Directory

Finch Capital

VCSeries A+GrowthForeign

Finch Capital is a European growth equity firm founded in 2013 as Orange Growth Capital, rebranding to Finch Capital in 2017, and managing over €450 million in assets. The firm invests in B2B software companies across financial technology and business technology sectors — including payments, insurance, banking, legal, HR, and compliance — targeting European-headquartered companies with €2–20 million in ARR and over 30% annual growth. It maintains offices in Amsterdam, London, and Dublin.

Firgun Ventures

VCSeries A+

London-based quantum-first VC firm investing in Series A/B quantum scale-ups across computing, sensing, and communications; targeting a $250M fund.

Foundervine

CommunityIncubator / Accelerator

Foundervine is an award-winning UK social enterprise and accelerator that supports entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds to start and scale businesses. Founded in 2017 by Izzy Obeng, it runs immersive entrepreneurship labs and programmes such as The Foundry accelerator and the Barclays Black Founder Accelerator, and has supported over 1,600 businesses and more than 4,400 founders. It has been named twice by the Financial Times and Statista as one of Europe's most dynamic start-up ecosystems.

Frog Capital

PESeries A+GrowthVC

Frog Capital is a London-based growth equity investor specialising in purpose-driven European software scale-ups, incorporated in February 2009. The firm deploys growth capital alongside its proprietary Scale-Up Methodology, providing operational support to technology CEOs seeking to grow rapidly. It is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Frontier Development Capital

PEGrowth

Frontier Development Capital is a Birmingham-based FCA-regulated debt fund provider founded in 2016 that offers flexible long-term debt financing to established mid-market SMEs and property developers across the UK. It provides debt investments between £1 million and £20 million for growth capital, shareholder transactions, and property development, focusing particularly on businesses in the Midlands and the North of England. The firm was acquired by Mercia Asset Management in December 2022 and also operates under the trading name Mercia Business Loans.

Fund Twenty8

VCSeedSeries A+

Fund Twenty8 was a passive Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fund created by SyndicateRoom, based in Cambridge. The fund used a proprietary algorithm to automatically co-invest alongside business angels and VCs, building a diversified portfolio of at least 28 EIS-qualifying companies across sectors. The fund launched in 2016, closed having raised £4.55 million from 233 investors, and is no longer accepting new investment; SyndicateRoom now operates the successor Access EIS fund.

GC Business Finance

PEPre-SeedSeedGovernment

GC Business Finance is a not-for-profit, FCA-regulated alternative lender and part of The Growth Company, based in Manchester. It provides debt and equity finance ranging from £500 to £300,000 to start-ups and SMEs, funded by the British Business Bank and the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, and has deployed over £1 billion to more than 76,000 businesses since 2002.

GM&C Life Sciences Fund

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+

The GM&C Life Sciences Fund is a £31m seed and early-stage venture capital fund for life sciences businesses in the Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Warrington region, managed by Catapult Ventures. Established in 2015, it has invested in over 40 companies across pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, digital health, diagnostics, and medical devices, leveraging over £100m in matched private sector co-investment. New investments concluded in 2021 though the fund continues to support its existing portfolio.

GR Capital

VCSeries A+Growth

GR Capital is a pan-European venture fund founded in 2016 that backs fast-growth technology companies with proven teams and scaling capacities. The firm focuses on sectors including health, wealth, housing, and mobility, and has launched two successive €100 million funds.

Giant Ventures

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+

Giant Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that backs purpose-driven technology founders rebuilding foundational systems across climate, health, and inclusive capitalism. The firm invests from pre-seed through Series B in Europe and the US, with its global headquarters at Giant House in Notting Hill, London, and additional team members in California, New York, Stockholm, and Copenhagen.

Goldacre Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+

Goldacre Ventures is a specialist investment firm and the venture capital arm of the Noé Group, a £2.5bn family office-led investment house, focused on digital infrastructure and technology for the real estate industry. The firm invests in seed to early-stage companies operating in proptech, data centres, and digital infrastructure, with a geographic focus on the United Kingdom, Europe, and Israel. Goldacre also runs the RElab accelerator programme for smart built environment start-ups.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hygea VCT

VCSeedSeries A+

Hygea VCT plc was a UK Venture Capital Trust originally established in 2001 as BioScience VCT, renamed Hygea VCT in 2006, with a focus on MedTech investments including medical devices, drug delivery systems, diagnostics, and technology-based support services. It was rebranded as Seneca Growth Capital VCT Plc in August 2018 and continues as a diversified growth capital VCT investing in UK SMEs across unquoted and AIM-quoted companies. The fund raised over £7 million through its initial offer for subscription.

IC Advanced Hackspace

Incubator / AcceleratorAcademiaCoworking

The Imperial College Advanced Hackspace is an innovation and prototyping community based at Imperial College London's White City campus, open to students, staff and external innovators. It provides access to extensive fabrication equipment including 3D printers, laser cutters and electronics workbenches, alongside expert mentors and programmes such as Hackstarter, a 10-week accelerator supporting early-stage ventures.

IDEALondon

Incubator / AcceleratorAcademiaCoworking

IDEALondon is a deep-tech workspace, incubator, and innovation centre in Shoreditch operated by UCL's Faculty of Engineering in partnership with WilbeLAB, a scientist-led platform for academic entrepreneurs. Founded in 2013, it offers flexible desk space, curated events, startup mentoring, access to UCL researchers, and connections to London's deep-tech investment network, focusing on AI, biotech, fintech, and climate tech. Companies launched at IDEALondon have collectively created over 3,000 jobs and raised more than £340 million in funding.

IW Capital

VCSeedSeries A+

IW Capital is a London-based growth equity and EIS (Enterprise Investment Scheme) investment firm that backs ambitious UK technology founders with capital typically in the £1–2 million range. The firm offers three core services — IW Capital (growth funding), IW Connect (network access), and IW Catalyst (marketing and PR support) — targeting high-growth SMEs across AI, medtech, and SaaS sectors.

Imperial Enterprise Lab

Incubator / AcceleratorAcademiaCoworking

Imperial Enterprise Lab is the entrepreneurship support initiative of Imperial College London, launched in October 2016, offering free masterclasses, mentoring, idea surgeries, co-working space, and equity-free funding to students, staff, and alumni. Its flagship Venture Catalyst Challenge awards £100,000 in prizes, and it runs specialist programmes including EarthScale (climate tech), WE Innovate (women entrepreneurs), Commonwealth Startup Fellowship, and the AI and MedTech SuperConnectors. Since inception it has supported the creation of over 200 startups that have collectively raised over £400 million.

Imperial Incubator

Incubator / AcceleratorAcademiaCoworking

Imperial Incubator is a non-profit startup incubator operated by Imperial College London, providing early-stage science and deep-tech companies with flexible, fully-equipped lab and office space, expert mentoring, and access to Imperial's research networks. Originally established in 2006 in the basement of the Bessemer building on the South Kensington campus, it relocated to the White City Innovation Campus in 2016, where it houses category-2 labs, co-working labs, and shared scientific equipment for startups in biotechnology, diagnostics, therapeutics, and synthetic biology.

Innovation Warehouse

Incubator / AcceleratorCoworking

Innovation Warehouse is a central London hub founded in 2010 by entrepreneurs and angel investors in collaboration with the City of London Corporation, originally offering coworking and incubation space for digital high-growth startups at its 10,000 sq ft Smithfield site. The organisation now operates primarily as a business investment and consultancy firm, providing investment-readiness programmes, mentoring, and access to its investor network for technology businesses seeking to scale or raise capital.