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Octopus

Venture Capital

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


Recent investments

Series B
£38.0M

The funding round was led by Draper Esprit and will support kitchen expansion, team growth, and product innovation.

"In the five years that we have been cooking, we’ve seen the demand for plant-based food explode. We’ve got a tonne of exciting plans to bring the movement to even more people’s kitchens, and this investment will allow us to do just that."
— Jonathan Petrides, Founder and CEO
Series C
£43.7M

Evolution Equity Partners led the Series C financing round, with backing from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and existing investors.

"At Elliptic, we help financial institutions, from crypto exchanges to the world's leading banks, embrace cryptoassets more safely. This fundraising round is an endorsement of the opportunity for cryptoassets in the financial industry – and our absolutely critical role in the ecosystem."
— Simone Maini, CEO
Series A
£12.4M

The content automation platform raised its first institutional investment from Octopus Ventures to accelerate growth across the United States.

"This is a huge milestone in the evolution of Turtl. Content automation platforms need to be accessible and easy to use across an organisation – from marketing to sales, and communications to recruitment -with non-designers having the power to make design-quality content. Our mission is to ensure enterprise content is timely, relevant and engaging for all – and this funding is crucial for us to progress to the next stage of that journey."
— Nick Mason, Co-Founder & CEO
Seed
£2.0M

Octopus Ventures led the seed round with participation from 500 Start-Ups, SuperSeed Ventures, and notable angels.

"As software rapidly changes how financial services are delivered, businesses are now confronted with an ever-expanding digital financial supply chain they can use to adapt to changing customer requirements. The Integrated Finance platform allows fintechs to speed up innovation, by simplifying connections to all of their banks and suppliers to a single API."
— Alistair Cotton, CEO & co-founder