# Top 50 Social Startup Investors in United Kingdom in June 2026

## Octopus Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

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.

## Notion Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Notion Capital is a VC firm focused on European SaaS and Cloud.

## Connect Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

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

## True.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail

A unique model for investing, innovating & growing

## Seedcamp
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, SaaS

Seedcamp is Europe's seed fund, identifying and investing early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. The Seedcamp Nation includes over 400 startups building breakout businesses that change the way people live, interact and buy and includes publicly listed UiPath, Wise, and unicornsRevolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo, and wefox along with fast-growing businesses such as Grover, viz.ai and Ezra. Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support, and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.

## Speedinvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Speedinvest is a globally active European venture capital firm built on a simple belief: many move more.
From six offices across EMEA, our sector-focused investment teams back relentless founders from pre–Seed to Growth with long-term conviction, providing day-one access to our global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, andtop-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster.
Building lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (U.S.), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Wayflyer (Ireland), GoStudent (Austria), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) — together.
Big ideas may start with one. But scaling and winning take The Power of More.

## Shan Drummond
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Social, Analytics

Shan Drummond is a partner at Samos Investments, based in London, UK.

## Ned Cranborne
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Social, Analytics

Ned Cranborne is a partner at Samos Investments, based in London, UK.

## Ian Hogarth
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

Ian Hogarth is based out of London, England, and is the Chairman of Phasecraft. Ian previously worked at Songkick as a Chairman. Ian Hogarth attended the University of Cambridge.

## Sustainable Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Biotechnology

Welcome to the home of Climate Tech. We are a full service ecosystem empowering sustainable start-ups to scale through community, investment, innovation and workspace.

## Google Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

GV supports innovative founders moving the world forward.

## Beringea
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Analytics

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

## Inventures SA
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology

Inventures is a European venture capital fund that builds a better world through a portfolio of investments in sustainable businesses.The firm has two funds: Inventures I & Inventures II.Inventures was created to support early stage smart and innovative European businesses, to support sustainable job growth and empower entrepreneurs.Inventures empowers citizenship co-investments through a crowdfunding platform, MyMicroInvest.

## Nicolas Julia
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Gaming, Cryptocurrency

Nicolas Julia is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France, and is the CEO and Co-founder of Sorare. Nicolas previously worked at Stratumn as a VP of Operations. Nicolas Julia attended the EM Lyon Business School.

## Richard Fearn
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Advertising, Internet

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

## Soleio Soleio
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Product Design, 3D Technology

Software designer turned investor 👨‍💻 Design: Facebook, Messenger, Dropbox 🌱 Capital: Figma, Vercel, Vanta, Framer, Perplexity and more

## Tangram Partners Limited
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Angel
- Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Health Care

Terms and Conditions for Edible Marketing & Edible Internet inc Web Hosting Account Suspended / Service Cancellation & Acocunt Deletion

## Fuel Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

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

## Ada Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

Ada Ventures is a pre-seed inclusive venture capital firm that invests in the best, not just the best-connected. They find and fund the Ada Lovelaces of today. Backing European founders building businesses for a better human future. They invest £250K - £1M in technology companies across climate equity, economic empowerment and healthy ageing. Adainvests in purpose-led founders building for markets that are large, untapped and growing. Their approach drives outperformance, which they call Inclusive Alpha®.

## Maria Palma
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Robotics, Software, Financial Services

Maria Palma is the General Partner at Freestyle. Previously, she was a general partner at Kindred Capital VC.

## Ascension
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Internet

Pre-seed and seed investors backing 300+ ambitious founders from day one.

## Eden Block
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology

Venture house dedicated to enabling a new digital future with blockchain

## Balderton Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## StartUp Health
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Medical

Organizing and investing in a global army of entrepreneurs committed to achieving health moonshots

