Concept Ventures is the UKs largest dedicated pre-seed fund at £52M, backing founders laser-focused on reshaping how we work, play, and learn. Being first-cheque investors, we understand the importance of being flexible, founder-first partners at the earliest of stages. We invest up to £600K initially and can shape or join your rounds of up to £2m, also reserving a portion of our fund to support you to Series A and beyond.
We are always looking to meet with ambitious and promising entrepreneurs, please apply for funding via our website: www.conceptventures.vc
We are the only venture capital firm with the "Venture Impact Pledge" which commits a portion of our exit profits to important social causes of the founder’s choice. This aligns our investment with the socially responsible values held by our founders to make a positive impact.
We are always looking to meet with ambitious and promising entrepreneurs, please apply for funding via our website: www.conceptventures.vc
We are the only venture capital firm with the "Venture Impact Pledge" which commits a portion of our exit profits to important social causes of the founder’s choice. This aligns our investment with the socially responsible values held by our founders to make a positive impact.
Location: United Kingdom, England, Westminster
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2018
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Series A
Portfolio 70
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 30.10.2024 | Anam | anam.ai | $2.3M | - |
| 01.09.2024 | Haz | haz.co | $1.4M | - |
| 01.09.2024 | Magic Hour | x.com | - | United Sta... |
| 01.09.2024 | Digital Ir... | digitaliron.com | $2.05M | - |
| 01.09.2024 | Track Tita... | tracktitan.io | - | United Kin... |
| 01.09.2024 | Jigcar | jigcar.com | - | - |
| 01.09.2024 | V-Sim | v-sim.co.uk | $21.5M | - |
| 13.03.2024 | Waypoint C... | waypointcommodities.com | - | - |
| 10.01.2024 | Verax AI | verax.ai | - | - |
| 10.01.2024 | Playgap | playgap.io | - | - |
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Persons 9
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Reece | Chowdhry | Partner | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | - |
| - | Oliver | Kicks | Partner | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | - |
| - | Seyon | Indran | Associate | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | - |
| - | Ariel | Rahamim | Principal | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | - |
| - | Jeff | Chowdhry | Partner | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Anrea | Munsamy | Analyst | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Jair | Paula Jr | Venture Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Vanessa | Mbamalu | Analyst | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Lauren | Sauerland | Analyst | - | - | - |
News 47
| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.03.2024 | Superlinked Raises from Index Ventures & Theory Ventures Superlinked Raises $9.5 Million Seed From Index Ventures and Theory Ventures to Fill the Gap Between Data and Vector Databases | Superlinked, the solution for turning complex data into vector embeddings, today announced it has received $9.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by Index Ventures, with a significant contribution from Theory Ventures. 20Sales, Fir... |
| 02.02.2024 | SooperBooks: From dream to Dragons' Den History! | Watching Simon and Charlene make history with all 5 Dragons investing, was a highlight for Concept - as this not only validates our foresight in recognizing their potential and unique vision but also that unusual pitches often set their own... |
| 22.01.2024 | ElevenLabs Becomes Unicorn Following $80m Raise ElevenLabs becomes UK's Latest Unicorn | In merely a matter of months since we last shared some exciting news on ElevenLabs, we are delighted that Mati and Piotr have today announced their $80m Series-B funding round - minting them as the UK's latest (and fastest growing) Unicorn.... |
| 21.01.2024 | ElevenLabs Becomes Unicorn Following $80m Raise ElevenLabs becomes UK's Latest Unicorn | In merely a matter of months since we last shared some exciting news on ElevenLabs, we are delighted that Mati and Piotr have today announced their $80m Series-B funding round - minting them as the UK's latest (and fastest growing) Unicorn.... |
| 07.12.2023 | Announcing our Investment in Harriet Welcoming Harriet! | Today we’re delighted to announce our investment in Harriet, the first full-stack AI solution designed to get companies’ internal data ready for the AI revolution, relieve People teams of their daily admin burden, and give every staff membe... |
