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.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 24 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- 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 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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