Top 50 Social Impact Startup Investors in United Kingdom in January 2025

Investor	Social Impact United Kingdom investments
Ascension	3
Ananda Impact Ventures	2
Digital Currency Group	2
Richard Brooke	2
Shubhrendu Koche	2
Curt Hopkins	2
Nigel Wray	2
Intel	2
Tomahawk.VC	2
Wouter Born	2
GMG Ventures	1
Sir Stuart Rose	1
Marcus Watson	1
Social and Sustainable Capital	1
Bootstrapped Debt Financing	1
Ali Karabey	1
Concept Ventures	1
Shishir Mehrotra	1
Algorand Foundation	1
Erinç Özada	1
Force Over Mass Capital	1
Downing Ventures	1
Ilkay Gundogan	1
Jon Reynolds	1
SIVO	1
SOSV	1
Ariadne Capital Limited	1
MSM	1
Kindred Capital	1
Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A.	1
Nordic Eye Venture Capital	1
Active Partners	1
Brandtech Ventures	1
Quadrature Climate Foundation	1
Open Society Foundations	1
DD Venture Capital	1
Nicolas Cary	1
Google.org	1
StartupJobs	1
MGV Capital Group	1
Social Tech Trust	1
Intesa Sanpaolo	1
Impact Ventures UK	1
Nationwide Building Society	1
Grouport Ventures	1
Foresight Williams	1
Concept Ventures	1
KHP Ventures	1
Thomas Middelhoff	1
All Turtles	1

Ascension is an early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs to back the next generation of tech and impact founders

Investment focus

Software, Internet, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Italy

Portfolio highlights

HotelRunner — HotelRunner is a cloud based hotel online sales and channel manager tool with an online marketing suite. Power your online sales now!
ManholeMetrics — We are a multi-award winning sensor and analytics start-up on a mission to stop flooding and bring wastewater into the 21st Century.
SuperFi — SuperFi Finance is a financial application that provides personalized debt support. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in London, England.

We are the home for entrepreneurs with a big vision who want to create something less ordinary. Something that matters. For all of us.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

EcoG — EcoG connects and enables monetizing charging infrastructure with an API-software platform. EcoG is the first cloud-based platform to enable shared revenue streams and value-added services in fast charging. With EcoG a personalized and customized EV fast charging experience is easy to implement and operate.
Klim — Klim enables farmers to transition to regenerative agriculture at scale by providing them financial support, knowledge, documentation tools, and a community via our digital companion for farmers.Klim-verified carbon removal credits, generated by Klim farmers, help companies to transition to net zero by offsetting their carbon emissions locallyand with maximum impact and transparency.
OroraTech — OroraTech provides global real-time information services. The first target market is early detection and monitoring of wildfires, extended by a proprietary constellation of thermal imaging nanosatellites equipped with in-space AI image processing. At the beginning of 2020, OroraTech launched an MVP called Wildfire Service (WFS) that enables quickdetection and monitoring of wildfires on a global scale. The combination of existing thermal-infrared satellite data with external data layers, such as fuel, wind, and risk maps results in an automatic generation of fire alerts and the display of current fire perimeters for users. The MVP was launched in early 2020 and has gained increasing traction with governmental and large corporate customers all over the world.

We are the capital engine supporting emerging talent & crypto technology. On its mission to accelerate the development of a better financial system.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Axoni — Axoni is a New York-based capital markets technology firm that specializes in distributed ledger infrastructure. Product offerings include blockchain deployments, large-scale data management, bespoke smart contract development, analytics services, and connectivity tools.
AlloyX — AlloyX makes it simple and accessible for protocols, DAOs, and institutional investors to create diversified RWA investment strategies. We provide lenders with a flexible and efficient platform for managing all of their RWA assets based on their yield, risk, and liquidity preferences.
Coinflow Labs — Coinflow is a payment solution that allows Web3 companies to accept traditional payment methods and payout their customers by converting cryptocurrency to USD in their traditional bank account.

Richard Brooke

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Social Impact, Sustainability
Seed, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Epic Impact — Epic is the app that rewards you for buying ethical products that are better for the planet, and empowers you to do more good, from offsetting your carbon footprint to donating to good causes.

Shubhrendu Koche

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Sports, eSports
Seed, Pre-Seed
India, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
Epic Impact — Epic is the app that rewards you for buying ethical products that are better for the planet, and empowers you to do more good, from offsetting your carbon footprint to donating to good causes.
BazaarNXT — B2B Marketplace for Packaging Materials, Manufacturing & Distribution

Tech CEO, Chairman and venture builder in sustainable tech, fintech and the future of work.

Investment focus

SaaS, Fitness, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Keia Ltd — From acupuncture to yoga, browse, compare and book on the world's most extensive wellness platform from the comfort of your phone, tablet or laptop.
Epic Impact — Epic is the app that rewards you for buying ethical products that are better for the planet, and empowers you to do more good, from offsetting your carbon footprint to donating to good causes.

