Directory

Kinnevik

VCSeries A+GrowthForeign

Kinnevik is a Swedish growth investment company founded in 1936, focused on backing ideas and founders in transformative sectors including software, health & bio, and climate tech. It takes active, long-term ownership stakes in unlisted companies primarily across Europe and the US, and is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Kinnevik also maintains a London office in Soho.

LDC

PESeries A+Growth

LDC (formerly Lloyds Development Capital) is a mid-market private equity firm and subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group, established in 1981. The firm invests between £2 million and £100 million in management buy-outs, institutional buy-outs, and development capital transactions in UK-based businesses across sectors including business services, consumer, healthcare, ICT, industrials, media, and technology. LDC operates from a national network of offices across the UK.

Lakestar

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

Lakestar is a pan-European venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Klaus Hommels, investing in disruptive technology-driven businesses from seed through growth stage. The firm manages over €2 billion across multiple funds and has offices in Zurich, Berlin, London, New York, and Hong Kong, with a portfolio that includes Spotify, Revolut, and Airbnb.

Lightspeed

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage global venture capital firm founded in 2000, with $25 billion in assets under management across the Lightspeed platform. The firm invests in enterprise, consumer, health, and fintech sectors from seed through later stages, with offices across the US, Europe, India, Israel, and Southeast Asia. Its portfolio includes Affirm, Snap, Anthropic, Rubrik, Epic Games, and over 500 companies globally.

Livingbridge

PESeries A+Growth

Livingbridge is a UK mid-market private equity firm founded in 1999 (formerly known as Isis Equity Partners until 2014), headquartered in London with offices in Manchester, Melbourne, and Boston. The firm invests in fast-growing companies valued up to £200 million across technology, services, healthcare and education, and consumer sectors. It manages over £2.5 billion in assets under management and has backed over 150 UK businesses since inception.

M&G Investments

PEGrowth

Global asset manager founded in 1931 investing across public and private markets, including growth-stage companies via its Catalyst strategy.

Marlin Equity Partners

PEGrowthSeries A+Foreign

Marlin Equity Partners is a global software and technology-focused private equity firm managing over $10 billion in capital. Founded in 2005, the firm acquires and invests in middle-market companies undergoing operational, financial, or market-driven transitions, with offices in Los Angeles and London.

MassChallenge

Incubator / AcceleratorPre-SeedSeedGrantmakerForeign

MassChallenge is a global, non-profit, zero-equity startup accelerator founded in 2009 that supports founders tackling complex problems across healthcare and life sciences, climate, AI and autonomy, and cybersecurity. It takes no equity from the startups it supports and awards millions in equity-free cash prizes annually through corporate partnerships. It operates programmes across the United States, Israel, Switzerland, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, with its UK hub located at the Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability at the University of East London.

Matt Clifford

PersonPre-SeedSeedAngel

Co-founder and non-executive Chair of Entrepreneur First, Chair of ARIA, and former UK Prime Minister's AI Adviser; angel investor in AI and deep-tech startups.

Montagu

PEGrowth

Montagu is a mid-market private equity firm with origins dating to 1968 and headquartered in London, with additional offices in Frankfurt, Paris, Warsaw, Luxembourg, and New York. The firm specialises in carve-outs and management buyouts across five priority sectors: healthcare, financial sector services, critical data, digital infrastructure, and education. Montagu manages approximately €12 billion in assets.

Morgan Stanley Capital Partners

PEGrowthForeign

Morgan Stanley Capital Partners is the middle-market private equity platform of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, established in 1985. The platform makes control equity investments in North American middle-market companies with enterprise values of $75 million to $750 million across a broad range of industries. Its most recent vehicle, Fund VIII, closed at $3.2 billion in 2025.

NATO Innovation Fund

VCSeries A+Foreign

The world's first multi-sovereign venture capital fund, backed by 24 NATO allies, deploying €1bn into deep tech startups across defence, security and resilience.

NEA

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is one of the world's largest and most active venture capital firms, founded in 1977 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Chevy Chase, San Francisco, and New York. The firm invests in technology and healthcare companies across all stages, from seed to growth, with more than $28 billion in assets under management. NEA has backed over 284 portfolio company IPOs and more than 500 mergers and acquisitions.

NIHR

GovernmentGrantmaker

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is the UK government's principal funder of clinical, public health, social care and translational research, funded by the Department of Health and Social Care. Established in 2006, it funds and enables world-class health and care research across England through a network of biomedical research centres, applied research collaborations and clinical research facilities.

Nationwide

CorporateSeedSeries A+VC

Nationwide Building Society is the world's largest building society and a British mutual financial institution providing retail banking services including mortgages, savings, current accounts, and insurance. Through its venture arm NBS Ventures, Nationwide invests in fintech, data, cyber-security, regtech, and proptech startups at seed to Series A stage to support its strategic roadmap and benefit its members. The organisation is owned by its members rather than shareholders.

Nesta

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsGrantmaker

Nesta is a UK research and innovation foundation and registered charity that designs, tests, and scales solutions to major societal challenges. Originally launched in 1998 as a government body funded by a National Lottery endowment, it became an independent charity in 2012 and works across areas including early childhood development, public health, and climate action. It combines applied research, policy development, venture building, and impact investment to drive systemic change.

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.

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.

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.

Oxford University Innovation

AcademiaIncubator / Accelerator

Oxford University Innovation (OUI) is the technology transfer and commercialisation office of the University of Oxford, responsible for protecting intellectual property, licensing technologies, and supporting the formation and scaling of spinout companies from Oxford research. Founded in 1987 as Oxford University Research and Development Ltd (later Isis Innovation), it has created over 350 companies and has been named Technology Transfer Office of the Year at the GUV Awards.