Octopus Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm investing in technology, business services, communications, education, financial technology, healthcare, infrastructure, property, security, retail and travel and leisure companies. The firm is headquartered in London, England, was founded in 2000, and has offices in New York City, New York, San Francisco, California, Singapore, and China.
The firms typical investments include up to £1 million in seed funding, up to £5 million for series A funding, and up to £25 million in follow-on investments. As of March, 31 2019 the firm has approximately £1.2 billion under its management and has over 70 companies in its portfolio. Notable investments made by Octopus Ventures include: Elvie, Depop, Big Health, Graze.com, Eve, Magic Pony, Secret Escapes, Sofar Sounds, Swiftkey, Swoon Editions, tails.com and Zoopla Property Group.
On April 8, 2019 Octopus Ventures announced raising an £83 million growth fund to support companies previously receiving investment from Octopus Ventures. The firm will be using the fund to support companies involved in healthcare technology, financial technology, advanced manufacturing, internet of things (IoT), robotics, and artificial intelligence.
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Antidote.me closes the gap between clinical trials and patients
Elvie is a London-based consumer electronics company making sexual health and pregnancy products for women.
A financial services company that has created a platform for freelancers to manage their finances. It is located in London, England and was founded in 2016.
An insurance technology company helping people find pet insurance.
A technology company designing and manufacturing diffractive waveguides for augmented reality devices.
GTN uses machine learning and quantum physics technology to simulate, analyse and discover chemicals computationally.
Online learning tool with courses created by its community
Elliptic is a blockchain security company founded by Tom Robinson, Adam Joyce, and James Smith.
A company offering space launch services for the small satellite industry.
BridgeU is a company founded by Lucy Stonehill.
Token is a blockchain and software development company creating an API that enables banks and third parties to have PSD2 compliance, aggregate data, and make direct bank payments.
Swiftkey is a company that creates predictive keyboard apps
ThoughtRiver is a London-based company founded by Tim Pullan.
Streetbees is a London-based company founded by Oliver May.
SLAMcore is a London-based company founded by Jacek Zienkiewicz, Owen Nicholson, Andrew Davison and Stefan Leutenegger.
CB4 offers an AI software to serve brick-and-mortar retailers.
BehavioSec is a Stockholm-based fraud detection systems developer based on models of behavior.
Magic Pony Technology is a London-based company founded in 2014 by Zehan Wang.
A company offering a medication management platform that gives insight into patient behavior.
Ometria is a customer marketing platform that enables retailers to send personalised, relevant marketing messages throughout the customer lifecycle.
Jolt is a Tel Aviv-based education technology company offering courses for consumers and professionals in micro-campuses across the world.
Sofar Sounds is a music company founded by Rafe Offer.
Edgify is a developer of machine learning and predictive technology for data set training on the edge.
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