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Top 50 Retail Startup Investors in United Kingdom

Last updated: Jul 2024 A list of 50 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Retail startups based in United kingdom. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Retail companies from United kingdom. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Retail Startup Investors in United Kingdom

Investor	Retail United Kingdom investments
Venrex	12
Worth Capital	11
Foresight Group	9
Fuel Ventures	8
The FSE Group	6
Business Growth Fund	6
Praetura Ventures	6
Seedrs	6
Mobeus Equity Partners	6
Angels Den	6
Octopus Ventures	5
Active Partners	5
True.	5
Balderton Capital	5
Forward Partners	5
Paul Forster	5
Hummingbird Ventures	4
Gresham House Ventures	4
Monte Carlo Capital	4
LAUNCHub Ventures	4
Salica	4
Livingbridge	4
MMC Ventures	4
JamJar Investments	4
DN Capital	3
Will Brooks	3
Redrice Ventures	3
Richard Fearn	3
Tom Singh	3
Jenson Funding Partners	3
Connect Ventures	3
Maven Capital Partners	3
Midlands Engine Investment Fund	3
LDC	3
Simon Murdoch	3
Nigel Wray	3
Moxxie Ventures	3
Highland Europe	3
Downing Ventures	3
NVM Private Equity	3
Atomico	3
South Central Ventures	3
Will Martin	3
BOOST&Co	3
Beringea	3
Smedvig Capital	2
Hoxton Ventures	2
Calculus Capital	2
HSBC	2
Development Bank of Wales	2

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Venrex Investment Management is a UK-based venture capital firm that backs creative Founders to launch and build innovative businesses.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Waymap — Waymap provides the world’s only navigation app that guides both indoors and outdoors. Waymap is a high-technology business that was founded to address the navigation needs of visually impaired persons. Their vision is to provide an inclusive navigation app, driven by cutting-edge technology.
Niyyah — The goal of Niyyah is to give consumers a guided approach to comprehending the Quran in a way that is understandable, significant, and useful. With its short material, tailored suggestions, and gamified elements like leaderboards and prizes, it fits in easily with its users' everyday routines and gives them insight into the Quran'steachings and practical application of faith.
StructureFlow — StructureFlow is the innovative visual modeling platform for professional services, transforming how stakeholders think and communicate.

Tax Efficient Investments with the Start-up Series SEIS & EIS Fund. Our approach unearths compelling investment opportunities.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, Bangladesh, United States

Portfolio highlights

FC Labs — Our wearable neurotechnology and AI-powered platform empower anyone to improve their brain fitness to unlock better health, wellbeing and performance.
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.
One Essentials — Discover our high-quality range of sustainable basics and underwear, crafted from recycled & organic cotton. Embark on a journey towards a circular economy with ONE Essentials, offering ethically-sourced underwear for men & women. Experience the sustainable fashion revolution, designed mindfully for the whole lifecycle

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.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
Funding Round, Private Equity, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Jersey

Portfolio highlights

Cavero Quantum — A quantum-safe symmetric cryptographic key solution built to last
Lepide — Combine identity and data security into a single solution for powerful data protection, threat detection/response, and compliance reporting.
Sprint Electric — Sprint Electric produces digital motor control solutions. Their product includes pl/x series, jl/x series, pl/xd series, open chassis-mount dc drives, and ancillary items. They offer customer support through email and phone contact.

Fuel Ventures - a leading early stage seed / growth stage EIS Fund based in London, UK. Investing in the most ambitious technology companies.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Lunio — Drive performance marketing efficiency by cutting out invalid traffic across all paid marketing channels. Reach more users with the same ad spend.
Eleos — Get income protection insurance online with Eleos. All policies include 24x7 Virtual GP, gym discounts and other benefits.
StudioSpace — StudioSpace provides brands with on-demand access to the world’s best specialist digital and marketing services. Our platform users benefit from a single umbrella contract to access all of our agencies, enabling maximum choice without complexity in procurement or onboarding delays.

