434 growth investors backing UK startups (free list)
Find UK investors backing startups beyond seed, from Series A to later-stage growth.
Updated daily by John-Pierre ClarkLatest Growth VC Activity
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7 August 2026
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 Green Angel Ventures( ) Green Angel Ventures focuses on investing in UK startup companies that are dedic... London  | ||||
 Archipelago Ventures( ) Archipelago is a venture capital firm focused on transformative technologies wit... London | ||||
 Archipelago Ventures( ) Archipelago is a venture capital firm focused on transformative technologies wit... London | ||||
 Mercia( ) Mercia is a venture capital firm focused on fuelling UK business ambitions throu... Manchester | ||||
 Mercia Ventures’ North East Venture Fund( ) Mercia focuses on investing in innovative SMEs across various sectors including ... Henley-in-Arden | ||||
 PXN Ventures( ) PXN Ventures is a UK-based venture capital firm focused on backing high-growth c... Manchester | ||||
 Northstar Ventures( ) Northstar Ventures invests in early and later stage, high growth companies focus... Newcastle | ||||
 SFC Capital( ) SFC Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in early-stage t... London | ||||
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 Hummingbird( ) This venture capital firm is a global seed investor focused on backing outlier f... London | ||||
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 Firstminute Capital( ) firstminute capital is a seed-stage venture firm focused on investing in the UK,... London | ||||
 Lakestar( ) Auterion is a venture capital firm focused on open-source operating systems for ... London | ||||
 Haatch( ) This award-winning UK-based venture capital firm focuses on pre-seed and seed in... Stamford | ||||
 General Catalyst( ) GC is an investment and transformation company that partners with entrepreneurs ... London | ||||
 Dawn Capital( ) Dawn Capital focuses on investing in European B2B software companies. They targe... London | ||||
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 Oxford Science Enterprises( ) The firm focuses on investing in Life Sciences, Health Tech, and Deep Tech, prim... Oxford | ||||
 Ascension Ventures( ) Ascension is a leading UK venture capital firm focused on empowering tech innova... London | ||||
 XTX Ventures( ) XTX Ventures focuses on investing in exceptional founders from Seed to Series B ... London | ||||
 Molten Ventures( ) Molten Ventures focuses on technology-driven companies across various sectors. T... London | ||||
 Guiness Asset Management( ) Guinness Global Investors is an independent fund manager focusing on long-only e... London | ||||
 Meltwind( ) Meltwind Advisory LLP focuses on early-stage investments in the life sciences se... Cambridge | ||||
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 IQ Capital( ) IQ Capital is a dedicated European deep tech venture capital firm, specialising ... London, Cambridge | ||||
 Empirical Ventures( ) Empirical is a specialist VC and venture builder based in Europe, focusing on ea... Bristol | ||||
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 Northzone( ) Northzone is a multi-stage venture capital fund that invests in founders from Se... London | ||||
 Infinity Investment Partners( ) Infinity Investment Partners is an independent investment firm dedicated to crea... London | Moa TechnologyAtom bank | |||
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 Octopus Ventures( ) This venture capital firm focuses on investing in sectors such as B2B Software, ... London | ||||
 Episode 1 Ventures( ) The firm specialises in investing in Pre-Seed and Seed stage B2B software compan... London | OsspreyRecord OSSable BioRefuteWholeSum+40 | |||
 Osney Capital( ) Osney Capital is a venture capital firm specialising in the early-stage Cyber se... London | OsspreyOvermindRefutePloy | |||
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 Blossom Capital( ) Blossom is a venture capital firm focused on investing in European technology co... London | ||||
 Beringea( ) Beringea is a venture capital firm focused on empowering visionary entrepreneurs... London | ||||
 Puma Growth Partners( ) Partners for Growth is the private equity division of Puma Capital Group, invest... London | ||||
 Ada Ventures( ) This venture capital firm focuses on three key investment areas: Climate Equity,... London | ||||
 Future Planet Capital( ) Future Planet Capital is an impact-led venture capital firm founded in the UK wi... London | ||||
 Sure Valley Ventures( ) Sure Valley Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage software e... London, Dublin, Cambridge | ||||
 West Hill Capital( ) West Hill Capital focuses on investing in high-growth companies across various s... London | ||||
 Axiom Equity( ) London | ||||
 Portfolio Ventures( ) The PV Angel Fund is an early-stage investor focusing on fintech, SaaS, and vert... London | ||||
 Triple Point Ventures( ) This venture capital firm specialises in high-conviction seed capital, focusing ... London | ||||
 Love Ventures( ) Love Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on empowering innov... London | ||||
 Concrete VC( ) Concrete VC Partners focuses on transforming the built environment by investing ... London | ||||
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💡 This page features the most active UK growth investors — firms consistently writing cheques of £4m+ to help scale proven startups.
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What Do Growth Investors Look For?
A growth VC (Growth Venture Capitalist) is an investor who funds companies that have moved past the early startup phase. These businesses have found their market, are generating strong revenue, and now need extra capital to accelerate expansion.
- Established startups: Companies that have already scaled beyond the startup stage and are ready for the next level.
- Big growth potential: Businesses with a proven ability to grow quickly and efficiently, needing capital to keep momentum.
- Proven products: A product or service already validated by customers and generating consistent demand.
- Expansion funding: Capital to support entry into new markets, team growth, or launching additional products.
Unlike early-stage investors, who back unproven ideas, growth VCs step in when a solid foundation is in place.
Growth funding often happens across different rounds, most commonly Series A, B and C. A Series A round usually supports a company that has found product–market fit and needs capital to scale its model. Series B funding helps accelerate growth further, often into new markets or larger teams. By Series C and beyond, investors back businesses aiming for major milestones such as international expansion, acquisitions, or preparing for an IPO.
At Startupmag, we track UK growth investments of over £4m. Below you’ll find the most active growth investors in the country.
434 Most Active Growth Investors In The UK
Growth VCs and investors (websites, linkedin and twitter accounts)
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Frequently asked questions
Growth investors back startups that have moved beyond the earliest stages and are showing traction, revenue growth or product-market fit. These investors usually support companies scaling teams, operations and market expansion.
Growth investors typically invest from Series A onwards, although some may participate in late seed rounds for fast-growing startups. Investment size and expectations usually increase as companies scale.
Growth investors often look for strong revenue growth, customer traction, scalable business models and clear market demand. Many also evaluate the founding team, retention metrics and long-term expansion potential.
Founders should approach growth investors with clear traction metrics, a strong growth story and evidence of market demand. Investors at this stage usually expect more detailed financial and operational information.
This list includes UK growth investors backing startups across different sectors and stages. The full database includes additional investor details and filters to help founders identify relevant growth-stage investors.
