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91UK pre-seed & seed investors.

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2048 VenturesVerified· Seed VClead

Pre-seed firm (leads $500K–$2M rounds) guaranteeing funds in 10 business days via Pre-Seed Fast Track, offering serial-founder, operator, and Ph.D.-level technical expertise for biobanking, robotics, bio tooling.

Pre-seed · Seedai-mlfintechhardware-iot£395K–£1.6M
Recently backed: Aclid · Acorn Finance · Actor
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Active CapitalVerified· Seed VClead● active 1/90d

Leads concentrated pre-seed and seed B2B SaaS rounds outside Silicon Valley as a hands-on lead investor, founded by ex-B2B SaaS founders who exited, targeting capital-disciplined founders with proven traction.

Pre-seed · Seedai-mlb2b-saas£79K–£790K
Backed 22 rounds/12moLast cheque 2mo ago
Recently backed: Schematic · Slang AI
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Active Partners· Seed VClead

Invests at early-stage (UK consumer, £200k–£1m) and growth (£3–15m) stages, takes board seats and runs structured brand-purpose exercises measuring NPS, reviews and repeat purchase to intensively partner founders.; Failory UK VC summary row: founded 2003, investments 49, lead inv

Pre-seed · Seedconsumer£200K–£15.0M
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Afore CapitalVerified· Seed VClead

Pitchkit pre-seed stage page: Afore Capital listed as United States VC; stages Pre-seed; cheque €500k - €2M.; Pre-seed specialist backing pre-traction, pre-formation founders with $500k–$1M+ checks, issuing founder-name term sheets and running a Founder-in-Residence (including un

Pre-seed · Seedai-mlb2b-saas£425K–£1.7M
Backed 11 round/12moLast cheque 4mo ago
Recently backed: DSeries EIPOPulse ProtocolLAHealthcareA · COME JOIN US · Founders-in-Residence University
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Alexander Morgan· Solo angellead

Listed on VC Sheet source https://www.vcsheet.com/sheet/the-vcs-that-lead-seeds-at-top-multi-stage-funds.

Seedhealthtechgenomicsai£79K–£39.5M
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Andrew Schoen· Solo angellead

Listed on VC Sheet source https://www.vcsheet.com/sheet/the-vcs-that-lead-seeds-at-top-multi-stage-funds.

Seedtechnologyaicrypto£40K–£39.5M
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Andy Chen· Solo angellead

Listed on VC Sheet source https://www.vcsheet.com/sheet/the-vcs-that-lead-seeds-at-top-multi-stage-funds.

Seedsaasinfrastructureai£198K–£15.8M
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Andy Weissman· Solo angellead

Listed on VC Sheet source https://www.vcsheet.com/sheet/the-vcs-that-lead-seeds-at-top-multi-stage-funds.

Seedclimate-techweb3fintech£790K–£4.7M
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AnthemisVerified· Seed VClead

Pitchkit UK country page: Anthemis listed as United Kingdom VC; stages Seed, Series A; cheque €3M - €45M.; Pitchkit seed stage page: Anthemis listed as United Kingdom VC; Anthemis backs early-stage startups at the intersections of industry, technology and society, deploying finan

Pre-seed · Seedb2b-saasfintechinsurtech£3.0M–£45.0M
Recently backed: Why we invested Branch Read on · Why we invested Cariqa Read on · Why we invested Hokodo Read on
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Array VenturesVerified· Seed VClead

Pre-seed (first $250K–$2M) investor for technical founders building enterprise data, AI infrastructure and security; founder-led AI engineer providing whole-stack perspective, AI-native experiments and Sand Hill Road graduation track record.

Pre-seed · Seedai-mlb2b-saascybersecurity£198K–£1.6M
Backed 11 round/12moLast cheque 4mo ago
Recently backed: Sapiom
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AscensionVerified· Micro-VClead

UK impact-focused early-stage VC — backs SEIS/EIS companies improving health and planet.

