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BIG Ideas Group
Investor · London, United Kingdom · Europe
BIG Ideas Group is a London-based firm that backs, builds and grows high-growth projects, offering growth programmes in strategy and governance, talent and culture, brand and marketing, and technology and innovation. It reports having founded in 1999, created over 4,000 jobs across 47 projects in more than 7 sectors.
Invests inFintech
In its own wordsenterprisetechnologysaasaibrandtalent
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Or find every investor that fitsBIG Ideas Group lists 27 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Fintech (17%), E-commerce & Marketplaces (13%) and Enterprise Software (13%). 43% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Angel CoFund, Gresham House Ventures and 83North.
No funding round on record names BIG Ideas Group yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not BIG Ideas Group's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 27. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 17% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 13% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 13% | 8% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 11% | 18% |
| Media & Entertainment | 11% | 4% |
| Consumer | 7% | 3% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Food & Agriculture | 7% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Angel CoFund | 2 |
| Gresham House Ventures | 2 |
| 83North | 1 |
| Altai Ventures | 1 |
| BGF | 1 |
| Bright Pixel Capital | 1 |
| Capnamic | 1 |
| Cardumen Capital | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 64th | 27 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 7th | 17% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2593%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company27%
- 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 togetherCompare BIG Ideas Group head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
27 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barworks is a pub and bar group that operates multiple venues, including Mare Street Market, The Starman, and Two Floors, and also offers career development opportunities for its staff. | Food & AgricultureLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| The company brews and sells beer | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company engineers organisational intelligence through advanced analytics, applied data science and AI. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company makes and sells hand-rolled croissant buns | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates a platform for sample sales and fashion events in Dallas. | E-commerce & MarketplacesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Karta issues a US charge card for global citizens with credit lines up to $200,000 based on US assets and offers concierge services | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | |||
| Dashly provides a fraud intelligence system for industries | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & BiotechConsumer | Portfolio page | |||
| The company provides online business checking and financial management services for small business owners | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company builds software from scratch for startups and innovating companies. | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Mutual Vision provides modern banking solutions for building societies and credit unions. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Napier AI provides an AI powered Anti-Money Laundering platform to combat evolving threats | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Neuroworx provides talent assessment services to help companies evaluate candidate performance before hiring | Human Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Niico deploys AI agents that help universities, colleges, schools, and alternative education providers grow student numbers and automate institutional processes across their organisation while working seamlessly with their existing systems. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| Orbital builds and maintains integration for AI and apps through a context layer | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Popsa provides a service for printing photos into various products such as photo books, calendars, and prints. | E-commerce & MarketplacesMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Reboxed sells refurbished iPhones and Samsung phones | ConsumerE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company owns and operates various online platforms, including search engines, price comparison websites, entertainment and news sites, and invests in digital start-ups | Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| RevLifter provides an intelligent offer platform to help eCommerce businesses increase conversions and sales | E-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- bigideasgroup.co.uk
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 27
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