Directory

10x10

CommunityVC

10x10 is a UK-based community of Black founders, angel investors, and venture capitalists, founded in 2015 by Andy Davis as an informal support network that began as a WhatsApp group. The network connects Black entrepreneurs with capital and peer support through office hours, pitch sessions, and a Slack community, and has produced The Black Report in partnership with Google for Startups. The community has since expanded to include 10x10 Capital, an investment fund and AngelList syndicate investing in Black founders at pre-seed stage.

13books Capital

VCSeries A+

London-based fintech-specialist VC firm (formerly Element Ventures) investing at late Seed and Series A in European founders building financial technology.

1818 Venture Capital

VCSeries A+

Guernsey-based early-stage VC firm backing FinTech and InsurTech founders across the UK and Middle East since 2012, with 40+ portfolio companies.

20VC

VCSeedSeries A+

20VC is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Harry Stebbings, operating at the intersection of venture capital and media. The fund invests across seed and Series A stages in technology companies, with a focus on software, fintech, and artificial intelligence. The firm raised a $400 million third fund in 2024, split between seed-stage and Series A investments in Europe and the US.

2100 Ventures

VCPre-SeedSeedForeign

We are an early-stage fund built to help the next generation of European heroes defy the odds and build century-defining businesses.

2150

VCSeedSeries A+

2150 is a European venture capital firm investing in technology companies that sustainably reimagine and reshape the urban environment, with offices in London, Copenhagen, and Berlin. Part of the Urban Partners platform, the firm backs entrepreneurs across the full urban stack — from how cities are designed and constructed to how people live and work — targeting so-called Gigacorns that can cut emissions at scale.

24 Haymarket

ScaleupSeedSeries A+Funding Platform

24 Haymarket is a London-based FCA-regulated investment platform and angel network that connects high-growth UK technology companies with a curated network of over 100 experienced investors, including former entrepreneurs and executives. The firm focuses on Seed and Series A stage investments and has completed over 80 investments across its portfolio.

33East

VCPre-SeedSeedForeign

We back ambitious founders at pre-seed and seed with €100k–€1m cheques, hands-on support, and real conversations. Cyprus-based, globally minded.

350 Investment Partners

Professional ServicesSeedSeries A+VC

350 Investment Partners (trading as 350IP) is a UK-based corporate finance advisory and venture-building firm specialising in high-growth companies in the sustainability and impact sector. Formerly known as CT Investment Partners, it advises entrepreneurs on raising institutional venture and infrastructure capital, and provides strategic consultancy across cleantech and clean energy. It is an appointed representative of Ragnar Capital Partners LLP, regulated by the FCA.

3i

PESeries A+Growth

3i Group plc is a British multinational investment company specialising in private equity and infrastructure, listed on the London Stock Exchange. Founded in 1945 as the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation, it invests in mid-market companies headquartered in Europe and North America, as well as infrastructure assets in developed markets. It manages over £31 billion in assets under management.

6 Degrees Capital

VCSeries A+

Early-stage VC firm based in London and Antwerp, backing fintech, enterprise software, and AI companies from Seed to Series A across Europe.

7percent Ventures

VCPre-SeedSeed

7percent Ventures is a London-based early-stage venture capital firm backing ambitious founders tackling significant problems with moonshot potential. The firm invests at pre-seed and seed stages across deep tech sectors including spacetech, quantum computing, defence and aerospace, and AR/VR. It has invested in over 150 startups, with portfolio companies collectively raising more than $2.3 billion in follow-on capital.

83North

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

83North is a global venture capital firm with over $2.4 billion under management, investing in European and Israeli entrepreneurs who are building global, category-leading companies. The firm invests across all stages in both consumer and enterprise technology, with offices in London and Tel Aviv, and was formerly known as Greylock IL.

A2E Industries

PESeries A+Growth

A2E Industries Limited is a Manchester-based private investment vehicle incorporated in 2000, managing the personal investment funds of its founder in a style akin to a traditional merchant bank. The firm provides risk capital and corporate finance activity to investee companies across industrial and manufacturing sectors.

