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Top 50 Retail VC (Venture Capital) Funds in United Kingdom in February 2025

Last updated: Feb 2025 A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) 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 VC (Venture Capital) Funds in United Kingdom in February 2025

Investor	Retail United Kingdom investments
Venrex	12
Worth Capital	11
Foresight Group	9
Fuel Ventures	8
Seedrs	7
Active Partners	6
The FSE Group	6
Mobeus Equity Partners	6
Praetura Ventures	6
Angels Den	6
Balderton Capital	5
True.	5
Business Growth Fund	5
Forward Partners	5
Octopus Ventures	5
Monte Carlo Capital	4
JamJar Investments	4
Gresham House Ventures	4
Salica	4
Livingbridge	4
LAUNCHub Ventures	4
MMC Ventures	4
Hummingbird Ventures	4
Jenson Funding Partners	3
LDC	3
Redrice Ventures	3
Moxxie Ventures	3
Downing Ventures	3
Highland Capital Partners	3
Maven Capital Partners	3
Beringea	3
Development Bank of Wales	3
South Central Ventures	3
DN Capital	3
NVM Private Equity	3
BOOST&Co	3
Highland Europe	3
Connect Ventures	3
Atomico	3
Calculus Capital	2
Virgin Money	2
Calibrate Management	2
Concept Ventures	2
VentureFounders	2
SGH CAPITAL	2
QVentures	2
Saturn Partners	2
Future Planet Capital	2
AI Seed	2
Molten Ventures	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

Zelt — Manage everything from HRIS, payroll, pension, devices, apps and more seamlessly in one central hub, for all processes and applications, third-party included. Improve productivity through enhanced employee experience.
Lovetovisit — Discover & book tickets for days out & things to do near you. Discounts & deals, no membership fees! Attractions, theatres, zoos, theme parks, aquariums & more
Workflow — A minimalist collaboration platform for creative teams. Manage tasks, get AI reviews, and share work, all in one place.

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 — 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.

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, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

J+S — J+S Ltd is a supplier of systems and in-service support for the defence and offshore energy markets.
illumion — Illumion develops high-throughput optical tools to accelerate battery material development
Scorebuddy — All in one quality assurance call center software with automated tools for agent performance management, AI analytics and integrations. Try it free now!

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

Portfolio highlights

Yavrio — Yavrio links your bank accounts to your finance system using Open Banking. Gain centralized access, real-time insights, and secure transactions with 14,000+ banks in 20 countries.
Egregious — Egregious is an advanced research & intelligence lab established to defend humans from AI and provides narrative intelligence solutions across the public and private sectors to protect organisations and online users from malign influence using AI-driven data acquisition, insights, and engagement.
Arcube — We make sure all travellers, frequent and infrequent, make the most of travel loyalty programs, using our data-driven approach, airlines can understand their customers and provide hyper-personalised offerings to boost value and retention.Arcube uses a data-driven approach to make the most of airline loyalty programs for both frequent andinfrequent flyers. Our software allows airlines to understand their customers and provide hyper-personalised offerings to boost value and retention at no extra cost to the airline.

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

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, 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 — SRSLY Low Carb is an online food delivery company that specializes in offering low carb food for every occasion.

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

ARTAH — ARTAH manufactures supplements like vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and botanicals.
Lovetovisit — Discover & book tickets for days out & things to do near you. Discounts & deals, no membership fees! Attractions, theatres, zoos, theme parks, aquariums & more
Coopah Running — Discover the best running training app to track your progress, improve performance, and stay motivated. Try our running coach app or for free today!

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

Wilder Sensing — Wilder Sensing analyses audio and other data sources to produce actionable insights into the status and trends of biodiversity on your site.
Cybaverse — Cybaverse is a CREST accredited Managed Security Service Provider: Penetration Testing, Monitoring Detection and Response, Cyber Essentials.
Green Power Solutions — Green Power Solutions is a progressive business committed to providing innovative, environmentally friendly energy solutions. Green Power Solutions maintains our technology satisfies current demands while creating a more environmentally friendly future. With real-time monitoring, sophisticated analytics, and seamless integration, our flagshipproduct, the 3MS platform, is revolutionizing off-grid asset management and providing genuinely green, potent solutions to companies all over the world.

