Top 50 Retail Startup Investors in United Kingdom (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Venrex
VC Fund
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16 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet | $425k–$18M |
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Worth Capital
VC Fund
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11 | United Kingdom, Bangladesh, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Software | $3k–$655k |
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JamJar Investments
VC Fund
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10 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage | $1.1M–$23M |
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Fuel Ventures
VC Fund
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10 | United Kingdom, United States, Ireland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $313k–$24M |
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Foresight Group
VC Fund
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9 | United Kingdom, United States, Ireland | Private Equity, Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $655k–$9.4M |
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Balderton Capital
VC Fund
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8 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence | $5M–$150M |
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Active Partners
VC Fund
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8 | United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce | $1.1M–$34M |
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Seedrs
VC Fund
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7 | United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland | Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $39k–$4.2M |
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Gresham House Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $3.7M–$13M |
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Salica
VC Fund
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7 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Secondary Market, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $1M–$346M |
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SFC Capital
VC Fund
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6 | United Kingdom, United States, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $131k–$2.2M |
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Praetura Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | United Kingdom, Australia, Germany | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $622k–$9M |
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Octopus Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $2.1M–$44M |
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The FSE Group
VC Fund
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6 | United Kingdom, United States, Canada | Seed, Debt Financing | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $111k–$2.1M |
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Angels Den
VC Fund
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6 | United Kingdom, United States, Finland | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Mobile, Software | $33k–$763k |
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Tom Singh
Angel
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6 | United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $393k–$5.9M |
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Redrice Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Retail, Fitness, Wellness | $1.5M–$15M |
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Paul Forster
Angel
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5 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.1M–$18M |
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Forward Partners
VC Fund
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5 | United Kingdom, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $42k–$17M |
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Business Growth Fund
VC Fund
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5 | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $3.4M–$21M |
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True.
VC Fund
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5 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail | |
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dmg ventures
VC Fund
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4 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Series A, Series B, Seed | E-Commerce, Retail, Internet | $996k–$200M |
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Hummingbird Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Turkey, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Financial Services, Biotechnology | |
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Material V
VC Fund
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4 | United States, United Kingdom, Austria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, Information Technology | $1.6M–$36M |
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Nigel Wray
Angel
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4 | United Kingdom, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Retail, FinTech | $916k–$10M |
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Boost Fund
VC Fund
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4 | United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Wellness, Artificial Intelligence | $54k–$469k |
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IW Capital
VC Fund
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4 | United Kingdom | Private Equity, Seed | Health Care, E-Commerce, Restaurants | $972k–$6.6M |
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Anna Sweeting
Angel
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4 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Series A, Grant, Seed | E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion | $10k–$11M |
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Midlands Engine Investment Fund
VC Fund
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4 | United Kingdom, United States, Portugal | Debt Financing, Seed | Software, Health Care, Manufacturing | $262k–$2.6M |
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Stonebridge PLC
VC Fund
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4 | United Kingdom, Singapore, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Retail, CRM, Digital Media | $9M–$11M |
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Ascension
VC Fund
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4 | United Kingdom, United States, Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Internet | $229k–$5.1M |
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Livingbridge
VC Fund
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4 | United Kingdom, Ireland, India | Private Equity, Seed | Software, Consulting, Information Technology | $5.2M–$65M |
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Pembroke VCT
VC Fund
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4 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Seed, Series A | Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail | $1.7M–$12M |
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LAUNCHub Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Bulgaria, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $55k–$59M |
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NVM Private Equity
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States | Private Equity, Series A | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | |
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Begin Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Software, Information Technology | $634k–$43M |
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South Central Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Serbia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $33k–$5M |
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SGH CAPITAL
VC Fund
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3 | United States, France, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $120k–$27M |
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LDC
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands | Private Equity, Secondary Market | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | |
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Giles Brook
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce | $552k–$2.5M |
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Mobeus Equity Partners
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States | Series A, Private Equity | Software, Information Technology, Retail | $2.8M–$22M |
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Seneca Partners
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom | Series B, Seed | Retail, Software, Health Care | $561k–$13M |
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Will Martin
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $856k–$11M |
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Moxxie Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Canada, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $3M–$50M |
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Downing Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Israel | Series A, Seed | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $550k–$13M |
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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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Maven Capital Partners
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $655k–$8.8M |
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Wealth Club
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Health Care, Medical, Software | $1.1M–$14M |
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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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Simon Murdoch
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Ireland | Series A, Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Finance | $712k–$16M |
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Venrex Investment Management is a UK-based venture capital firm that backs creative Founders to launch and build innovative businesses.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 161
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8.7M; Pre-Seed $425k–$3M; Series A $6M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Chexy — Let your rent elevate your lifestyle. Chexy is the new standard for paying rent. We believe that tenants should be able to pay rent digitally and flexibly while building credit and earning rewards.
