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Top 50 Wine And Spirits Startup Investors in United Kingdom in February 2025

Last updated: Feb 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Wine and spirits startups based in United kingdom. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Wine and spirits companies from United kingdom. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Wine And Spirits Startup Investors in United Kingdom in February 2025

Investor	Wine And Spirits United Kingdom investments
Angels Den	3
Business Growth Fund	2
Beringea	2
Atomico	2
Max Ventures	2
Whiterock Finance	2
JamJar Investments	2
Alexander Edward Chesterman	2
Alex Ikonn	1
Semapa Next	1
Edition Capital	1
James Murphy	1
Ben Bilboul	1
Ann Elliott	1
Development Bank of Wales	1
Founders Capital	1
Co-FundNI	1
Secure Trust Bank	1
Comhar Capital	1
MOHARA	1
Imbiba	1
Lightspeed Venture Partners	1
Piper Private Equity	1
New Anglia Capital	1
Pente Capital	1
Seedrs	1
Stephen Fitzpatrick	1
Midlands Engine Investment Fund	1
Rob Dobson	1
Ian Wright	1
Equity Gap	1
Brett Akker	1
Notion Capital	1
8point8 Capital	1
John Magnier	1
Anglia Capital Group	1
Shapers	1
Amy Wilson	1
Fraser T. Smith	1
Mosaic Private Equity	1
QVentures	1
Pendulum Holdings	1
Distill Ventures	1
South East Angels	1
NVM Private Equity	1
James Matthews	1
Speedinvest	1
Jon Reynolds	1
David Golding	1
Ursula Burns	1

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Angels Den is an angel-led investment platform that connects fast-growing companies with experienced investors.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
United Kingdom, United States, Finland

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.

BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority investment to growing companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
United Kingdom, Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sulmara — Innovation for a sustainable energy future | Sulmara
Besseges — ValvesTubesFittings.com launched in 2015 as the online arm of Besseges VTF and has become one of the leading online pipeline suppliers.
Miracle Design & Play — Miracle Design & Play specializes in designing and installing playgrounds for children.

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

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Analytics
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

MOTH: — MOTH: is a beverages company that provides ready-to-drink cocktail for family and friends.
Gorilla — We empower Energy Retailers in pricing, forecasting and reporting with data-driven solutions in boosting speed and flexibility.
ATLAS Space Operations — ATLAS Space Operations provides Secure Space Access Anytime, Anywhere. Ground Software as a Service on a global federated network.

Atomico invests in innovative technology companies around the world.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Series C
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

R.grid — Research Grid is the automation engine for admin-free clinical trials. Research Grid has developed two industry-leading products that leverage its AI-powered automation engine.
Raycast — A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher.
Dexory — BotsAndUs is a London-based startup that develops robotics and AI solutions. They combine social sciences with human-centered design and cutting edge engineering and make sure robots seamlessly integrate into day to day life.

Max Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in consumer tech and health-tech companies. Max Ventures primarily invests in digital commerce, digital media, fintech, and digital Health. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Sweden, Canada

Portfolio highlights

UnityAI — At UnityAI, we specialize in developing innovative AI solutions that drive business success. Our state-of-the-art technology and expert team empower companies to optimize operations, enhance decision-making, and unlock new opportunities. Discover how UnityAI can transform your business with our comprehensive suite of AI services. Partner with us to turn your vision into reality.
Adonis — Adonis is the first revenue intelligence and automation platform that delivers AI-driven insights to help your medical practice, hospital, or digital health clinic beat revenue KPIs.
Hello Patient — Healthcare AI that gets your team off the phone & in front of patients

Growth Loan Fund Invest NI and NILGOSC.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Retail, Manufacturing
Debt Financing, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Axial3D — Leading the way with the latest 3D imaging, models, and devices
RE-KKUR — Re-Kkur are market leader in PVC recycling and innovators in durable PVC plaster bead products for the UK and EU construction industry.
Solarfix — Solarfix NI Ltd is a leading One-Stop Solar Specialist. Commerical, Domestic, New Build, Self Build, Agricultural and Off-Grid Solar PV solutions. Tesla Powerwall, PureDrive, StorEdge, SolarEdge, Zappi, Eddi, Myenergi, Duracell, Repairs & Upgrades, Solar Panel installation in Northern Ireland.