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.

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, United States

Portfolio highlights

BOW — We make robots work with our innovative robotics software platform We set the standard in robotics, lowering barrier to entry for roboticists at all levels.
CareLoop Health — CareLoop, an innovation emerging from the University of Manchester, furnishes patients with digital support resources while simultaneously providing healthcare professionals with the means to monitor and track patient symptoms.
CCI Photonics — CCI Photonics specialises in medical instruments and supplies, as well as conducting biotechnology research and development.

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.

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 A, Series B, Series C
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Agave Games — Agave Games is a mobile games publishing company and provides unique experiences
Grand Games — Grand Games is shaping the future of gaming by creating genre-defining games played by millions worldwide.
Lindus Health — Lindus Health. From recruitment to delivery, we accelerate clinical trials. Our mission is to make health research accessible for everyone, everywhere.

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.

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

Sulmara — Innovation for a sustainable energy future | Sulmara
Besseges — ValvesTubesFittings.com launched in 2015 as the online arm of Besseges VTF and has become one of the leading online pipeline suppliers.
Miracle Design & Play — Miracle Design & Play specializes in designing and installing playgrounds for children.

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.

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, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Amplience — The shopping experience platform for generating, creating and delivering content with context
Orbex Space — Founded in 2015, Orbex is Europe’s leading private launch services company, focused entirely on supporting the needs of the small satellite industry.Orbex has developed one of the most advanced, low carbon, high performance micro-launch vehicles in the world. They launch customer satellites into polar and sun-synchronous low Earth orbits from aunique, modern launch location in the heart of the European continent.They offer a flexible core launch service and a wide suite of supporting services that make life easier for customers. Their European location means shorter supply lines, easier communications and reduced operational costs. Their advanced launch vehicle means higher reliability, more flexible mission profiles and a regular, scheduled launch service.
ThreatMark — ThreatMark is the future of trust in the digital world. The company was founded with a vision of bringing trust to interactions across all digital channels through profound cyber security know-how and latest advancements in AI & Data Analytics. ThreatMark processes a comprehensive set of data inputs to continuously validate user’s identity& their intentions while protecting the user’s most valuable assets.At ThreatMark, we make sure that the entire digital journey (onboarding, authentication, account management, transactions…) is trusted and safe for both end-users and businesses. Major banks use ThreatMark’s deep behavioral profiling engine to analyze vast numbers of user specific data & behavioral traits to precisely identify legitimate users and deny fraudsters in real-time. For banks and their users, ThreatMark enables seamless digital experience that does not require additional authentication nor rely on simple transaction monitoring. ThreatMark goes beyond the industry standards to validate more than 25 million users and over 1 billion logins and transactions yearly.ThreatMark is shifting the paradigm in the digital world with advanced solutions complemented by a dedicated team of fraud specialists & cybersecurity experts working in our Security Operations Center (SOC), who vigilantly watch for new malicious activities throughout the digital landscape. Among various honors and industry recognition, ThreatMark has been recognized by Gartner as a Representative Vendor for the Online Fraud Detection area in its 2020 Market guide, named Deloitte’s Top Technology Fast 50 for CE; won 2019 AI Award – Company of the Year; and was awarded EY Entrepreneur of The Year for 2019.

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

Chaiz — Chaiz is the first digital marketplace for extended car warranties. Search, compare and buy service plans from top providers completely online.
LeaseTeq — Digital Leasing Services
CorFlow Therapeutics AG — CorFlow Therapeutics is a medtech startup that develops proprietary technologies for diagnosis and treatment of microvascular obstructions in heart attack patients. The CorFlow technologies enable interventional cardiologists to diagnose and treat MVO in severe heart attack patients thereby potentially reducing the short- and long-term complicationrates in these patients.

We love, help & invest in early-stage consumer brands.