- Observable Space — OurSky is a modern developer platform for space applications. We provide real-time observational data and analysis of objects and activities in space. Built as an open, community-driven resource for the new space age engineer.
- Integral Privacy Technologies — Real-world data, ready for AI.
Tax Efficient Investments with the Start-up Series SEIS & EIS Fund. Our approach unearths compelling investment opportunities.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Bangladesh, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 102
- Round size: Seed $24k–$655k; Pre-Seed $3k–$314k
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $7.7M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- FC Labs — Brainfit uses wearable technology to measure brain fitness as easily as your physical.
- Metacarpal — Metacarpal design upper-limb prosthetics without compromise. We aim to make the most robust, functional hand prosthesis that people love wearing because it works so effectively and looks so beautiful. Be proud to show your artificial side!
- Fox Robotics — Fox Robotics, is a start-up, located in Camberley, an innovator in robotics technology. They solve fundamental in-premises logistics problems across multiple areas such light manufacturing, aerospace, health agriculture and retail, etc . Their easy-to-use robotics solutions boost business productivity and substantially reduce cybersecurity andhealth-and-safety risks for customers.They understand that robotics will play an important role in society, at many levels and across all industries. Robots need to adapt to human environments by the use of advanced AI, sensors, control algorithms and strong security. Their products and solutions sit at the heart of key business processes and have an important role to play in the successful businesses of the future.
We love, help & invest in early-stage consumer brands.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 125
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$6.5M; Series A $3.4M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Meatly — Good Dog Food creates cultivated meat for healthy pets and a healthy planet
- Reformed — Reformed: Arabica coffee and ceremonial matcha, enriched with functionality: collagen or creatine, adaptogens and twenty-one vitamins.
- TrueStart Coffee — TrueStart Coffee offers a range of coffee products, including barista-grade instant coffee and loose coffee bags. The company emphasizes healthy and delicious coffee, sourcing beans and air-roasting them with care.
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.
Foresight Group is a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager which has been managing funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients for more than 35 years. Foresight has over £7.2 billion of assets under management across a number of funds on behalf of some of the world’s largest institutional investors, family offices,private and high net-worth individuals and retail investors. Foresight's investment strategies are underpinned by a strong environmental, social & governance (“ESG”) focus, which increasingly meets the demands of today’s investors and ensures we are consistently working towards creating a sustainable legacy for future generations.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Private Equity, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 206
- Round size: Seed $655k–$9.4M; Private Equity $2.1M–$8.3M
- Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Roma Finance — At Roma Finance, we pride ourselves on offering a borrower first experience for those in property investment and development.
- AcroSoft — OnBase is a content services platform for managing content, processes and cases. It unites all your critical systems and information.
- Envair Technology — Your single source provider of next generation isolators, fume cupboards, downflow booths, biosafety cabinets and other clean air systems.
In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 405
- Round size: Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $9.6M–$100M; Series C $15M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $615M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Exein — Exein develops embedded cybersecurity solutions designed to secure Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices. The company provides a platform that integrates security directly into the firmware of embedded systems, enabling real-time threat detection, monitoring, and response. Exein’s technology focuses on runtime protection and behavioranalysis at the edge, helping manufacturers secure devices without requiring major hardware changes or external software agents. Its solution is compatible with widely used real-time operating systems (RTOS) and Linux-based environments, allowing for flexible integration across different devices. The company also offers tools for vulnerability assessment and threat intelligence tailored for firmware-level defense. Exein supports developers with APIs and SDKs to incorporate security features during the product development phase. Through its platform, the company addresses growing security risks in critical sectors such as automotive, industrial automation, and consumer electronics.
- Writer — WRITER is the enterprise AI agent platform trusted by Fortune 500 companies, built to help teams execute and scale on-brand, compliant work.
- Wayve — Wayve are pioneering an AI-centric approach to self-driving, inspired by our vision of a smarter, safer and more sustainable world.
Active Partners is a consumer-focused investment firm that partners with visionary founders to build the iconic brands of tomorrow.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$34M; Series A $1.1M–$15M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $135M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Froot Pops — Froot Pops brings a household obsession to the freezer aisle with its signature chocolate-dipped fruit. Originally perfected at home to satisfy a best friend's snack cravings.
- Seat Unique — Seat Unique is an online marketplace to buy official hospitality packages and VIP tickets to live sports, music, and cultural events.
- All Things Butter — All Things Butter UK
Online investing opportunities in the best new startup businesses, and raise seed and angel investment, with top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 199
- Round size: Seed $65k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $39k–$505k; Equity Crowdfunding $204k–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Laka — Laka is collective bicycle insurance especially for cyclists. We flipped insurance. By making it pay to pay out, we are the collective that backs each other. Protect your bikes and gear against theft & damage with Laka 5-star rated cycle insurance.
