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1818 Venture Capital

VCSeries A+

Guernsey-based early-stage VC firm backing FinTech and InsurTech founders across the UK and Middle East since 2012, with 40+ portfolio companies.

2150

VCSeedSeries A+

2150 is a European venture capital firm investing in technology companies that sustainably reimagine and reshape the urban environment, with offices in London, Copenhagen, and Berlin. Part of the Urban Partners platform, the firm backs entrepreneurs across the full urban stack — from how cities are designed and constructed to how people live and work — targeting so-called Gigacorns that can cut emissions at scale.

24 Haymarket

ScaleupSeedSeries A+Funding Platform

24 Haymarket is a London-based FCA-regulated investment platform and angel network that connects high-growth UK technology companies with a curated network of over 100 experienced investors, including former entrepreneurs and executives. The firm focuses on Seed and Series A stage investments and has completed over 80 investments across its portfolio.

7percent Ventures

VCPre-SeedSeed

7percent Ventures is a London-based early-stage venture capital firm backing ambitious founders tackling significant problems with moonshot potential. The firm invests at pre-seed and seed stages across deep tech sectors including spacetech, quantum computing, defence and aerospace, and AR/VR. It has invested in over 150 startups, with portfolio companies collectively raising more than $2.3 billion in follow-on capital.

ACE & Company

PESeedSeries A+GrowthVCForeign

ACE & Company is a Geneva-headquartered private equity and venture capital group founded in 2005, with over $2 billion in assets under management. The firm operates through two lines: ACE Ventures, an early-to-late stage technology VC backing fintech, climate tech, deep tech, and AI founders; and ACE Private Equity, focused on lower mid-market buyouts and secondary investments. The firm has offices in Geneva, Zurich, New York, London, and Cairo.

ACF Investors

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+

ACF Investors (formerly Angel CoFund) is a £100 million UK venture capital fund that co-invests alongside syndicates of sector-smart angel investors to support early-stage businesses with strong growth potential. Launched in 2011 and initially backed by the British Business Bank, the fund makes equity investments of between £100,000 and £1 million into companies across the UK. ACF Investors operates from offices in Sheffield and London.

Accelerator London

Incubator / AcceleratorAcademiaCoworking

London Metropolitan University's Accelerator is a specialist business incubator based in Hoxton (Shoreditch/Tech City), providing high-quality office space and business support to approximately 30 early-stage tech startups. Founded in 2003, it is one of London's longest-running university incubators and has supported resident companies that have collectively raised over £14 million in investment and generated over £21 million in revenue. The Accelerator also houses London Met's Enterprise team, which delivers programmes including Launchpad, Big Idea Challenge, and Summer Startup for students, staff, and recent graduates.

Accrue Capital

PEGrowth

Accrue Capital is a UK property investment, development, and asset management firm founded in 2009. The firm invests its own capital alongside joint venture partners and has acquired circa £250 million of assets across a broad range of real estate disciplines and asset classes, including offices, residential, and student accommodation.

Advantage Business Angels

VCSeedPre-Seed

Advantage Business Angels is a UK angel network that has been sourcing equity finance for early-stage and growing businesses since 2003, having raised over £30 million across more than 200 transactions. The network connects entrepreneurs seeking investment with angel investors, typically writing tickets of £50,000 to £500,000, and has a stated historical success rate ahead of the market norm.

Advantage Early Growth Fund

VCPre-SeedSeed

Advantage Early Growth Fund (AEGF) is a closed venture capital co-investment fund based in Tamworth that invested in early-stage businesses with growth potential located within the West Midlands region of the UK. The fund made over 100 investments in West Midlands companies alongside private sector investors and is fully invested and no longer accepting new applications.

Agilitas

PEGrowth

Agilitas is a pan-European mid-market private equity firm founded in 2011, specialising in transformational investments in defensible businesses across sectors including TMT, healthcare, education, environmental services, and protection and security. The firm works closely with management teams to develop and execute multi-dimensional transformation plans, with a strong operational focus, an ESG emphasis, and offices in London, Paris, Copenhagen, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, and Milan. Agilitas closed its Agilitas 2020 Private Equity Fund at its €565 million hard cap in March 2021.

Alasdair McPherson

PersonSeedPre-SeedAngel

Individual angel investor based in London with a focus on fintech, regtech, SaaS, enterprise software, and cyber security. Active across pre-seed and seed-stage rounds with a portfolio that includes companies such as NowWeComply, Aire Labs, Ometria, and Driftrock.