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.
Bibbi Parfum — SIGN UP TO THE BIBBI UNIVERSE
With Nothing Underneath — WNU is all about simplicity - paired back, laid back, timeless, effortless shirts - just like the woman who wears them. Our shirts are not about trends or fleeting style moments, but about a wardrobe essential in which to live a life.

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.
OnSecurity — Protect your business from hackers with our pentesting and cyber security services. Try our platform for free.
Mobility Mojo — Mobility mojo is an evaluation tech for facilities and hotel accessibility.

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.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Zeotap — Discover the next-generation Customer Data Platform, built for a privacy-first future
Aevi — Aevi are in-person payment orchestration experts. Fully flexible - no matter what system you use we bring all of your payments together. Set your payments free.
Bumper — Split the cost of your car repairs and servicing into manageable monthly instalments with 0% interest. Fix it. Split it. Sorted.

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.

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

AMPECO — AMPECO enables large-scale EV charging providers to launch and scale their business operations under their own brand. The company offers a white-label and hardware-agnostic EV charging management platform to cover all business cases - public, private, and home charging. Advanced energy management, flexible billing and subscription management,automatic maintenance algorithms, and inter-operator roaming are some of the platform’s key components. With security and scalability at its core, the platform allows large-scale operators like energy companies, oil and gas, fleets, hardware manufacturers and installers to achieve quick go-to-market in a few months with a ready-made platform combined with unmatched flexibility and extensibility via APIs. AMPECO supports more than 110 charging network operators in over 45 markets and has been globally recognized by Frost & Sullivan for its superior technological innovation and strategic development with the 2022 Global Product Leadership Award.
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.

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

PocDoc — PocDoc is a pioneer in the field of smartphone-based fast disease testing.
Synthesia — Create AI videos by simply typing in text. Make engaging videos for e-learning, customer onboarding, etc. No need for actors, cameras or audio equipment.
Tangible — Tangible empowers hardware companies with sustainable asset-based lending solutions. Our platform streamlines debt funding, compliance automation, and financial product design, enabling efficient capital mobilization and comprehensive reporting for a greener future. Scale your business with Twist.

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

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.

Jenson Funding Partners LLP (Jenson) was founded in 2012 by Paul Jenkinson and Sarah Barber from Jenson Solutions Ltd., a network of finance directors who continue to provide support to the investee companies. Since 2012, they have launched five SEIS and four EIS funds. They are now in the 10th tranche and have invested £16 million in 100entrepreneurial UK businesses that have typically launched their product or service and are typically close to or past revenue. In addition, they have supported 20 follow-on funding rounds, all at a premium to the initial launch cost. They have recently become FCA-authorized and have split our SEIS and EIS funds into two separate funds, retaining the same ethos and strategy across both evergreen funds.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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.
Yond — Yond is taking a risk by integrating social commerce into the core of the travel booking process, with the goal of completely changing the travel industry.
Peach Worlds — No-Code Builder for 3D WebGL Website Experiences.

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

Precise TV — Precise.TV helps you deliver brand safe, targeted YouTube advertising campaigns complete with actionable data analytics to drive performance for your brand.
Deltron Lifts — Deltron Lifts, a highly trusted, 5-STAR Google Reviews. Specialists in lift repair, maintenance and low cost lift service contracts for the UK market.
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.

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

Investment focus

Retail, Wellness, Fashion
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

GoJoe — Ditch the step challenge apps and employee engagement platforms and boost inclusivity and engagement with GoJoe.The employee engagement and wellbeing app that people actually use.
Lovetovisit — Discover & book tickets for days out & things to do near you. Discounts & deals, no membership fees! Attractions, theatres, zoos, theme parks, aquariums & more
Coopah Running — Discover the best running training app to track your progress, improve performance, and stay motivated. Try our running coach app or for free today!

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

BasiGo — BasiGo is an early-stage e-mobility start-up looking to revolutionize the public transportation sector by providing matatu owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel buses.
Pharos — Pharos is a Hospitals and Health Care tech that helps with quality reporting without any manual chart review.
Bluenote Health — Accelerate innovation with AI built for and trusted by leading life sciences companies.

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.