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. Finance East Limited delivers funding for businesses based in the East of England region.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Debt Financing, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Amutri — Visually communicate design and engineering with high quality 3D experiences that are instantly useful.
Neuronostics — At Neuronostics we are reimagining the way neurological conditions are diagnosed, treated, and monitored with the power of mathematical modelling
Signapse — Using artificial intelligence to build automatic sign language translation with a photo-realistic synthetic signer. Built on world-leading research and solving challenging technical problems that have a genuine social good.

BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority investment to growing companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
United Kingdom, Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Tevalis — Tevalis specialises in electronic point of sale systems in the hospitality, leisure and gaming sectors. Tevalis offers fully integrated EPOS hardware and software systems, designed to handle the demanding pressures of the hospitality industry.
Eventmaster — EventMaster is a ticketing platform. It also provides vital technology support to various national sports organizations.
NewGen — NewGen is a social-first creative and creator agency that stands at the intersection of culture, creators and community.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lightox — Lightox has developed a unique range of molecular tools for use in imaging, therapeutics and assay development. These unique probes are smaller than any other commercially available fluorescent product. They offer the option of using our technologies as freely-moving probes that readily incorporate into cells or with a range of flexible linkers togive specificity to your unique applications and research needs.
Lunio — Drive performance marketing efficiency by cutting out invalid traffic across all paid marketing channels. Reach more users with the same ad spend.
AccessPay — AccessPay develops and offers cloud-based payment and cash management solutions. The company’s cloud-based service provides ease of integration with any ERP, TMS, or other back-end systems. It also enables the straight-through processing of domestic and international payments via BACS, FPS, CHAPS, and SWIFT. By connecting an organization’s backoffice systems with its banks and providing a consolidated view of all banking relationships, AccessPay gives corporate enterprises real-time visibility of all cash balances and offers a detailed analysis, which helps financial professionals maximize the use of working capital. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Online investing opportunities in the best new startup businesses, and raise seed and angel investment, with top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Portugal

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.
Signature Brew — Signature Brew is a music bar and brewery that aims to bring people together. They provide beer, booze, and live music for their patrons, which enables them to bring the community together through the power of good beer, music, and memories.
SRSLY Low Carb — SRSLYLowCarb is a home for healthy, Keto and Low Carb friendly foods. Perfect for diabetic-friendly diets. Elevate your health journey with us!

Mobeus is a leading equity investor in UK-based SMEs. We partner with talented and determined management teams of businesses with strong growth potential.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Retail
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, United States

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.

Angels Den is an angel-led investment platform that connects fast-growing companies with experienced investors.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
United Kingdom, United States, Finland

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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Sidekick — Expertly-managed portfolios for the modern investor
ExpressionEdits — Redefining the status quo of protein expression
Swiipr Technologies — Restore passenger and staff confidence with contactless solutions post Covid 19/ SARS by embracing Swiipr’s mobile and web technology solutions for issuing; Welfare for disruption, compensation, crisis, staff, operational expenses and more! Automate and streamline operations. Reduce paper and plastic consumption. Reduce human touch points andgo contactless

Active Partners is a consumer-focused investment firm that partners with visionary founders to build the iconic brands of tomorrow.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Germany, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Heidi — Heidi is an ATOL-protected business that offers flexible, great-value ski and snowboard holiday packages to hundreds of ski resorts throughout Europe.
Niyyah — The goal of Niyyah is to give consumers a guided approach to comprehending the Quran in a way that is understandable, significant, and useful. With its short material, tailored suggestions, and gamified elements like leaderboards and prizes, it fits in easily with its users' everyday routines and gives them insight into the Quran'steachings and practical application of faith.
Marleybones — Marleybones is a consumer goods firm that specializes in dog food.

A unique model for investing, innovating & growing

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, France

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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Series B, Series A, Series C
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

trawa — The partner for renewable and affordable electricity for businesses. Get electricity directly from solar and windparks with corporate PPAs.
Payflows — Payflows is a fintech company focused on treasury management program for businesses.
Tinybird — Tinybird helps data teams build real-time Data Products at scale through SQL-based API endpoints. It ingests millions of rows per second and serves low latency, high concurrency analytical queries over any amount of data.