| 26.11.2023 | From Bubble to Boom: The Rise of B2B Marketplaces From Bubble to Boom: The Rise of B2B Marketplaces | What are B2B marketplaces? Why did they fail before? What is different this time? What are their main features? In this piece we cover all this and why Concept is excited to be investing here. |
| 02.11.2023 | From Bubble to Boom: The Rise of B2B Marketplaces The Background on B2B Marketplaces | |
| 27.10.2023 | Captur secures £2.2m in Seed Round | Captur, based in London, pioneers in creating state of the art image recognition tools tailored for industries such as logistics, transportation and automotive. Their innovative solution empowers businesses to utilise smartphone cameras for... |
| 13.09.2023 | Treefera Launches and Announces $2.2m Pre-Seed Raise Treefera Secures $2.2M to Revolutionize Carbon Offsetting through AI-Driven Transparency | Today we’re thrilled to announce our investment in Treefera, an exciting new company poised to transform the accuracy, transparency, and efficiency of the carbon offset industry through leveraging cutting-edge AI and an unprecedented reposi... |
| 26.07.2023 | Oliver Kicks joins the Concept Ventures Partnership Oliver Kicks Promoted to Partner | Just shy of 4 years since joining Concept, Oliver joins Reece and Jeff in the Concept partnership. |
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Mentions in press and media 14
| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.12.2023 | UK-based Harriet raises €1.3M to revolutionise HR with full-stack AI solution | Read this article in: London-based Harriet, a full-stack AI-powered solution for streamlining internal data and HR tasks, announced that it has secured £1.2M (approximately €1.39M) in a pre-seed round of funding. The investment was led by C... |
| 05.12.2023 | SaaS-based data protection startup Klarytee secures £700,000 Pre-Seed funding | Today cybersecurity startup Klarytee, has closed a £700,000 Pre-Seed funding round. Klarytee is a SaaS-based platform that builds security into sensitive content, enabling large organisations to retain granular control and visibility wherev... |
| 14.09.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: J.M. Smucker buys Hostess for $5bn, NotCo’s NotSnacks, Krucial monitors salmon from space | This week, J.M. Smucker scooped up fellow CPG giant Hostess, and while foodtech funding was somewhat sparse, healthy noodle company Goodles raised new funding. In agtech, multiple companies raised rounds for carbon credits businesses and on... |
| 13.09.2023 | Treefera raises $2.2M for real-time forest data and carbon Credit analysis | Today Treefera, an AI-powered data platform that revolutionises forest data and conservation, announced a $2.2 million Pre-Seed funding round. Treefera’s platform leverages cutting-edge AI algorithms and an unprecedented repository of data ... |
| 20.06.2023 | Credo Ventures joins €17.3M round for ElevenLabs, voice technology research company | Credo Ventures joins €17.3M round for ElevenLabs, voice technology research company 20 June, 2023, 13:05 Mariia Denysiuk --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> London-based AI voice tech... |
| 02.02.2023 | Superlayer raises $1.3 million to "supercharge" sales pipelines using AI | London-based startup Superlayer has raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funds to perfect its AI-driven sales workflow platform that enables deal pipelines to be qualified and deciphered in "seconds". The round is co-led by Triple Poin... |
| 01.02.2023 | AI voice technology startup ElevenLabs raises $2M in a pre-seed round led by Czech Credo Ventures | AI voice technology startup ElevenLabs raises $2M in a pre-seed round led by Czech Credo Ventures 01 February, 2023, 12:34 Mariia Denysiuk --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> The Lond... |
| 26.01.2023 | London-based Emperia Announces $10M Series-A Funding | London-based Emperia has raised $10 million. Concept Ventures are pleased to share that Concept portfolio company Emperia has raised a $10 million Series A investment round “led by Base10 Partners, joined by Concept Ventures, Daphni, Sony V... |
| 11.10.2022 | A product launch and a £2.63 million raise ties up Tuesday for Ribbon | London-based start-up Ribbon is having a busy Tuesday with the announcement of £2.63 million in seed stage funding and a product launch with In-Product Surveys. Founded by Axel Thomson two years ago to help businesses to better understand t... |
| 28.07.2022 | Instacart’s comedown speaks volumes about the plight of digital retail | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. The summer of 2022 is proving to be a long and lonely one for digital retail. Paid Content Migrat... |
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