Octopus Ventures

Octopus Ventures Ltd. is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2007, specializing in investments across a variety of sectors including health, fintech, deep tech, consumer, and B2B software. The firm supports companies at different stages, from seed funding to pre-IPO, with a strong emphasis on making a positive impact. It typically invests between £0.28 million and £25 million in businesses that demonstrate a minimum EBITDA of £0.5 million. Octopus Ventures prefers to lead investment rounds and often takes a board seat in its portfolio companies, which include notable names such as ManyPets, Cazoo, and Depop. The firm operates primarily in Europe, with a particular focus on the UK, and maintains a network of partners in the U.S. and Asia. In addition to financial backing, Octopus Ventures commits time and resources to help founders scale their businesses effectively.

Kamran Adle

Partner

Tosin Agbabiaka

Investor

Chloe Allan

Investment Manager

Georgiana Barbanta

Portfolio People and Talent Manager

Dany Bidar

Principal

Rich Bolton

Principal

Zoe Chambers

Early Stage Investor

Matt Chandler

Investment Manager

Maiuran Chandrakumaran

Investment Associate

Lucy Clarke

Investor

Milly-Louisa Cleal

Portfolio Partner

Emma Davies

Co-CEO

Saranyah Douse

Investment Principal

Jonathan Durnford-Smith

Portfolio Partner

Constanza Díaz

Investment Manager

Fred Ellis

Investment Manager

Tilly Fleming

Associate

Will Gibbs

Investment Manager

Renée Godyn

Early-Stage Fintech Investor

Henry Goodwin

Venture Partner

Hakes Ph.D., Luke

Partner

John Hamm

Venture Partner

Hope Johnson

Investment Manager

Natasha Jones

Early Stage Investor

Edward Keelan

Investment Principal

Tim Lebus

Venture Partner

Flavia Levi

Investor, Deep Tech

Alex Macpherson

Chairman

Jeevs Mahil

Portfolio People Partner

Bryony Marshall

Principal

Jessica McCreadie

Principal

Karan Mehta

Early Stage Investor

Brandon Mhangami

Investor

Ben Newsome

Portfolio Partner

Amy Nommeots-Nomm

Investor

Shamik Parekh

Early-stage Investor

Ian Perry

Venture Partner

Rosie Phillips

Investor, Consumer

Jebran Raashed

Investment Manager

Uthishtan Ranjan

Partner

Uthish Ranjan

Partner

Patricia Ruiz

Investment Manager

Adam Said

Principal

Pooja Sikka

Partner

Joe Stringer

Partner

Hugo Villanueva

Investor, Biotech

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 app. The app lets close groups recreate the magic of old-school disposable cameras by taking 36 snaps to ‘rolls’ in private group chats.

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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