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At Octopus Ventures we invest in the people, the ideas and the industries that will help change the world. Our investment team is built to specialise in the five areas where we see the most potential for growth and innovation: health, fintech, deep tech, consumer and B2B software. Since 2008 we have backed over 130 teams, including Zoopla Property Group, Secret Escapes, Depop and Cazoo.
With £1.7 billion under management and investing over £200 million a year, Octopus Ventures is one of the largest and most active venture investors in Europe. We tend to invest from £1 million for Seed to £10 million for Series B with the ability to fund the companies backed right through to IPO.
With £1.7 billion under management and investing over £200 million a year, Octopus Ventures is one of the largest and most active venture investors in Europe. We tend to invest from £1 million for Seed to £10 million for Series B with the ability to fund the companies backed right through to IPO.
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Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2007
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Seed; Series A; Series B; Series C
Portfolio 181
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 21.09.2026 | Metris | metrisenergy.com | $7.55M | - |
| 03.07.2026 | geoSurge | geosurge.ai | $12M | United Kin... |
| 04.06.2026 | Semble | semble.io | $63.64M | United Kin... |
| 01.06.2026 | Gradient L... | gradient-labs.ai | $26M | United Kin... |
| 18.05.2026 | Greenpixie | greenpixie.com | $6.58M | United Kin... |
| 07.04.2026 | Connectome | connectome.health | $42.93M | Switzerlan... |
| 03.04.2026 | Connectome... | connectome.ai | $2M | Switzerlan... |
| 20.03.2026 | Flexzo AI | flexzo.ai | $12M | United Kin... |
| 21.01.2026 | Infinitope... | infinitopes.com | $51.16M | United Kin... |
| 15.01.2026 | CYB3R OPER... | cyb3roperations.com | $5.4M | United Kin... |
| 13.01.2026 | bricks.sh | bricks.sh | $1.87M | Italy |
| 09.01.2026 | AgileRL | agilerl.com | $7.5M | United Kin... |
| 19.11.2025 | AI | dost.io | $8.09M | Spain |
| 28.10.2025 | Grasp | grasp-ai.com | $9.06M | Sweden |
| 20.10.2025 | CoMind | comind.io | $205M | United Kin... |
| 24.09.2025 | deskbird | deskbird.com | $41.02M | Switzerlan... |
| 28.05.2024 | swiipr | swiipr.com | $7.66M | - |
| 27.04.2023 | Tympa Heal... | tympahealth.com | $31.08M | United Kin... |
| 27.04.2023 | Onin | onin.co | $3.45M | - |
| 17.04.2023 | Perci Heal... | percihealth.com | $10.9M | United Kin... |
| 15.03.2023 | HelloSelf | helloself.com | $28.21M | United Kin... |
| 22.02.2023 | Kita | kita.earth | $5.27M | - |
| 25.01.2023 | Elo Health | elo.health | $15M | United Sta... |
| 23.11.2022 | Visible | makevisible.com | $1M | United Kin... |
| 12.10.2022 | Ribbon | ribbonapp.com | $2.98M | United Kin... |
| 29.07.2022 | Baselime | baselime.io | $1.81M | United Kin... |
| 30.06.2022 | Mindstep | letsmindstep.com | - | United Kin... |
| 10.06.2022 | Papercup | papercup.ai | $20M | Anguilla |
| 30.05.2022 | Merge | mergedup.com | $9.5M | United Kin... |
| 29.03.2022 | HURR | hurrcollective.com | $5.4M | United Kin... |
| 29.03.2022 | automata | automata.tech | $142.41M | United Kin... |
| 29.03.2022 | LVNDR Heal... | lvndr.com | $2.05M | United Kin... |
| 29.03.2022 | Biofidelit... | biofidelity.com | $59M | United Kin... |
| 29.03.2022 | Mango Scie... | mangosciences.com | - | United Sta... |
| 16.03.2022 | Vira Healt... | vira.health | $14.1M | United Kin... |
| 02.02.2022 | Vinter | vinter.co | $3.4M | Sweden, St... |
| 18.01.2022 | ValueBlue | valueblue.com | $11M | Netherland... |
| 15.10.2021 | Peak | peak.ai | $118.67M | United Kin... |
| 14.10.2021 | FISCAL Tec... | fiscaltec.com | $4.86M | United Kin... |
| 14.10.2021 | TRI - The ... | tritrials.com | - | - |
| 14.10.2021 | Ryte | ryte.com | $13.98M | Germany, B... |
| 14.10.2021 | Sova Asses... | sovaassessment.com | $9M | United Kin... |
| 14.10.2021 | MyConcern | myconcern.co.uk | - | United Sta... |
| 14.10.2021 | Ubisecure | ubisecure.com | - | United Kin... |
| 14.10.2021 | Perfect Wa... | perfectward.com | - | - |
| 11.10.2021 | Tuune | tuune.com | $4.6M | United Kin... |
| 27.09.2021 | We Are Moj... | mojo.so | $4.48M | United Kin... |
| 22.09.2021 | Turtl | turtl.co | $17M | United Kin... |
| 23.07.2021 | Collectiv ... | collectivfood.com | $16.48M | United Kin... |
| 23.07.2021 | nanoSyrinx | nanosyrinx.com | $29.81M | - |
| 09.07.2021 | Raylo | raylo.com | $222.16M | United Kin... |
| 17.06.2021 | XYZ Realit... | xyzreality.com | $34.67M | United Kin... |
| 09.06.2021 | Zapnito | zapnito.com | $5.24M | United Kin... |
| 26.05.2021 | Overture L... | overture.life | $72M | United Sta... |
| 12.05.2021 | Veeqo | veeqo.com | $4.32M | United Kin... |
| 12.05.2021 | Fuse | fuseuniversal.com | - | United Kin... |
| 12.05.2021 | Natterbox | natterbox.com | $9.37M | United Kin... |
| 05.05.2021 | Taster | taster.com | $45.77M | United Kin... |
| 05.05.2021 | Sprout.ai | sprout.ai | $20.2M | United Kin... |
| 12.03.2021 | Legl | legl.com | $25M | United Kin... |
| 09.03.2021 | Wefarm | wefarm.com | $11M | - |
| 09.03.2021 | Ibex Medic... | ibex-ai.com | $114M | Israel, Te... |
| 31.12.2020 | Team Altit... | altitudeangel.com | $5.47M | United Kin... |
| 21.12.2020 | Orbex Spac... | orbex.space | $235.21M | United Kin... |
| 14.12.2020 | Whirli | whirli.com | $5.4M | United Kin... |
| 09.11.2020 | Oribiotech | oribiotech.com | $139.4M | United Sta... |
| 09.11.2020 | KatKin | katkin.club | $5.87M | - |
| 28.10.2020 | KatKin | katkin.com | $27.01M | United Kin... |
| 07.09.2020 | ThoughtRiv... | thoughtriver.com | $10M | United Kin... |
| 14.07.2020 | Permutive | permutive.com | $93.59M | United Kin... |
| 28.05.2020 | Stackin' | stackin.com | $12.6M | - |
| 23.09.2019 | Ometria | ometria.com | $81.42M | United Kin... |
| 09.07.2019 | Unmade | unmade.com | $9.94M | United Kin... |
| 11.07.2018 | Seatfrog | seatfrog.com | $15.46M | United Kin... |
| 11.07.2018 | OLIO | olioex.com | $53.12M | United Kin... |
| 16.05.2017 | Appear Her... | appearhere.co.uk | $24.76M | United Kin... |
| 24.04.2017 | Token | token.io | $87.25M | United Kin... |
| 22.03.2017 | Elvie | elvie.com | $129.44M | United Kin... |
| 10.01.2017 | myTomorrow... | mytomorrows.com | $47.63M | Netherland... |
| 15.08.2016 | Outfittery | outfittery.com | $80.06M | Spain |
| 14.06.2016 | CHRONEXT: ... | chronext.co.uk | $12.33M | - |
| 05.04.2016 | Origami | origamienergy.com | $104.93M | United Kin... |
| 17.02.2011 | Vega-Chi L... | vega-chi.com | $2.58M | - |
| 22.10.2010 | Ultrasoc | ultrasoc.com | $16.43M | - |
| - | AudioTelli... | audiotelligence.com | $12.54M | United Kin... |
| - | Medisafe® | medisafe.com | $50.5M | United Sta... |
| - | Rest Less ... | restless.co.uk | $12.38M | United Kin... |
| - | vHive | vhive.ai | $34.5M | Israel, Te... |
| - | Property P... | propertypartner.co | $51.39M | - |
| - | Surrey Nan... | surreynanosystems.com | - | United Kin... |
| - | Multiply | multiply.ai | $11.85M | United Sta... |
| - | Jolt UK | london.jolt.io | - | - |
| - | Plum Organ... | plumorganics.com | - | United Sta... |
| - | Patch Gard... | patch.garden | - | - |
| - | Executive ... | executivechannelnetwork.com | - | - |
| - | Third Eye ... | thirdeyetechnology.com | - | Ireland, M... |
| - | Edgify | edgify.ai | $15.5M | Israel |
| - | mush | letsmush.com | $2.81M | - |
| - | allplants | allplants.com | $66.93M | United Kin... |
| - | Important ... | tristarworldwide.com | - | - |
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| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.01.2023 | Inflation and compensation FAQ | Against a backdrop of rising inflation, Laura WiIming, Head of Portfolio Talent at Octopus Ventures, answers the pressing compensation questions. No. While this is a consideration, it is not the only factor that goes into determining an em... |
| 24.01.2023 | ‘Why you don’t want me on your board’ | Working in VC isn’t just a privilege – it’s my dream job. Over the last decade I’ve spent as an investor, Board meetings have become a key part of my monthly cadence. Participation in more than 200 Board meetings over the years has given me... |
| 12.01.2023 | Trend spotter: Natasha’s fintech predictions for 2023 | New Year, new predictions. The ripples of the macroeconomic climate are being felt across the board, from a deepening cost-of-living crisis in the UK, to redundancies at some of the world’s biggest tech companies. But this represents an opp... |
| 12.01.2023 | Our investment in Inflow | Co-founders Seb Issacs and Levi Epstein met whilst completing their Masters in Computer Science at Imperial University. With shared, direct and indirect experience of ADHD, they were inspired to solve for the challenges sufferers face on a ... |
