $1.1M–$27M |
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Peter Hinssen
Angel
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Apps, SaaS, EBooks | $524k–$4.8M |
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Mobeus Equity Partners
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, United States | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Retail | |
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PROfounders Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Apps, Travel | |
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Creandum
VC Fund
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2 | Sweden, Germany, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.8M–$87M |
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Everywhere Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Australia, India | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, FinTech | $500k–$20M |
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Hoxton Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care | $1.9M–$35M |
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Parkwalk Advisors
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, Philippines | Seed, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $1.2M–$45M |
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DC Thomson Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, Israel, Singapore | Seed, Series B | Internet, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Ayre Group
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Bitcoin, Video Streaming | $363k–$8.7M |
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Smedvig Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, Sweden, United States | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.5M–$30M |
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Haitao Capital
VC Fund
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2 | China, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A | Software, Apps, Education | $120k–$4.7M |
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Fuel Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, Ireland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $313k–$24M |
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Nicolas Julia
Angel
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2 | France, Israel, Sweden | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Gaming, Cryptocurrency | $400k–$15M |
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Cambridge Angels group
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, Estonia | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Biotechnology | $382k–$9.5M |
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Paul Forster
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.1M–$18M |
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Octopus Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $2.1M–$44M |
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Guinness Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, Australia | Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Health Care | $3.8M–$15M |
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1Up Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Gaming, Video Games, Online Games | $400k–$55M |
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Calm Company Fund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | |
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Bootstrapped Debt Financing
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | |
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Charlie Songhurst
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | |
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SkyVision Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Initial Coin Offering | Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency | |
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Ian Hogarth
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | |
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Double Peak Group
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, Australia | Seed, Series A, Initial Coin Offering | Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency | |
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Fenbushi Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, China | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech | |
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Digital Science
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Grant, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology | |
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Peter Read
Angel
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1 | Germany, United Kingdom | Seed | Toys, Content, E-Commerce | |
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Stefano Rosso
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands | Series A, Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Video, Beauty | |
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Pirata Capital Management
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Apps | |
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Angel Investment Network
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, Denmark, India | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | |
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CMT Digital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | |
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6th Man Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | |
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Simon Franks is the founder and managing partner of Redbus Ventures and Chairman of the Franks Family Foundation. (www.thefff.org)
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- Industry: FinTech, Health Care, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $524k–$5.7M; Pre-Seed $318k–$1.6M; Series A $5.4M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Auro — Auro is a mobile fitness-tech solution providing you with a personal trainer in your ear. We believe that fitness is at its effective best, when it is personalized, engaging, and accessible anytime. We break down the barriers to exercise by providing millions of people all over the world access to a personal trainer along with the best of contentthat boutique studio fitness has to offer.We’re creating a truly motivating, connected fitness experience that keeps people coming back for more by combining world class instructors, killer playlists and data science led personalisation.Our mission is to transform lives by making fitness experiences awesome, accessible and affordable.
- Thriva — At-home blood testing and science-backed next steps to feel great, maximise your performance, and extend your healthspan.
- Lick — Lick | Paints, Wallpapers and Supplies. Your Room, Covered
We've been investing in pre-seed and seed stage product companies since 2012, from our home in London.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 159
- Round size: Seed $669k–$6M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3.7M; Series A $5M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $80M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Clearword — Clearword unlocks fundamentally new ways for organizations to communicate and collaborate, using tools they already use. Collaborative Agendas, Automatic Meeting Minutes in a Searchable Library.
- Ourspace — Meet Ourspace— the collaborative team design canvas. Created by former Hotjar, Spendesk and Glovo execs, Ourspace takes a 360 approach to team design to help functional leaders better organize the people they have and the ones they need. With the dynamic nature of business and people, it’s been historically difficult for tech leaders to make smartreactive and proactive team design decisions with people-data stored across Miro boards, HR tools and outdated documents. Ourspace is the first purpose-built software designed specifically for tech leaders to equip them to build and rebuild their teams by bringing together people, projects, and priorities into one contextual place.
- Citymapper — The ultimate transport app - iPhone / Android / Web
Ariadne Capital is an investment and advisory firm that enables corporates who seek new digital revenues and startups who understand digital infrastructure. It specializes in sourcing funding, advising on business development, and exiting growth-stage digital companies. Ariadne Capital also brings its technology insight to corporates, advisingthem on innovating their business models, and how to work with entrepreneurs and high-growth startups to win in their markets.
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- Industry: Mobile, Publishing, Hardware
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $700k–$2.1M; Series A $525k–$6.5M; Series B $2.7M–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $202M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Made TV — Start your new business venture with a great domain name. A trusted source for domains since 2005.
- Bloomy Days — Bloomy Days is a subscription-based fresh cut flower delivery service with headquarters in Germany. Bloomy Days currently delivers approximately 900 packages of fresh flower bouquets every week to businesses and private individuals. Customers can select the frequency of the delivery (e.g. weekly, bi-monthly, monthly), where Bloomy Days guaranteesthat flowers are no more than 7 days old. The company hand crops and prepares ready to use bouquets of flowers which are carefully selected from the market. Bloomy Days subscription model allows the company to avoid any inventory costs, ensuring strong cash flow and low capital requirements.
- Money Dashboard — Discover our multi-award winning budget app & save money on the go. Reach your financial goals & join over 600,000+ registered users for free at Money Dashboard
Flow Capital provides founder-friendly growth capital for high-growth companies operating in high-growth markets in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. As of 2021, we have deployed over $120M in growth capital to 56+ companies. Investment sizes range anywhere from $1-7 million for companies generating at least $4 million in annualrevenues. We work closely with companies to come up with a financing structure that fits their unique company needs, often creating a hybrid between our two financing structures: Revenue-Based Financing and Venture Debt.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $650k–$2M; Debt Financing $311k–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Tattle — Tattle App is the leading customer experience platform for restaurants and hospitality. Get actionable, real-time feedback through our survey app to improve loyalty. Follow up with your guests in a single click. Never let another customer leave your restaurant angry.
