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Archipelago Ventures
Venture capital · United Kingdom · Europe
Archipelago Ventures is an early-stage investor backing technology companies that address material circularity. It focuses on IP-rich, scalable approaches across plastics, metals and fibres, and publishes insights and portfolio news.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense
In its own wordscircular economydeep techmaterialsrecyclingresource efficiencyindustrial resilience
Your fit with Archipelago Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsArchipelago Ventures lists 9 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (31%), Industrial & Manufacturing (31%) and Space & Defense (19%). 71% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Creative Destruction Lab, EverQuest Capital Partners and The Conduit Connect.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Archipelago Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 19th | 9 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 80th | 11% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 55th | 31% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 59th | 3 countries |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Creative Destruction Lab | 2 |
| EverQuest Capital Partners | 2 |
| The Conduit Connect | 2 |
| 360 Capital | 1 |
| Adapt Nation Capital | 1 |
| Antler | 1 |
| BGF | 1 |
| Backbone Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers9100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 31% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 31% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 19% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Food & Agriculture | 6% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 6% | 15% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Creative Destruction Lab
Compare Archipelago Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Archipelago Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov 2026 | Seed | |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 5 Aug 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Archipelago Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Archipelago Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
9 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A&B Smart Materials develops and produces bio-based superabsorbents for various applications, including hygiene and agriculture. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| AquaBloom produces seaweed-based biostimulants and feed additives for sustainable agriculture | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| DEScycle recovers metals from domestic waste streams using a proprietary ionometallurgy technology | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Evoralis develops innovative enzymes to efficiently recycle plastics back into high-quality plastics. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI waste analytics solutions for recovery facilities and packaging companies. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Matoha makes devices that identify materials such as textiles, plastics, and flooring using infrared sensors and AI algorithms. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Nova Biochem transforms industrial side-stream from pulp and paper industry into high-value circular chemicals that replace those made from crude oil. | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Sorted helps recover more waste with AI-powered recycling technology and products for auditing, assisting, and automating waste sorting. | Industrial & ManufacturingEnterprise Software | Aug 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| N&E Innovations turns food waste into an antimicrobial substance | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Sept 2026Series A | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 12 Nov 2026- Site
- archipelagoventures.vc
- Last read
- 12 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 12 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 5 Aug 2026
- Companies checked
- 9
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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