The London fitness startup adds Active Partners to its cap table as it prepares to enter the American market.
Beringea
Venture CapitalBeringea is a growth investor that backed DeepCrawl with £1.5m in this round.
Portfolio
36
companies
AUM
£450M
under management
Investment by month
By category
- eCommerce£99.1M
- Uncategorised£47.1M
- RetailTech£35.6M
- AI/ML£34.8M
- Enterprise Software£34.6M
- Other£176M
By location
- London£301M
- Brighton£49.8M
- Manchester£46.7M
- United Kingdom£22.7M
- Birmingham£6.5M
Portfolio companies

AccessPay
AccessPay connects back office finance systems to banks for automated payment operations.
Arctic Shores
Arctic Shores provides psychometric assessment software that evaluates candidate potential and soft skills.
Artic Shores
Artic Shores provides psychometric assessments for candidate evaluation using neuroscience and game technology.

CGHero
CGHero operates a collaborative platform connecting companies with global CGI and 3D creative talent.

Chattermill
Chattermill builds a machine learning platform for analysing customer feedback.
Commonplace
Commonplace develops digital community engagement platforms for urban planning and property development.
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Commonplace Digital
A citizen engagement platform providing community data insights for the built environment.
ContactEngine
ContactEngine provides cloud-hosted automated customer conversation technology across multiple communication channels.
Cycle Exchange
Cycle Exchange runs a leading resale platform for premium pre-owned bikes.
DeepCrawl
DeepCrawl develops web crawling and search marketing analytics software for brands.

DeepStream
Cloud-based procurement platform for supply chain communication.
Doctify
An online review and booking platform for healthcare specialists.

EDITED
EDITED provides an artificial intelligence driven merchandising and market intelligence platform for retailers.
Exonar
Exonar provides a data indexing and discovery platform that helps enterprises map, analyse, and secure corporate information.
Firefly
Firefly provides school learning platforms that connect teachers, students and parents.
Firefly Learning
Firefly Learning operates an online educational platform that connects teachers, students, and parents.
Fnatic
Fnatic develops professional e-sports teams and entertainment products for global audiences.
Honeycomb
Honeycomb provides a cloud-based platform for managing television and video advertising delivery.
InSkin Media
InSkin Media creates proprietary digital advertising formats for online publishers and major brands.
Kord
Kord combines identity checks and payments onto a single platform.
LITTA
LITTA operates a digital platform for on-demand ethical waste removal and rubbish collection.

Learnerbly
Learnerbly provides a workplace learning platform that helps companies upskill and develop their employees.
Limitless Travel
Limitless Travel arranges accessible holidays and cruises for disabled travellers.
Luxury Promise
Luxury Promise runs a live shopping and e-commerce platform for pre-owned luxury items.
MPB
MPB operates an online resale platform for used photography and videography equipment.
Magic AI
Magic AI develops wall-mounted fitness mirrors featuring computer vision and holographic trainers.
Moonshot
Moonshot builds technologies and methodologies to detect and combat online harms.
Papier
Papier designs and sells personalised stationery products through an online platform.
Perfect Channel
Perfect Channel builds auction and trading platforms for commodities and financial markets.

Plum Guide
Plum Guide curates a selective collection of holiday homes by vetting properties for quality and design.
Poq
Poq develops an app commerce platform for retailers.

Second Nature
Second Nature provides a digital health platform that combines expert coaching and tracking tools to promote healthy lifestyle changes.
Social Value Portal
A digital platform for measuring and monitoring social impact and community value.
TVPlayer
Livestreaming television platform offering free-to-air and pay TV bundles.
Thread
An online personal styling service that combines human stylists with algorithms to recommend clothes.
YardLink
YardLink provides a digital supply chain platform for the construction industry.
Team
Maria Wagner
Investment Director

Marc Shirman
investment director and Head of the Manchester office
Marc brings investment and directorship experience across several firms, including Beringea and Northern Gritstone.
LinkedInSteven Tuckley
Anne O'Loughlin
Anne brings wealth management and sales experience from roles at Corbel Partners, Beringea, and Brooks Macdonald.
LinkedInStuart Veale
Managing Partner
Stuart brings venture capital and investment experience, having spent two decades as Managing Partner at Beringea after earlier roles at LDC and 3i.
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Henry Philipson
Director of Marketing and Communications
Henry brings marketing and communications experience from Beringea and Seven Hills. He also co-founded ESG_VC and holds board and council roles at Limitless Travel and VentureESG.
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Eyal Malinger
Investment Director

Philip Edmondson-Jones
Investment Manager
Philip is a partner at Oxx, following previous investment experience at Beringea. He also holds board and investor roles across several technology companies.
LinkedInKaren McCormick
Karen serves as Chief Investment Officer at Beringea and co-founded Reframe Venture, formerly known as ESG_VC. She also holds board and investor roles across several portfolio companies.
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Luke Edis
Investment Manager
Luke is a partner at Octopus Ventures, following a tenure as investment manager at Beringea. He focuses on seed and series A investments.
LinkedInCarrie Babcock
Investment Manager
Carrie brings investment experience from Beringea alongside strategy roles at Prolific.

Mark Shepherd
Investment Manager
Mark brings venture capital and private equity investment experience from Beringea and Phoenix Equity Partners. He subsequently founded Gathr and a community organisation.
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Kiu Kim
Investment Director
Kiu serves as an investment director at Beringea, following roles as an alternatives and angel investor.
LinkedInTrevor Hope
Chief Investment Officer
Rob Hodgkinson
Investment Director
Recent investments
The funding round was led by Guinness Ventures with backing from Beringea, SFC Capital, and angel investors, and will be used for sales, marketing, and team expansion.
"It’s not great being the person doing the onboarding, but equally not great being the person going through the onboarding"
Beringea backs premium bike resale platform Cycle Exchange with a £2.4m injection.
"Cycle Exchange has quickly risen to be the UK’s leading resale platform for high-end bikes, driven by an uncompromising approach to ensuring bikes are refurbished to like new condition. This is reflected in their exceptional customer reviews and their partnerships with iconic brands such as Pinarello, Brompton, and British Cycling."
The Birmingham-based accessible travel company has raised £6.5m in a Series A round led by Beringea.
"We’re thrilled to announce our £6.5m Series A raise, marking a major milestone in what’s set to be a momentous year for Limitless Travel. This investment is not only a game-changer for our business, but also for disability travel as a whole. It will allow us to further enhance the quality and range of our holidays, expand into new products and destinations, and accelerate our international growth. Accessible travel should never be an afterthought, it’s one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors in the industry. DIsabled travellers, and their families and companions deserve nothing but the best, and that is what Limitless provides. With the support of our investors, we’re now in the strongest position yet to lead the charge and show the world the true power of disability travel."
The Manchester fintech raised £18.9m in a round backed by True Ventures, Praetura Ventures, NatWest, Mastercard, Route 66 Ventures, and Beringea.
"AccessPay simplifies corporate and institutional banking processes by streamlining all bank and finance apps into a shared interface. This astute merging of automation, fintech, and tooling that improves processes for a massive market is what drew us to invest in this team since its seed investment, and we continue to feel excitement for the company’s next phase of growth and expansion."




