List of Series A+ investors in London (part 1)
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 7 articles going into detail and listing all the funds within each category. This is Part 6that focuses on funds that offer Series A, B, C etc investment, because of the number of such funds the article will be divided into a few parts.
Here is the rest of the series:
- List of Pre-Seed investors in London
- List of Seed investors in London
- List of Seed/Series A investors in London (part 1)
- List of Seed/Series A investors in London (part 2)
- List of Seed/Series A+ investors in London (part 1)
- List of Seed/Series A+ investors in London (part 2)
- List of Series A+ investors in London (part 1)
- List of Series A+ investors in London (part 2)
- List of Series A+ investors in London (part 3)
Series A+
Accel Partners
Official description: Founded in 1983, Accel brings more than three decades of experience building and supporting hundreds of companies. Accel’s vision for entrepreneurship and business enables it to identify and invest in the companies that will be responsible for the growth of next-generation industries.
Accel-backed companies include Atlassian, Braintree, Cloudera, DJI, Dropbox, Dropcam, Etsy, Facebook, Flipkart, Lookout Security, MoPub, Qualtrics, Slack, Spotify, Supercell, Vox Media and others. (via Crunchbase)
Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £1.2M to £75M
Portfolio companies: too many, 270+ EXITS
Active Partners
Official description: Active Private Equity Advisory LLP is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in mid venture, buyouts, early stage, and growth capital financing. (via Crunchbase)
Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £4M to £15M
What are they looking for: consumer brands, including restaurants, eyewear and active wear.
Portfolio companies: 15+
Advent Ventures
Official description: Advent Venture Partners is one of Europe’s most successful growth and venture capital investors in market-leading tech and life sciences businesses. They have designed their strategy, teams and funds so they can focus on backing a select few companies. They pride their selves on establishing true partnerships with entrepreneurs in order to build valuable businesses together. (via Crunchbase)
Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £12M and £66M
What are they looking for: tech and life science businesses
Portfolio companies: 42 life science companies + 20 tech companies, 31 exits
Amadeus Capital Partners
Official description: Amadeus Capital is a global technology investor that invests in technology companies at all stages, from seed to venture buyout; they also buy stakes from other investors or founders, to ensure that companies and entrepreneurs have the runway they need to succeed. They invest in a broad variety of sectors including enterprise and infrastructure software, consumer and business services, medical technology and healthcare IT, and cleantech and resource efficiency.
The Company was founded in 1997 and since has backed more than 130 companies and raised over $1bn for investment. (via Crunchbase)
Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £1.8M and £200M
What are they looking for: enterprise and infrastructure software, consumer and business services, medical technology and healthcare IT, and cleantech and resource efficiency.
Portfolio companies: 130+, 38 exits.
Atomico
Official description: Atomico is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, startup, Series A, early venture, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth, and growth capital investments. It does not invest in American companies. (via Crunchbase)
Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £2M and £200M
Portfolio companies: 140+, 28 exits
Balderton Capital
Official description: Balderton Capital is a Series A-focused European venture capital firm.
Founded in 2000, Balderton backs breakthrough technology businesses. The company is headquartered in London, England. (via Crunchbase)
Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £5M and £77M
Portfolio companies: 250+, 44 exits
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Battery Ventures
Official description: Battery Ventures is a venture capital firm with offices in Boston, Silicon Valley, and Israel. Battery invests in potentially cutting-edge, category-defining businesses in markets including application software, IT infrastructure technologies, consumer-internet and mobile services, and industrial technologies.
Founded in 1983, the firm backs companies at stages ranging from seed to growth and private equity.(via Crunchbase)
Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £11M and £250M
What are they looking for: application software, IT infrastructure technologies, consumer-internet and mobile services, and industrial technologies.
Portfolio companies: 600+, 130+ exits
Beringea
Official description: Beringea is an international venture capital and private equity firm dedicated to finding, funding and nurturing exceptional companies in growth industries. Founded in 1988, the firm currently has more than 60 portfolio companies in a range of emerging sectors, including media, health care and life sciences, Internet technologies, advanced manufacturing, clean tech and specialized consumer goods. (via Crunchbase)
Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £2M to £20M
What are they looking for: media, health care and life sciences, Internet technologies, advanced manufacturing, clean tech and specialized consumer goods
Portfolio companies: 60, including 16 exits
Blenheim Chalcot
Official description: They have since built over 40 businesses in a variety of sectors, including IT services and outsourcing, financial services, education, travel, software, sport and media. Today, their companies have sales of over £350m and employ in excess of 3000 people. Working with entrepreneurs and co-founders, they continue to create and build businesses in these sectors, often from the ground up. (via Crunchbase)
Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £2M to £57.5M
What are they looking for: Technology & Services, Edtech, Fintech, Media, Property, Sports
Portfolio companies: 40+, 12 exits
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