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Newable

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsPre-SeedSeedSeries A+Incubator / Accelerator

Newable is a London-based, employee-owned business support organisation founded in 1982 (originally as Greater London Enterprise, rebranded in 2016) that helps UK SMEs grow through finance, professional services, and workspace solutions. Its investment arm, Newable Private Investing (formerly London Business Angels), connects a network of over 500 angel investors with early-stage businesses in sectors including AI, medtech, robotics, fintech, and deep technology. The group employs approximately 1,200 people and supports over 43,000 SMEs annually.

Nickleby Capital

VCSeries A+Growth

Nickleby Capital is a London-based growth equity investment firm founded in 2011 that invests £5m-£15m in Series A and B rounds, applying a private-equity approach to managing venture risk across healthcare, consumer and technology-enabled businesses.

Nicolas Cary

PersonPre-SeedSeedAngel

Co-founder and Vice Chairman of Blockchain.com; serial entrepreneur and London-based angel investor backing UK tech and fintech startups.

Norgine Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

Norgine Ventures is the corporate venture and venture debt arm of Norgine, a leading European specialist pharmaceutical company, established in 2012. It provides debt and debt-like financing to innovative, fast-growing companies in specialty pharma, diagnostics, and medical devices across Europe and the United States. The firm leverages Norgine's technical, regulatory, and operational expertise to support portfolio companies in the healthcare and life sciences space.

NorthEdge

PESeries A+Growth

NorthEdge Capital is a regional private equity firm headquartered in Manchester with additional offices in Birmingham and Leeds, managing over £1 billion in funds across five funds. Founded in 2009, the firm focuses on lower mid-market buyout and development capital transactions across the technology, healthcare, and business services sectors in the North of England and Midlands. It has backed over 48 businesses and employs around 7,600 people across its portfolio.

Northern Gritstone

VCSeries A+

Independent VC firm founded by the Universities of Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield and Liverpool, investing in deep tech and life sciences spinouts across the North of England.

Northstar Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+

Northstar Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 and headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, which invests in early- and later-stage high-growth companies focused on climate technology and healthy ageing. The firm has invested in over 185 companies across the North of England and beyond, managing funds including an EIS Growth Fund, the North East Spinout Inspire Fund (£22.5 million), and the Venture Sunderland Fund.

Northzone

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

Northzone is a multi-stage venture capital fund founded in Oslo in 1996 that backs category-defining technology companies from seed through to growth. The firm has raised over $2.8 billion across ten funds and has offices in London, Stockholm, Berlin, Amsterdam and New York, with a portfolio of more than 250 companies including Spotify and Klarna. Its investment focus spans AI, fintech, healthcare, enterprise software and infrastructure.

Noteus Partners

VCGrowthForeign

This website belongs to Noteus SAS, a joint stock company with a capital of €20 000, located at 48 rue de Lancry, 75010 Paris, France, registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 982 876 682

Notion Capital

VCSeedSeries A+

Notion Capital is Europe's leading early-stage business software investor, focusing exclusively on B2B SaaS, cloud services, and AI-driven software companies with global ambition. Founded in 2009 and based in London, the firm manages over $1 billion in AUM and has invested in more than 200 companies, including GoCardless and Tradeshift. It leads investments at an early stage and partners with founders throughout the journey from $1 million to $100 million in revenue.

Novalpina Capital

PEGrowth

Novalpina Capital is an independent European mid-market private equity firm founded in 2017 in London, focusing on control equity investments in companies with enterprise values of €200 million to €1 billion across the Benelux, DACH, France, Italy, and United Kingdom regions. The founding partners were removed from fund management by the firm's limited partners in 2021, with control transferred to a third-party manager, and the firm is no longer actively managed by its founders. The website remains live and the entity manages over €1 billion in total fund commitments.

OG Venture Partners

VCSeries A+GrowthForeign

O.G. Venture Partners is a venture capital fund backed by Eyal Ofer's Ofer Global, investing primarily at Series B and C stages in fast-growing technology startups. The fund focuses on sectors including gaming, logistics, AI, and SaaS, with particular strength in Israeli and global technology companies. It manages multiple funds totalling over $400 million, with a global office in London and an Israeli office in Tel Aviv.

