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Most Excellent Ventures
Micro VC · Manchester, United Kingdom · Europe
Most Excellent Ventures is a seed-stage investor run by former software CEOs who invest their own money in AI-driven B2B SaaS companies. The firm also provides operational support, including fractional leaders in technology, marketing, sales and finance, and board-level advice to founders.
Invests inEducation
In its own wordsb2b saasaienterprise softwareseed stagemanchesternorth of england
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Or find every investor that fitsMost Excellent Ventures lists 8 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Education (29%), AI & Machine Learning (14%) and Cybersecurity (14%). 83% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Kennet Partners, British International Investment and Capital Innovators.
No funding round on record names Most Excellent Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 29% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 14% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 14% | 4% |
| Media & Entertainment | 7% | 4% |
| Legal & Compliance | 7% | 2% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 7% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Kennet Partners | 2 |
| British International Investment | 1 |
| Capital Innovators | 1 |
| Equator | 1 |
| Factor E Ventures | 1 |
| LoftyInc Capital | 1 |
| Maven Ventures | 1 |
| Mercia Ventures | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 15th | 8 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 | 48th | 29% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers8100%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Most Excellent Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
8 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiferm manufactures performance ingredients using biomanufacturing applications for various industries | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Iduna invests in data and technology around the transition to electric vehicles in UK infrastructure | Mobility & LogisticsSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Netacea provides bot protection services to identify and verify bots and agents on platforms | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Octopus Energy supplies energy to homes and businesses in the UK | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides online doctor appointments and prescription services with a UK GP | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| SteamaCo provides a smart metering platform for energy distributors in Africa to manage electricity sales and revenue | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Summize is a contract intelligence system that wraps around the tools your business already uses, ensuring legal knowledge sits inside every tool, reaches every team and informs every decision. | Media & EntertainmentLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| usecure provides a platform for human risk management, including training, phishing simulations, and policy management. | CybersecurityEducation | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 8 Nov 2026- Site
- mostexcellent.ventures
- Last read
- 8 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 8
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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