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Ares

PESeries A+GrowthVCForeign

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager with approximately $644 billion in assets under management across credit, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure. Founded in 1997 in Los Angeles, the firm operates from over 60 offices worldwide and serves more than 3,500 institutional investors. Its diversified platform spans mid-market buyouts, infrastructure, real assets, and private credit.

Arāya Sie Fund

VCSeries A+

Joint pre-seed/seed VC fund by Arāya Ventures and Sie Ventures backing women-led startups in healthcare, fintech, deeptech, and climate across the UK and Europe.

Arāya Ventures

VCSeries A+

London-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2022, investing pre-seed and seed across AI, healthtech, fintech, commerce, and future of work.

Ascension

VCPre-SeedSeed

Ascension is a London-based pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm, founded in 2015, that backs ambitious technology founders across the UK, Europe, and North America. It is one of the most active seed-stage investors in London and invests through generalist and thesis-driven funds, including impact-focused vehicles targeting social inequality and the cost of living crisis. The firm has backed over 300 portfolio companies since inception.

Aspirity Partners

PEGrowth

London-based pan-European private equity firm targeting growth buyouts in Financial Technology & Services and Enterprise Technology & Connectivity Services, investing €50–150m per deal.

Atlantic Bridge

VCSeries A+GrowthForeign

Atlantic Bridge is a global growth equity technology firm with over €1.2 billion of assets under management across eight funds. The firm invests in deep technology companies in Europe, the UK and the United States, with a cross-border value-add strategy and offices in Dublin, London, Munich, Paris and Palo Alto.

Atomico

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

Atomico is a founder-built European venture capital firm, founded in 2006 and headquartered in London. The firm invests in ambitious technology entrepreneurs across Europe and beyond, with a focus on areas including digital infrastructure, enterprise AI, frontier tech, fintech, medtech and climate. It has backed companies such as Klarna, DeepL and Hinge Health.

Augmentum Fintech

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

Augmentum Fintech plc is Europe's leading publicly listed fintech-focused venture capital fund, incorporated in 2017 and listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in 2018. The firm invests in early- and later-stage fast-growing fintech businesses disrupting banking, insurance, asset management and wider financial services, with a portfolio that has included Zopa, Tide, iwoca, interactive investor and Habito. In May 2026 Verdane completed an acquisition of Augmentum Fintech and it was removed from the LSE listing.

August Equity

PESeries A+Growth

August Equity is an independent lower mid-market private equity firm founded in 2001, investing £10–50 million in primary buyouts of businesses delivering essential services and B2B software in the UK and Ireland. The firm has developed over 40 platform businesses with more than 175 bolt-on acquisitions across its six funds, raising over £1.3 billion in capital. It is headquartered in Covent Garden, London.

Aurora Private Equity

VCSeedSeries A+Pre-Seed

Aurora Private Equity is an Aberdeen-based angel group established in 2003 that funds and supports emerging high-growth companies. Its members are sophisticated investors and high-net-worth individuals drawn from sectors including oil and gas, engineering, IT, and biosciences. The group is an accredited partner of the Scottish Investment Bank's Co-investment Fund and a member of LINC Scotland.

Aviva Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

Aviva Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Aviva plc, the FTSE-listed UK insurance and financial services group, established in 2016 with an initial commitment of £100 million. It makes direct investments in early-stage businesses in insurtech, fintech, health, and adjacent technology sectors, seeking both financial returns and strategic insight for the broader Aviva business. Aviva plc committed a further £150 million to the fund in 2023.

Avonmore Developments

VCPre-SeedSeed

Avonmore Developments is a London-based early-stage equity investment firm founded in 2000, backing UK and European B2B and deep-tech start-ups for over 25 years. It typically invests £50,000–£250,000 at pre-seed and seed stage into companies with strong founding teams, technical defensibility, and commercial traction, and has participated in over 100 funding rounds across more than 50 portfolio companies. The firm co-invests alongside high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and venture capital funds.

