Firm | About | 2011 investments (as reported by Crunchbase) |
Index | Granddaddy of European venture capital. Founded in 1996. Euro 350M latest fund, plus other funds in seed and growth capital. Historical investments include MySQL, Skype, FON, Last.fm, Lovefilm, Netvibes. | (Index invests globally) iZettle, Dropbox, Ozon.ru, CipherCloud, Centrify, Mashape, GoTryItOn, Groupalia, Acutus Medical, ProFibrix, Reality Jockey, StorSimple, Soluto, SnapGuide, EDITD, Big Switch Networks, Funding Circle, Stylistpick, House Trip, OpenBuildings, BABYBOOM.ru, StackExchange, Onefinestay, Privalia, Climate Corporation, Grey Area, Diartis Pharma, Versartis, Ubermedia, Path, Lightbox, Mind-NRG, CatchFree, Assistly, Geckoboard, Soundcloud. |
Accel | London office of Accel. $525m latest fund. Historical investments include Rovio and Playfish. | Knewton, Peertransfer, Spotify, Supercell, Ostrovok, KupiVIP, StylistPick, Qriously, Getjar |
Balderton | Formerly Benchmark Europe. Founded in 2000. £285m latest fund. Exits include Bebo to AOL and MySQL to Sun. | Lemon, VestiaireDeCopines, DisplayLink, eWise, Worldstores, Wooga, Kupivip, Livebookings, Tabula, Gemvara, Scvngr and Friend.ly. |
Firm | About | 2011 investments (as reported by Crunchbase) |
Atomico | Founded in 2006 by Skype cofounder Niklas Zennstrom. $165m second fund. | Fashiolista, Rdio, Siine, Fon, Climate Corporation, Rovio, Ostrovok, Silk, QUid, MyGengo. |
Profounders | Founded in 2009 by Brent Hoberman (Lastminute) and Michael Birch (Bebo). Already successful exit with Tweetdeck to Twitter. | Ocuspec, Lanyrd, Lofty, Echoecho, 9flats, Onefinestay, Applifier, Citysocialising, Manga High, Keynoir, Made.com |
Notion | Founded in 2009 by the White brothers (Messaging Labs- acquired by Symantec for $700m, Star- one of UK's first ISPs) | Tradeshift, Brightpearl. |
Passion | Founded in 2011 by the team from White Bear Yard, including Stefan Glaenzer (Last.fm, Ricardo.de). $60m fund. | Readmill, Wirewax, Picklive, EyeEm, Adzuna, Smarkets, Flattr, Mendeley. |
Firm | About | 2011 investments (as reported by Crunchbase) |
DFJ Espirit | Part of the DFJ network since 2007. $560m under mgmt. Acquired 3i's portfolio in 09. | DisplayLink, Taptu, Qosmos, Redkite, Neul, CloudApps, Conversocial, RadiumOne |
Eden | London and Bath offices. Exits include Apertio, Blinkbox, Cramer Systems, OD2 and Secerno. | Lookk, We7, Brightpearl, Basekit, Voss, VisionOSS, Acunu |
Wellington | German fund with an office in London. | EyeEm, eWise, Cavendish Kinetics, Sapiens, Enecsys, Livebookings, Hailo |
Octopus | Founded in 1999. Plan to invest £100m in next 3 years. | Applied Superconductor, 10CMS, CertiVox, Vega-Chi |
DN Capital | 3 exits this year include Endeca and Datanomic (both to Oracle) and Target 250 (to Green Leads) | Apsalar, Shazam, Windeln.de. |
Fidelity Growth | Founded in 2010. £100m fund dedicated to Europe. | Wahanda, Neo Technology, GoodData. |
Pentech | London and Edinburgh offices. | Fanduel, We7, Metaforic, CertiVox, Acunu. |
M8 | Focused on mobile tech. | Aylus Networks, Portalarium, SCHAD. |
Delta | Founded in 1994. Euro 250m under mgmt. | Miracor Medical, SpineGuard, AccuNostics, Digital Mines. |
Amadeus | TrialReach | Pond | Nothing reported in 2011 | Advent | Vitrue, Worldstores | MMC | Base79 |
Doughty Hanson | MegaZebra | Scottish Equity | ExcoinTouch, Metaforic. | NESTA | CellNovo |
Accelerator | About | 2011 investments |
Seedcamp | Founded by Index's Saul Klein and 3i's Reshma Sohoni in 2007, Seedcamp started the non-US micro-investment model. Shareholders include most major European VCs and events occur in cities globally. Euro 50k for 8-10% of the company. | Appextras, Crashpadder, Campalyst, Mopapp, Psykosoft, Compilr, Efficient Cloud, Fractal, Holvi, Zin.gl, Rentlord, Transferwise, Blossom, Oust.me, Grabcad, Bilbus, Farmeron, Telportd, Vox.io, Sportlyzer. |
Springboard | Cambridge-based 13-week program inspired by Techstars, founded by RedGate Software. £5k per founder for 6% of the company. | Adwings, Arachnys, Apiary, HubFlow, Mayday, MiniMonos, Playmob, Publification, Tastebuds.fm, TotalGigs. |
Ignite100 | Newcastle-based 13 week program inspired by Techstars. Used to be The Difference Engine. £5k per founder upto £15k. Plus a £100 convertible note on completion of the program. | Happening now.. |
Oxygen Accelerator | Birmingham-based 13 week program inspired by Techstars. £5k per founder plus £5k relocation and 6 mths office space for 6% of the company. | Happening now.. |
Beta Foundry | Limited to Oxford students and alums, started by the guys from OpenSignalMaps. £5k for 5-10% of the company. | VintageFilmClub, BeHiring, IvyLeap. |
For now, some Quora reading..
Quora: London Startups Quora: Is Europe for Losers? Quora: Major European Tech Exits in past 3 years Quora: European Micro Seed FundsAfter having a few coffees sharing this info with curious minds, decided to write it down.
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