Forward Partners is a venture capital firm in London specialising in technology businesses focused on eCommerce, marketplace and applied AI early-stage startups.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Ctrl Alt — Access the world of alternative assets in a simple, transparent and secure way. Sign up to Ctrl Alt and start your alternative investment journey with us today.
OctaiPipe — OctaiPipe safeguards critical infrastructure with AIoT devices, enhancing asset health and security while reducing cloud data transfers.
OctaiPipe — OctaiPipe safeguards critical infrastructure with AIoT devices, enhancing asset health and security while reducing cloud data transfers.

Paul Forster

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, Germany, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Enzai — Enzai's AI governance platform allows you to build and deploy AI with confidence. Measure your progress in AI responsibility, and get actionable steps with our 3-minute maturity assessment.
Purple Dot — Sell More by Selling Earlier
Triple — The best payment data enrichment solution. Our API includes fraud detection, transaction enrichment, categorization, subscriptions, and carbon footprint.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Turkey, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Bioptimus — Our mission is to build the first universal AI foundation model for biology to fuel breakthrough discoveries and accelerate innovations in biomedicine and beyond.
Etched.ai — Transformers etched into silicon. By burning the transformer architecture into our chips, we're creating the world's most powerful servers for transformer inference.
Anima — Anima's online patient triage speeds up the clinical workflow 10x and allows providers to deliver the right care for patients within 24 hours.Millions of patients with serious problems are missed and die every year because there isn’t adequate information flow between medical appointments. Patients submit their problems and requests onAnimainstead of waiting for an appointment, and Anima sends an actionable report to their provider with trends, risks and recommendations.

Gresham House Ventures is a growth equity investor, working with exceptional entrepreneurs and investing in high growth businesses.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, E-Commerce
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia

Portfolio highlights

CitySwift — CitySwift is a data-driven scheduling and planning technology for urban bus networks. It uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict journey times and passenger demand, making routes more efficient. Schedulers can create optimized timetables that take into account traffic, events, and hundreds of other external factors, ensuringon-time performance and increased passenger satisfaction.CitySwift was established in 2016 and is operating in Galway, Ireland.
Ozone API — Ozone API helps banks and financial institutions thrive in the world of Open Finance. Our technology provides APIs which go beyond compliance.
OnSecurity — CREST pentesting designed and built from the ground up for fast-moving businesses like yours. Get an online quote from pentesting experts in 60 seconds.

Monte Carlo Capital was founded in 2009 by former investment banker Ian Sosso, winner of the 2019 “Best European Early Stage Investor” award from EBAN, the Brussels-based European trade association for business angels representing the 30,000 European angel community with a presence in 50 countries. Monte Carlo Capital combines the best featuresof business angels and venture capital. We invest via fund and via SPVs. We have been the Lead in many of our investments and are increasing our Co-Investments with some of the world’s leading VCs. Typical investments start at pre-seed/seed and we regularly follow on to Series A & Series B rounds. Monte Carlo Capital invests across sectors, including Saas, Fintech, DeepTech and Health Care, in the US, Europe and the UK.Our solo managing partner was a former investment banker, spending most of his career in Asia and the UK. He retired about 15 years ago, and set up his own angel group. After being quite successful, he decided to launch the fund (January this year).

