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The FSE Group
Investor · Fleet, United Kingdom · Europe
The FSE Group is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company that manages market-gap equity and debt funds for UK SMEs, with regional teams delivering funding programmes across the UK. It manages funds on behalf of stakeholders including the British Business Bank, Funding London, Finance Yorkshire and The Skills and Business Hub.
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Or find every investor that fitsThe FSE Group lists 222 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 12 funding rounds, 5 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 75% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (14%), AI & Machine Learning (13%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (12%). 85% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside EMV Capital, Martlet Capital and Creative Destruction Lab.
Counts come from funding rounds that name The FSE Group, 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 The FSE Group's whole history. Rounds on record name 12 companies; its own site lists 222. 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 | 8% |
| Seed | 75% |
| Series A | 17% |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| '25 | 3 | 0 |
| '26 | 8 | 4 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 99th | 221 companies |
| Recent activity | 93th | 8 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 84th | 83% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 63th | 5% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 1th | 14% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 95th | 10 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 14% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 13% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 12% | 7% |
| Food & Agriculture | 8% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Consumer | 7% | 3% |
| Fintech | 6% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| EMV Capital | 7 |
| Martlet Capital | 6 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 5 |
| Angel CoFund | 3 |
| Empirical Ventures | 3 |
| Pembroke VCT | 3 |
| The Conduit Connect | 3 |
| Y Combinator | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers22099%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company21%
- 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 The FSE Group 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 The FSE Group| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 17 Aug 2026 | Seed | |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 27 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 30 Mar 2026 | Seed |
Round details for The FSE Group
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in The FSE Group's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
222 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company sells specialty coffee and offers a subscription service for home delivery. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| 59A creates and deploys custom algorithms for media planning and buying across various platforms | Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Ace High Sports develops strategic card games combining sports and gaming elements. | GamingEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Ailsa Reliability Solutions provides condition monitoring and reliability services to improve customers' plant and asset availability | OtherIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Akumen provides text analytics software to transform unstructured human dialogue into high-value insights | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Alchera Technologies provides a platform that turns mobility data into trusted evidence for highways operators and local authorities to make informed decisions. | AI & Machine LearningMobility & Logistics | Oct 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Algapelago grows and processes seaweed for use in various applications, including agriculture, food, and skincare. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Alps Ecoscience optimises anaerobic digestion systems and provides biogas plant additives and related services. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Amity Brew Co is an independent craft brewery in Bradford, with a thriving taproom and kitchen in SunnyBank Mills, Farsley, Leeds. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Amutri instantly transforms Computer-aided design files into shareable 3D presentations for teams working on pioneering projects. | EducationMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Apera works in various technologies including aerospace, automotive, and artificial intelligence | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| APS Advisory provides operational due diligence services for acquisitions, including quality of costs audits | FintechConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Arc Marine designs, manufactures, deploys and monitors advanced Nature-Inclusive Design solutions for marine infrastructure | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Aspia Space provides Earth Intelligence data to help manage land and predict crop yields | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aura provides digital protection services to keep individuals and families safe from online security risks and identity theft. | CybersecurityFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Autologyx combines workflow orchestration, applied AI and enterprise governance to help organisations deliver complex work at scale. | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Axol Bioscience manufactures human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cells and provides laboratory services for drug discovery and disease research | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Barter 4 Things is an environmentally charged product development house that solves problems in water utilities, maritime and horticulture | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Beeline provides software solutions for managing extended workforces | Enterprise SoftwareHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Binit manages waste collections and validates the data behind every collection for schools, offices, and businesses across the UK and Ireland. | Industrial & ManufacturingEducation | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- thefsegroup.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 19 Nov 2024
- Companies checked
- 222
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