# Secret Escapes funding: rounds and investors

> Secret Escapes has raised $291M across 7 rounds since 2011. Investors include Octopus Ventures, Index Ventures and Atlas Venture. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/secret-escapes (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United Kingdom · [Series E startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Secret Escapes*

7 rounds we have observed, with the 9 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Consumer Services Internet

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$291M** raised across 7 rounds since 2011, from 7 sources

**$13M** Series B **$60M** Series C **$111M** Debt **$68M** Round **$38M** Venture **$474K** Series E

- **Latest round:** Series E, $474K Sept 2023
- **Biggest round:** $111M Debt · Oct 2017
- **Investors:** 9

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023

**?** Series A

**$13M** Series B

**$60M** Series C

**$111M** Debt

**$68M** Round

**$38M** Venture

**$474K** Series E

- **First round:** Series A
- **Biggest round:** $111M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.2 years

## The rounds

- **Sept 2023** Series E **$474K** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
- **Mar 2023** Venture **$38M** *2 new* *3 returning* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) Source recorded
- **Jul 2018** Round **$68M** *1 new* [Old Mutual Global Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/old-mutual-global-investors) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Oct 2017** Debt **$111M** *2 new* [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) Temasek/ Indinvest Reported by FinSMEs
- **Jul 2015** Series C **$60M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) From a historical funding record
- **Oct 2012** Series B **$13M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) Reported by techcrunch.com
- **Oct 2011** Series A **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) Reported by growingbusiness.co.uk

## Funding filed with regulators

Secret Escapes filed 2 raises, $474K in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Oct 2023 **$280K** UK share allotment
- Sept 2023 **$194K** UK share allotment

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2011 **Series B** 2012 **Series C** 2015 **Debt** 2017 **Round** 2018 **Venture** 2023 **Series E** 2023 [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) [Old Mutual Global Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/old-mutual-global-investors) Temasek/ Indinvest

## Everyone who backed them

[Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) VC firm **4** rounds

[Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds

[Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) VC firm **3** rounds

[Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) VC firm **1** round

[LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) VC firm **1** round

[Old Mutual Global Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/old-mutual-global-investors) Growth equity **1** round

Temasek/ Indinvest no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Secret Escapes as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Emblem](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emblem) VC firm Per its own site

[HR Angels Club](https://millionrounds.com/fund/worktech-angels) Angel network Per its own site

[MVC Menden Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mvc-menden-ventures) Family office Per its own site

[Seligman Private Equity Select](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seligman-private-equity-select) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about Secret Escapes

### Who invested in Secret Escapes?

Secret Escapes's investors include Octopus Ventures, Index Ventures, Atlas Venture, Google Ventures and SVB Capital, and 4 more on record.

### How much has Secret Escapes raised?

Secret Escapes has raised $291M across 7 rounds since 2011. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Secret Escapes last raise?

Secret Escapes's most recent round was a Series E of $474K in Sept 2023.

### What was Secret Escapes's biggest round?

Secret Escapes's largest round on record is $111M (Debt), in Oct 2017.

### Who backed Secret Escapes first?

Secret Escapes's first round on record, in Oct 2011, was backed by Atlas Venture and Octopus Ventures.

### What stage is Secret Escapes at?

Secret Escapes's latest named round is a Series E, in Sept 2023.

### Where is Secret Escapes based?

Secret Escapes is based in the United Kingdom.

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