We love, help & invest in early-stage consumer brands.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

XOXO Soda — XOXO Soda is a plant-based drink with prebiotic fiber that is low in sugar and calories.
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With Nothing Underneath — WNU is all about simplicity - paired back, laid back, timeless, effortless shirts - just like the woman who wears them. Our shirts are not about trends or fleeting style moments, but about a wardrobe essential in which to live a life.

Alex Chesterman is the Co-Founder of Houseful. Alex Chesterman attended the University College London.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Zefir — Zefir aims to expand the realm of possibilities for millions of European homeowners. We make home-selling simpler, faster and more certain by buying the property directly from you. Selling a home is now just a few clicks away.
Pharmacierge — Pharmacierge is the digital e-prescribing service chosen by private clinicians to deliver medication to their patients throughout the UK and worldwide. Clinicians create and transfer e-prescriptions to our pharmacy near London's Harley Street, for free delivery to their patients either the same day or next weekday
Vyne Technologies — Vyne Technologies is the specialist account-to-account payments platform.

Alex Ikonn is the Co-Founder of Intelligent Change. He previously worked at Luxy Hair as a Co-founder. Alex Ikonn attended York University.

Investment focus

Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
Seed, Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lucky Saint — Heritage Brewing. Modern Drinking. Try Lucky Saint's award-winning alcohol-free beer. Finally rewarding those not drinking with the beer they deserve.
Lunata Beauty —

Semapa Next is a venture capital firm that invests in European-based companies aspiring to become global category leaders.

Investment focus

SaaS, Information Technology, B2B
Series A, Seed
Portugal, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Soveren — Soveren helps engineering and security teams protect personal data by detecting privacy risks and analyzing real-time data flows within your infrastructure.
Ferovinum — We are a technology enabled supply chain financing partner for the wine and spirit industries. Our platform funds wine producers, whisky distillers, bottlers and merchants.
RealFevr — Collect moments with the most iconic video moments of your favourite football players.

Investment, advice and expertise for the entertainment and leisure industry

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Events, Restaurants
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Farmer J — Farmer J serves honest food, that rolls with the seasons, is mindfully sourced, is bursting with flavour and most importantly, is scratch cooked on-site.
Pentire Drinks — Made from unique plants native to the Cornish coastline, Pentire is a new botanical non-alcoholic spirit drink. A gin style drink that harnesses the power, beauty and immense flavour of plants, without the after effects. Buy online now.
Lean Kitchen Network — Lean Kitchen Network is a developer of a virtual kitchen network.

James Murphy is the Founder/CEO at New Commercial Arts.

Investment focus

Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lucky Saint — Heritage Brewing. Modern Drinking. Try Lucky Saint's award-winning alcohol-free beer. Finally rewarding those not drinking with the beer they deserve.

Ben Bilboul - Chief Executive Officer @ Karmarama

Investment focus

Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lucky Saint — Heritage Brewing. Modern Drinking. Try Lucky Saint's award-winning alcohol-free beer. Finally rewarding those not drinking with the beer they deserve.

Ann Elliott

Investment focus

Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lucky Saint — Heritage Brewing. Modern Drinking. Try Lucky Saint's award-winning alcohol-free beer. Finally rewarding those not drinking with the beer they deserve.

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

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
United Kingdom, Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Amped PCR — At Amped PCR, we empower life science researchers and scientists with our high-performance diagnostic technologies. We specialise in advanced Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technology, providing robust diagnostic tools tailored to the life sciences and for critical sectors such as food safety, en
Coffi Lab — Dog friendly independent coffee shops, inspired by our love of coffee & labs. In Monmouth, Marlborough & Abergavenny. Proud Supporter of Guide Dogs UK.
Stable Resources — We are Stable. We pioneer new ways for teams to collaborate and innovate with technology being the enabler.