Pre-seed · Seedclimate-energyhealthtechb2b-saas£150K–£1.0M
Backed 21 round/12moLast cheque 2w ago
Recently backed: Monolith AI. · Epoch · AlbertClinical trial recruitment→ Santander6×
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Asymmetry VenturesVerified· Seed VClead

Stealthy investor across frontier sectors (space, biotech, AI) making sub-$500K average checks into technically complex startups with exceptional defensibility and operational guidance from GP Rob Ness’s 2% Rule.

Pre-seed · Seedai-mlbiotech£395K–£400K
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Basis Set VenturesVerified· Seed VClead● active 2/90d

Seed-stage firm using psychometrics and structured data to archetype founders and model outcomes, with a quantitative sourcing engine (GitHub spikes, big-tech departures) and hands-on GTM and model-building support.

Seedai-ml£1.6M–£3.0M
Backed 63 rounds/12moLast cheque 2mo ago
Recently backed: PortfolioPortfolio · ResearchResearch · TeamTeam
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BaukunstVerified· Seed VClead

Pre-seed-focused lead firm operating as a collective product-studio of creative technologists with hardware/frontier-tech experience, deeply building companies via recruiting, product strategy, early culture and pattern recognition for physical‑digital startups.

Pre-seed · Seedhardware-iot£395K–£2.4M
Recently backed: BINDERY BOOKS · Bobbie · Brunt
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Blank VenturesVerified· Seed VClead

Focuses on fintech–commerce intersections to advance the economic yield of financial innovation, leveraging an LP network of C-suite leaders and family offices for customers, distribution and follow-on capital.

Pre-seed · Seedfintech£395K–£1.6M
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Bloomberg Beta· Seed VClead● active 2/90d

Partners can unilaterally approve investments; the firm open-sources its operating manual and uses data-driven outreach that proactively identifies and emails hundreds of future founders.

Pre-seed · Seedenterprise softwareai£20K–£790K
Backed 55 rounds/12moLast cheque 2mo ago
Recently backed: Bluefish AI · Bluesky · NODA AI
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CaffeinatedVerified· Seed VClead

Relationship-driven firm that backs founders seed-to-growth, makes contrarian bets in capital‑intensive frontier areas (orbital manufacturing, nuclear space, defense), and brings partners' FinTech and applied‑AI/data‑science experience from companies like Affirm.

Pre-seed · Seedai-mlb2b-saasfintech£2.4M–£4.0M
Recently backed: Antare · Boom Supersonic · Playground
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Cantos· Seed VClead

Early-stage, first-money-in partner for technically ambitious founders transforming the physical world (energy, defense, infrastructure, space, advanced manufacturing), underwriting high technical and regulatory risk.

Pre-seed · Seedclimate-energy£316K–£1.2M
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Connect VenturesVerified· Seed VClead

London-based seed fund backing product-led companies in B2B and consumer.

Seedai-mlb2b-saasfintech£500K–£5.0M
Recently backed: Back to home · Colossal∙Consumer∙∙UK2023∙∙ActiveActiveMarketplace for music beats. · DessnPietro BezzaManaging Partner12 May
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Cortical VenturesVerified· Seed VClead

Led by DataRobot’s founder (built $6B+ AI company), the team uses a proprietary AI platform to invent and incubate in Physical AI, AI Production Gap, and AI for Good.

Pre-seed · Seedai-ml£100K–£2.0M
Backed 33 rounds/12moLast cheque 5mo ago
Recently backed: Terms & Conditions · Connedt with us on LinkedIn · Privacy Policy
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Costanoa VenturesVerified· Seed VClead● active 1/90d

Pitchkit seed stage page: Costanoa Ventures listed as United States VC; stages Seed, Series A; cheque €920k - €9.2M.; Early-stage missing middle investor taking concentrated 10–15%+ stakes in ~35 deals, providing hands-on support via monthly board meetings, sales-call participati