- Miniluxe — Miniluxe operates as a nail and beauty lounge that offers manicures, pedicures, warm oil treatment, waxing, and hands and feet therapies. It was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Common Wealth — Common Wealth is a digital platform that provides retirement planning services.
Alex Chesterman is the Co-Founder of Houseful. Alex Chesterman attended the University College London.
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $524k–$4.8M; Pre-Seed $470k–$3M; Series A $2.3M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Atheni AI — Guided AI adoption: the thinking of a top consultancy, the 1:1 personalisation of a coach, delivered at the scale of a platform. Capability, not access. Independent by design.
- Zefir — An all-in-one platform that allows people to sell or buy in one simple, certain transaction
- Pharmacierge — Pharmacierge is the award-winning digital e-prescribing service chosen by private clinicians to deliver medication to their patients throughout the UK and worldwide. Clinicians create and transfer e-prescriptions to our pharmacy near London's Harley Street, for free delivery to their patients.
QVentures sources, screens, and invests in top-tier start-ups from Seed to Series B. Our investors consist of Family Offices, Institutional Investors, UHNWIs, and Cashed-out Entrepreneurs. We look for disruptive companies with a proven product-market fit, set to scale from Seed to Series B. We focus on Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Tech,FinTech, AdTech, EdTech, InsurTech and HealthTech and more. We look for quality management teams, large addressable markets, proven traction, sustainable business models, route to scale and quality investors.To apply for investment, please fill out this short form to be reviewed: https://qventures.typeform.com/to/zZPOWf
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Seed $125k–$3.9M; Angel $393k–$2.6M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Astronome AI — Astronome AI is a company that provides streamlined IT management for SMEs, powered by AI.
- Electric Sheep — Electric Sheep offers an AI-powered agentic video editor and VFX platform, streamlining content creation and post-production. Generate, edit, and enhance videos with advanced AI tools for filmmakers and creators.
- NeuWave Technologies — NeuWave Technologies delivers environmental analysis for floating offshore wind farm development and operational management.
Oxford Science Enterprises is the university-partnered venture firm. We work with the University of Oxford to build companies that create fundamental technologies: science-based businesses capable of tackling the planet’s toughest problems. We invest in life science, AI and software, healthcare, and deep tech to create companies taking onchallenges like nuclear fusion, quantum computing and developing treatments and cures for infectious diseases. Founded in 2015, we’ve raised over £600M to create a world-class technology ecosystem, and combine our deep experience with a network of investors, entrepreneurs and sector-experts to find co-investment, build businesses, and hire senior management talent.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 195
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$12M; Series A $6.3M–$45M; Series B $13M–$168M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $327M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- AlveoGene — Transforming Rare Respiratory Disease Outcomes Using Inhaled Gene Therapy
- Beacon Therapeutics — Beacon aids in restoring and improving the vision of patients with ophthalmic gene therapy. Find out more.
- Scripta Therapeutics — Biology decoded, disease undone - modulating transcription factors to restore health
Development Bank of Wales is an independent company, providing commercial funding to Welsh SMEs. They invests private and public funds, including EU funds.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
- Geography: United Kingdom, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 248
- Round size: Seed $360k–$3.3M; Debt Financing $18k–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Wagonex — Car subscription is the new, all-inclusive, flexible alternative to leasing. No large downpayment and a single fixed monthly payment. Just add fuel and go.
- Jehu Group — The Jehu Group is a third generation family owned business with over 80 years of successful trading history.We mange our operations on a day-to-day basis through three trading subsidiaries. Each subsidiary is supported by Jehu Group Limited which provides finance, HR, technical and procurement functions.In all of our markets, we position ourselvesas a dynamic and bespoke alternative to national contractors and house builders and are proud of our strong reputation in the market place.
- Reacta Biotech — Reacta Biotech has been established to develop, manufacture and commercialise oral food challenge materials to pharmaceutical standards of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
Seedcamp is Europe's seed fund, identifying and investing early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. The Seedcamp Nation includes over 400 startups building breakout businesses that change the way people live, interact and buy and includes publicly listed UiPath, Wise, and unicornsRevolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo, and wefox along with fast-growing businesses such as Grover, viz.ai and Ezra. Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support, and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 308
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Sylvera — Sylvera Carbon offset ratings make offset quality and risks transparent. We make offsets auditable for offset sellers, intermediaries, buyers and investors.
- Outverse — A community platform that's easier to use, better organised and designed for real interaction.
- Dust — Dust is a platform for creating sophisticated processes based on large language models and semantic search.
Mercia Asset Management provides equity and debt to UK businesses with growth ambition. We are your investment partners from scale-up to exit.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 101
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Netacea — Netacea takes a smarter approach to bot management. Intent Analytics™ powered by machine learning quickly and accurately distinguishes bots from humans to protect websites, mobile apps and APIs from automated threats while prioritising genuine users. Actionable intelligence with data-rich visualisations empowers you to make informed decisions aboutyour traffic. The Netacea approach offers incredible speed, accuracy and transparency, solving the growing problem of credential stuffing and account takeover at scale. The technology is designed to complement existing controls such as WAF rulesets, rate limiting and threat databases to provide a deep analysis of all website visitors, actionable intelligence and real-time threat.The Netacea approach continuously monitors your web traffic to pinpoint the difference in automated bot activity vs genuine visitors, keeping you ahead of evolving bot threats. Choose to automatically block, redirect or challenge automated attacks in real-time, or receive alerts notifying you of potential threats. With access to rich dashboards and data, you can easily identify and stop account takeover attempts early in the attack chain.Learn more at www.netacea.com
- Semble — The integrated clinical system for managing your patients' medical data and admin tasks.
