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Founders

Join our portfolio
of 300+ founders

Pre-seed and seed investors backing ambitious founders from day one

What we invest in

We back our founders from the very start and stay close as they build, raise, and scale

Early believers, long-term partners

StagePre-seed, seed
Ticket size£150k – £850k
GeographyUK, Europe, North America
Follow-onInto breakout companiesOpportunistic SPVs

Investing across multiple tracks

Our process

01

Apply

Submit your application through our form. We review every application and aim to respond quickly.

02

Pitch

03

Diligence

04

Investment Committee

05

Closing

Hear from the founders we've backed
Dealflow

Among the UK’s most active pre-seed investors

As seasoned pre-seed and seed investors, we know what it takes to get from first cheque to Series A — and we stay close to help our founders make that leap.

c.6,500
deals screened a year
c.1,400
first meetings a year
c.25
new investments a year

Independently ranked among the UK’s leading early-stage investors

7th
in the VC category, Sifted Top 50 best-performing investors, UK and Ireland
Sifted, 2025 (11th overall)
7th
Top 50 UK venture investors
CB Insights, May 2025
3rd
Most active London investor, 2015 to 2025
Beauhurst, February 2026
Top 10
UK impact investing funds
Beauhurst, 2025

Downstream and co-investors, including some of the world’s top funds

Sofina
Balderton
LocalGlobe
Northzone
Smash Capital
Insight Partners
General Catalyst
Bessemer Venture Partners
20VC
Project Europe
Y Combinator
Active Partners

Ready to join our portfolio?

We respond to every application within a week