Pre-seed · Seedb2b-saasai-mlfintech£920K–£9.2M
Backed 64 rounds/12moLast cheque 3mo ago
Recently backed: Investor Login · Media Kit · AI & Data Infrastructure
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Cowboy VenturesVerified· Seed VClead● active 2/90d

Pitchkit seed stage page: Cowboy Ventures listed as United States VC; stages Seed, Series A; cheque €920k - €4.6M.; Seed-stage investor leveraging Aileen Lee's data-driven, category-shaping framework and a Mustang Fund structure that enables concentrated follow-on support for bre

Seedfintechb2b-saasconsumer£920K–£4.6M
Backed 22 rounds/12moLast cheque 2mo ago
Recently backed: Arcol · Basata · Binti
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Craft Ventures· Seed VClead● active 4/90d

Pitchkit seed stage page: Craft Ventures listed as United States VC; stages Seed, Series A; cheque €2M - €50M.; Led by repeat unicorn operators from the PayPal Mafia and iconic startups, they offer a metrics-driven B2B SaaS playbook and transparent investment framework with quant

Pre-seed · Seedb2b-saasfintech£2.0M–£50.0M
Backed 66 rounds/12moLast cheque 2mo ago
Recently backed: HYFIX Spatial Intelligence · Luminai · OpenEvidence
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Crane Venture PartnersVerified· Seed VClead● active 1/90d

European seed fund backing deeply technical B2B and AI companies.

Seedb2b-saasai-mldata-infra£500K–£3.0M
Backed 33 rounds/12moLast cheque 2mo ago
Recently backed: Bluefish AI · Encord · Silverflow
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Deciens CapitalVerified· Seed VClead

Uses computational simulations to build concentrated ~10–15 portfolios of next-generation financial institutions (insurance, payments, asset management), targets 5x net in 14-year funds, and publishes playbooks with fintech operating experience.

Pre-seed · Seedfintech£395K–£4.0M
Backed 11 round/12moLast cheque 5mo ago
Recently backed: Press
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Defy.vcVerified· Seed VClead

Operates a Sage model where CEOs and serial founders embed as hands-on operators, sometimes interim leaders, hatch and prototype startups internally, and bring hundreds of millions in follow-on capital.

Pre-seed · Seedtechnologyfintechhealthcare£79K–£7.9M
Backed 11 round/12moLast cheque 4mo ago
Recently backed: Synthpop, Inc.
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Engineering CapitalVerified· Seed VClead

Seed-stage, engineering-first lead investor that backs software infrastructure startups taking technical risk, offering deep technical diligence and first-principles architecture and systems audits alongside founders.

Seedb2b-saascybersecurity£79K–£7.9M
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Episode 1Verified· Seed VClead

Seed-stage UK fund backing technical founders solving big problems with software and AI.

Pre-seed · Seedb2b-saasai-mldata-infra£500K–£2.0M
Backed 11 round/12moLast cheque 4mo ago
Recently backed: Go to website · Text Link · Refute
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ff Venture CapitalVerified· Seed VClead

Bi‑continental, decentralized NY and Warsaw teams run a dedicated CEE-to-Japan commercialization channel—partners relocated from Japan to Warsaw to connect CEE deep‑tech with Japanese multinationals.

Seedai-mlcybersecurityhardware-iot£593K–£593K
Backed 5Last cheque 18.4y agoQuiet · no tracked round in 12m
Recently backed: Legal Disclosures · TOS · Disclaimer
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FlybridgeVerified· Seed VClead

Pre-seed AI-only investor anchored to 50+ founders/operators from Anthropic, NVIDIA and OpenAI who run pre-seed funds, delivering 5× deal flow, focused partner attention (8–10 investments), and Boston–NYC research-to-enterprise links.

