# Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in United Kingdom in May 2026

## Seedrs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 36
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech

Online investing opportunities in the best new startup businesses, and raise seed and angel investment, with top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs.

## Ascension
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 34
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, FinTech

Ascension is an early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs to back the next generation of tech and impact founders

## Fuel Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 32
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Fuel Ventures - a leading early stage seed / growth stage EIS Fund based in London, UK. Investing in the most ambitious technology companies.

## Forward Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 30
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Forward Partners is a venture capital firm in London specialising in technology businesses focused on eCommerce, marketplace and applied AI early-stage startups.

## Venrex
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 30
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet

Venrex Investment Management is a UK-based venture capital firm that backs creative Founders to launch and build innovative businesses.

## LocalGlobe
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 29
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Seeding ambitious founders at places like @citymapper, @improbableio,@teamkano, @moo, @songkick,@seedcamp, @transferwise and @zoopla since 1999. Who's next?

## Index Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 28
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

## Octopus Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 28
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, FinTech

We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back.

## Angels Den
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 28
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software

Angels Den is an angel-led investment platform that connects fast-growing companies with experienced investors.

## QVentures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 26
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

QVentures sources, screens, and invests in top-tier start-ups from Seed to Series B. Our investors consist of Family Offices, Institutional Investors, UHNWIs, and Cashed-out Entrepreneurs. We look for disruptive companies with a proven product-market fit, set to scale from Seed to Series B. We focus on Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Tech,FinTech, AdTech, EdTech, InsurTech and HealthTech and more. We look for quality management teams, large addressable markets, proven traction, sustainable business models, route to scale and quality investors.To apply for investment, please fill out this short form to be reviewed: https://qventures.typeform.com/to/zZPOWf

## MMC Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 25
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

MMC is a venture capital fund investing in early stage, high-growth UK companies. Our mission is to be involved in the creation of the global industry-leading companies of tomorrow.

## The FSE Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 23
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

FSE C.I.C. is an independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) whose surpluses are reinvested in the business, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. FSE C.I.C. has a number of subsidiary companies to deliver its funds and services, which are collectively referred to as The FSE Group.All regulated activities are delivered through FSE Fund Managers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Finance East Limited delivers funding for businesses based in the East of England region.

## JamJar Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 22
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage

JamJar Investments is a venture capital firm that invest in high growth consumer brand businesses in both digital and non-tech.Its combination of operational, commercial and brand experience was honed over 14 years taking innocent from scratch to sale to Coca Cola for north of half a billion £. That journey means the company understand thejourney of entrepreneurs, the highs the lows, the challenges and some of the solutions. JamJar is the consumer Venture Capital fund run by the innocent drinks founders.

## Force Over Mass Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 21
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech

Force Over mass are reinventing Venture Capital. With over a decade of experience in investing in innovation we are at the forefront of innovation.  Introducing FOM 2.0, an unprecedented fund that combines unparalleled liquidity with uncompromised privacy. This unique initiative emphasizes complete transparency and aims to empower our entrepreneurs for success. With expertise in both technology and finance, we comprehensively grasp the complexities of the private markets, enabling us to innovate collaboratively. FOM 2.0 is poised to deliver on its promises of transparency, liquidity, and control.

## Samos Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 20
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software

Samos Investments is a private equity investor with a focus on high-growth European businesses.Samos invests across a range of sectors including digital media, e-commerce, retail, financial services, energy and natural resources.Samos takes a proactive approach with its portfolio companies, working alongside many of the US and Europe’s topventure funds, family offices and private investors.The Samos Partners are also active angel/seed investors.

## True.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 19
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail

A unique model for investing, innovating & growing

## Business Growth Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 19
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

BGF invests in hundreds of businesses from an evergreen balance sheet. But we offer more than just growth capital. Find out what makes us different.

## Maven Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 18
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Maven is one of the UK's leading private equity and investment firms. We provide essential capital and expertise to help businesses unlock their potential.

## Northstar Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 18
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Northstar Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in innovative solutions to help solve the most pressing societal issues we have today.  Our ticket sizes range from £100k to £500k into early stage tech companies. We provide added value in leveraging our network of university partners, funders, non-executive directors and talent to supporteach investment.

## Beringea
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Beringea is an international investor in high growth US & UK businesses. With expertise in multiple sectors we are at the forefront of emerging trends.

