Directory

Goldman Sachs

CorporateSeries A+GrowthPEVCForeign

Goldman Sachs is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company founded in 1869, offering investment banking, securities, asset and wealth management, and consumer banking services globally. The firm operates a significant venture and growth equity arm — Goldman Sachs Growth Equity — with over $15bn in assets under management, investing from Series B upwards in fintech, SaaS, enterprise technology, consumer, and healthcare sectors. Goldman Sachs has a major London office and is one of the world's largest investment banks by revenue.

Graphite Capital

PESeries A+Growth

Graphite Capital is an independent UK mid-market private equity firm founded in 1981 as Foreign & Colonial Ventures Ltd, managing around £1.2 billion for institutional investors. The firm backs businesses valued at £30–150 million across education, recruitment, hospitality, healthcare, and professional services. It operates from a single office in Soho, London.

Greater Manchester Investment Fund

GovernmentSeedSeries A+GrowthGrantmaker

The Greater Manchester Investment Fund is a series of public investment funds operated by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), providing loans and equity of between £250,000 and £5 million to businesses creating jobs in the region. The fund also invests in commercial property and residential development, having deployed over £1.2 billion across businesses, property, and infrastructure since its launch in 2015.

Green Angel Syndicate

VCPre-SeedSeed

Green Angel Ventures (formerly Green Angel Syndicate) is the UK's largest specialist angel network focused exclusively on climate tech, founded in 2013. With over 300 investor members and more than 50 portfolio companies, it invests in early-stage startups across energy, transport, food and agriculture, built environment, waste and recycling, and natural resources whose innovations have the potential to reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions.

Gresham House Ventures

VCSeries A+

Growth equity division of Gresham House, investing £1m–£20m in UK high-growth companies across healthtech, fintech, AI, and enterprise software.

Grishin Robotics VC

VCSeedSeries A+Incubator / AcceleratorForeign

Grishin Robotics is an early stage venture capital firm specializing in consumer hardware

Guinness Ventures

VCSeries A+

London-based VC firm offering EIS, VCT and SEIS tax-efficient investments into UK Series A scale-ups across consumer, business services and healthcare.

H2O Venture Partners

VCSeedSeries A+

H2O Venture Partners is an Oxford-based impact venture capital firm founded in 2013 that commercialises early-stage technologies from universities and research organisations to address agricultural, health, and environmental challenges. The firm works alongside founder inventors to build new enterprises, with investments spanning the UK and sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Rwanda and Tanzania. H2O Venture Partners invests at seed and Series A stages in companies targeting smallholder agriculture, health outcomes, and environmental sustainability.

HERmesa

VCPre-SeedSeed

HERmesa is a UK-based women-led angel syndicate that backs female co-founded startups at pre-seed and seed stage. Founded in January 2020, the syndicate has grown to over 225 members and has collectively invested in over 32 rounds of financing in women-led startups, requiring that women co-founders hold at least 20% equity and meaningful decision-making roles, and has been shortlisted as UKBAA Angel Group of the Year for two consecutive years.

HICO

PESeries A+GrowthVCForeign

HICO is an investment company focused on the maritime and logistics sector, with interests in hospitality

HSBC Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

HSBC Ventures is the corporate venture and innovation arm of HSBC Holdings, based in London and founded in 2014. The team invests in early-to-later-stage technology companies relevant to digital banking, with a focus on fintech, cybersecurity, digital identity, artificial intelligence, digital assets, and quantum computing. Portfolio companies include Elliptic, Monese, Nova Credit, and Zolve.

HV Capital

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

HV Capital (formerly Holtzbrinck Ventures) is a Munich and Berlin-based venture capital firm founded in 2000 that backs European digital technology companies from seed stage through to growth. With over €2.8 billion in assets under management across nine fund generations, it is one of Europe's most active multi-stage investors, writing cheques from €0.5 million in seed rounds up to €100 million in follow-on investments. Its portfolio includes Zalando, Delivery Hero, FlixBus, and Isar Aerospace.

