# Downing Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Downing Ventures is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 24 investments on record, latest Nov 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/downing-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Downing Ventures Last cheque observed Nov 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet VC firm Seed Series A Series B Underserved Social Impact Sdg Follow Downing Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fdowning-ventures) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 24 on record Since the last cheque **2539** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$10M** Cheque size, as they say **$250K – $5.0M** Rounds led **1 of 24** Sole investor **7 rounds** Mostly in **United Kingdom, 90%** Pitch Downing Ventures ## Downing Ventures highlights - 01 24 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 84% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 7 rounds, median undisclosed ## What they do > Since 1986, as expert investment managers, we have served thousands of investors and now have c.£2bn of assets under management. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $250K – $5.0M as they say - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Underserved Social Impact Sdg - **Based in:** London, United Kingdom - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **24 appearances** - **2019** 5 rounds - **Nov** **[Funding Xchange](https://millionrounds.com/company/funding-xchange)** GB · FinSMEs **$10M** With 1 other - **Oct** **[FundamentalVR](https://millionrounds.com/company/fundamentalvr)** GB · VentureBeat **$5.6M** *Led* - **Sept** **[Papier](https://millionrounds.com/company/papier)** GB · Cityam **$11M** With 2 others - **Jul** **[Cambridge Touch Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/cambridge-touch-technologies)** Series B · GB · FinSMEs **$10M** With 6 others - **Apr** **[Limitless Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/limitless-technology)** Series A · GB · Londonlovesbusiness **$6.5M** With 2 others - **2018** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[Lignia](https://millionrounds.com/company/lignia)** GB · Angelnews **$4.0M** With 1 other - **Apr** **[BookingBug](https://millionrounds.com/company/bookingbug)** Series C · US · Businesswire **$13M** With 1 other - **2017** 1 round - **Nov** **[Trouva](https://millionrounds.com/company/trouva)** GB · Tech.eu **$10M** With 3 others - **2015** 10 rounds - **Aug** **[CaseHub](https://millionrounds.com/company/casehub)** Seed · GB **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Apr** **[Twizoo](https://millionrounds.com/company/twizoo)** Seed **$1.8M** With 2 others - **Apr** **[WeTrack](https://millionrounds.com/company/wetrack)** Seed · GB **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Apr** **[NurseryBook](https://millionrounds.com/company/nurserybook)** Seed **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Mar** **[ZenStores](https://millionrounds.com/company/zenstores)** Seed · GB **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Mar** **[Natter](https://millionrounds.com/company/natter)** Seed · GB **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Mar** **[EdPlace](https://millionrounds.com/company/edplace)** Seed · GB **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Feb** **[Happiour](https://millionrounds.com/company/happiour)** Seed · GB **Undisclosed** With 4 others - **Jan** **[3 Kinds of Ice](https://millionrounds.com/company/3-kinds-of-ice)** Seed · GB **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **Jan** **[Glisser](https://millionrounds.com/company/glisser)** Seed · GB **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **2014** 6 rounds - **Dec** **[Spotnight](https://millionrounds.com/company/spotnight)** Seed · GB **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Nov** **[Adaptix Ltd](https://millionrounds.com/company/adaptix-ltd)** Venture **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Nov** **[Daredevil Project](https://millionrounds.com/company/daredevil-project)** Seed · GB **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Oct** **[Touchlight Genetics](https://millionrounds.com/company/touchlight-genetics)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Sept** **[Miappi](https://millionrounds.com/company/miappi)** Seed · GB **$220K** With 2 others - **Apr** **[LoyaltyLion](https://millionrounds.com/company/loyaltylion)** Seed · GB **$370K** 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 We hold **47** 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 they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **0** of 7 we have independently watched raise Best execution policy Certified B Corporation Doretrust ISO27001 Badge Inducement disclosure Information security policy statement Institutional investor 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 Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-** Led 1 of 24 rounds **4%** - **Said size:** $250K – $5.0M - **Sole investor:** 7 rounds - **Last cheque:** Nov 2019 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *14* - Venture *2* - Series A said *1* - Series B said *1* - Series C *1* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2014 2019 Often in the room with - [EC1 Capital Ltd](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ec1-capital-ltd) 2 - [WebStart Bristol](https://millionrounds.com/fund/webstart-bristol) 2 **Pitching Downing Ventures?** 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 Downing Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**EC1 Capital Ltd** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ec1-capital-ltd)[**WebStart Bristol** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/webstart-bristol) ## Recently backed The latest companies Downing Ventures put money into. [**Funding Xchange** $10M · Nov 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/funding-xchange)[**FundamentalVR** $5.6M · Oct 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/fundamentalvr)[**Papier** $11M · Sept 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/papier)[**Limitless Technology** $6.5M · Apr 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/limitless-technology)[**Trouva** $10M · Nov 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/trouva) ## Mentioned on podcasts Episodes that name Downing Ventures in their description, not their title. - [Scaling Europe](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/scaling-europe) 6 Nov 2025 · 23 min Will Orde: Partner at Passion Capital With [Will Orde](https://millionrounds.com/person/will-orde) Mentions [Passion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/passion-capital)[Downing Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/downing-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page - [This Much I Know](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-much-i-know) 20 May 2020 · 38 min Check Warner on her mission to provide access to opportunities to all with Ada Ventures Mentions [Ada Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ada-ventures)[Downing Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/downing-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Downing Ventures ### What does Downing Ventures invest in? Downing Ventures invests most often at Seed and Venture (84% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Underserved, Social Impact and Sdg. ### How active is Downing Ventures? 24 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Nov 2019. ### What has Downing Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Funding Xchange (Undisclosed round, Nov 2019), FundamentalVR (Undisclosed round, Oct 2019) and Papier (Undisclosed round, Sept 2019). ### How big are Downing Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $10M. It says it writes cheques of $250K to $5.0M. ### Does Downing Ventures lead rounds? Sometimes: it led 1 of its 24 investments on record (4%). ### Where does Downing Ventures invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (90%) and the United States (10%). ### Is Downing Ventures investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2019. ### Who does Downing Ventures invest alongside? Most often EC1 Capital Ltd (2 rounds together) and WebStart Bristol (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=downing-ventures) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=downing-ventures)