## SFC Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

SFC Capital, the UK's most active seed investor (PitchBook, 2020), provides capital and support to British startups. By combining its Angel Network and Seed Funds, SFC has created a unique model that allows investors to get exposure to SEIS- and EIS-qualifying businesses, either directly or through a diversified portfolio curated and managedby SFC’s expert team. In 2020, SFC received a £10m allocation from Business Investments as part of the Regional Angels Programme in support of SFC's mission to back promising early-stage companies from every corner of the UK.SFC Capital is an Appointed Representative of SFC Capital Partners Ltd which is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 736184).

## Balderton Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn.

## Seedcamp
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, SaaS

Seedcamp is Europe's seed fund, identifying and investing early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. The Seedcamp Nation includes over 400 startups building breakout businesses that change the way people live, interact and buy and includes publicly listed UiPath, Wise, and unicornsRevolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo, and wefox along with fast-growing businesses such as Grover, viz.ai and Ezra. Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support, and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.

## Foresight Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 16
- Stages: Private Equity, Seed
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care

Foresight Group is a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager which has been managing funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients for more than 35 years. Foresight has over £7.2 billion of assets under management across a number of funds on behalf of some of the world’s largest institutional investors, family offices,private and high net-worth individuals and retail investors. Foresight's investment strategies are underpinned by a strong environmental, social & governance (“ESG”) focus, which increasingly meets the demands of today’s investors and ensures we are consistently working towards creating a sustainable legacy for future generations.

## Equity Gap
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 16
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, SaaS

Equity Gap is a group of private individuals set up to invest in and support emerging and growing businesses based in Scotland

## Episode 1
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 16
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Episode1 Ventures is a venture capital fund set up to invest in early-stage technology companies based in London, UK.

## Kindred Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 15
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology

A new model for Venture Capital where every founder we back becomes a co-owner of the fund

## Hambro Perks Ltd.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 15
- Stages: Seed, Secondary Market, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Financial Services

Hambro Perks partner with founders and entrepreneurs to support growth businesses at all stages of investment cycle. Hambro Perks has specialised and dedicated investment teams, working across a number of funds. In addition to their flagship Venture, EIS and co-investment funds, Hambro Perks offers a number of specialist differentiated investmentstrategies, including Hambro Perks Environmental Technology, Special Situations, and Access, which invests in venture secondaries.

## Par Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 15
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Computer

Founded in 2008, Par Equity is a venture capital firm that backs the most innovative, high growth technology companies in the North of the UK. Based in Edinburgh, Par invests across Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

## Passion Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 14
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Passion Capital is an early stage venture capital firm based in London.

## Downing Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

The opportunity for institutional investors to access leading UK early stage healthtech businesses

## Felix Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage

A Venture Capital Firm for the creative class

## Playfair Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce

Playfair Capital is an early-stage fund that commits to companies early and with conviction. Based in London, Playfair combines the best aspects of angel investing with a focused fund, to invest in truly ambitious founders, wherever they are in the world. Playfair takes a sector-agnostic approach and investments span deep tech, SaaS, marketplacesand B2B companies. We’ve backed the founders of more than 60 companies including Mapillary (acq. Facebook), CryptoFacilities (acq. Kraken), Omnipresent, Orca AI, Ravelin, sprout.ai, Thought Machine, Trouva and Vinehealth.

## Gresham House Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Machine Learning, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Gresham House Ventures is a growth equity investor, working with exceptional entrepreneurs and investing in high growth businesses.

## Simon Murdoch
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Analytics

Simon set up online bookstore Bookpages in 1996 and sold it to Amazon in 1998. As VP Europe for Amazon, he managed huge growth from start-up through to multimillion turnover and hundreds of staff. As an Angel investor, he has invested in Shazam, been chairman of VideoIsland (now merged with and renamed LoveFilm, and purchased in Feb 2011 byAmazon.com), Zoopla! and Shutl (currently chairman).Simon founded and funded FriendsAbroad.com, a social network for developing language skills and contacts abroad which was successfully sold to Lesson Nine GmbH, operators of language learning site Babbel.com. Simon is currently CEO of StormForward, an e-commerce conversion consultancy which helpsonline retailers to increase their online salesand profits.

## Scottish Investment Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology

Our Entrepreneurship team (formerly the Scottish Investment Bank) helps you find sources of finance, engage with funders and secure investment to grow your business.

