Directory

SEP

VCSeries A+Growth

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) is a Glasgow-headquartered growth equity firm focused on European enterprise technology companies, with a particular emphasis on regulated and complex markets including capital allocation, payments, governance, and risk management. Founded in 2000, SEP has invested over £1 billion across its portfolio and maintains offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London. The firm backs founders with deep domain knowledge and proven deployments in demanding enterprise environments, investing typically £10–25 million per deal.

SFC Capital

VCPre-SeedSeed

SFC Capital (formerly Startup Funding Club) is the UK's most active early-stage investor, specialising in SEIS and EIS-qualifying startups. Founded in 2012, the firm operates an angel network, a leading SEIS fund, and a follow-on EIS fund, with over £150m in assets under management and more than 500 portfolio companies across sectors including B2B software, fintech, medtech, green technology and hardware.

SIS Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+Grantmaker

SIS Ventures is an Edinburgh-based impact investment arm of Social Investment Scotland, established in 2018 and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority. The firm has invested in early-stage Scottish companies with high-growth potential that also deliver measurable social or environmental impact, and is Scotland's first signatory to the Operating Principles for Impact Management; it is not currently making new investments and is focused on managing its existing portfolio.

SV Health Investors

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

SV Health Investors is a global healthcare-focused venture capital and growth equity firm, formerly known as SV Life Sciences, founded in 1993. The firm manages approximately $4 billion in assets across three specialist strategies spanning biotechnology, healthcare growth equity, and medtech, with investment teams based in London and Boston. It is one of the longest-tenured healthcare investment managers in the world, having backed more than 200 companies since inception.

SWIG

GrantmakerPre-SeedSeedGovernment

South West Investment Group (SWIG) is a not-for-profit organisation established in 1989 and based in Truro, Cornwall, that provides loan finance and equity-linked investments to small and medium-sized businesses across the South and West Country. Since April 2009 the group has lent over £116 million across more than 5,700 businesses, helping to create and safeguard approximately 10,000 jobs and generate over £448 million in regional economic impact.

Saatchinvest

VCPre-SeedSeed

SAATCHiNVEST is a London-based early-stage venture capital fund operating within M&C Saatchi PLC. Founded in 2012, the fund backs technology companies at seed stage, typically investing up to £300k per deal. Portfolio companies include Citymapper, Farewill, Dojo, and Ometria.

Salesforce Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

Salesforce Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Salesforce, founded in 2009. It has invested more than $6 billion across 630 enterprise software companies in 32 countries, with over 34 IPOs and 175 acquisitions among its portfolio. The firm invests from seed through growth stages in cloud infrastructure, security, AI, data platforms, and industry-specific applications.

Sands Capital

VCSeries A+Foreign

Independent, staff-owned growth investment firm founded in 1992, managing ~$46B across public equity, venture capital, and growth equity in 30+ countries.

Santander InnoVentures

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

Santander InnoVentures was the fintech-focused corporate venture capital arm of Banco Santander, established in 2014 with $200 million under management to invest globally in fintech startups at all stages. The fund backed companies including iZettle, Ripple, Kabbage, and Creditas. In September 2020 the fund was spun out and rebranded as Mouro Capital, with $400 million in allocated funds and a registered office in Fitzrovia, London.

Savage & Hall

Incubator / AcceleratorPre-SeedSeedVC

Savage & Hall is a London-based venture studio and co-founder model that builds, funds, and advises early-stage startups. The firm partners with founders who want to build scalable businesses without relying on large amounts of traditional venture finance, operating as an experienced co-founder and advisor. Every founder Savage & Hall co-founds with receives a share of the S&H portfolio.

Scale Space

CoworkingIncubator / Accelerator

Scale Space is a 200,000 sq ft innovation hub and co-working campus in White City, London, established as a joint venture between Imperial College London and Blenheim Chalcot in 2018. It supports over 100 innovative digital technology and life sciences businesses, offering flexible offices, co-working labs, and a growth network connecting members with venture builders, academics, and corporate innovators. The hub, which opened its first phase in 2020, is a central anchor of the White City Innovation District and also operates I-HUB and a Nottingham campus.

Schroders Capital

PEGrowth

Private markets investment division of Schroders plc, managing $112bn AUM across private equity, real estate, private debt, and infrastructure.

