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Corporate venture capital in United Kingdom

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

85
Corporate venture capital in United Kingdom
85
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
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Other types here
85 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Hackquarters London, United Kingdom 209 56 7 0
2 Unilever Ventures London, United Kingdom 168 59 31 0
3 Wayra UK London, United Kingdom 112 6 8 0
4 XTX Ventures London, United Kingdom 76 17 9 0
5 Nesta Ventures London, United Kingdom 71 7 12 0
6 REV London, United Kingdom 66 24 27 0
7 WPP Ventures London, United Kingdom 65 17 30 0
8 InMotion Ventures London, United Kingdom 59 11 9 0
9 Btomorrow Ventures London, United Kingdom 42 30 2 0
10 Endeavour Ventures London, United Kingdom 41 4 7 0
11 Channel 4 Ventures London, United Kingdom 40 20 5 0
12 Aerospace Xelerated London, United Kingdom 40 1 1 0
13 MetaCartel Ventures London, United Kingdom 39 1 2 0
14 Breed Reply London, United Kingdom 38 19 4 0
15 Softline Venture Partners London, United Kingdom 36 18 1 0
16 Edenred Capital Partners London, United Kingdom 33 9 7 0
17 Hikma Ventures London, United Kingdom 27 7 5 0
18 Winton Ventures London, United Kingdom 26 3 3 0
19 National Security Strategic Investment Fund London, United Kingdom 22 1 1 0
20 Valu.vc London, United Kingdom 22 0 0 0
21 Big Issue Invest London, United Kingdom 19 12 1 0
22 West Coast Capital Dundonald, United Kingdom 18 10 8 0
23 Barclays Ventures London, United Kingdom 13 9 4 0
24 Gresham House London, United Kingdom 12 10 2 0
25 UKTV Ventures London, United Kingdom 12 5 1 0
26 Man Capital London, United Kingdom 12 2 2 0
27 Chroma Ventures Dundee, United Kingdom 11 4 3 0
28 Grey X Group London, United Kingdom 11 0 0 0
29 HSBC Ventures London, United Kingdom 10 4 1 0
30 DC Thomson Ventures London, United Kingdom 10 2 3 0
31 Cubes Ventures London, United Kingdom 10 0 0 0
32 London Real Ventures London, United Kingdom 8 0 2 0
33 IAG Silverstripe London, United Kingdom 7 6 0 0
34 Pledge Ventures London, United Kingdom 7 0 1 0
35 Froxt Corporation London, United Kingdom 6 6 0 0
36 Skymind Global London, United Kingdom 6 6 0 0
37 CWID FinSolutions London, United Kingdom 6 1 0 0
38 Crude Capital London, United Kingdom 5 5 0 0
39 East Innovate London, United Kingdom 5 2 0 0
40 NBS Ventures Swindon, United Kingdom 5 1 2 0
41 Stolt Ventures London, United Kingdom 5 1 0 0
42 Centrica Innovations Windsor, United Kingdom 5 0 0 0
43 Semantic Capital London, United Kingdom 4 2 1 0
44 Sustainable Impact Capital London, United Kingdom 4 2 1 0
45 Empee Capital London, United Kingdom 4 1 0 0
46 Digital Education London, United Kingdom 4 0 0 0
47 Nexo Ventures London, United Kingdom 4 0 0 0
48 Airstream Ventures Radlett, United Kingdom 3 1 0 0
49 Arup Ventures London, United Kingdom 3 1 0 0
50 C16 Ventures London, United Kingdom 3 0 0 0
51 Aerospace Technology Institute London, United Kingdom 2 2 1 0
52 C7 VENTURES Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom 2 2 1 0
53 CCEP Ventures Uxbridge, United Kingdom 2 2 0 0
54 HOPU-Arm Innovation Fund London, United Kingdom 2 2 1 0
55 ITV AdVentures London, United Kingdom 2 2 0 0
56 ITV AdVentures Invest London, United Kingdom 2 1 0 0
57 Karakoram London, United Kingdom 2 1 0 0
58 De Beers Group Ventures London, United Kingdom 2 0 0 0
59 Halma Ventures Amersham, United Kingdom 2 0 0 0
60 BMJ New Ventures London, United Kingdom 1 1 0 0
61 Bupa eco-Disruptive challenge. London, United Kingdom 1 1 0 0
62 Invinci Brands London, United Kingdom 1 1 0 0
63 ODESSA International Trust London, United Kingdom 1 1 0 0
64 PescaLabs Kington, United Kingdom 1 1 0 0
65 Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund London, United Kingdom 1 1 1 0
66 Stockbridge Capital Holdings East Grinstead, United Kingdom 1 1 0 0
67 Techmodal Ventures Farnborough, United Kingdom 1 1 0 0
68 Messari Peterborough, United Kingdom 1 0 0 0
69 Seismic Ventures London, United Kingdom 1 0 0 0
70 South Street Securities Holdings Inc Newyork, United Kingdom 1 0 0 0
71 TallyMoney London, United Kingdom 1 0 1 0
72 Balt Financial Holdings Fareham, United Kingdom 0 0 0 0
73 China Ventures City Of London, United Kingdom 0 0 0 0
74 Cybatar Riovic London, United Kingdom 0 0 0 0
75 Fresh Thinking Group London, United Kingdom 0 0 0 0
76 Hays Technology Ventures London, United Kingdom 0 0 0 0
77 Inc & Co London, United Kingdom 0 0 0 0
78 Intelligent Mobility Accelerator London, United Kingdom 0 0 0 0
79 Keethik London, United Kingdom 0 0 0 0
80 Kinston Capital London, United Kingdom 0 0 0 0
81 Madness Ventures London, United Kingdom 0 0 0 0
82 Phoenix GBA Ventures London, United Kingdom 0 0 0 0
83 Shirazi Holding Manchester, United Kingdom 0 0 0 0
84 Smart Citizenship London, United Kingdom 0 0 0 0
85 United Capital Finance LLC London, United Kingdom 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Corporate venture capital in United Kingdom, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 85.

Investment stages

Among these 85
Early stage investors59 Seed investors56 Venture investors29 Late stage investors27 Private equity investors16 Debt investors7 Crowdfunding investors4 Convertible note investors3

Other investors in United Kingdom

Angel investors1,572 Venture capital firms1,325 Private equity firms656 Investment partners427 Startup accelerators206 Angel groups149 Micro VC funds138 Family offices116 Startup incubators88 Venture debt funds74 Investment banks69 Government investment offices60

Corporate venture capital elsewhere

United States562 Japan93 Germany87 China75 Singapore66 Brazil51 France49 South Korea42 India40 Spain36 The Netherlands34 Australia33 United Arab Emirates32 Switzerland30 Canada29 Turkey22 Hong Kong20
Cite: FundingWatcher, 85 corporate venture capital in United Kingdom, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/corporate-venture-capital/united-kingdom/