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Top 25 Early stage venture capital companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 532 company matches for early stage venture capital companies associated with the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 5,409 professional contacts across them, including 1,495 with verified work emails and 401 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for early stage venture capital companies associated with the United Kingdom, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 1, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact Recorded Sep 1, 2026 How this list was built
532Companies
5,409Contacts tracked
1,495Verified emails
401Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest early stage venture capital companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 532 company matches for early stage venture capital companies based in the United Kingdom, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 1, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchLondon, United Kingdomn/a890 contacts →

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“Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch.”

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2Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom51-200267 contacts →

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“IP Group accelerates the impact of science for a better future.”

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3Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom51-200120 contacts →

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“Founded in 1997, Pan-European VC Earlybird backs exceptional early-stage companies, supporting them through their growth and development phases and providing financial resources…”

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4Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom51-200114 contacts →

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“It takes more than capital to build real-world, cutting-edge technologies and companies that last.”

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5Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom51-200110 contacts →

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“Index Ventures partners with exceptional entrepreneurs – those with unique insight who are intrinsically driven to make their vision a reality.”

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6Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom51-20088 contacts →

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“Balderton is a multistage venture firm with 25 years of experience supporting Europe’s best founders from Seed to IPO.”

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7Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom51-20083 contacts →

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“Founders Factory builds and funds startups together with exceptional entrepreneurs and the world’s leading companies.”

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8Exact matchUnited Kingdom11-5045 contacts →

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“Dawn is Europe’s leading specialist B2B software investor, with total commitments of $2bn.”

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9Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom11-5041 contacts →

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“Fig provides a pragmatic new approach to supporting and investing in high-growth early-stage companies.”

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10Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom11-5039 contacts →

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“Beringea is a venture capital firm empowering entrepreneurs across the U.S, U.K, and Europe to build great businesses.”

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11Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom51-20038 contacts →

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“Albion Capital is a specialist venture capital investor that has backed visionary founders and technologies since 1996.”

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12Exact matchEdinburgh, United Kingdom11-5036 contacts →

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“Deepbridge only invests in sectors in which our team has experience.”

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13Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom11-5034 contacts →

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“We've seeded impactful founders since at places like Citymapper, Improbable, Lovefilm, Moo, Wise and Zoopla.”

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14Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom11-5034 contacts →

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“Ascension is an early-stage venture capital firm built and managed by exited operators and entrepreneurs to back the next generation of tech and impact founders.”

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15Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom11-5029 contacts →

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“With European roots and decades of experience, we invest globally in exceptional startups and talented teams.”

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16Exact matchManchester, United Kingdom11-5028 contacts →

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“We work with young, ambitious businesses that change the world and are focused on helping them to build the elite teams that will allow them to fly.”

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17Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom11-5027 contacts →

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“AlbionVC supports visionary founders with long-term capital and scale-up expertise.”

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18Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom11-5027 contacts →

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“The VC backing the innovators who are transforming our relationship with the built world and its impact on people, business, and the environment.”

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19Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom11-5026 contacts →

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“Founded in 2013 and managed by Pembroke Investment Managers LLP, Pembroke VCT plc backs growth-stage companies across the consumer, business services, and technology sectors.”

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20Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom11-5026 contacts →

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“Wellington Partners is one of the most successful pan-European venture capital firms.”

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21Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom51-20021 contacts →

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“Our mission is to fast-track the growth of world-changing deep tech businesses worldwide in 10 years.”

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22Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom11-5019 contacts →

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“Europe's VC partner.”

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23Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom11-5018 contacts →

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“QVentures is a Venture Capital firm providing direct investment opportunities.”

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24Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom11-5016 contacts →

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“MAGIC Fund is an early-stage venture capital fund built by founders for founders.”

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25Exact matchLondon, United Kingdom11-5016 contacts →

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“Founded in 2003, The London Fund invests in and advises IP-rich high-growth companies that focus on B2C and emerging tech with a particular focus on transformative technologies.”

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Early stage venture capital companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 1, 2026
27.6%Verified-email coverage
7.4%Mobile-number coverage
10.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
74.4%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 1, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
393
11-50
110
51-200
22
201-500
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Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with the United Kingdom whose business descriptions match “early stage venture capital companies” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 1,495 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
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Record context
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Early stage venture capital companies by metro

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “early stage venture capital companies”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many early stage venture capital companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 532 company matches for early stage venture capital companies associated with the United Kingdom as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Entrepreneurs First tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most early stage venture capital companies?

London leads with 396 company records, followed by Manchester (12) and Cambridge (12).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 1,495 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 532 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 1, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.