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Top 45 Sporting Goods VC Funds & Investors in United Kingdom (June 2026)

The most active venture capital funds 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–$80M
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
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
Autotech Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Egypt Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Transportation, Automotive $2.5M–$50M
Ponooc
VC Fund
2 The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Energy, Electric Vehicle, Logistics $6.6M–$20M
Elkstone Capital Partners
VC Fund
2 Ireland, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $610k–$20M
Equity Gap
VC Fund
2 United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Manufacturing $428k–$18M
Key Capital Partners
VC Fund
2 United Kingdom Private Equity Information Technology, Music, E-Commerce $3.9M–$9.4M
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Investment Fund
VC Fund
2 United Kingdom Seed, Debt Financing Retail, Computer, Consumer $52k–$2.6M
ABN AMRO Ventures
VC Fund
2 Germany, United States, United Kingdom Series B, Series C FinTech, Financial Services, Software $7M–$190M
Porsche Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Germany, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Automotive, Transportation, Information Technology $2M–$74M
Kelvin Capital
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing $144k–$25M
Northstar Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, E-Commerce $39k–$9.7M
South East Angels
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Spain Seed, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Information Technology $248k–$2M
Eka Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Logistics, Health Care, Software $1.7M–$20M
Catapult Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Israel Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $150k–$26M
Embryo Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands Seed, Pre-Seed Health Care, CleanTech, Pharmaceutical $1.6M–$3.2M
SOSV
VC Fund
1 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Development Bank of Wales
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Australia, United States Seed, Debt Financing Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Hellen's Rock Capital
VC Fund
1 France, Bosnia and Herzegovina Pre-Seed, Seed Fitness, Software, Environmental Consulting
Venrex
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, France Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Fashion, Software
Midlands Engine Investment Fund
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Thailand Debt Financing, Seed Health Care, Manufacturing, Software
Amrock Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Seed SaaS, Children, Computer
Boost Fund
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Seed Software, Mobile Apps, Information Technology $60k–$2.9M
North East Fund
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Cyber Security $524k–$8.6M
Animoca Brands
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency $1.6M–$40M
Co-FundNI
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Ireland Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Health Care, Information Technology $393k–$1.8M
Mobeus Equity Partners
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States Series A, Private Equity Software, Information Technology, Retail $2.6M–$26M
North East Growth Capital Fund
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States Debt Financing, Seed Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Environmental Consulting $46k–$393k
Yes VC
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $500k–$45M
British Design Fund
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed Manufacturing, Health Care, Medical Device $131k–$1.2M
SWIG Finance
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Debt Financing Travel, Women's, Consumer $67k–$327k
SFC Capital
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $162k–$2.2M
NPIF - FW Capital Debt Finance
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States Debt Financing, Seed Manufacturing, Construction, Consulting $151k–$982k
Superbet Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Seed Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
Hiro Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, India Series A, Seed Gaming, Video Games, Software $1M–$12M
Scottish Enterprise
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Japan Grant, Seed Biotechnology, Software, Health Care $104k–$4.8M
Stonebridge PLC
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Seed CRM, Pet, Fashion
Foresight Williams
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing $1.9M–$30M
Ascension
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Italy Seed, Pre-Seed Software, FinTech, Internet $229k–$4.1M
The FSE Group
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Canada Seed, Debt Financing Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $65k–$2.6M
Livingbridge
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Ireland, India Private Equity, Seed Software, Consulting, Information Technology $5.2M–$65M
Redrice Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Fitness, Wellness, Health Care $1M–$4.1M
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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: 270
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$16M; Series A $5M–$33M; Series B $8M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • unitQ — unitQ's product quality monitoring platform empowers businesses to take a data-driven approach to product quality so they can fix the right quality issues smarter and faster.
  • Payosu — Use Osu to get more bookings, take payments with zero fees, automate the invoicing, and let your business thrive.
  • Cerrion — Cerrion is a visual AI that helps production teams react faster to process deviations, automate root cause analysis, and implement targeted improvement actions. They believe that process transparency enabled by AI and computer vision is key to achieving more autonomy and sustainability in manufacturing. Their software is built and designed withproduction teams from all over the world in the loop.
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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: 192
  • Round size: Seed $655k–$5.2M; Private Equity $2.1M–$8.5M
  • Lead/follow: 66% lead, 34% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Mach42 — Machine Discovery is a University of Oxford spin-out commercializing new machine learning technology. We leverage proprietary neural network technology to accelerate expensive calculations — and we do it with minimal data and 99.9% fidelity.
  • 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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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: 332
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3.5M; Series A $3.5M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $500M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • uLesson — uLesson has built the technology to deploy curriculum-relevant content via smartphones, that allows learners to use the product without concern for internet limitations and costs. uLesson’s mobile offering rests on three pillars: academics, media & technology and curriculum content is delivered via streaming and SD cards.
  • 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.
  • Papercup — Next-gen AI Dubbing service that automates video translation. Create new voices in other languages for your video content at scale and increase your ROI.
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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: 99
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$10M; Series A $10M–$42M; Series B $10M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% 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.
  • Realine Technology — Realine Technology is an automation and communication platform for the logistics industry. The platform is developing a digital communication platform linking participants of the long-haul trucking ecosystem. The company's platform provides software for the supply chain and logistics industry, enabling clients to avail of efficient logisticsservices. Founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Burlingame, California, United States.
  • Exponential Markets — Exponential Markets is developing a series of next-generation tradable financial instruments designed to offer new levels of hedging capabilities and risk management for participants in a variety of asset classes. The company's first product, the Exponential Used Vehicle Index (Bloomberg ticker: AUTO), is a first-of-its-kind tradable index forthe automotive sector that allows rental car companies, auto insurers, and auto lessors to hedge used vehicle price risk. The company's product roadmap includes cash-settled index derivatives for new and underserved markets, in addition to exploration of smart market applications.
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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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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: 87
  • Round size: Seed $610k–$5M; Series A $5.5M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • MEG — MEG is a powerful end-to-end Quality Management System for healthcare. Manage quality, patient safety, compliance and accreditation processes all from one place.
  • Soapbox Labs — Welcome to AI Labs, Curriculum Associates' research hub creating responsible AI tools for educators. Learn about our SoapBox Speech Engine and ethical approach to AI in education.
  • Luminate Medical — Luminate Medical is developing LILY, the world's first pain-free and portable solution to prevent hair loss caused by chemotherapy.
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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: 107
  • Round size: Seed $428k–$3.1M; Series A $2.8M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mirna — Soon to be launched, our AI-powered MI:RNA platform is designed to detect a range of diseases prior to the development of clinical signs. This groundbreaking
  • 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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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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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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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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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: 71
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$17M; Series A $2M–$60M; Series B $11M–$74M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Griiip — griiip.com Is the world's first cloud-based data platform for racing, enabling transmission of motorsport data directly from the racing vehicles, to then both analyse and visualise it in the Cloud. Griiip introduces a new dimension of user engagement, data analysis and viewing experience to bring the excitement of motorsport to every end-userlevel – The Drivers, The Teams And the Fans sitting at home or at the race-track.
  • Customcells Group — With our combined strengths, we are uniquely positioned to deliver customer-centric premium battery technology at scale.
  • Rimac Group — Rimac Automobili is a technology powerhouse manufacturing electric hypercars and providing full technology solutions to global automotive manufacturers.
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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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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.
  • CellRev — high expertise in the designing and testing of self-assembling peptides providing different benefits when culturing adherent cells in vitro.
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South East Angels
VC Fund · Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups, 8 in the past 12 months