## Judy Wilson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Machine Learning

Judy Wilson - Seed Haus Partner @ Seed Haus

## Roderick Banner
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series B
- Focus: TV, Music, Video

Rod founded the technology marketing group, Banner Corporation in 1984 and left it in 2009. It had grown to become the largest Business to Business agency in Europe and boasted the best of the world's blue chip tech firms as its clients.Since selling Banner to WPP, Rod became an angel investor - specialising in marketing technologyplayers. Investments include: The Sound Agency, Appinions, EngageSciences, The Filter, EveryOneCounts and Shopa. This sector has proved to be exciting, dynamic and rewarding.Rod has several day jobs, one of which is Forgather - a fresh, new business proposition. Its mission is to build and develop event properties that enhance people’s lives.Rod believes that the power of ‘real life’ experience is often underestimated in an online world. Most social content relates to human interaction and engagement. So Forgather creates events packed with exuberance, intelligence and fun so that participants (both on stage and in the audience) want to be there and want to come back. To complete the offer, the company builds audiences and communities around live events to maximise returns on any investment.Rod is also working on a new proposition - 3LA.com. This business offers digital planning services to help big brand CMOs (and their agencies) grapple with the complex, cluttered landscape of marketing automation technologies, social media platforms and increasing mobile priorities. The company leverages the diverse experience of a global group of highly experienced technologists and marketers and focuses on very pragmatic business outcomes.Specialties: Social media, mobile and marketing automation. 25 plus years in creating tangible, marketing-driven success for technology companies located in EMEA. Architecting brands. Having as much fun as possible - within the law and a good moral compass. Writing Linkedin testimonials.

## Paul Chiappe
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Social, Mobile Apps

Paul Chiappe

## kaushal kumar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Social, Fashion, Internet

kaushal kumar

## Force Over Mass Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech

Force Over Mass Capital is an FCA regulated venture capital firm focused on early stage technology investments across UK and Europe. We invest in B2B innovation across four verticals, i.e. Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS and Industry 4.0.FOM cap operates both seed and scale-up funds to support early stage businesses through their growthjourney.

## Kinled Holding
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Financial Services

Kinled was founded in 1980 to retain the investment assets of the Aisher family.In 1990, the investment focus shifted to a portfolio of early stage investments applying Kinled’s company development experience alongside the endurance and passion of family owned investments together with the strategic focus of venture capitalists.Since then,Kinled has taken 8 companies to public markets and many more to successful trade sales at significant multiples.

## Tiny VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Backing great companies when they're tiny

## Jeremy Darroch
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Video, Advertising, Internet of Things

Jeremy joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in 2004 and was appointed CEO in December 2007. He has extensive experience in the retailing and fast-moving consumer goods sectors. Prior to joining the Company, Jeremy was Group Finance Director of DSG International plc (DSG), formerly Dixons Group plc and prior to DSG, he spent 12 yearsat Procter & Gamble in a variety of roles in the UK and Europe. Jeremy is a Non-Executive Director of Burberry Group plc and a Council Member of the National Centre for Universities and Business. He was previously a Non-Executive Director and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Marks and Spencer Group plc.

## Richard Scudamore
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Gaming, Social, Sports

Richard Scudamore is an English sports executive. He was the Executive Chairman of the English Premier League.

## Oxford Science Enterprises
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software

Oxford Science Enterprises is the university-partnered venture firm. We work with the University of Oxford to build companies that create fundamental technologies: science-based businesses capable of tackling the planet’s toughest problems. We invest in life science, AI and software, healthcare, and deep tech to create companies taking onchallenges like nuclear fusion, quantum computing and developing treatments and cures for infectious diseases. Founded in 2015, we’ve raised over £600M to create a world-class technology ecosystem, and combine our deep experience with a network of investors, entrepreneurs and sector-experts to find co-investment, build businesses, and hire senior management talent.

## Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Backing great companies when they're tiny

## Harald McPike
- Type: Angel
- Location: Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series D
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Information Technology

Harald McPike is a successful quantitative trader and global private investor.

## Everywhere Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, FinTech

Everywhere Ventures (fka "The Fund") is a first-of-its-kind early-stage venture fund created ​by founders for founders​ to support the next generation of entrepreneurs.Everywhere Ventures is a community-powered venture investing platform that integrates the capital, expertise, and mentoring of experienced founders and operators acrossten micro funds. The Fund's $70M+ under management comes almost exclusively from the over 500 founders and operators who are its limited partners. Everywhere Ventures operates from the belief that those who have actually built successful companies are best suited to advise and support early-stage startups. Everywhere Ventures invests in pre-seed deals globally usually in the first financing round the company raises. Emphasis is placed on purpose-driven teams across money, health and work verticals.

## Soleio ‎‏‏‎ ‎‎ ‎
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools

Software designer turned investor 👨‍💻 Design: Facebook, Messenger, Dropbox 🌱 Capital: Figma, Vercel, Vanta, Framer, Perplexity and more

## Norinchukin Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: B2B, Agriculture, Health Care

Norinchukin Capital is a private equity fund management firm.