Founded in 1988, Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm focused on putting the entrepreneur first.With offices in Silicon Valley, Boston and Shanghai, Highland has raised over $3 billion in committed capital and invested in more than 225 companies, resulting in category-defining businesses across consumer and enterprisetechnology.Investments include 2U, Ask Jeeves, Bromium, Gigamon, Leap Motion, LevelUp, Lycos, MapQuest, Nebula, QD Vision, Qihoo 360, Quattro Wireless, RentJuice, Rent the Runway, Starent Networks, Sybase, Violin Memory, VistaPrint and WePay.Highland also serves as a mentor for future entrepreneurs through Summer@Highland, a program that provides students and university-affiliated startups with the environment and resources to take their initiative to the next level.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, China

Portfolio highlights

Transcend — Transcend offers data governance solutions that help companies achieve privacy compliance through powerful data mapping and data discovery, automated data subject requests, and simple cookie consent, all with industry leading security.
Eko Health — At Eko every digital stethoscope from Eko comes with smart disease detection capabilities to help healthcare professionals confidently identify and diagnose heart and lung disease during physical exams.
Vecna Robotics — Vecna Robotics is the leading autonomous mobile robot (AMR) company that provides logistics automation and workflow optimization solutions.

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

Scotmas Group — Scotmas are specialists in Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2) generators & dosing systems for drinking water treatment, Legionella control and SWRO.
Concinnity Genetics — Concinnity designs unique RNA-based gene control systems that enable the precise control of gene therapies to improve safety.
Jackson Stapleton Accountants — Jackson Stapleton Accountants is a forward-thinking accounting firm that give the best service possible while remaining true to the profession's values.

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

MOTH: — MOTH: is a beverages company that provides ready-to-drink cocktail for family and friends.
Gorilla — We empower Energy Retailers in pricing, forecasting and reporting with data-driven solutions in boosting speed and flexibility.
ATLAS Space Operations — ATLAS Space Operations provides Secure Space Access Anytime, Anywhere. Ground Software as a Service on a global federated network.

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

Amped PCR — At Amped PCR, we empower life science researchers and scientists with our high-performance diagnostic technologies. We specialise in advanced Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technology, providing robust diagnostic tools tailored to the life sciences and for critical sectors such as food safety, en
Coffi Lab — Dog friendly independent coffee shops, inspired by our love of coffee & labs. In Monmouth, Marlborough & Abergavenny. Proud Supporter of Guide Dogs UK.
Stable Resources — We are Stable. We pioneer new ways for teams to collaborate and innovate with technology being the enabler.

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

SplxAI — The SplxAI platform is the first complete pentesting solution for Conversational AI apps. Secure your AI systems proactively with automated vulnerability assessments and mitigation.
All eyes on screens — 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.
LUPA Technology — Lupa is a cloud-based SaaS built for the Construction industry. Utilizing the power of AI and expert knowledge, Lupa turns large quantities of unstructured data into meaningful information. Based in New York and Belgrade, Lupa services Clients around the World working on large construction projects that require safe and secure real-time processingor forensic analysis of their data set. Lupa is the pioneer in construction data analytics and AI, paving the way for integration of cutting-edge tech in the industry.

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

Sami — Sami is a Brazil-based health plan startup that provides a technology-based solution intended to be used in the healthcare sector. The company focuses on making health care simpler, more efficient, and friendlier by using simplified solutions, thus, providing patients with reduced costs for their medical care needs. Their mission is to transformBrazilian health into something simple, easy, reliable, and accessible, which helps each person to be their best version.Founded by Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo in 2018 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Plumery — Plumery provides an innovative Digital Banking Platform, empowering you to elevate your customer digital banking experiences.
Evidently — Evidently is a Cognitive AI platform powering the future of data-driven medicine. The EHR-embedded Evidently app gives clinicians superpowers to provide faster and better care.

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...

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 the future of furniture. 100 day returns. Free 24 hour delivery. 15 year frame guarantee & stain resistant fabrics. Swyft makes beautiful living easy.
Airbox Fulfilment — Brand focused fulfilment for e-commerce businesses. Airbox are one of UK's largest 3PLs with best in class service offering.
Communicate Technology — We are IT, telecoms and cyber security specialists, keeping over 500 businesses and 50,000 users connected and secure across the UK.

