London-based venture studio & accelerator est. 2015 by Brent Hoberman, Henry Lane Fox, George Northcott. €300m raised from corporates. 291-350+ portfolio cos (80+ studio-built), 30 exits incl. Flourish (acq. Canva 2022), TrustedHousesitters, Perlego, Storyblok, Dronamics, Peptone, Scan.com. Team 60+ builders/operators + 22-person investment team. Check size £30k-£250k (avg £250k convertible). Portfolio includes Perlego, Shop Circle, Monolith. 2025: 6 investments; latest Dec 2025 Conveyd (£3.35m seed).
Investment Focus
Investment Thesis
Pre-seed & seed focus across Fintech, Climate, Health, DeepTech. Studio co-founds from day 1; accelerator 6-month bespoke programmes (no batches). £30k-£250k+ cheques. Corporate-led model: 60+ operational team provides £220k+ support value. Pilots with L'Oréal, Aviva, Reckitt, M&S, Guardian, easyJet, J&J, Deutsche Telekom. 225+ pilots signed, 34% convert to enterprise contracts. Sector-focused verticals incl. fintech, health, climate tech, deep tech, mining & nature tech, industrial transformation. Geographies: London, Berlin, Milan, New York, Perth, Johannesburg, Singapore, Sydney. Avoid: late-stage, capital-intensive without corporate alignment.
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