## Investible
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.

## Outward VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Outward VC empower start-ups seeking to be the most important fintech companies in the world

## Andre Hoffmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: B2B, E-Commerce, Waste Management

Andre Hoffmann serves as the President of FIBA (Fondation Internationale du Banc d'Arguin) at Nouakchott, Mauritanie. Hoffmann serves as an Honorary Treasurer at World Wide Fund for Nature, Gland, Switzerland. He serves as Treasurer of Fondation les Corbillettes pour l'Aide aux enfants handicapés mentaux, Geneva, Switzerland. Hoffmannserves as Treasurer at SGIPA. (Societe Genevoise pour l'Intégration Professionnelle d'Adolescents et d'Adultes) Geneva. He served as an Acting Administrator of a field research station of Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Camargue, France. from 1983 to 1985. He served as a Manager of European Mergers & Acquisitions for James Capel and Co., London from 1985 to 1989. Hoffmann served as a Special Project Manager of Food division of Nestlé UK Ltd. from 1991 to 1993. He has been in Private Investment Activities since 1993. In 1985, Hoffmann joined James Capel and Co. Corporate Finance Ltd., London as an Associate at the Continental Desk. In 1999, he established Massellaz SA. He serves as the Chairman of Nemadi Investment Advisors Ltd., Living Planet Fund Management Co. SA, and Massellaz SA. He serves as a Vice Chairman of Roche Holding AG and Givaudan AG. Hoffman has been a Director of Roche Holding AG since 1996 and Inovalon, Inc. since September 2008. He has been a Director of Givaudan AG since 2000, Vernier (Geneva) of Whole Earth Foods Ltd. since 2000 and serves as a Member of Nemadi Advisors Ltd. and Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. He serves as a Director of Brunswick Leasing Ltd., Genentech, Inc., Brunswick Capital Ltd. and Amazentis SA. He serves as a Board Member at IRP, (Institut International de Recherche en Paraplégie) Geneva, Switzerland. He serves as a Board Member of Stiftung Patronatskomitee Kunstmuseum, Basel. He serves as a Board Member of Roche Research Foundation, Basel. He serves as an International Council Member of Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom. He is a Founding Patron at Birdlife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom and President of Executive Committee at Fondation Tour du Valat, Arles, France. He serves as a Board Member at Fondation Sansouire, Arles, and Takh, Association pour le Cheval de Przewalski. He serves as a Member of International Advisory Council at Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Hoffmann studied at Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerl and from 1977 to 1978, at St. Gallen School of Economics, St. Gallen, Switzerland from 1979 to 1982 and has an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau in the year 1990.

## Chris Rodman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Solihull, Solihull, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Gaming, Social, Sports

Chris Rodman is a Head of International & Rights Acquisition at Candy Digital.

## Northstar Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce

Northstar Ventures invests venture capital in early and later stage, high growth companies tackling global challenges, focusing on climate tech and healthy ageing.

## Paul Forster
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Paul Forster

## Wing Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Wing Venture Capital primarily invests in technology-based businesses. It emphasizes craftsmanship over volume and engages deeply with founders to help them build companies that matter. The body of work of Wing's team spans more than two decades and dozens of successful early-stage companies, 21 of which went on to achieve billion-dollar-plusoutcomes following IPOs or acquisitions. Its portfolio companies include Cohesity, Gong, Instart Logic, Juvo, Moogsoft, Palerra, Shape Security, and Snowflake.

## Foreword Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

Foreword Ventures is an early-stage micro fund backing startups throughout their initial chapters. Foreword commits to adding value far beyond the small checks they write by devoting time, reputation, and capital to clients' success. Foreword typically invests in the pre-seed and seed stages, but can also invest in Series A and beyond whenthere is an existing relationship with the founder or co-investor.

## Big Issue Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Grant
- Focus: Charity, Non Profit, Communities

We are leaders in Social Impact Investing. We empower sustainable business solutions to deliver real social change.

## Spectrum Impact
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Environmental Consulting, Energy, Renewable Energy

Spectrum Impact is a family office committed to using its resources to help solve the problems of society by allocating its for profit and its not-for-profit pools of capital in a manner consistent with the objective of optimizing the total return on investments made.

## Marc McCabe
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Big Data, FinTech

Marc McCabe is a Scout at Sequoia Capital and General Partner at Nomad Capital. Prior to this role, Marc was a Business Development Lead and before that, a Team Member of Business and Corporate Development. 

Previously, Marc was a Partner at SV Angel and an Online Media Associate at Google.

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