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Episode 1 Ventures

https://www.episode1.com
Last activity: 10.09.2026
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Episode 1, the backer of successful companies like Carwow, Touch Surgery, Zoopla and Attest, is an early stage venture capital firm based in London, with a £60m fund to invest in UK software driven startups.

Episode 1 leads rounds of £500k to £3m into fantastic teams with real insight into markets that are emerging or evolving. As an early stage fund, we invest in the best opportunities, but are particularly interested in how emerging “deep tech” technologies are disrupting industry, and how technology is reinventing markets.

We are the company builders that take you on your entrepreneurial journey from Seed to Series A.
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Portfolio
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Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2013
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
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Portfolio 78

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08.09.2026Veridueveridue.ai$4MUnited Kin...
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19.12.2025Riverlaneriverlane.com$233.78MUnited Kin...
08.10.2025Dragonfly ...dragonfly.ai$10.25MAnguilla,
22.08.2023Fig Financ...figfinance.io--
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13.11.2022Raftraft.ai$30MUnited Kin...
04.10.2022Dockeedockee.com$1.54MUnited Sta...
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Persons 3

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21.03.2023In the ‘Hot Seat’ with Adam ShuaibWhat’s your name and where are you from? Hi – I’m Adam. Half-Irish, half-Pakistani. Nomadic childhood living in the U.K., Ireland, Pakistan, Canada and Brunei Three words to describe yourself? Obsessive, relentless, unconventional Wha...
07.02.2023In the Hot Seat with Steph Orde, CFO at Episode 1What’s your name and where are you from? Steph. Born in Guildford. Decade in London. Now in Hampshire Three words to describe yourself? Curious, Hard working, Adventurous What has been your biggest success in your life so far? At work,...
07.02.2023Omnipresent raises $120M Series BYesterday, Omnipresent announced their $120M Series B led by Kinnevik and Tencent. We’ve had a front row seat since co-leading the Seed round alongside Playfair in early 2020. Back then, I had a strong belief that the structural advant...
08.12.2021In the ‘Hot Seat’ with David RajanCEO of Opteran This week we interviewed David to understand all things Opteran and where it all began. Opteran reverse-engineers biological systems onto silicon, enabling machines to see, sense, navigate and make decisions better than exis...
06.12.2021In the ‘Hot Seat’ with Paul BennettPaul Bennett , Co-Founder & CEO at Perchpeek Paul is one of our awesome Episode 1 CEO’s. He loves his sport, he’s super positive and he wears his Perchpeek merch with pride. Find out all about what makes this CEO tick… Paul Ben...
28.04.2021What I learnt at an Episode 1 CEO dinnerOne thing that stands out is the closeness of the relationship between the Episode 1 investment team and the portfolio companies. Beyond a deep and defining mutual respect, there is also the stuff at the core of all good relationships – act...
25.02.2021Online Dating Sites for Women: eHarmonyIn finding the top internet dating sites for women, most closely looked over the security and services offered, and how these sites furnish sufficient support to feminine users. Protection is an important variable to boost the odds of locat...
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25.02.2021Benefits Of Using Employee Monitoring SoftwareStaff monitoring software solution is the software used for monitoring staff of a business. This program is designed to keep a record within the employee’s activities in all sections of the business. A regular employee monitoring software t...
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Mentions in press and media 122

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13.09.2026AI Revolutionizes Energy Dealmaking: Veridue Secures $4M for Rapid Due DiligenceVeridue secured $4 million. This pre-seed funding boosts its AI platform. The technology streamlines due diligence. It targets renewable energy and data center transactions. The platform automates complex workflows. It cuts deal evaluation ...
10.09.2026Global Tech Power Shifts: AI Fuels Geopolitical Race, Reshapes IndustriesGlobal tech roils. Mistral AI nets €3B, fueling Europe's AI ambition. China pours billions into compute. Advanced chip manufacturing sprints forward. AI elevates cyber threats, raising consumer hardware costs. Regulators target tech giants,...
08.09.2026Veridue raises $4M to cut energy and data center due diligence from weeks to hoursVeridue, a London-based startup using AI to speed up due diligence for renewable energy and data center deals, has raised $4 million in pre-seed funding as investors pour capital into infrastructure projects that are becoming harder to eval...
08.09.2026Veridue secures $4M pre-seed to streamline energy infrastructure due diligenceTechnology company Veridue has raised $4 million in pre-seed funding to expand its due diligence and M&A platform for renewable energy and data centre transactions. The round was led by Episode 1 Ventures, with participation from HTGF a...
08.09.2026Startup Funding News Today, September 8, 2026: Mistral AI, Stoke Space, ARC Ride & MoreStartup funding is splitting into two very different markets this morning: enormous conviction bets on strategic infrastructure and smaller early-stage rounds built around highly specific operating problems. The two largest verified financi...
08.09.2026The Exploration Company erhält 450 MillionenIm #DealMonitor für den 8. September werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. STARTUPLAND 2027: SAVE THE DATE The next unicorn? You’ll meet it at START...
02.09.2026Dragonfly acquires Modern Data Stack: the community that mapped the data era joins the company mapping the AI era, a technology intelligence platform helping organisations make technology decisions with confidence, today announced it has acquired Modern Data Stack (MDS), the online community and knowledge hub that documented the rise of the modern dat...
22.07.2026Ossprey secures $2.65M to stop software supply chain attacksUK software supply chain security startup Ossprey has raised $2.65 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round to accelerate product development, expand its engineering and commercial teams, and support international growth. The rou...
02.06.2026Poindexter Labs raises £2M to improve training data for advanced AIUK-based Poindexter Labs, an AI data company focused on producing expert-level training data for advanced AI models, has raised £2 million in an oversubscribed seed round. The round was led by Episode 1, with participation from Yvonne Bajel...
01.06.2026RevEng.AI Secures $15M to Fortify Software Supply Chains Against AI-Driven ThreatsRevEng.AI secures $15 million in Series A funding. The company targets critical software supply chain vulnerabilities. Its AI-driven platform analyzes compiled software binaries. This detects hidden threats, malicious code, and unexpected c...
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