Who invests in startups in the United Kingdom
539 investors back startups in the United Kingdom: funds, accelerators and angel networks with at least two portfolio companies there, 3,033 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are Entrepreneur First (282), Techstars (198) and Founders Factory (182). 66 of them are accelerators.
Investors by their portfolio companiesRebuilt 5 Nov 2026
investors
539
portfolio startups
3,033
of them raised in 12 months
25
accelerators
66
Investors backing startups in the United Kingdom
| Investor | Startups here | Portfolio rounds, 12 mo | Latest activity |
|---|---|---|---|
 Entrepreneur FirstAccelerator · United Kingdom · Era Compute, Goldfish, Tacit Intelligence | 282 | 58 | Oct 2026 |
 TechstarsAccelerator · United States · Aiir, Rainbird, Captain | 198 | 97 | Oct 2026 |
 Founders FactoryAccelerator · United Kingdom · Vidsy, Xapien, NWS | 182 | 26 | Oct 2026 |
 BGFVenture capital · United Kingdom · AND Digital, OrganOx, Netcall | 162 | 52 | Nov 2026 |
 Phoenix CourtVenture capital · United Kingdom · Graphcore, Wayve, Tide | 159 | 67 | Oct 2026 |
 Y CombinatorAccelerator · United States · withHuman, Artil, Canos | 158 | 255 | Oct 2026 |
 SFC CapitalVenture capital · United Kingdom · Scootrr, Doctoria LTD logo, The Plant Base | 129 | 81 | Oct 2026 |
 AntlerAccelerator · Singapore · Further, Flowla, Cloud Cycle | 87 | 53 | Nov 2026 |
 SeedcampAccelerator · United Kingdom · Synthesia, Revolut, QuestDB | 85 | 58 | Oct 2026 |
 Octopus VenturesVenture capital · United Kingdom · Amplience, Kraken Technologies, XYZ Reality | 81 | 51 | Sep 2026 |
 Fuel VenturesVenture capital · United Kingdom · OnBuy, Chaserhq, Volt | 74 | 33 | Oct 2026 |
| PParkwalk AdvisorsVenture capital · Quantum Motion, Mind Foundry, OXA | 67 | 58 | Oct 2026 |
 HaatchVenture capital · United Kingdom · Happl, ThingTrax, APIContext | 58 | 36 | Nov 2026 |
 Plug and PlayAccelerator · United States · What3Words, Scan.com, Tractable | 53 | 154 | Nov 2026 |
 Balderton CapitalVenture capital · United Kingdom · Duvo, Graphcore, GoCardless | 53 | 32 | Oct 2026 |
 SpeedinvestVenture capital · Austria · Tide, Diligent, Perk | 51 | 31 | Oct 2026 |
 Index VenturesVenture capital · United Kingdom · Wise, Tessl, Secret Escapes | 50 | 69 | Oct 2026 |
 Connect VenturesVenture capital · United Kingdom · Lifebit, Memgraph, Curve | 50 | 16 | Sep 2026 |
 500 GlobalAccelerator · United States · 9fin, Ottimate, Codec | 49 | 35 | Oct 2026 |
 MMC VenturesVenture capital · United Kingdom · Prosper, Synthesia, Supercritical | 49 | 30 | Oct 2026 |
 AlbionVenture capital · United Kingdom · TEM Energy, Elliptic, Quantexa | 48 | 51 | Oct 2026 |
 Cambridge AngelsAngel network · United Kingdom · Thought Machine, Evolution AI, Converge | 47 | 45 | Sep 2026 |
 Future Planet CapitalVenture capital · United Kingdom · Pragmatic Semiconductor, Ultromics, UK Research and Innovation | 47 | 39 | Sep 2026 |
| CCambridge EnterpriseAccelerator · United Kingdom · Intellegens, Riverlane, Nu Quantum | 44 | 28 | Sep 2026 |
 firstminute capitalVenture capital · United Kingdom · Wayve, Kyra, Phaidra | 43 | 24 | Oct 2026 |
 NotioncapitalVenture capital · United Kingdom · Scarlet, YuLife, Claranet | 42 | 21 | Oct 2026 |
 Molten VenturesVenture capital · United Kingdom · Zopa, Thought Machine, Ably Realtime | 40 | 30 | Oct 2026 |
 JamJar InvestmentsVenture capital · United Kingdom · Kano, What3Words, Graze | 37 | 11 | Oct 2026 |
 Insight PartnersVenture capital · United States · Ably Realtime, Sylvera, Paybyb | 34 | 83 | Oct 2026 |
 GVVenture capital · United States · Synthesia, GoCardless, Blockchain.com | 34 | 57 | Oct 2026 |
 General CatalystVenture capital · United States · PhysicsX, Perk, Multiverse | 31 | 121 | Nov 2026 |
 AccelVenture capital · United States · Modal, Synthesia, Omnea | 31 | 83 | Oct 2026 |
 Oxford Science EnterprisesAccelerator · United Kingdom · Prolific, Quantum Motion, Mind Foundry | 31 | 42 | Nov 2026 |
 Hub71Accelerator · United Arab Emirates · Turintech, Everybody Counts, Brickwise | 30 | 18 | Oct 2026 |
 Frontline VenturesVenture capital · Ireland · TechTree, Genius Sports, The Access Group | 29 | 15 | Sep 2026 |
 Episode 1 VenturesVenture capital · United Kingdom · Fruitful, Circuit Mind, QuestDB | 28 | 19 | Oct 2026 |
 MerciaVenture capital · United Kingdom · Netcall, Mindtech, Synthesized | 28 | 9 | Aug 2026 |
 IQ CapitalVenture capital · United Kingdom · Ionate, Thought Machine, Turintech | 27 | 36 | Oct 2026 |
 UCL Technology FundAccelerator · United Kingdom · Synthesia, Gigaton, Implexis | 26 | 19 | Sep 2026 |
| 77percent VenturesVenture capital · Paired, Circuit Mind, QuestDB | 24 | 22 | Oct 2026 |
The most backed startups in the United Kingdom
| Startup | Investors in this list |
|---|---|
 Revolut | 19 |
 Wise | 14 |
 GoCardless | 11 |
 HiBob | 10 |
 Synthesia | 10 |
 Zopa | 9 |
 Deliveroo | 9 |
 Recursive | 9 |
 Arweave | 8 |
 CuspAI | 8 |
 Wayve | 8 |
 Recursion Pharmaceuticals | 8 |
 Superlinked | 8 |
 Thought Machine | 8 |
 Circeus | 7 |
By sector
AI 181Fintech 154Healthtech 101Software and SaaS 98Biotech 65Cybersecurity 57Energy and climate 51E-commerce 45Edtech 31Proptech 31Deep tech 31Data and analytics 28Mobility and logistics 28Hardware 28Sales and marketing tech 27Manufacturing 27Crypto and Web3 24Food and beverage 23Consumer goods 23Media and entertainment 21IT 19Travel 16Consumer electronics 13Robotics 12Agritech 11Space 11
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Who invests in startups in the United Kingdom?
539 investors back startups in the United Kingdom: funds, accelerators and angel networks with at least two portfolio companies there, 3,033 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are Entrepreneur First (282), Techstars (198) and Founders Factory (182). 66 of them are accelerators.
How is this list built?
From what each investor holds: the portfolio page it publishes, the Y Combinator directory and the announced rounds that name it. An investor counts for United Kingdom when at least two of its portfolio companies are based there; the list is rebuilt every night from 2,414 portfolios.
Source: investors' portfolio pages and announced rounds, 2,414 portfoliosUpdated 5 Nov 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0