List of Series A+ investors in London (part 2)

7 min readJun 15, 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 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:

Series A+

Dawn Capital

Official description: Dawn Capital is a venture fund focused on the sectors of Enterprise Software and Fintech. Dawn are a team of experienced entrepreneurs who help European Founders build great global companies. The portfolio companies include Mimecast, iZettle, Neo Technology, iControl, Showpad, and Gelato Group.

Dawn Capital was founded by Haakon Overli and Norman Fiore in August 2006 and is based in the United Kingdom. (via Crunchbase)

Money they have (how big is the fund): $395.9M

Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £2.5M and £101M.

Portfolio companies: 35, including 10 exits.

Active staffers on Twitter: @jLiuster ‏@HaakonOverli ‏@joshbell ‏

DN Capital

Official description: DN Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in Europe and North America. The firm focuses on companies that plan to establish operations on both sides of the Atlantic, and strives to help its companies build international businesses. Founded in 2000, the company has operations in London and Silicon Valley. DN Capital’s previous funds are top performers and the firm is one of the lead investors in companies such as Endeca (sold to Oracle), Shazam (one of the world’s leading mobile app), Auto1 (world’s largest used car marketplace), Purplebricks (IPO London) and Quandoo (sold to Recruit). (via Crunchbase)

Money they have (how big is the fund): €439M

Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £8M and £24M.

Portfolio companies: 90, 23 exits.

Active staffers on Twitter: NenadMarovac‏

Eight Roads Ventures

Official description: Eight roads is active in ventures, principal investments and real estate. (via Crunchbase)

Money they have (how big is the fund): $1.5B

Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £20M and £135M.

Portfolio companies: 300+, 40+ exits.

Active staffers on Twitter: @dhebel ‏ @mtreskow ‏ @LucileCornet ‏

Entrepreneurs Fund

Official description: Entrepreneurs Fund provides early stage and growth financing alongside active support to entrepreneurial teams. Their current areas of investment focus are Life-sciences, Water, Materials and Automotive Technology. (via Crunchbase)

Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £1.6M and £37M.

What are they looking for: Life-sciences, Water, Materials and Automotive Technology.

Portfolio companies: 40+, 12 exits.

Felix Capital

Official description: Felix Capital is a venture firm for the creative class, at the intersection of technology and creativity, focused on opportunities in digital lifestyle.

Felix Capital’s mission is to support entrepreneurs with big ideas, to help them build strong brands that stand out and that move the world forward. They ambition to partner with the best entrepreneurs, the creative agents of change of digital lifestyle. (via Crunchbase)

Money they have (how big is the fund): $270M

Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £3M and $145M.

What are they looking for: creative and lifestyle startups.

Portfolio companies: 30, 2 exits.

Frog Capital

Official description: Frog Capital is a scale-up stage investor focused on software enabled businesses in Europe. Frog’s experienced team has invested in over 100 companies, and in the last five years has exited companies with a total transaction value over €1 billion. Frog is a committed long-term partner, investing in ambitious companies with revenue from €3m to €30m and requiring €5m — €20m of growth capital. By applying industry knowledge, a network of relationships and operating expertise, Frog actively supports exceptional company growth and builds significant shareholder value. (via Crunchbase)

Money they have (how big is the fund): $201.8M

Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between €3M and €50M.

Portfolio companies: 15, 4 exits.

Hambro Perks

Official description: Hambro Perks Ltd. incubate and invest in fast growth companies. Hambro Perks is a venture firm that builds and scales global companies. They provide expertise, partnerships, capital, and guidance to their companies. They encourage their companies to internationalise fast and build global businesses. Their network is extensive and global. They reserve a very significant proportion of their capital for follow-on investments in their companies. They provide support to their entrepreneurs every step of the way. (via Crunchbase)

Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £430.3K and $385M.

Portfolio companies: 40

Hoxton Ventures

Official description: Hoxton Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm specializing in investments in technology startups at the early Series A stage.

It prefers companies inventing new market categories or disrupting existing industries. The firm prefers technicaI and ambitious founders who are trying to build billion dollar global outcomes, not small local outcomes. (via Crunchbase)

Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between $6M and $65M.

Portfolio companies: 7 exits.

Hummingbird

Official description: Hummingbird Ventures is a venture capital partner for extraordinary entrepreneurs building fast-growth tech companies. Hummingbird Ventures teamed up with transformative companies, including Deliveroo, Showpad, Kraken, Peak Games, Clear2pay, Amplidata, Gram Games, Shutl and many others. (via Crunchbase)

Money they have (how big is the fund): $255M

Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £900K and £24M

Portfolio companies: 23, 6 exits

Invoke Capital

Official description: Invoke Capital Partners was founded by Dr Mike Lynch, members of the senior management team from Autonomy, and a group of technology experts, with access to $1bn in capital. Invoke is focused on maximizing the potential of European fundamental technology by using its unique expertise and repositioning experience to rapidly scale them across multiple markets. It is the only investment team in Europe with a dedicated, in-house R&D division, based in Cambridge, UK. The Invoke team has grown multiple technology businesses with particular expertise and experience in science and technology allowing them to identify and develop core technologies in areas including genomics, security, pattern recognition, signal processing and big data. (via Crunchbase)

Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £3M and £30M

What are they looking for: Genomics, security, pattern recognition, signal processing and big data.

Portfolio companies: 6

Kennet Partners

Official description: Kennet invests in growth companies providing information technology products and business services that leverage information technology. Kennet provides expansion capital to firms who want to accelerate growth and build exceptional shareholder value in partnership with an experienced investor.

As a growth equity investor, Kennet works with management teams to build shareholder value. They provide direct support to their portfolio companies, including strategy formulation, business development, executive recruitment and corporate finance initiatives. (via Crunchbase)

Money they have (how big is the fund): $285M

Conditions they invest under: they invest into startups raising between £3M and £30M

Portfolio companies: 50+, 39 exits

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List of Series A+ investors in London (part 2)

Series A+

Written by Jenny Judova