Episode 1 Ventures
Pre-seed and seed investor backing UK B2B software companies across a range of industries.
- Venture capital
- London
- Type
- Venture capital
- Based in
- London
- Stages
- Pre-seed, Seed
- Sector focus
- Fintech, SaaS & B2B
- Cheque size
- €1.5M–€3M
- Fund size
- £76m
- Founded
- 2013
- Website
- episode1.com
Episode 1 Ventures is a London venture capital firm that backs B2B software founders at pre-seed and seed, typically as an early institutional investor. Its portfolio spans software for sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, financial services and logistics.
The firm has raised around £170m across its funds, including a £76m third fund in 2024 backed by British Patient Capital among others, and has invested in more than 65 companies. It says roughly three quarters of its second-fund portfolio went on to raise a Series A, and it runs its own data platform, Athena, to support sourcing.
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