🇬🇧 Startup investors in the United Kingdom
74 startup investors in the United Kingdom, from the Open Ecosystem Atlas — VC and Angel. Most are based in London, Cambridge and Edinburgh.
Open in the Atlas mapStartup investors in the United Kingdom
Balderton Capital
VC · London
Major London VC, portfolio includes Betfair, MySQL and Citymapper.
Offers: investment
Index Ventures
VC · London
Global VC with a strong London presence, backer of Deliveroo, Revolut and Wise.
Offers: investment
Atomico
VC · London
European growth VC founded by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström.
Offers: investment
Octopus Ventures
VC · London
One of the UK’s most active early-stage VCs, backed by the wider Octopus Group.
Offers: investment
Passion Capital
VC · London
Early-stage London VC with a strong fintech focus, co-founded by Eileen Burbidge.
Offers: investment
UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA)
Angel · Nationwide
The national trade body for angel investing, connecting individual angels and syndicates across the country.
Offers: investment
Cambridge Angels
Angel · Cambridge
One of the UK’s longest-running angel syndicates, focused on the Cambridge deep-tech cluster.
Offers: investment
Brent Hoberman
Angel · London
Co-founder of lastminute.com (sold for $1.1B) and Made.com, now chairman of Founders Factory and co-founder of firstminute Capital, which completed almost 50 angel deals in under two years.
Offers: investment, mentoring
Sherry Coutu
Angel · Cambridge
Founder of Interactive Investor, angel investor since 2000 with over 60 personal investments including early stakes tied to LinkedIn and Zoopla.
Offers: investment
Eileen Burbidge
Angel · London
Partner at Passion Capital, former Skype and Yahoo! product lead, backer of Monzo and GoCardless, and the UK Treasury’s former Special Envoy for FinTech.
Offers: investment, mentoring
Saul Klein
Angel · London
Co-founder of Seedcamp, one of Europe’s earliest and most influential seed accelerators, and a prolific individual angel.
Offers: investment, mentoring
Deborah Meaden
Angel · London
Dragons' Den's longest-serving investor, 84+ successful deals on-air and counting, net worth reported around £50M from a leisure-industry exit before turning full-time investor.
Offers: investment
Peter Jones CBE
Angel · London
Dragons' Den's most active investor by volume, having offered terms to 54 of the 143 businesses that pitched successfully, including the Reggae Reggae Sauce deal he calls his best ever.
Offers: investment
Steven Bartlett
Angel · London
Social Chain founder and Diary of a CEO host, now a Dragon, holding the record for most deals in a single series (14) and continuing to invest personally outside the show.
Offers: investment
Touker Suleyman
Angel · London
Retail entrepreneur and Dragons' Den investor, active across fashion, consumer and retail-adjacent startups.
Offers: investment
Sara Davies MBE
Angel · London
Crafting Company founder and Dragons' Den investor, notable for having every Series 22 deal confirmed to completion.
Offers: investment
James Caan CBE
Angel · London
Former Dragon and founder of Hamilton Bradshaw, a private equity and venture firm still actively backing early founders.
Offers: investment
Duncan Bannatyne
Angel · London
Former Dragon and serial entrepreneur, built and sold multiple businesses before becoming a full-time investor and public commentator.
Offers: investment
Theo Paphitis
Angel · London
Former Dragon, retail entrepreneur behind Ryman and Robert Dyas, still active backing small business through public platforms like Theo's SBS.
Offers: investment
Kelly Hoppen
Angel · London
Interior designer turned Dragons' Den investor, backing consumer and design-adjacent startups.
Offers: investment
Robin Klein
Angel · London
Veteran London angel and VC, co-founder of LocalGlobe, with one of the longest personal investing track records in UK tech.
Offers: investment
Alex Chesterman OBE
Angel · London
Founder of Zoopla and Cazoo, now a prolific angel backing Graze, Farmdrop and Secret Escapes among others.
Offers: investment
Martha Lane Fox
Angel · London
Co-founder of lastminute.com (sold for $1.1B), now a cross-bench peer in the House of Lords and founder of the Doteveryone think tank.
Offers: investment
Simon Murdoch
Angel · London
Serial entrepreneur and angel with 50+ startup investments including early stakes in Zoopla and LoveFilm.
Offers: investment
Tom Teichman
Angel · London
Veteran angel investor with 100+ seed-stage deals to his name.
Offers: investment
Monty Munford
Angel · London
Former tech journalist turned active angel investor, known for bold early bets.
Offers: investment
Chris Adelsbach
Angel · London
London-based fintech-focused angel investor and advisor.
Offers: investment
Tim Jackson
Angel · London
Longtime London angel investor active since the early consumer internet era.
Offers: investment
Simon Levene
Angel · London
Angel investor and former partner at Amadeus Capital Partners.
Offers: investment
Robert Dighero
Angel · London
Active London angel investor known within the capital's early-stage community.
Offers: investment
Niklas Zennström
VC · London
Skype co-founder and founder of Atomico, one of Europe's largest growth-stage VCs, publishing an annual State of European Tech report.
Offers: investment
Reshma Sohoni
VC · London
Co-founder of Seedcamp, reviewing roughly 4,000 pitches a year and personally mentoring hundreds of founders through the program.