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 — All of our Drips and Booster Shots are administered by our medical staff, consisting of 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

Intel is building on its unrivaled history of innovation to power the future of computing and communications. Intel's ambitions? A world that runs on Intel. Intel is doing this by helping its customers find the technologies and solutions that allow them to transform their businesses and gain market advantage.And it all starts with data.Intel is on a journey from a PC-centric company to a data-centric company. Intel's unmatched depth of experience and scope of vision allows it to dream big, to create a world where Intel powers the future of computing and communications—including powerful processors and accelerators that unlock the full potential of data. Intel continuously delivers advances in performance, power, and connectivity across a diversity of data-centric workloads, so its customers can harness the raw power of data.Intel's innovations span architecture, memory, software, and security to help develop transformative products and experiences for its customers. Collectively, Intel's 107,000 employees worldwide are enabling amazing experiences in 5G, artificial intelligence, driverless cars, and much more.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series B, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Aleph Alpha — Aleph Alpha develops AI systems for modern security challenges.
Hugging Face — Hugging Face is an open-source & platform provider of machine learning technologies. Hugging Face was launched in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.
Tweed — Tweed provides a plug & play white-label wallet solution that includes compliant self-custodial key management, comprehensive wallet features and payment infrastructure all in one SDK. With Tweed, platforms and brands can onboard mainstream users seamlessly and create frictionless web3 experiences which increase the overall activity and saleson platform. Tweed’s architecture is built as a true self-custodial solution, and passes regular legal audits to ensure your platform can offload the regulatory burden and offer a fully compliant web3 experience.The company is still currently in stealth mode.

Tomahawk.VC (www.tomahawk.vc) is an entrepreneur-led early-stage venture capital firm founded by serial entrepreneur Cédric Waldburger. We invest in global-first companies in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds. We give honest and quick feedback and value empathy, execution and clarity. We think that data beats experience beats opinion.Global-first companies are ventures that think and act global from the very start. They hire the best talent from anywhere in the world and build company culture incorporating remote employees from day 1. Investments range from USD 100k-1M per transaction and up to USD 2M per company. Global focus, based in Switzerland. Get in touch via www.Tomahawk.VC.

Investment focus

FinTech, Cryptocurrency, SaaS
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Switzerland, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Buynomics — buynomics is the leading solution to optimize your product portfolio. Our clients use buynomics to optimize pricing, promotions, & portfolio architecture.
Pods — Building DeFi. Strategies, primitives and tooling. Welcome to Pods.
Daylight — Our transaction recommendation API helps apps, protocols, and creators grow transactions and revenue.

Wouter Born is a Founder at Born Capital. He attended IESE Business School.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Pynk — Pynk is the Multi-Award Winning London Fintech that rewards you for making predictions on assets like Gold, NASDAQ and Bitcoin. Free sign up, start today!
Hurree — Hurree is a pinboard for your analytics. Unify data from across your different tools and pin what matters most to you on one, easy-to-read dashboard.
Skopos.AI — Lupasafe offers immediate and continuous complete insight into cyber security risks on people, process and IT.

London based Venture Capital Fund Manager investing in UK seed stage companies at the intersection of media and technology

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Chatterbox — A corporate language learning platform that uniquely offers active practice alongside algorithmically matched native language coaches who share their students' professional backgrounds and interests. On the app, engineers are learning Arabic from engineers and aid workers are learning French from medical doctors and achieving industry toppingcourse completion rates. Chatterbox language coaches are professionals who have become forcibly displaced and are currently undervalued in the labour market. Co-founded by a former refugee and Y Combinator alum, Chatterbox is backed by BGV, All Turtles and WeWork.
Papercup — Next-gen AI Dubbing service that automates video translation. Create new voices in other languages for your video content at scale and increase your ROI.
Signal AI — Signal AI is an AI-powered business intelligence and media monitoring company that aggregates, analyses, and provides business leaders with insights into digital, print and broadcast media, news, and regulatory data. Signal AI’s machine learning enables businesses to track their competitive landscape, changes to regulation, and monitor theirreputation—empowering them to make smarter, faster business decisions.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom.

Rose first joined Marks & Spencer in 1972, as a management trainee. Rose remained with Marks & Spencer until 1989, when he joined the Burton Group as Chief Executive in 1994. The Burton Group demerged, forming the Arcadia and Debenhams businesses.In 1997, he joined Argos as Chief Executive, where he was charged with defending thecompany against a takeover bid from the home shopping giant, Great Universal Stores (GUS). Ultimately, GUS did succeed in taking control of Argos, although Rose was widely praised for negotiating an increased price for the retailer.In a turbulent time in its history, Rose became the Chief Executive of Booker plc, where he oversaw the merger of the company with Iceland to form the Big Food Group.Rose joined the Arcadia Group in 2000 as Chief Executive and left in 2002 following its acquisition. Rose turned around the fortunes of the Arcadia Group, and sold the group for over £800m, netting himself around £25m as part of the deal.

Investment focus

Software, B2C, Social Impact
Seed, Series B, Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Sunsave — Save money on your bills and gain energy independence with Sunsave solar panel and battery solutions. Get a free quote today.
Netwealth — Netwealth uses cutting-edge technology and an expert team to provide a cost-effective wealth management service. See how we can help manage your investments.
Glasswall — Glasswall is a cyber security software company. Its technology is designed to regenerate files and documents to a standard of 'known good' and deliver proactive protection. The company's software remediates file structures back into line with their published specification, removes risky Active Content, and regenerates files inmilliseconds in their original file format with visual content completely untouched, thereby, enabling companies to eliminate cyber threats and deliver safe, usable documents in their native format.

Marcus Watson

Investment focus

Audio, Music, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Audoo — Audoo is a music-technology company revolutionising the landscape for public performance royalty collection through accurate, real-world data.
Epic Impact — Epic is the app that rewards you for buying ethical products that are better for the planet, and empowers you to do more good, from offsetting your carbon footprint to donating to good causes.
Magical Mushroom Company — We harness the natural flexibility and strength of mycelium, the material structure of fungi, to grow protective packaging at any scale by combining it with agricultural waste such as hemp, cork and sawdust.

