# C5 Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> C5 Capital is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 7 investments on record, latest Oct 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/c5-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# C5 Capital

Last cheque observed Oct 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Quiet New fund $25M, Apr 2021 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Security Paas Clean Energy

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record

Since the last cheque **2575** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$24M** Rounds led **4 of 7** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 57%**

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## C5 Capital highlights

- 01 7 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series C and Growth: 50% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $4.8M

## What they do

> Filed 2 private fund offerings with the SEC, the most recent in 2021-04 From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Security Paas Clean Energy
- **Based in:** London, United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances**

- **2019** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[Satelles](https://millionrounds.com/company/satelles)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$26M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Shape Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/shape-security)** US · FinSMEs **$51M** *Led*
- **Jun** **[Hazelcast](https://millionrounds.com/company/hazelcast)** Series C · US · VentureBeat **$21M** *Led*
- **Mar** **[Blue Cedar](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-cedar)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$17M** *Led*
- **2015** 2 rounds
- **May** **[Omada](https://millionrounds.com/company/omada)** Growth · DK **$25M** With 6 others
- **Feb** **[Parcelninja](https://millionrounds.com/company/parcelninja)** Venture · ZA **$1.7M** Sole investor
- **2014** 1 round
- **Jun** **[BalaBit](https://millionrounds.com/company/balabit)** Series A · HU **$8.0M** Sole investor

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 registration **24 named**

AP **Andre Pienaar** Manager of the General Partner i Filing they signed

AD **Andries Daniel Faber Pienaar** Director of Manager i Filing they signed since 2009

DM **Daniel Marc Freeman** Director of Manager i Filing they signed since 2016

JC **James Coats** secretary i Company register since 2020

KS **Kurt Scherer** Managing Director i Form ADV

LK **Linda Kay Zecher** director i Company register since 2020

MM **Marcos Marc Battisti** Director of Manager i Filing they signed since 2017

MC **Michael Curtis Sloan** CCO, Gc i Form ADV

WE **William Edward Kilmer** director i Company register since 2019

ZA **Zulfe Ali** Manager of the General Partner i Filing they signed

B(**Burness (Directors) Limited** corporate-director i Company register since 2009

CR **Charles Robert George Bowmont** director i Company register since 2009

CM **Christina Margaret Mccomb** director i Company register since 2011

CR **Christopher Robert Cooke** director i Company register since 2018

EG **Eugene Gerard Curley** director i Company register since 2011

GG **Gary George Gray** director i Company register since 2009

GC **Grahame Cook** director i Company register since 2011

HL **Henry Lee Jr. Guy** director i Company register since 2011

MA **Marlene Amelie Metge** secretary i Company register since 2014

NM **Nazo Moosa** director i Company register since 2013

RM **Rebekah Marie Hall** director i Company register since 2009

RL **Richard Leon Paniguian** director i Company register since 2016

RQ **Robert Quirke** secretary i Company register since 2017

SJ **Stephen John Leadbetter Wright** director i Company register since 2026

We also hold **11** 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.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$282M** gross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combined Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** C5 Capital Limited
- **SEC number:** CRD 297542
- **Companies House:** 07015428, since 2009

New fund on file

**$25M**

raised in Apr 2021

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$24M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$4.8M**

Led 4 of 7 rounds **57%**

- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series C *2*
- Growth said *1*
- Series A said *1*
- Series B said *1*
- Venture *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2014 2019

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## Recently backed

The latest companies C5 Capital put money into.

[**Satelles** $26M · Oct 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/satelles)[**Shape Security** $51M · Sept 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/shape-security)[**Hazelcast** $21M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/hazelcast)[**Blue Cedar** $17M · Mar 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-cedar)

## Quick answers about C5 Capital

### What does C5 Capital invest in?

C5 Capital invests most often at Series C and Growth (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Security, Paas and Clean Energy.

### How active is C5 Capital?

7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 4. The most recent was in Oct 2019.

### What has C5 Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Satelles (Series C, Oct 2019), Shape Security (Undisclosed round, Sept 2019) and Hazelcast (Series C, Jun 2019).

### How big are C5 Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $24M.

### Does C5 Capital lead rounds?

Yes: it led 4 of its 7 investments on record (57%).

### Where does C5 Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (57%), Denmark (14%) and South Africa (14%).

### Is C5 Capital investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2019.

### What kind of investor is C5 Capital?

C5 Capital is a VC firm based in London, United Kingdom.

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