# Firestartr: portfolio, investments and team > Firestartr is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 17 investments on record, latest Nov 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/firestartr (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Firestartr Last cheque observed Nov 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet VC firm Seed Series A Series B Subscription Productivity Tools Software Follow Firestartr and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Ffirestartr) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 17 on record Since the last cheque **4009** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$1.3M** Rounds led **0 of 17** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United Kingdom, 76%** Pitch Firestartr ## Firestartr highlights - 01 17 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 82% of its rounds - 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 capital From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Subscription Productivity Tools Software - **Based in:** London, United Kingdom - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **17 appearances** - **2015** 7 rounds - **Nov** **[Dataloop.IO](https://millionrounds.com/company/dataloop-io)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Sept** **[Big Data for Humans](https://millionrounds.com/company/big-data-for-humans)** Seed · GB **$1.2M** With 2 others - **Jul** **[We Are Colony](https://millionrounds.com/company/we-are-colony)** Seed · GB **$2.0M** With 2 others - **May** **[incrediblue](https://millionrounds.com/company/incrediblue)** Seed · GB **$1.8M** With 4 others - **Apr** **[Peak](https://millionrounds.com/company/peak)** Series A · GB **$7.0M** With 4 others - **Mar** **[Giant Swarm](https://millionrounds.com/company/giant-swarm)** Seed · DE **$1.2M** With 5 others - **Jan** **[TransferWise](https://millionrounds.com/company/transferwise)** Series C · GB **$58M** With 6 others - **2014** 6 rounds - **Aug** **[Harri](https://millionrounds.com/company/harri)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 5 others - **Jul** **[Urban Massage](https://millionrounds.com/company/urban-massage)** Seed · GB **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **May** **[Yoyo Wallet](https://millionrounds.com/company/yoyo-wallet)** Seed · GB **$3.8M** With 2 others - **Mar** **[Adbrain](https://millionrounds.com/company/adbrain)** Series A · GB **$7.5M** With 2 others - **Mar** **[Second Home](https://millionrounds.com/company/second-home)** Seed · GB **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **Jan** **[Cloud 66](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloud-66)** Seed · GB **$350K** With 9 others - **2013** 3 rounds - **Dec** **[Startup Compass Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/startup-compass-inc)** Venture · US **$700K** With 9 others - **Aug** **[Yoyo Wallet](https://millionrounds.com/company/yoyo-wallet)** Seed · GB · techcrunch.com **$1.3M** With 3 others - **Jun** **[Brisk.io](https://millionrounds.com/company/brisk-io)** Seed · SE · itnewsonline.com **$182K** With 2 others - **2012** 1 round - **Nov** **[Tray](https://millionrounds.com/company/tray)** Seed · GB **$600K** With 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 [Banked](https://millionrounds.com/company/banked)[BridgeU](https://millionrounds.com/company/bridgeu)[Citymapper](https://millionrounds.com/company/citymapper)[Clarisights](https://millionrounds.com/company/clarisights)[Copy of Calendar](https://millionrounds.com/company/cronofy)[Copy of DJ](https://millionrounds.com/company/pacemaker)[Copy of Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/baby2body)[Copy of Hospitality](https://millionrounds.com/company/harri)[Copy of Managed](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloud-66)[Copy of Simple](https://millionrounds.com/company/giant-swarm)[Gr4vy](https://millionrounds.com/company/gr4vy)[Hubble](https://millionrounds.com/company/hubble)[Investors in its](https://millionrounds.com/company/techstars)[Investors in residence](https://millionrounds.com/company/wayra)[Mentors since its](https://millionrounds.com/company/seedcamp)[Movellas](https://millionrounds.com/company/movellas)[Pusher](https://millionrounds.com/company/pusher)[Railsbank](https://millionrounds.com/company/railsbank)[Tray](https://millionrounds.com/company/tray)[Verse](https://millionrounds.com/company/verse)[Yello](https://millionrounds.com/company/yello) AirTV Alphagreen Ampverse Co-investment partners since December Collaborators with Eric Copy of Investment Copy of Movivo Copy of Second Home Creative agency behind Creative editing agency District ESP Fabric Full service, values International Law Firm Law Firm for NewPath Ninety Five Ownr SciApps TransferWise Secondary Urban Wagestream2 Working together several Working together to Working with Cisco, Working with this Yoyo eligble+ai+ images lyre%27s+firestartr+ 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 **$1.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-** Led 0 of 17 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 1 rounds - **Last cheque:** Nov 2015 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *11* - Venture *3* - Series A said *2* - Series C *1* - Series B said *-* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2012 2015 Often in the room with - [Andy McLoughlin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andy-mcloughlin) 2 - [Creandum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creandum) 2 - [DN Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dn-capital) 2 - [Imperial Innovations Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imperial-innovations-investment-management) 2 - [K5 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k5-ventures) 2 - [Passion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/passion-capital) 2 **Pitching Firestartr?** 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 Firestartr. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Andy McLoughlin** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andy-mcloughlin)[**Creandum** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creandum)[**DN Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dn-capital)[**Imperial Innovations Investment Management** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imperial-innovations-investment-management)[**K5 Ventures** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k5-ventures)[**Passion Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/passion-capital)[**Seedcamp** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedcamp)[**Tom Hulme** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-hulme)[**Wayra** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wayra) ## 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. ## Raising now? 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