A group of credible Hight Net Worth individuals based in the South East of England looking to invest in ambitious founders.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $248k–$1.6M; Pre-Seed $393k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EarSwitch — Empowering new ways to control and connect with the world through in-ear biometric switch and sensor technology
  • meet DWIGHT — meet DWIGHT provides agentic AI Digital Worker Bots and automation platforms that handle middle and back office workflows. The company offers a managed service that builds and runs digital worker bots to automate cross‑platform administrative tasks, invoicing, onboarding, compliance checks and data movement. Its DWIGHT Studio platform delivers anautomation operating system for enterprises to design, deploy and govern digital workers across modern and legacy systems, integrating with tools such as ATS, CRM, ERP, HR, payroll and finance applications. Solutions focus on staffing, HR, payroll, invoicing, health and social care operations, and general back office and admin automation.
  • Myriad Wind Energy Systems — Myriad wind energy systems is an early stage start up building high performance modular wind tubrines around the multi-rotor wind turbine concept.
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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: 26
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $1.7M–$6.7M; Series A $3.3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $92M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • DITTO Daily — DITTO Daily created the Cycle Supplement to holistically address the physical and mental challenges that come with the menstrual cycle.
  • Runna — Runna is your personalized running coach. With tailored training plans, world-class coaching and an in-app community to help you achieve your goals, whether you're training for a faster 5k or your first marathon. Download Runna today.
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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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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: 14
  • 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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SOSV
VC Fund · Princeton, New Jersey, United States · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups, 75 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1482
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
  • unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
  • Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.
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Development Bank of Wales
VC Fund · Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups, 18 in the past 12 months