Investment focus

Medical Device, Financial Services, Medical
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Spain

Portfolio highlights

LeaseTeq — LeaseTeq bietet Privat- sowie Unternehmenskunden das erste komplett digitale Leasingangebot.
Rollstack — Rollstack is a tool that helps you create stunning and high-quality charts in minutes, embed data, and automate the creation of data-driven decks and docs - all within your favorite tools (Google Suite, Notion, Powerpoint)
Auriga Space — Next-generation space launch company providing frequent, sustainable and affordable transport to low Earth orbit

LAUNCHUB is a leading early-stage venture capital fund focused on investing in startups in South-Eastern (SEE) and Central-Eastern (CEE) Europe.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Bulgaria, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Colossyan — We make video creation simply and stressless. AI video technology allow us to crate video in just a few minutes. Ty out here.
Dataworks Research SRL — Soleadify provides business data enrichment with unprecedented coverage of SMBs, accurate classification and in-depth insights based on real-time updates.Always driven by the complexity of AI and Machine Learning, we build more efficient ways of getting more data and get more out of it. Urged on reliability and complete-ness, our datasets haveyet to be beaten in terms of accuracy and classification by industry mammoths.
Kubeark — Kubeark powers scalable, rapid, and compliant SaaSification and software lifecycle management.

Hambro Perks partner with founders and entrepreneurs to support growth businesses at all stages of investment cycle. Hambro Perks has specialised and dedicated investment teams, working across a number of funds. In addition to their flagship Venture, EIS and co-investment funds, Hambro Perks offers a number of specialist differentiated investmentstrategies, including Hambro Perks Environmental Technology, Special Situations, and Access, which invests in venture secondaries.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Financial Services
Seed, Secondary Market, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

SUPERHOG — SUPERHOG is a digital trust platform with embedded insurance
My Emissions — London tech start-up for companies to measure food product emissions and report their total Scope 3 emissions from food. They've assessed 15,000+ food products, are the carbon labelling partner of Just Eat Takeaway.com, and aim to standardize UK emissions reporting with Defra. Founders Matthew and Nathan made Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2024.
SURI (Sustainable Rituals) — A world-class clean that doesn’t cost our planet. SURI is the new, sustainable electric toothbrush. Delivering an effective clean with innovative plant-based materials.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Consulting
Private Equity, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom, Ireland, India

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.
CitNOW Group — Created to leverage innovation and help retailers and manufacturers deliver an outstanding customer experience, CitNOW Group is driven by the vision to transform the way the automotive world communicates.
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.

MMC is a venture capital fund investing in early stage, high-growth UK companies. Investing in technology companies at Seed and Series A.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

LiveEO — LiveEO is the leading solution provider for AI-powered satellite-based monitoring of large infrastructure networks. Trusted worldwide.
Stanhope AI — Stanhope AI is a deep-tech startup based in London with a strong background in neuroscience, robotics and fintech. We are bringing Active Inference to market as a novel framework for autonomous decision-making. To contend with the challenges of contemporary AIs, our distinct approach aims to offer
Eatron Technologies — Intelligent Software Platform for Battery Management System & Intelligent Motion Control - Eatron Technologies

JamJar Investments is a venture capital firm that invest in high growth consumer brand businesses in both digital and non-tech.Its combination of operational, commercial and brand experience was honed over 14 years taking innocent from scratch to sale to Coca Cola for north of half a billion £. That journey means the company understand thejourney of entrepreneurs, the highs the lows, the challenges and some of the solutions. JamJar is the consumer Venture Capital fund run by the innocent drinks founders.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

XOXO Soda — XOXO Soda is a plant-based drink with prebiotic fiber that is low in sugar and calories.
Marleybones — Marleybones is a consumer goods firm that specializes in dog food.
SURI (Sustainable Rituals) — A world-class clean that doesn’t cost our planet. SURI is the new, sustainable electric toothbrush. Delivering an effective clean with innovative plant-based materials.

DN Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in Europe and North America. The firm focuses on companies that plan to establish operations on both sides of the Atlantic, and strives to help its companies build international businesses. Founded in 2000, the company has operations in London and Silicon Valley. DN Capital’sprevious funds are top performers and the firm is one of the lead investors in companies such as Endeca (sold to Oracle), Shazam (one of the world’s leading mobile app), Auto1 (world's largest used car marketplace), Purplebricks (IPO London) and Quandoo (sold to Recruit).