Funding organisations that support communities and transform lives.

Investment focus

Non Profit, Communities, Transportation
Debt Financing
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

HCT Group — HCT Group is a social enterprise in the transport industry. Their story starts in 1982 with the formation of Hackney Community Transport, providing low cost minibuses for local community groups – a service they provide to this day.In 1993, with traditional grants under threat, they came to the realisation that the best way to become asustainable social enterprise was to become an effective enterprise. They began to compete for commercial contracts in the marketplace to ensure they could continue to provide community transport.HCT Group service users This approach has seen HCT Group grow from a handful of volunteers and a couple of minibuses, with a turnover of £202k in 1993 – to a large scale social enterprise with 800 employees, ten depots spread across London, Yorkshire, Humberside, the Southwest and the Channel Islands, a fleet of 500 vehicles and a 2013/14 turnover of £43.7m.Their commercial track record spans a wide range of services – from London red buses to social services transport, from school transport to Park and Ride, from community transport to education and training. They now deliver well over 20 million passenger trips on their buses every year. You can find a full breakdown of the services they provide across the group here.
Five Lamps — Five Lamps aims to ?transform lives, raise aspirations, remove barriers and offer choice to families, business and communities?. They are a charity that supports the community by re-investing any profit back into the business. They are also known as a social enterprise, registered charity and community development finance institution.
Gawcott Fields Community Solar — Gawcott Fields Community Solar is a not for profit organization generating electricity and income for the benefits of the local community.

Bootstrapped Debt Financing

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Kornem Energy — Kornem Energy provides energy intelligence and mobile-fuel delivery and diesel delivery on demand for the needs of today, tomorrow, and our future.We are eliminating the traditional fuel supply chain infrastructure using IOT & a compact terminal-to-car logistics aggregation, through service, automation and mobility.This enables us todeliver fuel directly to the customers who can request fuel delivery wherever they are, through our mobile app, while bridging the gap between feedstock aggregation, quality-assurance and end-user accessibility.No more expensive real estate, no more extensive supply chain. Just #FuelToYou
SymbaSync — SymbaSync™ helps organizations maximize return on employee investment by providing Human Resources Software to source, qualify, and engage employees to populate project teams. SymbaSync’s tools increase employee satisfaction improving employee ownership, engagement, and retention. SymbaSync provides a company with a complete overview of up-to-dateemployee skills, interests, and workplace preferences.
Tactii — We do rapid prototyping on machine learning and analytics for small companies. Our main focus is to bring down the budget for small companies and startups who want to explore things in Machine Learning. Affordable Machine Learning for startups and small companies. We are partnering up with various startups and small companies.

Ali Karabey is a managing director at 212, a venture capital fund that focuses on investments in internet, communication and technology companies.Karabey also currently serves on the boards of several e-commerce companies, including Butigo.com, an online fashion retail start-up focusing on fast fashion; Balerin.com, a front-runner in theonline personal care vertical; and Hazinem.com, an online jewelry store.After graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in finance, Ali resumed his career in Arthur Andersen’s New York office in the Corporate Finance department, executing mid-market transactions in the technology, media and telecommunications industries.In 2002, he joined Morgan Stanley Capital International and managed North American and European finance teams consecutively. He was also involved in the valuation, due diligence, and post-acquisition integration of acquisition targets.After Morgan Stanley, Karabey transferred to Deutsche Bank and focused on the bank’s principal investments.Prior to 212, Karabey moved back to Istanbul in 2008, where he provided consultancy services to clients in the government and private sector on PPP, project finance, and private equity advisory projects. Karabey is a member of Galata Business Angels, Istanbul’s premier angel investor organization, and also serves on the Endeavor Advisory Board.

Investment focus

Software, iOS, Marketing
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

WeWALK — WeWALK, making the white cane innovative and smart, allows visually impaired people to walk more independently and safely and thanks to its three revolutionary features, it promotes their participation in social life on an equal foot with everyone.Obstacle detection: : WeWALK detects obstacles at head and chest level with its onboard ultrasonicsensor and warns its users with vibration patterns.Pairs with smart phones: : When connected with the WeWALK application via Bluetooth, GPS navigation is easy with WeWALK without the need to take out the phone.It gets better with new integrations: Every integration made possible with software updates brings new features to WeWALK. With its smart city solutions, WeWALK enables visually impaired people to access beneficial information around them such as nearby cafes and shops, while also providing them the info for closest public transport stops and arrival times. WeWALK has been developed so that it can gain new features such as nde hailing in the future with its ability to be integrated with new applications. WeWALK integrations developed so far include "Google Maps" and Alexa virtual assistant service.
Teleporter — Teleporter is the World of Gamers in VR that brings us together in one digital place for all the ways gamers get together. Focused on gamers, inspired by the world’s best MMORPGs, and amplified by video-gaming enthusiasts, we dream of building a universe for gamers using technology, artistry, and magic.Our players in Teleporter can play manybuilt-in games, watch game streams, find like-minded others, and hang out together in fantastic 3D environments. Teleporter: WoG universe feels like and works like a game, but it also allows players to do many different things they usually love to do with other gamers. Our dream is to shape the future of gamers getting together digitally.
TeamSQL, Inc. — TeamSQL is a Multi-Platform SQL client built for collaboration, usability and performance. It supports popular database engines used by the majority and runs on macOS, Windows and Linux.

