Octopus Ventures
octopusventures.com Direct investor
Octopus Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies across seven sectors, with a focus on pre-seed to Series A. It provides funding and hands-on support to founders.
Octopus Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom, founded in 2008. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to Series A, in B2B Software, bio, climate and consumer. 180 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We back founders who are changing the world for the better. We invest where we can make the greatest positive impact, getting behind businesses that put people, community and the environment first.”
— Octopus Ventures, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Invests in
- Europe
- Founded
- 2008
- Portfolio
- 180 companies
Team, as Octopus Ventures publishes it
- Luke Edis Seed
- Maria Thoomkuzhiyil Portfolio Associate
- Jeevs Mahil People + Talent
- Angel Issa Fintech
- Santiago Fernandez Fintech
- Ruth Jakobsen Principal
- Theo Xydas Fintech
- Stan Williams Seed
- Chris Oliver People + Talent
- Ruhitha Chandagari Venkat People + Talent
- Albert Puig B2B Software
- Vicky Booth People + Talent
Names and roles exactly as listed on octopusventures.com. 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. 23 co-investors found.
- Seligman Private Equity Select 2 shared companies: depop.com, zoopla.co.uk
- CommerzVentures 2 shared companies: manypets.com, gradient-labs.ai
- ACE Ventures 1 shared company: permutive.com
- Entrepreneurs First 1 shared company: permutive.com
- EQT Ventures 1 shared company: permutive.com
- .406 Ventures 1 shared company: bighealth.com
- AlleyCorp 1 shared company: bighealth.com
- Index Ventures 1 shared company: bighealth.com
- Kaiser Permanente Ventures 1 shared company: bighealth.com
- Molten Ventures 1 shared company: bighealth.com
and 13 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Octopus Ventures publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://octopusventures.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, portfolio_count, status
- https://octopusventures.com/team/people
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