- OurPetsLife — At OurPetsLife, our mission is to empower pet owners with innovative, reliable, and accessible Pet products trusted by the professionals. From dog food, supplements for pets, shampoo, pet treats, dental care & much more.
- The Cookaway — The Cookaway offers an exciting range of world cuisine menus put together by our expert chefs and available to buy as a recipe box.
Gresham House Ventures is a growth equity investor, working with exceptional entrepreneurs and investing in high growth businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United Kingdom, Ireland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Series A $4M–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.7M–$8M
- Lead/follow: 82% lead, 18% follow
Portfolio highlights
- eConsult Health — eConsult Health Limited designs and builds digital triage and remote consultation solutions that unleash the power of healthcare.
- BOSCO — BOSCO enables marketers to make decisions about their marketing budget. Online merchants need a set of tools that handle both the complexity of online media and the uncertainty produced by competition among various possibilities. They believe that online marketing and advertising are clouded with multiple contradictory sources of data.
- Spinners — Spinners provides traditional games such as bowling, darts, clay shooting, and mini golf with interactive fun.
Founded as an investment firm focusing on the most promising startups, we have evolved into a unique set of private market funds investing globally in equity and debt across complementary sectors and stages. We fuse traditional values with a contemporary approach and balance exacting processes with the agility to capture commercial opportunity andcompelling investment returns. Our continuous search for new opportunities has led us to create a balanced collection of complementary funds and relationships.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Secondary Market, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 217
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Series A $5M–$21M; Secondary Market $60M–$346M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Moneybox — Moneybox is the simple way to save, invest, buy your first home, and combine your old pensions - all with one award-winning app. Download now.
- CameraMatics — Digitize fleet management to optimize performance. Onboard sensors, smart cameras, & apps to mitigate risk, manage safety & achieve sustainability goals.
- Modern Milkman — Modern Milkman is a Yorkshire-based milk delivery company.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 578
- Round size: Seed $131k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $173k–$846k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.9M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Keylr — Services partner for property managers. Book reliable, top-rated professionals for your properties with e-props.
- Furbnow — Furbnow - Your companion for home improvements for the future
- Checkboard — Complete your identity verification and payments without the paperwork. Checkboard handles your ID, open banking, and payments from one app.
Praetura Ventures has been supporting entrepreneurs with more than money since 2011. Click to find out more about how we can help businesses and investors.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United Kingdom, Australia, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 165
- Round size: Seed $622k–$4.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.6M–$9M
- Lead/follow: 79% lead, 21% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Peak — Accelerating AI adoption in retail and manufacturing, driving growth through inventory optimisation, AI-driven pricing, and more.
- RapidSpike — Keep your website online, boost performance and improve your digital experience to increase customer conversions.
- We Influence — We Influence is a digital marketing agency specializing in search marketing and conversion rate optimization. The company also specializes in PPC, SEO, affiliate, social media, and content marketing, working with eCommerce brands across the UK to help catapult them to the next level of their growth. They help reach more potential customers throughsocial media channels to boost profitability and brand reach.We Influence transforms their clients’ businesses by catapulting them to the next level of their e-commerce growth.
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.
FSE C.I.C. is an independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) whose surpluses are reinvested in the business, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. FSE C.I.C. has a number of subsidiary companies to deliver its funds and services, which are collectively referred to as The FSE Group.All regulated activities are delivered through FSE Fund Managers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 205
- Round size: Seed $312k–$2.1M; Debt Financing $111k–$786k
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Alvant — Alvant is an advanced materials technology group specialising in the design, development and production of aluminium composite components for demanding engineering applications.
- Spotta — Spotta's smart pest systems help pest control monitor and identify pests. Solutions for hospitality, care homes, agriculture, farming and forestry.
- Amino —
Join 27,000+ UK angel investors backing top early-stage startups. Explore vetted, tax-efficient SEIS/EIS deals, pitch events, and co-investment opportunities.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 92
- Round size: Seed $33k–$763k; Angel $79k–$354k
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AAZZUR — One-stop-shop for APIs and embeddable Front-end-modules connected to a smart marketplace for BaaS- and Fintech-Services
- OnCare — Home care software | care management system
- SupaPass — The most powerful content app maker on the market. Finally have all of your content, audience & paywall in one place to turn your audience into a business.
Tom Singh OBE is the Founder of New Look, a leading UK entrepreneur and active private investor with family interests spanning: retail, technology, real estate, renewable energy sectors and private equity. He currently holds the position of Non-Executive Board Member for New Look with over 900 stores worldwide which he founded in 1969.Inaddition to his responsibilities at New Look, Tom is a founding member of: the Social Investment Task Force, the Chairman of the UK Advisory Council for the British Asian Trust, and is a Trustee of the Pakhar Foundation. Tom is an active philanthropist and social investor and in recent years, has taken an increasing interest in the world of technology.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $393k–$5.9M; Series A $1.6M–$4.1M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Heights — We provide the daily nutrients, knowledge and network you need to elevate your cognitive potential and brain health. Learn more!
