The London Fund

The London Fund, established in 2003 and based in London, United Kingdom, is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in high-growth companies rich in intellectual property, particularly in the business-to-consumer and emerging technology sectors. The firm partners with entrepreneurs whose companies generate between $1 million and $100 million in revenue, providing early-stage and growth capital ranging from $200,000 to $50 million. The London Fund emphasizes transformative technologies and supports its portfolio companies through various strategies, including mergers and acquisitions, financing, and intellectual property development. By leveraging a proprietary process for real-time due diligence, the firm aims to identify promising investment opportunities and assist founders in enhancing and protecting their intellectual property assets, ultimately fostering substantial growth and innovation.

Jack McDermott

Portfolio Partner

23 past transactions

Love.com

Seed Round in 2024
Love.com is an online marketplace dedicated to offering a diverse selection of sustainable and high-quality products. The company specializes in fitness supplements, food and beverages, wearables, and personal care items, all emphasizing natural and eco-friendly ingredients. By prioritizing small businesses and sustainability, Love.com aims to provide customers with a comprehensive shopping experience that aligns with their values. The platform serves as a hub for consumers seeking products that support their health and well-being while promoting environmentally responsible practices.

Artisse AI

Seed Round in 2024
Artisse is more than an app—it's an innovation in personal photography. Our unique AI algorithm doesn’t just transform your selfies into high-quality images, it allows you to personalize every detail. Visualize yourself in a myriad of scenarios, outfits, hairstyles, and more. Even adjust lighting and ambiance to match your mood. Artisse can deliver hyper realistic imagery at scale by combining leading generative AI technology, a global licensed talent pool and finished art services. Our consumer app is the world's first AI-driven photography app that allows users to create entirely new, personalized photos instantly. Since launched, it has been ranked as the top new photo app in 20 countries and featured in TechCrunch, Daily Mail, and Forbes. Artisse offers business solutions across numerous sectors such as advertising, modeling, lifestyle, tourism, and intellectual property, focusing on leveraging image AI to bring a transformative edge to conventional practices in these industries. Artisse expands creative horizons, scales operations and delivers unique variations at scale for companies to connect meaningfully with their customers.

Influence

Seed Round in 2023
Influence is a technology company that leverages artificial intelligence to transform traditional and social media into an investable asset class. It does this by developing an AI-driven platform that facilitates influencer marketing and connects creators with brands, thereby opening up a new avenue for venture capital investment.

Engin Sciences

Seed Round in 2023
Engin Sciences develops AI-Driven HR software that plugs into existing job boards, giving companies access to a virtual talent management system for hourly jobs, allowing HR managers to gamify the job application process on any site, quickly evaluating applicants, engaging and routing viable candidates to the jobs to which they’re best suited. Saving time and reducing churn, Engin saves companies thousands of dollars in HR personnel expenses.

Elo Health

Series A in 2023
Elo Health is a company that specializes in personalized nutrition services aimed at promoting optimal health and wellness through the use of biomarkers. By leveraging artificial intelligence and expert guidance, Elo Health creates tailored supplements specifically calibrated to meet individual needs. The company identifies and addresses nutrient gaps by analyzing blood test results, activity data, and providing one-on-one support from dietitians. This approach ensures that customers receive scientifically proven ingredients, empowering them to adopt and maintain healthier lifestyles effectively.

Price.com

Seed Round in 2023
Founded in San Francisco in 2016, Price.com offers a comprehensive money-saving platform for comparison shopping. Its AI-powered algorithm enables real-time discovery of products across various categories like new, used, refurbished, and rental items, providing consumers with transparent pricing options.

Hulah

Seed Round in 2022
Hulah is a dating app that empowers women by allowing them to endorse men they know, creating a safer space for single women to connect. Men on the platform earn points for good behavior, leading to rewards. The app features face-to-face video calls and secure texting.