Early-stage VC Firm based in London, investing in UK technology startups & SaaS companies through our award-winning pre-seed funds.

Investment focus

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

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.
Browse AI — Monitor any webpage for changes. Download any data on the web as a spreadsheet. Turn any website into an API.
ElevenLabs — Research Lab. Exploring new frontiers of voice generation. We are researching and deploying novel methods in voice AI to make content enjoyable in any language and voice to benefit new audiences and viewers. Our mission is to make content universally accessible in any language & voice.

Mr. Shishir Mehrotra is a Co-Founder/CEO of Coda since June 2014 and served as Strategic Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer from December 2015 to May 2017. Mr. Mehrotra is the CEO and Co-Founder of Coda, Inc. He served as Vice President of Product and Engineering, Youtube/Video at Google Inc. Mr. Mehrotra served as a Director ofProduct Management for Google TV Ads and YouTube Ads at Google Inc. He served as Director of Program Management at Microsoft. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Centrata, Inc. Prior to working with Centrata, he was part of the team that brought the Microsoft Office email client to the market. He was Director of Program Management at Microsoft. He held positions at the W3C, Taurus Telysys and the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He is accurately regarded as one of the most knowledgeable people in digital content and technology. He has been a Director of Victorious, Inc. since July 23, 2015. He served as a Director of INVIDI Technologies Corporation. Mr. Mehrotra holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Apps
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

Config — Config combines engineering, operations, and manufacturing to simplify the large-scale shipment of high-quality hardware.
Arta Finance — Arta Finance is a network of innovators, researchers, finance specialists, and business executives who help people get the most of their finances. Arta offers access to financial opportunities that help people to plan and enjoy their financial future but with less complexity and lower fees. It was founded by Caesar Sengupta.
Luminai — DigitalBrain helps you get through your support tickets twice as fast.

Fulfilling the global promise of blockchain technology by leveraging the Algorand protocol and open source software for an inclusive ecosystem.

Investment focus

Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Parcision — Parcision revolutionizes the hiring process on Wall Street by introducing a crucial element: quantifiable skill. The current Wall Street hiring practice puts too much emphasis on alma mater and network connection, which deters many candidates. We aim to establish a quantitative approach that enables individuals from all backgrounds to assess theirskills and demonstrate their accuracy in analyzing critical market events, such as company earnings and economic announcements. We firmly believe that regardless of identity, sex, race, location, or educational background, everyone deserves an equal opportunity to pursue a rewarding career in the financial industry. Through our blind hiring and skills-first approach, we hope to change the DNA of Wall Street.To achieve this, we harness the power of Web 3 technology, specifically smart contracts, to facilitate and oversee tamper-proof tests that quantify candidates' analytical capabilities. By leveraging this advanced technology, we ensure a transparent, auditable, and provable performance metric for participants. The most accomplished participants are duly acknowledged financially and reputationally based on their exceptional proficiency. This recognition is facilitated through participants' undeniable track records on Parcision.Parcision is chess for financial analysts.
PlanetWatch — We leverage advanced technologies of the population to improve environmental monitoring worldwide and help protect public health
Quantum Temple — Quantum Temple is the Web3 platform that enables equitable exchanges between conscious collectors and ancestral communities. Our goal is to protect and share the knowledge, traditions, and art forms of cultures around the world in perpetuity through blockchain technology.

Erinç Özada is an angel investor.

Investment focus

Apps, Baby, Gaming
Seed
Turkey, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

WeWALK — WeWALK, making the white cane innovative and smart, allows visually impaired people to walk more independently and safely and thanks to its three revolutionary features, it promotes their participation in social life on an equal foot with everyone.Obstacle detection: : WeWALK detects obstacles at head and chest level with its onboard ultrasonicsensor and warns its users with vibration patterns.Pairs with smart phones: : When connected with the WeWALK application via Bluetooth, GPS navigation is easy with WeWALK without the need to take out the phone.It gets better with new integrations: Every integration made possible with software updates brings new features to WeWALK. With its smart city solutions, WeWALK enables visually impaired people to access beneficial information around them such as nearby cafes and shops, while also providing them the info for closest public transport stops and arrival times. WeWALK has been developed so that it can gain new features such as nde hailing in the future with its ability to be integrated with new applications. WeWALK integrations developed so far include "Google Maps" and Alexa virtual assistant service.
Fomo Games — We are a fast growing mobile game developer based in Istanbul. Our team comprises experienced gaming designers, marketing, data and technology experts as well as successful business builders.
Revel Games — Revel Games engages in the creation of mobile gaming apps.

Force Over mass are reinventing Venture Capital. With over a decade of experience in investing in innovation we are at the forefront of innovation. Introducing FOM 2.0, an unprecedented fund that combines unparalleled liquidity with uncompromised privacy. This unique initiative emphasizes complete transparency and aims to empower our entrepreneurs for success. With expertise in both technology and finance, we comprehensively grasp the complexities of the private markets, enabling us to innovate collaboratively. FOM 2.0 is poised to deliver on its promises of transparency, liquidity, and control.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Barte — VBarte is a benchmark for B2B interactions. They designed it to automate payment procedures in Latin America. They optimize cash flow management for small and midsize enterprises through automated payments and revenue-based financing, enabling users to get easy access to financial metrics and credit payments.
CUR8 — Even if we do everything else right on reducing emissions, the world still needs to remove up to 220 Gigatonnes of carbon from the atmosphere by 2050
SuperFi — SuperFi Finance is a financial application that provides personalized debt support. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in London, England.