- Tonic Health — Tonic Health is leading a nutrition movement. The 1 million strong community that subscribes to all-natural, high-impact vitamin drinks and gummies to fuel your energy, mood and immunity without the junk. Try our tonic effervescent vitamins drinks, no added sugar gummies, or max strength drinks.
- VenueScanner — VenueScanner is a two-sided marketplace. A venue search and booking platform for event organisers looking for space for anything from a meeting to a yoga session or party. A digital marketing tool for Venue Hosts to market their under-utilised space. they are solving the pain event organisers experience in discovering and booking venues online andthe high costs involved in hiring space when >50% venue space sits unused. Venues can list themselves in 5 minutes and organisers can discover new venues (14k on the platform) favourite, enquire and book. An Airbnb style messaging hub allows members to communicate directly. No intermediaries. Benjy & Rebecca have 20 yrs experience in e-commerce & digital marketing and are applying this mindset to matching supply and demand and making the events industry more consumer centric and digital.
We support Founders creating premium consumer brands, platforms and related tech solutions.
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- Industry: Retail, Fitness, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$3.7M; Series A $2.7M–$15M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.1M–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $76M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Epetōme — Epetōme offers gut health supplements focused on digestive health using probiotics, prebiotics and patented capsule technology.
- Omni — Omni provides Healthy Vegan Dog Food in the UK, made by vets to be a nutritionally complete meal for your dog. Feed your dog all the goodness of plants backed by science.
- Puresport — Puresport was created to craft the finest, premium-quality natural products to support every element of wellbeing, from pain & recovery, to sleep, focus, mood, stress, and balance.
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.
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.
BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority investment to growing companies.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Ireland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 414
- Round size: Series A $3.9M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.4M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 85% lead, 15% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- TMT ID — A leading provider of global mobile and device intelligence. We power leading identity providers, A2P SMS messaging companies and financial organisations.
- Nuada — MOF Technologies take innovative organisations from ideation to commercialisation using our proven MOF development expertise & patented technology.
- Adept Technology Group — Uniting technology, inspiring people
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Fable — Fable Home dinnerware brings people together for love, laughter, and storytelling by delivering gorgeous cutlery, tableware, and glassware at affordable prices.
- Shellworks — Reimaging nature's packaging with beautifully sustainable, truly compostable alternatives to plastic for cosmetics and beauty products.
- Awe Inspired — We believe in fine jewelry as a vehicle for empowerment. Shop our collection of goddess necklaces, coin necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings and more.
Venture with a voice We are a venture capital fund specialising in taking consumer startups to the mass market. With the backing of the UK's largest news
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $996k–$200M; Series A $3.2M–$17M; Series B $9.3M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- NUL — Reduce your alcohol consumption. Because less is more.
- Poolhouse — Discover how Poolhouse is transforming classic pool. Culture meets cutting-edge tech, craft drinks, and vibrant social vibes in Liverpool Street, opening Spring 2026.
- Final Boss Sour — The final boss of sour candy
Supporting Exceptional entrepreneurs. We value emotional intelligence as much as data, growing internal culture as much as growing revenue, and forming strong, personal bonds with founders. We recognize patterns where other don't.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Turkey, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 127
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Karman+ — Mining near Earth asteroids
- Lovable — Build software products, using only a chat interface
- Basecamp Research — Novel proteins from nature. We sample the most extreme and exciting places on the planet to build the world's largest knowledge graph of natural biodiversity.
Targeting disruptive ventures for a Material global impact.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$2.8M; Series A $15M–$36M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Carbyne — Carbyne's cloud-native NG911 platform for 911 dispatch centers. APEX delivers AI-powered call handling, live video, and real-time data for PSAPs. Axon 911 Core.
- Velvet — Velvet is a pioneering AI company transforming the workflow of venture capital and private equity funds. Our digital analyst enhances fund operations by automating routine tasks and augmenting human capabilities with advanced AI and natural language processing.
- silana — Technology to revolutionize fashion - economical, ecological and social
Nigel Wray is a highly successful entrepreneur, and has been a shareholder in several companies amongst others, Domino's Pizza, Carlton Communications and Singer & Friedlander. He also has a strong commercial background built in a range of business sectors.Saracens does a lot of excellent work in its local, north London community.Nigel still calls the area home, too - having attended Mill Hill School, he now lives in Totteridge.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $916k–$5.9M; Series A $1.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- Implement AI — Implement AI provides managed AI agent solutions and teams of virtual workers via its AI Agent Platform, offering SMEs cost-effective, enterprise-grade solutions to amplify human potential, optimise productivity, and drive growth.
