Techstart Ventures
Inception and pre-seed investor in Scottish and Northern Irish startups, first cheques up to £750k
- Venture capital
- Type
- Venture capital
- Based in
- Elsewhere in the UK
- Stages
- Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+
- Sector focus
- Fintech, Insurtech
- Cheque size
- €100k–€1.5M
- Fund size
- Undisclosed
- Website
- techstart.vc
Techstart Ventures invests in startups at inception and pre-seed stage in Scotland and Northern Ireland. It looks for teams with unique insight, global ambition and a disciplined approach to iteration, and writes first cheques of up to £750k with capacity to follow on.
The firm leads or co-leads rounds and co-invests selectively. In Northern Ireland it manages the Techstart initiative, supported by Invest Northern Ireland, and in Scotland it manages the Scottish Growth Scheme – Techstart Ventures Equity Finance fund, backed by the Scottish Government.
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