Fuel Ventures
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Fuel Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies, typically from pre-seed to Series A. It manages multiple funds including SEIS, EIS, and VCT structures, and has a portfolio of over 230 startups.
Fuel Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom, founded in 2016. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to Series A, in technology, software, fintech and AI. Its stated cheque size is up to £250,000 (Pre-Seed SEIS Fund); £1-3m (Scale-up EIS Fund); £500k-£2m (Follow On EIS Fund); £250k-£1m (VCT Fund). £280m+ under management and 230 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“Backing Bold Founders from Pre-Seed to Series A”
— Fuel Ventures, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Invests in
- UK
- Sectors
- technology, software, fintech, AI, marketplaces, climate-tech, healthtech, SaaS
- Cheque size
- up to £250,000 (Pre-Seed SEIS Fund); £1-3m (Scale-up EIS Fund); £500k-£2m (Follow On EIS Fund); £250k-£1m (VCT Fund)
- Founded
- 2016
- Assets under management
- £280m+
- Portfolio
- 230 companies
Team, as Fuel Ventures publishes it
- Mark Pearson Managing Partner
- Michael Burnett Managing Partner
- Johnathan Graham Head of Compliance
- Jing Jing Xu Partner
- Shiv Patel Partner
- Oliver Hammond Partner
- James D’Mello Commercial Director & Head of IFA Distribution
Names and roles exactly as listed on fuel.ventures. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 24 co-investors found.
- SFC Capital 4 shared companies: fca.org.uk, fscs.org.uk, financial-ombudsman.org.uk, cghero.com
- Heartfelt 4 shared companies: aide.health, ambr.ai, claimit.ai, eleos.co.uk
- 83North 1 shared company: paddle.com
- Kindred Capital 1 shared company: paddle.com
- Notion Capital 1 shared company: paddle.com
- AP Ventures 1 shared company: fca.org.uk
- GCM Grosvenor 1 shared company: fca.org.uk
- Oakley Capital 1 shared company: fca.org.uk
- Steadview Capital 1 shared company: fca.org.uk
- SyndicateRoom 1 shared company: fca.org.uk
and 14 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Fuel Ventures publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.fuel.ventures/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, portfolio_count, status, confidence
- https://www.fuel.ventures/portfoliosectors
- https://www.fuel.ventures/investorscheque_size, founded, aum
- https://www.fuel.ventures/our-teampeople
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Record 251 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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