- Locate Bio — Locate Bio is a regenerative medicine development company focused on orthobiologics. Locate Bio exists to help surgeons improve the lives of people with debilitating spinal conditions. We are curious about what is possible, but ground all our work in robust scientific evidence. We relentlessly pursue high-value opportunities with clear unmetclinical needs.
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Browse database — It's Free!Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 69
- Round size: Seed $250k–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $525k–$4.3M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OpenCode — Marble AI tutor helps you learn full stack, PyTorch, React, and any technology. Interactive projects with personalized guidance that adapts to your skill level.
- NOFire AI — The Context and Control Model for Production
- Grata Health — Modern Addiction Care
Forward Partners is a venture capital firm in London specialising in technology businesses focused on eCommerce, marketplace and applied AI early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 108
- Round size: Seed $343k–$3.9M; Pre-Seed $42k–$2M; Series A $2.6M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $76M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Plyable — AI manufacturing software, composite and metallic molds and parts, composite parts, tools, metallic, engineering, technology, ai
- nSpireMe — nSpireMe helping children supercharge their violin learning with interactive practice apps.
- Patch — Patch helps you choose the best plants for your space, delivers them to your door, and helps you look after them.
Initial Capital is an investor in seed and early-stage technology companies with a focus on games, consumer services & technology enablers.
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- Industry: Gaming, Mobile, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 95
- Round size: Seed $796k–$4.2M; Series A $988k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Saf.money — One API to move money across Central America using Bitcoin, stablecoins, and local banking rails.
- Space Ape — Visit Supercell.com and find out more about us and our games.
- Antidote — London-based startup studio for Bitcoin founders
Techstart Ventures is a first-cheque investor for extraordinary founders pursuing uncapped global opportunities.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Ireland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 183
- Round size: Seed $326k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Saltroad — Get matched with an experienced HCPC Speech and Language Therapist based on your child's needs, your budget and your schedule. Loved by parents & children.
- Product Guru — Although there has been a significant change of pace in the technology used within the retail sector, the process of finding the products that drive the market has really remained at a stand-still. With more and more small, specialist suppliers driving innovation in the sector, it has been harder than ever for buyers to be able to consider alloptions.
- Cloudsmith — Cloudsmith is the only universal, cloud-native solution for software artifact management and software supply chain security. Start your free trial today.
Nesta Impact Investments backs innovative businesses that focus on creating social and environmental good
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- Industry: Education, Health Care, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $262k–$2.5M; Series A $466k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $65M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Gaia Learning — Gaia Learning are a special online school dedicated to children with additional needs. We help kids with ADHD, ADD, OCD, PDA and Autism, learn online.
- Aira — Aira operates as a clean energy-tech company.
- martee ai — Reduce Wastage, Unlock Revenue, Maximise Profit. Martee ai is the only demand forecasting tool tailored for the food-on-the-go industry.
Entrepreneur, operator, investor and author of the bestselling One to Ten. Currently, Rags is President of Butlr.io and venture partner at Hyperplane. Prior to Butlr, Rags was COO at Humatics, GM EMEA at Ooyala, CCO at Videoplaza (sold to Telstra/Ooyala) and part of the founding management team at Brightcove (IPO).
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $354k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Squark — Predict who to focus on, what to do next, and what it will do to revenue with fundraising AI that works across your CRM, campaigns, and donor lifecycle.
- Powerspike — Powerspike is a new type of advertising network based on content creators - where any marketer can make their brand famous in a few clicks. Our Endorsement Serving technology automatically buys, executes, and optimizes content creator endorsements - replacing the traditionally lengthy process of RFP’s, human negotiations, and insertion orders.
- Fluent Forever — Discover the revolutionary app to learn any language fast and retain it forever. Ditch translation for effective tools like spaced repetition, mnemonics and interactive flashcards.
Seed-stage VC fund for Central and Eastern Europe. 90+ companies backed.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Bulgaria, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 149
- Round size: Seed $55k–$3.5M; Pre-Seed $183k–$2.8M; Series A $2.9M–$59M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $82M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- nFuse.ai — nFuse scales your B2B sales with AI. Up to 30% revenue uplift, $1 per order processing cost, live in 30 days. No new apps, no behavior change.
- OfficeRnD — OfficeRnD helps flex space operators and hybrid teams manage the workplace of the future. Book your demo or start a free 14-day trial.
- Nanogram — Nanogram is an AI-powered gaming startup that creates an instant prompt-to-game platform, allowing anyone to build and share interactive short-form video games. Frequently described as "TikTok for mobile games," the company delivers an endless, vertical social feed of byte-sized, zero-download games that players swipe through and playinstantly.
We support visionary founders across Europe as they build the next generation of B2B software companies.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Mobile
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 173
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.4M; Series A $2.6M–$11M; Series B $3.5M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $202M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- NetBird — Wiretrustee is an open-source VPN platform built on top of WireGuard® making it easy to create secure private networks for your organization or home. It requires zero configuration effort leaving behind the hassle of opening ports, complex firewall rules, VPN gateways, and so forth.
- Tangany — Europe's regulated digital asset custodian. Trusted by 60+ banks, brokers and financial institutions. MiCA-licensed and BaFin regulated from Germany. API-first.