| 19.12.2022 | It’s time to rethink growth investing | The period between 2019 and 2021 saw an impressive broadening in investor enthusiasm towards exciting, tech-enabled businesses as Covid accelerated the utilization of remote technologies, much to the benefit of companies already harnessing ... |
| 14.12.2022 | Should founders beware of venture debt? | As one of the most active VCs in Europe, our main business at Octopus Ventures is making equity investments and backing founders through their growth journey – so it might be surprising to read a blog about taking on debt. But after coming ... |
| 12.12.2022 | Managing growth, redundancies and planning for the uncertainty of 2022/23 | This time last year we were in the swirl of the ‘war for talent’ at the tail end of ‘the great resignation’. Today, Elon Musk owns Twitter and we’ve seen an unprecedented number of companies conduct large rounds of layoffs. Some of the worl... |
| 07.12.2022 | Our investment in Phlux | Co-founders Ben White, Jo Shien Ng and Chee Hing Tan bring outstanding levels of expertise to the company, with a shared academic background at the University of Sheffield. Ben White, Phlux’s CEO, completed his PhD in 2016, researching nov... |
| 28.11.2022 | Unlocking deep tech’s revolutionary potential | Over the last two years, it has become ever clearer that what we call deep tech will have an outsized role to play in overcoming some of the global challenges we face. But if the world-changing potential of deep tech is going to be unlocked... |
| 22.11.2022 | Our investment in Cobee | Co-founders Borja Aranguren and Ignacio Travesi bring years of collective experience in scaling businesses to bear on Cobee. A former consultant at McKinsey & Company, Cobee CEO Borja worked as Head of Sales and Head of Strategy at Ontr... |
| 18.11.2022 | The Employee Headcount Calculator – and responsible hiring for start ups | By Edward Keelan (B2B Software Investor) and Ben Newsome (B2B Software Portfolio Talent) Until recently, the mantra for a newly venture capital (VC) -funded company was growth above all else. So it should come as no surprise that when the ... |
| 08.11.2022 | Our investment in Apheris | Co-founder and CEO Robin Roehm is passionate about making data more accessible for impactful industries. As a founder of a health tech start-up, he has direct experience of the challenge presented by regulatory constraints on data – and the... |
| 03.11.2022 | Our investment in Lodgify | Dennis Klett and Marco de Gregorio co-founded Lodgify in 2012 with a simple mission: to help hosts and small property managers leverage technology effectively in order to grow their businesses and boost their independence. With a combinatio... |
| 01.11.2022 | The lifecycle of a cotton shirt: How software is turning supply chains green | Price fluctuations, port congestion, trucker strikes, pandemics, war, and the relentless quest for next day delivery; over the last few years all of these factors have shone a light on the fragility of global supply chains like never before... |
| 20.10.2022 | What should your fundraising tech stack look like | In this series of blogs we’ve been taking a close look at pre-seed fundraising. We’ve explored some of the things to consider before your pre-seed round, and we’ve taken a look at the top ten things to include in your data room. Organisatio... |
| 17.10.2022 | Sticks and stones and male pronouns | The old ‘sticks and stones’ chant that we are taught as kids is wrong. Words matter. That chant is dismissive of the inherent power that words have and is, when you think about it, bad advice to be giving kids. As a lawyer, I spend a lot o... |
| 04.10.2022 | Our fintech experts’ top tips on weathering uncertainty | Youssef: One of the most useful things I’ve heard over the past few months, which has really stuck with me, is you don’t want to be selling sunglasses when it’s raining. It’s important to take note of what’s on the market, and what everyone... |
| 23.09.2022 | How responsible tech safeguards against unintended ethical consequences | Application of technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning are fundamental to a wide range of start up business models such as recruitment, healthcare diagnostics and credit risk assessment. Whilst there is significant... |
| 21.09.2022 | Raising a pre-seed round – 10 things to include in your data room | Approaching prospective investors for funding during your pre-seed round can be daunting, but the more organised you are, the more straightforward the process will be. We’ve already explored some of the things to consider before fundraising... |
| 24.08.2022 | Work experience – what’s the point, and why should you bother? | What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of work experience in the city? You’d be forgiven if your first reaction was an image of the Chairman’s best friend’s son, photocopying and making tea. For the young person, or their... |
| 11.08.2022 | Adam’s top 10 tips for Australian and New Zealand founders looking to grow in the UK | Earlier this summer at London Tech Week entrepreneurs from around the world descended on the UK’s capital. Amongst them was a large contingent from home: countless Australian and New Zealand-based founders visiting as part of a Global Tech ... |
| 19.07.2022 | Dismount the sales team merry-go-round: how to step away from founder-led sales | It’s easy to imagine: a new company, offering a solution perfectly calibrated to the needs of its early customers. A charismatic founder with a network full of useful contacts generating leads. Early days, sales look good. Everyone gets exc... |
| 11.07.2022 | Timing is everything: tailoring your board to the needs of your growth cycle | In my last blog, I drew on some of my experience and research to explore the basics of board composition and its purpose. While common wisdom might hold that boards are just a compliance box to be ticked, I argued that a well-composed board... |
| 06.07.2022 | What to consider when choosing your board members | As a new starter at Octopus Ventures last summer, I was faced with a host of exciting new challenges. Not least among them was my newfound role as a board observer – supporting our seasoned investment directors helping our portfolio compani... |
| 28.06.2022 | Backing the best; changing the way we listen | Foreword from Alliott, our Co-CEO: Founders are astonishing people. They bring together huge ideas with drive, leadership and passion that you will seldom find in any other part of life, and we need to encourage more of them. While venture... |
| 23.06.2022 | Raising a Pre-Seed Round | The story of every great technology startup often starts with an idea, most times a crazy and ambitious idea that becomes a solution to address a large market gap using innovative technology. For a startup founder looking to bring their wo... |
| 07.06.2022 | How we think about our decision making process | Decision-making is one of the core challenges in any business, but it can be critically important in a start-up where decisions can often be existential. As a founder, this might mean settling on a go-to-market strategy, or deciding between... |
| 24.05.2022 | Our investment in Foodsteps | Anya Doherty brings unrivalled expertise to bear on her role as CEO and founder at Foodsteps. Over three years research at the University of Cambridge, she established herself one of a few global experts in the field of food emission calcul... |
| 12.05.2022 | Dear Founders and CEOs: don’t forget to secure your own oxygen mask first | You don’t have to spend much time with the founder or CEO of a company to find yourself blown-away by their juggling skills. Not only must they deftly manage an unenviable host of responsibilities — they have to balance them against a full ... |
| 09.05.2022 | Why we’re excited about European VC Secondaries | From cars to trainers, wherever there’s a primary market, chances are a secondary one underlies it. In the consumer space, limited edition trainers boast incredible resale value, while motorists are more likely to opt for a used car than a ... |
| 05.05.2022 | Tripling down on bio | Our mission is to back the people and ideas that are changing the world, and there are few better sectors in which to do that than biotech. We need look no further than the front pages to see the profound positive impact that biotech can ha... |
| 12.04.2022 | Mind & Machine: What’s next for neural interfaces? Matt Vallin takes a deep-dive into the future of wearable therapies and brain-controlled computing | We have so much to learn about the brain. Identifying which neurons or groups of neurons correspond to a specific action, thought, process or disease pathway is incredibly difficult. Every week we come across fascinating developments. Just ... |
