# Imbiba: portfolio, investments and team

> Imbiba is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Imbiba

No observed cheques in the sources we track. That is a limit of our coverage, not a finding about this organisation.

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Unknown New fund $119M, May 2025 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Tourism Traveltech Restaurant

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Cheques on record

**No rounds observed yet** A limit of the sources we read, not a finding about the firm.

Pitch Imbiba

## What they do

> We provide capital – up to £15m or €15m – to help the most innovative and dynamic UK and Irish companies across education, healthcare, lifestyle and technology sectors to scale. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Up to $15M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Tourism Traveltech Restaurant
- **Based in:** London, United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

No rounds observed yet. That is a limit of the sources we read, not a finding about the firm. If it has invested, a round will put it here. [Know a round it was in? Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=imbiba).

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named**

DJ **Darrel John Connell** Partner i Form ADV

GB **George B Phillips** Partner i Form ADV

JC **John Charles Connell** Partner i Form ADV

SC **Simon Charles Wheeler** Partner i Form ADV

We also hold **12** 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

**$120M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Imbiba Growth LLP
- **SEC number:** CRD 325271

Who backs their funds

## 1 LP on record in Imbiba'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 Imbiba new £90m fund - -

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**5** of 15 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.

New fund on file

**$119M**

raised in May 2025

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

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## Quick answers about Imbiba

### What does Imbiba invest in?

Imbiba says it invests in Tourism, Traveltech and Restaurant.

### Is Imbiba investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Imbiba?

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

### How much does Imbiba manage?

About $120M, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026).

### Has Imbiba raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in May 2025, reporting $119M raised.

### Does Imbiba take cold pitches?

Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches.

### When was Imbiba founded?

Imbiba was founded in 1997.

### Where does this information on Imbiba come from?

From public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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