Offers: investment
Tom Hulme
VC · London
Partner at GV (Google Ventures) Europe, known for a design-driven investment approach.
Offers: investment
Sonali De Rycker
VC · London
Senior Partner at Accel, one of the most senior women in European venture capital, based in London.
Offers: investment
Suranga Chandratillake
VC · London
Partner at Balderton Capital and founder of Blinkx, bringing an operator's lens to venture investing.
Offers: investment
Sitar Teli
VC · London
Co-founder of Connect Ventures, an early-stage fund focused on consumer and marketplace startups.
Offers: investment
Nic Brisbourne
VC · London
Founder of Forward Partners, an early-stage fund known for hands-on operational support.
Offers: investment
Check Warner
VC · London
Co-founder of Ada Ventures, a fund explicitly focused on backing underrepresented founders.
Offers: investment
Ian Hogarth
VC · London
Co-founder of Plural, an AI-focused fund, and a UK government advisor on AI policy.
Offers: investment
Matt Clifford CBE
VC · London
Co-founder of Entrepreneur First and a UK government advisor on AI, instrumental in the UK's AI Safety Summit.
Offers: investment
Alice Bentinck
VC · London
Co-founder of Entrepreneur First, building companies with individuals from day zero.
Offers: investment
Michael Birch
Angel · London
Bebo co-founder and co-founder of PROfounders Capital, backing early internet and consumer startups.
Offers: investment
Peter Dubens
VC · London
Co-founder of PROfounders Capital, an early-stage fund for internet projects.
Offers: investment
Julie Meyer
Angel · London
Founder of Ariadne Capital and a long-running figure in European tech investing and commentary.
Offers: investment
Luke Johnson
Angel · London
Serial investor and former chairman of Pizza Express, now running Risk Capital Partners and backing early-stage ventures.
Offers: investment
Sarah Wood
Angel · London
Co-founder of Unruly (acquired by News Corp), now an active angel and advisor to founders.
Offers: investment
Priya Lakhani OBE
Angel · London
Founder of CENTURY Tech and an active advisor and investor across the UK edtech and AI startup scene.
Offers: investment
Poppy Gustafsson OBE
Angel · Cambridge
Co-founder and former CEO of Darktrace, one of the UK's most valuable cybersecurity companies, now informally backing and advising founders.
Offers: investment
Sarah Turner
Angel · London
Founder of Angel Academe, a network specifically built to back female-founded startups.
Offers: investment
Debbie Wosskow OBE
Angel · London
Co-founder of AllBright, a platform and investment network for women in business, and a serial entrepreneur in her own right.
Offers: investment
Sarah Drinkwater
Angel · London
Former head of Google Campus London, now an independent angel investor writing publicly about early-stage London tech.
Offers: investment
June Angelides MBE
Angel · London
Founder of Samos Investments and Mums in Tech, backing early-stage founders with a stated focus on underrepresented talent.
Offers: investment
LocalGlobe
VC · London
Pre-seed and seed fund in consumer, marketplace and climate.
Offers: investment
Concept Ventures
VC · London
Europe's largest dedicated pre-seed fund, $88M Fund II; early backer of ElevenLabs.
Offers: investment
Backed VC
VC · London
Pre-seed and seed fund with a $100M Fund 3.
Offers: investment
SFC Capital
VC · London
UK's most active seed investor, 80+ deals a year, backed by the British Business Bank.
Offers: investment
Hoxton Ventures
VC · London
Pre-seed to Series A investor with a $215M Fund III.
Offers: investment
Haatch
Angel · London
Pre-seed and seed VC; £32M joint commitment with the British Business Bank for diverse angel syndicates.
Offers: investment
Moonfire Ventures
VC · London
Pre-seed and seed fund using data-driven sourcing.
Offers: investment
Playfair Capital
VC · London
Pre-seed and seed fund writing £100K–£1M.
Offers: investment
Redrice Ventures
VC · London
Seed fund that closed a £75M Fund II in 2026 with £45M from the British Business Bank.
Offers: investment
7Percent Ventures
VC · London
Pre-seed and seed investor writing $250K–$2M.
Offers: investment
Amadeus Capital Partners
VC · London
Long-running UK tech VC.
Offers: investment
Anthemis
VC · London
Fintech-focused VC.
Offers: investment
Ascension Ventures
VC · London
Seed investor and impact fund.
Offers: investment
Connect Ventures
VC · London
Seed fund for product-led founders.
Offers: investment
Crane Venture Partners
VC · London
Seed fund for enterprise software.
Offers: investment
Fuel Ventures
VC · London
Pre-seed and seed fund.
Offers: investment
JamJar Investments
VC · London
Consumer seed fund from the Innocent Drinks founders.
Offers: investment
Parkwalk Advisors
VC · London
University spin-out investor.
Offers: investment
Sustainable Ventures
VC · London
Climate-tech accelerator and fund.
Offers: funding, investment
BGF
VC · London
Growth investor backed by UK banks.
Offers: investment
UKI2S
VC · London
Pre-seed+ fund with £110M under management.
Offers: investment
Archangels
Angel · Edinburgh
Scottish angel syndicate investing in tech and biotech.
Offers: investment