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Common Magic

Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 5 cheques on record.

Micro VCDeploying now

Pre-seedSeedVenture Capital & Private Equity

Deploying now
67%of best year2cheques in 12 months, 5 on record
Since the last cheque73days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$12MRounds led0 of 5Mostly inUnited Kingdom, 60%
Pitch Common Magic

Another investor of this name exists, and we could not establish from the rounds which of them the press meant. Treat the record below as possibly belonging to either. Tell us which if you know.

Common Magic highlights

  1. 01

    2 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Pre-seed and Series A: 80% of its rounds

What they do

Common Magic invests in pre-seed and seed-stage startups in Europe and the USFrom their own website
Type
Micro VC
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Pre-seedSeed
Sectors
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Based in
Bengaluru, India
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first5 appearances

  1. 2026

    2 rounds

  2. Aug
    EmbeddPre-seed · UA · Seedcamp$2.7MWith 8 others
  3. May
    EthosSeries A · GB · TechCrunch$23MWith 6 others
  4. 2025

    1 round

  5. Sept
    GoodFitSeries A · GB · Silicon Canals$13MWith 6 others
  6. 2024

    1 round

  7. Oct
    DottxtSeed · FR · Silicon Canals$12MWith 10 others
  8. Undated

    1 round

  9. -
    XyloPre-seed · GB · Firms' own news pages$3.7MWith 4 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 registration1 named

SLSarah Louise DrinkwaterdirectoriCompany registersince 2023

We also hold 1 person 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 UK company register, which it must file accurately by law

Companies House
14621487, since 2023

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

3 of 9 we have independently watched raise

.txt Token engineeringFramerThelowdownBounti Deskless worker happinessEllipsus Github for writersEmbedd Powering embedded engineersKurrent Event-native databasesStudio MariaTrail-ml

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Common Magic. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Common Magic put money into.

Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Common Magic in their description, not their title.

Quick answers about Common Magic

What does Common Magic invest in?

Common Magic invests most often at Pre-seed and Series A (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Venture Capital & Private Equity.

How active is Common Magic?

5 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2026.

What has Common Magic invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Embedd (Pre-seed, Aug 2026), Ethos (Series A, May 2026) and GoodFit (Series A, Sept 2025).

How big are Common Magic's cheques?

The median round it joins is $12M.

Does Common Magic lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Common Magic invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (60%), Ukraine (20%) and France (20%).

Is Common Magic investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Common Magic invest alongside?

Most often Seedcamp (2 rounds together).

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