Investors / United Kingdom / Episode 1
Episode 1
Venture capital · London, United Kingdom · Europe
Episode 1 is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage B2B software companies. It focuses on getting pre-seed and seed companies to a successful Series A.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsb2b softwarepre-seedseedgo-to-marketfundraising
Your fit with Episode 1
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Or find every investor that fitsEpisode 1 lists 70 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 13 funding rounds, 7 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 73% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (22%), Fintech (14%) and Enterprise Software (8%). 76% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Seedcamp, Entrepreneurs First and Octopus Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Episode 1, 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 Episode 1's whole history. Rounds on record name 12 companies; its own site lists 70. 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 | 18% |
| Seed | 73% |
| Series A | 9% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
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 | 2 | 0 |
| '25 | 4 | 2 |
| '26 | 7 | 5 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 91th | 70 companies |
| Recent activity | 91th | 7 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 86th | 91% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 77th | 10% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 22th | 22% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 22% | 18% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Cybersecurity | 7% | 4% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 4% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Seedcamp | 6 |
| Entrepreneurs First | 5 |
| Octopus Ventures | 5 |
| Balderton Capital | 4 |
| Join Capital | 3 |
| MMC Ventures | 3 |
| Osney Capital | 3 |
| Passion Capital | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6796%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company34%
- 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 Episode 1 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 Episode 1| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sept 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 27 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Seed | |
| 16 Oct 2025 | Seed | |
| 13 Oct 2025 | Seed Led |
Round details for Episode 1
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Episode 1's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
70 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
E-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | |||
| Adsum builds modern, AI enabled tax technology and tailored financial products for businesses, accountants and finance professionals. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Attest provides an AI consumer insights engine for B2C brands to understand category trends, track brand health, and measure campaign performance | ConsumerMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Dragonfly monitors software and AI tools for IT and Infosec leaders | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Oct 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Auquan develops and provides AI-powered workflow automation solutions for institutional finance companies | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| BioCatch provides a platform to detect and prevent fraud and financial crime using behavioral intelligence and predictive analytics. | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page | |||
| Bubble Robotics deploys a resident fleet of autonomous underwater robots monitoring offshore infrastructure 24/7, enabling safer, cheaper, and more scalable offshore operations, without ships or crew. | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Apr 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Building Atlas provides retrofit planning software for commercial property | Real Estate & ConstructionEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Carwow allows users to browse and compare new and used cars, as well as leasing deals, online. | E-commerce & MarketplacesMobility & Logistics | Jul 2024Round | Page + round | |
| Chillchain provides technology for supply chain management, including services such as spot shipping, contract tendering, and temperature controlled transport. | Legal & ComplianceIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an artificial intelligence platform for electronics design and verification | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| CloudNC integrates AI with computer-aided manufacturing software to generate machining strategies and toolpaths | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| EdgeTier provides AI-powered contact centre analytics software | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Effra automatically bills UK health insurers for clinics, doctors and hospitals. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Emoov is an online estate agency that helps people sell, let, buy, and rent properties | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & BiotechConsumer | Portfolio page | |||
| Feedr provides corporate catering services. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Fluidstack builds and deploys compute infrastructure, including data centers and solar power, to support artificial intelligence and other technologies. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- episode1.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 14 Jul 2024
- Companies checked
- 70
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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