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British International Investment
Investor · London, United Kingdom · Europe
British International Investment is the UK's development finance institution, established in 1948. It invests as a partner in businesses across Africa, Asia and the Caribbean to support growth in developing and emerging countries.
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In its own wordsdevelopment financeclimatefinancial servicesinfrastructuregender diversityagriculture
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Or find every investor that fitsBritish International Investment lists 566 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 27 funding rounds, 7 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (27%), Education (12%) and Healthcare & Biotech (12%). It invests most often alongside TLcom Capital, Y Combinator and Stride Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name British International Investment, 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 British International Investment's whole history. Rounds on record name 25 companies; its own site lists 566. 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 roundBritish International Investment does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 17% |
| Series A | 8% |
| Series B | 50% |
| Growth | 25% |
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 | 1 | 1 |
| '25 | 17 | 5 |
| '26 | 9 | 1 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 100th | 566 companies |
| Recent activity | 95th | 10 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 57th | 17% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 55th | 2% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 42th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 100th | 70 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 27% | 12% |
| Education | 12% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 11% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 5% |
| Food & Agriculture | 4% | 3% |
| Legal & Compliance | 4% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| TLcom Capital | 14 |
| Y Combinator | 14 |
| Stride Ventures | 12 |
| Trifecta Capital | 11 |
| Ventures Platform | 11 |
| E3 Capital | 10 |
| 4DX Ventures | 9 |
| Algebra Ventures | 9 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers55498%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company122%
- 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 British International Investment 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 British International Investment| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 2026 | Seed | |
| 21 Sept 2026 | Series B | |
| 8 Sept 2026 | Series B | |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Series A | |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Series C+ Led | |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Round | |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Debt | |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Round |
Round details for British International Investment
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in British International Investment's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
In the news
4 headlines naming British International InvestmentEach headline is matched with evidence and opens on its outlet. Some come through the GDELT Project.
Portfolio
566 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company delivers end-to-end 3D concrete printing solutions for construction worldwide. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company delivers meals in minutes | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a website to explore and compare commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses, and three-wheelers. | Mobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Arab African International Bank provides banking products, services, and solutions to individual and corporate clients | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aavas Financiers Limited provides home loans and other financial services | FintechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| AB Microfinance Bank Nigeria offers various financial services including loans and savings accounts to individuals and businesses. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Absa Group Limited is a bank that provides financial services and operates in several countries in Africa. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Access Bank Plc provides various banking services, including personal, business, and corporate accounts, loans, and money transfer services. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Accretive is a tech investment and advisory firm that builds, invests and partners with high potential tech, web3 and AI founders and their projects. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| ACEP Senegal provides financial services including credits, savings accounts, and banking services to individuals and businesses. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides aircraft leasing and financing solutions to customers worldwide. | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| ACI Motors Limited sells and distributes various machineries and vehicles, including agricultural machineries, automobiles, and infrastructure development machineries. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Actis builds and operates critical infrastructure focused on essential services in growth markets | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| ADEMAT creates customized energy solutions for its clients | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Advans Cote d’Ivoire offers financial services adapted to the needs of SMEs, entrepreneurs, traders, artisans and their families | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Albatros Energy Mali S.A is an independent private power project that built a 90 megawatt heavy fuel oil power station in Kayes, western Mali. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Aequs provides zero error manufacturing solutions for the Aerospace and Consumer industries | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides solar financing and procurement services to businesses and residential customers in India. | FintechEducation | Jan 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Afreximbank provides financing solutions and advisory services for the expansion, diversification, promotion and development of Intra- and Extra-African Trade | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 14 Nov 2026- Site
- bii.co.uk
- Last read
- 14 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 22 Sept 2024
- Companies checked
- 566
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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