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Filu — Tierversorgung, wann und wie immer du es brauchst. In der Praxis, Zuhause und unterwegs.
Cognigy — Automate customer and employee services through Conversational AI implementation across any organization with Cognigy. Book demo or try free now!
Prometeo — Prometeo allows access to banking information, transactions, and payments across multiple financial institutions in Latam. Prometeo brings interoperability to Latam's financial sector. We believe the financial future is open and connected. We are building it

Will Brooks - Founder & Director @ Portfolio Ventures

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

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 AI — Robin AI is a legal tech company based in London, made up of engineers, lawyers, scientists and operations specialists.

We support Founders creating premium consumer brands, platforms and related tech solutions.

Investment focus

Fashion, Retail, Sustainability
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

FlexSea — FlexSea develops novel biomaterials derived from renewable marine resources to replace current primary plastic packaging.
Spacegoods — Spacegoods | The Next Generation Wellness Brand We create all-in-one mushroom & adaptogen blends that help you unlock your very best self - tastes great, super potent, made in England - try for yourself today...
The Self Space — Self Space offers contemporary mental health services. They also offer a range of session options including one on one therapy, couples therapy, student sessions, supervision, executive coaching, and team dynamics sessions. They provide therapy for some of the corporate industries, including tech, finance, advertising, marketing, hospitality andfashion.

Richard started in his career in advertising but has since shifted his attention to start-ups. As an investor/advisor to over 50 early stage companies, including Sofar Sounds, Blaze, Dojo & What3Words, Richard has learnt a lot about what it takes to launch & grow a start-up. He also the co-founder of the ‘Friday Club London,’ a‘non-profit’ events company aimed at providing start-ups free access to senior marketing expertise. Since launching, over 250 start-ups have benefitted from the programme. And in exchange for their advice, industry mentors have had access to the UK’s brightest founders. In 2013 & 2014 Richard was named in BIMA’s ‘Hot 100’ list and in 2016 and 2017 short-listed for the Europas ‘Investor of the Year’ award.

Investment focus

Software, Advertising, Advertising Platforms
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Darabase — Darabase is a unique platform enabling the creation, management and monetisation of location-based digital content in the real world and virtual metaverses.
Roleshare — Roleshare matches freelancers, part-time and fractional workers to job share; helping companies retain and attract coveted skills and talent. Join us!
Unlock — Unlock is a video-based platform packed with unique experiences your team will love.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Fabacus — We are a leading data and technology business with a unique data service designed to digitally-transform the licensing industry. Contact us today.
Finboot — Finboot is the dynamic SaaS company behind MARCO, the enterprise-grade suite of blockchain applications and middleware solutions for value and supply chains
Heights — We provide the daily nutrients, knowledge and network you need to elevate your cognitive potential and brain health. Learn more!

Invest in Jenson EIS & SEIS Funds whilst supporting Growth Capital schemes accessing a diverse Portfolio, which is deploying this tax year.

Investment focus

Software, Marketplace, Artificial Intelligence
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Tesel — Tesel has a big ambition to get all ESG services and companies hanging out in the same place. We connect businesses who understand that ESG is essential to commercial success, not just a box to be ticked, and we bring them together in our marketplace.
RezKit — RezKit is a travel booking systems helps shopkeepers and online retailers can operate efficiently and profitably thanks to a wide variety of instruments at their disposal.
Swoperz — Welcome to Swoperz, JOIN THE SWOPPING REVOLUTION

