Hoxton Ventures

Venture Capital
93investments
29exits
$756Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
562open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Hoxton Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm bringing a Silicon Valley style of investing to European technology startups. It backs ambitious founders early across software, consumer and deep tech, with notable early investments including Deliveroo and Darktrace. The firm was founded in 2013 by Hussein Kanji and Rob Kniaz and is headquartered in London.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
93
46 of them startups
Hiring now
23
562 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
16
$756M raised
Exits
29
2 closed
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 37%Financial Services 14%Biotechnology 14%Health Care 10%Software 10%Manufacturing 8%Science & Engineering 8%Cybersecurity 6%
Where its companies are
United Kingdom 23%United States 9%France 3%Austria 2%Germany 1%Latvia 1%Spain 1%Poland 1%
Stage of its companies
Series A 50%Series B 21%Series C and later 14%Pre-seed & seed 14%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 93 investments
MachentaSeed $40M · this month QuantrolOxVenture round $13M · this month Universal QuantumSeries A $100M · 1 mo ago · 30 roles CognaVenture round · 1 mo ago · 2 roles Eterna RegenerativesVenture round $4M · 1 mo ago Giraffe360Venture round · 3 mo ago · 1 role MaltedVenture round $3.9M · 3 mo ago Multiomic HealthVenture round · 4 mo ago BehavoxVenture round · 5 mo ago · 20 roles Finster AIVenture round $26.5M · 7 mo ago XYZ RealityVenture round · 9 mo ago · 45 roles PreplyVenture round $101.5M · 10 mo ago · 117 roles
562 open roles at 23 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Deliveroo87 new roles in 30 days Darktrace41 new roles in 30 days Preply32 new roles in 30 days XYZ Reality13 new roles in 30 days FCA13 new roles in 30 days Epsilon10 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Entrepreneur First 9 shared Y Combinator 4 shared Index Ventures 3 shared Octopus Ventures 3 shared 7percent Ventures 3 shared Speedinvest 3 shared Plug and Play 3 shared Backed VC 2 shared Meta Planet 2 shared Founders Factory 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Entrepreneur First Phoenix Court Seedcamp firstminute capital MMC Ventures Cambridge Angels Cambridge Enterprise SFC Capital
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 3 rounds in the press that name it

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Open roles in United Kingdom
In the register as Hoxton Ventures LLP, London
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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