Founders Capital is An early-stage fintech focused investment firm based in London, UK.Their investment objective has been to identify and capture opportunities in the following emerging key alternative finance and FinTech areas:Market Place Lending (MPL) – invested in a range of market place lending companies including those focusingconsumer finance (Bondora), real- estate (EstateGuru) and SME lending and invoice finance (Investly) Secondary Market for Private Shares – creating a market place / secondary market where investors / founders can offload private shares (SharesBook) Balance Sheet Lending (BSL)- capitalising on the changing regulatory landscape in the the EU and backing up new types of ethical alternatives to payday lending (Credio) MPL Robolender – setting up a buy-side MPL operation that would give investors a single entry-point to market place lending across multiple platforms (PeerCap) ETF Roboadvisors – disrupting the mainstream wealth management space and offering a cost-effective alternative to traditional wealth managers and independent financial advisors, initially by focusing on the expat market (WealthPat)

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Nutrition, Communities
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Vietnam, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Cooky.vn — The community loves food, cooking and baking. Join the community to share recipes and cooking tips.
Freja — Award-winning bone broths from Freja Foods. Responsibly sourced and conveniently packaged, Freja bone broth is available online and via leading retailers.
Winefi — Invest in collections of fine wine and spirits at low cost. Expertly-curated, diversified and managed for you from sourcing to sale. Only with Winefi.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Kinsetsu — Organisations are continually challenged to find better ways to manage processes. Traditional approaches are being pushed to their limits.
CV6 Therapeutics — CV6 Therapeutics is a drug development company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapies for the treatment of human diseases.
GenoMe Diagnostics — GenoME Diagnostics - We are developing a blood test for an earlier and more accurate diagnosis of ovarian cancer.GenoME Diagnostics .

Secure Trust Bank provides simple, transparent savings accounts, mortgages and Business and Commercial Finance. They are a bank. They look after savings and they lend money to individuals and to businesses. They like to keep it simple. Their mission is to build the best bank in Britain.They’re proud of their West Midlands roots and today theyoperate from a number of locations in the UK. They’re a much bigger family now – there’s more than 700 of us. In October 2016 they successfully listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Furniture, Pet
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Grant
United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Weldfast — Weldfast is a manufacturer and supplier of welding consumables, abrasives, chemicals, premium gas equipment, and safety products.
Henderson & Jones — H&J is a litigation investment company that purchases litigation and arbitration claims.
Butchers Pet Care — Butchers Pet Care is a Wet feeding producer in the UK. Butcher’s also make great tasting meals for cats too! Butcher’s Pet Care prides itself in making more natural dog food and cat food, which is delicious and 100% complete and balanced. They can do this because it’s all they do; make great-tasting pet foods that cats and dogs love and thrive on;it’s their passion!

Hands on business and capital investment support - Comhar Capital focuses upon direct capital investment for companies run by forward-thinking growth-orientated owner-managers.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Analytics
Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

TaperedPlus — TaperedPlus specialises in the design of flat roofs and insulation. TaperedPlus is aiming to modernise and promote tapered insulation within the UK markets.
Panintelligence — Expand ARR and accelerate your product roadmap with engaging, secure, embedded analytics and reporting designed specifically for SaaS.
The Lakes Distillery — Pushing boundaries in pursuit of flavour creation, The Lakes Distillery's artistic ethos is at the intersection of art, science and nature. Discover the award-winning Lakes Single Malt Whisky, and our unique collection of gin, vodka, whiskies and gifts from The Lake District.

MOHARA is a digital product agency, enabling entrepreneurs and corporates to fulfil their potential by applying our ten years of software product expertise to craft innovative and disruptive digital products.

Investment focus

Marketing, Advertising, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United Kingdom, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

WYSPR — Wyspr is a London-based AdTech startup specializing in influencer marketing.
Lealtà — Lealtà is a SaaS company that develops a patient membership platform based on a neurobehavioral framework that drives patient loyalty and healthy choices for better care and financial outcomes.
Ekko — Ekko is the transformative app, debit card, and ecosystem making it effortless to turn the tide on climate change.

Investors in leisure, entertainment & lifestyle growth brands.

