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Top 50 Sporting Goods Startup Investors in United Kingdom (June 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Creandum
VC Fund
3 Sweden, Germany, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $1.8M–$88M
1818 Venture Capital
VC Fund
3 United Kingdom, Ukraine, United States Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Software $800k–$25M
LocalGlobe
VC Fund
3 United Kingdom, United States, France Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1M–$33M
Foresight Group
VC Fund
3 United Kingdom, United States, Ireland Private Equity, Seed Software, Manufacturing, Health Care $655k–$8.5M
Angels Den
VC Fund
3 United Kingdom, United States, Finland Seed, Angel E-Commerce, Mobile, Software $33k–$763k
Elkstone Capital Partners
VC Fund
2 Ireland, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $610k–$20M
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Investment Fund
VC Fund
2 United Kingdom Seed, Debt Financing Retail, Computer, Consumer $52k–$2.6M
Key Capital Partners
VC Fund
2 United Kingdom Private Equity Information Technology, Music, E-Commerce $3.9M–$9.4M
Ponooc
VC Fund
2 The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Energy, Electric Vehicle, Logistics $6.6M–$20M
Equity Gap
VC Fund
2 United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Manufacturing $428k–$18M
Autotech Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Egypt Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Transportation, Automotive $2.5M–$50M
ABN AMRO Ventures
VC Fund
2 Germany, United States, United Kingdom Series B, Series C FinTech, Financial Services, Software $7M–$190M
Alistair Brownlee
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Sports, Fitness, Hardware
Xander Schauffele
Angel
1 United Kingdom Angel Sporting Goods
Yes VC
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $500k–$45M
North East Growth Capital Fund
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States Debt Financing, Seed Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Environmental Consulting $46k–$393k
Porsche Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Germany, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Automotive, Transportation, Information Technology $2M–$74M
Foresight Williams
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing $1.9M–$30M
Livingstone Ian
Angel
1 United Kingdom, United States, Malta Seed, Series A Video Games, Gaming, PC Games $950k–$12M
Co-FundNI
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Ireland Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Health Care, Information Technology $393k–$1.8M
North East Fund
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Cyber Security $524k–$8.6M
Patrick Bamford
Angel
1 United Kingdom Angel, Series A B2C, Shoes, Medical
Ascension
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Italy Seed, Pre-Seed Software, FinTech, Internet $229k–$4.1M
Livingbridge
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Ireland, India Private Equity, Seed Software, Consulting, Information Technology $5.2M–$65M
Mobeus Equity Partners
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States Series A, Private Equity Software, Information Technology, Retail $2.6M–$26M
Robin Knox
Angel
1 United Kingdom, Canada, United States Pre-Seed, Seed Software, SaaS, Digital Media $38k–$2.9M
British Design Fund
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed Manufacturing, Health Care, Medical Device $131k–$1.8M
SFC Capital
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $159k–$2.2M
Kelvin Capital
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing $144k–$25M
Hiro Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, India Series A, Seed Gaming, Video Games, Software $1M–$12M
Northstar Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, E-Commerce $39k–$9.7M
Nigel Wray
Angel
1 United Kingdom, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Retail, FinTech $916k–$10M
Catapult Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Israel Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $150k–$26M
Eka Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Logistics, Health Care, Software $1.7M–$20M
Stonebridge PLC
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Seed CRM, Pet, Fashion
Redrice Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Fitness, Wellness, Health Care $1M–$4.1M
Scottish Enterprise
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Japan Grant, Seed Biotechnology, Software, Health Care $124k–$4.8M
NPIF - FW Capital Debt Finance
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States Debt Financing, Seed Manufacturing, Construction, Health Care $151k–$982k
Superbet Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Seed Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
Guido Giordano
Angel
1 Canada, United Kingdom Pre-Seed SaaS, Email, Content
The FSE Group
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Canada Seed, Debt Financing Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $65k–$2.6M
Development Bank of Wales
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Australia, United States Seed, Debt Financing Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $18k–$3.7M
Paul Walton
Angel
1 United Kingdom, United States Pre-Seed, Seed Software, SaaS, Digital Media $38k–$1.3M
Boost Fund
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Seed Software, Mobile Apps, Information Technology $60k–$2.9M
Convergent Finance
VC Fund
1 India, United Kingdom Post-IPO Equity, Private Equity, Series A Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology $8.3M–$32M
Animoca Brands
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency $1.6M–$40M
Tim Dempsey
Angel
1 United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Financial Services $962k–$2.5M
Embryo Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands Seed, Pre-Seed Health Care, CleanTech, Pharmaceutical $1.6M–$3.2M
SWIG Finance
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Debt Financing Travel, Women's, Consumer $67k–$327k
Ted Hettich
Angel
1 United Kingdom Pre-Seed Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
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Creandum
VC Fund · Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden · 3 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Sweden, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 269
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$16M; Series A $5M–$33M; Series B $8M–$88M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Payosu — Use Osu to get more bookings, take payments with zero fees, automate the invoicing, and let your business thrive.
  • Better Stack — Delightful observability tools that turn your logs & monitoring into a secret weapon for shipping better software faster.
  • Trade Republic — Trade Republic is a mobile-only and commission-free broker that brings the opportunity to invest easily. The company works as a broker for a new generation for a more mobile, more intuitive, faster - and permanently free of commission. Trade Republic was founded in 2015 and based in Berlin, Germany.
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1818 Venture Capital
VC Fund · St. Peter Port, NA - Guernsey, Guernsey · 3 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

