Firestartr is a place to build revolutionary digital businesses.
Firestartr helps the most promising Internet and software entrepreneurs take their companies from seed stage to Series A and beyond.
Beyond providing seed-stage capital, we draw on our entrepreneurial successes and senior operational experience with leading technology companies to support sustainable growth in our portfolio. Our deep domain expertise, combined with an unrivaled network of Club investors, enable us to make meaningful connections at the right time and propel companies to Series A and beyond.
Firestartr operates as an investment club platform that syndicates investments with a curated network of domain experts. Our structure benefits both entrepreneurs (one line on the cap table) and investors (greater deal choice, tax advantages such as EIS, no lock in).
Firestartr helps the most promising Internet and software entrepreneurs take their companies from seed stage to Series A and beyond.
Beyond providing seed-stage capital, we draw on our entrepreneurial successes and senior operational experience with leading technology companies to support sustainable growth in our portfolio. Our deep domain expertise, combined with an unrivaled network of Club investors, enable us to make meaningful connections at the right time and propel companies to Series A and beyond.
Firestartr operates as an investment club platform that syndicates investments with a curated network of domain experts. Our structure benefits both entrepreneurs (one line on the cap table) and investors (greater deal choice, tax advantages such as EIS, no lock in).
Location: United Kingdom, England, Westminster
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2012
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Seed; Series A; IPO
Portfolio 48
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 05.05.2021 | StudentFin... | studentfinance.com | $48.4M | Spain, Com... |
| 05.05.2021 | Non | lyres.com | - | Australia,... |
| 05.05.2021 | Ampverse | ampverse.com | $12M | - |
| 05.05.2021 | Ninetynine | ninetynine.com | - | Spain, Com... |
| 05.05.2021 | Alphagreen | alphagreen.io | $646.71M | - |
| 05.05.2021 | Eligible.a... | eligible.ai | - | United Kin... |
| 09.08.2017 | Railsbank | railsbank.com | $118.2M | Singapore |
| 29.01.2016 | Cronofy | cronofy.com | $21.5M | United Kin... |
| - | Gr4vy, Inc | gr4vy.com | $27.2M | United Sta... |
| - | Technology... | jagshaw.com | - | United Kin... |
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Persons 12
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Roland | Grenke | Advisor | - | - | - | |
| - | Amanda | St Levans ... | Advisor | - | - | - | |
| - | Mark | Etheringto... | Advisor | - | - | - | |
| - | Nick | Earle | Advisor | - | - | - | |
| - | Hugh | Fahy | Advisor | - | - | - | |
| - | Christina | Frankopan | Advisor | - | - | - | |
| - | Azeem | Azhar | Advisor | - | - | - | |
| - | Anil | Hansjee | Co-founder | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | United Kin... |
| - | Richard | Muirhead | Co-foundin... | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | United Sta... |
| - | Alain | Falys | Partner | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | Switzerlan... |
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Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.07.2022 | Massage-booking platform Urban responds to reports of alleged sexual assaults by some therapists | Urban, a popular UK-based startup that allows customers to find self-employed massage therapists who can be booked to attend customers’ homes, has been named in an investigation into alleged abuse by unlicensed freelance therapists. The sta... |
| 19.05.2021 | UK-headquartered fintech StudentFinance books €4.5 million in seed round, looks to reshape global education financing | UK-headquartered fintech StudentFinance has raised €4.5 million in a seed round co-led by Giant Ventures and Armilar Venture Partners. Existing investors Mustard Seed Maze, Seedcamp, and Sabadell Venture Capital also participated. Additiona... |
| 09.08.2017 | Railsbank, a new fintech startup from founder of Currencycloud, raises $1.2M led by Firestartr | Railsbank, a relatively new fintech startup co-founded by CEO Nigel Verdon, who previously founded money exchange and payments platform Currencycloud, has raised $1.2 million in a funding round led by seed investment firm Firestartr. The co... |
| 30.01.2016 | Cronofy Closes $1.6M Seed Funding Round | Cronofy, a Nottingham and London, UK-based unified calendar API service, closed a $1.6 million seed funding round. The round was led by Firestartr with participation from Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based henQ. The company intends to use the... |
| 29.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 29, 2016 | BloomReach announced $56M funding; BirdEye raised $8M; Sonovate closed $7.15M Series A funding Velo Labs, a San Francisco, CA-based creator of Skylock, a Bluetooth connected bicycle lock, raised $1 million in funding. The round was led by D... |
| 29.01.2016 | Calendar API service Cronofy secures $1.6M led by Firestartr | Cronofy, the unified calendar API service, has closed a $1.6 million seed round led by Firestartr alongside Amsterdam-based venture capital firm henQ. UK-based Cronofy, whose international roster of clients already include Skyscanner, Zesty... |
| 07.04.2014 | Enthusiasts and Sceptics Debate Bitcoin at London's O2 Venue | A panel comprising of both bitcoin enthusiasts and sceptics discussed everything from awareness and education to regulation and entrepreneurship at a panel discussion held at London's O2 venue on Saturday, 5th April. Titled ‘How Bitcoin Can... |
| 11.03.2014 | With fresh funding, “code-to-cloud” startup Cloud 66 hopes to become Europe’s Heroku (only better) | London-based startup Cloud 66, which allows developers to deploy and start managing Ruby on Rails apps on any major cloud environment within minutes, is coming out of the woodwork today with the announcement of a $500,000 seed round. The ne... |
| 07.11.2013 | Presenting the 10 finalists for Vator Splash London! | 10 startups will be pitching their ideas to some of the top tech VCs! Vator Splash London is finally here! And in just a few hours, we'll find out who the winner is! On deck and ready to present are 10 startups throughout the London area th... |
| 10.09.2013 | Yoyo Raises $1.2M To Launch New Kind Of Mobile Payment And Loyalty Platform | Roaming the noisy byways of TechCrunch Startup Alley I found a startup today that plans to create a new kind of mobile payment and loyalty platform. Yoyo has today – at Disrupt SF – announced it’s raised $1.2 million in a seed round to laun... |
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