# Connect Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Connect Ventures is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 105 investments on record, 9 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

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

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# Connect Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 105 cheques on record.

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Pre-seed Seed Series A Product

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**64%** of best year **9** **cheques in 12 months**, 105 on record

Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$4.3M** Cheque size, as they say **$1.0M – $2.8M** Rounds led **2 of 105** Sole investor **12 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United Kingdom, 42%**

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## Connect Ventures highlights

- 01 9 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 69% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 12 rounds, median $1.8M
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> We've been investing in pre-seed and seed stage product companies since 2012, from our home in London. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $1.0M – $2.8M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Product
- **Based in:** London, United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **105 appearances**

- **2026** 9 rounds
- **Sept** **[Thursday](https://millionrounds.com/company/thursday)** Venture · GB **$1.5M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Embedd](https://millionrounds.com/company/embedd)** Pre-seed · UA · Seedcamp **$2.7M** With 8 others
- **Jul** **[Nexcade](https://millionrounds.com/company/nexcade)** Seed · GB **$6.0M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Upstream](https://millionrounds.com/company/upstream)** Pre-seed · FR **$500K** With 2 others
- **May** **[Dessn](https://millionrounds.com/company/dessn)** TechCrunch **$6.0M** *Led*
- **Apr** **[Zellify](https://millionrounds.com/company/zellify)** Seed · SE **$3.6M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Tably](https://millionrounds.com/company/tably)** Pre-seed · GB **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Lanes & Planes](https://millionrounds.com/company/lanes-and-planes)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Mosaico](https://millionrounds.com/company/mosaico)** Pre-seed · IT **$1.2M** With 1 other
- **2025** 10 rounds
- **Oct** **[Deepstash](https://millionrounds.com/company/deepstash)** Venture · US **$9.0M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Ewake](https://millionrounds.com/company/ewake)** Pre-seed · FR **$2.3M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Nexcade](https://millionrounds.com/company/nexcade)** Pre-seed · GB **$2.5M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Cloud Capital](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloud-capital)** Seed · US **$5.4M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[Cino](https://millionrounds.com/company/cino)** Seed · EE · TechCrunch **$3.7M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[ai-coustics](https://millionrounds.com/company/ai-coustics)** Seed **$5.4M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Faks](https://millionrounds.com/company/faks)** Venture · FR **$6.3M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Belong](https://millionrounds.com/company/belong)** Crowdfunding · GB **$605K** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Plain](https://millionrounds.com/company/plain)** Series A · GB **$15M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Music.AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/music-ai)** Series A · BR · LatamList **$40M** *Led*
- **2024** 8 rounds
- **Oct** **[Genie AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/genie-ai)** Series A · GB **$18M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Ogment](https://millionrounds.com/company/ogment)** Venture · US **$2.6M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Steep](https://millionrounds.com/company/steep)** Seed · SE **$4.3M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Dust](https://millionrounds.com/company/dust)** Series A · FR **$16M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Tuza](https://millionrounds.com/company/tuza)** Seed · GB **$5.0M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Purple Dot](https://millionrounds.com/company/purple-dot)** Series A · GB **$10M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Unwritten](https://millionrounds.com/company/unwritten)** Seed · GB **$3.5M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Torg](https://millionrounds.com/company/torg)** Seed · DE **$2.9M** With 2 others
- **2023** 13 rounds
- **Dec** **[Memgraph](https://millionrounds.com/company/memgraph)** Seed · GB **$2.5M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Fantix](https://millionrounds.com/company/fantix)** Seed · US **$1.6M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Lanes & Planes](https://millionrounds.com/company/lanes-and-planes)** Series B · DE **$35M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Swallow](https://millionrounds.com/company/swallow)** Pre-seed · GB **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Boisson](https://millionrounds.com/company/boisson)** Venture · US **$5.0M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Outverse](https://millionrounds.com/company/outverse)** Seed · GB **$6.0M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Sprinque](https://millionrounds.com/company/sprinque)** Debt · NL · Avellinia Capital **$21M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Cerbos](https://millionrounds.com/company/cerbos)** Seed · GB **$7.5M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Zealy](https://millionrounds.com/company/zealy)** Pre-seed · FR **$3.5M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[Iteration X](https://millionrounds.com/company/iteration-x)** Seed · FR **$4.7M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[eDRV](https://millionrounds.com/company/edrv)** Seed · US **$1.2M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Metomic](https://millionrounds.com/company/metomic)** Series A · GB **$19M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Citymapper](https://millionrounds.com/company/citymapper)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** With 5 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 **6 named**