| 06.04.2022 | Consumer happiness and business families | As a founder launching a startup in the consumer space, it’s easy to get fixated on product. After all, your new service or solution promises to change the lives of millions of new customers for the better. Runaway success can happen, but ... |
| 28.03.2022 | Holding onto hope: how innovation can solve the climate crisis | The Climate Crisis is one of the world’s biggest collective problems to date. Fixing it requires a simple, clear, and decisive strategy. The team at Octopus Ventures are focused on backing innovation and embracing collaboration because we b... |
| 22.03.2022 | Soundtracking the future: how deep tech is pushing the limits of creativity | Picture this. A soundtracked drive down a flowing California highway, through desert, rolling hills and out onto the coast. Through different weather systems, environments, and finally into the city. The right soundtrack would, of course, b... |
| 21.03.2022 | Building a business around a mission: Taryn’s tips for startups | I’ve long been fascinated by the way organizations are built – not just around an idea, but around a person. From my academic grounding in social and organizational psychology, to my experiences as a talent consultant in health, to my recen... |
| 15.03.2022 | Our investment in LifeScore | CEO and co-founder, Philip Sheppard, is a cellist, composer, producer and inventor. He’s composed the score for over 65 films, video games, ballets and plays, produced the music at the 2008 Olympic Games closing ceremony, and the national a... |
| 09.03.2022 | Our investment in Delio | Gareth Lewis, Delio’s co-founder and Chief Executive, worked in corporate finance before moving home to south Wales to build the company from scratch. He recognised a growing interest in private markets during his time at institutions inclu... |
| 08.03.2022 | Our investment in Nosso | Co-founder and CEO Youssef Darwich is passionate about bringing wealth management services into the lives of ordinary families. As the former Head of Product at Octopus Wealth, and Head of Operations (and second employee) at Tide, he brings... |
| 07.03.2022 | Veeqo acquired by Amazon | When we first encountered Veeqo, we were immediately impressed by the dynamic combination of a mission-driven team, led by founder Matt Warren, and a brilliant product. In March of 2019, we led a £3.3 million growth investment in the compan... |
| 01.03.2022 | Our investment in Biofidelity | Biofidelity’s CEO, Barnaby Balmforth, brings over a decade’s experience in genomic technology development to the company. With an academic record taking in a Masters from Oxford and a PhD from Cambridge, he’s previously served as COO at Bas... |
| 01.03.2022 | Our investment in Automata | Co-founder and CEO Mostafa elSayed comes from a background in architecture and design. While working at award-winning architecture practice, Zaha Hadid, he spotted the need for an automated solution to assist with bespoke manufacturing jobs... |
| 24.02.2022 | Our investment in HURR | Victoria Prew is the visionary behind HURR. Over the years she’s become an expert in sustainability and circulation in fashion. We first met Victoria in the summer of 2020 and she has executed beyond expectations – shifting to a hybrid busi... |
| 17.02.2022 | Mention me | Mention Me was founded by Andy Cockburn and Tim Boughton, who met at VC-backed consumer startup HomeAway.com, before its $3bn IPO on the NASDAQ. Andy is a seasoned operator of high growth companies, previously holding the role of UK MD at H... |
| 14.02.2022 | Endemic or not – Changing attitudes are taking us into a new age for healthtech | The coronavirus pandemic has laid-bare the shortcomings of healthcare systems around the world. While 83% of the UK’s population over the age of 12 has received two doses of the vaccine, with over 36 million also receiving an additional boo... |
| 01.02.2022 | Why voice messaging should have everybody talking | You might call me a productivity tool junky. From second brain apps like Roam and Memex, to collaboration software like Cord and Decipad, I can’t resist tinkering with new tools and iterating on my work stack. But even as an enthusiast I’m... |
| 01.02.2022 | Why voice messaging should have everybody talking | You might call me a productivity tool junky. From second brain apps like Roam and Memex, to collaboration software like Cord and Decipad, I can’t resist tinkering with new tools and iterating on my work stack. But even as an enthusiast I’m... |
| 19.01.2022 | We need to talk about TAM | Opening my third pitch of the day, I click through to the market opportunity slide. The business promises to combat the scourge of food waste, and boasts a total addressable market (TAM) of more than a trillion dollars. It sounds great, but... |
| 19.01.2022 | Demystifying deep tech | Deep tech is different. None of my colleagues across our fintech, consumer, health or B2B software teams would say their job is easy, but deep tech presents a unique set of challenges. While other areas of investment come with long-held no... |
| 13.01.2022 | Trend spotter: Natasha’s fintech predictions for 2022 | As 2022 gets underway, it’s time to look ahead to some of the trends I see shaping fintech in the year to come. From a greater openness around debt management to the continued (meteoric) rise of NFTs, here are the five areas I’ll be keeping... |
| 08.12.2021 | Meet the startups redefining the future of social media | On a weekly basis, I see a tweet with someone complaining about Instagram. In Jean de La Rochebrochard’s case, he calls it a soulless product. That its initial value proposition, to build community and inspire creativity has given way. “It’... |
| 25.11.2021 | LimeWire or Spotify? How to build the crypto winners of the future | In 2000, a new website revolutionised consumers’ relationship with music. It was called LimeWire, and it was great. Like Napster before it, its P2P file-sharing software offered users the opportunity to access a huge database of music – for... |
| 19.11.2021 | How to hire top talent in a shifting jobs market | The coronavirus pandemic has caused global disruption, but it’s also been the catalyst for some positive changes in recruitment. While the so-called ‘Great Resignation’ of this year has seen an unprecedented surge in people leaving their jo... |
| 18.11.2021 | Our investment in APLYiD | In recent times, Australia and New Zealand have put innovation and entrepreneurship high up on the agenda, leading to a booming technology ecosystem. Many of the region’s fastest growing technology companies are now looking to international... |
| 17.11.2021 | Are we on the cusp of a software revolution in farming? | Farming and software might sound like unlikely bedfellows, but a change is on the horizon. Slow moving and deep-rooted value chains in the sector have proven resistant to the adoption of new software, but significant investment in emerging ... |
| 12.11.2021 | Why workplaces could unlock huge growth for fertility startups in Europe | The fertility market is changing rapidly. Driven by a crop of exciting new startups, pioneering researchers, and forward-thinking clinics and employers, there’s been a dramatic rise in the number of services available for the millions who n... |
| 02.11.2021 | Calling all climate tech entrepreneurs | The world’s eyes are on Glasgow as leaders from across the globe meet for COP26. Widely viewed as a critical moment in our planet’s future, there is huge pressure on politicians to agree a way forward, as we attempt to limit warming to 1.5 ... |
| 01.11.2021 | Our investment in Tuune | When I first met the CEO and founder of Tuune, Shardi Nahavandi, over three years ago, it was clear that she was a femtech pioneer who meant business. Today, her company has developed the world’s first personalised contraception service wit... |
| 27.10.2021 | Lessons in Deep Tech recruiting | This quarter I joined the Portfolio Talent team at Octopus Ventures after spending the past three years as a Recruitment Manager at DeepMind, one of the world’s foremost AI companies. Variety, as they say, is the spice of life, and it’s wha... |
| 26.10.2021 | Institutional crypto adoption – will it happen? | A new economy is emerging online. Its thesis is decentralisation and its method is blockchain. As the incentive structure and means of transferring value, cryptocurrencies represent an important piece of the Web3 journey. As a former equity... |
| 20.10.2021 | Our Investment in Imophoron | Professor Imre Berger brings decades of technical expertise, alongside a successful track record as founder of three companies, with one exit to Pfizer under his belt. His co-founder, Frederic Garzoni, is also a highly experienced researche... |
