Directory

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Eagle Labs

CoworkingIncubator / Accelerator

Barclays Eagle Labs is a UK-wide network of over 40 innovation and coworking hubs operated by Barclays, designed to support founders and startups to launch, grow, and scale. Launched in 2015, the programme provides coworking space, mentoring, coaching, events, growth programmes, and access to banking and business expertise, and has supported over 13,000 businesses across locations from London and Birmingham to Sheffield and Glasgow.

Entrée Capital

VCSeries A+Foreign

Venture capital firm managing $1.5bn across 11 funds, backing early-to-growth stage technology startups globally, with offices in Tel Aviv, London, and New York.

Epiris

PEGrowth

Epiris is a London-based independent private equity firm whose origins date to 1976 as the exclusive discretionary manager of Electra Private Equity PLC, rebranding as Epiris in 2016. The firm focuses on control buyouts and co-investments in UK-centric businesses with enterprise values of £75 million to £500 million, managing over £2.75 billion of capital across industries including business-to-business services, consumer, financial services, healthcare, and technology.

Episode 1

VCPre-SeedSeed

Episode 1 Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm specialising in pre-seed and seed investments in B2B software companies, founded in 2013. The firm focuses on supporting founders through the 0-to-1 journey with the goal of helping them reach a successful Series A, and has backed over 65 companies with 73% going on to raise a Series A. It closed its third fund of approximately £76 million in 2024.

Exponent

PEGrowth

Exponent is a UK and Ireland-focused private equity firm established in London in 2004, investing in mid-market businesses headquartered across Europe with enterprise values of €150–500 million. The firm operates from offices in London and Dublin and has raised over £3.8 billion across five funds. Its investment approach integrates sector specialists and industrial expertise across media, business and financial services, healthcare, consumer, and leisure sectors.

Fidelity Growth Partners

VCSeries A+GrowthForeign

Fidelity Growth Partners Europe was the European venture capital arm of Fidelity International, founded in 2010 with an initial $150 million fund to invest in European technology companies including SaaS, e-commerce, and healthcare IT. In 2015 the firm rebranded as Eight Roads Ventures, bringing together Fidelity's global growth investment operations under a single brand. Notable portfolio companies included Notonthehighstreet, Wahanda, and AppsFlyer.

FinTech Collective

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+Foreign

FinTech Collective is a global early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012 and based in New York City, with an additional office in London. The firm backs entrepreneurs reshaping financial services across capital markets, banking, payments, lending, wealth management, insurance, and DeFi, and manages over $800 million in regulatory assets across a portfolio of more than 96 companies.

Forward Partners

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+

Forward Partners was a London-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2013, focused on seed and pre-seed investments in UK startups across AI, marketplaces, and e-commerce. The firm built a portfolio of over 70 companies including Cazoo and Zopa, before being acquired by Molten Ventures in a £41 million all-share deal that became effective in March 2024.

Founders Factory

Incubator / AcceleratorVC

Founders Factory is a venture studio and startup accelerator that co-builds and funds early-stage startups alongside leading global corporate partners. Founded in 2015 by Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane Fox, it provides capital, operational support from a 60+ person operator team, and access to corporate networks across fintech, health, climate, deep tech, and industrials, with a portfolio of over 450 companies across five continents.

Frontline Ventures

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

Frontline Ventures is a transatlantic venture capital firm founded in 2012, operating two complementary funds: a European Seed fund backing B2B software founders targeting the US market, and a US Growth fund supporting Series B-D companies expanding into Europe. The firm has offices in Dublin, London, San Francisco, and New York.

Fuel Ventures

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+

Fuel Ventures is a London-based early-stage venture capital firm backing ambitious technology companies from pre-seed to Series A, with a focus on SaaS, marketplaces, and platforms. Founded by entrepreneur Mark Pearson, the firm operates EIS and SEIS-qualifying funds and has invested in over 200 UK tech startups. It is one of the most active early-stage tech investors in the UK, managing approximately £400 million in assets.

Future Planet Capital

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

Future Planet Capital is an impact-led global venture capital firm that backs high-growth companies emerging from the world's leading universities and research ecosystems. The firm invests in companies addressing major global challenges including climate change, health, education, security, and sustainable growth, managing approximately $460 million in assets under management across a portfolio of over 160 companies.

Galaxy Digital Assets Fund

VCSeedSeries A+Foreign

Galaxy Digital Assets Fund is the venture investment arm of Galaxy Digital, a global digital assets and blockchain financial services firm founded by Michael Novogratz in 2018. The fund invests in early-stage companies building infrastructure and applications for the onchain economy, including blockchain protocols, stablecoins, and tokenisation, and in June 2025 closed its inaugural external fund, Galaxy Ventures Fund I, at over $175 million.

Geovation

Incubator / AcceleratorGovernment

Geovation is an innovation hub and accelerator programme initiated by Ordnance Survey in association with HM Land Registry, supporting early-stage start-ups that use location and property data to solve real-world challenges. Its Accelerator Programme provides equity-free funding, co-working space in its London hub, and access to a community of over 2,000 GeoTech and PropTech members. Since 2009 it has supported over 150 start-ups and helped raise more than £155 million in funding across its portfolio.

Graphite Capital

PESeries A+Growth

Graphite Capital is an independent UK mid-market private equity firm founded in 1981 as Foreign & Colonial Ventures Ltd, managing around £1.2 billion for institutional investors. The firm backs businesses valued at £30–150 million across education, recruitment, hospitality, healthcare, and professional services. It operates from a single office in Soho, London.

Gresham House Ventures

VCSeries A+

Growth equity division of Gresham House, investing £1m–£20m in UK high-growth companies across healthtech, fintech, AI, and enterprise software.

Hambro Perks

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

Hambro Perks was a London-headquartered international investment firm focused on private technology investing, partnering with founders across early to growth stages via venture, EIS, co-investment, debt and secondary funds. Founded in 2013, the firm rebranded as Salica Investments in 2024 following the departure of co-founder Dominic Perks and the passing of co-founder Rupert Hambro, and now manages 14 funds with over 126 active investments across fintech, healthtech, sustainability, and productivity sectors.