- Tonic Health — Tonic Health is leading a nutrition movement. The 1 million strong community that subscribes to all-natural, high-impact vitamin drinks and gummies to fuel your energy, mood and immunity without the junk. Try our tonic effervescent vitamins drinks, no added sugar gummies, or max strength drinks.
Capital Pilot is a Boost Fund that provides entrepreneurs with the opportunity to gain access to fast, data-driven investment. Apply now for an Investability Rating and see if you qualify for automatic funding!
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- Industry: Information Technology, Wellness, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $54k–$309k; Pre-Seed $61k–$469k
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Auxeris | AuxPay — Auxeris is a SaaS infrastructure platform powering independent recruiters and recruitment teams globally.The platform provides end-to-end tooling across candidate sourcing, client acquisition, workflow automation, and embedded payments through AuxPay.AuxPay enables compliant, cross-border fee collection, invoicing, and payout infrastructure builton Stripe Connect, removing operational and financial friction for recruiters and hiring companies. Auxeris is designed to replace the need for traditional agency infrastructure, enabling recruiters to operate independently while accessing enterprise-grade tooling and global payment capabilities.
- Hotel Manager — Hotel Manager is the platform for delivering modern experiences to guests, wherever they are. Launch and build your hotel app in no time and manage your growth easily. All in one platform with zero technical knowledge required.
- Boxspring Entertainment — Box Media are a creative media-on-demand production company. Redefining Normal. Reinventing Learning.
Support high-growth UK businesses and benefit from bespoke investment opportunities designed to offer long-term growth potential and significant tax relief through the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).
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- Industry: Health Care, E-Commerce, Restaurants
- Stage:Private Equity, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $972k–$6.6M; Private Equity $1.5M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 91% lead, 9% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $13M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Ubamarket — Ubamarket is a tech startup that provides a retail shopping app. The application enables users to scan items as they shop, receive automatic loyalty, and checkout without waiting in line. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London, England.
- Navigator — The #newNavigator has launched! Get better results from your digital ad campaigns and put your brand in front of millions of travellers.
- Impact Recycling — Impact Recycling has developed a breakthrough plastic recycling technology which separates the components of post-consumer, mixed plastic waste to recover two consistent streams of plastic; polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), each with over 95 per cent purity.
Seasoned entrepreneur and investor, who has dedicated the last decade to investing in and partnering category-defining consumer brands
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Series A, Grant, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $4.9M–$11M; Grant $10k–$10k
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Galvan London — Designed by women for women, Galvan creates a new kind of occasion wear. Discover luxury designer clothing & bridal styles. Express delivery available.
- Aurelia Probiotic Skincare — Reveal your radiant self with Aurelia Cellular Beauty. Science-backed beauty designed for you, with a commitment to lasting results and a healthy planet.
- DeMellier London — Award-Winning British Handbags. Timeless styles with unique designs and signature details produced in limited quantities. Designed in London, handcrafted in Spain.
MEIF is an investment firm that operates equity and debt investment towards growth capital. The firm aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands and to realize the region’s potential to achieve economic growth through enterprise. It is a collaboration between the British Business Bank and ten Local EnterprisePartnerships (LEPs) in the West Midlands and East and South East Midlands. MEIF provides over £250m of investment to boost small and medium business (SME) growth in the Midlands.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Round size: Seed $327k–$2.6M; Debt Financing $262k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 77% lead, 23% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Utility Stream — As business energy brokers, USL was founded with one key mission, simplify business energy for all of our clients & help create a more sustainable world
- School of Coding — School of Coding is affiliated with the reputated org, invites you to apply for sept. intake Explore our courses and start your world-class education.
- Chevin Fleet Solutions — Best Fleet Management Software. Gain real-time insights into your fleet, automate processes, and configure the fleet software to suit your business.
Stonebridge is a private investment firm backed by family office capital. We empower visionary entrepreneurs with Growth capital investment and a world-class network to build the global leaders of tomorrow.
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- Industry: Retail, CRM, Digital Media
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $10M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $9M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BIOME9 — Next-generation gut health testing and science-backed supplements to treat your dog inside and out. Discover how your dog's unique biology could lead them to a longer, happier and healthier life.
- Esports Awards — The Esports Awards Voting is Open!
- The Growth Foundation — The Growth Foundation is a business consulting firm that assists clients with business development through branding, CRM, and finance.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 240
- Round size: Seed $229k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $379k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $22M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Qureight — Pioneering data curation to solve complex diseases
- Merx — Grow contactability, data quality and customer lifetime value with AI agents on WhatsApp.
