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Connect Ventures
Venture capital · London, United Kingdom · Europe
Connect Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in product and technical founders, describing itself as pre-seed specialists backing founders from day zero. It has been investing in product founders for more than 12 years and has backed over 100 startups.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
In its own wordsproduct founderstechnical founderspre-seedseedsoftwareai
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Or find every investor that fitsConnect Ventures lists 86 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (20%), Fintech (17%) and Enterprise Software (12%). 31% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Seedcamp, Entrepreneurs First and LocalGlobe.
No funding round on record names Connect Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Connect Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 86. 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 18% |
| Fintech | 17% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Education | 5% | 7% |
| Legal & Compliance | 4% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Seedcamp | 7 |
| Entrepreneurs First | 4 |
| LocalGlobe | 4 |
| Notion Capital | 4 |
| Octopus Ventures | 4 |
| Aglaé Ventures | 3 |
| Backed | 3 |
| Balderton Capital | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 94th | 86 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 | 14th | 20% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 98th | 13 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers8194%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company56%
- 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 Connect Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
86 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides real-time audio intelligence for Voice AI applications. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Aikido Security provides various security products and services for developers to secure their applications and infrastructure. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Ambient provides a multiplayer game engine to build, deploy, share, collaborate, and play games. | GamingMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Anytype provides a platform for digital collaboration and data storage with a focus on privacy and security | CybersecuritySpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Auxy builds and sells a musical instrument called the Svensson 49 keyboard | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Ballpark provides a platform for product research, allowing companies to conduct various types of research with over 3 million participants and get answers within 60 minutes. | ConsumerEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Basement provides end-to-end management of corporate participation | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Belong provides an investment platform where users can open an account and invest their money with a minimum amount of £500. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bellman provides software for property management and syndics to automate administrative tasks | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company organizes events and offers video and audio content, as well as a shop and editorial section. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Bsit connects families with local babysitters through its app | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page | |||
| Cerbos provides an authorization management platform for enterprise software and AI | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Citymapper makes a transport app and works with cities and agencies to offer journey planning and tools to optimise transport networks | Mobility & LogisticsAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Cloud Capital helps companies manage and optimize their cloud and AI infrastructure spend | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Colossal is the AI agent platform for commerce | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Curve provides a digital wallet that combines all a user's cards into a single, secure wallet, allowing them to switch cards after a purchase and skip hidden foreign exchange fees. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Customuse creates 3D game assets with AI in seconds | GamingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Deepstash allows users to learn from thousands of top nonfiction books in minutes a day | EducationMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Desert Ant Labs develops and provides on-device AI models and SDKs for various tasks such as speech enhancement, image classification, and language detection | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- connectventures.co
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 86
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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