| 19.10.2021 | Our investment in Turtl | Nick Mason, Founder and CEO, comes from a design thinking background, seeing first-hand the problems that companies faced in making high quality content accessible to their employees. He has been a product visionary for the business and att... |
| 06.10.2021 | Filling the Vacuum: can brands replace a lost sense of belonging? | Spending time with a bunch of 16-18 year old students from inner-city London schools, as part of Octopus Ventures Work Experience week recently, a discussion on consumer behaviour trends took a surprising turn towards the concept of ‘belong... |
| 27.09.2021 | Our investment in Mojo | Xander Gilbert, Co-founder, is a former co-founder of Cuvva (D2C flexible car insurance provider) and previously worked across the financial industry for seven years. Angus Barge, Co-founder, holds a degree in left a career in broking, is ... |
| 27.08.2021 | The Marketplace Approach to Enterprise Supply Chains | The advent of the internet brought the world-changing advantages of distributed, scaled communication and digital experience (data-led personalisation, content management, and presentation orchestration) to commerce. The B2C marketplace gia... |
| 20.08.2021 | Our investment in Comma | Tom Beckenham is a second time founder having built a profitable tech business in the UK before Comma. He has also brought on some fantastic early investors such as Peter Briffet and Portman Wills from Wagestream and Village Global. Since ... |
| 11.08.2021 | An update from the Health team | It’s been an eventful 24 months since we formally set up a dedicated health team, so we wanted to share this update on our progress: |
| 26.07.2021 | One team, two approaches: the B2B Software opportunity. | To best serve entrepreneurs, we organise ourselves into specialist teams. Our B2B Software team is the largest and this corresponds to the ocean of opportunity in the sector. To cover the full spectrum, the team takes two approaches: one ai... |
| 26.07.2021 | One team, two approaches: the B2B Software opportunity | To best serve entrepreneurs, we organise ourselves into specialist teams. Our B2B Software team is the largest and this corresponds to the ocean of opportunity in the sector. To cover the full spectrum, the team takes two approaches: one ai... |
| 22.07.2021 | Our investment in Collectiv Food | Jeremy Hibbert-Garibaldi, Founder & CEO, has a deep understanding of supply chain malpractices having spent 7 years at Deloitte in the forensics team (as a management consultant) where he worked with Tesco and Booker, unearthing some of... |
| 20.07.2021 | Our investment in NanoSyrinx | NanoSyrinx is an early-stage biotech business spun out of the University of Warwick. Our close involvement with the university spinout ecosystem (2020’s Spinning out Success report here) makes us well placed to help the team evolve into the... |
| 19.07.2021 | Our investment in Raylo | The way we access our smartphones is broken. Customers are expected to spend upwards of £1,000 to purchase a new device where monthly installment options are limited to expensive bundled network contracts or unbundled device finance that on... |
| 29.06.2021 | Our investment in XYZ | David Mitchell, Founder and CEO comes from a construction background. Having grown up on construction sites, working his way up through the ranks and then becoming an architect, he saw first hand the problems with the 2D drawing and buildin... |
| 10.06.2021 | Our investment in Overture | Overture was co-founded by Martin Varsavsky (CEO) in 2017. Martin is a serial entrepreneur who has built and exited several companies over the past 30 years (including three unicorns), where he most recently founded Prelude Fertility, now t... |
| 08.06.2021 | Challenge & Opportunity: our Climate Tech Office Hours event | Over the next 30 years, every business, within every industry, will need to transition to Net Zero carbon emissions. Best estimates put the level of investment needed to achieve this at $5-7 trillion. This astonishing target will simply not... |
| 02.06.2021 | Depop, Gen Z fashion resale marketplace, acquired by Etsy for $1.6bn | How do you sell to a generation who don’t want to be sold to? This is the Gen Z riddle that Depop has resoundingly solved, as proven by the company’s stellar acquisition by Etsy. When we first met the team back in 2016 the seeds of success... |
| 21.05.2021 | Making waves: the biggest UK deep tech acquisition in years brings AR closer into view | To date, head-worn Augmented Reality (AR) has remained on the edge of our lives. It’s there in defence, industry and medicine but we’re not walking the streets wearing Google Glass or a chunky Microsoft HoloLens headset yet. But AR hasn’t b... |
| 19.05.2021 | Our investment in Sprout.ai | Niels Thoné, CEO, builds on eight years experience in sales within tech and finance and three years startup experience in founding Sprout.ai. Niels is supported by his co-founder and COO, Raphael Guth who previously worked with Niels on fou... |
| 17.05.2021 | Value chain teardown: Pensions | There is over £6 trillion of funds held in UK pensions, yet these assets are largely trapped in a set and forget model when it comes to customer engagement. The implications of poor stewardship are huge when considering people are living lo... |
| 12.05.2021 | Why we’re doubling down on B2B software | by Marieke Christmann & Richard Court Business to business software is the biggest opportunity set in the market today. European B2B software companies are riding a wave of capital, Covid-induced culture change and the curve of history... |
| 06.05.2021 | iSIZE: the Dolby of the video space | The calibre of angel investor a startup attracts reflects its potential. So the fact that Patrick Pichette, Chairman of Twitter and ex CFO of Google, and other highly respected deep tech angel investors have backed iSIZE so early speaks vol... |
| 30.04.2021 | Our investment in Taster | Anton Soulier, CEO, was #7 employee at Deliveroo where he built and ran the company’s growth throughout France. Anton’s vision and deep understanding of food and logistics is core to the business’ success. He has attracted top talent eviden... |
| 29.04.2021 | Back to Basics: new world, same rules? | The world has changed. But the basics still apply. This is the message from two multi-unicorn builders, Pete Daffern and Howard Bell who have been guiding CEOs throughout the pandemic. So what are these ‘basics’, and how is it that they sti... |
| 27.04.2021 | Changes and Trends in the US Exec Health Tech Space | What traditionally is known as the sleepiest quarter for executive search (Q4) saw astronomically high activity in 2020. With hope and a vaccine on the horizon, new roles opened in sectors such as healthcare, life sciences, and technology a... |
| 27.04.2021 | Deep Dive: Cannabis | The world of medicinal cannabis and the next 5-10 years of development in the UK is far from simple. A lot of the challenges in the UK are also relevant to other geographies where cannabis is not recreationally legal or where the medical co... |
| 30.03.2021 | Profile: Julia Salasky, Legl | A “job for life” is rare – to walk away from a job for life is rarer still. But that is what Julia Salasky did, when she left the United Nations to start her first company. “I didn’t do it to become a ‘founder’, but to solve a problem,” she... |
| 29.03.2021 | Alex Chesterman: the archetypal unicorn-builder | Not often do company’s leap into life with the spectacular pace of Cazoo. Now, within two years of its launch, the team that promised to create the ‘Amazon of the used car industry’ is to go public in a $7bn merger. Alex Chesterman, the dr... |
| 18.03.2021 | Our investment in Wefarm | We always want to back the boldest, most mission-driven companies, and they don’t come more pioneering than Wefarm. Since its founding in 2015, Wefarm has become the world’s largest platform for small-scale farmers. Operating in East Africa... |
| 16.03.2021 | Ibex Medical Analytics: clinical-grade AI solution for cancer diagnostics and analysis | Reputation in every sector is important, but none more so than health tech. The best technologies and the best teams get noticed. We found the Ibex team’s reputation to be running at unusually high levels, individually and collectively. Jos... |
| 05.03.2021 | Increased Antitrust Scrutiny – a win or a loss for the startup world? | We have become accustomed to a world in which there are a few enormous players that end up acquiring a number of the rising stars in their segment, increasing their hold on the market and worsening the resulting prices and end products fo... |
| 04.03.2021 | Everything you love is non-fungible, but let’s not tokenise it all just yet | Should we tokenise digital art? What’s the point of non-fungible tokens (NFTs)? Let’s start at the beginning – what makes something truly non-fungible? Fungibility relates to whether something can be one-for-one replaced without loss of va... |