AA **Anthony A. Florence** Director of the NEA Service Company i Filing they signed

FB **Forest Baskett** Director of the NEA Service Company i Filing they signed

MB **Michael Blank** Manager i Filing they signed

MA **Mohamad A. Makhzoumi** Director of the NEA Service Company i Filing they signed

NQ **Nicole Quinn** Manager i Filing they signed

SD **Scott D. Sandell** Director of the NEA Service Company i Filing they signed

We also hold **8** 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.

Who backs their funds

## 3 LPs on record in Connect Ventures's funds

- **Funds:** 1

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: fund news.

- [**British Business Bank** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund) Fund Vintage Committed Connect Ventures Fund V - -
- [**aldeA Ventures** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aldea-ventures) Fund Vintage Committed Connect Ventures Fund V - -
- [**Molten Ventures** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/molten-ventures) Fund Vintage Committed Connect Ventures Fund V - -

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**0** of 7 we have independently watched raise

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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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[TOTEMS](https://millionrounds.com/company/totems)** Bought by [Stripe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stripe) **Undisclosed** Feb 2015

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**Raised**

a new fund in Feb 2026

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 **$4.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.8M**

Led 2 of 105 rounds **2%**

- **Said size:** $1.0M – $2.8M
- **Sole investor:** 12 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *48*
- Series A said *16*
- Venture *13*
- Pre-seed said *12*
- Series B *4*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Seedcamp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedcamp) 11
- [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) 8
- [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) 5
- [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) 5
- [Notion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notion-capital) 5
- [Point Nine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital) 5

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Seedcamp** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedcamp)[**Index Ventures** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures)[**Accel** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[**Battery Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures)[**Notion Capital** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notion-capital)[**Point Nine Capital** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital)[**Ascension** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ascension)[**Inovia Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital)[**Kima Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures)[**Northzone** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northzone)[**Acurio Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acurio-ventures)[**Balderton Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Connect Ventures put money into.

[**Thursday** $1.5M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/thursday)[**Nexcade** $6.0M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/nexcade)[**Dessn** $6.0M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/dessn)[**Zellify** $3.6M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/zellify)[**Tably** $1.0M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/tably)[**Mosaico** $1.2M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mosaico)

## On podcasts

2 episodes naming Connect Ventures in the title, and 1 more that mention it.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 30 Dec 2015 · 28 min 20 VC: How To Say No Fast and Efficiently and Why UX Must Always Be At The Core Of What You Do with Sitar Teli, Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures With [Sitar Teli](https://millionrounds.com/person/sitar-teli) Mentions [Connect Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/connect-ventures)[Doughty Hanson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/doughty-hanson)[Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/doughty-hanson-technology-ventures) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page
- [This Much I Know](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-much-i-know) 13 Aug 2015 · 19 min Bill Earner, Managing Partner at Connect Ventures With [Bill Earner](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-earner) Mentions [Connect Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/connect-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [This Much I Know](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-much-i-know) 24 Aug 2016 · 48 min Sitar Teli on investing in Product-Led companies and founders Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Connect Ventures

### What does Connect Ventures invest in?

Connect Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (69% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Product.

### How active is Connect Ventures?

105 investments on record, 9 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Connect Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Thursday (Venture, Sept 2026), Embedd (Pre-seed, Aug 2026) and Nexcade (Seed, Jul 2026).

### How big are Connect Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $4.3M. It says it writes cheques of $1.0M to $2.8M.

### Does Connect Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 2 of its 105 investments on record (2%).

### Where does Connect Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (42%), France (16%) and the United States (16%).

### Is Connect Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 9 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Connect Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Seedcamp (11 rounds together), Index Ventures (8 rounds together) and Accel (5 rounds together).

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