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Octopus

Venture Capital

Octopus Ventures is a European venture capital firm that backs growing businesses.

Portfolio

121

companies

AUM

£1.3B

under management

Investment by month

By category

  • Uncategorised£823M
  • AI/ML£341M
  • FinTech£190M
  • SaaS£155M
  • BioTech£124M
  • Other£1.0B

By location

  • London£2.1B
  • New York£141M
  • United Kingdom£98.8M
  • Europe£93.4M
  • Cambridge£64.2M
  • Other£167M

Portfolio companies

AgileRL

AgileRL

AgileRL accelerates reinforcement learning for artificial intelligence training.

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Allplants

Allplants delivers vegan ready meals across the UK.

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Altitude Angel

Altitude Angel develops unified traffic management software for the global drone industry.

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Altura

Altura provides an end-to-end platform for managing public and private tenders using artificial intelligence.

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Anansi Technology

Anansi Technology provides an embedded insurance platform for goods-in-transit and cargo protection.

Automata

Automata

Automata builds modular laboratory automation platforms for the life sciences sector.

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BKwai

BKwai delivers a data platform that helps engineers monitor built infrastructure.

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Baselime

Baselime builds observability platforms for serverless technology.

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BondAval

BondAval offers a new form of payment security for supply chains.

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Bought By Many

Bought By Many offers digital insurance products.

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Béa Fertility

Béa Fertility provides clinical-grade fertility treatments for home use.

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Cazoo

Cazoo is an online used car marketplace that redefines how consumers buy, finance and lease vehicles.

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CellVoyant

CellVoyant is a biotechnology company developing artificial intelligence platforms to advance novel stem cell therapies.

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CoMind

Developing non-invasive optical technology to monitor brain activity and pressure without drilling into the skull.

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Collectiv Food

Collectiv Food provides a next generation B2B food supply service for professional kitchens.

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Comma

Comma develops open banking bulk payment systems for small businesses and accountants.

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Contingent

Contingent provides a software platform that makes corporate procurement and supply chain management more transparent.

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Cyb3r Operations

Continuous visibility platform for third-party cyber risk.

DRIFT Energy

DRIFT Energy

DRIFT Energy builds high performance sailing vessels that harness deep ocean wind to produce green hydrogen at sea.

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DeadHappy

DeadHappy provides digital pay-as-you-go life insurance.

Definely

Definely

AI-powered legal tech platform for contract review and editing.

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Delio

Delio provides white-label infrastructure for private market investing.

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Depop

Depop operates a social fashion marketplace for generation z.

Desia

Desia

Desia provides artificial intelligence applications for productivity, automation, and analytics in financial services.

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Dogtooth Technologies

Dogtooth Technologies builds autonomous fruit-picking robots for agriculture.

Edgify

Edgify

Edgify connects existing retail hardware to run artificial intelligence models locally.

Elliptic

Elliptic

Elliptic provides cryptoasset risk management and blockchain analytics for financial institutions.

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Elvie

Elvie builds connected health devices designed to improve personal wellbeing for women.

ExpressionEdits

ExpressionEdits

ExpressionEdits uses artificial intelligence and proprietary intron technology to optimise protein expression.

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Flock

Flock provides big data risk analysis and insurance for commercial drone flights.

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Foodsteps

Foodsteps operates a digital platform for calculating and labelling the environmental impact of food products.

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Forefront RF

Forefront RF develops adaptive passive cancellation technology to simplify multi band mobile device design.

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Gradient Labs

Gradient Labs builds artificial intelligence agents for automated financial operations.

Greenpixie

Greenpixie

Greenpixie offers sustainability intelligence software to optimise cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure.

HURR

HURR

HURR operates a fashion rental marketplace that promotes circular consumer habits.

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Haiper

Haiper builds a powerful foundation model for video-generative artificial intelligence content creation.

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HealsGood AI

HealsGood AI develops technology platforms to streamline healthcare staffing and reduce reliance on expensive agencies.

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HelloSelf

HelloSelf provides a digital therapy and coaching platform connecting clients with clinical psychologists.

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Homesearch

Property data and estate agent prospecting platform for the residential housing market.

Inflow

Inflow

Inflow provides a digital platform to help individuals manage ADHD symptoms through cognitive behavioural therapy.

Integrated Finance

Integrated Finance

Integrated Finance provides a fintech infrastructure platform that simplifies banking connections through a single API.

Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies

Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies

Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies develops resistive random-access memory to enable smart devices.

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KatKin

KatKin provides fresh, personalised nutrition and health services designed specifically for cats.

Kita

Kita

Kita provides carbon insurance products to reduce risk in carbon credit transactions.

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Kraken

Kraken provides an operating system for utilities and energy providers.

Lapse

Lapse

Lapse provides a friends focused photo sharing application inspired by disposable cameras.