Investment focus

Hospitality, Restaurants, Family
Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

F1 Arcade — F1 Arcade UK offers a best-in-class, full-motion racing simulator experience. Experience the thrill of F1 at our state of the art venues today.
Little Houses Group — Creating a family of clubs that parents and children will love. Little Houses will be a new kind of family club. Open to both members and pay-and-play guests.
OTHERWORLD — OTHERWORLD is a virtual island paradise in the cloud, home to VR’s best experiences across entertainment, arts, education and wellness, reached through unique, multi-sensory ‘immersion pods’ in its growing network of city centre venues.Since opening its first site in Shoreditch, East London in 2019, over 50,000 people have experienced OTHERWORLD,including celebrities Adele, Skepta, Jonathan Ross, KSI and Fnatic. The team have won plaudits at the FRAME Awards 2020 and a nomination for the VR Awards 2020.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, India, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Tana — Tana is a software development company that reinvents how humans, teams, and computers work together. Tana was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in Oslo, Norway.
Archive — We help brands launch their own secondhand resale marketplace.
Eternal — Eternal provides lifelong athletes with an expert team of health and performance advisors to keep them going in the activities they love for as long as possible.

We are the investment partner of choice for ambitious founders. Founded by entrepreneurs, we are a team of brand experts who have grown over 40 global brands.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Fashion
Private Equity, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Italy

Portfolio highlights

Omlet — Award-winning modern Chicken Coops, Dog Crates, stylish Hamster Cages, outdoor Cat Enclosures & easy-to-clean Rabbit Hutches. Shop online now.
Wild Nutrition — Wild Nutrition are natural supplements made using the highest-quality ingredients.
The Thinking Traveller — The Thinking Traveller is a multiple award-winning villa rental company specializing in luxury villas in the Mediterranean regions of Sicily, Puglia, and the Minor Italian islands in Italy.

The New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership are transforming the economy by securing funds from government to help businesses grow in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
Seed, Grant
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

CROSSIP — Great tasting non-alcoholic spirits with a kick. Made from natural botanical ingredients, no added sugar. 0% alcohol drinks perfected by TV's Carl Anthony Brown.
Cellexcel — Cellexcel is a biomaterials research company that develops technology for enhancement of water resistance of biomaterials.
One Planet Pizza — One Planet Pizza is a vegan food company, dedicated to creating good food. It distributes a range of frozen pizzas and redi-meals through local retail outlets and via home delivery in Norwich, Cambridge, and Ipswich. One Planet's pizza currently come in 4 Italian style pizza's and can be found in most of the major high streetsupermarkets.One Planet Pizza is owned by a group of vegan and veggie business people, including Mike Hill (co-owner of River Green Café), Jan Wise (owner of The Beggie Red Lion Pub) and Tanya Chapman (owner of Luvegan Cakes in Leicester). The company is also supported and backed by a number of vegan bloggers and activists.

At Pente, we invest in entrepreneurs and operators who aim to build great businesses. The teams we partner with are true builders, whether they work with wireframes, code, physical products or ideas.We see the emergence of a kinder and more sustainable world, powered by a new generation of businesses. A world where life's luxuries areredefined as design being the central determinator of quality. We are working with the most promising founders and businesses to catalyze change with radical, empathetic visions for a better future.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria

Portfolio highlights

WatchHouse — Cosy, unique coffee spots & eateries in London. We make great coffee and exceptional food within beautifully bespoke environments tailored around our local community. It is as simple as that. | Never worry about running out of coffee supplies again. The Modern Coffee experience from the comfort of your own home.
Pentire Drinks — Made from unique plants native to the Cornish coastline, Pentire is a new botanical non-alcoholic spirit drink. A gin style drink that harnesses the power, beauty and immense flavour of plants, without the after effects. Buy online now.
Mytos — The Infrastructure for Cell Manufacturing

Online investing opportunities in the best new startup businesses, and raise seed and angel investment, with top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Portugal

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.
Signature Brew — Signature Brew is a music bar and brewery that aims to bring people together. They provide beer, booze, and live music for their patrons, which enables them to bring the community together through the power of good beer, music, and memories.
SRSLY Low Carb — SRSLY Low Carb is an online food delivery company that specializes in offering low carb food for every occasion.