## 24 Haymarket
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology

24Haymarket is an investment network which included several highly-experienced private equity and venture capital investors, seasoned entrepreneurs, and senior operators. Investing up to £5 million in growth companies in the UK and Europe. They invested their own capital in direct alignment with entrepreneurs and actively support their growthagenda and join the board of the companies in which they invest. Since inception in 2011, 24Haymarket has invested in more than 50 high-growth businesses.

## Midlands Engine Investment Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Manufacturing, Software

MEIF is an investment firm that operates equity investment towards growth capital. The firm aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands and to realize the region’s potential to achieve economic growth through enterprise. It is a collaboration between the British Business Bank and ten Local Enterprise Partnerships(LEPs) in the West Midlands and East and South East Midlands. MEIF provides over £250m of investment to boost small and medium business (SME) growth in the Midlands.

## Global Founders Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

## Alexander Edward Chesterman
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services

Alex Chesterman is the founder and CEO of Cazoo. He was the Founder & CEO of ZPG Plc, a FTSE-250 listed company.
Previously Alex co-founded Lovefilm, Europe's leading digital movie rental business, which was successfully sold to Amazon. Alex is also one of the UK's most active tech angel investors having backed dozens of early stagedigital startups and was awarded an OBE for services to services to digital entrepreneurship in 2016.

## Redbus Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Marketplace

Redbus Group is a UK based investment group that invests in early stage ventures and funds or acquires businesses that require restructuring. Redbus Group came into existence as an offshoot of Redbus Film Distribution which was founded in 1997 as a film distribution company. Redbus Film Distribution had rapidly established itself as one of thelargest and most profitable film distributors in the UK. In late 2000 it was sold to Helkon Media AG.Redbus through its subsidiary Filmgroup was the first company in Europe to successfully develop technology to compress and stream moving images over the internet. Between 2000 and 2004 Redbus was the UK's fastest growing company with a compound annual growth rate in-excess of 280%. In 2005 Redbus sold its production and distribution operations to Lionsgate Inc and sold its stake in Lovefilm of which it was co-founder, to Amazon in 2010.Employing an entrepreneurial and disciplined approach, Redbus, either with partners or alone looks for opportunities to leverage off its capital, market knowledge and management resources.

## Nigel Wray
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fitness, Internet

Nigel Wray is a highly successful entrepreneur, and has been a shareholder in several companies amongst others, Domino's Pizza, Carlton Communications and Singer & Friedlander. He also has a strong commercial background built in a range of business sectors.Saracens does a lot of excellent work in its local, north London community.Nigel still calls the area home, too - having attended Mill Hill School, he now lives in Totteridge.

## Mobeus Equity Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Retail

Mobeus is a leading equity investor in UK-based SMEs. We partner with talented and determined management teams of businesses with strong growth potential.

## Cambridge Angels group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

The Cambridge Angels are a group of high-net worth investors who have proven experience as successful entrepreneurs in internet, software, technology and bio-technology. Members invest in and mentor high quality start-up and early-stage companies in these sectors in the Cambridge (UK) area and throughout the UK.Typical funding requirements thatthe Cambridge Angels meet are in the range of £50,000 to £500,000 - although it is worth noting that several of their portfolio companies have received more than £1m in funding from their Members over several funding rounds.Their Members have been responsible for a large number of the “Cambridge Phenomenon” success stories over recent years. Therefore, in addition to providing funding for early-stage companies, the Cambridge Angels also offer start-ups the considerable benefit of a wide range of expertise, contacts and directly relevant experience in establishing and growing entrepreneurial businesses successfully.

## Concentric
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce

We partner with sector-defining founders across Europe to create new technologies that disrupt the status quo and solve the problems that matter.

## Pembroke VCT
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage

Pembroke VCT PLC is a venture capital trust specializing in investments in any stage of business development. Their focus is on companies in the health and fitness, hospitality, apparel, and accessories, and media and technology sectors.

## Paul Forster
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Paul Forster

## Techstart Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Techstart Ventures is a leading investor of seed capital across Scotland and Northern Ireland. they are a trusted partner to ambitious founders on their journey to success.

## Will Brooks
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Will Brooks - Founder & Director @ Portfolio Ventures

## Talis Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

We back founders who see the future differently.

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