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Legl

Legl provides a digital operating platform for law firms.

LifeScore

LifeScore

LifeScore builds artificial intelligence platforms to generate adaptive and real time music.

Little Journey

Little Journey

Little Journey provides a virtual reality app that helps children manage anxiety before hospital procedures.

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Mention Me

Customer advocacy platform that helps businesses turn referrals into a strategic acquisition channel.

Merge

Merge

Merge builds banking and payments infrastructure for crypto and web3 businesses.

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Metris

Metris provides an end-to-end solar energy platform for commercial properties.

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Minimum

Minimum provides software that allows businesses to integrate carbon calculation and offsetting directly into their operations.

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Minoro

Minoro provides an automated data analytics platform that helps businesses generate insights.

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Monq

Monq provides an artificial intelligence negotiation platform for enterprise procurement.

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Mosaic Smart Data

Mosaic Smart Data provides real time capital markets data analytics technology for financial institutions.

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Nosso

A family finance platform helping parents invest and plan for their children's financial futures.

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OLIO

OLIO operates a community sharing application that connects neighbours to reduce domestic food waste.

ORCA Computing

ORCA Computing

ORCA Computing develops full-stack photonic quantum computing systems.

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Ometria

Ometria provides an artificial intelligence platform that helps retail brands create personalised customer experiences.

Onin

Onin

Onin integrates digital calendars into chat applications via a mobile keyboard extension.

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Orbex

Orbex develops space rockets and launch services for small satellites.

Ori Biotech

Ori Biotech

Ori Biotech builds manufacturing technology platforms for cell and gene therapies.

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Origami

Origami provides smart software for trading and automating green energy assets.

Oto

Oto

Oto provides a mobile app and digital therapy solution for managing tinnitus.

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Papercup

Papercup provides AI video and audio dubbing services featuring expressive synthetic voices.

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Peak

Peak offers a data analytics platform that helps companies utilise machine learning and artificial intelligence.

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Perci Health

Perci Health provides a virtual, AI-powered cancer clinic focused on survivorship and rehabilitation support.

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Perfect Ward

Perfect Ward provides a digital quality inspection platform for the health and social care sectors.

Permutive

Permutive

Permutive builds privacy first infrastructure for programmatic advertising.

Phlux Technology

Phlux Technology

Phlux Technology builds advanced infrared sensors for global optical and sensing applications.

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Pivotal

Pivotal builds a platform to measure and track biodiversity at scale using species-level data.

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Quantum Motion

Quantum Motion builds silicon transistor-based quantum computers designed for standard data-centre racks.

Raylo

Raylo

Raylo provides subscription payment services for consumer technology products.

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Resolutiion

Resolutiion provides artificial intelligence software to manage and prevent commercial disputes in enterprise contracts.

Rest Less

Rest Less

Rest Less is a digital community and financial services platform for people over 50.

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Ribbon

Ribbon builds an in-product research platform that helps companies collect user feedback.

SLAMcore

SLAMcore

SLAMcore builds spatial AI software and tools for autonomous robots and drones.

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Seatfrog

Seatfrog operates a bidding platform for unallocated premium seats on trains and flights.

Semble

Semble

Semble operates a unified software platform for private outpatient healthcare providers.

Sidekick

Sidekick

Sidekick operates a wealth platform for professionals managing growing assets.

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SimplyCook

A subscription recipe kit service providing specialist flavour components for home cooking.

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Skin + Me

Skin + Me provides tailored prescription skincare treatments formulated by consultant dermatologists.

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SmartKem

SmartKem develops organic semiconductor materials for flexible displays and electronics.

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Sova

Sova provides enterprise HR technology for talent assessment and intelligence.

SA

Sova Assessment

Sova Assessment provides a digital platform for enterprise talent assessment and analytics.

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Sprout.ai

Sprout.ai automates insurance claims processing using artificial intelligence.

Streetbees

Streetbees

Streetbees gathers real time consumer insights through a global network of smartphone users.

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Swiipr

Swiipr provides digital payment solutions to transform airline disruption compensation.

Switchee

Switchee

Switchee supplies smart hardware and digital analytics platforms to social housing providers across the UK.

Synchtank

Synchtank

Synchtank provides asset, rights management, and royalty accounting software for the music and media industries.

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TaxScouts

TaxScouts provides digital tax preparation services by pairing automation with human accountants.

The Plum Guide

The Plum Guide

The Plum Guide curates and verifies top-tier holiday rentals for discerning travellers.

ThoughtRiver

ThoughtRiver

ThoughtRiver delivers automated contract pre-screening software for legal teams.

TitanML

TitanML

TitanML builds enterprise software to streamline the deployment of large language models.

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Token

Open banking payments platform facilitating account to account transactions.

