Episode 1 Ventures

Venture Capital
78investments
5exits
$485Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
485open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Episode 1 Ventures is a London-based venture capital fund focused on B2B software startups at pre-seed and seed stage. It aims to help young companies reach a successful Series A, building relationships early and making investment decisions quickly. The firm was founded in 2012 by Simon Murdoch and invests primarily in UK and European technology companies.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
78
49 of them startups
Hiring now
26
485 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
22
$485M raised
Exits
5
4 closed
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 28%Software 22%Transportation & Logistics 10%Professional Services 10%Cybersecurity 8%Real Estate 8%Information Technology 8%Sales & Marketing 6%
Where its companies are
United Kingdom 36%United States 8%Ireland 3%Germany 3%Croatia 3%Vietnam 1%Israel 1%
Stage of its companies
Series A 100%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 78 investments
Risk LedgerVenture round · this month · 7 roles Circuit MindVenture round $25M · this month · 2 roles Jack & JillVenture round · 1 mo ago · 6 roles ManticSeed $25M · 1 mo ago · 1 role Sano GeneticsVenture round · 1 mo ago CloudNCSeries B $20M · 2 mo ago · 3 roles FluidstackVenture round · 3 mo ago · 205 roles RevEngVenture round $15M · 5 mo ago TripteaseVenture round · 6 mo ago · 6 roles RadiantVenture round $300M · 7 mo ago QuestDBVenture round · 7 mo ago · 1 role LawhiveSeries B $60M · 9 mo ago
485 open roles at 26 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
The Access Group33 new roles in 30 days Fluidstack26 new roles in 30 days Carwow17 new roles in 30 days BioCatch17 new roles in 30 days Mimica4 new roles in 30 days Risk Ledger3 new roles in 30 days
New in the portfolioadded to its portfolio page in 6 months
Fruitfuladded Oct 18
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Seedcamp 9 shared Entrepreneur First 6 shared Y Combinator 5 shared MMC Ventures 5 shared Playfair Capital 4 shared Octopus Ventures 4 shared Techstars 3 shared Balderton Capital 3 shared BGF 3 shared 7percent Ventures 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Phoenix Court Entrepreneur First Octopus Ventures Founders Factory SFC Capital MMC Ventures Connect Ventures Fuel Ventures
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 3 rounds in the press that name it

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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
London United Kingdom
HQ