Pre-seed · Seedai-ml£1.2M–£1.2M
Backed 33 rounds/12moLast cheque 4mo ago
Recently backed: AI Infrastructure & Developer Platforms · Agentic Business Applications · GPs and investment team
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Foresight GroupVerified· Seed VClead

Failory UK VC profile. Foresight Group manages private equity and infrastructure investments for a range of clients, from large institutions to individual retail investors. Their strategy is defined by a strong ESG focus, backing smaller companies and real assets to help create a

Seedb2b-saashardware-iothealthtech£250K–£3.0M
Backed 118 rounds/12moLast cheque 5mo ago
Recently backed: Cookie Policy · Modern Slavery Statement · Privacy Policy
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Forward Partners· Micro-VClead

London-based applied-AI fund backing UK pre-seed and seed founders.

Pre-seed · Seedconsumermarketplacesb2b-saas£300K–£1.5M
Last cheque 2w agoQuiet · no tracked round in 12m
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Freestyle CapitalVerified· Seed VClead● active 1/90d

Pitchkit pre-seed stage page: Freestyle Capital listed as United States VC; stages Pre-seed, Seed; cheque €230k - €1.4M.; Pitchkit seed stage page: Freestyle Capital listed as United States VC; Seed-stage backers taking ~15% at seed and doubling down via opportunity funds on winn

Pre-seed · Seedb2b-saasfintechconsumer£196K–£170.0M
Backed 11 round/12moLast cheque 2mo ago
Recently backed: Keebler Health
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Fuel Ventures· Seed VClead

UK pre-seed and seed investor backing high-growth tech companies.

Pre-seed · Seedb2b-saasfintechmarketplaces£100K–£3.0M
Backed 22 rounds/12moLast cheque 2w ago
Recently backed: Enginuity · Advisers · Deaku
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Global Founders CapitalVerified· Seed VClead

A borderless, Rocket-backed venture arm with offices in 16 cities and five partners, offering founders in emerging and secondary markets experienced support for simultaneous multi-continent scaling from day zero.

Pre-seed · Seedtechnologygeneralist£400K–£800K
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GreatPoint Ventures· Seed VClead● active 2/90d

Led by Ray Lane and DJ Patil, they invest in interdisciplinary AI, data, biotech and deep tech, making few concentrated bets with hands-on go-to-market and board-level operator support.

Seedai-mlbiotech£2.4M–£7.9M
Backed 22 rounds/12moLast cheque 1mo ago
Recently backed: Definity · Qualified Health
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GreycroftVerified· Seed VClead● active 1/90d

Pitchkit seed stage page: Greycroft listed as United States VC; stages Seed, Series A; cheque €460k - €27.6M.; Early-stage investor combining AI-driven software, sustainability tech, and consumer brands as co-equal focus areas, offering a dedicated internal team plus a ~500-found

Pre-seed · Seedai-mlb2b-saasclimate-energy£460K–£27.6M
Backed 22 rounds/12moLast cheque 3mo ago
Recently backed: OpenEvidence · Sequen
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Gutter Capital· Seed VClead

Angel and institutional investors focused on affordability, economic mobility, and sustainability, offering an unusually hands-on, blue-collar approach with systematized recruiting and operational support.

Pre-seed · Seedclimate-energy£1.2M–£1.2M
Recently backed: Besample · BuildCasa · Forerunner
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Hack VCVerified· Seed VClead

Supports founders from idea to global scale, differentiated by a team of VCs, founders, developers, researchers building alongside founders, plus in‑house R&D/venture studio, on‑chain participation and a 130K‑engineer Web3 community.

Pre-seed · Seededtech£2.4M–£2.4M
Backed 153 rounds/12moLast cheque 5mo ago
Recently backed: Superstate · Variational · Nava
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HeavybitVerified· Seed VClead

Early-stage investor in enterprise infrastructure that works hands-on from day 0 to help technical founders turn code into companies across DevSecOps, feature flagging and AI code generation.

Pre-seed · Seedai-ml£395K–£4.0M
Recently backed: DESCRIPTIONthe · Data Governance · Data Infrastructure
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HOF Capital· Seed VClead● active 1/90d

Invests across idea-to-IPO stages and uses formalized LP-to-portfolio collaboration with global influential families to open cross-border customers, partners, and markets for frontier-tech companies expanding productivity, health, and wealth.

