# Techstart Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Techstart Ventures is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 76 investments on record, 7 in the last 12 months, latest Jun 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstart-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Techstart Ventures Last cheque observed Jun 2026; 76 cheques on record. Email Deploying now VC firm Pre-seed Seed Series A Financial Exchanges Payments Venture Capital & Private Equity Follow Techstart Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Ftechstart-ventures) Deploying now **54%** of best year **7** **cheques in 12 months**, 76 on record Since the last cheque **152** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$1.4M** Cheque size, as they say **$50K – $750K** Rounds led **1 of 76** Sole investor **31 rounds** Mostly in **United Kingdom, 98%** Pitch Techstart Ventures ## Techstart Ventures highlights - 01 7 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 80% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 31 rounds, median $672K ## What they do > We are a venture capital fund that invest in teams with unique insights, global ambition & an obsessive approach to iteration. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $50K – $750K as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A - **Sectors:** Financial Exchanges Payments Venture Capital & Private Equity - **Based in:** Belfast, United Kingdom - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **76 appearances** - **2026** 6 rounds - **Jun** **[Saltroad](https://millionrounds.com/company/saltroad)** Seed · GB **$2.0M** With 1 other - **May** **[Go Swag](https://millionrounds.com/company/go-swag)** Venture · GB **$5.0M** With 1 other - **Mar** **[Foresight](https://millionrounds.com/company/foresight)** Seed · US **$672K** Sole investor - **Mar** **[Farmdrive](https://millionrounds.com/company/farmdrive)** Seed · GB **$927K** With 2 others - **Mar** **[CattleEye](https://millionrounds.com/company/cattleeye)** Grant · GB **$456K** With 1 other - **Jan** **[TeamFeePay](https://millionrounds.com/company/teamfeepay)** Venture · GB **$12M** With 1 other - **2025** 9 rounds - **Nov** **[Pitchbooking](https://millionrounds.com/company/pitchbooking)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Sept** **[Sonrai Analytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/sonrai-analytics)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Jul** **[Gigged.AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/gigged-ai)** Seed · GB **$1.4M** With 2 others - **Jul** **[LUMENSTREAM](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumenstream)** Venture · GB **$1.6M** Sole investor - **Jun** **[Valla](https://millionrounds.com/company/valla)** Seed · GB · TechCrunch **$2.7M** With 5 others - **Apr** **[Plotbox](https://millionrounds.com/company/plotbox)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** With 3 others - **Mar** **[Liquid Acquire](https://millionrounds.com/company/liquid-acquire)** Pre-seed · GB **$1.5M** With 1 other - **Feb** **[RETìníZE](https://millionrounds.com/company/retinize)** Venture · GB **$1.6M** With 1 other - **Jan** **[StormHarvester](https://millionrounds.com/company/stormharvester)** Series A · GB **$10M** With 4 others - **2024** 9 rounds - **Dec** **[Axial3D](https://millionrounds.com/company/axial3d)** Venture · GB **$18M** With 1 other - **Dec** **[Carbogenics](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbogenics)** Venture · GB **$638K** With 3 others - **Dec** **[Loadar](https://millionrounds.com/company/loadar)** Seed · GB **$4.0M** With 1 other - **Dec** **[Stora](https://millionrounds.com/company/stora)** Seed · GB **$1.6M** Sole investor - **Oct** **[Needi](https://millionrounds.com/company/needi)** Seed · GB **$1.2M** Sole investor - **Jul** **[Saltroad](https://millionrounds.com/company/saltroad)** Pre-seed · GB **$737K** With 1 other - **Jul** **[INQDATA](https://millionrounds.com/company/inqdata)** Seed · GB **$967K** Sole investor - **Jun** **[iGii](https://millionrounds.com/company/igii)** Venture · GB **$11M** With 1 other - **Jun** **[Lupovis](https://millionrounds.com/company/lupovis)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **2023** 11 rounds - **Nov** **[This is Unfolded](https://millionrounds.com/company/this-is-unfolded)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** With 3 others - **Nov** **[Sensoteq](https://millionrounds.com/company/sensoteq)** Venture · GB **$3.9M** With 1 other - **Sept** **[Enzai](https://millionrounds.com/company/enzai)** Seed · GB **$4.0M** With 3 others - **Sept** **[Trickle](https://millionrounds.com/company/trickle)** Seed · GB **$1.2M** With 1 other - **Sept** **[Continuum Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/continuum-industries)** Series A · GB **$9.8M** With 4 others - **May** **[Heysummit](https://millionrounds.com/company/heysummit)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Mar** **[Desana](https://millionrounds.com/company/desana)** Seed · GB **$7.4M** With 1 other - **Mar** **[Reath](https://millionrounds.com/company/reath)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Jan** **[Anneal](https://millionrounds.com/company/anneal)** Pre-seed · GB **$109K** Sole investor - **Jan** **[GIGGED LTD](https://millionrounds.com/company/gigged-ltd)** Seed · GB **$2.0M** With 2 others - **Jan** **[Obbi Golf](https://millionrounds.com/company/obbi-golf)** Venture · GB **$1.5M** Sole investor - **2022** 13 rounds - **Nov** **[Re-Vana Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/re-vana-therapeutics)** Series A · GB · Firms' own news pages **$12M** With 4 others - **Nov** **[Budibase](https://millionrounds.com/company/budibase)** Seed · GB **$7.0M** With 1 other - **Nov** **[CV6 Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/cv6-therapeutics)** Venture · GB **$5.7M** Sole investor - **Nov** **[loveelectric](https://millionrounds.com/company/loveelectric)** Seed · GB **$1.1M** Sole investor - **Oct** **[Unfolded](https://millionrounds.com/company/unfolded)** Pre-seed · GB · Firms' own news pages **$1.4M** *Led* 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 **7** 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 they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **21** of 30 we have independently watched raise [Axial 3D](https://millionrounds.com/company/axial3d)[Budibase](https://millionrounds.com/company/budibase)[Cloudsmith](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloudsmith)[Continuum Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/continuum-industries)[Desana](https://millionrounds.com/company/desana)[Enzai](https://millionrounds.com/company/enzai)[GoSwag](https://millionrounds.com/company/go-swag)[Loadar](https://millionrounds.com/company/loadar)[Loveelectric](https://millionrounds.com/company/loveelectric)[Neurolabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/neurolabs)[Overwatch](https://millionrounds.com/company/benchling)[Raylo](https://millionrounds.com/company/raylo)[Responsible](https://millionrounds.com/company/responsible)[SciLeads](https://millionrounds.com/company/scileads)[Spectinga](https://millionrounds.com/company/spectinga)[Stampede](https://millionrounds.com/company/stampede)[StormHarvester](https://millionrounds.com/company/stormharvester)[Teamfeepay](https://millionrounds.com/company/teamfeepay)[TouchLab](https://millionrounds.com/company/touchlab)[Unfolded](https://millionrounds.com/company/unfolded)[Valla](https://millionrounds.com/company/valla) G.V() Garandor Higlo Roomr Stora Software Supermethod Tech Terrapin That Works 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 Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$1.4M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$672K** Led 1 of 76 rounds **1%** - **Said size:** $50K – $750K - **Sole investor:** 31 rounds - **Last cheque:** Jun 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *39* - Venture *21* - Pre-seed said *10* - Series A said *3* - Crowdfunding *1* - Grant *1* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [Ascension](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ascension) 7 - [Par Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/par-equity) 5 - [Scottish Enterprise](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-enterprise) 5 - [Frontline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frontline-ventures) 3 - [Creator Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creator-fund) 2 - [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) 2 **Pitching Techstart Ventures?** 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 Techstart Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Ascension** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ascension)[**Par Equity** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/par-equity)[**Scottish Enterprise** Government **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-enterprise)[**Frontline Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frontline-ventures)[**Creator Fund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creator-fund)[**FJ Labs** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs)[**Green Angel Ventures** Angel network **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/green-angel-ventures)[**HBAN** Angel network **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hban)[**Innovate UK** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk)[**Nauta Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nauta-capital)[**Pareto Holdings** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pareto-holdings)[**Seedcamp** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedcamp) ## Recently backed The latest companies Techstart Ventures put money into. [**Go Swag** $5.0M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/go-swag)[**Farmdrive** $927K · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/farmdrive)[**CattleEye** $456K · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cattleeye)[**TeamFeePay** $12M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/teamfeepay)[**Gigged.AI** $1.4M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/gigged-ai)[**LUMENSTREAM** $1.6M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumenstream) ## Quick answers about Techstart Ventures ### What does Techstart Ventures invest in? Techstart Ventures invests most often at Seed and Venture (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Financial Exchanges, Payments and Venture Capital & Private Equity. ### How active is Techstart Ventures? 76 investments on record, 7 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Jun 2026. ### What has Techstart Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Saltroad (Seed, Jun 2026), Go Swag (Venture, May 2026) and Foresight (Seed, Mar 2026). ### How big are Techstart Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $1.4M. It says it writes cheques of $50K to $750K. ### Does Techstart Ventures lead rounds? Sometimes: it led 1 of its 76 investments on record (1%). ### Where does Techstart Ventures invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (98%). ### Is Techstart Ventures investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 7 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Techstart Ventures invest alongside? Most often Ascension (7 rounds together), Par Equity (5 rounds together) and Scottish Enterprise (5 rounds together). ## 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. 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