Axiom Equity

PEGrowth

Next generation of B2B SaaS investor, partnering with high-growth software companies with £5m-£20m ARR in the UK and Ireland.

BACKED

VCSeed

BACKED is a European seed-stage venture capital fund based in London that invests $500,000–$5 million in founders building generation-defining frontier technology companies. Founded in 2015, the firm has backed over 100 companies including Thought Machine, CloudNC, FabricNano, Hoxton Farms, and Sky Mavis. BACKED closed its third fund at $100 million in November 2025.

BC Partners

PEGrowth

BC Partners is a British international alternative investment manager founded in 1986 and headquartered in London, with over $40 billion of assets under management across private equity, private credit and real estate. The firm invests in upper mid-market companies across Europe and North America with offices in London, Paris, Hamburg and New York.

BGF

PESeedSeries A+GrowthVC

BGF (formerly Business Growth Fund) is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority growth capital to ambitious SMEs and scaling businesses. Established in 2011 and backed by Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest and Standard Chartered, BGF has deployed more than £4.7bn across over 650 businesses and operates with an evergreen balance sheet, investing across all regions and sectors in the UK and Ireland.

BGV

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+Incubator / Accelerator

Bethnal Green Ventures (BGV) is Europe's leading early-stage tech for good venture capital fund, backing ambitious founders who use technology to tackle significant social and environmental challenges. Founded in 2012 by Paul Miller and Melanie Hayes, BGV pioneered the 'tech for good' accelerator model, invests from pre-seed through to Series A/B, and was the first UK VC to achieve B Corp certification.

BNVT Capital

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+

BNVT Capital (formerly 9900 Capital) is a London-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2023, investing in AI-first and technology-driven companies that address significant global challenges. The firm closed its debut $150 million Fund I in 2025 and has offices in London, New York, and Riyadh.

Baillie Gifford

PESeries A+GrowthVC

Baillie Gifford is an independent, partner-owned investment management firm founded in Edinburgh in 1908. It manages a broad range of equity and multi-asset funds and investment trusts with a long-term, growth-oriented philosophy. The firm manages over £286 billion in assets on behalf of institutional and individual clients worldwide.

Bain Capital

PESeedSeries A+GrowthVCForeign

Bain Capital is a global private multi-asset investment firm founded in 1984, managing approximately $225 billion in assets across private equity, venture capital, public equity, credit, and real estate. The firm partners with management teams worldwide to accelerate growth and create lasting value. It operates from 24 offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Bain Capital Private Equity

PESeries A+GrowthForeign

Bain Capital Private Equity is the private equity arm of Bain Capital, pioneering the value-added investment approach since 1984. It partners with management teams around the world to accelerate growth through operational improvement, strategic guidance, and access to Bain Capital's global network. The firm has completed more than 940 primary and add-on investments across a broad range of industries including technology, healthcare, industrials, and consumer.

Bain Capital Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) is the venture capital arm of Bain Capital, founded in 2001 and managing approximately $9.4 billion in assets. It invests in B2B software and technology startups from seed through growth stage, with domain focus areas spanning AI, fintech, commerce, security, healthcare, and industrials. The firm has offices in Boston, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Baird Capital

VCSeries A+GrowthPEForeign

Baird Capital is the direct private investment arm of Robert W. Baird & Co., making venture capital, growth equity, and private equity investments in B2B technology, healthcare, and services companies. The firm operates two complementary platforms — a Global Private Equity strategy and a US Venture Capital strategy — with offices in Chicago, Milwaukee, and London. Baird Capital has over three decades of investment experience and a global network of more than 60 investment and operating professionals.

Balderton

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

Balderton Capital is a London-based multi-stage venture capital firm founded in 2000, backing early- and growth-stage technology and internet companies across Europe. The firm has raised eight funds totalling over $3 billion and has invested in notable companies including Revolut, Wayve, Cleo, Depop, GoCardless, and CityMapper. It operates dedicated early-stage and growth funds, supporting founders from seed through to IPO.