Stephen Fitzpatrick is founder and CEO of Vertical Aerospace and OVO Energy. Recognising the potential of EVTOLs to transform air travel, Fitzpatrick resolved to bring together the best technologies from aviation, energy and automobile industries. Today, the company is closing in on its mission of decarbonising flight.A serial entrepreneur,Stephen Fitzpatrick believes in the power of human ingenuity, directing his attention to forming businesses that solve the world’s biggest problems.In 2009 he founded OVO Energy, overseeing its growth to the biggest independent provider of power in the UK, offering customers energy that is cheaper, cleaner and simpler than rivals.Stephen Fitzpatrick’s expansive experience, as founder of an energy company and former owner of F1 team, Manor Racing, led to his setting up Vertical Aerospace. In 2021 the company announced conditional pre-orders for 1,350 aircraft from American Airlines, Avolon, Virgin Atlantic, Marubeni Corp, Iberojet and Bristow Group for an estimated $5.4bn. In December of that year, Vertical Aerospace listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Today the company is poised to launch the most advanced aircraft of its type ever designed, the VX4, with test flights expected to run in 2022.

Investment focus

Craft Beer, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

The Duppy Share — The Duppy Share Caribbean Rum is the best rum for cocktails, mixed drinks and rum gifts. Try all our rum recipes, from rum and ginger to dark rum punch.

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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Manufacturing, Software
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Thailand

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.

Rob founded Actix (actix.com) in 1991 and as CEO (1991-2005) grew it to over $50m revenue by 2005. More than 90% of the world’s mobile phone customers have their networks optimized by Actix software and Rob has worked with many of the world’s leading mobile operators and infrastructure vendors. In 2005 he sold a majority stake in the company toPE firm Summit Partners at a $100+m valuation. He has invested in a further 30+ startups and has had five very successful exits (he's not counting failures as they come with the territory). Rob is chairman of Robotical (robotical.io) and DevicePilot.com. He's also the founding chairman of Singletrack.com and a supporter of the unique orchestra SouthbankSinfonia.co.uk. As an inveterate tinkerer in software and hardware, he's fascinated by IoT, 3D printing and the maker movement (as you can probably see from his personal website (robdobson.com). Rob is a Fellow of the IET and has a 1st class honours degree in Electronic Engineering.

Investment focus

Software, Business Intelligence, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United Kingdom, United States

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.
DevicePilot — DevicePilot Service Monitoring for connected devices provides a single pane of glass for Product, Operations and Customer Support teams, driving up customer satisfaction and growth, while reducing operational costs.
Connect4 — The client-centric platform for you and your team. Consistently deliver outstanding client meetings. Every single time.

Ian Edward Wright MBE is an English television and radio personality and former professional footballer.

Investment focus

Craft Beer, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

The Duppy Share — The Duppy Share Caribbean Rum is the best rum for cocktails, mixed drinks and rum gifts. Try all our rum recipes, from rum and ginger to dark rum punch.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Mirna — Mirna is a veterinary diagnostics company that specializes in the development of veterinary disease testing technology.
Shot Scope — The official Shot Scope website. Golf watches, range finders and performance tracking that help lower your score and handicap. Buy direct online today!
Vector Photonics — Vector Photonics is a spin-out company from the University of Glasgow and is based in Glasgow, Scotland, one of the UK and world’s Optical and Photonics centres of excellence.

Brett Akker is a Non-Executive Director at Much Better Adventures.

Investment focus

Internet, Marketplace, E-Commerce
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Fy! — Fy is an e-commerce company that builds a mobile marketplace to shop online. It uses a combination of social content, machine learning, and a deep understanding of its products and suppliers to create a personalized experience for each shopper using the site and app. Fy was launched in 2017 driven by a mission to make the world of designdiscoverable, affordable, and instantly accessible through social commerce.
Chargifi — Chargifi empowers synchronous work, orchestrating people and spaces to get the best work done, wherever, whenever and with whoever they choose. We enable the realtime and dynamic orchestration of people and spaces so companies can adopt flexible working at scale. Where, when and who work is done with is now fully intentional, and this is at theheart of workplace experience.
Much Better Adventures — Join like-minded people on an active, small group, tour.