| 25.02.2021 | This is what we mean when we talk about Talent | Ask any CEO to name their number one priority and many will say “talent”. It stands to reason: hire the right people and the value proposition you’ve envisioned will come into being. But ask those same CEOs how they plan to acquire and reta... |
| 25.02.2021 | 8 emerging trends on the health tech horizon | Even before Covid, health technology was one of the fastest growing investment sectors in the world. This pace has now more than doubled as a result of the pandemic. Along with Dr Pooja Sikka and Shamik Parekh , I’ve recently joined Octo... |
| 12.02.2021 | Climate FinTech: The startups helping banks to overcome the ESG resource gap | In order to finance a low carbon, equitable world, we need a more transparent financial system that accurately measures the impact of investments and creates brand new financial instruments. ESG investing has a huge role to play in driving ... |
| 04.02.2021 | 3 years on, how is the Open Banking revolution doing? | January saw the third birthday of the Open Banking revolution, so why is it only in the past year that such a pivotal area of fintech has started to receive the focus that it deserves? This anniversary has prompted my analysis of the key ar... |
| 27.01.2021 | Expanding to the US: has Covid changed the rules? | The recent pandemic has undoubtedly transformed how companies work, and distributed, remote working is here to stay. How does this new reality influence the crucial decision many venture-backed companies have to make: whether, when, and how... |
| 25.01.2021 | Announcing a major health boost for Octopus Ventures | Octopus Ventures is delighted to announce the addition of a new team from TenX Health – Joe Stringer, Dr Pooja Sikka and Shamik Parekh. Their arrival will build on our existing investment capability and accelerate our ability to fuel the he... |
| 20.01.2021 | Welcoming Emma Davies, our new Co-CEO | What does a fast-growing company actually look like? One definition is that it will be changing all the time. Drop by in six months time and it will be almost unrecognisable from your previous visit. We see this happening with our most dyna... |
| 19.01.2021 | Sustainable Finance: trends and predictions for 2021 | In 2020, ESG stocks displayed greater resilience to economic shocks, outperformance to conventional counterparties (Exhibit 1) and responded to investor concerns over climate change and social equity– all of which have been supercharged by ... |
| 11.01.2021 | Judge a VC by how they behave – everywhere | “We deduce founder characteristics from the smallest observations. Founders should take the same approach with us.” So says Millen Wolde-Selassie, a recent recruit to the Octopus team. Here Millen compares her experience of being hired by ... |
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| 21.09.2026 | Metris secures $5M to build a unified data layer for energy assets | Metris Energy, an AI-native platform for managing energy assets, has raised $5 million in a seed round led by PT1 Ventures, Octopus Ventures, AENU and Blackfinch Ventures, with participation from Plug and Play and Love Ventures. The round b... |
| 13.08.2026 | The Race to Build the Ultimate Menopause Health Platform | Menopause has emerged as one of the most popular areas for funding femtech investments in a very short time, with money now coming into the space fast enough to look like a genuine race. In just one example, two companies in the menopause t... |
| 22.07.2026 | Ossprey secures $2.65M to stop software supply chain attacks | UK 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... |
| 12.07.2026 | Gradient Labs Fuels US Expansion with Fresh $13M Investment | Gradient Labs secured a $13M Series A extension, doubling its round to $26M. The London-based AI startup automates critical financial customer operations, from lending to KYC, via advanced AI agents. Founded by ex-Monzo executives, the firm... |
| 06.07.2026 | geoSurge Raises $12m in Seed Funding | geoSurge, a London, UK-based AI company helping brands inside generative AI systems, raised $12M in Seed funding. The round was led by AlbionVC, with participation from Play Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Celero Ventures, Boost Capital, existi... |
| 03.07.2026 | geoSurge Raises $12 Million Seed Round To Advance AI Visibility Platform | geoSurge announced an oversubscribed $12 million Seed round. The financing was led by AlbionVC and included participation from Play Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Celero Ventures, Boost Capital, existing investors Passion Capital and Tuesday C... |
| 25.06.2026 | Overture Life Launches Global ICSI.A Center of Excellence Program, Bringing the World’s First Automated ICSI into Clinical Use Across Five Leading Global Fertility Centers | Overture Life, the global leader in automated IVF and the first company to achieve live births from both robotic fertilization and robotic egg freezing, announced the launch of its ICSI.A Center of Excellence Program, with the first clinica... |
| 24.06.2026 | Partly AI Secures $500M Valuation, Revolutionizes US Auto Repair | Partly, an AI leader, announces a $50M Series B raise, valuing the company at $500M. This strategic funding, led by DST Global Partners, fuels immediate US market expansion. Partly's Interpreter AI, the world's only foundation model for aut... |
| 23.06.2026 | Partly raises $50M at a $500M valuation to crack the US auto parts market | Partly Group Ltd., a New Zealand startup using artificial intelligence to change up the automotive parts business, announced today that it has raised $50 million new funding at a $500 million valuation. It’s also opening its first U.S. oper... |
| 05.06.2026 | Semble Secures £30M to Revolutionize European Healthcare Operations | Healthcare technology company Semble recently closed a significant £30 million Series C funding round. European growth investor Revaia led the investment. Partech also joined the round as a new investor. Existing backers Mercia Ventures and... |
| 04.06.2026 | Semble raises £30M Series C to expand its healthcare management platform | Semble has raised £30 million in a Series C funding round led by Revaia, with participation from Partech and existing investors Mercia Ventures and Octopus Ventures. Semble is a UK-based healthcare technology company that provides a practic... |
| 04.06.2026 | Semble Secures £30M Series C Investment Led by Revaia to Expand Europe’s Connected Healthcare Platform | Healthcare technology company Semble has secured a £30 million Series C funding round led by European growth investor Revaia, with participation from a second new investor Partech, alongside continued backing from existing investors Mercia ... |
| 02.06.2026 | Poindexter Labs raises £2M to improve training data for advanced AI | UK-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... |
| 01.06.2026 | Gradient Labs raises fresh $13M | An AI startup that has developed AI agents to help financial businesses eliminate repetitive tasks across customer operations has raised a fresh $13m in funding, doubling its Series A raise to $26m, it said today. Founded by executives from... |
| 18.05.2026 | Greenpixie Raises £4.7M in Pre-Series A Funding | Greenpixie, a London, UK-based cloud and AI efficiency startup, raised £4.7M in Pre-Series A funding. The round was led by VERBUND X Ventures, with participation from Octopus Ventures, Armajaro Holdings, and Green Angel Ventures. The compan... |
| 07.04.2026 | Connectome raises $2m to track brain changes sooner | Connectome has closed a pre-seed financing round of approximately $2M USD to revolutionise how brains are interpreted and to provide a clearer, more personalised picture of cognitive health by making it measurable. The recent funding will ... |
| 03.04.2026 | Connectome: $2 Million Raised For Neurotech Platform To Track Brain Health Over Time | Connectome, a neurotech startup focused on personalized cognitive health monitoring, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to advance its platform for tracking brain function over time. The company, based in Zurich and London, aims to m... |
| 20.03.2026 | Flexzo AI Raises $12M in Series A Funding | Flexzo AI, a London, UK-based provider of an agentic AI workforce system for healthcare providers, raised $12M in Series A funding. The round was led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from Fuel Ventures. Uthish Ranjan, Partner at Octo... |
| 12.03.2026 | German Tech Navigates Funding Shifts, Powers Strategic Innovation | German tech funding pivots to substance. Venture capital prioritizes quality, strategic sectors. DefenseTech, DeepTech, AI lead significant investments. Tytan Technologies secured €30M for AI drones. FLEXOO raised €11M for Physical AI senso... |
