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Eight Roads Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 219 cheques on record.

Deploying nowVC firm

SeedSeries ASeries BPaytechB-to-cBanking

Deploying now
58%of best year15cheques in 12 months, 219 on record
Since the last cheque3days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$25MCheque size, as they say$5.0M – $50MRounds led6 of 219Sole investor34 roundsExits1 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 38%
Pitch Eight Roads Ventures

Eight Roads Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    15 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series B and Venture: 56% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 34 rounds, median $13M

  4. 04

    1 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Eight Roads has a 50+ year history of investing and partners with game-changing technology and healthcare companies, supporting them as they scale to become global leaders.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$5.0M – $50M as they say
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
PaytechB-to-cBanking
Based in
London, Bermuda
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first219 appearances

  1. 2026

    10 rounds

  2. Oct
    EasolSeries A · GB · Digital Music News$30MWith 6 others
  3. Sept
    Tempest TherapeuticsUS$2.5MWith 4 others
  4. Sept
    AvenCellSeries C · US$6.0MWith 1 other
  5. Jul
    MoneyboxSecondary · GB$60MWith 3 others
  6. Apr
    InsightFinderSeries B · US · TechCrunch$15MWith 3 others
  7. Feb
    Coherus BiosciencesUS$50MWith 3 others
  8. Feb
    OZivaVenture$91MWith 2 others
  9. Jan
    FunnelDebt · SE$80MWith 3 others
  10. Jan
    OvivaSeries D · CH · Firms' own news pages$234MWith 9 others
  11. Jan
    AssetPlusSeries B$19MWith 5 others
  12. 2025

    25 rounds

  13. Dec
    Denali TherapeuticsDebt · US$200MWith 3 others
  14. Dec
    PlasmaGen BiosciencesVenture$17MSole investor
  15. Nov
    TandemAISeries A$22MWith 3 others
  16. Nov
    AmenitizSeries B · ES$45MWith 3 others
  17. Nov
    Ruiyun Cold ChainSeries A$14MWith 2 others
  18. Oct
    ABK BiomedicalSeries D · CA$35MWith 2 others
  19. Oct
    Jade Bird DisplaySeries B$141MWith 3 others
  20. Sept
    La FourcheSeries C · FR$37MWith 3 others
  21. Aug
    Changjin BiotechnologyVentureUndisclosedWith 2 others
  22. Aug
    Pony.aiVenture · US$13MWith 4 others
  23. Jul
    Safe SecuritySeries C · US$70MWith 3 others
  24. Jul
    Adagene$25MWith 3 others
  25. Jun
    Conquest PlanningSeries B · CA$80MWith 5 others
  26. Jun
    Deep MirrorVentureUndisclosedWith 1 other
  27. Jun
    Fat FeeSeries A$14MWith 1 other
  28. Jun
    Immuneel TherapeuticsGrant$150KSole investor
  29. Jun
    SDP JapanSeries D · JP$31MWith 2 others
  30. May
    BlissClubSeries B$3.9MWith 2 others
  31. Apr
    MentoSeries B · JP$11MWith 3 others
  32. Mar
    Shadowfax Technologies LimitedVenture$3.0MWith 3 others
  33. Feb
    Nanos MedicalVenture$41MWith 1 other
  34. Feb
    New Vision MedicalVentureUndisclosedWith 2 others
  35. Feb
    Alternative BioVenture · JPUndisclosedWith 1 other
  36. Jan
    SwanSeries B · FR · TechCrunch$44MLed
  37. Jan
    BeadsSeries A · JP$6.3MSole investor
  38. 2024

    21 rounds

  39. Nov
    LighthouseSeries C · GB · Silicon Canals$370MWith 5 others
  40. Nov
    BhanzuSeries B$17MWith 2 others
  41. Nov
    ZenflowSeries C · US$24MWith 3 others
  42. Oct
    DocereeVenture · US$4.2MSole investor
  43. Oct
    MoneyboxSecondary · GB$81MWith 3 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 registration5 named

APAllan PelvangDirectoriForm ADV
DVDriaan ViljoenDirectoriForm ADV
JMJames MclaughlinDirectoriForm ADV
MAMatthew Alan HeathDirectoriForm ADV
NWNeal William TurchiaroResignediForm ADV

We also hold 86 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

$4.0Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
4+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Eight Roads GP
SEC number
CRD 163009

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

12 of 25 we have independently watched raise

AbkbiomedicalAbsolutdataAdageneAdaptimmuneAkulakuAmenitizAsobicaAvencellAzitBhanzuBiopaletteBlissclubAperzaArborventuresAshishlifescienceBankbazaarBeads-hospiceBicaraBinfinityBioregenmedGoblmHzyhgkyyPartnersPrhkVISIT WEBSITE

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 listed1 in all

WahandaBought by Recruit Holdings$171MMay 2015

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

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Eight Roads Ventures put money into.

On podcasts

1 episode naming Eight Roads Ventures in the title.

Quick answers about Eight Roads Ventures

What does Eight Roads Ventures invest in?

Eight Roads Ventures invests most often at Series B and Venture (56% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Paytech, B-to-c and Banking.

How active is Eight Roads Ventures?

219 investments on record, 15 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 6. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Eight Roads Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Easol (Series A, Oct 2026), Tempest Therapeutics (Undisclosed round, Sept 2026) and AvenCell (Series C, Sept 2026).

How big are Eight Roads Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $25M. It says it writes cheques of $5.0M to $50M.

Does Eight Roads Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 6 of its 219 investments on record (3%).

Where does Eight Roads Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (38%), the United Kingdom (17%) and Japan (17%).

Is Eight Roads Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 15 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Eight Roads Ventures invest alongside?

Most often F-Prime Capital (16 rounds together), Mizuho Capital (11 rounds together) and Fidelity (10 rounds together).

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