# Mercuri VC: portfolio, investments and team

> Mercuri VC is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 68 investments on record, 21 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Mercuri VC

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 68 cheques on record.

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Pre-seed Seed Series A Cyber Security Machine Vision Community

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**66%** of best year **21** **cheques in 12 months**, 68 on record

Since the last cheque **45** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$5.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$200K – $2.0M** Rounds led **0 of 68** Sole investor **18 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 40%**

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## Mercuri VC highlights

- 01 21 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Venture and Seed: 67% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 18 rounds, median $4.9M

## What they do

> Mercuri is an early-stage venture capital fund and first-cheque investor leading pre-seed and seed funding rounds for UK media technology and AI companies. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $200K – $2.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Cyber Security Machine Vision Community
- **Based in:** London, United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **68 appearances**

- **2026** 18 rounds
- **Sept** **[Unit1 Studio](https://millionrounds.com/company/unit1-studio)** GB · EU-Startups **$27M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Fluidstack](https://millionrounds.com/company/fluidstack)** Growth · US **$1.5B** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Kiviaq](https://millionrounds.com/company/kiviaq)** Seed · JP **$971K** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[LOMBY](https://millionrounds.com/company/lomby)** Series A · JP **$2.5M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Sensity AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/sensity-ai)** Grant · NL **$5.6M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Menou](https://millionrounds.com/company/menou)** Series B · JP **$3.3M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Rapyuta Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/rapyuta-robotics)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **May** **[MN8 Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/mn8-energy)** Debt · US **$88M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Kaizen Mentoria](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaizen-mentoria)** BR · LatamList **$970K** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Eleos Life](https://millionrounds.com/company/eleos-life)** Seed · GB **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[MACH Resources](https://millionrounds.com/company/mach-resources)** Secondary · US **$118M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Emission Free Generators](https://millionrounds.com/company/emission-free-generators)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[LocationMind](https://millionrounds.com/company/locationmind)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Electric Twin](https://millionrounds.com/company/electric-twin)** Seed · GB · Mercuri VC **$10M** With 7 others
- **Feb** **[Piazza](https://millionrounds.com/company/piazza)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Made With Intent](https://millionrounds.com/company/made-with-intent)** Seed · GB **$3.3M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Mozart AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/mozart-ai)** Seed · GB **$6.0M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[TechMet](https://millionrounds.com/company/techmet)** Venture · IE **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **2025** 27 rounds
- **Dec** **[Resemble AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/resemble-ai)** Venture · US **$13M** With 5 others
- **Dec** **[Element Critical](https://millionrounds.com/company/element-critical)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Airtasker](https://millionrounds.com/company/airtasker)** AU · Startup Daily **$6.5M** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[Mode Mobile](https://millionrounds.com/company/mode-mobile)** Crowdfunding · US **$4.9M** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Funds](https://millionrounds.com/company/funds)** Series E · JP **$12M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Ascend](https://millionrounds.com/company/ascend)** Series B · US **$7.1M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Wonder Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/wonder-studios)** Seed · GB · TechCrunch **$12M** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[Black Bayou Energy Hub](https://millionrounds.com/company/black-bayou-energy-hub)** Venture · US **$50M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Minitap](https://millionrounds.com/company/minitap)** Seed · US **$4.1M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Exergyn](https://millionrounds.com/company/exergyn)** Grant · IE **$2.7M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[LocationMind](https://millionrounds.com/company/locationmind)** Debt · JP **$6.4M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Crush Yard](https://millionrounds.com/company/crush-yard)** Venture · US **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[ThinkLabs AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/thinklabs-ai)** Grant · CA **$350K** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Unbox](https://millionrounds.com/company/unbox)** Pre-seed · BE **$1.6M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Emulait](https://millionrounds.com/company/emulait)** Venture · US **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[MN8 Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/mn8-energy)** Debt · US **$575M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[GIBRAN](https://millionrounds.com/company/gibran)** Seed · GB **$2.6M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Planeat.eco](https://millionrounds.com/company/planeat-eco)** Venture · IT **$3.2M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[reAlpha](https://millionrounds.com/company/realpha)** US **$5.0M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Literal Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/literal-labs)** Pre-seed · GB **$6.2M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Groomie](https://millionrounds.com/company/groomie)** Seed · US **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Mode Mobile](https://millionrounds.com/company/mode-mobile)** Venture · US **$1.0M** Sole investor

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 **5** 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.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$5.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$4.9M**

Led 0 of 68 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $200K – $2.0M
- **Sole investor:** 18 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *23*
- Seed said *14*
- Debt *6*
- Pre-seed said *5*
- Series B *4*
- Series A said *3*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) 6
- [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks) 5
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) 3
- [Mizuho Corporate Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-corporate-bank) 3
- [Atomico](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atomico) 2
- [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**LocalGlobe** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe)[**Betaworks** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks)[**Mitsubishi UFJ Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd)[**Mizuho Corporate Bank** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-corporate-bank)[**Atomico** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atomico)[**Balderton Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital)[**Blackhorn Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackhorn-ventures)[**Entrepreneur First** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first)[**Founders Factory** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-s-factory)[**Global Brain Corporation** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation)[**Goldman Sachs** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs)[**Mizuho Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Mercuri VC put money into.

[**Unit1 Studio** $27M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/unit1-studio)[**Fluidstack** $1.5B · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fluidstack)[**Menou** $3.3M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/menou)[**Rapyuta Robotics** May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/rapyuta-robotics)[**MN8 Energy** $88M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mn8-energy)[**Kaizen Mentoria** $970K · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaizen-mentoria)

## Quick answers about Mercuri VC

### What does Mercuri VC invest in?

Mercuri VC invests most often at Venture and Seed (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Cyber Security, Machine Vision and Community.

### How active is Mercuri VC?

68 investments on record, 21 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Mercuri VC invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Unit1 Studio (Sept 2026), Fluidstack (Growth, Sept 2026) and Kiviaq (Seed, Sept 2026).

### How big are Mercuri VC's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.0M. It says it writes cheques of $200K to $2.0M.

### Does Mercuri VC lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 68 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Mercuri VC invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (40%), the United Kingdom (20%) and Japan (20%).

### Is Mercuri VC investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 21 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Mercuri VC invest alongside?

Most often LocalGlobe (6 rounds together), Betaworks (5 rounds together) and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital (3 rounds together).

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