Touchlab

Touchlab

Touchlab develops electronic skin to give robots the sense of touch.

TrialReach

TrialReach

TrialReach provides a digital platform that aggregates global clinical trial data to connect patients and medical researchers.

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Turtl

Turtl provides a content automation platform that helps enterprises create and analyse interactive business materials.

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TympaHealth

TympaHealth develops a digital ear and hearing health assessment platform.

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UltraSoC

UltraSoC provides embedded analytics technology for semiconductor monitoring and diagnostics.

UA

Unlikely AI

Unlikely AI develops a fresh and ambitious approach to artificial intelligence.

Unmade

Unmade

Software platform connecting fashion and sportswear consumer demand to production.

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Veeqo

Veeqo provides retail automation software for inventory sync and order fulfilment.

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Velaris

Velaris provides an all in one customer success platform for business to business technology companies.

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Verna

Verna provides software that helps businesses turn biodiversity reports into actionable nature restoration projects.

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Vira Health

Vira Health builds digital products to improve women's long-term health.

Vitesse

Vitesse

Vitesse provides integrated treasury and payment solutions for the insurance industry.

Vyntelligence

Vyntelligence

Vyntelligence provides an agentic video intelligence platform that simplifies and accelerates frontline field work.

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VyperCore

VyperCore develops advanced processor technology that accelerates compute performance and enhances data centre security.

Walking on Earth

Walking on Earth

Walking on Earth offers a digital platform to help companies alleviate workplace stress.

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Wazoku

Wazoku provides enterprise innovation management software for global organisations.

WG

We Got POP

We Got POP provides digital workflow technology for the film and television production industry.

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Wefarm

Wefarm connects small-scale farmers through a peer-to-peer digital network for agricultural knowledge.

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Whirli

A toy subscription service operating a circular economy model for families.

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Workflow

Workflow develops artificial intelligence software to streamline collaboration for design and marketing teams.

XYZ Reality

XYZ Reality

XYZ Reality develops engineering grade augmented reality technology for the construction industry.

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Zapnito

Zapnito provides a white-label software platform for building branded online communities and customer participation.

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Zendo Energy

Zendo Energy builds software to help data centres manage power and decarbonise computing.

iSIZE

iSIZE

iSIZE develops deep-learning solutions to optimise video streaming and reduce carbon emissions.

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luna

Luna operates a health and wellbeing application designed for teenagers.


Team

Richard Court

Richard Court

Head of Development Capital

Richard brings investment and venture capital experience from roles at Octopus Ventures, TPG Specialty Lending Europe, and RJD Partners. He previously held positions at Dresdner Kleinwort and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Zihao Xu

Investor

Zihao is a partner at Octopus Ventures, focusing on fintech and crypto investments. He also holds non-executive director roles across several portfolio companies.

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Zoe Chambers

Early stage investor

Zoe is a partner at Frontline Ventures and a Kauffman Fellow, having previously held investor roles at Octopus Ventures. Her earlier career includes legal practice at Jones Day and work with the European Special Situations Group at Goldman Sachs.

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Marieke Christmann

investor

Marieke is a portfolio director at Gresham House Ventures and an investor at Octopus Ventures. She also holds board roles at OnSecurity and SecureCloud+.

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Will Gibbs

Partner, Health

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Nick Sando

Principal

Nick brings venture capital and advisory experience from roles at Molten Ventures, Octopus Ventures, and ETFS Capital. He also serves on the board of NEAT Protect.

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Malcolm Ferguson

Malcolm Ferguson

Partner

Malcolm brings investment and advisory experience from roles at Molten Ventures, Octopus Ventures, and ETFS Capital. He previously co-founded Ember Partners.

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Akriti Dokania

Investor

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Edward Clark

Simon King

Simon King

Investment Manager

Simon brings deeptech and venture investing experience from roles at Lakestar and Octopus Ventures.

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Rebecca Hunt

Partner

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Zoë Chambers

Deep Tech Investor

Zoë brings venture capital and legal experience from Frontline Ventures, Octopus Ventures, and Jones Day. She is also a Kauffman Fellow.

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Sam Ferris

Press contact

Sam brings communications and marketing experience from roles at Hg, Octopus Ventures, and Milltown Partners.

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Mary Phillips

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Andreina West

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Kamran Adle

Principal

Kamran is a partner and early-stage investor at Octopus Ventures. He also serves as a board member across several companies, including Automata, Amplience, and Seatfrog.

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Paul Davidson

Principal

Tosin Agbabiaka

Tosin Agbabiaka

Principal

Tosin is an early-stage fintech investor at Octopus Ventures. They also hold board seats at Legl, Sofar Sounds, and Rest Less UK.

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Uthish Ranjan

Uthish Ranjan

Partner

Uthish is a partner and chair of the investment committee at Octopus Ventures. He brings investment and board experience across artificial intelligence and B2B software companies.

