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Octopus

Venture Capital

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


Recent investments

Series B
£10.0M

Octopus Ventures led the Series B financing to support product innovation and marketing growth.

"Our mission was to create a game-changing, personalised skincare brand to democratise dermatology. I’ve now moved on to my next D2C venture and I’m delighted the team is doing such a good job delivering that vision to hundreds of thousands of people,"
— James Mishreki, Founder
Series A
£9.0M

Octopus Ventures led the Series A round with participation from Hoxton Ventures and Route66 Ventures.

"Diagnosing and treating ADHD can be a long and costly process, and living with the symptoms can be extremely challenging. We want to help our members make significant improvements to their quality of life by giving them the tools to better understand themselves, and implement coping strategies that actually work."
— Seb Isaacs, Co-founder
£6.0M

The funding round was led by Moneta Venture Capital with participation from new and existing backers.

"We’re proud that Rest Less has become an essential and trusted resource for today’s digitally native midlifers. With a one million strong community, one in seventeen of all 50 to 70 year olds in the UK is now a Rest Less member."
— Stuart Lewis, Co-founder
Series A
$15.0M

The Series A round was led by Talis Capital to support team expansion and global growth.

"When we first established the business less than 2 years ago, we could only imagine how quickly the market would respond to our technology-led approach for payment security. We are honoured by the confidence shown by our existing investors and our new investors and the validation from our best in class clients. We look forward to increasing access to more favourable financial security for all parties involved in B2B credit transactions and demonstrating more applications for our MicroBonds."
— Tom Powell, CEO and Co-Founder
Seed
£4.0M

Octopus Ventures led the seed financing round to help the Sheffield spin-out commercialise its infrared sensors.

"We are delighted to be leading this investment round for Phlux Technology, as this innovative breakthrough is critical to the future direction of transport, communication and emission monitoring systems,"
— Amy Nommeots-Nomm, Deep Tech Investor