1818 Venture Capital is proud to invest in portfolios of tech startups that aim to generate wealth for our investors and do good in the world.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Ukraine, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$5M; Series A $6.2M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Currensea — Currensea is a creator of a travel debit card that connects customers to a high street bank account and reduces fees.The company's product links to any UK bank account and reduces exchange rates and transaction fees abroad without setting up and managing a new bank account to get better rates. It also allows users to top up prepaid cards,allowing them to make payments while traveling without opening a new bank account and at a lower cost.Currensea was established in June, 2018 by James Lynn, and Craig Goulding in London, England.
  • RideTandem — Tandem turns local transport providers into smart shuttles for work, education and more. The smart way to move your community.
  • Willo — Interview anyone, anywhere for free. GDPR compliant one-way video interviews that can be set up in minutes. Trusted in over 100 countries - free to start.
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LocalGlobe
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 3 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Seeding ambitious founders at places like @citymapper, @improbableio,@teamkano, @moo, @songkick,@seedcamp, @transferwise and @zoopla since 1999. Who's next?

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 327
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3.5M; Series A $3.5M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $500M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Wefarm — Wefarm is a farmer-to-farmer digital network that enables farmers to share information via SMS. The company allows small-scale farmers to connect with one another to solve problems, share ideas, and spread innovation. Utilizing the latest machine learning technology, Wefarm’s service works both online and over SMS.Since its founding in 2015,Wefarm has been named one of Africa’s Most Innovative Companies by FastCompany and has won Google’s Impact Challenge Award, TechCrunch’s Europas-Tech for Good Award, and the European Union Commission’s Ideas from Europe prize, among others. The company is headquartered in London with a field presence in Nairobi, Kampala, and Dar-es-Salaam.
  • 7bridges — The smart logistics platform that uses A.I technology to transform your logistics for scalable, sustainable and profitable business growth.
  • Clock Bio — Clock Bio operates as a biotech company, that develops novel regenerative medicines.
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Foresight Group
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 3 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Foresight Group is a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager which has been managing funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients for more than 35 years. Foresight has over £7.2 billion of assets under management across a number of funds on behalf of some of the world’s largest institutional investors, family offices,private and high net-worth individuals and retail investors. Foresight's investment strategies are underpinned by a strong environmental, social & governance (“ESG”) focus, which increasingly meets the demands of today’s investors and ensures we are consistently working towards creating a sustainable legacy for future generations.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
  • Stage:Private Equity, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 190
  • Round size: Seed $655k–$5.2M; Private Equity $2.1M–$8.5M
  • Lead/follow: 66% lead, 34% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VividQ — Our holographic technology is uniquely positioned to enable truly immersive AR gaming experiences through four key features.
  • Ruleguard — Ruleguard is an regulatory technology platform for financial sector firms that helps you manage and evidence compliance across your organisation. Features include automated horizon scanning, rules mapping, SMCR compliance, third party oversight tools, breach management and regulatory checklists.
  • Biotherapy Services — Biotherapy Services is a specialist pharmaceutical biotech company. We use state-of-the-art technology and patented proprietary processes, working to GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) pharmaceutical manufacturing standards, to produce a range of clinically safe and effective autologous biotherapies for a broad range of clinical conditions.
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Angels Den
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 3 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Join 21,000+ investors backing the top 4% of UK startups. Access vetted, tax-efficient (SEIS/EIS) investment opportunities and exclusive pitch events.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Seed $33k–$763k; Angel $79k–$354k
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AAZZUR — One-stop-shop for APIs and embeddable Front-end-modules connected to a smart marketplace for BaaS- and Fintech-Services
  • OnCare — Home care software | care management system
  • SupaPass — The most powerful content app maker on the market. Finally have all of your content, audience & paywall in one place to turn your audience into a business.
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Elkstone Capital Partners
VC Fund · Dublin, Dublin, Ireland · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Elkstone is an investment firm, focusing on entrepreneurs, senior executives, institutional LPs, the venture community, and the Irish diaspora.The objective of the organization is to boost the economic value and overall well-being of the island of Ireland by expanding a network, facilitating deserving investments, and delivering excellentinvestment performance.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 85
  • Round size: Seed $610k–$5M; Series A $5.5M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Jamango — Create and play for free in Jamango! Play with our block-based tools to make anything or explore a library of games and worlds instantly. No downloads.
  • LaNua Medical — At LaNua Medical it is our mission to develop disruptive image-guided technologies providing safe and effective endovascular solutions.
  • Retrograde — Retrograde is a Software Development company.
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Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Investment Fund
VC Fund · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

CIOSIF is a key part of the government’s vision aimed at boosting the region’s economy

