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#1 Intermediate Capital Group

Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) is a global alternative asset manager investing across private debt, credit, real assets, and private equity strategies from its London headquarters.

#2 Foresight Group

Foresight Group is a diversified investment manager active in real assets, private equity, private credit and public markets, with a Ventures strategy funding seed-to-Series A companies in deep tech, hard tech and enterprise software.

#4 3i Investments

3i is a publicly listed investment company headquartered in the UK with mandates to invest across private equity and infrastructure throughout northern Europe, North America and Asia. In private equity, 3i has 8.3bn GBP under management and typically focuses on businesses with Enterprise Values of 100-500m EUR in northern Europe or North America. In infrastructure, 3i has 3.4bn GBP under management and manages 4 separate funds across Europe and Asia.

#6 Actis

Actis is a leading private equity investor in high growth markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America. We invest in private equity buyouts and grwoth capital, energy, infrastructure and real estate. We have >120 investment professionals across 16 global offices. In every market we invest in, we nurture close local relationships, providing us with excellent competitive intelligence and access to opportunities. We match this local insight with a global sector approach, which helps us deliver great results. A particular strength lies in helping families and founders of local businesses to institutionalise. We take successful local brands and help them to grow; to attract the best talent; to compete with multinational corporations and to prepare for IPOs. Consequently many business founders seek to work with Actis, resulting in unique proprietary deal flow.

#7 Inflexion Private Equity Partners

Inflexion is a European mid-market private equity firm that invests in high-growth businesses, offering flexible capital for buyouts and minority stakes across sectors.

#8 Balderton Capital

Balderton Capital is a leading European-focused early-stage venture capital firm. We like entrepreneurs who think big, with grand plans to build global-scale businesses. Balderton primarily invests at the Series A stage, after a startup has developed a product and gained some traction, however we will sometimes invest earlier. We invest only in technology companies founded in Europe.

#9 Terra Firma

Terra Firma is one of the leading private equity investors in Europe. We invest in asset-rich businesses in essential industries (energy and utilities, infrastructure, affordable housing, leisure/hospitality, agriculture, healthcare and asset leasing) that require fundamental change. We have a long-term investment approach and specialize in five areas - Transformational Private Equity, Support Capital, Operational Secondaries, Operational Real Estate and Infrastructure Plus.

#10 Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a global venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco and London. Index invests in technology companies, especially in the marketplace, eCommerce, Big Data, Gaming, Open Source and Security sectors, where we have deep expertise. Index backs the best and most ambitious entrepreneurs who want to build large, global businesses. We find these entrepreneurs wherever they are in the world, and have invested in more than 24 countries and 39 cities since founding. We provide full service to each of our portfolio companies. Unlike other VC's, when we invest, every partner assists and is available to our investee companies, providing unparalleled access to the expertise we have developed over our investing and industry careers. Historically, we invested in more advanced startups, however since 2005, Index Ventures has also made a number of seed investments where we look to become the first institutional capital into transformative companies and invest $100K to $2 million per seed investment.

#11 August Equity

UK lower-mid-market private equity firm focusing on primary buyouts in essential services and B2B software.

#13 Graphite Capital

Graphite Capital is a UK mid-market private equity firm focused on three core sectors: health & pharma, education, and data & tech-enabled services, investing in companies valued between £30 million and £150 million.

#14 Anthemis

Anthemis Group is a global platform that cultivates change in the financial system by investing in, growing, and sustaining businesses committed to resiliency, transparency, access and equity. Founded in 2010, Anthemis has deep understanding of markets and models, passion for emerging technology and values inspire everything the company does. By creating fertile ground for a diverse group of startups, investors, entrepreneurs, institutions, academics, and visionaries to converge, they believe they can solve the financial systems' most pressing challenges faster, better and for the benefit of all.

#16 DN Capital

DN Capital is a global early-stage venture firm, with an experienced team passionate about technology and working with exceptional entrepreneurs. Founded in 2000 by Nenad Marovac and Steve Schlenker, DN Capital is now one of Europe’s most established VC funds.

#17 Northzone

Northzone is a European early-stage venture capital fund that invests in innovative consumer and enterprise companies in Europe and the US East Coast,. We invest primarily at the Series A and B stage, but selectively pursue seed investments. We have deep, long-standing technology expertise and benefit from the fact that the majority of our investment team have previously founded companies.

#18 Octopus Ventures

Octopus Ventures is one of Europe's most active experienced venture capital firms, and has invested in more than 100 companies since its 1999 founding. Octopus Ventures invests in both enterprise and consumer-focused startups, and participates from Seed (typical investment $1m) to Series A (typical investment $4m). Our team knows what it is like on the other side of the fence. Before joining Octopus, many of the team established themselves in other industries, from consumer goods and professional services to technology and telecoms, and several launched and sold their own startups.

#19 Unilever Ventures

Unilever Ventures is Unilever’s venture and growth capital arm. It invests directly in consumer brands, commerce and technology, and also makes fund investments; its stated stage coverage is Seed through Series C/D.

#20 Aspirity Partners

Aspirity specializes in growth capital for European FinTech and Enterprise Technology sectors, focusing on scalable, asset-light B2B solutions with a partnership approach.

#21 MMC Ventures

MMC Ventures is an early stage venture fund based in the United Kingdom. MMC invests in companies that are transforming industries, innovating with nascent, fast-evolving technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and blockchain to reshape entire sectors. We believe that technology will change the world for the better. We are drawn to the companies that are rethinking fundamentals, redefining the dynamics of their sector, and have the potential to scale rapidly.

#22 IQ Capital

IQ Capital is a UK based venture firm that invests from the Seed to Series A stage. We partner with exceptional thought leaders pushing the frontiers of deep-tech. We help these teams to find product-market fit, scale and reach their ambitious global visions. We are actively seeking investments in AI, Data Science, IoT and more. We can partner with you throughout your growth - we know that it takes time to develop global markets, and that deep-tech can take longer & cost more than originally expected. We have extensive global connections, and our own investors themselves are committed to science & innovation - from family offices and successful tech entrepreneurs through to institutions including the British Business Bank.

#23 Notion Capital

Notion Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in enterprise technology and SaaS start-ups headquartered in Europe. Typically these companies have $1m+ revenue, high growth rates, and ambitious founders who are building global, category-leading companies. The Notion partners have previously founded and exited two successful SaaS companies (Star and MessageLabs) and offer substantial industry expertise.

#24 Bek Ventures

Bek Ventures is a global venture capital firm founded in 2013, investing in early-stage technology startups from Dynamic Europe, with offices in London, New York, Luxembourg, and Istanbul.

#25 Eight Roads

Eight Roads is a Fidelity-backed global investment platform with venture teams investing in technology and healthcare companies across Asia, Europe, Israel and the US.

#26 Guinness Ventures

Guinness Ventures is a venture capital business investing in UK companies through EIS, VCT, SEIS and co-investment services, from early-stage opportunities to Series A and scale-up.

#27 Eighteen48 Partners

Eighteen48 Partners is an independent investment office serving multi-generational family and institutional capital, using a long-term, endowment-style approach and investing its own capital alongside clients.

#28 Concept Ventures

Concept Ventures is Europe's largest pre-seed fund. Founded in 2018, the firm has backed over 50+ companies, including Unicorn Elevenlabs and other globally scaling startups.

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