Connect is the Product VC. We are a thesis-led, pan-European pre-seed and seed stage VC. We invest in opinionated products, crafted with love, and loved by many.We've been backing product-led founders since 2012. Our investments include Truelayer, Typeform, Oyster, Lifebit, Kheiron, Faks and Sprinque. Our specialisms cut across SaaS,fintech, consumer, digital health and Web3. Collectively, we’re passionate about the power of product to transform people’s lives.We started Connect to back companies that help create the world we want to live in, and it’s hard to change the world without scale. That's why we’re in the business of investing in outlier companies — those with the potential to create impact on a massive scale.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Purple Dot — Sell More by Selling Earlier
Tuza — Find the right card machine for your business, with good rates and the best features. Search the top providers in minutes, including Worldpay, Barclaycard, Tyl and Teya.
Aikido Security — Easily discover and track all your security issues in one place with Aikido's all-in-one AppSec product.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Carcinotech — Carcinotech has pioneered the development of assay-ready, 3D-bioprinted tumours derived from patient biopsies for oncology drug development.
Metrion Biosciences — Metrion Biosciences is a Contract Research Organization (CRO) that is located in the world renowned Cambridge biocluster.
McKenzie Intelligence Services Ltd — We deliver actionable intelligence on a global scale, empowering informed decision making for insurance and commercial clients across the world

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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Manufacturing, Software
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

Lexverify — Lexverify uses artificial intelligence to detect potential legal and compliance concerns in communications. It assists businesses in proactively avoiding legal and regulatory concerns by harnessing the power of AI. Their objective is to make technological communication a benefit rather than a problem.
CyberQ Group — Work with an award winning cyber security service provider and ensure your business remains resilient to any cyber attacks.
Centaur Robotics — Centaur believes mobility needs re-imagining to provide a real advantage for everyday human needs. Our vision is to challenge thinking through design and technology to create superhuman technology - that provides extra-ordinary mobility fit for humans in the 21st Century.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Private Equity, Funding Round, Secondary Market
United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Waterscan — Whether you're striving for water neutrality as a business, looking to safeguard supply chains through collaboration, embrace catchment management or share
Message Direct Limited — Message Direct is the longest established and highest rated UK call answering service. Our reputation for quality has been forged over the past 27 years serving thousands of businesses.
Integrated Doorset Solutions — Integrated Doorsets is a single source supplier of performance doorsets and architectural ironmongery solutions providing high quality products ideally suited to the health, education, commercial, leisure, office fit out and high end residential markets.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Analytics
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Narchie — Create a home that's uniquely yours with Narchie. Shop sustainably, minimize waste, and find one-of-a-kind homeware items.
Peek Home — Peek Home provides sketch plans, prices and planning advice for people who are puzzled by the process of creating their perfect home. All we need is your house number & postcode - no home visit needed.
Patch — Patch is your new neighbourhood space for work, community, and events.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fitness, Internet
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Glassette — Discover and collect beautiful, curated homeware from the best brands in the UK. Shop thoughtfully, live joyfully.
Get A Drip — Get A Drip offers IV drips, booster shots and Longevity therapies. IV Drips are administered by medical staff, GMC registered Doctors and NMC registered Nurses.
Stubben Edge — Financial services for a new generation. Sign up free to sell better financial products, cheaper, faster and to more people with Flightdeck

Moxxie invests in founders who make life and work better.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Ario — Ario operates as an AI life assistant. Ario treats data with the care and respect that treat our own kids’ information.
Purple Dot — Sell More by Selling Earlier
Spellbook — Rally is the perfect software for lawyers who want to automate legal documents, offer legal subscription services, streamline client intake, and offer a client portal. Law firms choose Rally as an end-to-end workflow for a better client experience.

Highland Europe invests in rapidly growing European internet, mobile, and software companies that address large market opportunities and have over €10 million in annualized revenues. They can provide acquisition finance or lead secondary transactions as well as making primary investments. Their capital enables management teams to accelerate growthand build a lasting, valuable business.Highland Europe was launched in 2012 and closely collaborates with Highland Capital Partners, an independent global venture capital firm with a twenty-seven year investment experience and offices in Boston and Palo Alto.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Series B, Series C, Funding Round
United Kingdom, France, United States

Portfolio highlights

PVcase — We are on a mission to fight climate change through software. We are fulfilling this aim by creating seamlessly integrated solar technology solutions for companies of all sizes to help them design, estimate and optimize commercial and utility scale solar assets, wherever they may be.
Wirepas — Wirepas vision is to enable profitable large-scale business for their customers by unique multi-hop mesh network solution in the fast growing Internet of Things market. Wirepas Pino is the only connectivity solution in the market offering deterministic performance, local radio adaptability capability and very high reliability at any scale, solvingone of the most common problems in IoT platforms.
Hyperexponential — We are transforming insurance through the power of decision intelligence.