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Computer, Consumer
  • Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $295k–$2.6M; Debt Financing $52k–$196k
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $54M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • ARC Marine — ARC marine delivers nature-inclusive design, scour protection and reef technologies for coastal defence, offshore and habitat restoration worldwide.
  • Clothes Doctor — The Home Of Clothing Care. We offer sustainable, plastic-free, non-bio, eco friendly, fragranced laundry detergents, clothing care tools, brushes, cashmere combs and moth deterrents, repairs, alterations, and expert advice on clothing care.
  • Intelligent AI — Global location intelligence that helps you measure, predict and mitigate property risks in real-time.
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Key Capital Partners
VC Fund · Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Key Capital Partners is focused on the equity gap, making equity investments of between £2 million and £10 million in profitable.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Music, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Private Equity
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Private Equity $3.9M–$9.4M
  • Lead/follow: 95% lead, 5% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $74M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Gear4music — Gear4music is an online retail company that specialises in musical instruments, music equipment, and audio-visual products. It sells own-brand and third-party instruments, recording gear, and AV equipment through multilingual e-commerce platforms, supported by distribution, warehousing, customer support, and showroom services for individual andprofessional customers.
  • Fuel Learning — Leadership Development, Management Development, Leadership & Management Apprenticeships, and Team Development
  • CellTech Communications — CellTech provides the highest level of quality and service to the mobile telecom infrastructure sector.
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Ponooc
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Ponooc is a venture capital fund based in the Netherlands with a focus on sustainable energy or mobility related ventures. We are open to both early and later stage venture deals where the invested capital is used to help the entrepreneurs and their team take the next step. We believe in a hands-on approach and work closely together with managementwhere we think we can add value, either through previous experience or our extensive network. Our geographical focus is Europe.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Electric Vehicle, Logistics
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Series A $6.6M–$12M; Series B $10M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Laka — Laka is collective bicycle insurance especially for cyclists. We flipped insurance. By making it pay to pay out, we are the collective that backs each other. Protect your bikes and gear against theft & damage with Laka 5-star rated cycle insurance.
  • Ride check — Ride Check is an online application that offers electric scooters to reach their destination on time to its customers.
  • Eco-Movement — Eco-Movement empowers e-mobility with global real-time charging station data and managed data services for charge point operators.
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Equity Gap
VC Fund · Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Equity Gap is a group of private individuals set up to invest in and support emerging and growing businesses based in Scotland

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 106
  • Round size: Seed $428k–$3.1M; Series A $2.8M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SeaWarm
  • Gutsy Health — Gutsy Health is a health and wellness website.
  • LendingCrowd — Business loans - LendingCrowd fund ambitions by enabling SMEs across Britain to access fast and flexible business loans, with no early repayment fees.
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Autotech Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Autotech Ventures is a venture capital firm that manages more than $400 million to invest in start-ups that aim to generate financial returns in the vast $3 trillion ground transportation industry. Connected, autonomous, shared and electrified vehicles and related mobility services have created tectonic shifts in the incumbent ground transportationindustry. Vehicle manufacturers, parts suppliers, dealerships, repair shops, parking operators, ground logistics firms, and road infrastructure providers are all being impacted by ground transportation startups.Autotech Ventures provides startup companies with 1) capital to execute on their business plan, 2) access to its industry contacts - including dozens of ground transportation corporate investors who together represent a global market capitalization of over $500 billion dollars, 3) up-to-the-minute market intelligence on the ground transport landscape, 4) support in recruiting ground transportation industry talent, and 5) fundraising support to raise additional capital from other financially-motivated investors and strategic investors.Start-ups typically innovate quickly then scale slowly, while corporations typically innovate slowly then scale quickly. Autotech Ventures brings startups and corporations together to bridge this gap and build a new transportation future.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Transportation, Automotive
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 98
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$10M; Series A $10M–$34M; Series B $10M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Drover — Browse over 260,000 cars and vans for sale from trusted dealers across the UK. Find your next vehicle easily with Cazoo.
  • KlearNow.AI — AI-powered customs clearance software for US importers, brokers & forwarders. Automate trade compliance. Trusted by 2,000+ customers.
  • Bumper — Split the cost of your car repairs and servicing into manageable monthly instalments with 0% interest. Fix it. Split it. Sorted.
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ABN AMRO Ventures
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

With ABN AMRO Ventures we invest in the most talented and relevant up-and-coming technology companies to boost and accelerate innovation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Series B, Series C
  • Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Series B $8.2M–$50M; Series C $7M–$190M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $53M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Qashio — Qashio is a spend management platform that allows people to monitor costs, make payments with app credit cards, and handle payables. Founded in 2021 and is based in Dubai.
  • receeve GmbH — receeve Debt Collection Software is used and trusted by Finance leaders. See how it can accelerate debt resolution & retain more customers.
  • PrimaryBid — PrimaryBid builds technology that connects companies with their retail investor communities. We power smart retail inclusion in global capital markets.
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Alistair Brownlee
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Alistair Edward Brownlee is a British triathlete.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Fitness, Hardware
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
  • Zygo — Patented technology for underwater streaming audio and live coaching, with an app of guided workouts for swimming, triathlon training, and more.
  • Treepoints — Treepoints helps you understand your carbon footprint and take action. Plant trees, offset carbon, recycle plastic and showcase your impact.
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Xander Schauffele
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Xander Schauffele

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sporting Goods
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Theo Health — Theo Health is a Scottish sports technology startup specializing in smart clothing that provides real-time, lab-grade biomechanical data for athletes and strength & conditioning coaches.
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Yes VC
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Yes VC invests in category-defining companies at the Pre-Seed and Seed stages. Contact us at partners@yes.vc, we would love to hear from you!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$9M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$2M; Series A $7M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $11M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Hipcamp — From seaside campsites to luxury treehouses, we're the most comprehensive guide to camping and glamping across the UK. Camp on farms, beaches and country estates.
  • Lovevery — Award-winning, Montessori-inspired toys and subscription boxes for babies and toddlers. Designed by child development experts and sustainably-made.
  • Sukha — The Focus App for Healthy Productivity. Sukha offers focus music, timers, AI assistants and more while you work.
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North East Growth Capital Fund
VC Fund · Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