- airfocus — airfocus is the first modular product management software: Manage and communicate your product strategy, prioritize your roadmap, and solve the right problems.
Peter Hinssen is the Co-Founder and Partner at Nexxworks.
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- Industry: Apps, SaaS, EBooks
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $524k–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Perlego — Perlego is an online library subscription service for textbooks and non-fiction titles. Having partnered with over 3,000 publishers, it gives its users unlimited access to over 650,000 eBooks and publications via an affordable monthly subscription. It aims to make learning accessible to all. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London,England.
- Sparkcentral — Consumers today engage with brands and companies on social channels by sending tweets and messages stating their customer service needs openly and publicly. Many companies choose to respond to these consumers via the same channels in order to address their concerns. The Sparkcentral Platform helps customer support teams manage large volumes ofsocial inquiries in a streamlined and efficient manner. The platform pulls in the messages from these social channels and presents them to customer care teams via a secure agent console that automatically assigns the messages to the first available agent. Sparkcentral’s client roster includes Delta Air Lines, Emirates, Netflix, Nordstrom, Dropbox, Uber, and T-Mobile.The company’s client portfolio includes Formerly known as TwitSpark, Sparkcentral was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.
- Rita Data — Rita is a zero-party data platform that connects consumers and brands to enable trusted and engaging data transactions. The mobile app allows users to view, control, and share their data for rewards.
Mobeus is a leading equity investor in UK-based SMEs. We partner with talented and determined management teams of businesses with strong growth potential.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Retail
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Intralink — Your international expansion made fast, easy and cost effective
- Lace Partners — LACE Partners are a leading HR and Payroll transformation consultancy. We're able to support organisations with strategy through to execution.
- Ellis Recruitment Group — Ellis Recruitment Group provides specialist IT staff to enterprises across the world. Through our four brands, we provide an unparalled recruitment service.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 82
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- QA.tech — Our AI combines the skills of a QA engineer with the speed of automated testing for you. This shortens your time to market, cuts costs and improves the quality of your web apps.
- Qneiform — The best way to understand human capital
- ClimeFi — ClimeFi is the leader specialising in permanent carbon removals (CDRs), partnering with companies to build portfolio of certified CDR assets.
We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Sweden, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 288
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$17M; Series A $5.3M–$35M; Series B $8M–$87M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Passionfroot — A workspace where you can manage your creator business and organise your finances so that you can optimise your creator-work-life balance.
- OLIX — OLIX designs and manufactures optical processors that use light-based circuits to accelerate artificial intelligence workloads. The company develops Optical Tensor Processing Units that execute matrix and tensor operations for training and running inference on large-scale machine learning models. Its hardware aims to increase performance and reducepower consumption relative to conventional electronic accelerators by processing data in the optical domain. Flux Computing focuses on infrastructure for generative AI and advanced neural networks, targeting data centers and organizations that require intensive model computation. The product stack centers on custom optical chips integrated with supporting electronics, control software, and tools that link into existing AI frameworks. Sales and partnerships primarily address customers building large AI clusters, research environments, and emerging applications that benefit from high-throughput, low-energy computation.
- EquiLibre Technologies — The Next Generation of Algorithmic Trading
Everywhere Ventures is a global pre-seed venture capital fund for founders, by founders. Click to read Everywhere VC, by Everywhere Ventures, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Australia, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1093
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2.6M; Series A $8M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Donna — Meet Donna, the AI assistant built for field sales teams. Save time, cut admin, and close more deals with less effort.
- Suma Wealth — Meet Charlie, your AI financial coach inside the SUMA app. Get personalized budgeting, savings, and investing advice in English or Spanish.
- Journey Live — Journey is shifting the way modern companies prioritize mental health. Our proactive, inclusive tools engage every employee, every day.
Hoxton Ventures focuses on startups that either disrupt existing industries or invent entirely new market categories. Hoxton typically invests between $500,000 and $5 million into pre-seed, seed, and Series A stage companies, and follows its capital through the life of the company. The firm is based in London and invests all across Europe.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$12M; Series A $5M–$28M; Series B $6M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Preply — Looking for a tutor? Preply is the best platform for private online lessons with a flexible payment system and affordable prices. Book your first lesson.
- Behavox — Behavox is an enterprise platform that unifies all types of data into a single data lake, allowing users to query the data and apply machine learning to identify capital markets misconduct and insider threats.Separate Behavox installations form the network defence that aggregates misconduct detection algorithms. The network then uses machinelearning and AI to optimise detection algorithms and suggest new ones. This innovation enables the “brains” to the system to continuously improve and evolve.Complex, high-load and sophisticated engineering is at the core of all the products that Behavox develops to enable deployment at the largest institutions in financial services. They are taking cutting-edge academic research and applying it to enterprise problems that require complex backend engineering with large-scale production footprint.
- Fabrica AI — Fabrica AI offers a revolutionary platform for faster robot development, using custom hardware designs and learned optimal control to increase efficiency while minimizing complexity and cost. With a vision for a future where robot development takes days, not years.
Parkwalk is a London-based fund management firm. Parkwalk invests in UK technology companies that have IP backing and freedom to operate, generally spun out of UK universities. Their funds seek to generate capital gains for their investors, enhanced by the attractive tax relief provided by EIS. Parkwalk entered this investment sector in 2009,anticipating a wave of tax-efficient incentives launched by the UK Government to stimulate innovative emerging technology companies and thereby help drive economic growth.Parkwalk utilises academic, technology transfer, venture capital and personal networks developed over many years to gain access to the highest calibre deal-flow. In 2017 Parkwalk joined forces with IP Group plc, a leading intellectual property commercialisation company that is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IPO. As at March 2019 the combined group has net assets of £1.2bn.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 289
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$4.8M; Series A $1.6M–$15M; Series B $2M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- xWatts — xWatts is an intelligent energy management software that reduces energy costs and emissions in commercial buildings.