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Conor Scanlan

Conor Scanlan

Investor

Conor invests in B2B software at Nauta, following investor experience at Octopus. He has also held board roles across several technology companies.

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Edward Keelan

Edward Keelan

Partner

Edward is a partner at Octopus Ventures and holds non-executive directorships across several technology companies. He focuses on B2B software and artificial intelligence investments.

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Matt Chandler

Matt Chandler

Investor

Matt brings consumer investment experience from roles at V3 Ventures and Octopus Ventures. He also serves on the board of Partly.

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Matthew Chandler

Investment Manager

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Jessica Vallance

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Jess McCreadie

Principal, Healthtech

Mason Sinclair

Mason Sinclair

Investor

Mason brings venture capital experience from roles at IQ Capital and Octopus Ventures. He previously worked as a consultant for the United Nations and held investment roles at Creator Fund.

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Lucy Clarke

Investor

Zoe Reich

Zoe Reich

Investor

Zoe brings venture capital, research commercialisation, and growth equity experience from roles at Octopus Energy Generation, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Research England. She previously held investor director positions at Phlux Technology and Living Optics.

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Zoë Reich

Zoë Reich

Fund Manager

Zoë brings growth equity and venture capital experience, alongside advisory work with the UK Department of Science, Innovation and Technology. She is a founding partner at Octopus Energy Generation and Cirrata, following board and investor roles across technology and research commercialisation.

Kirsten Connell

Kirsten Connell

Partner

Kirsten brings venture capital and angel investing experience from Seedcamp, Octopus Ventures, and Alma Angels, alongside leadership roles at CyLon.

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Rich Bolton

Rich Bolton

Rich brings venture capital experience as a principal at Octopus Ventures and investor director at Grasp, Cambri, and MagicOrange. He also founded VCRunClub.

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Maria Ro

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Amy Nommeots-Nomm

Deep Tech Investor

Amy manages business and corporate development at Google DeepMind, following deep tech investing experience at Octopus Ventures.

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Natasha Jones

Owen Metters

Owen Metters

Investor

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Chantal Cox

Investor

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Chris Hulatt

Founder

Chris co-founded Octopus Investments and Octopus Group, alongside holding non-executive and investment roles across the financial sector.

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Rubina Singh

investor

Rubina leads deeptech investments at Foresight Group and invests at Octopus. She holds non-executive directorships and board advisory roles across several technology companies.

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Karan Mehta

Investor

Mat Munro

Mat Munro

Investor

Mat brings investor, product and founder experience from roles at Octopus Ventures, InPost UK and Conversocial. He also contributes as a writer for Secancy and holds a fellowship from the Newton Venture Program.

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Uzma Choudry

Uzma Choudry

Lead Biotech Investor

Uzma brings deep tech, AI, and biotech investment and operating experience, having previously worked with Octopus, CellVoyant, and LabGenius. She currently lectures at the European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine and founded Solstice Frontier.

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Hugo Villanueva

Investor

Hugo brings investment and operational experience in biotech and health from his time at Octopus Ventures, Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst, and Sita Bio.

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Joe Stringer

Partner

Jorn Jansen Schoonhoven

Jorn Jansen Schoonhoven

Investor

Jorn co-founded Cori Clinical, following investor experience at Octopus Ventures. He previously held roles in data science and strategy at IBM and Amazon.

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Joe Stringer

Partner, Health

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Hope Johnson

Investor

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Constanza Diaz

Investor


Recent investments

Series C
£30.0M

The London-based health technology provider has raised £30m led by Revaia to expand its infrastructure across Europe.

"For years, the industry has tried to address complex systemic issues through disconnected point solutions, but fragmented technology often adds operational complexity for healthcare providers and creates an interrupted experience for patients. What healthcare organisations need is intelligent orchestration across the entire care journey. The practices and groups that win over the next decade will be the ones that deliver the best patient experience end-to-end."
— Christoph Lippuner, CEO and Co-founder
Series A
$13.0M

Octopus Ventures and CommerzVentures joined the round to support international expansion and product development.

"What we’re building is the agent layer that financial services need to run their customer operations autonomously. It has to work the way they do, connect to the systems they have already built, and handle the long-running work that has stayed manual until now"
— Dimitri Masin, Co-founder and CEO
Seed
£4.7M

The pre-Series A round was led by VERBUND X Ventures with backing from Octopus Ventures, Armajaro Holdings, and Green Angel Ventures.

"Efficient use of cloud and AI is possible when the right culture and tooling is embraced. With Greenpixie’s high fidelity sustainability data enterprises can maximise the full potential of their intelligence. This funding will enable us to accelerate our mission and continue our global reach in these pivotal times."
— John Ridd, CEO and Co-Founder