The North East Growth Capital Fund is designed to facilitate the creation of 790 new jobs in the region and generate £18m worth of co-investment opportunities by investing in more than 70 local SMEs by the end of 2022 and is part of the North East Growth Hub’s business support Provider Network.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Environmental Consulting
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $64k–$196k; Debt Financing $46k–$393k
  • Lead/follow: 97% lead, 3% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DT TECHNOLOGY — DT TECHNOLOGY is a UK-based provider of services to the LPG sector that specializes in the setup, upkeep, and repair of telemetry and monitoring systems.
  • NE&C Windows & Doors — Add warmth to your home or office with our modern UPVC, Aluminium or Composite windows and doors. All windows and doors have integrated locking system for
  • Precursor Security — Precursor Security are a UK based CREST penetration testing with one mission: to help you protect your business from cyber threats, whatever your needs and your budget.
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Porsche Ventures
VC Fund · Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Porsche Ventures is a global venture capital firm investing in frontier technology to advance the industrial sector.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Transportation, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 70
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$17M; Series A $2M–$60M; Series B $11M–$74M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • &Charge — &Charge is your e-mobility platform which rewards your activities and shopping trips with free energy for your electric car.
  • Customcells Group — With our combined strengths, we are uniquely positioned to deliver customer-centric premium battery technology at scale.
  • Bumper — Split the cost of your car repairs and servicing into manageable monthly instalments with 0% interest. Fix it. Split it. Sorted.
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Foresight Williams
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $1.9M–$5.2M; Series A $5.7M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flusso — Flusso offers a complete digital flow sensing solution: to seamlessly integrate hardware and software with mechanical and fluidic components.
  • Salvalco — As aerosol valve manufacturers, Salvalco is the market leader in inert gas propelled aerosol valve technology, safer for the environment and consumers.
  • Cambridge GaN Devices — Cambridge GaN Devices develops transistors designed to bring widespread adoption of GaN technology in consumer electronics.
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Livingstone Ian
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Ian Livingstone is based out of Menlo Park, California and is the Co-Founder and Partner of Hiro Capital. Ian previously worked at Flavourworks as a Non Executive Chairman.Ian Livingstone attended Altrincham Grammar School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video Games, Gaming, PC Games
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Malta

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $950k–$4.5M; Series A $8M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NURVV — Free shipping in the UK
  • Mediatonic Games — We're one of the largest independent studios in the UK, with multiple locations worldwide. Visit to find out what games we've been working on, what we've been up to and what positions we have open.
  • The Secret Police — The Secret Police is a London-based mobile game developer. Now working on an exciting new game
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Co-FundNI
VC Fund · Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Through Co-Fund NI £12.5million will be made available to invest alongside business angels and business angel syndicates (hereafter referred to as "private investors" or "syndicates") into eligible SME's based in Northern Ireland. When matched 45% public with 55% private investors on a deal-by-deal basis this will give anoverall "fund" size of £28m.This initiative is provided by Invest Northern Ireland and part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund under the Invest for Growth and Jobs Programme 2014-2020.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $393k–$1.8M; Pre-Seed $393k–$393k
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AMPLY Discovery — AMPLY Discovery is to develop new biological molecules for anti-infective health and nutrition applications in animal and human health.
  • GenoMe Diagnostics — GenoME Diagnostics - We are developing a blood test for an earlier and more accurate diagnosis of ovarian cancer.GenoME Diagnostics .
  • Cumulus Neuroscience — Cumulus Neuroscience has created a next-generation integrated physiological and digital biomarker platform.
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North East Fund
VC Fund · Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Provided funding for early-stage businesses with innovative, scalable ideas but is now closed to new applicants.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Cyber Security
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $524k–$8.6M; Pre-Seed $621k–$810k
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nanovery — Founded by scientists specialised in Nanotechnology, Medicinal Chemistry and Artificial Intelligence, we are on a mission to enable early detection of cancer through a rapid and affordable blood test Backed by academics at top universities, clinicians, industrial leaders, and Entrepreneur First.
  • MySalesCoach — MySalesCoach offers Despite overwhelming evidence that sales coaching has the greatest impact on rep development and success, managers typically devote less than 5% of their time to coaching a team that craves and deserves coaching to reach their full potential.
  • Melius CyberSafe — Melius Cyber continuously monitors an organization's IT network, testing security and protecting it from the latest threats.
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Patrick Bamford
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Patrick Bamford