- Psyomics — Technology to support better mental health assessment - accelerating patients to the right care pathway, first time.
- MoA Technology — We harness the principles of natural selection to accelerate discovery for better, safer herbicides so farmers can continue to feed the world.
DC Thomson Ventures (DCT Ventures) is the corporate venture arm of D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd., a private, family-owned company with a long heritage of entrepreneurship. Headquartered in Dundee, Scotland with a London office in Fleet Street, the DC Thomson Group is one of the leading media organisations in the UK, predominantly publishingnewspapers and magazines. Shortlist Media and Puzzler Media also form part of the DC Thomson publishing division.The wider DC Thomson Group has other major divisions operating in international book publishing (Parragon), data centres (brightsolid) and global online genealogy (Findmypast).DC Thomson has a long traditional of entrepreneurial investment which is now led through DCT Ventures. Through acquisitions and investments, the organisation has diversified into new media, digital technology, education, retail, radio and television.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, Israel, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kando — Kando offers a Data as a Service platform that delivers real-time insights from wastewater networks. This technology enables organizations to identify pollution sources and improve wastewater quality through machine learning and automated sampling. The focus is on enhancing public health and environmental well-being by optimizing wastewatermanagement practices.
- Trax — Optimize shopper experiences, monitor and analyze insights, increase sales and simplify your retail business life with Trax retail management solutions.
- Limelight Sports — Creating an Active World. Together. They create real-life and online communities where you can connect and share your active experiences. They are the agency of the Active World. They work with global brands to bring you active experiences around the world.
Ayre Group is a venture capital firm that has been disrupting industries and creating iconic brands for decades, from technology, real estate, and Bitcoin, to media & publishing.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Bitcoin, Video Streaming
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $363k–$8.7M
- Lead/follow: 74% lead, 26% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Libraro — Libraro operates on blockchain technology to modernise the book publishing sector.
- Gate2Chain — Research lab phase in data integrity and tokenization completed.
- Rad — Monetize content with AI upscaling, multilingual subtitles, viral prediction tools. Stream content on PS5/PSVR2. Built for creators who want more revenue.
Venture Capital firm based in London. We help enable business funding though capital investment. In turn, that funds and drives business growth as exceptional speed. Visit our site to find out how our proven model of business investment can help your start up.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United Kingdom, Sweden, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Series A $2.5M–$14M; Series B $1.8M–$30M; Series C $1.5M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- conmeet — conmeet operates as a cloud-native all-in-one platform for process-oriented construction and trade companies.
- Tequipy — Buy, configure, and deploy devices in 180+ countries at local retail price. No contracts, no mark-ups, no recurring fees. ISO 27001 certified.
- Embankment — Dedicated to AIFs. Driven by technology, delivered by domain experts
Haitao Capital is the first China-macro driven early stage venture fund. China's story is no longer just a Chinese story.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Education
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: China, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $120k–$4.7M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aggregion — Any scenarios for data collaboration in a secure and trusted environment: Building and running ML models, Customer data management and communications, Business partnerships and ecosystems
- 247tickets — 247tickets is a one-stop-shop for tickets to the best events, movies, experiences and trips in China and around SE Asia.With offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen & Beijing, 247tickets aims to present customers with endless options of events, experiences, trips, tours and movies, with personalised recommendations, all the best deals and the bestcustomer service and concierge agents in the business. Tickets can be booked on their easy to use mobile/desktop website, via a WeChat concierge service or via distribution partners, including websites such as TimeOut China and City Weekend Shanghai.With an emphasis on the best in entertainment and experiences, 247tickets have sold tickets to tens of thousands of plays, sports events, musicals, tours, movies, trips and more. In 2017 they acquired the trip and experience provider Travelers Society, stating their intent to join the high growth markets of inbound and outbound tourism in China.
- Hippo & Crate Ltd — Hippo&Crate is a subscription-based D2C oral care brand fast becoming a world-class lifestyle brand for personal care CPGs. Think of us as the DollarShaveClub of the U.S. whom got acquired by Unilever for a cool US$1B with MUJI aesthetics.We are in the early innings of a generational oral care upgrade in China and riding on the megaconsumption upgrade trend that is taking the entire continent by storm. Our purpose is to allow our customers to look and feel good, and that's why we went to great length to make really high quality, beautiful oral care products with better ingredients for them.Our model is relatively simple, vertically integrated, digital native disrupting the major players like P&G, Unilever by cutting off the retailers and selling to the consumers direct. We do this by building up a fanatical fan base with word of mouth tactics. These behemoths do not have relationship with their customers and overly depend on broadcast advertising, this is where we come in.Brushing is the new Sexy!
Fuel Ventures - a leading early stage seed / growth stage EIS Fund based in London, UK. Investing in the most ambitious technology companies.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 243
- Round size: Seed $670k–$4.1M; Pre-Seed $313k–$1.7M; Series A $4.4M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 76% lead, 24% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PANTA — PANTA Index Technology is a pioneering fintech company founded by industry veterans to transform the index creation landscape. Our state-of-the-art, cloud-based SaaS solution empowers financial institutions to build and operate complex, bespoke indices and portfolios with unprecedented scale, speed, and precision.As the only pure-play technologyprovider in this space, we streamline the entire index lifecycle while offering advanced back-testing and simulation capabilities. PANTA aims to democratize index technology, enabling institutions of all sizes to innovate faster and make data-driven investment decisions. We're set to become the operating system for next-generation indexing, driving innovation and efficiency across the rules-based and quantitative investment landscape.
