Directory

Crypto.com

CorporateFunding PlatformForeign

Buy, sell, store, and trade over 400+ cryptocurrencies on Crypto.com, a secure and trusted crypto exchange platform in the UK.

D.E. Shaw

PESeries A+GrowthVCForeign

The D. E. Shaw Group is a global investment and technology development firm founded in 1988, managing more than $60 billion in investment capital. The firm operates across quantitative and systematic hedge fund strategies, private equity, and a venture and growth equity arm (D. E. Shaw Ventures) that backs companies in the post-seed and growth equity stages. It has offices across North America, Europe, and Asia, including a London office in Marylebone.

D2 Fund

VCSeries A+

London-based early-stage VC backing capital-efficient B2B software startups in the UK and Europe with investments up to £2M.

DN Capital

VCSeries A+

Global early-stage VC firm founded in 2000, investing in Software, AI, Fintech and Consumer Internet at Seed to Series B across Europe and North America.

DRW Venture Capital

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

DRW Venture Capital is the venture arm of DRW, a principal trading firm headquartered in Chicago, investing in financial technology and enterprise technology companies from early-stage through to pre-IPO. It takes an active, value-adding approach and typically makes first investments of $1 million to $5 million or more.

DST Global

VCSeries A+GrowthPE

DST Global is one of the world's leading internet investment firms, founded in 2009 and registered in the Cayman Islands, with offices in London, Menlo Park, New York, and Hong Kong. It invests in late-stage, high-growth internet companies worldwide through minority non-controlling stakes, with a portfolio that includes Facebook, Spotify, Alibaba, Snapchat, and ByteDance.

DSW Angels

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+

DSW Angels (trading as DSW Ventures) is a UK-based angel network and early-stage venture capital firm that invests in regional technology start-ups across the UK. It is part of DSW Capital plc and invests under SEIS and EIS tax reliefs on behalf of high-net-worth angels, family offices, and British Business Investments, with cheques ranging from £100,000 to £3 million.

Dawn Capital

VCSeedSeries A+

Dawn Capital is a London-based venture capital firm and one of Europe's largest specialist B2B software investors, with over $2 billion in total commitments since its founding in 2007. The firm partners with early-stage founders across Europe building global software companies, with portfolio companies including Mimecast, Dataiku, and Blackwall. Its investment focus spans fintech, cybersecurity, enterprise AI, and B2B SaaS.

Deep Science Ventures

Incubator / Accelerator

Deep Science Ventures is a London-based venture creator founded in 2016 that combines available scientific knowledge with founder-type scientists to build high-impact companies from scratch. Using a proprietary solution-pull methodology, it operates across five focus areas — agriculture, climate, computation, pharmaceuticals, and education — and has launched 58 companies with a combined portfolio valuation of approximately £700 million. The organisation works with industry partners and academic institutions to de-risk ventures and attract world-class investors.

Deepbridge Capital

VCSeedSeries A+

Deepbridge Capital LLP is a growth capital and tax-efficient investment specialist founded in 2010 and based in Chester, UK. The firm focuses on venture capital for innovative companies in the technology, life sciences, and renewable energy sectors, primarily through Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed EIS structures. Deepbridge works closely with financial advisers and investors to deploy capital into early-stage and growth-stage UK businesses.

Derrington Group

PEGrowthProfessional Services

Derrington Group is a privately owned investment and finance firm founded in 2011 and based in Woking, Surrey. The firm invests in residential, commercial, holiday let, hotels, and leisure property projects, and provides a range of structured finance solutions including senior debt, mezzanine, equity joint ventures, and bridging loans. It operates across property, finance, technology, media, and design sectors.

Development Bank of Wales

GovernmentPre-SeedSeedSeries A+GrowthGrantmakerVC

The Development Bank of Wales is a Welsh Government-owned development bank launched in October 2017, replacing its predecessor Finance Wales. It provides a broad range of financial support to Welsh businesses, including micro loans, business loans, equity investments, property development finance, and seed funding for technology startups, with investments ranging from £1,000 to £10 million. The bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Welsh Government and manages multiple funds including the Wales Flexible Investment Fund.