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2C, Shoes, Medical
  • Stage:Angel, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Emerald — Take control of your long-term health with Emerald. Get continuous GP support, in-depth screenings, wearable data integration, and a personalised plan to prevent disease and boost longevity.
  • Hylo Athletics — Hylo Athletics manufactures Athletic Footwear.
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Ascension
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 210
  • Round size: Seed $229k–$4.1M; Pre-Seed $445k–$2.4M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $22M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Saltroad — Get matched with an experienced HCPC Speech and Language Therapist based on your child's needs, your budget and your schedule. Loved by parents & children.
  • Merx — Grow contactability, data quality and customer lifetime value with AI agents on WhatsApp.
  • Farmdrive — Farmdrive helps supply chain partners create transparent, effective, and resilient operations from farm to shelf by streamlining data collection and simplifying farm management.
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Livingbridge
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Livingbridge is a leading mid-market private equity firm. We empower your business to unlock its true potential. This is investment done the right way, built on ambition and experience.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Consulting, Information Technology
  • Stage:Private Equity, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Ireland, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Round size: Private Equity $5.2M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.8B in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • T-Pro — T-Pro is a world leading document and patient workflow manahement platform for heathcare. Powered by state of the art AI speech technology, T-Pro reduces the burden of documentation for clinicians and automates patient noting and correspondence workflows.
  • Direct Ferries — Direct Ferries is an online platform that provides a selection of ferry routing information to its users.The platform allows its users to compare ferry crossings in its search and find fairs associated with them at the time of travel. Its network covers ports in Europe, with crossings available throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, North America,and South America. Furthermore, it allows its users to choose routes, as well as ferry deals information on their selected routes.
  • Symphony Ventures — We blend human expertise with AI-driven capabilities to provide brands with comprehensive CX outsourcing services & solutions.
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Mobeus Equity Partners
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Retail
  • Stage:Series A, Private Equity
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Series A $2.6M–$11M; Private Equity $13M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 86% lead, 14% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $155M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • MPB — MPB is an online platform specializing in used photography and videography kit. It claims to have transformed access to photo and video kits by offering a technology-based, customer-centric service. The company's platform also offers the right price for every piece of kit based on make, model, condition, and market, across a large selection ofcamera bodies, lenses, filters, and accessories.Founded by Matt Barker in 2011, MPB is headquartered in Brighton, East Sussex.
  • Preservica — Ensure compliance and longevity with our Digital Preservation software. Secure your organization's valuable records.
  • ActiveNav — Get the full picture of all your unstructured data. Identify sensitive data, optimize storage, enhance your data privacy, and comply with regulations.
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Robin Knox
Angel · Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Robin Knox is the Founder and CEO at Boundary.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Digital Media
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $327k–$2.9M; Pre-Seed $38k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DragonflAI — Phone-Based AI Moderation Moderate user-uploaded images and videos before they leave mobile devices and reach the internet. Keep your platform and servers free from indecent or illegal content.
  • Handl — Handl is an online platform for vehicle & fleet servicing.
  • My Probate Partner — Simplify the probate process in Scotland with expert support. Join our free webinar and book a consultation today.
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British Design Fund
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

British Design Fund supports enterprise and innovation in the UK by investing in, and supporting, early-stage, well-designed, product businesses. The Fund works with extraordinary entrepreneurs with scalable products who are ready to accelerate growth and build long term value and thriving stand-out businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Medical Device
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $131k–$1.8M; Pre-Seed $131k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flomark — The Flomark™ is a new IV administration set that easily, intuitively and reliably shows flow rate.
  • Sages — Biodegradeable, non-polluting, low-impact and vibrant dyes extracted from food waste.
  • Zeus Sleep — The top solution for tongue and throat snoring. Clinically proven, non-invasive technology that supports airway muscles to help reduce snoring at its source and restore quieter, deeper sleep.
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SFC Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Discover the UK's leading SEIS Fund, offering tax-efficient investments in innovative startups. Join thousands of savvy investors and raise capital for your business with SFC Capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 355
  • Round size: Seed $164k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $159k–$812k
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.9M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Elaitra — Elaitra’s breast cancer platform includes a Generative LLM for voice-based patient engagement, and a unique AI reading tool that helps doctors read 3D X-Rays. Operating in USA & UK. FDA 510(k) and UK regulator approved.
  • Sages — Biodegradeable, non-polluting, low-impact and vibrant dyes extracted from food waste.
  • JustTip — JustTip provides full-suite contactless tipping systems for the hospitality business. Sign up today to streamline your tipping system.
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Kelvin Capital
VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Kelvin Capital was founded in 2009 and has since raised a total of over £50million into 28 portfolio companies. We invest venture capital in revenue generating growth companies which have the potential to deliver significant return to their investors. They also invest in companies that require capital to grow their business. For the right companywith the right team, Kelvin Capital provides the investment and the support needed to deliver the true potential of their business.The Kelvin Capital team has a combined 30 years experience of working with new businesses and understands both the challenges and opportunities, which will be encountered during the high growth phase. The team has built up extensive networks, which will be made available to assist and support the portfolio businesses. Kelvin Capital will actively promote the portfolio businesses through its website and social media activities raising their awareness and profile. The entire Kelvin Capital team is focused on the success of their portfolio of businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 79
  • Round size: Seed $144k–$1.3M; Series A $1.7M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Biotangents — Biotangents develops veterinary diagnostic tests to detect infectious diseases in livestock (bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD), mastitis, bovine respiratory disease (BRD), brucellosis) using our highly adaptable molecular diagnostic technology, Moduleic Sensing.
  • Aurora Avionics — Accelerating launch-vehicle development with flexible and modular avionics platforms.
  • Sofant Technologies — Sofant is developing a low cost RF MEMS technology that solves power consumption and heat problems in high frequency phased array antenna systems.
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Hiro Capital
VC Fund · Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Hiro Capital is a Luxembourg / London technology Venture Capital fund which invests in European and UK innovators in Games, Esports and Digital Sports. Hiro Capital generally invests at the post-seed Series A and B stages. We invest both in front-end Content creators in Games, Esports and Digital Sports and in deep tech sector-specificapplications of Cloud, Mobile, Streaming, Big Data, AI, Wearables, AR and VR technologies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$9M; Series A $2.6M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $351M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • FRVR — FRVR brings captivating games to billions of players instantly.
  • Meeple Corp — The Meeple Corp Games Studio Homepage - Transforming analogue play for the digital world.
  • Double Loop Games — We're a new mobile studio dedicated to making delightful, relaxing experiences for the biggest audience in games: people who don't think of themselves as gamers.
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Northstar Ventures
VC Fund · Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 190
  • Round size: Seed $39k–$1.8M; Series A $851k–$9.7M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • H2CHP — H2CHP's Free Piston Engine Technology enables your transition to green energy with the reliability & confidence of fuel flexibility.
  • NunaBio — NunaBio operates as a privately-owned specialist DNA development company. NunaBio engaged in CRO (Contract Research Organizations) and CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation) activities.
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Nigel Wray
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Nigel Wray is a highly successful entrepreneur, and has been a shareholder in several companies amongst others, Domino's Pizza, Carlton Communications and Singer & Friedlander. He also has a strong commercial background built in a range of business sectors.Saracens does a lot of excellent work in its local, north London community.Nigel still calls the area home, too - having attended Mill Hill School, he now lives in Totteridge.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $916k–$5.9M; Series A $1.5M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vizzy
  • Implement AI — Implement AI provides managed AI agent solutions and teams of virtual workers via its AI Agent Platform, offering SMEs cost-effective, enterprise-grade solutions to amplify human potential, optimise productivity, and drive growth.
  • Tonic Health — Tonic Health is leading a nutrition movement. The 1 million strong community that subscribes to all-natural, high-impact vitamin drinks and gummies to fuel your energy, mood and immunity without the junk. Try our tonic effervescent vitamins drinks, no added sugar gummies, or max strength drinks.
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Catapult Ventures
VC Fund · Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

