Top Venture Capital Companies and Startups in the UK

4 years ago

This article showcases some of the most popular players in the Venture Capital space. Our analysts selected these companies for a variety of reasons. This list may include both state and private ventures providing the most value within the Venture Capital industry.

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Top Venture Capital Companies


BusinessIQ

Buisness intelligence services for the banking industry

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Standard Chartered Bank

Standard Chartered Bank is an international banking group.

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Sainsbury’s Bank

The Bank’s strategy is centred on providing the core Sainsbury’s shopper with a compelling reason to buy financial service products from us.

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Seedrs

Seedrs is a UK-based investment and crowdfunding platform.

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NFU Mutual

NFU Mutual offer a wide range of personal, business and farming insurance, investment and financial services for businesses.

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Crowdcube

Crowdcube is an equity crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs of start-ups and growing businesses.

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Vertex Market

Peer to Peer (P2P) trading platform for Cryptocurrencies

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Capital on Tap

Capital on Tap is a lender that provides working capital such as loans and credit cards to small businesses.

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New Energy Finance

New Energy Finance provides industry information, analytics, and research services for the clean energy and carbon markets.

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SkyWay Capital

SkyWay Capital main task is to support and develop the SKYWAY project,

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Virgin Group

Virgin Group is an investment company focused on leisure, travel, tourism, mobile, broadband, TV, radio, music, finance, and health sectors.

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Barclays Ventures

Venture capital unit aiming to accelerate the growth of new business lines, and customer propositions around areas of disruptive technology

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SeedLegals

The simple way for companies to complete the legals needed to raise investment and distribute equity

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Cash Lady

CashLady is a leading short term loan website helping people find short term credit and payday loans in the UK

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247Moneybox

247Moneybox.com is a responsible online payday lender providing short-term cash loans to UK consumers.

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Man Group

Man Group is a world-leading alternative investment management business.

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FinSMEs

FinSMEs.com provides information on venture capital/private equity and debt financing deals taking place daily across the planet.

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Chivas Venture

The Chivas Venture is a venture capital firm.

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Preqin

Preqin provides financial data and information on the alternative assets market.

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Onset

Onset is a developer of temperature loggers as well as a provider of applications that are used to monitor water conditions.

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SyndicateRoom

VC fund that builds diversified portfolios of 50+ startups by co‑investing with some of the UK’s best-performing angel investors.

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British Business Bank

The British Business Bank aims to make finance markets for smaller businesses work better.

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Halo Financial

Halo Financial is a private company for international money transfer.

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Private Equity Recruitment

Private Equity Recruitment is a people business, a close-knit team securing exceptional people for funds across private capital.

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Wealth Club

A service for UK high net worth & sophisticated investors, founded by former Hargreaves Lansdown directors and senior employees.

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Third Bridge Group

Third Bridge Group is a provider of research services to private equity and hedge funds.

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AskIvy Ltd

AskIvy offers advice and interview guides to help job seekers find careers in investment banking, private equity, and venture capital.

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Apax Partners

Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.

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Scottish Enterprise

Scottish Enterprise is Scotland’s main economic, enterprise, innovation and investment agency.

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The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association

The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) is the industry body for private equity and venture capital in the UK.

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Daiwa Capital Markets

Daiwa Capital Markets is an investment banking service provider that helps companies raise capital, mergers and acquisition advisory.

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AltAssets

The Alternative Assets Network was set up in 2000 in order to inform and connect the global private equity and venture capital community.

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3i Group

3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.

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Samourai Wallet

Samourai Wallet is a privacy-obsessed bitcoin app

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Syncona Partners LLP

Syncona Partners LLP is a healthcare company focused on investing in and building global leaders in life science.

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Thingtesting

Thingtesting is powered by the Close Friends community.

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AVCA

AVCA is the pan-African industry body which promotes and enables private investment in Africa.

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Augmentum Fintech

Augmentum Fintech is a venture capital fund with a focus in fast growing and/or high potential FinTech companies in the UK and Europe.

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Pomanda

The UK deal network and business insight platform for Private Companies, Investors and Lenders

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TIM Group

TIM Group is a provider of alpha-generating information technologies for the financial services industry.

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Campbell Lutyens

Campbell Lutyens is an independent private equity advisory firm founded in 1988 focused on private equity and infrastructure fund

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Invenias

Invenias provides software solutions to the executive search and strategic recruitment sector.

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CoinShares

CoinShares is a digital asset management firm that provides financial products and services for professional investors.

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Avantis Wealth

Avantis Wealth is a specialist in high income, alternative investments.

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Steelite International

Steelite International is a manufacturer of an inspirational tabletop for the international hospitality industry.

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Fund Ourselves

Affordable short-term credit marketplace for hard working families

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Big Society Capital

Big Society Capital is developing a strong, diverse and sustainable social investment market in the UK.

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FintechOS

Innovation acceleration technology designed for financial sector

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Draper Esprit

Draper Esprit is a venture capital fund that invests in disruptive tech companies at the early and growth stages.

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Atomico

Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.

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University of Manchester Intellectual Property

University of Manchester Intellectual Property is focused on the intellectual property commercialization at the University of Manchester.

