# Common Magic: portfolio, investments and team > Common Magic is a micro vc based in India. 5 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/common-magic (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) India · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Common Magic Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 5 cheques on record. Email Micro VC Deploying now Pre-seed Seed Venture Capital & Private Equity Follow Common Magic and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fcommon-magic) Deploying now **67%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record Since the last cheque **73** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$12M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Mostly in **United 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](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=common-magic) if you know. ## Common Magic highlights - 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months - 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 US From their own website - **Type:** Micro VC - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed - **Sectors:** Venture Capital & Private Equity - **Based in:** Bengaluru, India - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances** - **2026** 2 rounds - **Aug** **[Embedd](https://millionrounds.com/company/embedd)** Pre-seed · UA · Seedcamp **$2.7M** With 8 others - **May** **[Ethos](https://millionrounds.com/company/ethos)** Series A · GB · TechCrunch **$23M** With 6 others - **2025** 1 round - **Sept** **[GoodFit](https://millionrounds.com/company/goodfit)** Series A · GB · Silicon Canals **$13M** With 6 others - **2024** 1 round - **Oct** **[Dottxt](https://millionrounds.com/company/dottxt)** Seed · FR · Silicon Canals **$12M** With 10 others - **Undated** 1 round - **-** **[Xylo](https://millionrounds.com/company/xylo)** Pre-seed · GB · Firms' own news pages **$3.7M** With 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 registration **1 named** SL **Sarah Louise Drinkwater** director i Company register since 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 engineering](https://millionrounds.com/company/dottxt)[Framer](https://millionrounds.com/company/framer)[Thelowdown](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-lowdown) Bounti Deskless worker happiness Ellipsus Github for writers Embedd Powering embedded engineers Kurrent Event-native databases Studio Maria Trail-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. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Median round joined **$12M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Aug 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Pre-seed said *2* - Series A *2* - Seed said *1* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 Often in the room with - [Seedcamp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedcamp) 2 **Pitching Common Magic?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## 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. [**Seedcamp** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedcamp) ## Recently backed The latest companies Common Magic put money into. [**Ethos** $23M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/ethos)[**GoodFit** $13M · Sept 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/goodfit)[**Dottxt** $12M · Oct 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/dottxt)[**Xylo** $3.7M](https://millionrounds.com/company/xylo) ## Mentioned on podcasts Episodes that name Common Magic in their description, not their title. - [Tech.eu](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tech-eu) 9 Jun 2023 · 26 min 🎙️Moving at angel speed without the traditional VC formality: Solo GP Sarah Drinkwater and her new £10 million fund With [Sarah Drinkwater](https://millionrounds.com/person/sarah-drinkwater) Mentions [Common Magic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/common-magic)[Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) Apple PodcastsShow page ## 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). ## Raising now? 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