The team behind Catapult Ventures are among the most experienced venture capital investors in the UK.Their experience spans a range of sectors from healthcare and pharmaceuticals to luxury consumer brands, manufacturing and software, as well as all stages: from start-ups and pre-revenue IP developers to company floatation and billions of poundsin revenue. Their administration team is equally experienced with each member having more than 10 years experience in a venture capital environment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 104
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$5.6M; Series A $1.6M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Rinicare — Rinicare is Lancaster-based SME that offers innovative technology solutions for healthcare applications.
  • Pickle Robot — We make robots that unload trucks without retrofitting the warehouse
  • Anello Photonics — Anello Photonics is founded by pioneers in silicon photonics and inertial navigation. The patented Anello SiPhOG gyroscope offers an affordable mass-market sensor with true Optical Gyroscope performance. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley and funded by leading venture capital firms.
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Eka Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Eka Ventures invests in late Seed/early Series A consumer technology companies that have a positive societal impact. This can be environmental (For example, reducing food waste) or social (For example, delivering elderly care)We are particularly fascinated with two business models: Vertically integrated direct to consumer brands, includingthose that have a logistics aspect to them Market networks We also like companies that power the two business models above We believe in the power of founders to drive this change

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Logistics, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $1.7M–$6.7M; Series A $3.3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $92M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • OxCan — Enabling curative cancer treatment through early detection
  • Paired — Paired is your guide to improve your relationship via fun daily questions, couple quizzes, couple games and relationship advice. Try the Paired couples app free now.
  • Conveyd — Conveyd provides a digital conveyancing platform that supports residential property transactions by combining online workflows with regulated legal services. The platform enables users to manage buying, selling, and remortgaging processes through a single interface that handles case initiation, identity checks, document management, andcommunication with legal professionals. Conveyd uses automation and data-driven checks to streamline tasks such as onboarding, compliance verification, and progress updates, helping reduce manual steps in traditional conveyancing. Its services include online quotes, digital case tracking, and structured updates that allow customers, brokers, and partners to monitor transaction stages in real time. The company works with qualified conveyancing solicitors to prepare, review, and complete legal documentation required for property transfers. Conveyd’s offering is designed to integrate legal execution with technology-enabled transparency across the conveyancing process.
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Stonebridge PLC
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Stonebridge is a private investment firm backed by family office capital. We empower visionary entrepreneurs with Growth capital investment and a world-class network to build the global leaders of tomorrow.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: CRM, Pet, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BIOME9 — Next-generation gut health testing and science-backed supplements to treat your dog inside and out. Discover how your dog's unique biology could lead them to a longer, happier and healthier life.
  • Townhouse — Luxury nail salons in multiple UK locations. Choose from manicures, pedicures & nail art from our highly experienced team. Book your treatment today.
  • The Growth Foundation — The Growth Foundation is a business consulting firm that assists clients with business development through branding, CRM, and finance.
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Redrice Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.1M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $76M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Untamed — Untamed uses fresh, human-grade ingredients to help cats enjoy happier, healthier lives. Chicken breast and liver, tuna steak, salmon fillet, duck breast, shrimp, sardine, and mackerel fillets are offered.
  • Epetōme — Epetōme offers gut health supplements focused on digestive health using probiotics, prebiotics and patented capsule technology.
  • Puresport — Puresport was created to craft the finest, premium-quality natural products to support every element of wellbeing, from pain & recovery, to sleep, focus, mood, stress, and balance.
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Scottish Enterprise
VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Scotland's business advice, support and funding agency. Explore our products and services to find the right support for your business and apply online today.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Grant, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 306
  • Round size: Seed $318k–$3.4M; Grant $124k–$4.8M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • KubeNet — We are KubeNet - a multi-award winning technology solutions provider based in Glasgow. Whether it's Managed IT, IT Support, Cloud, Connectivity, Voice or Cyber Security, we're by your side as your trusted technology partner.
  • Incremental Group — Incremental Group provides software consultancy and analytics services to clients in oil and gas, financial services, and the public sector.
  • Smart Green Shipping — smart green shipping alliance. economically, socially and environmentally superior shipping solutions.
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NPIF - FW Capital Debt Finance
VC Fund · Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

