Directory

TCV

VCSeries A+GrowthForeign

TCV (Technology Crossover Ventures) is an American growth equity firm founded in 1995, investing in public and private technology companies at growth stage. The firm manages approximately $22 billion in assets under management and has backed over 350 companies globally, including Netflix, Spotify, Airbnb, and Revolut. TCV has offices in Menlo Park, New York, London, and Melbourne.

TPG

PESeries A+GrowthForeign

TPG is a leading global alternative asset management firm founded in 1992, with approximately $306 billion in assets under management as of March 2026. The firm operates six investment platforms spanning private equity, growth equity, impact, credit, real estate, and market solutions, with sector expertise in healthcare, software, technology, consumer, and business services. It employs over 1,900 people across 30 offices worldwide.

Target Global

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+Growth

Target Global is a pan-European technology venture capital firm with over €3 billion in assets under management, investing in companies from pre-seed through to pre-IPO. Founded in 2012, the firm operates offices across Berlin, London, Tel Aviv, and Barcelona, with a portfolio that includes Revolut, Delivery Hero, Auto1 Group, Rapyd, and Wefox.

Techstars

Incubator / AcceleratorPre-SeedSeedVCForeign

Techstars is a global mentorship-driven startup accelerator and network founded in 2006, operating programmes across more than 150 countries. It invests in early-stage companies through a three-month accelerator model, providing capital, mentorship, and lifelong access to its network. Since inception it has helped launch thousands of companies including dozens of unicorns.

Temasek Holdings

PEGrowthForeign

Singapore state-owned investment company managing a global portfolio of over S$380 billion across Asia, the Americas, Europe, and beyond.

Tencent Investment

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

Tencent Investment is the corporate venture capital arm of Tencent Holdings, one of China's largest technology conglomerates headquartered in Shenzhen. It has made over 800 investments globally across wireless internet, new media, online gaming, e-commerce, and healthcare, managing a portfolio of nearly 500 active investments spanning early and late-stage companies worldwide. The investment arm operates as a strategic investor with a strong focus on gaming, consumer internet, and fintech.

Terra Firma

PEGrowth

Terra Firma Capital Partners is a British private equity firm founded in 2002 as a spin-off from Nomura Principal Finance Group, though its investment heritage traces to 1994. The firm focuses on leveraged buyouts of large, asset-backed businesses in essential industries including agriculture, energy, hospitality, real estate, and infrastructure. Since inception it has invested over €18 billion in equity across 43 businesses.

The King's Trust

GrantmakerIncubator / Accelerator

The King's Trust is a UK registered charity founded in 1976 by King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) to help young people aged 11–30 facing disadvantage to build confidence, gain skills, and move into employment, education, or enterprise. Its Enterprise programme provides mentoring, grants of up to £5,000, and start-up loans of up to £25,000 to young people aged 18–30 who wish to start a business. The charity has assisted over one million young people since its founding and is one of the UK's largest youth charities by expenditure.

Thoma Bravo

PESeries A+GrowthForeign

Thoma Bravo is the world's largest software-focused private equity firm, with over $172 billion in assets under management as of early 2026. The firm acquires and builds enterprise software businesses spanning cybersecurity, financial technology, infrastructure, and operations management, with a portfolio of approximately 80 companies. It maintains offices in Chicago, Dallas, London, Miami, New York, and San Francisco.

TowerBrook

PEGrowth

TowerBrook Capital Partners is an international private equity and structured opportunities investment management firm founded in 2005 as a spin-out from Soros Fund Management. Headquartered in London and New York, the firm manages over $25 billion in assets across private equity, structured opportunities, and impact-focused strategies targeting services businesses in North America and Europe.

UK Private Capital

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsPEVC

UK Private Capital (formerly the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, BVCA) is the industry body and public policy advocate for the private equity, venture capital, and private credit ecosystem in the UK. Founded in 1983 and rebranded in January 2026, it represents over 600 member firms, supporting them through research, events, training, and government engagement.

Vitruvian Partners

PESeries A+Growth

Vitruvian Partners is an international private equity firm founded in 2006 and headquartered in London, specialising in growth buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies across Europe, the US and Asia. The firm backs ambitious, high-growth businesses with investment sizes ranging from €25 million to over €600 million, and manages over €7 billion across its funds.

Värde Partners

PEGrowthForeign

Värde Partners is a global alternative investment firm specialising in credit and credit-related assets, with approximately $15 billion in assets under management. Founded in 1993, the firm invests across asset-based finance, real estate lending, corporate credit, and Asia private credit in both public and private markets. It is 100% partner-owned and maintains offices in Minneapolis, London, Singapore, Luxembourg, New York, and Mumbai.

Warburg Pincus

PESeries A+GrowthVCForeign

Warburg Pincus is a leading global growth investor and private equity firm founded in 1966, managing more than $100 billion in assets across private equity, real estate, and capital solutions strategies. The firm invests across Consumer, Energy Transition, Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrials, and Technology, with an active portfolio of over 215 companies and more than 15 offices globally including London. Warburg Pincus has invested in more than 1,100 companies across 40+ countries since its founding.

Waterland PE

PEGrowthForeign

Waterland Private Equity Investments is an independent private equity firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in Bussum, Netherlands. The firm partners with ambitious entrepreneurs to build future-proof companies through buy-and-build strategies, focusing on mid-sized businesses with revenues of €10–200 million. It operates across 11 offices in 9 European countries with over 200 professionals and more than €14 billion in investor commitments.

Wayra

Incubator / AcceleratorSeedSeries A+CorporateVCForeign

Wayra is Telefónica's corporate venture capital and open innovation arm, founded in 2011 and headquartered in Madrid. It invests €150k–€5M in technology startups across Europe and Latin America, with a focus on areas aligned with Telefónica's strategic priorities such as AI, cybersecurity, IoT, fintech, and digital health. Wayra has invested over €245 million in more than 1,100 startups, maintaining an active portfolio of over 530 companies.

Wellcome

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsGrantmaker

Wellcome is a global charitable foundation and one of the world's largest funders of biomedical research, established from the estate of Sir Henry Wellcome. It funds scientists and researchers across the world to improve human and animal health, and advocates for policy change to address urgent global health challenges.

Wipro Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

Wipro Ventures is the strategic corporate venture capital arm of Wipro Limited, established in 2015 with $500 million in capital commitments. It invests in early to mid-stage enterprise software companies across artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, data management, DevOps, and quality engineering. The portfolio comprises over 45 active companies, and portfolio firms gain access to Wipro's global enterprise customer base.

Ada Ventures

VCPre-Seed

Ada Ventures is a UK-based pre-seed inclusive venture capital firm that invests £250k–£1.5m in technology companies at their first funding round, before clear signs of product-market fit. Incorporated in 2018 and launching its first fund in late 2019, it focuses on European founders building businesses addressing climate equity, economic empowerment, and healthy ageing, operating from offices in London and Bristol.

Air Street Capital

VCPre-SeedSeed

Air Street Capital is a London-based early-stage venture capital firm investing in AI-first companies building enduring, high-impact businesses. The firm focuses on backing founders as early as possible, typically at pre-seed and seed stage, and recently closed Fund III at $232M.

AlbionVC

VCSeedSeries A+

AlbionVC is the technology investment arm of Albion Capital Group LLP, founded in 1996 and based in London. The firm partners with visionary founders with long-term capital and scale-up expertise, investing from seed through to Series B primarily in UK-based high-growth B2B software and technology-enabled services businesses. AlbionVC manages approximately £1 billion of venture funds and has backed notable companies including Booking.com, Quantexa, and Elliptic.

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.

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.