- GEEIQ — GEEIQ is the intelligence platform brands use to plan, activate and measure marketing in virtual worlds like Roblox, Fortnite and ZEPETO.
Livingbridge is a leading mid-market private equity firm. We empower your business to unlock its true potential. This is investment done the right way, built on ambition and experience.
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- Industry: Software, Consulting, Information Technology
- Stage:Private Equity, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Ireland, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Private Equity $5.2M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.8B in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- T-Pro — T-Pro is a world leading document and patient workflow manahement platform for heathcare. Powered by state of the art AI speech technology, T-Pro reduces the burden of documentation for clinicians and automates patient noting and correspondence workflows.
- Direct Ferries — Direct Ferries is an online platform that provides a selection of ferry routing information to its users.The platform allows its users to compare ferry crossings in its search and find fairs associated with them at the time of travel. Its network covers ports in Europe, with crossings available throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, North America,and South America. Furthermore, it allows its users to choose routes, as well as ferry deals information on their selected routes.
- Symphony Ventures — We blend human expertise with AI-driven capabilities to provide brands with comprehensive CX outsourcing services & solutions.
Pembroke VCT PLC is a venture capital trust specializing in investments in any stage of business development. Their focus is on companies in the health and fitness, hospitality, apparel, and accessories, and media and technology sectors.
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- Industry: Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$5.7M; Series A $3.8M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
Portfolio highlights
- VIEVE — Shop award-winning and high-performance makeup by expert MUA Jamie Genevieve; bestselling primer, brushes, lip glosses, eyeshadows & more. Vegan & cruelty free.
- Kaizan — Kaizan is a Client Intelligence Platform for Client Success teams to retain and grow revenue
- Serve First — Serve First is an AI customer experience platform that turns real-time feedback into insights, helping drive smarter business decisions.
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.
NVM Private Equity Limited is an independently-owned firm of venture capital managers with over 20 years experience of investing in UK businesses. They manage five investment funds, four of which are Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and their funds under management exceed £175 million.They are a long-established investor focused on the UK regions,primarily targeting small management buy-outs and growth investment in businesses that are led by high quality incumbent management teams.They have a wide range of skills, interests and backgrounds. That means they bring a thorough and rounded approach to the investment process. They live and work in the UK regions, so are entrenched within their local business communities.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Private Equity, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Vegetarian Express — With over 35 years of experience and 1200+ plant-based ingredients in our larder, from cutting-edge plant-based meat alternatives to rare and hard-to-find.
- The Climbing Hangar — Rock climbing London with added Hangar community spirit.
- YorkTest — YorkTest is an award-winning food intolerance & allergy testing company, optimising health and wellbeing with our range of health tests. Order online...
UK-based VC fund that backs sharp entrepreneurs. Statistically, 0.015% website visitors get funding!
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 49
- Round size: Seed $634k–$7.1M; Pre-Seed $1M–$4M; Series A $4.2M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- All3 — All3 uses AI and robotics to design, manufacture, and assemble buildings through a unified system. The company provides an end-to-end system that combines AI-driven architectural design, robotic off-site manufacturing, and automated on-site assembly for residential and commercial structures. Its platform enables customized building components to beproduced and assembled with software-controlled workflows, reducing reliance on manual processes and fragmented supply chains.All3 also offers vertically integrated services that cover planning, engineering, fabrication, and construction delivery, allowing developers to manage projects within a single system. Its technology supports complex building designs and constrained urban sites by adapting production and assembly processes to specific project requirements.
- DesignVerse — Build complex enterprise software using context.
- Dwelly — Dwelly acquires and partners with independent UK lettings agencies, helping owners exit smoothly, profitably and on their terms. Get a free agency valuation.
South Central Ventures is dedicated to investments in startups, small and medium globally oriented technology companies in SE Europe.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Serbia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $219k–$2.8M; Pre-Seed $33k–$2M; Series A $329k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $82M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- GlycanAge — The only biological age test that accurately measures your unique response to life changes. Discover your biological age and make lifestyle improvements!
- City Expert — City Expert Global is a Serbian startup that introduces new technologies and business approach to the traditional real estate sector. It focuses on creating new standards in the advertising and agency real estate sector. City Expert Global was founded in 2015 by Darko Luković, Stefan Stojanović, and Igor Jović. It is based in Belgrade, Serbia.
- Alchemy — Alchemy Cloud software accelerates innovation and product development in applied science labs all over the world.
Capital That Makes Sense. Tactical early stage technology investors in the US, Europe and beyond.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 139
- Round size: Seed $150k–$6.3M; Pre-Seed $120k–$27M; Series A $1.7M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Cell Type — We're building the agentic drug company. Foundation models + AI agents that simulate human biology to discover drugs. Backed by Y Combinator (W26).