Haatch

VCPre-SeedSeedIncubator / AcceleratorCoworking

Haatch is a UK-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that invests in pre-seed and seed-stage B2B SaaS companies using SEIS and EIS fund structures. The firm focuses on future-of-enterprise software, fintech, and vertical SaaS, targeting ambitious founders solving deep pains with a goal of helping portfolio companies reach £1 million ARR. Haatch also operates a coworking hub from its Stamford base and has backed over 120 companies with a combined portfolio value exceeding £900 million.

Hakluyt Capital

VCSeries A+Growth

Hakluyt Capital is the investment arm of Hakluyt. We invest in the world’s most promising high-growth companies, alongside the best venture capital funds.

Hambro Perks

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

Hambro Perks was a London-headquartered international investment firm focused on private technology investing, partnering with founders across early to growth stages via venture, EIS, co-investment, debt and secondary funds. Founded in 2013, the firm rebranded as Salica Investments in 2024 following the departure of co-founder Dominic Perks and the passing of co-founder Rupert Hambro, and now manages 14 funds with over 126 active investments across fintech, healthtech, sustainability, and productivity sectors.

Hatch Enterprise

CommunityIncubator / Accelerator

Hatch Enterprise is a UK registered charity and social enterprise, founded in 2014 in South London, that supports underrepresented entrepreneurs — including women, ethnic minorities, disabled, and neurodivergent founders — to start and grow businesses. Its programmes include cohort accelerators, one-to-one consultancies, masterclasses, and peer mentoring, and it has supported over 10,000 founders since inception. Partners include the JP Morgan Chase Foundation, NatWest, and UBS.

Headline

VCSeries A+Foreign

Global venture capital firm investing in early- and growth-stage companies across the US, Europe, Asia, and Latin America; portfolio includes Bumble, Mistral AI, and Farfetch.

Hearst Ventures

VCSeries A+GrowthForeign

Hearst Ventures is the corporate venture capital division of Hearst Corporation, a US media and information conglomerate. Founded in 1995, it invests globally from Series A through growth-stage rounds in companies at the intersection of media, information, technology and healthcare.

Hedosophia

VCSeries A+Growth

Hedosophia is a London-based growth-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012, focused on backing category-defining consumer and technology companies globally, particularly two to four years pre-IPO. The firm invests in companies across Europe, the United States, and China, with a portfolio including Spotify, Uber, Stripe, and Monzo. Hedosophia is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Helios

PESeries A+Growth

Helios Investment Partners is a London-based pan-African multi-strategy investment firm founded in 2004, widely regarded as the largest Africa-focused private investment manager. The firm manages capital across private equity, climate solutions, and digital venture strategies, with portfolio companies operating across more than 30 countries in Africa. Helios focuses on high-growth sectors including financial services, communications, power, logistics, and agriculture, with particular emphasis on Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya.

Hg

PESeries A+Growth

Hg (formerly HgCapital) is a London-headquartered private equity firm founded in 2000 and specialising in technology and software buyouts across Europe and the United States. The firm focuses on businesses driving workplace automation, professional productivity, and enterprise software, with over 25 years of experience in the sector. With more than $75 billion in funds under management and a portfolio of over 60 companies, Hg is ranked among the top ten private equity firms globally.

Highland Europe

VCSeries A+Growth

Highland Europe is a growth-stage venture capital firm that separated from Highland Capital Partners in 2012 to focus on European-rooted technology scale-ups. The firm invests in rapidly growing internet, mobile, and software companies demonstrating clear product-market fit and compelling unit economics, primarily at Series B and Series C stages, with typical cheques of €20–80 million. It manages over $3 billion in assets across multiple funds and has offices in London and Geneva.

Hivemind Digital Group

VCGrowthForeign

Hivemind Digital Group is a New York and London-based asset management platform, founded in 2021, that allocates institutional capital across digital assets, tokenization infrastructure and traditional financial markets. It is the parent company of Hivemind Capital Partners and recently raised $17 million in strategic funding led by M&G Investments.

Hotbed

Professional ServicesPre-SeedSeedFunding Platform

Hotbed Limited was a Milton Keynes-based investment platform founded in 2003 that offered experienced private investors direct access to unquoted companies and commercial property deals. Operating on a membership model, it allowed investors to select individual deals and build personalised portfolios. Hotbed was acquired by Connection Capital in February 2012 and all subsequent investment activity moved to the Connection Capital banner.