Scottish Enterprise

GovernmentGrantmakerVC

Scotland's business advice, support and funding agency. Explore our products and services to find the right support for your business and apply online today.

Scottish Government

GovernmentGrantmaker

The Scottish Government is the devolved government of Scotland, responsible for policy and public services across a wide range of areas including economic development and investment. It provides funding to businesses and organisations through grants, loans, and investment programmes, including initiatives that support entrepreneurial growth and innovation across Scotland. The Scottish Government also oversees the Scottish National Investment Bank, a state-owned development bank focused on funding commercial projects to stimulate private investment.

Seed Haus

Incubator / AcceleratorPre-SeedVC

Seed Haus is a non-profit pre-seed technology accelerator and investor founded in 2017 and based in Edinburgh, Scotland, focused on backing early-stage startups across Scotland's startup ecosystem. The programme provides pre-seed investment of approximately £18,000 in exchange for 8% equity, alongside mentorship, infrastructure support, and assistance with customer acquisition, marketing, and distribution. It is among Scotland's most selective tech accelerators, having attracted backing from prominent Scottish entrepreneurs and investors.

Seedcamp

VCPre-SeedSeedIncubator / Accelerator

Seedcamp is a London-based European seed-stage venture capital fund, founded in 2007, that backs ambitious founders targeting global markets from day one. The fund has invested in over 400 companies across Europe, with notable portfolio companies including Revolut, Wise, Hopin, UiPath, and Synthesia. Seedcamp's latest fund (Fund VI) raised approximately $180 million to back around 100 seed-stage companies in areas including AI, cybersecurity, health tech, open-source software, and fintech.

Seek Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

Seek Ventures is a London-based global investment firm and family office, founded in 2019 by Simon Nixon (co-founder of Moneysupermarket.com), focused on software, internet, and climate investments. The firm backs category-defining companies across both public and private markets, with a portfolio that includes notable names such as Airbnb, Wise, Robinhood, and Deliveroo.

Seneca Partners

VCSeedSeries A+PE

Seneca Partners is an award-winning specialist SME investment business based in Haydock, North West England, founded in 2010. The firm deploys growth capital into SMEs through tax-advantaged vehicles including Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS), having invested over £130 million into more than 100 companies.

Sequoia

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

Sequoia Capital is one of the world's leading venture capital firms, founded in 1972, with approximately $56 billion in assets under management. The firm invests across seed, early, and growth stages in technology companies globally, with a track record that includes Apple, Google, Oracle, and many other landmark companies.

Seraphim Space

VCSeedSeries A+Incubator / Accelerator

Specialist SpaceTech investment platform comprising early-stage VC funds, an accelerator programme and the LSE-listed Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT). Managing over $550m in AUM, Seraphim invests globally at Seed and Series A in companies building the infrastructure and applications of the space economy.

Serendipity Capital

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

Serendipity Capital is a Singapore-founded global investment firm focused on B2B, dual-use technologies at the intersection of commercial value and national security, established in 2019. The firm operates as a permanent capital vehicle investing in early-stage to growth companies across quantum technologies, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, space, autonomous systems, and cybersecurity, with offices in Singapore, Boston, and London.

Sigma Capital

PEGrowth

Sigma Capital Group is an Edinburgh-based specialist asset management group focused on the development, delivery, and management of build-to-rent (BTR) residential housing across the United Kingdom. The company manages approximately £2.7 billion in investments and has delivered around 13,100 BTR homes, operating under the Simple Life and Simple Life London brands. The business was taken private in 2021 following acquisition by PineBridge Benson Elliot.

Silver Lake

PESeries A+GrowthForeign

Silver Lake is a global technology-focused private equity and growth equity firm founded in 1999, managing approximately $114 billion in assets as of 2026. The firm invests in mature and growth-stage technology and technology-enabled companies across software, semiconductors, fintech, e-commerce, and digital media, with a European office in London.

Silverfleet Capital

PESeries A+Growth

Silverfleet Capital is an independent, partner-owned European mid-market private equity firm established in 2006 as a spinout from Prudential plc's private equity arm (formerly PPM Capital), with roots dating back to 1985. The firm specialises in buyouts of companies with an enterprise value of €25 million to €300 million across healthcare, business services, consumer, and manufacturing sectors, and has been focused on portfolio realisation since abandoning its third-fund raise in 2021.