- Merge Labs — Merge Labs is a brain-computer interface startup that aims to compete with Neuralink and integrate human cognition with AI.
- Constellation Space — We are building the OS for Space. Backed by @ycombinator and @nvidia.
For over 40 years, LDC has been the trusted investment partner for ambitious management teams. We invest in a diverse range of businesses across every region and sector of the UK economy.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Private Equity, Secondary Market
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Precise TV — Precise.TV helps you deliver brand safe, targeted YouTube advertising campaigns complete with actionable data analytics to drive performance for your brand.
- HSL Compliance — HSL Compliance offers water hygiene and tank replacement, water quality testing, city and guilds training & fire risk assessments services.
- LendingMetrics — Delivering cutting-edge financial technology and innovative solutions including the multi-award-winning Auto Decision Platform (ADP). ISO-accredited credit reference agency licensed and regulated by the FCA.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $552k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CUDONI — Buy and sell preloved designer clothing, bags, shoes & accessories at Sign of the Times. Current season authentic pre-owned luxury fashion at sale prices.
- BEPPS Snacks — BEPPS Snacks are chickpea snacks with black-eyed pea inclusions that pack a flavourful punch.
- Masaj — Modern bodywork in our beautiful studios across London. We offer 8 different treatment types, all of which are totally bespoke to you and your needs. Drop in today.
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Browse database — It's Free!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, Private Equity
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 82
- Round size: Series A $2.8M–$7.5M; Private Equity $13M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 88% lead, 12% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $155M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Preservica — Ensure compliance and longevity with our Digital Preservation software. Secure your organization's valuable records.
- Buster + Punch — Buster + Punch is a London-born home fashion label. We work with rare, solid materials to make extraordinary items for everyday use. It all started in a garage in East London where we discovered a passion for making the things we love. From lighting and hardware to custom motorcycles and whisky bars, we now make unexpected and elegant interiorproducts for those who want to live with conviction. Our work is inspired by London's fashion, music and sub-culture scenes where we collaborate with street artists, bike builders, musicians and fashion designers to inject attitude into our crafted products.
- ActiveNav — Get the full picture of all your unstructured data. Identify sensitive data, optimize storage, enhance your data privacy, and comply with regulations.
Seneca Partners is an investment firm that specializes in SME investment and advisory business. Formed in 2010, and headquartered in the North West of England, the management team has extensive experience across a range of sectors, including private equity, corporate finance, wealth management, accountancy, and stockbroking. Seneca won “AlternativeFinance Provider” in both 2016 and 2017 at the North West Business Insider Awards.
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- Industry: Retail, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $561k–$5.9M; Series B $1.6M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fabacus — Fabacus is a global technology business and creator of proprietary technology platform, Xelacore, designed to digitally-transform businesses within the licensing & retail industries. Driven by first-hand experience within retail, licensing and manufacturing, Fabacus are standardising product information, allowing businesses to create robust andretail standards-compliant product catalogues to sit at the core of all their business initiatives. Xelacore is a modular, cloud-based platform, built to meet bespoke business needs and integrate with existing systems, including multifaceted data validations and governance checks. It enables licensors, licensees and brands to improve business agility and ability - driving sales, combatting counterfeit, increasing efficiency and ultimately achieving full visibility of their consumer product licensing programs, with to-the-minute data authenticated by all stakeholders. Fabacus was founded in 2016 with headquarters in London. The company's mission is to transform brand licensing through the power of data, with their industry-wide solution.
- SolasCure — SolasCure aims to support healthcare professionals with wound care products that significantly improve the health and wellbeing of patients with chronic wounds.
- Alderley Lighthouse Labs — Alderley Lighthouse Labs is a laboratory-based testing facility, specializing in human diagnostics.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 104
- Round size: Seed $856k–$5.5M; Series A $2.2M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bequest — Digital estate planning made easy for professionals and individuals. Securely protect online accounts, cryptocurrencies, emails, media, documents and more.
- Disputed — FinLegal is legaltech for the business of disputes. Our solutions allow you to fund and insure your litigation through litigation funding and after-the-event insurance, automate volume and class actions and get more clients through working with marketing service providers.
- Robin — Robin AI is a legal tech company based in London, made up of engineers, lawyers, scientists and operations specialists.
Moxxie invests in founders who make life and work better.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $3M–$9.5M; Series A $10M–$24M; Series B $18M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Throne — Throne tracks gut health vitals and hydration with every flush.
- Knit Health — Knit is a healthcare-native intelligence platform trained on real clinical data. Unified AI layer for specialist routing, patient flow, care allocation & more.