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Blenheim Chalcot

Blenheim Chalcot is a leading active venture builder with operations in London, New York, Mumbai and Hong Kong.

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Georgia Capital

Georgia Capital capitalises with its robust corporate governance on the fast-growing Georgian economy across the last decade.

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Asian Venture Capital Journal

Asian Venture Capital Journal provides information about Asian private equity, venture capital, and mergers and acquisitions.

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Surrey Investors Club

Surrey Investors Club is an investing firm.

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VC Directory

VC Directory is an online listing of venture capital firms in America.

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Axial Capital Partners

Venture Capital & PE Boutique Office for growing businesses & property developers

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Advent Capital Management, LLC

Advent Capital Management is an investment management company that provides investment advisory services.

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Yobota

Yobota has built a cloud-based operating platform for financial services providers that allows creation of innovative financial products.

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Fundsquire UK

R&D Tax Credit Advance Finance

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IAG, Image Analysis Group

IAG, imaging expert company helps to accelerate novel drug development by using the right analytical tools and modern trial infrastructure.

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MAH, Chartered Accountants

MAH, Chartered Accountants is an accounting and tax advisory firm specializing in the tech and financial services industry.

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CloudOrigin

CloudOrigin is a project dedicated to help entities in public and private sector to adopt and utilize cloud computing service capabilities.

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InfraRed Capital Partners

InfraRed is a leading global investment manager focused on infrastructure and real estate.

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Creditstar

Creditstar offers private customers an accessible financial service with knowledgeable and friendly customer service.

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TAM Asset Management

TAM Asset Management is a specialist in discretionary investment management , offering innovative and forward thinking investment solutions.

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Unicorn AIM VCT

Unicorn AIM VCT is an investment company focused on growth companies listed in the AIM market.

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SimVenture

SimVenture is a business simulation tool that helps people learn about entrepreneurship and understand business issues and principles.

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CommonVC

World’s first activist led impact accelerator for startups solving the world’s biggest challenges

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NatWest Markets

NatWest Markets is a financial service that offers personal and corporate banking products and solutions.

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Church House Investment Management

Church House Investment Management provides fund management services for private clients, family groups, and charities.

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PSEPS

PSEPS is an online directory that enables its users to search for firms, people, associations, statistics, and software.

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Goldfish.com Bank

Goldfish is a trading name of Goldfish Bank Limited which offers simple and rewarding financial services in a clear and intelligent way.

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IK Investment Partners

IK Investment Partners is a European private equity advisory group with Nordic roots, operating across Northern Continental Europe.

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Deep Science Ventures

A new paradigm for applied science. DSV brings together scientists to seize crucial opportunities and redefine industries.

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TechItalia:Lab

TechItalia:Lab is a London based accelerator with an intensive 10-week mentor-led programme supporting Italian-speaking startups.

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Clara

Your legal command centre: execute agreements, manage your stakeholders, and make more informed decisions, all from a single platform.

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Dalmore Capital

An independent fund management company.

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Diversity VC

Diversity VC is a non-profit partnership promoting diversity in venture capital.

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Akur Capital

Akur Capital is a leading independent Corporate Finance and Equity Capital Markets (ECM) adviser.

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Innvotec

Innvotec is the venture capital firm offers clients the choice of equity or Loan fund.

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WiderPool

We are global innovation brokers. We help ambitious tech companies scale by bringing them to the attention of global corporates.

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Early Metrics

Early Metrics is the first startup rating agency.

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Amaris Hospitality

Amaris Hospitality is a hotel investment and management company.

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Financial Software

FSL is the financial industry’s strategic partner of choice for innovation in investment tax management.

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U.K. Steel Enterprise

U.K. Steel Enterprise is a company in steel industry which also provides small and medium sized businesses with finance & business premise.

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Equals Collective

Venture Enabler

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Marechale Capital

Marechale designed, consulted, and financed the purchase of one of the most popular and exclusive art deco island retreats in the UK.

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FremantleMedia

FremantleMedia is one of the world’s largest and most successful creators, producers and distributors of outstanding entertainment brands.

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Medicxi Ventures

Medicxi is a life sciences-focused investment firm.

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Tresidor Investment Management

Tresidor Investment Management is a is a London-based alternative investment manager .

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CapitalStackers

CapitalStackers is a peer to peer lending platform dedicated to real estate finance.

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DWCC

One Partner for Immediate In Country, Dedicated White Label Presence with offices in US, UK, Spain, Germany and Australia

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Hamilcar Capital Limited

Hamilcar Capital is an independent investment boutique focusing on private and listed equity in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

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Hambro Perks Ltd.

Hambro Perks Ltd. incubate and invest in fast growth companies.

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Kabeela.life

Kabeela.life Ventures designs and builds globally connected startup, technology and venture capital ecosystems.

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RIT Capital Partners

RIT Capital Partners plc is an investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange with net assets of some £1.9 billion.

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GIGLY

Finance, Financial Services, Real Estate, Recruitment, Personal Finance

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The Growth Stage

Private company funding exchange – connecting private companies with institutional investors

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Growth Strategy

Growth Strategy is a boutique strategy consultancy with a relentless pursuit of growth.

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ShareIn

ShareIn is a software and compliance firm specializing in crowdfunding solutions and technology.

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