Top 5 Theatre Startup Investors in Europe in July 2025
A list of 5 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Theatre startups based in Europe. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Theatre companies from Europe. We update this investor list every month.Top 5 Theatre Startup Investors in Europe in July 2025
Investor | Theatre Europe investments |
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Big Issue Invest | 1 |
Lloyds Bank | 1 |
ScaleUp Capital | 1 |
Justin Cooke | 1 |
Ingenious Media | 1 |
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- Charity, Non Profit, Communities
- Funding Round, Debt Financing, Grant
- United Kingdom
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- OVO — OVO is the home of live theatre in St Albans, Hertfordshire. We are a theatre production company based in St Albans, just north of London.
- World Media Initiatives — World Media Initiatives is a production company that stands out.
- Phoenix Social Enterprise — PSE is a social enterprise with a purpose - to help individuals, communities and economies progress and grow, through our range of employment services
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- Manufacturing, Financial Services, Real Estate
- Debt Financing, Seed, Post-IPO Debt
- United Kingdom, United States
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- Co-op — The Co-operative Group is the UK’s largest mutual business, owned by over seven million consumer members. The Group operates 4,800 retail trading outlets, employs more than 100,000 people and has an annual turnover of more than £13bn. Whether it's a drop of milk for your morning cuppa, a little friendly advice because your back'splaying up again, or a helping hand onto the property ladder, we're here for you. With over 5,000 high street branches we're only ever just down the road, at the end of a phone or a click away. So whatever it is, however big or small, we're happy to help.We don't answer to shareholders, we answer to you. Unlike most businesses, we're owned by our members - all 7.2 million of them. We're not a plc, so we can fight for the good of our members and customers. Anyone can join The Co-operative, you can become a member online now or just pick up a leaflet in store. As a member, you'll not only have a say in the way we are run, but also get a share in our profits, as a big thank you for shopping with us.Originally formed in Rochdale in 1844 to offer real value to the community, 168 years on and our founding principles still stand. The world may have changed somewhat in those years but the need for a more ethical business, a more honest one and a more customer focussed one clearly hasn't. We're here for you in good and bad times. We're here for you for life.
- Scottish Power — At ScottishPower are amongst the top 6 power companies in the UK. As an energy provider to over 5 million households and businesses across the UK, their role is to bring you YourEnergy – and that means keeping your home nice and cosy, being there when you need us and bringing you competitive tariffs and products.
- Industrial Property Investment Fund — Industrial Property Investment Fund is a real estate agency that provides offices, warehouses, and industrial unit leasing services.
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- Wellness, Health Care, News
- Private Equity, Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, Ireland, United States
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- Rungway — Create a safe space for people to gain work and life advice from their colleagues. More than just a mentoring platform, Rungway brings your company values to life and gives everyone a voice on the topics most important to them, improves employee engagement and wellbeing
- Sanctus — Create sustainable high performance in your organisation with the Sanctus employee coaching and mentoring solutions.
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I am the Vice Chair of Unicef UK, a Venture Partner at tech VC Northzone, Chairman of The Drum, Deputy Chair of social learning platform FutureLearn and a Non-Executive Director, adviser and investor in numerous fast-growing technology businesses and sit on the British Museum Digital Advisory Board.Prior to Northzone I was the CEO and Founder ofPOSSIBLE UK, WPP Digital’s largest global agency. I am also the former Chair and now an Ambassador of the British Interactive Media Association (BIMA), the industry body for everyone working in digital Britain. I discovered digital media while studying Quasi-Theatrical Leisure and Computers as Theatre while studying Drama at the University of Manchester. After graduating with honours I worked for the BBC, Universal Music and United News and Media before Co-founding global digital agency Fortune Cookie in 1997. I secured venture capital funding and grew the business across three continents before exiting to WPP in 2012. For two years I served on the Board of EPiServer – the world’s fastest growing content management and community platform until its sale to investment bank, IK Partners. I also served on the board of ActiveStandards until its merger with CrownPeak and raising of $50 Million from venture capital firm K1 to become the world's leading cloud-based digital experience management company.I have been lucky enough to have been listed in the Wired Top 100; rated the UK's second most influential person in digital by Econsultancy; inducted into the British Digital Hall of Fame and most recently, Business Insider ranked me as one of the UK's coolest tech VC's.
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- Software, Digital Signage, SaaS
- Seed
- United Kingdom
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- Edit Cloud — Edit Cloud is an editing platform that offers virtual editing suites.
- ScreenCloud — ScreenCloud's digital signage software makes it easier than ever for you to put meaningful content on any screen, in any location. Use it to control one screen, or a thousand, from anywhere in the world.
- Digital Theatre — Your online home of world-class theatre, streamed directly to your sofa. Over 150 world-class and live events. Rent, Subscribe or Pay Per View.
Ingenious Media is an one of the largest independent investors in the UK’s creative sector, they partner with companies and individuals in the film, television and live entertainment sectors to bring great ideas to life. They do this through their unique blend of industry knowledge, access to a diverse range of capital sources and exceptionalexecution capability.They have invested in excess of £8 billion in the sector and have a long and successful track record of collaboration with first class international partners, including Fox Searchlight, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Miramax, Open Road, Working Title, Film4, Warner Bros., Pathé, BBC, ITV, Endemol and Lionsgate.They have one of the most experienced teams of independent professionals in the UK dedicated to the analysis and commercial negotiation of media opportunities and are always looking for new opportunities to work with industry partners.
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- Apps, Theatre, Auctions
- Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom
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- Woto — Create and share your content in just 3 clicks with our free publishing tool
- Property Place — Property Place, a new application allowing users to search, share and sell property via their Facebook account goes live on the 11th November. It offers consumers and selling agents a more intuitive and efficient marketing alternative to existing channels.
- Digital Theatre — Your online home of world-class theatre, streamed directly to your sofa. Over 150 world-class and live events. Rent, Subscribe or Pay Per View.
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