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

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
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 — Implement a customized, flexible, and cost-effective training solution to accelerate the rollout of your medical device, surgical robotic system, or product.

Ilkay Gundogan

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Social Impact
Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

WeWALK — WeWALK, making the white cane innovative and smart, allows visually impaired people to walk more independently and safely and thanks to its three revolutionary features, it promotes their participation in social life on an equal foot with everyone.Obstacle detection: : WeWALK detects obstacles at head and chest level with its onboard ultrasonicsensor and warns its users with vibration patterns.Pairs with smart phones: : When connected with the WeWALK application via Bluetooth, GPS navigation is easy with WeWALK without the need to take out the phone.It gets better with new integrations: Every integration made possible with software updates brings new features to WeWALK. With its smart city solutions, WeWALK enables visually impaired people to access beneficial information around them such as nearby cafes and shops, while also providing them the info for closest public transport stops and arrival times. WeWALK has been developed so that it can gain new features such as nde hailing in the future with its ability to be integrated with new applications. WeWALK integrations developed so far include "Google Maps" and Alexa virtual assistant service.
Terra — API that enables you to integrate with wearables, such as Garmin, Fitbit, Apple, Google, Polar, Eight Sleep, Oura and Others through a single source.

Jon Reynolds is the Co-Founder and CEO at SwiftKey. He attended University of Cambridge during 2004 - 2007.

Investment focus

FinTech, Food Delivery, Supply Chain Management
Series A, Seed, Series C
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Onfido — Onfido digitally proves a user’s real identity using AI technology, by verifying their photo ID and comparing it to their facial biometrics. It means users and businesses can verify their online identities anywhere and anytime, without compromising on experience, inclusion, privacy or security. Onfido powers over 1,500 fintech, banking, andmarketplace clients globally—helping them onboard more users while reducing risk. Identity underpins all transactions, and over the coming years, access to everything will be based on every user's ability to easily and securely prove their legal identity. This will change how we think of access—everything from opening a bank account to self-checking-in to a hotel, and ultimately voting.
Provenance — Provenance is a software solution for sustainability communications and supply chain transparency.
Hinge Health — We are the leading digital clinic for back, joint, and muscle pain. Explore how our online care solutions go beyond traditional physical therapy to provide lasting pain relief.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

Investment focus

FinTech, Marketplace, Crowdfunding
Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Plend — Plend is the UK’s first social lending marketplace on a mission to make credit history, history.Built on the belief that one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to credit, our marketplace allows borrowers to fulfil their dreams at affordable rates which are funded by people who are looking to make a real difference.We’re on a mission to betterunderstand people who, up until now, have been ignored or exploited by mainstream lenders. We care passionately about creating a fairer financial future where we accurately assess real affordability in order to provide a truly low cost solution that enables people to live a full and happy life, which we all deserve.Backed by the Fair By Design Fund, NBS Ventures, Tomahawk.VC and Haatch Ventures.

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

Ariadne Capital is an investment and advisory firm that enables corporates who seek new digital revenues and startups who understand digital infrastructure. It specializes in sourcing funding, advising on business development, and exiting growth-stage digital companies. Ariadne Capital also brings its technology insight to corporates, advisingthem on innovating their business models, and how to work with entrepreneurs and high-growth startups to win in their markets.

Investment focus

Publishing, Mobile, Digital Marketing
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Made TV — Made TV is the largest holder of local TV licenses in the UK, covering more than 11 million people across 5 stations: Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Teesside and Tyne & Wear. Made TV aims to become the premier source of all local information, entertainment and events across the whole of the UK connecting businesses and consumers in a way that islacking in the UK market. Made TV will be carried with prominent EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) positions on all major platforms including Channel 8 on Freeview and Channel 117 on Sky.
Bloomy Days — Bloomy Days is a subscription-based fresh cut flower delivery service with headquarters in Germany. Bloomy Days currently delivers approximately 900 packages of fresh flower bouquets every week to businesses and private individuals. Customers can select the frequency of the delivery (e.g. weekly, bi-monthly, monthly), where Bloomy Days guaranteesthat flowers are no more than 7 days old. The company hand crops and prepares ready to use bouquets of flowers which are carefully selected from the market. Bloomy Days subscription model allows the company to avoid any inventory costs, ensuring strong cash flow and low capital requirements.
Money Dashboard — Discover our multi-award winning budget app & save money on the go. Reach your financial goals & join over 600,000+ registered users for free at Money Dashboard

MSM is an early-stage generalist impact fund that invests all across Europe.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, B2B
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

GoParity — GoParity is an online savings and investment platform that uses a P2P business model to simplify investment and allow citizens and companies to get a decent return on their sustainable loans. Citizens and companies invest their funds in projects they believe in to generate economic, social and environmental impact.We are driving the transitiontowards a more sustainable and inclusive economic system, making investment in sustainable solutions accessible to all, from citizens to small enterprises. Join us @ www.goparity.com
Flecto — Flecto is the rental platform that makes businesses thrive in the circular economy. A flexible rental software for all types of businesses.
WNWN Food Labs — We're WNWN Food Labs and we love food. We're creating delicious, sustainable and ethical alternatives to unsustainable and ethically dubious foods. We're starting with cacao-free chocolate. Changing chocolate? It's Win-Win #alt-chocolate #altchocolate #alt-universe #altuniverse #alt-protein

A new model for Venture Capital where every founder we back becomes a co-owner of the fund

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, Israel, Germany

Portfolio highlights

m3ter — We enable software companies to intelligently deploy all usage-based scenarios whether they charge by subscription, consumption, or a hybrid pricing model.
Vitaance — Vitaance is a new insurtech start-up in the life insurance industry. We aim to improve people's quality of life through financial, emotional and physical wellbeing, by creating smart, fair and responsible insurance products enabled by technology. We want to democratize access to life insurance and to a healthier lifestyle.
Puraffinity — Puraffinity develops targeted materials for water treatment, focused on forever chemicals called PFAS. Our strategic intent is to provide 1 billion people with PFAS safe water by 2030

Mediobanca is the leading Italian player in Corporate & Investment Banking, Consumer Finance and Online BankingFor over 60 years we have helped our clients grow, offering high-quality advisory services and providing finance in all its various forms, from more traditional bank credit to the most sophisticated solutions available on capitalmarkets.

