Octopus Ventures

Octopus Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 and based in London, with additional offices in New York. The firm specializes in direct investments across various stages, including seed, Series A, Series B, and growth capital, primarily focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises. It invests in a range of sectors, with particular attention to health, technology, and industry, favoring areas such as digital health, artificial intelligence, and manufacturing. Octopus Ventures typically leads investment rounds, aiming to take board seats in its portfolio companies, and prefers to invest between £0.28 million and £25 million in companies with a minimum EBITDA of £0.5 million. The firm has a strong emphasis on collaboration, often co-investing with venture partners, and leverages its extensive network to provide strategic guidance beyond financial support. Its investment horizon is generally around five years, and it has significant assets under management, reflecting its robust presence in the European market.

Kamran Adle

Partner

Tosin Agbabiaka

Investor

Chloe Allan

Investor

Richard Anson Ph.D

Venture Partner

Georgiana Barbanta

Investor

Howard Bell

Venture Partner

Dany Bidar

Principal

Rich Bolton

Principal

Matt Boutin

Venture Partner

Matt Chandler

Investor, Consumer and Principal

Maiuran Chandrakumaran

Investor

Uzma Choudry

Investor

Lucy Clarke

Associate

Milly-Louisa Cleal

Portfolio Partner

Alliott Cole

Managing Director and Chairman of Investment Committee

Richard Court

Partner

Chantal Cox

Investor

Emma Davies

Co-CEO

Saranyah Douse

Investment Manager

Jonathan Durnford-Smith

Partner

Constanza Díaz

Investment Manager

Fred Ellis

Investment Manager

Malcolm Ferguson

Principal

Will Gibbs

Partner

Renée Godyn

Investor

Luke Hakes

Partner

Hope Johnson

Early Stage Investor

Natasha Jones

Investor

Oliver Jupp

Investor

Edward Keelan

Investment Principal

Tim Lebus

Venture Partner

Flavia Levi

Investor

Alex Macpherson

Chairman

Jeevs Mahil

Partner

Bryony Marshall

Principal

Owen Matters

Investor

Jessica McCreadie

Principal

Karan Mehta

Early Stage Investor

Brandon Mhangami

Investor

Ben Newsome

Portfolio Partner

Amy Nommeots-Nomm

Investor

Jo Oliver

Director

Luisa Alix Orsini

Associate

Jane Osborne-Buglear

Principal

Eyal Pabinovich

Partner

Shamik Parekh

Investor

Ian Perry

Venture Partner

Rosie Phillips

Investor

Jebran Raashed

Investment Manager

Eyal Rabinovich

Venture Capital Investor

Uthishtan Ranjan

Partner

Uthish Ranjan

Partner

Patricia Ruiz

Investment Manager

Adam Said

Investment Manager

Conor Scanlan

Investor

Pooja Sikka

Partner, OV TenX

Oliver Sims

Investment Manager

Joe Stringer

Partner

Matthieu Vallin

Investor

Hugo Villanueva

Investor, Biotech

Alan Wallace

Director

Tanya Yankova

Investor, Healthtech

Owen Metters Ph.D

Investment Manager, Deep Tech

Past deals in Photo Software

Lapse

Seed Round in 2021
Lapse is a social disposable camera application that allows users to capture and share photos within private group chats. The app emulates the experience of traditional disposable cameras by enabling groups to take a set of 36 photos, referred to as 'rolls.' Once the first photo is taken, the roll becomes accessible to group members for a limited time, fostering a sense of shared experience and nostalgia. This innovative approach encourages users to engage with friends while creating temporary memories that are exclusive to their group.

Pixoneye

Series A in 2018
Pixoneye is a data analytics SaaS company, which analyses and provides consumer insights via platform dashboard by using machine learning on mobile users' photo-galleries to create advanced user segmentations. They harness the full potential of image understanding on mobile devices to provide the ultimate key to capture the consumer's ever-changing needs. They redefine personalized marketing by offering unparalleled predictive accuracy and actionable clustering and can be integrated with client's CRM system, marketing automation, and/or ad-serving platform, etc. Pixoneye's picture-perfect solutions ensure you'll never be left out of the consumer's picture.
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