Directory

Pembroke VCT

VCSeries A+

London-based Venture Capital Trust (~£273m) managed by Pembroke Investment Managers, backing growth-stage consumer, business-services, and technology companies across the UK.

Pentland Ventures

VCSeries A+

Corporate venture arm of Pentland Group, a UK family-owned business, investing in health, wellness, and sustainability brands.

Perscitus

PEPre-SeedSeedSeries A+VC

Perscitus LLP is an independent, London-based investment consultant providing services to a multi-asset portfolio with a focus on direct private equity and venture capital investments across a range of sectors and stages. The firm's direct investment portfolio spans more than 80 companies, with a preference for pre-Series A and small UK buyouts.

Presidio Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthCorporateForeign

Presidio Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Sumitomo Corporation, founded in 1998 and based in Silicon Valley, investing in technology companies across enterprise IT, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, digital media, mobility, IoT, fintech, and robotics. The firm has invested in more than 200 companies and helps US startups access Sumitomo's global network and the Japanese market. In 2022, Presidio Ventures Europe was launched with a UK base in London to focus on deep tech, energy, mobility, agri-food, and healthcare.

RBS Equity Finance

PESeries A+Growth

RBS Equity Finance was an investment division of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, formed in 2002, that consolidated several of the bank's equity and private equity operations including Royal Bank Private Equity, Royal Bank Development Capital, Royal Bank Ventures, and Property Ventures. The division provided direct equity investment to businesses and is no longer operating as a distinct entity following subsequent restructuring of the RBS Group.

Ranworth Capital

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+

Ranworth Capital Limited is a UK-based private investment firm incorporated in 2012 that provides seed, venture, mezzanine, and expansion capital to small and medium enterprises across technology, healthcare, and business services sectors. The firm invests exclusively with its own proprietary funds and takes a tailored, non-traditional approach to financing. It participates in angel investment activities through platforms such as SyndicateRoom.

Rockley Group

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

Rockley Group is a venture capital and advisory firm founded in 2004 and headquartered in Oxford, UK, with offices in Beijing and Shanghai. It invests in and advises technology-based businesses focused on sustainability, energy, information technology, data management, healthcare, and industrial efficiency, aiming to build companies that contribute to global sustainability and improvement of human wellbeing.

SB Capital Partners

PESeries A+Growth

SB Capital Partners is a London-based private investment office that deploys its own principal capital across alternative asset classes including private equity, real estate, and special situations. The firm focuses on off-market deal origination, acquiring strategic stakes of 30-50% in enterprises serving niche sectors across Europe, emerging markets, and frontier markets including MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa. It has affiliate offices in New York, Zurich, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

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.

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.

Singular

VCSeries A+Foreign

European early-stage VC firm investing from Seed to Series B in founders with global ambitions across all sectors, with offices in Paris and London.

Siân Parry Jones

PersonPre-SeedSeedAngel

Designer, hospitality consultant, and co-founder of Archer Street Cocktail Bar in Soho; angel investor in early-stage UK consumer brands.

Smart Anchor Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+Pre-Seed

Smart Anchor Ventures is a Cardiff-based investor that partners with entrepreneurial founders of innovative, technology-enabled companies in Wales and the UK, offering capital and experience to help businesses scale globally. The firm is sector-agnostic but favours companies that can differentiate through technology.

Solar

VCGrowth

Solar is the scale-up and growth fund within Phoenix Court Group (formerly LocalGlobe), a London-based venture capital group. Launched in 2022, Solar focuses on partnering with technology companies on their journey from the private to the public markets and beyond, targeting businesses that have already received backing from the group's earlier-stage funds.

Sprints

VCSeries A+Growth

Sprints Partners is a London-based growth equity firm founded in 2015 that deploys capital into technology-enabled consumer and digital businesses across Western Europe and North America. The firm focuses on category-winning companies in e-commerce, marketplaces, and consumer technology, and its portfolio includes companies such as Revolut, Vinted, Checkout.com, and Back Market. The firm invests equity tickets typically starting at Series B, ranging from €10 million to €70 million.

Stone Ventures

PEGrowth

Stone Ventures (trading as Stone Venture Partners Ltd) is a Worcester-based private equity and SME investment firm founded in 2010 that backs established, profitable UK small and medium-sized businesses through growth capital, management buy-outs, and retirement sales. The firm typically invests up to £1 million in the equity gap between bank lending and mainstream private equity.

Sunnybarn Investments

PESeedSeries A+

Sunnybarn Investments is a family-run risk capital investment company based in Brecon, Wales, established in 2017 to support ambitious individuals and management teams in Wales. The firm provides equity funding and mentoring across a broad range of sectors and co-invests alongside the Development Bank of Wales. It has invested in a range of Welsh companies including Marine Power Systems and Coincover.

SynBioVen

VCSeries A+

UK-based early-stage investment vehicle backing synthetic and engineering biology founders from proof-of-concept through seed stage, founded in 2022.

TAO Investments

PEGrowth

TAO Investments Limited is a UK-registered private limited company incorporated in January 2010, operating as a small family-owned real estate investment vehicle based in Derby. The company is classified under SIC code 41100 (Development of building projects) and describes itself as a property purchasing business, buying houses for cash. It does not appear to operate as a technology venture capital firm despite third-party database classification.

TCI Pathway

Professional ServicesPre-SeedSeedFunding Platform

TCI Pathway Ltd (also known as Business Growth Solutions or Think, Create & Innovate) is a Birmingham-based angel investment and business support organisation incorporated in July 2015. The firm provides angel funding and growth advisory services to businesses in the Birmingham area, with a focus on supporting early-stage and growing companies. The company's website (tcipathway.co.uk) is currently inactive.

TerraDock

Incubator / AcceleratorAcademiaCoworking

TerraDock is a collaborative business acceleration and co-working hub located within the Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability at the University of East London's Docklands Campus. Launched in November 2024, it provides low-cost flexible workspace, private offices, meeting rooms, maker spaces and AV/AR labs to startups, SMEs and artists, with a particular focus on sustainability and technology. Members benefit from weekly business and legal clinics, access to student talent, pitch nights and founder networking events.

The Conduit EIS Impact Fund

VCSeries A+

London-based EIS impact fund (est. 2021) backing early-to-growth-stage UK startups in climate, health, education, and financial resilience.

Turning Point UK

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthPre-Seed

Turning Point UK operates Turning Point Investments LLP, an angel and early-stage investment network based in Nottingham that connects investors and business angels with small and medium enterprises in the East Midlands. The firm provides financial and managerial support to fundamentally sound SMEs requiring capital injection, co-investing alongside banks and other fund providers.

Velocity Capital

VCSeries A+

UK-based SEIS and EIS fund manager investing in early-stage technology and eCommerce businesses from seed to Series A.