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Top 25 Early-stage venture capital funds based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 524 early-stage venture capital funds headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 5,680 professional contacts across them, including 1,488 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers early-stage venture capital funds headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 14, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, 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.

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524Companies
5,680Contacts tracked
1,488Verified emails
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The 25 largest early-stage venture capital funds based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 524 early-stage venture capital funds based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to early-stage venture capital funds: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
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1Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 2026n/a906 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
2Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200269 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
3Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200112 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
4Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5099 contacts →

Strong evidence

“DN Capital is a global early stage and growth capital investor focused on Seed, Series A and select series B investments in fintech, SaaS, digital media, e-commerce, marketplaces…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20096 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Octopus Ventures, part of Octopus Group, is one of the largest and most active venture capital investors in the UK and Europe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20088 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20087 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5073 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Kinetic Investments is a venture capital firm dedicated to early-stage companies that are transforming the digital landscape.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
9Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 2026n/a63 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Ada Ventures is a pre-seed inclusive venture capital firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
10Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5053 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since 2015, Target Global has partnered with bold founders building category-defining companies including Revolut, Delivery Hero, Auto1, Flo Health, Fresha, TravelPerk, Copper and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5050 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Creandum is a leading early-stage venture capital firm backing the world's most ambitious founders building generational companies, including Spotify, Lovable, Klarna, Trade…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
12Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5049 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Creator Fund is a venture capital firm investing in startups on the frontier of what's possible.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5045 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
14Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5043 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Northzone is a technology investment partnership.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
15Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5043 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Seedcamp is Europe's seed fund, identifying and investing early in world-class founders attacking global markets and solving real problems using technology.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5042 contacts →

Strong evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
17Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20038 contacts →

Strong evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
18Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5036 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
19Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5035 contacts →

Strong evidence

“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.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
20Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 2026n/a32 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We back ambitious founders building the future of enterprise technology.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
21Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
22Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5028 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“AlbionVC backs Europe’s visionary founders solving the world’s hardest problems.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
23Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5028 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
24Indirect evidenceLeeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5028 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“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.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
25Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5027 contacts →

Partial evidence

“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.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026

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

As of Sep 14, 2026
26.2%Verified-email coverage
10.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
75.0%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
383
11-50
116
51-200
20
201-500
4

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 524 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among early-stage venture capital funds, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “early-stage venture capital funds”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names early-stage venture capital funds), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among early-stage venture capital funds, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
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 listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,488 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 14, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Early-stage venture capital funds by metro

  • Early-stage venture capital funds in London393

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names early-stage venture capital funds, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

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

RevenueBase identified 524 early-stage venture capital funds headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Entrepreneurs First, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most early-stage venture capital funds?

London leads with 393 headquartered companies, followed by Cambridge (11) and Manchester (11).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,488 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 524 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 14, 2026.

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About this data

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 Smart Search, 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.