Directory

Episode 1

VCSaaSAIBritish

Episode 1 Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm specialising in pre-seed and seed investments in B2B software companies, founded in 2013. The firm focuses on supporting founders through the 0-to-1 journey with the goal of helping them reach a successful Series A, and has backed over 65 companies with 73% going on to raise a Series A. It closed its third fund of approximately £76 million in 2024.

Epoch Biodesign

ScaleupClimateAIBritish

AI-designed enzymes to biorecycle hard-to-recycle plastics and nylon textiles at low temperatures; building London biorecycling facility.

Equinix

CorporateDeep TechForeign

Equinix is the largest global data center and colocation provider for enterprise network and cloud computing. Secure datacenter management technologies and systems.

Equistone

PEOtherConsumerBritish

Equistone Partners Europe is a mid-market private equity firm that partners alongside management teams to invest in change-of-ownership transactions across Western Europe. The firm deploys €25m–€200m of equity per deal, targeting businesses with enterprise values of €50m–€500m across sectors including business services, consumer, financial services, healthcare, industrials, and technology. Formerly known as Barclays Private Equity, it became independent in 2011 following a management buyout.

Equity Gap

VCOtherConsumerBritish

Equity Gap is an Edinburgh-based business angel syndicate established in 2010 to match investors with early-stage companies seeking funding. With around 150 active members, the syndicate typically invests between £100,000 and £500,000 at seed stage, often co-investing alongside Scottish Enterprise match funding, and maintains a portfolio of over 30 companies spanning consumer products, food and drink, life sciences, and SaaS. It has been recognised as Scotland's most frequent backer of female-led businesses.

Equity Ventures

PEOtherVCBritish

Equity Ventures Limited is a small UK private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1989 and headquartered in Cheltenham, specialising in management buyout transactions and early-stage venture capital investments. The firm co-invests with other venture capital firms, has managed funds in which HSBC and the European Investment Bank are investors, and provides advisory services to companies with annual revenues above £1 million. Past investments include consumer brands and technology companies across a range of sectors.

Essex Innovation

GovernmentOtherIncubator / AcceleratorBritish

Essex Innovation is a government-backed innovation support programme established in 2006 to help start-up and established businesses in Essex grow through mentoring, product development support, and access to grant funding. The programme works with experienced private sector business mentors on a one-to-one basis across strategic marketing, product development, manufacturing, engineering, and low-carbon innovation. It has worked with over 1,000 companies across Essex and operates in partnership with Essex County Council and regional development bodies.

Ethos

StartupAISaaSBritish

London AI startup that uses voice-powered agents to build expert profiles and match professionals with companies seeking specialist knowledge on demand.

Eutelsat OneWeb

CorporateSpaceDeep TechBritish

Operator of a ~630+ satellite LEO broadband constellation delivering global connectivity; the LEO arm of the Eutelsat Group, with HQ retained in the UK.

Evantic Capital

VCAISaaSBritish

London-based €341M venture capital firm founded by ex-Sequoia partner Matt Miller, backing B2B AI startups across Europe, the US, and Israel.

Everpure

CorporateSaaSCybersecurityForeign

Simplify enterprise AI, cloud, and data storage with the Everpure platform. Reduce cost and risk, improve resilience, and move faster with built-in efficiency.

Evertrue Capital

VCFinanceAIBritish

UK early-stage venture capital fund founded by Yvonne Bajela in 2025, investing in technology startups across Europe.

Evervault

StartupCybersecurityFinanceForeign

Take control of your payments stack with Evervaults powerful encryption model, secure your data while maintaining full control and flexibility of your payment experience.

Evinced

StartupSaaSAIForeign

Coding for maximum reach doesn’t have to be painful or slow. Meet the only solution that automatically finds, clusters, and tracks accessibility problems, even ones that used to require manual audits to find.

ExTrac

ScaleupAIDefenceBritish

AI/OSINT conflict-analytics platform tracking violence, extremism and online/offline risk narratives for governments and allied national-security agencies.

Expedia

CorporateConsumerE-commerceForeign

Expedia Group is your gateway to the world of travel through trusted brands, leading technology, and a global marketplace connecting travelers, partners, and experiences.

Exponent

PEOtherConsumerBritish

Exponent is a UK and Ireland-focused private equity firm established in London in 2004, investing in mid-market businesses headquartered across Europe with enterprise values of €150–500 million. The firm operates from offices in London and Dublin and has raised over £3.8 billion across five funds. Its investment approach integrates sector specialists and industrial expertise across media, business and financial services, healthcare, consumer, and leisure sectors.

Extend Robotics

StartupAIBritish

Immersive VR/XR teleoperation software (AMAS platform) letting users control commercial robotic arms via natural gestures on off-the-shelf headsets, plus embodied-AI training data.

Extend Ventures

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsFinanceAIBritish

Extend Ventures is a not-for-profit research organisation that uses data and machine learning to analyse and highlight systemic biases in venture capital funding, with a particular focus on ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic background. It publishes landmark reports on diversity in UK startup funding and has been acquired by Diversity VC to further embed data analysis into inclusive investing practices.

F-Prime Capital

VCFinanceAIForeign

F-Prime Capital is an independent venture capital firm affiliated with Fidelity Investments, with $5.3 billion under management and offices in Cambridge MA, London, and San Francisco. The firm invests in healthcare (therapeutics, medtech, and healthtech) and technology (enterprise software, fintech, frontier tech, and crypto), backing early-stage companies while remaining stage-agnostic for exceptional opportunities.

F6S

Professional ServicesSaaSCommunityBritish

F6S is a London-based global platform connecting over five million founders and startups with funding opportunities, accelerator programmes, grants, and talent. The platform powers application management for more than 20,000 accelerator and innovation programmes worldwide, processing over 700,000 applications annually. It serves corporate innovation teams, government bodies, universities, and investors seeking to discover and manage startup pipelines.

FALKIN

StartupCybersecurityAIBritish

Digital-safety and scam-prevention platform for financial services, helping banks and fintechs embed behaviour-aware AI protection into customer journeys across taps, clicks and messages.

FCA Innovation Hub

GovernmentFinanceBritish

The FCA Innovation Hub is a dedicated function of the Financial Conduct Authority that supports financial services firms to bring innovative products and services to market. Launched in October 2014 as part of Project Innovate, it offers regulatory sandboxes, innovation pathways, digital testing environments, AI support, and direct advisor access to help firms navigate the UK regulatory framework.

FINBOURNE Technology

ScaleupFinanceBritish

Cloud-native investment data management platform (LUSID, Luminesce) for asset managers, banks and capital markets.