The opportunity for institutional investors to access leading UK early stage healthtech businesses

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Israel

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.
Qkine — Growth Factors made for stem cells Animal-free We control every step of protein manufacture ensuring all our products are completely animal-free Total transparency Stringent purity and bioactivity testing data for all proteins - know what you are giving your cells Protein innovation Our R&D team
FundamentalVR — A strategic partner helping med-device leaders solve the Competency @ Scale Gap todrive commercial success.

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 Â£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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Private Equity, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

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...

Atomico invests in innovative technology companies around the world.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Haz — Track and unlock the resale value of your stuff
DeepL — Translate texts & full document files instantly. Accurate translations for individuals and Teams. Millions translate with DeepL every day.
LabGenius — Finding the next generation of drugs with machine learning, synthetic biology and laboratory automation

South Central Ventures is dedicated to investments in startups, small and medium globally oriented technology companies in SE Europe.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Serbia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

AdScanner — AdScanner made its mission to empower data-driven TV advertising to increase effectiveness, transparency, speed, reduce manual, complicated, delayed reports and also to make TV more interconnected and comparable with digital channels. Our approach is to combine proprietary technologies and data.
Pixyle.ai — Pixyle.ai’s image recognition software detects fashion items in images. It's accurate and integrates seamlessly with any tech stack.The company help fashion retailers deliver visual AI solutions that allow shoppers to visually search for products and get relevant similar product recommendations on their e-commerce platforms, improving bothcustomer engagement and conversion rates. Their automatic tagging and business intelligence solutions enable retailers to save time, reduce costs, and make smarter decisions.
Mily Technologies — Mily Tech is a delivery analytics platform tailored for last-mile deliveries. It collects your data and gives it spatial context to help you quickly understand when, where and what happens on the field.

Will Martin - Founder and Director @ Portfolio Ventures

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

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 AI — Robin AI is a legal tech company based in London, made up of engineers, lawyers, scientists and operations specialists.

BOOST&Co offers term loans, venture debt and invoice financing for innovative, fast-growing SMEs. Looking for funding? Get in touch today

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Telecommunications
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Malta

Portfolio highlights

Swyft — Swyft is a manufacturer and supplier of products such as sofas, beds, ottomans, stools, mattresses, swatches, and sofa beds.
Airbox Fulfilment — Airbox Fulfilment is a UK leading fulfilment house specialising within fashion and lifestyle.
Communicate Technology — We are IT, telecoms and cyber security specialists, keeping over 500 businesses and 50,000 users connected and secure across the UK.

Beringea is an international investor in high growth US & UK businesses. With expertise in multiple sectors we are at the forefront of emerging trends.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Analytics
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

AccessPay — AccessPay develops and offers cloud-based payment and cash management solutions. The company’s cloud-based service provides ease of integration with any ERP, TMS, or other back-end systems. It also enables the straight-through processing of domestic and international payments via BACS, FPS, CHAPS, and SWIFT. By connecting an organization’s backoffice systems with its banks and providing a consolidated view of all banking relationships, AccessPay gives corporate enterprises real-time visibility of all cash balances and offers a detailed analysis, which helps financial professionals maximize the use of working capital. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
Gorilla — We empower Energy Retailers in pricing, forecasting and reporting with data-driven solutions in boosting speed and flexibility.
Iceberg Data Lab — Iceberg Data Lab is a fintech firm that develops assessment tools and provides environmental data solutions to financial institutions.

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.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Advertising
Series A, Series B, Series C
United Kingdom, United States, Norway

Portfolio highlights

Masabi — Leading fare payments platform for public transport. Mobile Ticketing, Mobility as a Service, Account-Based Ticketing, Contactless Ticketing (cEMV).
Lunio — Drive performance marketing efficiency by cutting out invalid traffic across all paid marketing channels. Reach more users with the same ad spend.
DRUID — DRUID is an AI platform that allows companies to automate processes by designing and deploying UiPath RPA integrated chatbot virtual assistants.