NPIF - FW Capital Debt Finance is a fund managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund . NPIF is an initiative launched by the government-owned British Business Bank and supported by the European Regional Development Fund and European Investment Bank. As a key part of the government’s ‘Northern Powerhouse’ vision, whichaims to create economic prosperity in the North of England, NPIF provides commercial finance to support small and medium sized businesses in the region.FW Capital manages both the £92.8m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund for the North West and the £69.4m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund for Tees Valley and Cumbria.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Construction, Health Care
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 85
  • Round size: Debt Financing $151k–$982k
  • Lead/follow: 88% lead, 12% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • JuicEBitz — UK Brand. Fast Dispatch. Long Warranties. Custom engineered designs - extra long USB mobile phone and tablet charger cables for Apple iPhone, iPad Chargers, Samsung Fast Chargers. Professional certified HDMI cables, Fibre Optic AOC, Digital Audio cables, RJ45 Network cables and patch lead. Portable Wireless Powerbanks.
  • Taplanes Ltd — Taplanes provides modular, pre-fabricated showers and bathroom pods to customers around the world. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the business faced disruption and had a number of contracts pushed back from summer 2020 to 2021.
  • JH Mechanical & Electrical — JH Mechanical is a provider of mechanical, electrical, and water management services.
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Superbet Ventures
VC Fund · Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

At the Super Foundation, we champion sports, health, and education, giving back to the communities where we live, work, and play. Our mission is to empower

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

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.
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Guido Giordano
Angel · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Guido Giordano - Director - Venture Programs @ Invest Ottawa

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Email, Content
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gymbag — Gymbag gives fitness centres and personal trainers the power of having their own online store, stocked with supplements, fitness equipment, and healthy food, all ready to go. It's an instant customized storefront with a massive catalogue of products that fitness professionals use to make money while providing a valuable service to theirclients.Our customers pay a monthly fee for their store and the logistics service that comes with it. There is no minimum contract and they keep 75% of the profits they make.Our distribution partners provide us with competitive wholesale pricing for our customers, and they fulfill the orders with plain packaging so they are invisible to the end client.
  • Openera — Automatically save, organize, and backup files & attachments to services like Dropbox, Box, and Google Drive. Integrate your email with popular cloud storage services like Dropbox, Box, SkyDrive, and Google Drive. Create rules to automatically save & backup your email attachments. Save photos to Dropbox, documents to Box,spreadsheets to Google Drive - just tell Openera how you want your files & attachments organized, and it will do all the work - automatically.Openera is offered as a fremium / SaaS business model for proffessionals and SMB market.
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The FSE Group
VC Fund · Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

FSE C.I.C. is an independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) whose surpluses are reinvested in the business, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. FSE C.I.C. has a number of subsidiary companies to deliver its funds and services, which are collectively referred to as The FSE Group.All regulated activities are delivered through FSE Fund Managers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 178
  • Round size: Seed $327k–$2.6M; Debt Financing $65k–$633k
  • Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Alvant — Alvant is an advanced materials technology group specialising in the design, development and production of aluminium composite components for demanding engineering applications.
  • MyPeople
  • TruePlayers — Trueplayers is a computer game development company that specializes in mobile games. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Falmouth, Cornwall.
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Development Bank of Wales
VC Fund · Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Development Bank of Wales is an independent company, providing commercial funding to Welsh SMEs. They invests private and public funds, including EU funds.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 214
  • Round size: Seed $327k–$3.7M; Debt Financing $18k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Tourhub — tourhub - We collect tours from hundreds of suppliers around the world and provide an easy way for you to search and find those that are of interest.
  • Bond Digital Health — Bond Digital Health is a technology company developing end-to-end digital connectivity for the point-of-care diagnostics market. Developed by founders Ian Bond and Dave Taylor and originally designed as a patient self-management tool, Bond’s digital technology was remodeled to meet the needs of a client - a world-renowned innovator in point-of-carediagnostics and the lateral flow industry. The client required a digital platform consisting of a patient-facing mobile app and cloud data management for their new quantitative diagnostic test for chronic lung disease. They shared their experiences of working with us with a collaborator company who quickly commissioned Bond to develop a similar product for chronic wound care. Others in the lateral flow industry recognised that an affordable, compliant and scalable solution was available highlighting a huge unmet need in an expanding market. Bond is working in strategic partnerships with key industry leaders to create the next generation of digitally connected lateral flow diagnostics that provide an elevated user experience and enhanced real-time decision-making through the power of data aggregation and data analytics.Our regulatory strategy ensures that the solutions we create are secure, reliable and compliant with regulatory standards, making us a trusted partner to leaders in human health, animal health and agri-food globally.In Bond Digital Health we believe that collaborative working is the only way to tackle some of the major health challenges the world is nowadays facing. Our technology brings the life sciences industry closer together to create solutions that improve the lives of millions.Let’s make a difference together!
  • CoinCover — Cryptocurrency insurance-backed technology to make cryptocurrency safe for individuals and businesses to hold and use.
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Paul Walton
Angel · Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Paul Walton is the Founder and CTO of Boundary.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Digital Media
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $327k–$327k; Pre-Seed $38k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DragonflAI — Phone-Based AI Moderation Moderate user-uploaded images and videos before they leave mobile devices and reach the internet. Keep your platform and servers free from indecent or illegal content.
  • Handl — Handl is an online platform for vehicle & fleet servicing.
  • Just Venue — Just Venue is an online platform that aims to socialise event space booking, by connecting event hosts and organisers with space owners and managers. Just Venue aims to connect event hosts and organisers with venue owners and managers.The website has taken inspiration from other community platforms like AirBnB, Uber and TaskRabbit.
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Boost Fund
VC Fund · St. Helier, NA - Jersey, Jersey · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Capital Pilot is a Boost Fund that provides entrepreneurs with the opportunity to gain access to fast, data-driven investment. Apply now for an Investability Rating and see if you qualify for automatic funding!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile Apps, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $60k–$2.9M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Keepabl Ltd — Keepabl is B2B SaaS focussed on helping SMEs with compliance. Our first product is Privacy-as-a-Service, a governance platform and service, helping customers manage becoming - and staying - compliant with GDPR and other data protection regulations.
  • Atlas AI — Atlas AI develops and creates digital tools that measures personal workout poses and allows coaches to provide feedback. It is based in London, England.
  • Hotel Manager — Hotel Manager is the platform for delivering modern experiences to guests, wherever they are. Launch and build your hotel app in no time and manage your growth easily. All in one platform with zero technical knowledge required.
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Convergent Finance
VC Fund · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