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

Portfolio highlights

9fin — 9fin is a leading provider of debt market intelligence and offers everything you need to analyse a credit, or win a mandate in one AI-powered platform
LemFi — Send money to India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and 16 other countries. Receive and manage your money without stress
smaXtec — We offer professional dairy farmers the most technologically advanced health system, based on measuring inner body temperature, rumination and activity inside the cow's rumen. Farmers achieve stable high milk yields, reduce the use of antibiotics and significantly increase animal welfare. The 24/7 health monitoring system increases theeffectiveness of all work processes on professional dairy farms. smaXtec makes a decisive contribution to the stability and profitability of industrial dairy farming worldwide - while at the same time increasing sustainability.

We've been investing in pre-seed and seed stage product companies since 2012, from our home in London.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Dust — Dust is a platform for creating sophisticated processes based on large language models and semantic search.
Purple Dot — Sell More by Selling Earlier
Steep — Business intelligence for modern companies. Steep lets anyone on your team stay on top of your data.

Atomico invests in innovative technology companies around the world.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

R.grid — Research Grid is the automation engine for admin-free clinical trials. Research Grid has developed two industry-leading products that leverage its AI-powered automation engine.
Raycast — A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher.
Dexory — BotsAndUs is a London-based startup that develops robotics and AI solutions. They combine social sciences with human-centered design and cutting edge engineering and make sure robots seamlessly integrate into day to day life.

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

WorkL — Discover tools and insights to boost workplace happiness. For individuals and businesses, WorkL supports job satisfaction and employee engagement.
Invizius — Invizius is developing products to help patients on dialysis, cardiopulmonary bypass, ECMO and on other extra-corporeal treatments, to feel better, and suffer fewer complications.
Optalitix — Optalitix's data driven products and expertise allow you to move your models to the cloud and improve underwriting efficiency.

Clydesdale Bank was established in 1838 in Glasgow. The bank has a history of innovation and support for Scottish industry and communities. With over 70 branches and a network of business and private banking centres, Clydesdale is one of Scotland's largest banks.

Investment focus

Retail, Fashion, Jewelry
Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Taylor & Hart — Taylor & Hart's mission is to create and deliver engagement rings that allow people to truly express themselves in a way that captures the emotions they feel for each other.- Offering over 100,000 ethically sourced GIA graded diamonds to choose from.- Winner of "Best New Jeweler 2014" and nominated for numerous otherawards.- Crowd-fundeded through Seedrs twice raising over $500,000- Notable mentions in the Telegraph, Guardian, Elle, Glamour, Forbes, FT- Customer rating of over 9.6/10 from over 120 reviews.- Team members based in London, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria- Transacted over $2m over the last 12 months.- Set a pink diamond on the inside of every ring as a trademark

Calibrate is focused on long-duration capital investments. Our firm belief is that having a longer timeline for investing will generate superior returns. We do not believe in short term solutions.Our ethos is to operate with integrity and to add value across the spectrum of the investment cycle.Our mission is to provide the means to support,sustain, and enhance stakeholder value; to generate an environment aligned with value creation.Our business is founded upon our core values and a measured approach to risk management as our name suggests.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