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.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Cogna — Cogna offers an AI-powered SaaS platform that streamlines the integration of data across several business domains.
Baseimmune — Baseimmune data-driven vaccine design
Fluent — Fluent empowers your decision makers with AI: ask data questions directly, get insights instantly.

At Calculus Capital they are specialists in creating and managing tax efficient private equity funds for the individual. Funds that are ideal for today's market - offering generous tax benefits, and significant growth potential within a sensible risk profile.They look to make £2-5 million investments in established companies with provenmanagement teams and a successful product or service. Their entrepreneurial flair, combined with their experience and sound commercial judgement has resulted in a diversified investment portfolio and an impressive track record. In June 2013 Calculus Capital was top ranked in the prestigious Martin Churchill Tax Efficient Review for the 6th year in a row. The Government has recently shown its support for EIS funds, by maintaining the five generous tax benefits and widening the scope of EIS investments. These changes benefit Calculus Capital's rigorous and proven strategy. As a result they are experiencing their strongest pipeline of prospective investments yet.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Tagomics — Tagomics transform disease diagnosis through comprehensive multitopic profiling.
Arctic Shores — Unearth meaningful, job-relevant insights through our candidate assessments. A new type of behaviour based assessment that's powered by neuroscience.
Laverock Therapeutics — Laverock Therapeutics is developing a gene silencing platform for the creation of programmable, allogeneic cell therapies.

HSBC, one of the largest banking and financial services institutions in the world, serves millions of customers through its three Global Businesses.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Mirakl — Mirakl offers the industry’s advanced enterprise marketplace SaaS platform. With Mirakl, organizations across B2B and B2C industries can launch marketplaces faster, grow bigger, and operate with confidence as they exceed rising customer expectations. Platforms are the new competitive advantage in eCommerce, and the world’s most trusted brandschoose Mirakl for its comprehensive solution of technology, expertise, and the Mirakl Connect ecosystem to unlock the power of the platform business model for them. As a result, companies like ABB, Astore by AccorHotels, Best Buy Canada, Carrefour, Catch, Changi Airport, Darty, The Kroger Co., Leroy Merlin, Maisons du Monde, Metro, and Toyota Material Handling gain the speed, scale, and agility to win in the changing eCommerce landscape. For more information: www.mirakl.com.
UniHomes — UniHomes showcase the best all-inclusive student homes across the UK. View & compare student accommodation with bills included.
Varo Energy — VARO Energy is an integrated oil refiner and supplier serving North West Europe, safely and efficiently. Varo Energy is investing in this market by building a network of refineries, storage tanks and distribution channels to secure the reliable supply of oil products for heating, transportation, construction and the petrochemical industry in NorthWest Europe.

Development Bank of Wales is formed in 2001 by the Welsh Assembly Government. Development Bank of Wales is an independent company, providing commercial funding to Welsh SMEs. They invests private and public funds, including EU funds.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
United Kingdom, Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bikmo — Bikmo exists to enable you to ride more.We build awesome insurance products to protect our customers for unexpected events, use technology to make taking out and managing your policy ultra-simple, and provide exceptional customer experiences through our team of bike geeks.We’re now 5 years into our mission to enable anyone, anywhere, to protecttheir lifestyle, so they can spend more time enjoying it. And, become the brand that resonates with and protects the passion and drive behind the bike and adventure sports community.At the heart of our business is a bunch of bike and adventure sports geeks who choose to spend their free time in the epic wild places our earth has to offer and we want to continue to be able to do just that.
Hope Macy — Hope Macy is a dynamic and expanding financial technology company. Its primary focus is on consumers who require additional security in managing their money, as well as those in the subprime sector.
Validient — Digitally automated compliance and due diligence solutions. Empower your business with the ultimate advantage.

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