ACE & Company

PESeedSeries A+GrowthVCForeign

ACE & Company is a Geneva-headquartered private equity and venture capital group founded in 2005, with over $2 billion in assets under management. The firm operates through two lines: ACE Ventures, an early-to-late stage technology VC backing fintech, climate tech, deep tech, and AI founders; and ACE Private Equity, focused on lower mid-market buyouts and secondary investments. The firm has offices in Geneva, Zurich, New York, London, and Cairo.

ACF Investors

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+

ACF Investors (formerly Angel CoFund) is a £100 million UK venture capital fund that co-invests alongside syndicates of sector-smart angel investors to support early-stage businesses with strong growth potential. Launched in 2011 and initially backed by the British Business Bank, the fund makes equity investments of between £100,000 and £1 million into companies across the UK. ACF Investors operates from offices in Sheffield and London.

AEA Investors

PEGrowthSeries A+Foreign

AEA Investors is a leading global middle-market private equity firm founded in 1968 by the Rockefeller, Mellon, and Harriman family interests together with S.G. Warburg & Co. With approximately $19 billion in assets under management, the firm focuses on leveraged buyouts, growth equity, and private debt investments across industrial, consumer, healthcare, and business services sectors, with offices in New York, Stamford, San Francisco, London, Munich, and Shanghai.

ARIA

GovernmentGrantmaker

ARIA is a UK government-backed R&D funding agency, formally established in January 2023 as a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. It funds high-risk, high-reward research programmes across areas such as AI safety, climate resilience, robotics, and biotechnology, with an £800 million government endowment.

AVP

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

Atlantic Vantage Point (AVP), formerly known as AXA Venture Partners, is an independent global venture capital platform managing over €2.5 billion in assets following a management buyout from AXA completed in April 2025. The firm invests in high-growth technology companies across enterprise software, fintech, insurtech, digital health, and consumer technology, with offices in Paris, London, and New York. It deploys capital across four strategies: venture, early growth, growth equity, and fund of funds.

Aberdeen

PEGrowth

Aberdeen Group plc (formerly abrdn, Aberdeen Standard Investments, and Standard Life Aberdeen) is a United Kingdom-based wealth and investment management group headquartered in Edinburgh, managing approximately £548 billion in assets for individuals and institutions globally. The group traces its roots to Standard Life (founded 1825) and Aberdeen Asset Management (founded 1983), which merged in 2017, and rebranded from abrdn to Aberdeen Group plc in March 2025.

Accel

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthForeign

Accel is a global venture capital firm founded in 1983 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, investing in early-stage and growth-stage technology companies from inception through all phases of private company growth. The firm has offices in Palo Alto, San Francisco, London, and Bangalore, and has backed companies including Facebook, Slack, Spotify, and Dropbox.

Accel-KKR

PESeries A+GrowthForeign

A trusted global software & technology capital partner helping hundreds of enterprise software companies go further than they imagined.

Accelerator London

Incubator / AcceleratorAcademiaCoworking

London Metropolitan University's Accelerator is a specialist business incubator based in Hoxton (Shoreditch/Tech City), providing high-quality office space and business support to approximately 30 early-stage tech startups. Founded in 2003, it is one of London's longest-running university incubators and has supported resident companies that have collectively raised over £14 million in investment and generated over £21 million in revenue. The Accelerator also houses London Met's Enterprise team, which delivers programmes including Launchpad, Big Idea Challenge, and Summer Startup for students, staff, and recent graduates.

Accenture Ventures

VCSeries A+GrowthForeign

Accenture Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Accenture, managing a $250M fund with over 70 active investments in emerging technology companies. It focuses on AI, data, cloud, cybersecurity, and enterprise software startups, seeking to accelerate the adoption of cutting-edge technologies within Accenture's Global 2000 client base. The unit invests predominantly at Series A and growth stages and runs the Project Spotlight co-innovation programme.