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Connect

Venture Capital

Connect Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in ambitious software and consumer technology companies.


Recent investments

Series D+
£50.4M

The Series D round was led by Addition and will fund international expansion and product development.

"When Luca and I started TrueLayer in 2016, we imagined open banking becoming a new digital channel for solving cost and complexities around payments, digital identity, credit data and much more. We wanted to open up this newly built infrastructure to many businesses and consumers. It is such a joy to see our vision coming alive and open banking based payments quickly becoming the new normal"
— Francesco Simoneschi, Co-founder & CEO
Seed
£1.4M

Connect Ventures led the seed round for the fashion fintech startup.

"When shopping online today, customers can either pay the retail price or walk away. When they do walk away, the item goes through the discounting process, becomes unprofitable for the merchant and is resigned to landfill. This binary system isn’t working for anyone – the customer loses out on the item, because it may go out of stock in their size before they attempt to purchase it again, and the merchant loses the sale. Purple Dot tackles this problem head on by providing a new way to shop, taking on unsustainable, unrelenting consumerism, poor pricing tactics and profit-crunching sales at the same time."
— Madeline Parra, CEO and co-founder
Series C
£19.6M

The financing round was led by Anthemis with participation from Connect Ventures, Northzone, and Temasek.

"Our vision when we founded TrueLayer, where Open Banking is the default pipe to move money, instantly and safely, is becoming reality. This raise will help us on that journey to open up financial infrastructure, and enable access in new geographies and across new industries."
— Francesco Simoneschi, Co-founder & CEO
Series A
$5.0M

The round was led by Valo Ventures with support from Connect Ventures.

"There’s never been a greater need to effectively train, inform and engage your workforce, and technology now allows us to do so seamlessly, regardless of where people perform their work. I’m also excited to welcome Valo Ventures as investors in EduMe. They have a genuine appreciation for this paradigm shift in the modern workforce, and their global network with a base in Silicon Valley makes them the perfect partner for EduMe. This investment will allow us to continue to invest into a unique product proposition that seamlessly combines mobile-first training, information and engagement to empower the modern workforce."
— Jacob Waern, CEO and Founder
Series A
£7.7M

The financing round was led by Beringea with participation from new and existing investors.

"Our goal as Second Nature is to solve obesity. We need to rise above the confusing health misinformation to provide clarity about what’s really important: changing habits. Our new brand and investment will help us realise that,"
— Mike Gibbs, Co-founder