Investors / United Kingdom / BGF
BGF
Venture capital · London, United Kingdom · Europe
BGF provides patient, minority equity capital and support to growing businesses in the UK and Ireland. It invests at both early stage (late seed to series B) and growth stage, and offers follow-on funding and value-creation support without taking controlling stakes.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsdeep techlife sciencessemiconductorsmedtechdiagnosticssme growth
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Or find every investor that fitsBGF lists 339 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 21 funding rounds, 12 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 63% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (19%), Industrial & Manufacturing (13%) and AI & Machine Learning (10%). 72% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Octopus Ventures, Mercia Ventures and Amadeus Capital Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name BGF, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not BGF's whole history. Rounds on record name 20 companies; its own site lists 339. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 5% |
| Series A | 63% |
| Series B | 21% |
| Growth | 11% |
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 | 9 | 4 |
| '26 | 12 | 8 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 100th | 339 companies |
| Recent activity | 97th | 15 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 5% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 63th | 5% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 11th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 99th | 19 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 19% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 13% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 10% | 18% |
| Education | 8% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Fintech | 6% | 12% |
| Consumer | 6% | 3% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Octopus Ventures | 6 |
| Mercia Ventures | 5 |
| Amadeus Capital Partners | 4 |
| Beringea | 4 |
| Cambridge Innovation Capital | 4 |
| Claret Capital Partners | 4 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 4 |
| EMV Capital | 4 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers32796%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company124%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Octopus Ventures
Compare BGF 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 BGF| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 | Series B | |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Series C+ Led | |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Series A | |
| 21 Aug 2026 | Series C+ Led | |
| 21 Aug 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 24 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 21 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Series A Led |
Round details for BGF
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in BGF's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
339 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company develops mission-critical transport solutions to make difficult transport easy | Healthcare & BiotechMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Abselion develops and provides products for protein quantification | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Accsys creates highly durable, stable and sustainable wood building products using its proprietary technology. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Acro designs and manufactures custom automated systems for various industries, including automotive and consumer goods. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Action24 offers home alarm systems and security solutions in Ireland. | ConsumerCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Agile Spray Response provides governments and associated agencies with a practical and uniquely cost-effective aerial spray solution to disperse oil spills in marine environments. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Akula Living provides outdoor furniture for various industries, including hotels, restaurants, and cruise lines. | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Alpha Development provides training programs and solutions for financial services professionals to learn, grow, and succeed. | EducationFintech | Portfolio page | ||
 Amazon Filtersamazonfilters.com · United Kingdom | Amazon Filters manufactures and supplies filtration and separation solutions for various industries | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |
| Amdaris combines world-class talent with a proven delivery methodology to help businesses build, maintain, and improve their software applications. | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| And Digital develops and delivers digital products and platforms | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Anstey Horne provides specialist surveying services, including building safety, building consultancy, and fire consultancy, among others. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Antser brings together specialist assessment, diagnostics, support and behaviour-change capabilities to help people, professionals and organisations move forward with confidence. | Healthcare & BiotechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Apex Housing Solutions provides property management and guaranteed rent services to landlords in London. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Appnovation builds AI products for enterprises and their customers, from strategy through to production, on a foundation of nearly two decades in open source. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Apprentify provides training and apprenticeship programs in AI, data, and tech | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Arborea captures and converts carbon dioxide into net-zero protein and other highly functional ingredients without needing fertile land | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Arcinova combines scientific expertise with an agile, collaborative approach to drug development and supports pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in overcoming complex development challenges. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Arc Inspirations is a bar group operating 18 venues in England and Scotland. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Artus Air designs and manufactures compact HVAC solutions for commercial buildings | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- bgf.co.uk
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 19 Feb 2025
- Companies checked
- 339
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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