Investment focus

Retail, Fashion, Shopping
Series A, Debt Financing
Spain, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MANGO BCN — Spanish multinational Retail company with Headquarters in Barcelona. Leading Brand worldwide and one of the main exporting companies in the European textile sector.
Audaces Impact — Impact investment platform whose mission is to mainstream impact investing.Audaces uses an innovative hybrid model for impact investing. It sources and validates investment opportunities in breakthrough social enterprises and invests with its own principal from its own vehicle. It subsequently syndicates the same transaction to a community ofaccredited UHNWI investors on its co-investment platform.Audaces investors include foundations, HNWIs, family offices and sophisticated investors. They are offered the opportunity to co-invest directly in social businesses, partnering with the deal sourcing, due diligence, legal work and management capability of an institutional fund, whilst maintaining the flexibility to pick and choose investments on a deal-by-deal basis.

International venture capital firm based in Copenhagen. We come from the North, but we work in the world. We are Nordic Eye.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Denmark, India

Portfolio highlights

Freightify — Integrated platform for freight rate management, sailing schedules, and freight quotes. Easy rate search to customer management. All in one dashboard.
Provenance — Provenance is a software solution for sustainability communications and supply chain transparency.
Underlining — Underlining a beauty and wellness company that creats innovative products across multiple beauty verticals.

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

Investment focus

Retail, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Germany, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

MEplace — MEplace creates a new approach to children’s wellbeing and preschool education. MEplace was founded in 2019 and was headquartered in England, UK.
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
Glowb — Looking for trusted solar panel installers and solar battery installers in Central England? We can help homeowners transition to solar energy.

Brandtech Ventures is the investment arm of The Brandtech Group (formerly You & Mr Jones), and makes venture stage investments in brandtech startup and growth businesses. The firm is particularly focused on AI, AR, Video, Voice, Data, UGC and analytics. The Brandtech Group was founded by David Jones in 2015 and is headquartered in New York.

Investment focus

Software, Advertising, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series B, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

EVRYTHNG — EVRYTHNG is the internet of things smart products platform connecting consumer products to the Web and managing real-time data to drive applications and analytics throughout the product lifecycle. Its a consumer product manufacturers work with EVRYTHNG to manage billions of intelligent identities in the cloud for their products. This enables brandsto deliver digital services directly to end-users through their products, manage supply chains more effectively using real-time data, and operate smart products connected to the broader ecosystem of applications and services on the Web and in the enterprise.It was founded in 2011 and is based in London, Greater London.
Blacktag — Blacktag is a global platform for Black content and creators.
Provenance — Provenance is a software solution for sustainability communications and supply chain transparency.

Quadrature Climate Foundation's mission is to unlock the critical solutions needed to avert and manage the worst climate impacts.

Investment focus

Consulting, Non Profit, Machine Learning
Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Climate Policy Radar — Climate Policy Radar is a UK-based nonprofit, building open databases and AI-powered research tools to accelerate climate action

One of the largest philanthropic organizations in the world, we care about freedom, democracy, and human rights.

Investment focus

Consulting, Non Profit, Machine Learning
Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Climate Policy Radar — Climate Policy Radar is a UK-based nonprofit, building open databases and AI-powered research tools to accelerate climate action

DD Venture Capital supports outstanding entrepreneurs to realize their vision by providing capital, advisory, and door opening.

Investment focus

SaaS, Digital Media, Social Media Marketing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Pabio — Get your apartment fully furnished by a professional interior designer and rent high-quality furniture from premium brands on a monthly subscription with Pabio.
Plend — Plend is the UK’s first social lending marketplace on a mission to make credit history, history.Built on the belief that one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to credit, our marketplace allows borrowers to fulfil their dreams at affordable rates which are funded by people who are looking to make a real difference.We’re on a mission to betterunderstand people who, up until now, have been ignored or exploited by mainstream lenders. We care passionately about creating a fairer financial future where we accurately assess real affordability in order to provide a truly low cost solution that enables people to live a full and happy life, which we all deserve.Backed by the Fair By Design Fund, NBS Ventures, Tomahawk.VC and Haatch Ventures.
grape — grape is a technology-enabled insurance that is 100% digital and integrates with 50+ HR, accounting platforms.

Nicolas Cary is the Co-Founder & Vice Chairman at Blockchain.com.

Investment focus

Dental, Bitcoin, FinTech
Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

32Co — 32Co is a medical technology platform that helps general dentists deliver clear aligner orthodontics to their patients.
Safello — Safello is the Swedish way to buy crypto. Simple and secure with Mobile BankID and Klarna.
Provenance — Provenance is a software solution for sustainability communications and supply chain transparency.

