List of Seed/Series A investors in London (part 2)

6 min readMar 14, 2019

At the end of 2018 I put together 5 lists on Twitter of over 100 VC firms based in London working across the pre-seed to Series A+ categories. The original blog post did harness some interest so this will be a series of 6 articles going into detail and listing all the funds within each category. This is Part 3 focusing on funds that offer Seed as well as Series A investment, because of the number of such funds the article will be divided into 2 parts.

Other entries are:

Late Seed to Series A

In recent years Seed has been divided up into Early Seed (List of Seed investors in London) and Late Seed. Early seed is about building the product, Late Seed is about building traction and Series A is about scaling once you archived traction.

The funds on this list can mostly be identified as Late Seed and Series A, though a handful have already started dipping into Series B. It is true that overall move money is invested into startups, however, it’s bigger amounts invested into fewer later stage teams.

Seed/Series A Funds

L Marks

Official description: L Marks is an early-stage investor and innovation advisory firm. (via Crunchbase)

How they are viewed: Connects corporates to startups.

Conditions they invest under: They invest from Pre Seed level up to Series A. At Seed it can be as little as companies raising a 100k.

What are they looking for: Enterprise technologies and B2B2C solutions.

Portfolio companies: 32

London Venture Partners (LVP)

Official description: London Venture Partners is a seed fund that focuses on the game ecosystem. (via Crunchbase)

How big is the fund: $8M (according to Crunchbase)

What are they looking for: Games

Portfolio companies: 47

Mustard Seed Impact

Official description: Mustard Seed enables the creation and evolution of world-class businesses that generate positive and sustainable outcomes. They believe that solving big social and environmental problems drives commercial success in the long run. They seek scalable solutions to gaps currently left unfilled by government and industry in the areas of economic inclusion, education, environmental sustainability, health, and family and community. (via Crunchbase)

How they are viewed: Tech for good but not tech for good.

Conditions they invest under: Investing into companies rising anywhere between £150K and £2.5M.

What are they looking for: Sustainability, healthcare, tech for good.

Portfolio companies: 24

Nauta

Official description: Nauta Capital is a pan-European Venture Capital firm investing in early stage technology companies. (via Crunchbase)

How big is the fund: €309.9M

Conditions they invest under: Investing into companies raising anywhere between $1M and $20M.

What are they looking for: B2B Software propositions, disruptive Digital Media companies, and enabling technologies for Mobile and the Internet.

Portfolio companies: 84

ProFounders

Official description: PROfounders Capital is an early-stage VC backed by successful entrepreneurs and focused on investing in technology start-ups across Europe. (via Crunchbase)

How big is the fund: $50.5M

Conditions they invest under: Companies raising between £1M and £7M in Seed or Series A.

What are they looking for: Mobile, Travel, E-Commerce, FinTech, B2B SaaS

Portfolio companies: 50, including 12 exits such as TweetDeck, Lulu, and Applifier.

Redrice Ventures

Official description: Redrice provides capital, advice and connections to early stage businesses. We invest across all sectors at seed stage to series A. (via Crunchbase)

Portfolio companies: 1 company Castore at Seed level.

SAATCHInvest

Official description: SAATCHiNVEST is a London-based early-stage venture capital fund that invests in technology companies. (via Crunchbase)

Conditions they invest under: Companies raising between £400K and £8M at Seed and Series A levels.

Portfolio companies: 22

Active staffers on Twitter: Alex Dunsdon (partner and also co-founder of The Bakery (see Pre-Seed list)

Sussex Place Venture

Official description: Sussex Place Ventures invests in early stage tech companies leveraging the power of the global London Business School network. (via Crunchbase)

How big is the fund: £30M

Conditions they invest under: Companies raising between £1M and £8M at Seed and Series A levels and sometimes at Series B & C.

What are they looking for: Businesses with strong patent-protectable technology.

Portfolio companies: 23, including 2 exits.

Walking Ventures

Official description: Walking Ventures is a seed fund which invests in early-stage Internet and other technology startups based in Europe.

The fund is a private vehicle controlled by Tim Jackson, a leading figure in the European technology scene as a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, angel investor, commentator and technology journalist. (via Crunchbase)

How they are viewed: That fund run by that VC that takes you for a walk in the park. 🚶🌳

Conditions they invest under: Companies raising anywhere between £10K and £13M at Seed and Series A.

What are they looking for: Everything from fantasy sport, to lifestyle, to SaaS, to marketing.

Portfolio companies: 26 on Crunchbase and 45 on website, including 1 exit FanDuel.

Bran Investments

Official description: Bran Investments is dedicated to helping passionate people achieve real business success. The firm wants to share its expertise, access to a large network of knowledgeable commercial contacts and offer direct funding and access to capital to help new and promising ventures achieve more.

Conditions they invest under: Only two investments in 2018 Seed raising £310K and Series A raising £6M.

What are they looking for: Healthcare, properties, technology, ethical & vegan produce, health & fitness.

Portfolio companies: 2

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List of Seed/Series A investors in London (part 2)

Late Seed to Series A

Seed/Series A Funds

Written by Jenny Judova