- Vouchsafe — Vouchsafe is a trust and counter-fraud platform that helps financial services replace legacy document checks with safe, easy digital ID acceptance.
- Stoa Corporation — Unlock perks when you save. Saving, reimagined - get high-value perks upfront, not small bank interest.
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Browse database — It's Free!Nicolas Julia is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France, and is the CEO and Co-founder of Sorare. Nicolas previously worked at Stratumn as a VP of Operations. Nicolas Julia attended the EM Lyon Business School.
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- Industry: FinTech, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Israel, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$15M; Pre-Seed $400k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- cubzh — cubzh is a new free-to-play video game that is all about user-generated content through a cube system.
- Altertable — We're building an AI-driven, proactive, unified platform that redefines how modern companies leverage their data.
- Sekai Studio — Creating mind blowing official entertainment anime fans have been dreaming about
The Cambridge Angels are a group of high-net worth investors who have proven experience as successful entrepreneurs in internet, software, technology and bio-technology. Members invest in and mentor high quality start-up and early-stage companies in these sectors in the Cambridge (UK) area and throughout the UK.Typical funding requirements thatthe Cambridge Angels meet are in the range of £50,000 to £500,000 - although it is worth noting that several of their portfolio companies have received more than £1m in funding from their Members over several funding rounds.Their Members have been responsible for a large number of the “Cambridge Phenomenon” success stories over recent years. Therefore, in addition to providing funding for early-stage companies, the Cambridge Angels also offer start-ups the considerable benefit of a wide range of expertise, contacts and directly relevant experience in establishing and growing entrepreneurial businesses successfully.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 138
- Round size: Seed $382k–$3M; Series A $2M–$9.5M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- xWatts — xWatts is an intelligent energy management software that reduces energy costs and emissions in commercial buildings.
- MNS — Transforming global healthcare with self-administered microneedle vaccine patches. Safe, efficient, and accessible- bringing vaccinations to homes worldwide.
- Orthofuse — Orthofuse designs and manufacturers advance orthopaedic solutions using 3D printing technology. Their focus is on bringing precision and simplicity to complex surgical procedures, creating implants and systems that fit naturally into a surgeon's workflow while delivering dependable outcomes.
Paul Forster is an early-stage investor in the tech sector. He previously worked at Indeed as a Senior Advisor. Paul attended INSEAD, where he earned an MBA.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$3.5M; Series A $3.9M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oraion — Your single source of truth for enterprise data
- Capsa AI — Providing next-generation investors with a competitive edge.
- Habito — We're the Treating Customers Fairly Champion of 2023 as voted for in the British Bank Awards. We're here to make mortgages easier - no paperwork, no stress and no fees.
We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 400
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$12M; Series A $3.3M–$22M; Series B $8M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $101M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- geoSurge — Customers don't search. They ask.
- Grasp — Grasp is the world's first AI analyst for finance professionals. Our AI analyst automates company and market research for investment banks, private equity firms, and management consulting firms across the world.
- Monkey Bizness — Monkey Bizness is the largest provider of indoor family entertainment centres in the UK. Each centre includes a children's soft play area and is designed to provide a safe, clean and fun environment in which parents and children can feel comfortable. Monkey Bizness' centres provide a setting that encourages children to express themselvesthrough creativity and play as well as providing fresh and nutritious food to keep kids happy and healthy.Monkey Bizness currently has centres in eight locations: Lewes, Gosport, Poole, Sheffield, Stevenage, Hull Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Guinness Ventures has invested into early stage businesses since 2010, providing capital to a wide range of UK companies
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Series A $3.8M–$12M; Series B $4.6M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Holibob — We make selling experiences easy, with industry expertise and innovative technology designed to deliver the right product to the right person at the right time.
- Sportable — Sportable is a sports data company that changes the game for teams and audiences. With Rugby being their primary focus, they are working with a number of teams and manufacturers to create and develop hardware and wearable devices that enable sport specific data to be collated in real time. Their technology gives the viewer, the team, and thebroadcaster unprecedented insight into the decision making of players.Sportable was founded in 2015 and is based in London, England.
- Shot Scope — The official Shot Scope website. Golf watches, range finders and performance tracking that help lower your score and handicap. Buy direct online today!
1Up Ventures is an investment firm that specializes in game developers. The company is based in Kirkland, Washington.
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- Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Online Games
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$6.8M; Pre-Seed $400k–$7M; Series A $3.5M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GAIM.FUN — GAIM.FUN turn a single sentence into an explorale, fully interactive 3D environment,
- Torpor Games — Experiences that challenge and provoke. Suzerain - a fictional political drama set in the 1950s. How will you rule? Out now for PC, Mobile, Xbox, PS & Switch
- TrustBridge.GG — The premier platform for competitive PlayStation gaming with secure escrow-based competitive gaming. Put your gaming skills to the test and earn real money on the most secure PlayStation competitive gaming platform.
Early stage funding, resources, and mentorship for founders building profit-driven calm businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Chaiz — Chaiz is the first digital marketplace for extended car warranties. Search, compare and buy service plans from top providers completely online.
