# Octopus: portfolio, investments and team > Octopus is a hedge fund based in Oman. 9 investments on record, latest Apr 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Oman · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Octopus Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Apr 2026, closing $27M. Last cheque observed Apr 2019. Quiet New fund $27M, Apr 2026 Hedge fund Series A Series B Cyber Security Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 9 on record Since the last cheque **2764** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$18M** Rounds led **0 of 9** Mostly in **United Kingdom, 78%** Pitch Octopus ## Octopus highlights - 01 9 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 100% of its rounds ## What they do > Filed 1 private fund offering with the SEC, the most recent in 2016-07 From their own website - **Type:** Hedge fund (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Sectors:** Cyber Security - **Based in:** Muscat, Oman - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **9 appearances** - **2019** 2 rounds - **Apr** **[Elvie](https://millionrounds.com/company/elvie)** Series B · GB · FinSMEs **$42M** With 2 others - **Mar** **[The Plum Guide](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-plum-guide)** GB · TechCrunch **$19M** With 3 others - **2018** 5 rounds - **Dec** **[Cazoo](https://millionrounds.com/company/cazoo)** GB · Tech.eu **$38M** With 2 others - **Sept** **[SLAMcore](https://millionrounds.com/company/slamcore)** GB · FinSMEs **$5.0M** With 3 others - **Mar** **[Streetbees](https://millionrounds.com/company/streetbees)** Series A · GB · VentureBeat **$12M** With 2 others - **Jan** **[BehavioSec](https://millionrounds.com/company/behaviosec)** Series B · SE · FinSMEs **$18M** With 3 others - **Jan** **[Depop](https://millionrounds.com/company/depop)** GB · FinSMEs **$20M** With 6 others - **2017** 2 rounds - **Sept** **[Antidote](https://millionrounds.com/company/antidote)** GB · FinSMEs **$11M** With 1 other - **Apr** **[Token](https://millionrounds.com/company/token)** Series A · US · Level39 **$16M** With 2 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 Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **9 named** AL **Anders Lennart Nylander** Director i Filing they signed BJ **Brendan Joseph Dowling** Director of Ocorian Corporate Services (Jersey) Limited and Circle Corporate Services (Jersey) Limited. i Filing they signed GS **Gerald Stewart Warwick** Director of Ocorian Corporate Services (Jersey) Limited and Circle Corporate Services (Jersey) Limited. i Filing they signed IN **Ian Noel Rumens** Director of Ocorian Corporate Services (Jersey) Limited and Circle Corporate Services (Jersey) Limited. i Filing they signed JW **Jeffrey White** Executive Officer of General Partner i Filing they signed MH **Michael Henry Richardson** Director i Filing they signed SM **Shane Michael Hollywood** Director of Ocorian Corporate Services (Jersey) Limited and Circle Corporate Services (Jersey) Limited. i Filing they signed SM **Shaun Martin Johnston** Director i Filing they signed SG **Stig Gunnar Gustavson** Director i Filing they signed We also hold **10** 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. New fund on file **$27M** raised in Apr 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Series A Series B Median round joined **$18M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 9 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Apr 2019 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A *2* - Series B *2* Cheques by year Led Joined 2017 2019 **Pitching Octopus?** 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 *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Octopus put money into. [**Elvie** $42M · Apr 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/elvie)[**Cazoo** $38M · Dec 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/cazoo)[**SLAMcore** $5.0M · Sept 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/slamcore)[**Streetbees** $12M · Mar 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/streetbees)[**Depop** $20M · Jan 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/depop)[**Antidote** $11M · Sept 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/antidote) ## Quick answers about Octopus ### What does Octopus invest in? Octopus invests most often at Series A and Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Cyber Security. ### How active is Octopus? 9 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Apr 2019. ### What has Octopus invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Elvie (Series B, Apr 2019), The Plum Guide (Undisclosed round, Mar 2019) and Cazoo (Undisclosed round, Dec 2018). ### How big are Octopus's cheques? The median round it joins is $18M. ### Does Octopus lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 9 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Octopus invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (78%), Sweden (11%) and the United States (11%). ### Is Octopus investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2019. ### What kind of investor is Octopus? Octopus is a hedge fund based in Muscat, Oman. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=octopus) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=octopus)