OMERS

PESeedSeries A+GrowthVCForeign

OMERS (Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System) is one of Canada's largest defined benefit pension plans, founded in 1962, with approximately C$145 billion in net assets. It invests globally across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and venture capital through dedicated platforms including OMERS Private Equity, OMERS Ventures, OMERS Infrastructure, and Oxford Properties. The fund serves over half a million active, deferred, and retired Ontario municipal employees.

OMERS Private Equity

PEGrowthForeign

OMERS Private Equity is the private equity arm of the OMERS pension plan, with over 30 years of experience investing in mid-market companies globally. It targets businesses with enterprise values of approximately $200 million to $1.5 billion, focusing primarily on buyout transactions across healthcare, technology, professional services, and consumer sectors. The firm invests directly and through co-investments, operating from offices in Toronto, New York, and London.

OTIF Ventures

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+

Oxford Investment Consultants LLP, trading as OTIF Ventures, is a venture capital firm established in 2015 that backs early-stage, EIS-eligible university spinout companies from leading UK research institutions, particularly Oxford and Cambridge, across Life Sciences, Deep Tech, and Physical Sciences. The firm provides EIS-eligible funding alongside board representation and strategic support, and has made investments in over 38 companies including notable exits such as Oxitec and OrganOx.

Oakley Capital

PESeries A+Growth

Oakley Capital is a London-based private equity firm founded in 2002 that invests in mid-market companies across Europe, with a focus on the technology, consumer, education, and business services sectors. The firm manages over €1.5 billion in assets under management and has more than 160 professionals across offices in London, Munich, Milan, Madrid, and Luxembourg.

Oaktree

PEGrowthForeign

Oaktree Capital Management is a global alternative investment management firm founded in 1995 and headquartered in Los Angeles. The firm specialises in credit, equity, and real estate strategies with a value-oriented, risk-controlled approach, managing approximately $224 billion in assets. It has over 1,500 employees and offices in 24 cities worldwide, and is majority-owned by Brookfield Asset Management.

Octopus Group

CorporateVC

Octopus Group is a UK-based holding company founded in 2000 that operates across financial services, energy, and education. Its subsidiaries include Octopus Investments (fund management and tax-efficient investment products), Octopus Ventures (venture capital), Octopus Energy, and Octopus Money, collectively employing over 8,500 people and serving millions of customers worldwide.

Octopus Ventures

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+

Octopus Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm and subsidiary of Octopus Group, founded in 2007, and one of the largest and most active VC investors in the UK and Europe. The firm has backed over 180 companies across health, fintech, deep tech, climate, B2B software, and consumer sectors, investing from pre-seed through Series A and beyond, and is a certified B Corporation.

Odin

StartupPre-SeedSeedFunding Platform

Odin is a UK fintech platform that enables angel investors, fund managers, and founders to launch and run investment vehicles entirely online. The platform handles SPV creation, investor onboarding, KYC/AML, banking, legal structuring, and post-close administration, and administers over $500 million in assets across pre-seed to pre-IPO investments. Founded in 2019, Odin operates as an Authorised Representative of Talbot Capital Limited, regulated by the FCA.

Odysseus Investments

VCSeries A+GrowthPE

Odysseus Investments is the venture capital and private equity arm of Reech Corporations Group, founded in 2015 and publicly launched in 2020, and headquartered in London. The firm focuses on driving the digitisation of traditional finance, insurance, and real estate sectors, partnering with businesses that have proven models set to benefit from technology, financial structuring, or scaling expertise.

Old College Capital

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+Academia

Old College Capital is the University of Edinburgh's in-house venture investment fund, supporting early-stage spinouts and startups associated with the University. The fund co-invests alongside experienced private-sector partners from pre-seed through to Series A, focusing on sectors including biotechnology, AI, energy, data, robotics, and fintech. Since its founding in 2012, it has committed over £15 million across more than 100 investments, leveraging approximately £100 million in co-investment from partners.

One Peak

VCSeries A+

London-based growth equity firm investing in B2B software and tech scaleups from expansion stage through to IPO or exit.

Optiver

CorporateVCForeign

Technology, quantitative research and trading expertise come together to solve complex market challenges and improve financial markets. Explore careers across trading, engineering and quantitative research.