- Dandelion Health AI — Catalyzing the development of clinical AI for everyone
The opportunity for institutional investors to access leading UK early stage healthtech businesses
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 131
- Round size: Seed $550k–$4.7M; Series A $3.2M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.8M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- TidalSense — CRiL was formed in April 2013 specifically to develop innovative medical devices to diagnose and manage respiratory conditions. They have been building a platform technology, N-Tidal, based on the measurement and analysis of tidal breathing CO2 throughout the entire breath.
- Baby2Body — Nearly 3 million women have used Baby2Body during their fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum journeys. Helping women around the world live healthier and happier with personalized fitness, nutrition, and wellness programs.
- Hummingbird Technologies — Hummingbird Technologies is an artificial intelligence SaaS platform using the latest deep learning and computer vision techniques along with proprietary algorithms to provide actionable intelligence to farmers and agri-businesses at key decision-making times in the growing season. The company analyses remote sensing data to help farmers identifyearly problems in their crops such as crop health, disease risk & detection, weed mapping and yield prediction as well as valuable information such as canopy coverage, plant counting, size and biomass estimation, with the objective of optimising inputs and maximising efficiency. Hummingbird began operating in 2016 and since then has covered in excess of >500,000 hectares of arable crops for farmers and agri-businesses. Their platform is utilised at key decision-making points in the growing season to allow intelligent and specific information to inform chemical or operational input decisions that decrease costs and improve outputs.
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).
Maven is one of the UK's leading private equity and investment firms. We provide essential capital and expertise to help businesses unlock their potential.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 205
- Round size: Seed $655k–$5.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.4M–$8.8M
- Lead/follow: 74% lead, 26% follow
Portfolio highlights
- KubeNet — We are KubeNet - a multi-award winning technology solutions provider based in Glasgow. Whether it's Managed IT, IT Support, Cloud, Connectivity, Voice or Cyber Security, we're by your side as your trusted technology partner.
- HubIsoft Group — A new class of data technology. You drive, decide where you go and how you navigate, explore areas you thought unfathomable, you are in complete control.
- ReadyGo Diagnostics — ReadyGo Diagnostics has invented a novel “Diagnostic Pen”. Low cost, intuitive to use from the raw sample, the ReadyGo Pen will be a game-changer in the newly emerging consumer diagnostics market, offering a yes/no answer in minutes, based on molecular analysis.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Software
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4.9M; Series A $2M–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$5.4M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Natrox — Inotec AMD is a wound-care company that has developed Natrox:tm:, a device that produces a continuous flow of humidified oxygen and directs it to a specially-designed dressing, allowing oxygen to constantly refresh the wound.NATROX:tm: is a battery-powered medical device that produces a continuous flow of pure humidified oxygen from air anddirects it through a fine tube to a specially-designed Oxygen Delivery System (ODS), allowing the oxygen to constantly refresh the wound while allowing free passage of wound fluids (exudate) to pass away from the wound surface for absorption and retention in the normal way.
- Viewture — Viewture uses statistics and analytics to help content creators find new ways to fund their work. Viewture was founded by David Page.
- Rise & Fall — We partner with the finest manufacturers to offer luxury womenswear, menswear and homeware without the premium price tag. We are B Corp certified.
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: 163
- Round size: Seed $669k–$6M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3.7M; Series A $5M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $80M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Nexcade — Nexcade AI agents run freight quoting, tenders, rates, bookings, and reporting with your team, visible and controlled at every step.
- Plain — Plain, a new startup that wants to reinvent support tools. While the customer support space is a competitive industry with big tech companies like Intercom and Zendesk, Plain believes it has a different approach as it focuses on API integrations to make your company’s product and your support platform work hand in hand.
- Citymapper — The ultimate transport app - iPhone / Android / Web
Simon set up online bookstore Bookpages in 1996 and sold it to Amazon in 1998. As VP Europe for Amazon, he managed huge growth from start-up through to multimillion turnover and hundreds of staff. As an Angel investor, he has invested in Shazam, been chairman of VideoIsland (now merged with and renamed LoveFilm, and purchased in Feb 2011 byAmazon.com), Zoopla! and Shutl (currently chairman).Simon founded and funded FriendsAbroad.com, a social network for developing language skills and contacts abroad which was successfully sold to Lesson Nine GmbH, operators of language learning site Babbel.com. Simon is currently CEO of StormForward, an e-commerce conversion consultancy which helpsonline retailers to increase their online salesand profits.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 126
- Round size: Seed $796k–$3M; Series A $712k–$16M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sylvi — Meet Sylvi, your AI language tutor. She tracks your mistakes as you chat to build custom lessons. The more she knows, the better you get. Ready to speak?
- Realla — Search the entire commercial property market for offices, serviced office space, retail, industrial for sale and to rent
- Round Treasury — Put your startup cash on autopilot. Maximise your runway with smart deposits and withdrawals from your account, safeguarded and administered by regulated brokers.
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