Pre-seed · Seedai-mlfintechbiotech£395K–£7.9M
Backed 22 rounds/12moLast cheque 2mo ago
Recently backed: GenLogs · Turion Space
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Human Capital· Seed VClead● active 1/90d

Founders gain access to a 5,000+ member community of ambitious builders and the firm's $1.5B in total committed capital.

Pre-seed · Seedtechnologyaidefence£1.6M–£16.0M
Backed 22 rounds/12moLast cheque 3mo ago
Recently backed: New Limit · Nominal · Nova Credit
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Hustle FundVerified· Seed VClead● active 2/90d

Pitchkit pre-seed stage page: Hustle Fund listed as United States VC; stages Pre-seed; cheque €25k - €500k.; Hilariously early pre-seed fund prioritizing week-over-week execution via a structured scoring system, scaling top performers and connecting founders to 2,000+ vetted Ange

Pre-seed · Seedb2b-saasconsumerai-ml£850–£425K
Backed 22 rounds/12moLast cheque 2mo ago
Recently backed: Copied to clipboard! · You · Keebler Health
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Invest Northern Ireland· Seed VClead

Failory UK VC summary row: founded 2002, investments 40, lead investments 7.

Pre-seed · Seedgeneralistadvanced manufacturingaerospace£150K–£5.0M
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JamJar Investments· Seed VClead

Appeared in 1 UK startup funding record(s); 1 were seed/pre-seed/angel stage.; ➡️JamJar Investments invests in high growth consumer brands. They’re great because: the partners are founders themselves (innocent drinks). They put the founder’s needs first and take a cooperative app

Pre-seed · Seedai-mlclimate-energyconsumer£500K–£5.0M
Backed 51 round/12moLast cheque 4mo ago
Recently backed: Criteria · Jobs · Pitch to us
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Julia Andre· Solo angellead

Listed on VC Sheet source https://www.vcsheet.com/sheet/the-vcs-that-lead-seeds-at-top-multi-stage-funds.

Seedconsumerfintechcrypto£79K–£39.5M
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Julian CapitalVerified· Seed VClead

Julian Capital is a deeptech seed fund investing across most deeptech sectors (including chips, chemicals, energy, robotics, sensors, and medtech).

Pre-seed · Seedhardware-iotroboticsedtech£593K–£593K
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K50 VenturesVerified· Seed VClead

Writes the first institutional check for founders building for the global working class in health, finance, and work, leveraging a long-running global fellowship community for sourcing and founder support.

Pre-seed · Seedhealthcarefintechindustrials£198K–£1.6M
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Kindred VenturesVerified· Seed VClead● active 4/90d

Seed-stage VC and startup studio that originates ideas, assembles founding teams and builds early products while avoiding typical studio-level equity, offering a concentrated, high-touch strategic, emotional and fundraising partnership.

Seedai-ml£198K–£1.6M
Backed 3013 rounds/12moLast cheque 2mo ago
Recently backed: Iconic: Building Living, AI-Native Game Worlds · Elli · Dedalus Labs: Redefining Non-Linear Agentic Workflows
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Long Journey VenturesVerified· Seed VClead

Champion of founders others dismiss, offering unusually devoted partner support—tattooed partners and niche-event participation—intimate dinners, home-baked cookies, tough-love feedback, and Jewish-values, chaotic-good guidance on contentious frontier bets.

Pre-seed · Seedtechnologydeeptechai£79K–£790K
Backed 44 rounds/12moLast cheque 3mo ago
Recently backed: Say hello · Artemis · FLORA
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MaC Venture CapitalVerified· Seed VClead● active 2/90d

True-seed investor with high risk appetite for frontier hard tech (lunar power, reusable rockets), explicit Africa strategy (> $20M invested), and cultural-investing plus cross-industry networks for proprietary deal flow.