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Nelly — Nelly provides tool for medical practices that simplifies patient onboarding and payments.
Aslan — Aslan a platform or solution designed to enhance employee benefits by offering more customizable and flexible compensation options.
Hybird Energy — Discover how Hybird's intelligent electrical panels can save up to 30% in energy consumption. With source-level transparency and enhanced control, manage your electricity usage efficiently. Invest in Hybird for sustainable energy management.

8point8 Capital specialises in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A funding of high growth UK businesses.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sensat — Access a backdrop of the real world to overlay plans, test options & spot constraints from your desktop. Bring teams onto the same page using one project view.
MeVitae — end-to-end D&I recruiting tools straight into your application tracking system to combat unconscious and algorithmic bias
Square Root Soda — Square Root are craft soft drinks made from fresh fruit. We want to make the best non-alcoholic drinks like a G&T, a Negroni Spritz and other unusual flavours so we make them in our own soda brewery in London. You can be sure the drinks contain less sugar, more flavour & we're always innovating! Buy online now.

John Magnier is Ireland's leading thoroughbred stud owner and has extensive business interests outside the horse-breeding industry.

Investment focus

Craft Beer, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

The Duppy Share — The Duppy Share Caribbean Rum is the best rum for cocktails, mixed drinks and rum gifts. Try all our rum recipes, from rum and ginger to dark rum punch.

Anglia Capital Group are Angel Investors supporting innovative early stage businesses in East Anglia

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

CROSSIP — Great tasting non-alcoholic spirits with a kick. Made from natural botanical ingredients, no added sugar. 0% alcohol drinks perfected by TV's Carl Anthony Brown.
Easology — New easy to use tablets - Samsung Galaxy easology. Easology makes your tablet easy with large text, big buttons, clear menus + more.
Cellexcel — Cellexcel is a biomaterials research company that develops technology for enhancement of water resistance of biomaterials.

Shapers is backed by global fintech operators and investing in fintech founders across Europe.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, PaaS
Seed
Belgium, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Chift — Offer native integrations within your software. Your clients connect your software to their tools in one click. Connect easily to Accounting, POS, Invoicing, e-commerce, etc.
Ferovinum — We are a technology enabled supply chain financing partner for the wine and spirit industries. Our platform funds wine producers, whisky distillers, bottlers and merchants.
Ember — Find everything you need to run your business in one app, with qualified accountants on hand whenever you need.

Amy Wilson is the Marketing Consultant and Agency Founder at w digital.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Water, Energy
Equity Crowdfunding, Angel
United Kingdom, Norway

Portfolio highlights

pluumo — Inspired by the circular economy, pluumo harnesses the power of surplus feathers to create best-in-class thermal packaging designed to insulate temperature sensitive deliveries.
OceanSaver — OceanSaver is Norwegian company that manufactures ballast water management system. It has been a well-recognized supplier of ballast water treatment systems for ocean-going vessels in accordance with UN’s Ballast Water Treatment Convention. OceanSaver was among the first suppliers to be approved by IMO, to successfully complete the stringent testregime by the US Coast Guard and to obtain a USCG type approval in December 2016.The company filed for bankruptcy in 2017 and was consequently sold to IMS Group, a Norwegian group of companies focusing on leading technological solutions for the offshore and marine market.
Wellbeing Sisters — The home of clean beauty and wellbeing. Shop with confidence - we check the ingredients so you don't have to!

Fraser T. Smith is an English record producer, songwriter and musician.

Investment focus

Craft Beer, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

The Duppy Share — The Duppy Share Caribbean Rum is the best rum for cocktails, mixed drinks and rum gifts. Try all our rum recipes, from rum and ginger to dark rum punch.

Mosaic Private Equity is a private equity business with a different approach. It addresses two opportunities in the market.Firstly, a funding gap exists for those businesses requiring equity investment up to £10m. This gap has been created by the requirement for traditional private equity houses to complete ever larger deals, a feature of theweight of money which needs to be invested by the industry as a whole.Secondly, highly successful business people with a wealth of first hand experience in building and exiting companies desire exposure to high quality private equity investments. mpe provides a route for these individuals to invest in institutional quality deals where they can bring to bear the benefit of their experiences, good and bad, in growing businesses and successfully exiting for maximum value.mpe was founded by Paul Newton and Mike Rogan, based on their substantial experience in private equity where they have worked together since 1999.