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

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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: 176
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • PlantSea — PlantSea manufactures and develops sustainable products using seaweed and aquaculture materials. It offers bioplastics items as biodegradable alternatives. PlantSea is based in Gaerwen, England.
  • Menna — Be smarter about money and grow faster with Menna. Take control of your business finances today!
  • Llusern Scientific — Llusern specialises in rapid and affordable near-patient and POC molecular diagnostics developed to detect bacterial and viral infections.
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Hellen's Rock Capital
VC Fund · Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

We partner with innovative doers and thinkers who have the know-how and vision to build game-changing companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Software, Environmental Consulting
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: France, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • The Zero Fund — The Zero Fund is a climate fintech company. It directly connects organizations with local community project developers, offering access and full traceability to high-quality carbon credits on a highly secure blockchain platform. With a special focus on the local ecopreneurs’ needs to make nature protection financially rewarding, as well as on theorganizations’ needs to achieve ESG and sustainability goals, H64 provides management and financial services for accurate, actionable data to enable transparent and verifiable high-quality carbon credit trading.
  • 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.
  • Rolla — Rolla helps beginners and fitness enthusiasts to improve their overall health & fitness. Take the next step and reach your goals with features tailored to your preferences and fitness level.
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Venrex
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups, 10 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 136
  • 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.
  • OurRitual — Couple Goals Made Possible. Relationship Support For Busy People, Practical Tools & Expert Feedback
  • StructureFlow — StructureFlow is the innovative visual modeling platform for professional services, transforming how stakeholders think and communicate.
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Midlands Engine Investment Fund
VC Fund · Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups, 6 in the past 12 months

MEIF is an investment firm that operates equity and debt investment towards growth capital. The firm aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands and to realize the region’s potential to achieve economic growth through enterprise. It is a collaboration between the British Business Bank and ten Local EnterprisePartnerships (LEPs) in the West Midlands and East and South East Midlands. MEIF provides over £250m of investment to boost small and medium business (SME) growth in the Midlands.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 103
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Lexverify — Lexverify uses artificial intelligence to detect potential legal and compliance concerns in communications. It assists businesses in proactively avoiding legal and regulatory concerns by harnessing the power of AI. Their objective is to make technological communication a benefit rather than a problem.
  • Centaur Robotics — Centaur believes mobility needs re-imagining to provide a real advantage for everyday human needs. Our vision is to challenge thinking through design and technology to create superhuman technology - that provides extra-ordinary mobility fit for humans in the 21st Century.
  • Purple Transform — Purple Transform operates as an artificial intelligence company. Purple Transform improves decision accuracy with digital intelligence.
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Amrock Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups

Investing in innovative companies with a long-term vision.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Children, Computer
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: 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.
  • Deployed — Scope of Work (SoW) and Statement of Work (SoW) authoring and automation for the #futureofwork
  • Cypher Coders — Coding lessons for children aged 6-12 years, taught live online or in-person in London. Interactive lessons, camps and clubs that develop skills in STEM, computing, communication, collaboration and creativity.
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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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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, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $524k–$8.6M; Pre-Seed $621k–$810k
  • Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Reform Studio — Reform Studio is a one-of-a-kind multi-floor location on Newcastle's famous Quayside that combines exercise and mindfulness to create a mind-body experience.
  • Melius CyberSafe — Melius Cyber continuously monitors an organization's IT network, testing security and protecting it from the latest threats.
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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: 399
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$10M; Series A $5M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 0G — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
  • Blockade Games — Blockade Games is a leading blockchain video game development studio. Using industry expertise, we are developing blockchain layer two infrastructure and gaming applications.
  • 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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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

