United Kingdom · Investor

Firestartr

Last cheque observed Nov 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietVC firm

SeedSeries ASeries BSubscriptionProductivity ToolsSoftware

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 17 on record
Since the last cheque4009days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$1.3MRounds led0 of 17Sole investor1 roundsMostly inUnited Kingdom, 76%
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Firestartr highlights

  1. 01

    17 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Venture: 82% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median undisclosed

What they do

Firestartr helps the most promising digital entrepreneurs take their companies from seed stage to Series A and beyond... providing seed-stage capitalFrom their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
SubscriptionProductivity ToolsSoftware
Based in
London, United Kingdom
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first17 appearances

  1. 2015

    7 rounds

  2. Nov
    Dataloop.IOVenture · GBUndisclosedSole investor
  3. Sept
    Big Data for HumansSeed · GB$1.2MWith 2 others
  4. Jul
    We Are ColonySeed · GB$2.0MWith 2 others
  5. May
    incrediblueSeed · GB$1.8MWith 4 others
  6. Apr
    PeakSeries A · GB$7.0MWith 4 others
  7. Mar
    Giant SwarmSeed · DE$1.2MWith 5 others
  8. Jan
    TransferWiseSeries C · GB$58MWith 6 others
  9. 2014

    6 rounds

  10. Aug
    HarriVenture · USUndisclosedWith 5 others
  11. Jul
    Urban MassageSeed · GBUndisclosedWith 2 others
  12. May
    Yoyo WalletSeed · GB$3.8MWith 2 others
  13. Mar
    AdbrainSeries A · GB$7.5MWith 2 others
  14. Mar
    Second HomeSeed · GBUndisclosedWith 2 others
  15. Jan
    Cloud 66Seed · GB$350KWith 9 others
  16. 2013

    3 rounds

  17. Dec
    Startup Compass Inc.Venture · US$700KWith 9 others
  18. Aug
    Yoyo WalletSeed · GB · techcrunch.com$1.3MWith 3 others
  19. Jun
    Brisk.ioSeed · SE · itnewsonline.com$182KWith 2 others
  20. 2012

    1 round

  21. Nov
    TraySeed · GB$600KWith 6 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 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 they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

21 of 52 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.

Who they invest alongside

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

Quick answers about Firestartr

What does Firestartr invest in?

Firestartr invests most often at Seed and Venture (82% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Subscription, Productivity Tools and Software.

How active is Firestartr?

17 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Nov 2015.

How big are Firestartr's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.3M.

Does Firestartr lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 17 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Firestartr invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (76%), the United States (12%) and Germany (6%).

Is Firestartr investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2015.

Who does Firestartr invest alongside?

Most often Andy McLoughlin (2 rounds together), Creandum (2 rounds together) and DN Capital (2 rounds together).

What kind of investor is Firestartr?

Firestartr is a VC firm based in London, United Kingdom.

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