DigitalHealth.London

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsIncubator / Accelerator

DigitalHealth.London connects NHS staff, digital health companies and academics to speed up the development, scaling and adoption of digital innovations across health and care in London. Delivered by the Health Innovation Network for South London and launched in 2016, it runs programmes including the Accelerator, Launchpad, Digital Pioneer Fellowship and Evidence Generator Bootcamp, and has supported over 177 digital health companies since its inception.

Dorset Business Angels

VCPre-SeedSeed

Dorset Business Angels Network Limited is an angel investment network based in Bournemouth, Dorset, providing private equity investment opportunities to high-net-worth individuals while connecting them with early-stage, high-growth businesses in the region. The network hosts four investor pitch events per year.

Downing

PESeedSeries A+VC

Downing is a UK investment management firm founded in 1986, managing approximately £2.5 billion of assets across a range of strategies including venture capital (via EIS and VCT), renewable energy and infrastructure, private credit, and listed multi-asset funds. It is a certified B Corporation with around 270 staff across five European offices.

Dr Rupy Aujla

PersonPre-SeedSeedAngel

UK NHS GP, Sunday Times bestselling cookbook author, and founder of The Doctor's Kitchen health and recipe platform.

Draper Esprit

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

Draper Esprit, now trading as Molten Ventures, is a leading British venture capital firm investing in high-growth European technology companies. Founded in 2006 as Esprit Capital, it was rebranded Draper Esprit in 2015 and renamed Molten Ventures in November 2021, and is listed on the London Stock Exchange with offices in London, Cambridge, and Dublin.

Dunedin

PEGrowthSeries A+

Dunedin LLP is a UK mid-market private equity firm based in Edinburgh that invests in UK-headquartered businesses with an enterprise value of between £20 million and £100 million. It backs ambitious management teams across business services and niche financial services sectors and aims to drive growth through active partnership.

ECI Partners

PEGrowth

ECI Partners is a London-headquartered growth-focused private equity firm established in 1976, with offices also in Manchester and New York. The firm invests in mid-market UK and Irish businesses, typically backing deals valued up to £300 million across sectors including cloud and digital, financial services, healthtech, and HR and edtech. Over nearly five decades ECI has partnered with more than 250 management teams and manages approximately £3 billion in assets under management.

EF

Incubator / AcceleratorVC

Entrepreneurs First is an international talent investor and accelerator that identifies high-potential individuals and supports them in building technology companies, matching them with co-founders and providing early-stage investment before a startup idea is formed. Founded in 2011 by Matt Clifford and Alice Bentinck, it has helped create over 640 companies with a combined value exceeding $16 billion, and raised $200 million in fresh capital in 2026 to back the next generation of global founders.

EMV Capital

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

EMV Capital backs early-stage deep tech and life sciences firms with proactive management and capital-efficient strategies.

EOS IM

PESeries A+Growth

EOS Investment Management is an independent, FCA-regulated alternative investment fund manager founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, with additional offices in Milan and Luxembourg. The firm specialises in two investment strategies: Clean Energy Infrastructure (large-scale solar and wind projects, primarily in Italy and across Europe) and mid-market Private Equity focused on Italian and European small-to-medium enterprises.

EPIC Investment Partners

PESeries A+Growth

EPIC Investment Partners is an FCA-regulated alternative capital firm founded in 2001 and based in London. The firm operates across four divisions — Capital (private equity and special situations), Administration (outsourced fund and corporate services), Markets (fund management platform), and Advisory — and is the investment adviser to EPE Special Opportunities, an AIM-listed private equity investment company.

EQT

PESeries A+GrowthSeedVCForeign

EQT is a global private markets investment organisation founded in 1994 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. The firm manages approximately €206 billion in assets across private equity, infrastructure, real assets, and venture capital strategies and employs a thematic, sector-focused approach across healthcare, technology, and services. EQT has offices across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific, including a significant London presence.