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What does Octopus Investments invest in?
Octopus Investments invests most often at Seed and Series A (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Financial Services.
Octopus Investments highlights
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38 rounds on record
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 75% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 13 rounds, median $4.6M
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7 exits from the portfolio
What they do
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Sectors
- Financial Services
- Based in
- London, United Kingdom
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first38 appearances
- 2019
4 rounds
- Sept
- Mar
- Feb
- Jan
- 2016
1 round
- Jul
- 2015
4 rounds
- Nov
- Nov
- Nov
- Oct
- 2014
16 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- May
- May
- Mar
- Mar
- Mar
- Feb
- Jan
- 2013
5 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Oct
- Jul
- May
- 2011
1 round
- Mar
- 2008
1 round
- Jun
- 2007
2 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- 2006
2 rounds
- Oct
- Jun
- 2004
1 round
- Apr
- 2003
1 round
- Jul
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 registration11 named
BTBenjamin Thomas Kidd DavisDirectoriForm ADV
CKCarsten KoppenNon-Executive DirectoriForm ADV
ELEllen Louise LedermanNon-Executive DirectoriForm ADV
JJJohn Julian BrowettDirectoriForm ADV
JPJohn Paul AverillDirectoriForm ADV
JCJonathan Charles Nigel DiggesDirectoriForm ADV
JPJonathan Patrick DeesDirectoriForm ADV
RARuth Anna HandcockDirectoriForm ADV
SMSarah Mary GrantDirectoriForm ADV
SASimon Andrew RogersonCEO & DirectoriForm ADV
SJStuart James QuickendenDirectoriForm ADV
We also hold 20 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
$41Mgross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combinedOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Octopus Investments Limited
- SEC number
- CRD 284953
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
0 of 2 we have independently watched raise
Create illustrationNatural Capital
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 listed7 in all
HydroboltBought by LoneStar Fasteners EuropeUndisclosedApr 2014
MylaBought by Jynwel CapitalUndisclosedAug 2013
Plum BabyBought by Campbell Soup CompanyUndisclosedJun 2013
ImpactBought by AVM ImpactUndisclosedDec 2012
CSL DualComBought by Bowmark CapitalUndisclosedJan 2012
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
Companies it bought
Acquisitions by the firm itself
MedicXUndisclosedOct 2014