- CodeWP — We've just launched the NEW CodeWP Make WordPress Easy With AI . AI chat and coding tools trained specifically for WordPress creators. Try CodeWP For Free Watch
- Economize — Economize is a cloud cost optimization software that helps engineering teams analyze, manage and optimize their GCP/AWS cloud infrastructure spend.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Kornem Energy — Kornem Energy provides energy intelligence and mobile-fuel delivery and diesel delivery on demand for the needs of today, tomorrow, and our future.We are eliminating the traditional fuel supply chain infrastructure using IOT & a compact terminal-to-car logistics aggregation, through service, automation and mobility.This enables us todeliver fuel directly to the customers who can request fuel delivery wherever they are, through our mobile app, while bridging the gap between feedstock aggregation, quality-assurance and end-user accessibility.No more expensive real estate, no more extensive supply chain. Just #FuelToYou
- SymbaSync — SymbaSync™ helps organizations maximize return on employee investment by providing Human Resources Software to source, qualify, and engage employees to populate project teams. SymbaSync’s tools increase employee satisfaction improving employee ownership, engagement, and retention. SymbaSync provides a company with a complete overview of up-to-dateemployee skills, interests, and workplace preferences.
- Tactii — We do rapid prototyping on machine learning and analytics for small companies. Our main focus is to bring down the budget for small companies and startups who want to explore things in Machine Learning. Affordable Machine Learning for startups and small companies. We are partnering up with various startups and small companies.
Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 168
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Skrap — Skrap is an on-demand mobile marketplace for skip hire and other waste collection services.
- Forgent AI — Forgent uses AI agents to draft tender proposals, find opportunities and coordinate teams.
- Hyphen SCS — Building India's Biggest warehousing & Fulfilment Platform
SkyVision Capital (SVC) promotes new, open decentralized technology and its development. We are a Crypto Fund that is dedicated to incubating and investing in founders of tomorrow, today.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- GAM3S.GG — Your home of web3 gaming offering game discovery, reviews, guides, news & quests for a full experience.
- GoldLink — GoldLink is a decentralized, on-chain undercollateralized lending protocol utilizing a novel and modular lending architecture to offer borrowers powerful, sophisticated investment strategies beyond anything offered in the space today.
- Spot On Chain — Spot On Chain is a leading blockchain analytics platform that provides actionable insights for traders of all levels. Our platform simplifies the process of analyzing blockchain data, making it easy for you to make smart decisions with confidence. With Spot On Chain, you can track market trends, identify emerging opportunities, and stay ahead of the competition.
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Browse database — It's Free!Ian got a master's in machine learning at Cambridge and loves dystopian robot takeover narratives. Seven years ago, Ian realized being a choirboy came with no street cred, so he started DJing hip-hop, funk, drum & bass, and grime. Ian quit his job at Bain & Company, Singapore to start Songkick.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 49
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Claimer — Claimer is a self-service application that gets credit claims done easily of money spent on research and development. Its platform empowers company owners and advisors to prepare their claims, without any specialist knowledge, no matter how big or small the claim. It also prepares and submits the amended tax return for free.Claimer was founded in2019 by Adam McCann and is headquartered in Croydon, United Kingdom.
- Unitary — We detect harmful content with context-aware AI to keep brands and platforms safe online.
- Fabric — One home for your digital world. Your second brain. A file explorer and workspace for the internet age. All your drives, clouds, notes, screenshots, links, and files in one calm, minimal app. No organizing required. Never forget anything again.
Double Peak Group is a family office focused on investments in the digital asset and blockchain space.As one of the first family offices based out of Asia focused on digital assets, we have been deeply entrenched in the crypto space since 2017. At Double Peak, we adopt a philosophy of value investing and making key investments with a long timehorizon in early funding rounds and secondary markets. The ultimate vision is to bridge cutting-edge decentralized technologies between China and International markets.Our team consists of talented people with institutional backgrounds. Namely, investment banking, private equity, venture capital and entrepreneurship.Double Peak have invested in a multitude of areas including: Asset Management, Banking & Payments, Cross-Chain Platforms, CeFi-DeFi Bridges, Infrastructure Protocols, Investment Funds, Gaming/GameFi, NFTs, Privacy/Security, The Metaverse, Trading and Exchanges.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Initial Coin Offering
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 93
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- OX.FUN — Trade Bitcoin, Ethereum and trending altcoin derivatives on the most FUN exchange around. Join OX.FUN today and earn up to 200% yield. Moo.
- Farcana — Experience fast-paced 4v4 PvP battles in a futuristic sci-fi landscape. Compete as one of 24 Stars with unique abilities to dominate the arena.
- Access Protocol — Publish written content. Mint NFTs. Build communities on Discord & Telegram. All under a single subscription.
Fenbushi Capital is the first and most active blockchain-focused venture capital firm in Asia. Founded in Shanghai in 2015 by veterans across both blockchain and traditional financial industries, it has to date supported over 80 leading projects across 4 continents leveraging blockchain technology to reshape myriad industries such as finance,healthcare, supply chain, and consumer goods. Fenbushi’s mission is to drive healthy and sustainable growth in the global blockchain ecosystem, and actively works as a long-term strategic partner to its portfolio projects.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 159
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Farcana — Experience fast-paced 4v4 PvP battles in a futuristic sci-fi landscape. Compete as one of 24 Stars with unique abilities to dominate the arena.
- Risc Zero. — RISC Zero is revolutionizing the internet by creating the infrastructure & tooling for Web3 developers around the globe to build zero-proof software.
- Kakarot Labs — Kakarot is an Ethereum Virtual Machine written in Cairo. Kakarot zkEVM enables teams to build & deploy EVM apps, and benefit from a dual advantage: the same developer experience (toolchain, libraries) and having their end-users use the same tools as Ethereum (metamask, wallet connect, etc.).
Digital Science is a technology company serving the needs of scientific research. They provide software that makes the research process simpler and more efficient so that everyone can work smart and discover more. Their technology helps solve problems for researchers, institutions, publishers and funders.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
- Stage:Grant, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- OntoChem — Explore How OntoChem's Integration and Advanced Search Solutions Eliminate Data Silos and Unlock Insights to Fuel Discovery. Talk to an Expert Today!
