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Octopus

Venture Capital

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


Recent investments

Series B
$43.0M

The funding round was led by VNV Global with participation from a broad syndicate of international investors.

"OLIO has grown five times over the last year, reflecting a step change that’s taken place as businesses and citizens look to be more sustainable and connect with their local communities. We’re beyond thrilled to have raised this capital from a brilliant set of investors who are backing our vision of reinventing consumption for more than one billion OLIOers by 2030. We have this enormous ambition because humanity cannot continue to puzzle over how to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees and feed a population of 10 billion – whilst continuing to throw away one third of the food we produce, and consuming as if we have 1.75 planets. In solving these twin problems we aim to build one of the most transformational companies of our generation."
— Tessa Clarke, Co-founder
Series C
£54.4M

The Manchester-based enterprise software company has raised £54.4m from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and existing backers to scale its decision intelligence platform.

"We’re proud to be working with some of the biggest brands in the world. Modern businesses are complex and operate in an ever-changing world. It’s becoming impossible to run them without AI, which is enabling them to make consistently great decisions, faster and more accurately than ever before."
— Richard Potter, Co-founder and CEO
Series C
£58.0M

The Series C round was led by BGF with participation from BlackRock, Hiro Capital, Westerly Winds, Octopus Ventures and IPGL.

"Elvie has already revolutionized every category it has entered – but we know that we have barely scratched the surface of what is possible for women’s tech."
— Tania Boler, Co-Founder and CEO
Seed
£3.0M

The London-based start-up raised £3m from Octopus Ventures and several prominent founders to develop its stress reduction platform.

"We live in a society that’s created an unsustainable pattern of living where workplace culture is synonymous with burnout and stress is seen as a necessary by-product of success. The past 18 months have put a much-needed spotlight on the terrible impact of stress on our health, and for the first time, employers are taking notice."
— Reeva Misra, CEO and founder