  • VascVersa — VascVersa is a new cell therapy company based in Northern Ireland. At VascVersa we are developing medicines to create new blood vessels, repair tissue and promote healing.
  • Sonrai Analytics — Analyse complex biomedical data across omics, imaging, and clinical datasets to uncover insights and make confident drug-development decisions.
  • Aramune Technologies — Aramune Technologies is developing natural, plant derived feed materials which can be mixed with standard animal feeds to replace antimicrobial agents and promote growth.
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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: 60
  • Round size: Series A $2.6M–$11M; Private Equity $13M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 85% lead, 15% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $155M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Preservica — Ensure compliance and longevity with our Digital Preservation software. Secure your organization's valuable records.
  • Buster + Punch — Buster + Punch is a London-born home fashion label. We work with rare, solid materials to make extraordinary items for everyday use. It all started in a garage in East London where we discovered a passion for making the things we love. From lighting and hardware to custom motorcycles and whisky bars, we now make unexpected and elegant interiorproducts for those who want to live with conviction. Our work is inspired by London's fashion, music and sub-culture scenes where we collaborate with street artists, bike builders, musicians and fashion designers to inject attitude into our crafted products.
  • Rotageek — Rotageek helps organisations predict and meet demand, using complex data-driven technologies to effectively and fairly schedule staff. They use personalised algorithms and machine learning to find patterns that would otherwise go unnoticed - providing best in class and fully personalised business forecasting and scheduling. Today, Rotageek livesin London and Melbourne and their clients include O2, Dune, William Hill, Maplin and The Perfume Shop to name just a few. They’re growing really quickly but their approach and their ambitions remain personal, and they always will. Their goal is to create a step change in scheduling capabilities using data-driven, highly intelligent technology that is agile and works both for business and people.
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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

  • Vielo Sports — Boutique british bicycle brand Vielo is a UK based bike company producing carbon 1x road bikes and gravel bikes for all types of cycling on and off road. Liberate Your Ride.
  • 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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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: 74
  • 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.
  • Dapper Labs — Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences that are made for you and ready for the real world.
  • Sukha — The Focus App for Healthy Productivity. Sukha offers focus music, timers, AI assistants and more while you work.
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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: 44
  • Round size: Seed $131k–$1.2M; Pre-Seed $131k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sages — Biodegradeable, non-polluting, low-impact and vibrant dyes extracted from food waste.
  • Fresh Check — Discover FreshCheck's cutting-edge hygiene verification systems. Enhance food safety with our easy-to-use, color-changing swabs and innovative digital tools. Stay compliant and protect your business with efficient, reliable hygiene testing solutions. Explore now!
  • NasoGastric Feeding Solutions — NasoGastric Feeding Solutions are dedicated to revolutionizing enteral access by providing clinicians with better tools to safely place lifesaving Naso/orogastric feeding and decompression tubes.
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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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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: 377
  • Round size: Seed $164k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $162k–$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.
  • WeFindFlats — Live and work anywhere, without housing worries.
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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, Consulting
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 86
  • 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.
  • Project Heating Solutions — Project Heating Solutions is dedicated to providing each and every one of our clients with design, professional guidance, and service. With more than 30 years of experience in the mechanical, electrical, and heating industries, we are unmatched in our dedication to providing the best product and service prior to, during, and following aninstallation.
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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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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: 47
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$9M; Series A $2.6M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $351M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • FRVR — FRVR brings captivating games to billions of players instantly.
  • Twin Suns — World Class Video Games
  • 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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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: 311
  • Round size: Seed $318k–$3.8M; Grant $104k–$4.8M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Incremental Group — Incremental Group provides software consultancy and analytics services to clients in oil and gas, financial services, and the public sector.
  • RAB Microfluidics — We diagnose early signs of failure in lubricated machinery and prevent equipment failure using our patented microfluidic technology and AI technology.
  • Smart Green Shipping — smart green shipping alliance. economically, socially and environmentally superior shipping solutions.
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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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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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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: 212
  • 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

  • Vidsy — Vidsy is the creative technology platform that helps global brands and agencies create high-performing video ads. Connect with our global network of creators and streamline your content creation process.
  • Merx — Grow contactability, data quality and customer lifetime value with AI agents on WhatsApp.
  • ComplyStream — ComplyStream enables faster and smarter FinCrime alert resolution by unifying your fragmented data, communication and workflows in a single AI-native platform.
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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: 182
  • Round size: Seed $327k–$2.6M; Debt Financing $65k–$633k
  • Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% 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
  • Torsion Information Security — Torsion integrates with your existing collaboration systems, working with business users to monitor and control access as business circumstances evolve.
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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: May invest from a new fund soon — 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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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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Sporting Goods VC funding in United Kingdom at a glance

Stats across 66 deals from 74 investors.

74
investors
in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups
66
deals
in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups
$1.8M
median round
in United Kingdom Sporting Goods startups
65%
lead investors
lead at least one round
18%
Seed
most common funding stage

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