- Intoolab — Intoolab is an A.I. biomedicine platform where Pharmas and Universities go to use the first Artificial Bioscientist called Tzager that takes advantage of Bayesian Networks to emulate how humans think.
- CC Technology — Flexible and innovative support for the whole grants lifecycle with specialist modules for research funding needs.
Peter is a partner of Read Investments, specializing in commercial real estate acquisitions and development. He is the former Co-Owner of Grocery Outlet Inc., a family-owned retail grocery business with 140 stores located throughout the western states.Mr. Read’s strong affinity with the SF SPCA stems from its progressive and humane commitment tothe lives of dogs and cats, and the example it demonstrates to other animal hospitals and shelters. His animal volunteer background follows in the footsteps of his dear departed wife, Carol Ann Read, through her longtime involvement with the Lindsey Wildlife Museum and the Marine Mammal Center. He is now joined by his two daughters in serving these wonderful causes.Mr. Read has an economics degree from the University of San Francisco. He joined the Board of Directors in 2000.
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- Industry: Toys, Content, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Jellyfish — Pelajari cara memilih slot gacor dengan RTP tinggi, volatilitas tepat, dan fitur bonus untuk meraih kemenangan besar di Indonesia. Temukan tips dan strategi untuk memilih mesin slot terbaik.
- Wummelkiste — Wummelkiste manufactures and provides subscription-based arts and craft products for kids.
Stefano was born on June 1st, 1979 in Marostica (Vicenza) in North East Italy. After high school in Bassano del Grappa, he left Italy to pursue his studies at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where he completed a BA in International Trade and Marketing. He began his work experience outside the family company, collaborating with brandslike ZooYork, part of the Ecko Unlimited group. Stefano returned to Italy in 2005 with a new challenge: he began his professional experience at Diesel, working in different areas of the company (from production to marketing), to become eventually Strategic Brand Alliances Director, planning and managing the brand’s collaborations in diverse fields. His latest projects were a limited edition sneakers series with adidas Originals, and the partnership with Ducati.In July 2011, Stefano Rosso has left Diesel for a new position challenge: he is currently Director of Corporate Development for OTB (Only the Brave) Group, the holding which incorporates Diesel, Maison Martin Margiela, Viktor & Rolf, and Staff International (an Italian company manufacturing and distributing licensed prêt-à-porter brands DSquared2, Just Cavalli, Vivienne Westwood and Marc Jacobs Menswear, as well as the group’s own brands Maison Martin Margiela and Viktor&Rolf). Stefano Rosso loves and plays soccer, and he is president of the Bassano soccer team. He loves snowboarding and motorcycling, and he is into contemporary and street art and the whole digital world.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Video, Beauty
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Heat — Discover the new, immersive way to shop designer fashion and high end streetwear for both men and women on HEAT. Off-White, Palm Angels and more may be included in the HEAT mystery box.
- CYBR Magazine — Buy issues of CYBR Magazine the futurist magazine curating futurism, technology and techwear.
- The Fabricant — A digital fashion house leading the fashion industry towards a new sector of digital-only clothing.
Pirata Capital Management is a digital asset management company focusing on directional and market neutral strategies.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Credora — XMargin utilizes zero-knowledge proof technology to provide cross-margin, credit, and settlement services for the financial markets. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California.
- Block Tackle — SkateX is a free-to-play extreme sports MMO video game that uses the blockchain so players can truly own their digital gear. SkateX NFTs have in-game utility, allowing you to stake, trade, and upgrade your way to the top.
- Composable Corp — Composable Corp is a blockchain financial application developer.
The UK Angel Investment Network connects business entrepreneurs with Angel Investors. Find an Investor for your business, or access a network of investment opportunities.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Denmark, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- WAU BIKE — Introducing the WAU X, the long range eBike with indicators and brake lights. Featuring a 100 mile range, smart APP and remote locking system. Finance available.
- BASANIZOMAI — We are a new social network, based on humor
- Here We Flo — Shamelessly natural and sustainable period care, sensitive bladder and sexual wellness care - so you can feel crazy confident and empowered in life's messiest moments. Only natural, never harmful, always adorable. B Corp Certified.
An exciting new iteration of our website is coming soon. CMT Digital is a blockchain and digital assets focused subsidiary of the CMT Group, a 24 year-old trading and investments firm. The CMT Group has operated as a valued partner to entrepreneurs, traders, and technologists
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 167
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Defx — Defx is a non-custodial perps venue. We're built on Arbitrum, and will be coming to Solana very soon.
- Cooking.City — Cooking.City is a comprehensive token issuance platform built on the Solana ecosystem, designed to empower developers, creators, and businesses to seamlessly launch, manage, and scale their own digital tokens.
- Cooking.City — Cooking.city is a Solana ecosystem token issuance platform that focuses on making token launches transparent and equal for all participants.
6th Man Ventures is an early stage crypto VC firm investing in web3 applications & infrastructure6MV was born from a love of web3 in practice and principle, founded and run by a group who both see the potential and actively work to bring projects to life every day. That makes us incredible partners to have on your journey.6th Man Ventureswas established in March 2021 in New York, United States.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 127
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- BetHog — BetHog's founding team were the founders of FanDuel.com and think that Betting should be fast, easy and it should reward the players who are risk takers. We want to celebrate the winners, reward them for using our product, and have them help craft the experience we all want to see.
- Shinami — Tools to build the next wave of decentralized applications
- August — A new standard for on-chain finance.
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