United Kingdom · Investor

Backed

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 4 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $653K, Aug 2023VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries B

Deploying now
100%of best year1cheques in 12 months, 4 on record
Since the last cheque26days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$15MRounds led0 of 4
Pitch Backed

Backed highlights

  1. 01

    1 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Pre-seed and Seed: 67% of its rounds

What they do

Filed 1 private fund offering with the SEC, the most recent in 2020-05From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Based in
United Kingdom
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first4 appearances

  1. 2026

    1 round

  2. Oct
    FoundationalPre-seed · GB · Inflection$11MWith 4 others
  3. 2019

    1 round

  4. Oct
    PollenGB · FinSMEs$60MWith 4 others
  5. 2018

    1 round

  6. Oct
    InvisibleSeed · VA · Vator$2.6MWith 8 others
  7. 2017

    1 round

  8. Oct
    VerveSeries B · GB · TechCrunch$19MWith 2 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration4 named

ADAndre de HaesExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
DGDavid GallerExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
GSGayle SwansonDirectoriFiling they signed
MHMarc HarrisDirectoriFiling they signed

We also hold 3 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

Recently backed

The latest companies Backed put money into.

Foundational$11M · Oct 2026

Quick answers about Backed

What does Backed invest in?

Backed invests most often at Pre-seed and Seed (67% of the rounds on record).

How active is Backed?

4 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Backed invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Foundational (Pre-seed, Oct 2026), Pollen (Undisclosed round, Oct 2019) and Invisible (Seed, Oct 2018).

How big are Backed's cheques?

The median round it joins is $15M.

Is Backed investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

What kind of investor is Backed?

Backed is a VC firm based in United Kingdom.

Has Backed raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Aug 2023, reporting $653K raised.

When was Backed founded?

Backed was founded in 2014.

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