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Octopus

Octopus

Venture Capital

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


Recent investments

Series B
$20.0M

Octopus Ventures led the series B round, which will help the digital therapeutics platform grow its footprint across the UK and Europe.

"HelloSelf is about giving everyone access to the personalised psychological advice they need. We want to help make Every Self Better. I’m delighted that Octopus has joined the mission. There are over 1.2Bn people who are underserved globally so with this investment and the trust of our network we can accelerate HelloSelf’s impact across the UK and beyond."
— Charlie Wells, Founder
Series A
£7.0M

The funding round was led by Octopus Ventures with backing from IP Group and the UCL Technology Fund.

"We believe RRAM has the potential to become the backbone for the next generation of edge and IoT computers at a time when data hungry intelligent applications are becoming more and more prevalent"
— Mark Dickinson, CEO
Series B
$38.0M

Octopus Ventures led the Series B round to support expansion into new vehicle segments and international markets.

"At Flock, we believe that insurers should help customers save time, money, and even lives. With our radically different insurance model, enabled by an immense amount of data, we hope to actively reduce the number of people needlessly killed or injured on the road."
— Ed Leon Klinger, CEO
Seed
£4.0M

Octopus Ventures led the oversubscribed seed round alongside participants including Insurtech Gateway and Chaucer Group.

"Carbon removal plays a critical role in the fight against climate change and there is a pressing need to scale these technologies at an unprecedented size and pace. Insurance is essential to enable this rate of growth by de-risking investments into carbon removal solutions and building in incentives that increase the supply of high-quality carbon credits in the market. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Kita in bringing 'first of its kind' carbon insurance solutions to market to help unlock billions of dollars of investment into the space, increase transparency in the Voluntary Carbon Market, and fight the climate crisis."
— Natasha Jones
£42.0M

The oversubscribed round was led by Bosch Ventures with backing from Porsche SE and British Patient Capital.

"The support of leading technology investors enables us to realise our vision of a quantum computer built using standard foundry processes. This support, along with the continuing UK national quantum programme and European initiatives, provides a step-change in our capabilities. We have assembled a world leading team and with the funding and support in place, we are ready to scale and deliver on our vision."
— James Palles-Dimmock, CEO