Google.org is a platform that pulls together Google's philanthropic efforts. Google.org funds teams with big ideas that have a long-term global impact.

Investment focus

Non Profit, Education, Information Technology
Grant, Funding Round, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

InnovateUS — InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning on data, digital and innovation skills for public servants like you.
Global Sisters — Global Sisters is a Making Business Possible for ALL women
Climate Policy Radar — Climate Policy Radar is a UK-based nonprofit, building open databases and AI-powered research tools to accelerate climate action

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Portfolio highlights

encubate — With 2,500+ members, Encubate belongs to the most popular tools for aspiring entrepreneurs. Through a combination of exercises, mentoring and bite-sized learning, Encubate will help you build your business.

We are a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in fintech, consumer internet, and enterprise software.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
United States, Mexico, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Plerk — Somos una plataforma que te permite crear planes de incentivos flexibles para tus colaboradores cumpliendo con las normas de trabajo NOM 035 y 037 y deducir impuestos
Codiga — Customizable Real-Time Static Code Analysis engine. Works anywhere you write code.
Frank Innovations — A simpler and cheaper way to get a car. Order your car subscription online in minutes from GO. Save ...

Social Tech Trust is a UK's leading dedicated investor of socially motivated tech.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Education
Seed, Grant, Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

TapSOS — TapSOS is an app for a non-verbal method of contacting the emergency services. It will promote inclusivity and help transform the delivery of emergency services.
RightsDD — RightsDD is an award winning startup. Use RightsDD's platform to assess and monitor suppliers for slavery risk. Train employees with RightsDD's online and in-person anti-slavery courses. Benefit from specialist consulting.
Carers Trust — Carers Trust is a major charity for, with and about carers.

Intesa Sanpaolo is a banking group that specializes in wealth management, protection, advisory, and digital orientation. Their products and services include accounts, cards, loans, mortgages, insurance, digital payments, retirement planning, investments, and consulting.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Seed
Italy, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Battistella — Battistella sells lumber, pine chips, sawdust, and pine logs. They serve both domestic and foreign markets. It exports its products worldwide. They engage in continuous recycling, which gives them the experience they need to satisfy the customs regulations of the various nations where they do business. They use the sawn pine wood that they processto make furniture and packaging.
Fincantieri — Fincantieri is one of the shipbuilding groups and number one by diversification and innovation. It is leader in cruise ship design and construction and a reference player in all high-tech shipbuilding industry’s sectors, from naval to offshore vessels, from high-complexity special vessels and ferries to mega-yachts, ship repairs and conversions,systems and components production and after-sales services.
Selene — Selene produces FFS tubulars, FFS films, preformed bags, stretch hoods, and technical films for industrial applications.

Impact Ventures UK (IVUK) is a growth capital impact fund managed by LGT Venture Philanthropy (LGT VP) and launched in partnership with Berenberg.They have seen the emergence of innovative and competitive business models being developed to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged individuals in the UK. IVUK was founded to invest in andsupport these enterprises.They are focused on delivering and measuring social impact through a professionalised framework established over thelast seven years by LGT VP across the globe.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series B
United Kingdom, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Farmdrop — The UK's first fully certified organic supermarket, Planet Organic offers 1000s of products for delivery across the UK. From food and drink to health and beauty, we think carefully about everything we sell so you don't have to.
Orkestra — Orkestra is a renewable energy software platform that provides tools to assist energy companies in the planning, selling, and optimization of new energy deployments.
Elvie — The official home of Elvie Trainer and Elvie Pump. We're pioneering female-first innnovation in tech to improve the lives of women around the world. Learn more, direct from Elvie.

Nationwide Building Society is a British mutual financial institution and the largest building society in the UK. It has its headquarters in Swindon, with an office in Threadneedle Street, London, and with administration centres based in Bournemouth, Northampton and Dunfermline.Nationwide’s origins lie in the Provident Union Building Society(Wiltshire, 1846), the Northampton Town & County Freehold Land Society (Northampton 1848), and within the co-operative movement in London (1884). Following numerous mergers – most importantly the merger with Anglia Building Society in 1987 and the Portman Building Society in 2007, Nationwide is the now the world’s largest mutual financial institution, the UK’s third largest mortgage lender, and one of the UK’s largest savings providers.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Sales
Seed, Series A, Series C
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Hazy — Hazy is a UCL AI spin out backed by Microsoft and Nationwide. Our core product is synthetic data - data generated artificially using machine learning techniques, that retains the statistical properties of the real data and can be safely used for analytics and innovation without compromising customers privacy and confidential information. We do itby capturing patterns in the raw data to generate completely synthetic 'hazy' data that maintains the statistical value of the original. This means businesses can unlock their data for innovation freely with safer and faster data provisioning on demand and no compliance, security or privacy risks and procurement delays.
Plend — Plend is the UK’s first social lending marketplace on a mission to make credit history, history.Built on the belief that one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to credit, our marketplace allows borrowers to fulfil their dreams at affordable rates which are funded by people who are looking to make a real difference.We’re on a mission to betterunderstand people who, up until now, have been ignored or exploited by mainstream lenders. We care passionately about creating a fairer financial future where we accurately assess real affordability in order to provide a truly low cost solution that enables people to live a full and happy life, which we all deserve.Backed by the Fair By Design Fund, NBS Ventures, Tomahawk.VC and Haatch Ventures.
Kettel Homes — Helping first-time buyers achieve their dream of homeownership

Grouport is a dynamic and versatile fund with a unique approach – it combines direct engaged involvement in terms of project portfolio with an attractive return on investment. As such, the Investor enters the startup ecosystem and becomes a member of a unique network of fellow Angels investing their financial means and know-how into progressivestartups shaping the 21st century.Further, Grouport allows you to enter the startup ecosystem without the need to abandon or divert from your current job occupation and career. Grouport – engaged involvement in progressive startups that have the potential to significantly affect our future Grouport – bringing together a remarkable group of people with a common goal and allowing them to grow.Grouport – unique investment opportunity for those seeking new challenges and creating projects from scratch.