We help great companies transform into global leaders

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Post-IPO Equity, Private Equity, Series A
  • Geography: India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Private Equity $13M–$24M; Post-IPO Equity $8.3M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 92% lead, 8% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fly91 — Fly91provides reliable, comfortable and affordable flights.
  • Agilitas — Agilitas Sports operates as a sportswear and athleisure solutions platform.
  • Camlin Fine Sciences — Welcome to Camlin Fine Sciences, a leading manufacturer of traditional antioxidants and advanced chemical solutions for diverse industries.
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Animoca Brands
VC Fund · Cyberport, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 394
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$10M; Series A $5M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DNABLOCK — We enable Web3 creator communities to design and mint NFT collections of truly custom photorealistic 3D avatars, environments and cinema-quality animated content with no code or animation knowledge.
  • The Sandbox — The Sandbox is a decentralized, community-driven platform, where creators can make voxel assets and gaming experiences and monetize them on the blockchain. It features 3 main components: an NFT builder, a Marketplace, and Game Maker.
  • Ignite Tournaments — Ready to take your mobile games to the next level? Join Ignite Tournaments and compete in real money esports tournaments. Download our app now and win big!
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Tim Dempsey
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Tim Dempsey is a Managing Partner at Epiphany Capital. He graduated from the University of Manchester.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $962k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lunio — Say goodbye to wasted ad spend and false conversions. Use Lunio to stave off click fraud and invalid users, safeguarding the quality of your traffic and driving better returns from paid media
  • Mitra bio — We are transforming skin-care by approaching ageing as a disease to be fought. We are developing a genetic and epigenetic discovery platform to help skincare companies find and develop new compounds that actually fight the root cause of skin ageing.
  • PPC Protect — Say goodbye to wasted ad spend and false conversions. Use Lunio to stave off click fraud and invalid users, safeguarding the quality of your traffic and driving better returns from paid media
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Embryo Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Embryo Ventures is a London-based venture firm that backs exceptional founders building transformational companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, CleanTech, Pharmaceutical
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OSSTEC — Knee implants combining innovative 3D-printed articulating surfaces with biomimetic cementless fixation for enhanced functionality, superior fixation, and a long-lasting bone foundation.
  • Ostique — Innovative game-changers in the ostomy world, Ostique provide products for ostomates that rebalance your everyday life. | Unique ostomy care
  • Gladys — Discover Gladys, the easiest and cheapest way to find trusted local Carers and Helpers in your community. Get 5* care and support to your door.
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SWIG Finance
VC Fund · Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

SWIG Finance is a social enterprise providing loans and support to small businesses in the South and West Country.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Women's, Consumer
  • Stage:Debt Financing
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Debt Financing $67k–$327k
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Future Leap
  • Horizon Agri — Horizon Agri Ltd delivers precision UAV operations including crop spraying, fertiliser application, greenhouse cleaning and solar panel cleaning.
  • Bay's Kitchen — Award winning, certified Low FODMAP Diet (IBS friendly), gluten free and vegan foods, handmade in the UK.
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Ted Hettich
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Focusing on marketplace know-how, eCommerce retail sales, and project management I work daily to enable solutions for businesses globally.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DAYUAN LIMITED — Global online retail platform in multiple shopping categories
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Sporting Goods Investor funding in United Kingdom at a glance

Stats across 72 deals from 90 investors.

90
investors
in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups
72
deals
in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups
$1.6M
median round
in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups
60%
lead investors
lead at least one round
18%
Seed
most common funding stage
81/19
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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