# ThoughtRiver funding: rounds and investors

> ThoughtRiver has raised $11M across 2 rounds since 2020. Investors include Octopus Ventures, LocalGlobe and SyndicateRoom. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *ThoughtRiver*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$11M** raised across 2 rounds since 2020, from 2 sources

**$10M** Series A **$1.5M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $1.5M Mar 2024
- **Biggest round:** $10M Series A · Sept 2020
- **Investors:** 4

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.

2021 2022 2023 2024

**$10M** Series A

**$1.5M** Round

- **First round:** Series A, $10M
- **Biggest round:** $10M
- **Between rounds:** 3.6 years

## The rounds

- **Mar 2024** Round **$1.5M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
- **Sept 2020** Series A **$10M** *4 new* [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) [SyndicateRoom](https://millionrounds.com/fund/syndicateroom) [Crane Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crane-venture-partners) Source recorded

## Funding filed with regulators

ThoughtRiver filed one raise, $1.5M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Mar 2024 **$1.5M** UK share allotment

## Founders and team

From ThoughtRiver's own website: 2 on the team.

- **Joe Stephenson** Partner and Head of IT & Technology
- **Hamish Gray** Director of Legal & Commercial

## 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** 2020 **Round** 2024 [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) [SyndicateRoom](https://millionrounds.com/fund/syndicateroom) [Crane Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crane-venture-partners)

## Everyone who backed them

[Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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

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

[Crane Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crane-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=thoughtriver).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists ThoughtRiver as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[iLexIR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ilexir) Investment firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about ThoughtRiver

### Who invested in ThoughtRiver?

ThoughtRiver's investors include Octopus Ventures, LocalGlobe, SyndicateRoom and Crane Venture Partners.

### How much has ThoughtRiver raised?

ThoughtRiver has raised $11M across 2 rounds since 2020.

### When did ThoughtRiver last raise?

ThoughtRiver's most recent round, $1.5M, was in Mar 2024.

### What was ThoughtRiver's biggest round?

ThoughtRiver's largest round on record is $10M (Series A), in Sept 2020.

### Who backed ThoughtRiver first?

ThoughtRiver's first round on record, in Sept 2020, was backed by Octopus Ventures, LocalGlobe and SyndicateRoom and 1 others.

### What stage is ThoughtRiver at?

ThoughtRiver's latest named round is a Series A, in Sept 2020.

### Where is ThoughtRiver based?

ThoughtRiver is based in the United Kingdom.

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