| 25.02.2026 | Tytan erhält 30 Millionen – FLEXOO sammelt 11 Millionen ein – Secfix bekommt 12 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 25. Februar werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-... |
| 30.01.2026 | Automata: $45 Million Series C Closed To Build Operating System For AI Ready Labs | Automata, a London-based lab automation company focused on fully integrated platforms for life sciences, announced it has closed a $45 million Series C funding round led by Dimension. The company said the financing included participation fr... |
| 29.01.2026 | Automata Raises $45M in Series C Funding | Automata, a London, UK-based lab automation company building platforms for life sciences, raised $45M in Series C funding. The round was led by Dimension with participation from Danaher Ventures, Tru Arrow Partners, Octopus Ventures, Entrep... |
| 25.01.2026 | UK Boosts Energy Tech Giant Kraken Amidst Global IPO Battle | Kraken Technologies, a prominent AI-powered energy operating system, recently secured a pivotal £25 million investment from the British Business Bank. This commitment, part of a larger $1 billion financing round, bolsters Kraken's global ex... |
| 24.01.2026 | Infinitopes Secures $35.1M to Advance Precision Cancer Vaccine | Infinitopes, an Oxford-based biotechnology firm, has significantly expanded its seed financing. The company secured an additional $15.4 million. This latest infusion brings total seed funding to $35.1 million. The capital directly targets c... |
| 21.01.2026 | Infinitopes Expands Seed Round To $35.1 Million To Advance Precision Cancer Vaccine Into First-In-Human Trial | Infinitopes has expanded its seed financing to $35.1 million, adding $15.4 million in a second close that the company says will accelerate clinical development of its lead precision cancer vaccine candidate, ITOP1. The financing was co-led ... |
| 21.01.2026 | Infinitopes Raises $15.4M in Seed Extension Funding | Infinitopes, an Oxford, UK-based clinical-stage cancer vaccine biotechnology company, raised additional $15.4M in Seed funding. The round was co-led by Octopus Ventures and new investor Amplify Bio, with participation from new investor Macm... |
| 21.01.2026 | British Business Bank Commits £25 Million To Kraken Technologies | The British Business Bank has committed to invest £25 million in Kraken Technologies as part of Kraken’s $1 billion demerger from Octopus Energy Group, in a deal done in partnership with Octopus Group and facilitated by Octopus Ventures. Th... |
| 20.01.2026 | British Business Bank invests £25M in Kraken Technologies | The UK government-backed British Business Bank (BBB) is taking a £25m stake in Kraken Technologies, the software entity being spun out of Octopus Energy, marking the bank's biggest ever direct investment into a private firm. Octopus Energy ... |
| 16.01.2026 | Cyb3r Operations Secures $5.4 Million to Bolster Global Cyber Defenses | Cyb3r Operations, a London-based leader in continuous third-party cyber risk visibility, secured $5.4 million in seed funding. Octopus Ventures led the round. Pi Labs provided follow-on investment. This capital fuels accelerated platform de... |
| 15.01.2026 | Cyb3r Operations Raises $5.4M in Financing | Cyb3r Operations, a London, UK-based provider of continuous third-party cyber risk visibility solutions, raised $5.4m in financing. The round was led by Octopus Ventures, with follow-on investment from Pi Labs, bringing total funding to $6.... |
| 15.01.2026 | Cyb3r Operations Raises £4 Million Seed Round | Cyb3r Operations said it has raised £4 million in seed funding in a round led by Octopus Ventures, with follow-on investment from Pi Labs, as the company looks to accelerate product development and expand its team. In a LinkedIn post, the c... |
| 15.01.2026 | London’s Cyb3r Operations raises €4.6 million led by Octopus Ventures to tackle third-party cyber risk | London-based cybersecurity startup Cyb3r Operations has today announced that it has raised €4.6 million ($5.4 million) to help organisations tackle third-party cyber risk. The round was led by Octopus Ventures, with follow-on investment fro... |
| 15.01.2026 | Cyb3r Operations raises £4M to address third-party risk blind spots | London-based Cyb3r Operations has raised £4 million to provide organisations with continuous visibility into third-party cyber risk. The round was led by Octopus Ventures, with follow-on investment from Pi Labs, bringing total funding to £5... |
| 14.01.2026 | AI-Native Platform Bricks.sh Secures €1.6M to Revolutionize Internal Tools | Bricks.sh, an Italian AI-native platform, raised €1.6 million in pre-seed funding. Primo Capital led the round. The company automates internal tool creation, specifically admin panels. It connects directly to APIs and databases. This innova... |
| 13.01.2026 | Bricks.sh secures €1.6M pre-seed to expand AI-native internal tools | AI-native internal tool builder Bricks.sh has raised €1.6 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Primo Capital, with participation from Octopus First Cheque Fund, Eden Ventures, Vesper Holding, and Vento. The round also included several... |
| 13.01.2026 | bricks.sh Raises €1.6 Million Pre-Seed And Launches Public Beta For Internal Tools Platform | bricks.sh announced it has closed a €1.6 million oversubscribed pre-seed round and opened a public beta of its platform designed to help companies build internal tools faster while preserving customization. In a LinkedIn announcement, the c... |
| 11.01.2026 | AgileRL Secures $7.5M, Ignites U.S. RLOps Expansion | AgileRL secured $7.5M in seed funding. This capital fuels aggressive U.S. expansion. A new San Francisco office opens. The company launches its Arena RLOps platform stateside. Arena simplifies complex reinforcement learning. It empowers tea... |
| 09.01.2026 | AgileRL Raises Seed Round To Launch Arena RLOps Platform In The U.S. | AgileRL has raised a seed financing round backed by Fusion Fund and Flying Fish, with participation from existing investors Octopus Ventures and Counterview Capital, bringing the company’s total funding raised to $7.5 million. The company s... |
| 07.01.2026 | AgileRL Raises $7.5M in Funding | AgileRL, a London, UK-based startup accelerating the development of reinforcement learning for training AI models, raised a seed funding round. The round was led by Fusion Fund, with participation from Flying Fish, Octopus Ventures, Entrepr... |
| 19.12.2025 | В Великобритании запустили фонд социального инвестирования на 10 млн фунтов | - |
| 04.12.2025 | Hypercritical raises £2M to modernise software engineering for heavy industry | London-based Hypercritical has raised £2 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate development of its foundation model and expand its engineering team. The round was led by Join Capital, with participation from Octopus Ventures, Tiny Superc... |
| 03.12.2025 | Castik Capital To Buy Majority Stake In Interact Software To Accelerate Global Expansion | Funds managed by Castik Capital have agreed to acquire a majority stake in Interact Software from Unicorn Asset Management, Octopus Ventures, Perwyn Advisors, the former Chairman, the Executive management, and other minority shareholders. T... |
| 30.11.2025 | Monq: $3 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised To Launch Its AI-Powered Enterprise Negotiation Platform | Monq, a startup developing artificial intelligence technology to automate and accelerate enterprise negotiations, has raised $3 million in pre-seed funding as it officially introduces its platform to the market. The company has been operati... |
| 26.11.2025 | Monq reports up to 40% cost savings and 5x faster deal cycles as it secures €2.5 million | London-based Monq has emerged from stealth with €2.5 million ($3 million) in pre-Seed funding to launch its AI-driven strategic negotiation platform and scale its engineering and product teams. The round was led by Outward VC, with particip... |
| 21.11.2025 | Dost Launches in UK with AI-Powered Financial Automation | Dost, a Spanish AI finance platform, expands to the UK. A £6M Series A, led by Octopus Ventures, fuels the move. The company aims to streamline financial processes for UK businesses. Dost targets mid-market enterprises with AI automation. *... |
| 21.11.2025 | Go Autonomous Launches ‘Execution Fabric’ to Unify All B2B Commerce Channels | Go Autonomous, the leader in Autonomous Commerce, today announced the launch of its ‘Autonomous Execution Fabric’, a major extension to its solution suite that supports all channels with a unifying execution layer. The innovation bridges le... |
| 19.11.2025 | Dost launches in UK with £6M Series A led by Octopus Ventures | Spain-based Dost, an AI-powered financial automation platform, has closed a £6 million Series A round led by Octopus Ventures and officially launched in the UK market. The round also included participation from new investor TQ Ventures, as ... |