KisanHub — KisanHub Agri-Food Supply Chain Software helps Producer Groups to transform their supply chain and improve margins with greater visibility and data driven insights. With all your supply and procurement data together in one convenient dashboard, you can better predict supply and make the most of demand. Choose from a suite of software modules thatwork seamlessly to provide fast access to crop progress, weather information, satellite imagery, stock levels and delivery schedules.
Staff Heroes — Staff Heroes is the #1 On Demand Booking Platform for Temporary Staff, providing quality vetted workers to over 1000 Hospitality, Event and Venue businesses in London and transforming the traditional agency industry.Staff Heroes removes the middleman giving Businesses control and transparency with as much or little control as they wish.Businesses have the option to view Worker profiles and ratings allowing the creation of favourite pools of workers. Vice versa workers are able to rate Businesses based on their experience.Staff Heroes works with many large businesses such as Four Seasons, Hilton, BBC, ISS, Servest, Virgin Atlantic, Youngs, Aramark, Delaware North as well as with over 1'200 SMEs who have signed up to the platform since launch.Staff Heroes empowers Heroes (workers), allowing them to have control of where and when they work and creating a more democratic working environment with reward and gamification to incentivise loyalty.Staff Heroes was founded by Laurent Gibb in December 2015; and is headquartered in London, England.
Funding Xchange — Funding Xchange is transforming and connecting the SME funding eco-system through digital eligibility and affordability assessment tools. Funding Xchange built its leading technology platform by connecting businesses with more than 70 funders to access indicative offers in 3 minutes and money in businesses’ bank accounts in 10 minutes.Funding Xchange’s Marketplace provides access to finance where businesses are engaging with their finance. Using its API-led technology, Funding Xchange is embedding its Marketplace in the largest Price Comparison Websites like MoneySuperMarket, delivering custom marketplaces to banks like NatWest and Monzo, integrating finance solutions in advisory platforms like Enterprise Nation and finance available within accounting software and payment providers own eco-system. Through FXE Technologies, the business white-labels its intelligent SME lending tools for banks, funders and brokers. Clients are able to deploy white-labelled, digitally-led customer journeys and market-facing intermediary portals, transforming operating costs and increasing look-to-book ratios while also empowering active portfolio risk management.The tools are powered by real-time access to validated transactional data and leverage insights into risk analytics and underwriting across a broad spectrum of SME funding solutions. The eligibility and affordability tools deliver the benefits of digital transformation without the risk of complex and costly technology projects. Funding Xchange was founded in 2014 and is based in London, England, United Kingdom.

Concept Ventures is the UK's largest pre-seed fund. Founded in 2018, the firm has backed over 45+ companies changing how we Work, Play and Learn and focused only at the pre-seed stage.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Verax AI — Seeks to be the leading provider of enterprise-grade trust solutions for Generative AI, enabling companies worldwide to build or adopt any Generative AI agent with confidence
Anam — Anam is the developer of real-time AI personas for brands to increase consumer interaction..
Vsim Technology — Experience the power of next-generation physics simulations with Vsim. Our cutting-edge technology provides realistic and accurate simulations for various industries.

Volution is a UK based Venture Capital firm. We back ambitious Fintech and SaaS businesses, ready to accelerate their growth to Series B and beyond.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Medical
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zopa — Zopa is a P2P money lending service that allows lenders and borrowers to deal directly with one another, cutting out the banks who act as middlemen. It works in the following way: the company first categorizes borrower credit grades with an A*, A, B, C, or Y rating; then lenders make offers that vary by money amount and time period for persons witha certain credit grade, and borrowers can then agree the aggregate offered rate.Zopa takes on such responsibilities as distributing money between parties, completing the legal paperwork, performing borrower identity/credit checks, and employing a collections agency that chases missed payments for the lender.Zopa also mitigates risk for lenders by enforcing monthly direct debit repayment, making borrowers sign a legal contract, and allowing lenders to lend small chunks of money to individual borrowers (i.e. someone lending Â£1000 would have their money spread across say, 100 borrowers).The company itself makes money by charging a fixed fee for borrowers and a 1% annual fee for lenders.Zopa has received public acclaim as well, having been awarded CNET Technology Awards' 2006 Internet Innovation of the Year, the 2007 Webby Award for Best Banking/Bill-Paying Website, the 2008 Webby Award for Financial Services, the Banker 2007 Award for Best Internet Project, and Moneywise 2009 Awards for Best Customer Service and Best Personal Loan.One of the three initial members of the UK's Peer-to-Peer Finance Association, together with FundingCircle and RateSetter. Other P2P lending services include
DeadHappy — DeadHappy is an insurtech company that provides digital pay-as-you-go life insurance services. It specializes in offering flexible life insurance policies that are designed to be cheaper, easier, and better than existing traditional providers. Its offerings include pricing insurance based on current circumstances and the option to add furthercoverage on a rolling basis.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Leicester, England.
Lightpoint Medical — Lightpoint is developing miniaturized imaging and sensing tools for advanced robot-assisted cancer surgery.