Investment focus

Legal, Email, Energy
Private Equity, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Utilicomm — Utilicomm is a provider of utility pricing consultancy services and energy management.
SkinnyBrands — SkinnyBrands is a brewing company that provides gluten-free, vegan lager beers to its consumers. They focus on the reduction of carbohydrates in their products.
Woodall Nicholson Group — Woodall Nicholson is one of the oldest established coachbuilding companies in the UK, dating right back to the 1820′s, when its major market was the building of horse-drawn hansom cabs and carriages.

QVentures sources, screens, and invests in top-tier start-ups from Seed to Series B. Our investors consist of Family Offices, Institutional Investors, UHNWIs, and Cashed-out Entrepreneurs. We look for disruptive companies with a proven product-market fit, set to scale from Seed to Series B. We focus on Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Tech,FinTech, AdTech, EdTech, InsurTech and HealthTech and more. We look for quality management teams, large addressable markets, proven traction, sustainable business models, route to scale and quality investors.To apply for investment, please fill out this short form to be reviewed: https://qventures.typeform.com/to/zZPOWf

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

PORTAIRE — Bring your team together and simplify your work from product discovery to procurement.
PROSPECT 100 — PROSPECT 100 is building the digital space for co-creation, democratizing the creative industries
Bea Fertility — Bea Fertility is a monthly subscription program that provides users with at-home fertility treatment and ovulation tracking.

Pendulum is an inclusive & strategic growth investing and advisory platform designed for a new generation of business builders and leaders.

Investment focus

Consumer Goods, Consumer, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

The Lip Bar — The Lip Bar is a luxury cosmetic bar that produces and sells lipstics. The Lip Bar maintains the idea that beauty doesn’t have to compromise health. Their lipsticks offer a unique blend of natural ingredients, designed to moisturize, soften and amplify lips all while setting consumers apart with intoxicatingly bold colors.
Adwoa Beauty — clean, gender neutral beauty for kinky, curly and wavy textures. happy scalp, happy hair.
Greenwood Bank — Greenwood Bank is a digital banking platform for Black and Latinx people and business owners. It features best-in-class digital banking services and innovative ways of giving back to the community. The company's initial products are savings and spending accounts that come with a stunningly designed black metal debit card for customers who signup by the end of the year.Greenwood Bank was founded in 2020 and is based in Atlanta, GA, USA.

Distill Ventures provide investment and support for spirits startups and entrepreneurs who want to create the global drinks brands of the future.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits, Winery
Pre-Seed, Seed
United States, Australia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lodestar — Lodestar is a pre-launch American Whisky created by relatives and members of the entertainment business.
UME Plum Liqueur — UME is The Purple Potion for a New Era. UME Plum Liqueur is a delightfully tart, mildly sweet plum liqueur with a show-stopping royal purple hue at 17% ABV.
Jackson McCrea Whiskey — We asked women what they like and the resuly is Jackson McCrea - a great tasting premium whiskey made by women for women - enjoyed by everyone.

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

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Evidenced — Evidenced is your interviewing copilot, guiding your team to the most accurate hiring decision with fewer interviews.
Blue Skies Space — Blue Skies Space provides access to space science data from low-cost space missions.
Onya Therapeutics — Onya Therapeutics is a biotechnology research company.

NVM Private Equity Limited is an independently-owned firm of venture capital managers with over 20 years experience of investing in UK businesses. They manage five investment funds, four of which are Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and their funds under management exceed Â£175 million.They are a long-established investor focused on the UK regions,primarily targeting small management buy-outs and growth investment in businesses that are led by high quality incumbent management teams.They have a wide range of skills, interests and backgrounds. That means they bring a thorough and rounded approach to the investment process. They live and work in the UK regions, so are entrenched within their local business communities.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Private Equity, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

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Vegetarian Express — With over 35 years of experience and 1200+ plant-based ingredients in our larder, from cutting-edge plant-based meat alternatives to rare and hard-to-find.
The Climbing Hangar — Rock climbing London with added Hangar community spirit.
YorkTest — YorkTest is an award-winning food intolerance & allergy testing company, optimising health and wellbeing with our range of health tests. Order online...