| 19.11.2025 | After processing 4 million transactions with 95% accuracy, Spain’s Dost raises €6.7 million to expand into the UK | Dost, a Barcelona-based AI-powered financial automation platform, today announces its official UK market launch following a €6.7 million (£6 million) Series A funding round to fuel their dual growth strategy: consolidating its leadership po... |
| 29.10.2025 | Grasp: $7 Million Series A Raised For Changing How Finance Pros Analyze And Synthesize Data | Grasp, an AI company redefining how financial professionals analyze and synthesize data, announced that it has raised $7 million in Series A funding led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from Yanno Capital. The funding will accelerate... |
| 28.10.2025 | CoMind Technologies: $102.5 Million Secured To Improve Brain Monitoring | UK-based medtech firm CoMind Technologies Limited has raised $102.5 million in a funding round aimed at transforming how critically ill patients’ brains are monitored. The round was led by Plural with participation from existing backers inc... |
| 28.10.2025 | With €6 million in the bag, Stockholm’s Grasp looks to enhance productivity tools for financial analysts and consultants | Grasp, the AI startup out Sweden automating investment banking and management consulting work using multi-agent systems, today announces it has raised €6 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Octopus Ventures, with participation... |
| 28.10.2025 | Grasp raises $7M Series A to fuel international expansion | Stockholm-based Grasp, an AI startup automating investment banking and management consulting workflows with multi-agent systems, has raised $7 million in a Series A round led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from existing investor Ya... |
| 20.10.2025 | Non-Invasive Brain Monitoring Pioneer CoMind Secures Over $100M | CoMind, a London-based startup, secured over $100 million in funding for its groundbreaking non-invasive brain monitoring technology. Their laser-based system accurately tracks cerebral blood flow and intracranial pressure, eliminating the ... |
| 20.10.2025 | CoMind Raises $60M in Funding | CoMind, a London, UK-based neurotechnology company developing breakthrough optical sensing technology to revolutionise brain monitoring and treatment, raised $60m in funding. The round was led by Plural, with participation from existing inv... |
| 20.10.2025 | No drill required: London’s CoMind raises €85 million to replace invasive brain monitoring | CoMind, a British neurological HealthTech startup, has secured over €85 million in total funding as it scales its neuromonitoring technology that measures critical brain parameters without the need for drilling into the skull. The company’s... |
| 20.10.2025 | Non-drill brain monitoring startup CoMind raises over $100M | A UK startup which is developing brain monitoring and treatment technology which avoids drilling a hole into a patient’s skull has raised more than $100m in funding in total, it has announced. Led by “generational founder” James Dacombe, th... |
| 25.09.2025 | Deskbird Soars: $23 Million Funding Fuels AI Workplace Transformation | Swiss innovator deskbird raised $23 million in Series B funding. This capital infusion will fuel aggressive global expansion. The company plans to accelerate its AI-driven workplace intelligence platform. deskbird offers a comprehensive sol... |
| 25.09.2025 | Tech Deals Surge: AI Drones, Hybrid Work, and Strategic Acquisitions Define Market Growth | Tech funding surges across sectors. Auterion secures $130M for AI-powered defense drones, vital for democratic governments and deployed in Ukraine. deskbird raises $23M for hybrid workplace management. K2 Mobility attracts investment for he... |
| 24.09.2025 | Swiss management platform deskbird raises €19 million to transform logistics such as booking meeting rooms and parking spaces | deskbird, a Schwyz-based workplace management platform, raises €19 million in Series B funding to expand into the UK and European markets, advancing its mission to pioneer AI-powered workplace intelligence that provides predictive insights.... |
| 24.09.2025 | deskbird sammelt 23 Millionen US-Dollar ein | deskbird hat eine Plattform für Workplace Management entwickelt und bietet eine Saas-Lösung an, die Unternehmen bei der Flächenplanung unterstützt und eine effiziente Nutzung ihrer Büroräume ermöglicht. Konkret bietet das Schwyzer Startup,... |
| 24.09.2025 | Auterion erhält 130 Millionen – deskbird sammelt 23 Millionen ein – Amadeus Fire kauft Masterplan | Im #DealMonitor für den 24. September werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonito... |
| 23.09.2025 | Startups and founders could be hardest hit by $100,000 H-1B visas | The White House plans to require companies to pay a $100,000 fee when submitting petitions for new H-1B visas, though many details remain unclear. Venture capitalists and innovation experts agree that startups will be hit hardest by H-1B vi... |
| 22.09.2025 | Rekord raises $2.1M to power the future of credit decisioning | Dublin-based Rekord has raised $2.1 million in pre-seed funding to advance its AI-native platform for credit decisioning. The round was led by Point Nine Capital, with participation from Octopus Ventures, Hello World, Baseline, and angels i... |
| 11.09.2025 | OpenHealth Technologies Raises $3M in Seed Funding | OpenHelath Technologies, a Berlin, Germany-based B2B healthtech company building the central infrastructure for lab data, raised $3M in Seed funding. The round was led by GoHub Ventures, xdeck ventures, Edenbase, and Exceptional Ventures, w... |
| 11.09.2025 | OpenHealth brings in $3M to make lab results usable across healthcare | Berlin-based healthtech startup OpenHealth Technologies has raised a $3 million seed round to accelerate European expansion and further develop the company's AI-driven medical platform. The round was backed by new investors GoHub Ventures, ... |
| 09.09.2025 | HSBC Innovation Banking hands parent £333m in dividends after profit rockets | HSBC Innovation Banking has handed a £333m in dividends to its parent company amid a surge in profitability after completing its first full year as a subsidiary of HSBC Group. The lender, which had been the UK subsidiary of Silicon Valley B... |
| 02.09.2025 | Exclusive: Octopus Investments appoints new CEO | Retail asset management platform Octopus Investments has appointed Erin Platts, former chief executive of HSBC Innovation Banking, as its new CEO. Octopus Investments, the UK’s largest investor in AIM listed companies, is a branch of the fi... |
| 30.07.2025 | BlackWood Ventures Fuels European Tech with $25 Million Debut Fund | BlackWood Ventures seals a $25 million debut fund. This significant capital influx targets Europe's most promising early-stage founders. The fund focuses on vital sectors: FinTech, CleanTech, and Web 3.0. BlackWood has already deployed capi... |
| 28.07.2025 | Danish VC firm BlackWood Ventures closes nearly €22 million debut Fund I to back early-stage European Founders | Copenhagen-based BlackWood Ventures, a network- and technology-driven early-stage fund focused on European Founders, announces today the final close of its nearly €22 million debut fund. Since its first close in April 2023, BlackWood has ma... |
| 28.07.2025 | BlackWood Ventures closes debut fund at $25M to back Europe’s next-gen founders | BlackWood Ventures, a network- and technology-driven early-stage fund focused on European founders, has closed its debut $25 million fund. Since its first close in April 2023, BlackWood has made 19 investments across nine countries, with a ... |
| 21.07.2025 | SS&C покупает британскую фондовую сеть Carlyle Calastone примерно за $1 млрд | Компания SS&C, штаб-квартира которой находится в Уиндзоре, штат Коннектикут, планирует профинансировать сделку за счет собственных средств и заемных средств, говорится в ее заявлении. Агентство Reuters сообщало в январе, что Carlyle, уп... |
| 16.07.2025 | Altura acquires Tendara to accelerate European expansion in bid management | Dutch AI-driven bid management startup Altura has acquired Berlin-based Tendara, opening up new opportunities to expand its presence in Germany and assist companies in entering the country’s €500 billion public procurement market — the larg... |
| 01.07.2025 | Streaming Faith and Predictive Intelligence: A New Era in Content and Business | The landscape of entertainment and business is shifting. Two recent developments highlight this transformation: the launch of a faith-focused streaming channel by Wonder Project on Amazon Prime Video and the emergence of CRED, an AI-driven ... |
