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Black Lion Ventures
Venture capital · London, United Kingdom · Europe
Black Lion Ventures is an evergreen investment vehicle that invests in startups. It describes itself as a team of entrepreneurs, operators and investors who partner actively with portfolio companies.
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Or find every investor that fitsBlack Lion Ventures lists 5 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Fintech (67%), Real Estate & Construction (17%) and Human Resources (17%). 100% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Anthemis, ETFS Capital and Guinness Ventures.
No funding round on record names Black Lion Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 4th | 5 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 | 91th | 67% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5100%
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 67% | 12% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 17% | 3% |
| Human Resources | 17% | 1% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Black Lion Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
5 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral Safe provides funeral loans to customers | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Matter Real Estate builds real estate businesses and invests in companies and their underlying real estate which meet a social need | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Mintago provides employee benefits solutions to employers | FintechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| ThinCats provides long-term debt funding tailored to the needs of mid-sized businesses throughout the UK. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| TreasurySpring provides an institutional cash investment platform | Fintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- blacklionventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 5
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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