Honeydrop

Seed Round in 2022
Honeydrop is a lifestyle brand focused on health and wellness, specializing in organic beverages that incorporate the natural benefits of honey. The company offers a range of juices and teas that are purifying and nourishing, enriched with raw, local, antimicrobial honey. By using minimally processed ingredients, Honeydrop aims to preserve the health benefits and flavor of its products. Additionally, the company is committed to sustainability, contributing 1% of its profits to support local beekeepers in the fight against Colony Collapse Disorder, a significant threat to the global bee population.

Dollar Donation Club

Seed Round in 2022
Dollar Donation Club is a micro-donation platform focused on addressing significant global challenges through monthly subscriptions. The company allows individuals to contribute easily and effectively to various social causes by facilitating crowdfunding campaigns. Its approach empowers users to make small, manageable donations that collectively can lead to substantial social and planetary impact. By simplifying the donation process, Dollar Donation Club aims to encourage widespread participation in philanthropy and drive meaningful change.

Coupond

Seed Round in 2021
Coupond is a company that specializes in promo management and optimization tools aimed at enhancing revenue and operational efficiency in complex markets such as cannabis and alcohol. Its platform integrates advanced promo planning technology with point-of-sale data and deep learning, allowing brands and retailers to collaboratively plan, execute, track, reconcile, and optimize promotional activities. Coupond addresses the challenges of lengthy promotional launch timelines and significant discounting pressures in these competitive industries. By streamlining the promo planning process, the company facilitates faster execution and provides comprehensive reporting, generating fees from each redeemed coupon. Currently, Coupond is tracking over $120 million in gross merchandise volume, positioning itself as a vital player in the evolving promotional landscape.

Engin Sciences

Seed Round in 2021
Engin Sciences develops AI-Driven HR software that plugs into existing job boards, giving companies access to a virtual talent management system for hourly jobs, allowing HR managers to gamify the job application process on any site, quickly evaluating applicants, engaging and routing viable candidates to the jobs to which they’re best suited. Saving time and reducing churn, Engin saves companies thousands of dollars in HR personnel expenses.

Everyrealm

Venture Round in 2021
Everyrealm is a digital real estate investment firm focusing on virtual worlds through NFTs. It invests in, manages, and develops assets such as NFTs, virtual real estate, metaverse platforms, gaming infrastructure.

Find Your Grind

Seed Round in 2020
Find Your Grind is a platform dedicated to empowering individuals in their career exploration. It uses AI-powered technology to provide personalized insights about users' skills and potential career paths, offering mentorship advice from industry professionals.

Gryphon Digital Mining

Private Equity Round in 2019
Gryphon Digital Mining is a global company specializing in bitcoin mining operations. Its mission is to create the world's first net carbon-neutral Bitcoin miner by developing energy-efficient mining hardware and acquiring power assets for data center infrastructure.

Beatchain

Seed Round in 2019
Beatchain is a digital marketing platform focused on the music industry, utilizing artificial intelligence to enhance branding and promotion efforts. It provides a range of services, including free global music distribution and website building solutions. The platform facilitates the discovery of emerging artists and assists them in growing their fan bases through social media engagement. By fostering connections among artists with shared musical interests, Beatchain enables collaboration and competition within a supportive community, allowing artists to thrive and develop meaningful relationships with their audiences.

EdCast

Series C in 2018
EdCast Inc. is a technology company that operates an artificial intelligence-powered knowledge cloud platform designed to enhance personalized learning and knowledge management within enterprises. The company's main offerings include the EdCast Learning Experience Platform (LXP) and the MyGuide Digital Adoption Platform, which together facilitate employee development by providing tailored learning experiences and automating repetitive tasks. EdCast serves a diverse range of industries, including banking, healthcare, hospitality, and technology, helping organizations improve workforce engagement and productivity through effective onboarding, upskilling, and knowledge sharing. The platform aggregates content from various sources, ensuring users receive relevant and contextual information, thus supporting a culture of continuous learning and career mobility. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, EdCast has garnered recognition as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum and supports a wide array of clients, from large multinational corporations to small businesses.