Alderley Park Ventures

VCPre-SeedSeed

Alderley Park Ventures is a seed investment fund managed by Pioneer Group (formerly BioCity), providing pre-seed and seed funding to early-stage life sciences companies based at or connected to Alderley Park in Cheshire. The fund typically invests between £50,000 and £500,000 in therapeutics, diagnostics, medical technologies, and digital health.

Alma Angels

VCPre-SeedSeed

Alma Angels (trading as The Alma Community) is a London-based angel investment community that backs women founders and co-founders building technology or IP-rich ventures with global ambitions at pre-seed and seed stage. The community has trained over 600 leaders and changemakers and supported more than 250 women-founded ventures, generating $1.6 billion in enterprise value, and hosts the annual Alma Summit.

Andrena VC

VCPre-SeedSeed

Andrena Ventures is a London-based solo GP pre-seed and seed fund launched in April 2024, with a debut fund of approximately €11 million. The fund backs founders — particularly those spinning out of leading European fintech companies — across fintech, AI, climate, and B2B software, investing tickets of €100k–€400k across the UK and Europe.

Angel Academe

VCPre-SeedSeed

Angel Academe is an award-winning UK angel investor network and EIS fund dedicated to backing exceptional female founders. Founded in 2014, the network connects early-stage startups — where at least one founder is a woman holding significant equity — with over 400 active angel investors, the majority of whom are women. The network has supported more than 48 businesses and helped them raise over £150m in total from angels, VCs and family offices.

Angels Den

ScaleupPre-SeedSeedSeries A+Funding Platform

Angels Den is the UK and Europe's largest and longest-running angel-led investment network, founded in 2007. It connects over 21,000 investors with early-stage companies and SMEs, offering vetted SEIS/EIS-eligible investment opportunities, pitch events, and portfolio management tools. The platform has funded over 500 startups since its inception.

Anglia Capital Group

VCPre-SeedSeed

Anglia Capital Group is an angel investor network founded in 2014, supporting innovative early-stage and growth businesses across Norfolk and Suffolk in the East of England. The group holds regular pitching events and invests both capital and business expertise into start-ups with disruptive potential. It is dedicated to fostering high-growth entrepreneurship in the East Anglian region.

Apadmi Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+Corporate

Apadmi Ventures is the investment and venture arm of Apadmi, a Manchester-based mobile app development company founded in 2009. It acts as a strategic technology partner and investor in highly scalable early-stage start-ups, providing both capital and technical direction. The venture arm made several investments between 2015 and 2019, including in edtech and consumer mobile platforms.

Archangels

VCPre-SeedSeed

Archangels (formerly Archangel Investors Limited) is the longest continuously operating business angel syndicate in the world, established in 1992 and headquartered in Edinburgh. The syndicate invests in early-stage, IP-rich technology and life sciences companies based in Scotland, typically committing £250,000–£2 million per deal. With a network of around 120 members, Archangels has invested over £160 million in innovative Scottish companies.

Arāya Sie Fund

VCSeries A+

Joint pre-seed/seed VC fund by Arāya Ventures and Sie Ventures backing women-led startups in healthcare, fintech, deeptech, and climate across the UK and Europe.

August Equity

PESeries A+Growth

August Equity is an independent lower mid-market private equity firm founded in 2001, investing £10–50 million in primary buyouts of businesses delivering essential services and B2B software in the UK and Ireland. The firm has developed over 40 platform businesses with more than 175 bolt-on acquisitions across its six funds, raising over £1.3 billion in capital. It is headquartered in Covent Garden, London.

Aurora Private Equity

VCSeedSeries A+Pre-Seed

Aurora Private Equity is an Aberdeen-based angel group established in 2003 that funds and supports emerging high-growth companies. Its members are sophisticated investors and high-net-worth individuals drawn from sectors including oil and gas, engineering, IT, and biosciences. The group is an accredited partner of the Scottish Investment Bank's Co-investment Fund and a member of LINC Scotland.

Avonmore Developments

VCPre-SeedSeed

Avonmore Developments is a London-based early-stage equity investment firm founded in 2000, backing UK and European B2B and deep-tech start-ups for over 25 years. It typically invests £50,000–£250,000 at pre-seed and seed stage into companies with strong founding teams, technical defensibility, and commercial traction, and has participated in over 100 funding rounds across more than 50 portfolio companies. The firm co-invests alongside high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and venture capital funds.