| 01.07.2025 | CRED Raises $15M to Revolutionize Business Predictive Insights | CRED, the AI-powered predictive intelligence platform, announced it has raised a $15 million seed round led by defy.vc with participation from HOF Capital, Alumni Ventures, LDV Partners, Streamlined Ventures, SilverCircle Ventures, Octopus ... |
| 16.06.2025 | Definely: $30 Million Series B Raised For Legal Tech Platform | AI-based legal tech company Definely announced it has raised $30 million in Series B funding to accelerate its global expansion and AI product roadmap. The funding round includes investors from Europe and North America, and it is led by gro... |
| 12.06.2025 | Perci Health: Pioneering a New Era in Cancer Care | In the world of healthcare, innovation is the lifeblood that keeps hope alive. Perci Health, a virtual cancer clinic based in London, has recently secured £3 million in funding, bringing its total to £7.7 million. This is not just a financi... |
| 11.06.2025 | Perci Health secures £3M to expand AI-powered virtual cancer clinic | Virtual cancer clinic Perci Health has raised £7.7 million funding, after closing a new £3 million round, doubling the original £1.5 million target. This includes a £295,000 investment from Macmillan Cancer Support, further solidifying the ... |
| 11.06.2025 | Perci Health Raises £3M in Funding | Perci Health, a London, UK-based virtual cancer clinic, raised £3M in funding. With the raise, it brought a total of £7.7M in funding, doubling the original £1.5m target. This included a £295K investment from Macmillan Cancer Support. Guinn... |
| 10.06.2025 | The Rise of AI in Bid Management: Altura's Bold Move into the UK Market | In the fast-paced world of business, winning tenders is like a high-stakes game of chess. Each move counts. Companies are constantly seeking an edge to outmaneuver their competitors. Enter Altura, a bid management platform that has just rai... |
| 10.06.2025 | Definely Raises $30M in Series B Funding | Definely, a London, UK-based AI-powered legal tech company, has raised $30M in Series B funding. The round was led by Revaia, alongside Alumni Ventures, Beacon Capital, and Clio. Early investors, including Octopus Ventures, Zrosk Investment... |
| 09.06.2025 | Altura Raises €8M in Series A Funding | Altura, an Amsterdam, the Netherlands-based AI-powered bid management startup, raised €8M in Series A funding. The round was led by European venture capital firm Octopus Ventures, with existing investors Fortino Capital, Curiosity VC and Pe... |
| 09.06.2025 | Altura raises €8M for AI-powered bid management platform | Bid management platform Altura has raised €8 million in Series A funding as it becomes the first to launch autonomous AI agents to help businesses win more public and private sector tenders, particularly as procurement processes grow more c... |
| 09.06.2025 | UK legaltech Definely secures $30M to boost global reach and AI development | UK legaltech company Definely has raised $30 million in Series B funding to accelerate its global expansion and AI product roadmap. This additional funding brings the total amount raised by Definely since its inception to $40 million. Launc... |
| 04.04.2025 | The Great Venture Talent Flux | 5 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Rohit Yadav When is the right moment to shift your company, your role, or even your entire industry? Ask a dozen people, and you’ll get a dozen different answers. But in venture capital, one thing... |
| 01.04.2025 | Phlux Technology: Igniting the Future of Infrared Sensing | In the heart of Sheffield, a technological revolution is brewing. Phlux Technology, an infrared sensor startup, has just secured €10.7 million in a Series A funding round. This infusion of capital is not just a financial boost; it’s a catal... |
| 31.03.2025 | Phlux Technology bags over €10 million for their infrared sensor technology | Phlux Technology, a Sheffield-based infrared sensor startup, has raised €10.7 million in a Series A funding round to enable the next generation of fibre broadband connectivity and expand into the optical communications and sensing markets. ... |
| 29.01.2025 | Scots Rocket Firm Orbex Gets £20M Funding From UK Government | Orbex, the Highlands-based orbital launch services company, has secured £20 million in funding from the UK Government as part of its ongoing Series D fundraising round. UK tech secretary Peter Kyle confirmed the investment today at Brussels... |
| 25.01.2025 | Amplience's £32M Boost: A Leap into the Future of E-Commerce Content Management | In the fast-paced world of e-commerce, content is king. Amplience, a London-based headless content management platform, has just secured a significant £32 million investment from AshGrove Capital. This funding is not just a financial boost;... |
| 24.01.2025 | Amplience secures €37.9 million to enhance e-commerce content solutions | Amplience, a London-based provider of headless content management solutions, has raised €37.9 million in funding in order to enhance its platform capabilities, and invest further in its product roadmap to deliver greater value to its enterp... |
| 24.01.2025 | Amplience secures £32M from AshGrove Capital to enhance e-commerce content management | UK headless content management platform Amplience has raised £32 million from AshGrove Capital, bringing its funding to over £210 million. Amplience enables e-commerce brands and retailers across EMEA and North America to create, manage, an... |
| 13.01.2025 | ThreatMark: $23 Million Raised To Fight Online Fraud | ThreatMark, a leading innovator in behavior-based fraud prevention, announced it has closed a $23 million funding round. The funding round includes $15 million from Octopus Ventures and Riverside Acceleration Capital (RAC), a US-based growt... |
| 05.01.2025 | Apheris: Unlocking the Future of Life Sciences with Federated Computing | In the world of healthcare, data is gold. Yet, much of it remains buried, locked away by privacy concerns and regulatory barriers. Apheris, a Berlin-based startup, is on a mission to change that. Founded in 2019, Apheris is pioneering feder... |
| 04.01.2025 | Apheris: федеративные вычисления для преобразования медицины и фармацевтики через AI | Искусственный интеллект критически зависит от данных, однако большая часть медицинской информации остается неиспользованной из-за таких факторов, как защита конфиденциальности пациентов, нормативные ограничения и охрана интеллектуальной соб... |
| 03.01.2025 | Apheris: Series A Funding Raised For Powering Life Sciences Data Networks | Apheris, a leading federated computing company powering data networks for the life sciences sector, announced the completion of a Series A funding round, bringing total funding to $20.8 million. The funding round was led by leading European... |
| 02.01.2025 | DeepTech Apheris secures €20.1 million to transform life sciences data collaboration | Berlin-based startup Apheris, a computing company powering data networks, has successfully closed a Series A funding round, bringing its total capital raised to €20.1 million in order to empower secure and collaborative data networks for th... |
| 18.12.2024 | Overcoming the odds: How we raised the largest ever European pre-seed round by two female founders In the competitive landscape of startup funding, Belong's achievement of securing the largest pre-see... | There is no denying that venture capital (VC) funding to female founders in the UK, and around the world, is significantly disproportionate to our presence in the ecosystem, and our ability to start and scale successful businesses. Data fro... |
| 13.12.2024 | The Rise of Chief AI Officers: Navigating the New Corporate Landscape | In the corporate world, change is the only constant. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is not just a tool; it’s a game-changer. The emergence of Chief AI Officers (CAIOs) is a testament to this shift. A recent study by Altrata reveals tha... |
| 13.12.2024 | bsport lands €30 million to develop wellness studio platform | Barcelona-based bsport, a platform for boutique wellness studios, has closed a €30 million Series B funding round led by Base10 Partners and Octopus Ventures. The round also attracted participation from Stanford University and existing inve... |
| 13.12.2024 | bsport Raises €30M in Series B Funding | bsport, a Barcelona, Spain-based provider of a technology platform for the boutique wellness industry, raised €30M in Series B funding. Backers included Base10 Partners (US) and Octopus Ventures (UK), alongside Stanford University and exist... |
| 22.11.2024 | The Fork in the Road: Allplants and the UK’s Food Waste Crisis | In the ever-evolving landscape of food, two stories emerge: one of a struggling vegan meal brand and another of a united front against food waste. Allplants, a pioneer in plant-based ready meals, finds itself at a crossroads. Meanwhile, UK ... |
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