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The Players Fund
Venture capital · London, United Kingdom · Europe
The Players Fund is an early-stage venture firm that invests angel-sized cheques alongside leading venture firms, using a network of athletes, artists and exited founders to make introductions for portfolio companies. It also runs TPF Labs, which helps sports organisations build their venture capabilities.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
In its own wordsaccessathletesartistsearly-stagesports organisationstechnology
Your fit with The Players Fund
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Or find every investor that fitsThe Players Fund lists 28 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 75% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (18%), Enterprise Software (18%) and Healthcare & Biotech (13%). 47% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Octopus Ventures, Seedcamp and Active Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name The Players Fund, 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 Players Fund's whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 28. 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 | 75% |
| Series A | 25% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 65th | 28 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 82th | 75% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 78th | 11% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 8th | 18% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 18% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 18% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 13% | 15% |
| Fintech | 13% | 12% |
| Legal & Compliance | 9% | 2% |
| Cybersecurity | 7% | 4% |
| Media & Entertainment | 7% | 4% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Octopus Ventures | 4 |
| Seedcamp | 3 |
| Active Partners | 2 |
| Cherry Ventures | 2 |
| Seven Seven Six | 2 |
| 10D | 1 |
| 1745 Ventures | 1 |
| AC Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers28100%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Octopus Ventures
Compare The Players Fund 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 Players Fund| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Jun 2026 | Series A | |
| 30 Mar 2026 | Seed | |
| 17 Oct 2025 | Seed | |
| 5 Sept 2025 | Seed | |
| 24 Oct 2023 | Seed |
Round details for The Players Fund
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in The Players Fund's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
28 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arte helps Cybersecurity Teams take actions across their stack. | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The page is the official homepage of the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One racing team, covering its drivers, car, races, news, partners, and fan membership. | Media & EntertainmentConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides financial infrastructure and services for compute traders, including pricing, procurement, sales, brokerage, hedging, financing, and liquidation of compute and compute-based financial instruments. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Connectome measures brain activity and reads the results alongside sleep, activity, and lifestyle data. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Flagcat produces anime series and has developed proprietary software to aid in the production process. | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Fundamento aids banks, NBFCs, insurers, and fintechs in deploying AI-driven customer communication systems that automate conversions and enhance repayments. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2023Seed · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Shortcat creates and streams original romance fantasy anime series in a unique format designed for mobile devices. | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Gibran builds intelligence that unlocks causal knowledge and augments human autonomy | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Gutology makes everyday essentials such as toothpaste and deodorant that look after the good bacteria in the mouth, gut, and skin. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Huskeys provides network edge security management for networks, WAFs, CDNs, and edge services | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Lowlu offers Finnish sauna and cold plunge sessions in various locations across London. | Healthcare & BiotechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| The company connects travelers with locals who share their homes while away | Real Estate & ConstructionLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Summer helps individuals, employers, and government officials navigate and manage student debt | EducationFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Motor City Golf Club is a golf team that participates in the TGL and WTGL leagues | Enterprise SoftwareLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| OptimallyMe powers the next generation of integrative health by combining diagnostics, data, and delivery in one flexible, fully customisable platform. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Palabra AI provides real-time AI translation for live voice and audio, including speech-to-speech translation and text-to-speech services. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Partao delivers agricultural and construction machinery parts | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Pluto protects every layer of the AI atmosphere, enabling CISOs to safely launch themselves into the AI space | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- playersfund.vc
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 24 Oct 2023
- Companies checked
- 28
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