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Octopus Ventures
Venture capital · London, United Kingdom · Europe
Octopus Ventures is a venture capital investor and part of Octopus Investments, described as one of the largest and most active venture capital investors in Europe. It backs founders across seven sector areas and provides funding plus hands-on support, including a Portfolio People + Talent team.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsb2b softwarebioclimateconsumerdeep techfintech
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Or find every investor that fitsOctopus Ventures lists 280 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 32 funding rounds, 10 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 57% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (19%), Healthcare & Biotech (19%) and Fintech (15%). 59% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside LocalGlobe, Calm/Storm Ventures and Y Combinator.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Octopus Ventures, 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 Octopus Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 29 companies; its own site lists 280. 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 | 0% |
| Seed | 57% |
| Series A | 25% |
| Series B | 11% |
| Growth | 7% |
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 | 15 | 5 |
| '26 | 16 | 4 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 99th | 280 companies |
| Recent activity | 98th | 19 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 74th | 57% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 72th | 8% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 11th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 99th | 19 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 19% | 15% |
| Fintech | 15% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 4% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| LocalGlobe | 13 |
| Calm/Storm Ventures | 8 |
| Y Combinator | 8 |
| JamJar Investments | 7 |
| BGF | 6 |
| Entrepreneurs First | 6 |
| Venrex | 6 |
| AlbionVC | 5 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers26394%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company176%
- 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 Octopus Ventures 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 Octopus Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 21 Sept 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 14 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 3 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 18 May 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Octopus Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Octopus Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
280 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adway provides a platform for attracting and hiring talent through social media and other channels. | Human ResourcesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| AgileRL provides a platform to train and deploy specialized agents for specific tasks using reinforcement learning and other techniques. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Jan 2026Seed | Page + round | |
Consumer | Portfolio page | |||
| Alba offers at-home gut microbiome tests with personalized nutrition, probiotic, and lifestyle guidance | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company provides bid management software for complex tenders | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Amplience creates, manages, orchestrates and delivers content and media across every product, market and channel for enterprise retail | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Antidote.me helps patients find clinical trials and assists sponsors in recruiting patients for clinical trials. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Apheris AI creates superior drug discovery models using federated data and artificial intelligence | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| APLYiD provides AML, KYC and KYB software for businesses | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Appear Here rents shops, markets and pop up stores in cities around the world. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Aster develops patient management and agentic AI voice software. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AutoGrab provides automotive software solutions and intelligence | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides lab automation solutions, including software and hardware platforms for laboratories. | Healthcare & Biotech | Jan 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Avalio automates orders, monitors inventory levels, and purchases materials at negotiated prices for clinics. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Awell is a workflow-orchestration platform | Healthcare & Biotech | 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 | ||
| Béa Fertility provides at-home fertility treatment with an FDA-cleared insemination device and unlimited expert support. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BehavioSec provides real-time behavioral and device intelligence solutions. | CybersecurityFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Big Health provides digital mental health treatments for patients with insomnia and anxiety. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 11 Nov 2026- Site
- octopusventures.com
- Last read
- 11 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 2 Feb 2024
- Companies checked
- 280
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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