Pre-seed · Seedb2b-saas£15.8M–£15.8M
Backed 33 rounds/12moLast cheque 3mo ago
Recently backed: Haiqu · Swarm Aero · Taya
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Mango Capital· Seed VClead

Solo‑GP Robin Vasan (>$1.5B distributions) leads early rounds with $2–3M checks for technical founders (<10) in cloud infrastructure and intelligent apps, maintaining close founder relationships.

Pre-seed · Seedenterprise softwareaiinfrastructure£2.4M–£2.4M
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MMC Ventures· Seed VClead● active 1/90d

Data-driven UK venture firm specialising in software, AI, and data businesses.

Seedb2b-saasai-mlfintech£500K–£4.0M
Backed 44 rounds/12moLast cheque 3mo ago
Recently backed: Synthesia · Tracebit · Tangible
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Mucker CapitalVerified· Seed VClead● active 2/90d

Works with 10–20 companies annually for 12–24 months as an extension of founding teams, pioneering decade-plus systematic investment outside Silicon Valley with emphasis on LA and undercapitalized, non-elite founders.

Pre-seed · Seedtechnologysaasfintech£79K–£2.4M
Backed 33 rounds/12moLast cheque 3mo ago
Recently backed: Terms of Service · Vaudit · WhatsApp
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Nauta CapitalVerified· Seed VClead

Pitchkit seed stage page: Nauta Capital listed as Spain VC; stages Seed, Series A; cheque €1M - €8M.; ➡️Nauta Capital invests in early-stage software companies, with a focus on B2B. They’re great because: they operate in London, Barcelona and Berlin, plus they run Nauta Labs – a

Pre-seed · Seedai-mlb2b-saasedtech£1.0M–£8.0M
Backed 21 round/12moLast cheque 5mo ago
Recently backed: YZR · ESProfiler · Acai Travel
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Neo· Seed VClead● active 2/90d

Invests in college students and very young technologists via a communal mentorship network of several hundred engineers, founders, and advisors, offering non-dilutive grants and long-term pre-company mentorship.

Pre-seed · Seedai-mldevtoolshealthtech£79K–£7.9M
Backed 33 rounds/12moLast cheque 1mo ago
Recently backed: Amperos Health · Inertia Enterprises · Liquid
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NextView VenturesVerified· Seed VClead● active 2/90d

Seed-stage fund where any partner can lead conviction-driven, non-consensus bets redesigning daily moments; five equal partners make 1–4 investments yearly, work directly with founders, and use five-attribute deal scoring.

Seedtechnologyconsumerhealthtech£316K–£3.2M
Backed 22 rounds/12moLast cheque 2mo ago
Recently backed: Schematic · Fuse
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NFX· Micro-VClead● active 4/90d

Appeared in 1 UK startup funding record(s); 0 were seed/pre-seed/angel stage.; Seed-stage firm led by serial founders with 10 exits >$10B, offering a 45+ platform team, proprietary tools like Signal (100k+ users), and an invite-only Guild of CEOs with KPIs.

Seededtechai-mlb2b-saas£79K–£79K
Backed 66 rounds/12moLast cheque 2mo ago
Recently backed: Novig · Q-Factor · ScaleOps
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Octopus VenturesVerified· Seed VClead

One of Europe's largest venture firms — invests across seed and Series A.

Seedb2b-saasfintechclimate-energy£100K–£750K
Backed 33 rounds/12moLast cheque 6d ago
Recently backed: Automata · Cyb3r Operations · Infinitopes
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Operator Partners· Seed VClead● active 1/90d

Non-leading co-investor writing $250K–$1M checks alongside leads, run by founders with billion-dollar exits, offering flexible on-demand operator support while avoiding leads and board seats.

Pre-seed · Seedtechnology£198K–£790K
Backed 22 rounds/12moLast cheque 3mo ago
Recently backed: Operator Search · Working with us · Blossom Health
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