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Octopus

Venture Capital

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


Recent investments

Series A
£16.0M

The Cambridge semiconductor startup secured backing from Octopus Ventures, Cambridge Innovation Capital, BGF, and Foresight Group.

"Securing this Series A funding underscores the strong confidence our investors have in ForeFront RF’s vision and market potential. With continued support from Foresight Group and BGF, and new partnerships with Octopus Ventures and Cambridge Innovation Capital, we’re well-positioned to scale rapidly from engineering prototypes to mass production."
— Ronald Wilting, CEO
Series B
£10.0M

Mercia Ventures led the £10m Series B investment to support international expansion and product automation.

"Amplifying the impact of healthcare professionals is central to our mission. For too long, they have worked with outdated systems that take them away from what matters most – the patient. With this latest funding, we are looking to bring Semble to professionals across the UK and France, empowering them to spend more time on patient care. We will continue to invest heavily in workflow automation and integrations, positioning Semble at the forefront of AI-driven solutions, and ultimately creating a more connected healthcare ecosystem."
— Christoph Lippuner, CEO and Co-founder
Growth
£20.2M

Octopus Ventures backed the growth capital round to fund international expansion and AI capability enhancements.

"At Vyn ® we are turbo-charging frontline productivity by eliminating typing, form-filling & unnecessary field visits. Our next-gen, intelligent video-data-capture & collaboration platform simplifies and speeds up interactions for all players involved – customers, contractors and colleagues – on a single platform"
— Kapil Singhal, Co founder and CEO
Pre-Seed
£2.5M

Dig Ventures led the pre-seed financing round to support product development and international growth.

"I recall regularly sifting through data and information until the early hours during my time at Goldman Sachs in order to make fully informed decisions and strategies. With Desia the whole process would have been more efficient and successful. I wish it was available back then."
— Raffaele Terrone, CEO
Seed
£4.7M

The seed round was led by Octopus Ventures with support from Blue Action Accelerator to finance the company initial vessel build.

"Octopus Ventures is a prolific and experienced investor in the field of Deep Tech, and we are thrilled to announce their investment in DRIFT,"
— Ben Medland, Founder and CEO