Solo Sciences

Seed Round in 2018
Solo Sciences, Inc. is a Boston-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in anti-counterfeiting technology for the legal cannabis industry. The company develops a cryptographically secure product authentication system, which is the first of its kind globally. This innovative system utilizes a mobile application that decodes uniquely encoded labels, allowing distributors to verify the origin of cannabis products. By establishing a transparent connection among consumers, creators, and retailers, Solo Sciences aims to foster trust within the cannabis supply chain and help the industry combat counterfeit products effectively. As of early 2020, Solo Sciences operates as a subsidiary of Akerna Corp.

Good&Co

Seed Round in 2014
Good&Co Labs Inc. is a developer of a self-discovery engine and social networking application aimed at helping professionals find fulfillment in their careers and personal lives. The company offers tools such as Culture Fit Jobs, which assists users in understanding their strengths and preferences through quizzes, and Good&Co Teamwork, which provides personality assessments to enhance collaboration among coworkers. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Boston, London, and Lviv, Good&Co has amassed a significant user base, boasting over 1.5 million profiles and an extensive psychometric database. This platform combines engaging user experiences with scientific assessment to address challenges in employee retention and hiring by ensuring cultural compatibility between individuals and organizations.

Good&Co

Seed Round in 2013
Good&Co Labs Inc. is a developer of a self-discovery engine and social networking application aimed at helping professionals find fulfillment in their careers and personal lives. The company offers tools such as Culture Fit Jobs, which assists users in understanding their strengths and preferences through quizzes, and Good&Co Teamwork, which provides personality assessments to enhance collaboration among coworkers. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Boston, London, and Lviv, Good&Co has amassed a significant user base, boasting over 1.5 million profiles and an extensive psychometric database. This platform combines engaging user experiences with scientific assessment to address challenges in employee retention and hiring by ensuring cultural compatibility between individuals and organizations.

DRAFT

Seed Round in 2011
DRAFT is a daily fantasy sports company that offers a unique platform for players to engage in snake-drafts, similar to the traditional drafts used in season-long fantasy leagues, but designed for short durations of one day or one week. The company emphasizes simplicity and fairness, providing an enjoyable experience for users who can participate in drafts at their convenience for real money. DRAFT aims to enhance the fantasy sports experience by offering better odds of winning compared to competitors. Established as a mobile app, DRAFT was acquired by Paddy Power Betfair in 2017, reinforcing its position in the fantasy sports market. The company is supported by notable investors, including Upfront Ventures and The Chernin Group.

StarStreet

Seed Round in 2010
StarStreet is a company that offers a platform for fantasy sports, allowing users to engage in gameplay for monetary rewards. Its innovative stock-market styled platform enables participants to buy and sell shares in individual players, with the option to cash out at the end of the sports season. The service operates in the United States and Canada, providing contest opportunities across major sports leagues, including Major League Baseball, the National Football League, and Canadian Football. Additionally, StarStreet's platform is accessible on mobile devices, enhancing user engagement and convenience.

Plej

Series A in 2003
Plej is a software provider that helps retailers and affinity groups leverage traditional payment networks to develop and implement innovative new marketing programs. PLEJ's technology augments existing payment processing infrastructures and offers merchants easily configurable, rules-based merchandising solutions, such as stored-value and credit cards with user- specific properties, enhanced security, and automatic inclusion in extra value programs.

BlackDuck

Seed Round in 2003
Black Duck secures and manages open source software worldwide, eliminating open source security vulnerabilities and license compliance pain. With the rapid, widespread adoption of open-source software, Black Duck is a key component of Synopsys’ Software Integrity Platform, the most comprehensive solution for integrating security into the SDLC and software supply chain. Black Duck was established in 2002 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States.
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