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Episode 1 Ventures

https://www.episode1.com
Last activity: 26.06.2025
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Episode 1, the backer of successful companies like Carwow, Touch Surgery, Zoopla and Attest, is an early stage venture capital firm based in London, with a £60m fund to invest in UK software driven startups.

Episode 1 leads rounds of £500k to £3m into fantastic teams with real insight into markets that are emerging or evolving. As an early stage fund, we invest in the best opportunities, but are particularly interested in how emerging “deep tech” technologies are disrupting industry, and how technology is reinventing markets.

We are the company builders that take you on your entrepreneurial journey from Seed to Series A.
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Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2013
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
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Portfolio 72

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22.08.2023Fig Financ...figfinance.io--
21.03.2023Frameframe.so$1.5MUnited Sta...
13.11.2022Raftraft.ai$30MUnited Kin...
04.10.2022Samasama.io-United Kin...
04.10.2022Dockeedockee.com$1.54MUnited Sta...
16.06.2022Chillchillchain.net--
19.05.2022Adsum Work...adsum-works.com$5MUnited Kin...
04.05.2022Superlinke...superlinked.com$9.5MUnited Kin...
01.05.2022zeltzelt.app$9.5MUnited Kin...
28.01.2022Lawhivelawhive.co.uk$54.01M-
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21.03.2023In the ‘Hot Seat’ with Adam ShuaibWhat’s your name and where are you from? Hi – I’m Adam. Half-Irish, half-Pakistani. Nomadic childhood living in the U.K., Ireland, Pakistan, Canada and Brunei Three words to describe yourself? Obsessive, relentless, unconventional Wha...
07.02.2023Omnipresent raises $120M Series BYesterday, Omnipresent announced their $120M Series B led by Kinnevik and Tencent. We’ve had a front row seat since co-leading the Seed round alongside Playfair in early 2020. Back then, I had a strong belief that the structural advant...
07.02.2023In the Hot Seat with Steph Orde, CFO at Episode 1What’s your name and where are you from? Steph. Born in Guildford. Decade in London. Now in Hampshire Three words to describe yourself? Curious, Hard working, Adventurous What has been your biggest success in your life so far? At work,...
08.12.2021In the ‘Hot Seat’ with David RajanCEO of Opteran This week we interviewed David to understand all things Opteran and where it all began. Opteran reverse-engineers biological systems onto silicon, enabling machines to see, sense, navigate and make decisions better than exis...
06.12.2021In the ‘Hot Seat’ with Paul BennettPaul Bennett , Co-Founder & CEO at Perchpeek Paul is one of our awesome Episode 1 CEO’s. He loves his sport, he’s super positive and he wears his Perchpeek merch with pride. Find out all about what makes this CEO tick… Paul Ben...
28.04.2021What I learnt at an Episode 1 CEO dinnerOne thing that stands out is the closeness of the relationship between the Episode 1 investment team and the portfolio companies. Beyond a deep and defining mutual respect, there is also the stuff at the core of all good relationships – act...
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Mentions in press and media 91

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26.06.2025RevEng.ai Secures $4.15M Seed Round to Tackle Software Supply Chain SecurityReveng.AI RevEng.ai, a cutting-edge start-up building foundation AI models for identifying security threats and vulnerabilities in software, is thrilled to announce the successful completion of its $4.15 million seed funding round. This mil...
06.05.2025StackOne raises $20M for easier API integration, led by Big Tech backersLondon-based StackOne has raised $20M in a Series A round led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), with participation from Workday Ventures, XTX Ventures, Episode 1, Playfair, and angel investors from OpenAI, DeepMind, Microsoft, and Mulesoft....
06.05.2025British AI startup StackOne raises €17.6 million to reinvent SaaS and AI agent integrationsLondon-based StackOne, an AI-powered platform fuelling enterprise AI agents and SaaS integrations – has raised €17.6 million in a Series A funding round in order to build StackOne’s tool-calling LLM, invest in R&D, and further expand th...
06.05.2025StackOne Raises $20 Million Series A led by GV (Google Ventures) to Reinvent SaaS and AI Agent IntegrationsStackOne is the AI-powered platform supercharging SaaS and AI developers to build real-time enterprise integrations with unrivalled speed, scale and 5x better accuracy Its AI integrations agent connects complex enterprise APIs in days inste...
31.01.2025Zelt's $6M Funding: A Game Changer for Workforce ManagementIn the bustling world of HR technology, Zelt has emerged as a beacon of innovation. The London-based company recently secured $6 million in funding, led by Nauta, with support from Venrex and Episode 1. This financial boost is not just a nu...
30.01.2025HRTech Zelt raises €5.7 million to fix people operations “once and for all”Zelt, a London-based all-in-one Human Capital Management (HCM) software, has today announced it has successfully raised a €5.7 million funding round to expand to new locations and add improved features to support customers. The round was le...
30.01.2025Zelt raises $6M to streamline workforce adminLondon-based HR operations platform Zelt has raised a $6M funding round led by Nauta, with participation from Venrex and Episode 1. Zelt's software allows managers to monitor different aspects of HR across the employee lifecycle, enabling t...
14.12.2024Refute: The New Shield Against DisinformationIn a world where truth is often overshadowed by falsehoods, Refute emerges as a beacon of hope. This London-based startup has recently secured £2.3 million in pre-seed funding to combat the rising tide of disinformation targeting businesses...
13.12.2024Refute takes aim at fake news with €2.7 million in fundingRefute, a London-based tech company dedicated to detecting and combating disinformation campaigns targeting commercial organisations, has raised €2.7 million in a pre-seed funding round. The investment was led by Playfair and Episode 1, wit...
13.12.2024Refute secures £2.3M to protect businesses from coordinated disinformation campaignsDisinformation refuting company Refute, has raised £2.3 million in a Pre-Seed funding. Disinformation attacks have become a Board-level concern, fuelled in recent years by both growing geopolitical instability and widespread use of generati...
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