James Matthews is the CEO at Eden Rock Group.

Investment focus

Organic, Wine And Spirits
Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Goldling Drinks — Goldling Drinks is a organic canned spirit startup offers natural flavour vodkas.

Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, with more than €1bn AUM, 40 investors, and offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Your success is our priority, so we don’t just send some money and "check in" at board meetings. Our mission is to empower you with game-changing support throughevery stage of your journey. Our focused investment teams know your industry inside and out. Their Deep Tech, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Network Effects, Digital Health and Subscriptions experience, know-how and deep networks are yours from day one. You also have full access to our in-house Platform+ team of operational experts who can provide tailored growth marketing, people (HR), US business development, and networking support throughout every stage of your journey.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, United Kingdom, Austria

Portfolio highlights

EnliteAI — enliteAI is a technology provider for Artificial Intelligence. We are the maker of Maze, an open-source framework for applied Reinforcement Learning and Detekt, a modern geospatial data platform for object detection in mobile mapping data supporting the entire asset management life cycle.
HomeCooks — HomeCooks delivers chef-crafted meals from the UK's top independent cooks right to your door. Browse our weekly menus of authentic global cuisines, from spicy Asian delights to comforting home-cooked classics. With quick reheating, you can enjoy restaurant-quality meals anytime at home.
Tibo energy — To make sure you operate within the limits of your contract we control your network. We avoid congestion in your energy network.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

David Golding

Investment focus

Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lucky Saint — Heritage Brewing. Modern Drinking. Try Lucky Saint's award-winning alcohol-free beer. Finally rewarding those not drinking with the beer they deserve.

Ursula Burns is a Senior Advisor at Teneo Holdings. She is also Chairman of the Board at VEON, and director of Uber, American Express, ExxonMobil and Nestlé. She will join Diageo’s board in April 2018.Burns was previously the Chairman of the Board of the Xerox Corporation from 2010 to 2017 and Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2016.Shejoined Xerox as an intern in 1980 and during her career she held leadership posts spanning corporate services, manufacturing and product development. She was named president in 2007. During her tenure as chief executive officer, she helped the company transform from a global leader in document technology to the world’s most diversified business services company serving enterprises and governments of all sizes. Shortly after being named CEO in 2009, she spearheaded the largest acquisition in Xerox history, the $6.4 billion purchase of Affiliated Computer Services.In 2016, Burns led Xerox through a successful separation into two independent, publicly traded companies – Xerox Corporation, which is comprised of the company’s Document Technology and Document Outsourcing businesses, and Conduent Incorporated, a business process services company. The separation of the two businesses enhanced their competitive positions and created significant value creation opportunities.Burns, who regularly appears on Fortune’s and Forbes’ lists of the world’s most powerful women, is now a Senior Advisor to global CEO advisory firm Teneo. She is a board director of Uber, American Express, ExxonMobil, and Nestlé, and the chairman of VEON. She will join the board of Diageo in April 2018. U.S. President Barack Obama appointed her to help lead the White House national program on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) from 2009-2016, and she served as chair of the President’s Export Council from 2015-2016 after service as vice chair 2010-2015.She also provides leadership counsel to several other community and non-profit organizations, including the Ford Foundation, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Corporation, Cornell Tech Board of Overseers, the New York City Ballet, and the Mayo Clinic. Burns is a member of the National Academy of Engineers and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Burns holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University and a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Events
Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

CleanCo — Why Clean? A more positive approach to non-alcoholic drinks. It makes it easier to order at the bar and more sense for people who drink less, or not at all as part of a cleaner lifestyle.
Goodera — Engage employees for social impact with Goodera. We curate, plan, and manage engaging volunteering programs for 10M+ employees.
Rapport — The smart solution for building superhuman teams. Rapport distills decades of research on high performing teams down to a few smart, simple steps that integrate seamlessly into your workflow.

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