Capital That Makes Sense. Tactical early stage technology investors in the US, Europe and beyond.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Cryptio — We offer enterprise-grade accounting, reporting, and audit software for your digital assets.
TabTrader — TabTrader - Cryptocurrency trading terminal. Over 20K+ trading instruments on 20+ major exchanges in one app.
Asset Reality — Asset Reality manages and realises seized and confiscated assets for public and private sector clients globally.

QVentures sources, screens, and invests in top-tier start-ups from Seed to Series B. Our investors consist of Family Offices, Institutional Investors, UHNWIs, and Cashed-out Entrepreneurs. We look for disruptive companies with a proven product-market fit, set to scale from Seed to Series B. We focus on Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Tech,FinTech, AdTech, EdTech, InsurTech and HealthTech and more. We look for quality management teams, large addressable markets, proven traction, sustainable business models, route to scale and quality investors.To apply for investment, please fill out this short form to be reviewed: https://qventures.typeform.com/to/zZPOWf

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

sqcdp — We work with manufacturing clients to make paper systems redundant, introducing smart, efficient systems to capture production data through your teams.
PORTAIRE — Bring your team together and simplify your work from product discovery to procurement.
Renewabl — Renewabl is the platform that allows companies to meet their decarbonisation targets quickly and efficiently by matching renewable energy certificates directly from hydro, wind and solar on a 24/7-hour basis.

Saturn Partners works side-by-side with innovators to build groundbreaking companies. This Boston venture capital firm provides VC funding for seed and early-stage technology companies.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Device
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Third Pole — The Third Pole™ core technology is an innovative clean, tankless inhaled Nitric Oxide (NO) proven equivalent to marketed tank-gas in the lab. Nitric oxide saves hypoxic newborns, but is available only in a limited number of countries, for those who can afford it, by physicians who have access to the product. We intend to make NO availableworldwide.
Yieldstreet — Yieldstreet is an alternative investment platform focused on generating income streams for investors. Get exclusive access to private market investments.
Areteia Therapeutics — Areteia Therapeutics is a biotechnology company committed to putting asthma patients in better control of their disease. The company was spun out of Pennsylvania-based Knopp, which published results from its phase 2 clinical trial last year that showed its oral drug candidate could reduce the count of blood eosinophil, which is an indication ofimproving lung function and is found in several asthma-related treatments.

Brilliant Ideas. Brilliant People. Brilliant Minds.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Convertible Note
United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Ikarovec — Ikarovec is developing novel gene therapies to treat major ophthalmic indications.
Antiverse — Designing biologics for 100 challenging targets
Wittaya Aqua — A better approach to aquaculture management

Every year they invest £100,000 each in up to 20 early-stage startups using the latest in artificial intelligence and machine learning to build great products and businesses that solve real world problems.In exchange for the investment, they look to receive 5-10% equity. We’re able to lead rounds and help startups raise more through introductionsto their network of angels and VCs.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Kuano — Kuano provides innovative quantum and AI solutions for drug discovery and design. It offers a discovery platform that combines target quantum mapping and AI-led chemistry to enable the faster development of better drug candidates.
RoboK — A Cambridge University spin-out building cost-effective 3D sensing software technology
Thingtrax — Realise improved efficiency, quality control, employee safety and productivity by modernising your factories with ThingTrax's AI and IoT

Molten Ventures is a venture capital company. They invest in software, telecoms, electronics, the internet, MedTech, and cleantech services. They support visionary entrepreneurs who will invent the future.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

PocDoc — PocDoc is a pioneer in the field of smartphone-based fast disease testing.
FintechOS — FintechOS extends your core, letting you innovate banking and insurance products, digital journeys, and back-office workflows without the cost or risk.
SatVu — SatVu captures high resolution thermal data from space for a safer and more sustainable Earth.

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