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Amadeus Capital Partners

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

Amadeus Capital Partners is a deep tech venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Anne Glover and Hermann Hauser, with offices in London, Cambridge, and Oxford. Having raised over $1.3 billion and backed more than 200 companies, the firm invests from seed to growth stage across three focus areas: Intelligence (AI, advanced computing, quantum), Human (health, medicine, wellness), and Planet (sustainability, energy, novel materials, space), with strong links to Cambridge and Oxford universities.

Amex Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

Amex Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of American Express, investing in startups since 2011 that are transforming commerce, payments, fraud prevention, data analytics, and enterprise technology. It has backed over 70 startups including Stripe, Instacart, and Plaid, and collaborates closely with portfolio companies to drive innovation across American Express's global business.

AnaCap

PEGrowth

AnaCap Financial Partners is a London-based lower mid-market private equity firm specialising in Services, Software and Technology companies operating within the European financial ecosystem. Founded in 2005, the firm manages approximately €2 billion in assets under management and has completed over 100 acquisitions, with equity tickets of €25–100 million across more than 10 European jurisdictions.

Anamcara Capital

VCPre-SeedSeedForeign

Anamcara invests in B2B software enabling small and medium-sized businesses, leading the next revolution of commerce.

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.

Angels4Angels

VCPre-SeedSeed

Angels4Angels is a Cheltenham-based angel investment group that funds early-stage entrepreneurial ventures on behalf of high-net-worth investor syndicates. The group provides a free service to investors seeking equity returns from backing start-up and early-stage businesses, acting as operating partners to facilitate the investment process.

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.

Animal Health Angels

VCPre-Seed

UK angel investor network connecting entrepreneurs with experienced animal health professionals to fund early-stage animal health and veterinary businesses.

Anthemis

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+

Anthemis Group is a London-based early-stage venture capital and advisory firm founded in 2010, focused on investing in digitally native financial services, fintech, and insurtech companies globally. The firm backs entrepreneurs at the intersections of finance and technology, with a particular emphasis on equity and inclusion, including running a large early-stage fintech fund dedicated to female-founded companies. Anthemis also provides ecosystem-building services alongside its investment activities.

Antler

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+Incubator / AcceleratorForeign

Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017, headquartered in Singapore and active across more than 30 locations worldwide, including London. The firm specialises in 'Day Zero' investing, backing exceptional founders from the very inception of their companies before a co-founder, product, or even a defined idea exists. Antler also operates Antler Elevate, a scale-up growth fund providing capital from Series A onwards.

Anvil Partners

VCSeedSeries A+Pre-Seed

Anvil Partners LLP is a London-based angel investment firm incorporated in 2003, investing in a broad range of early-stage businesses with a concentration in the biomedical and life sciences space as well as technology companies. The firm has participated in SEIS and EIS funding rounds and is a member of the UK Business Angels Association.

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.

Apater Capital

PESeedSeries A+VC

Apater Capital is a Leeds-based private equity and venture capital firm incorporated in November 2019, describing itself as the modern iteration of private equity. The firm targets investments in fourth industrial revolution sectors including social commerce, fintech, artificial intelligence, augmented reality and transformative health technology.

Apax Partners

PEGrowth

Apax Partners is one of the world's leading global private equity advisory firms, founded in 1972 and headquartered in London. The firm has raised approximately $80 billion in aggregate funds and invests across three core sectors: technology, services and healthcare, with strategies spanning global buyout, digital growth, mid-market Israel, global impact and credit.

Apis Partners

PEGrowth

London-headquartered private equity firm investing in tech-enabled financial infrastructure and services across Europe and growth markets, with $2.3bn AUM.

Apollo Global Management

PEGrowthForeign

Apollo Global Management is a high-growth global alternative asset manager founded in 1990, headquartered in New York City and publicly listed on the NYSE. The firm manages approximately $938 billion in assets under management across private equity, credit and real assets strategies, with offices across North America, Europe and Asia.

Apollo Informal Investment

VCSeedPre-Seed

Apollo Informal Investment is an Edinburgh-based angel syndicate founded in 2013, focused on providing seed investment to early-stage start-ups based in Scotland. The group is sector-agnostic and typically invests between £20,000 and £100,000 per deal, operating on a volunteer-driven basis.

Aquiline

PESeedSeries A+GrowthVCForeign

Aquiline Capital Partners is a New York and London-based private investment specialist focused on financial services and technology, founded in 2005. The firm operates across private equity, venture and credit strategies, investing in businesses ranging from early-stage to established companies with enterprise values up to $2.5 billion. Aquiline has raised over $3.4 billion in capital commitments across its funds.

Aramco Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

Aramco Ventures is the corporate venturing arm of Saudi Aramco, managing several billion-dollar venture funds (Sustainability, Digital/Industrial and Prosperity7) that invest globally in early-stage to growth-stage companies with technologies of strategic relevance to Aramco, spanning sustainability, industrial digital tech and diversified sectors outside energy.

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.

Archipelago Ventures

VCPre-SeedSeed

Archipelago Ventures is a leading venture capital investor helping to transform material use and build the circular economy of the future.

Ardian

PESeries A+GrowthForeign

Ardian is a global diversified private markets firm managing or advising approximately $180 billion of assets across private equity, real assets, and credit. Originally founded in 1996 as AXA Private Equity, the firm became fully independent in 2013 following an employee buyout. It operates from offices in Beijing, Frankfurt, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Milan, New York, Paris, Singapore, and Zurich, with its UK office in Mayfair, London.