Investment focus

SaaS, Apps, Augmented Reality
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Czech Republic, United Kingdom, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Beem — Beem lets musicians, performers and influencers live stream themselves in Augmented Reality and have their followers see those broadcasts wherever they are.
Oxus.AI — AI-driven speech analytics software aiming to cover 6,000 languages, and every member of your sales team. Get every agent in your team performing like your best reps.
Pulse — An easy way to share your GoPro videos with friends and your community. Pulse is a social network for sports that connects creators to fans and communities. Trail running, snowboarding, mtb, paragliding, kite surfing

An Enterprise Investment Scheme (“EIS”) that will invest into early-stage, unquoted companies that are developing disruptive technology and pioneering innovations. The Fund represents a collaboration between Foresight Group and the Williams Advanced Engineering business (part of the Williams Group). Foresight will be launching and managing theFund.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Semiconductor, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Living Optics — Living Optics is commercializing next generation imaging technology which leverages a compact camera system based on breakthroughs in hardware design and software processing.
Phlux Technology — Phlux is a photonics company developing innovative light detector and imaging systems. Spun out from the University of Sheffield in September 2020, Phlux is developing high performance infrared sensors for LIDAR, fibre sensing and imaging systems.
Cambridge GaN Devices — Cambridge GaN Devices develops transistors designed to bring widespread adoption of GaN technology in consumer electronics.

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

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.
Treefera — Treefera is transforming the way the world approaches forest data and conservation, to create a clear future for the carbon market and the planet.
Browse AI — Monitor any webpage for changes. Download any data on the web as a spreadsheet. Turn any website into an API.

KHP Ventures is an investment firm that provides innovative ideas for healthcare.

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Hospital
Series B, Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

WeWALK — WeWALK, making the white cane innovative and smart, allows visually impaired people to walk more independently and safely and thanks to its three revolutionary features, it promotes their participation in social life on an equal foot with everyone.Obstacle detection: : WeWALK detects obstacles at head and chest level with its onboard ultrasonicsensor and warns its users with vibration patterns.Pairs with smart phones: : When connected with the WeWALK application via Bluetooth, GPS navigation is easy with WeWALK without the need to take out the phone.It gets better with new integrations: Every integration made possible with software updates brings new features to WeWALK. With its smart city solutions, WeWALK enables visually impaired people to access beneficial information around them such as nearby cafes and shops, while also providing them the info for closest public transport stops and arrival times. WeWALK has been developed so that it can gain new features such as nde hailing in the future with its ability to be integrated with new applications. WeWALK integrations developed so far include "Google Maps" and Alexa virtual assistant service.
Patchwork — Helping managers and clinicians finally achieve effective and sustainable staffing. Built by and with healthcare professionals.

Thomas Middelhoff was elected to the Board of Directors of The New York Times Company in 2003. Dr. Middelhoff has served as co-chief executive officer and co-chairman of BT Capital, a global media and alternative investment group with a focus in China, since 2013. Dr. Middelhoff has also served as founding partner and chairman of PulseCapital Partners, an asset management firm, since 2013. Previously, Dr. Middelhoff served as a founding partner and executive chairman of Berger Lahnstein Middelhoff & Partners LLP, an asset management firm, from 2009 to 2010.Prior to that, Dr. Middelhoff served as chief executive officer of Arcandor AG, a German retailer, from 2005 through 2009. Previously, Dr. Middelhoff served as both the non-executive chairman of Arcandor AG, which he became in 2004, and a managing director at Investcorp Ltd., the global investment firm, which he joined in 2003. From 1998 to 2002, he was chairman and chief executive officer of Bertelsmann AG, which he joined in 1990.Dr. Middelhoff serves on the boards of 3W Power Holdings S.A., Marseille-Kliniken AG and Senator Entertainment AG, each a German company. Dr. Middelhoff has also served as chairman of ePals Europe, a subsidiary of ePals Corporation, since 2011.Committee Memberships: Compensation and Technology & Innovation.

Investment focus

B2C, Shopping, Software
Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Taggstar — Real-time social proof messaging leader, helping increase revenue for some of the world's largest ecommerce brands. Increase your conversion rates by up to 12%

We make products that matter

Investment focus

Software, B2B, 3D Technology
Series A, Pre-Seed, Seed
United States, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Makua — Makua is the micro-philanthropy app. Explore the best nonprofits, get inspired to give, and easily make donations. Join the #MakuaMovement
Zibra AI — Zibra Liquids is a real-time and cross-platform physically correct fluid simulation plugin for game developers
Chatterbox — A corporate language learning platform that uniquely offers active practice alongside algorithmically matched native language coaches who share their students' professional backgrounds and interests. On the app, engineers are learning Arabic from engineers and aid workers are learning French from medical doctors and achieving industry toppingcourse completion rates. Chatterbox language coaches are professionals who have become forcibly displaced and are currently undervalued in the labour market. Co-founded by a former refugee and Y Combinator alum, Chatterbox is backed by BGV, All Turtles and WeWork.