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Episode 1 Ventures

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Last activity: 11.02.2026
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Episode 1, the backer of successful companies like Carwow, Touch Surgery, Zoopla and Attest, is an early stage venture capital firm based in London, with a £60m fund to invest in UK software driven startups.

Episode 1 leads rounds of £500k to £3m into fantastic teams with real insight into markets that are emerging or evolving. As an early stage fund, we invest in the best opportunities, but are particularly interested in how emerging “deep tech” technologies are disrupting industry, and how technology is reinventing markets.

We are the company builders that take you on your entrepreneurial journey from Seed to Series A.
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Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2013
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
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21.03.2023In the ‘Hot Seat’ with Adam ShuaibWhat’s your name and where are you from? Hi – I’m Adam. Half-Irish, half-Pakistani. Nomadic childhood living in the U.K., Ireland, Pakistan, Canada and Brunei Three words to describe yourself? Obsessive, relentless, unconventional Wha...
07.02.2023In the Hot Seat with Steph Orde, CFO at Episode 1What’s your name and where are you from? Steph. Born in Guildford. Decade in London. Now in Hampshire Three words to describe yourself? Curious, Hard working, Adventurous What has been your biggest success in your life so far? At work,...
07.02.2023Omnipresent raises $120M Series BYesterday, Omnipresent announced their $120M Series B led by Kinnevik and Tencent. We’ve had a front row seat since co-leading the Seed round alongside Playfair in early 2020. Back then, I had a strong belief that the structural advant...
08.12.2021In the ‘Hot Seat’ with David RajanCEO of Opteran This week we interviewed David to understand all things Opteran and where it all began. Opteran reverse-engineers biological systems onto silicon, enabling machines to see, sense, navigate and make decisions better than exis...
06.12.2021In the ‘Hot Seat’ with Paul BennettPaul Bennett , Co-Founder & CEO at Perchpeek Paul is one of our awesome Episode 1 CEO’s. He loves his sport, he’s super positive and he wears his Perchpeek merch with pride. Find out all about what makes this CEO tick… Paul Ben...
28.04.2021What I learnt at an Episode 1 CEO dinnerOne thing that stands out is the closeness of the relationship between the Episode 1 investment team and the portfolio companies. Beyond a deep and defining mutual respect, there is also the stuff at the core of all good relationships – act...
25.02.2021Available singles Online — The Importance of Finding a Date On the netSingles online dating has obtained popularity within the last few years. With all the Internet getting so widespread around the world, it is now easy to satisfy norwegian girls to date people from around the globe and knowing how to get i...
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11.02.2026UK AI drug safety startup Sable Bio raises €3.15 million; plans to grow its London teamSable Bio, a London-based AI drug safety startup, today announced that it has raised €3.2 million in Seed funding to scale its platform. The round was led by MMC Ventures, with participation from existing investors Episode 1 Ventures and Se...
03.02.2026Refute raises £5M seed round to address disinformation threatsLondon-based Refute, an AI-powered counter-disinformation company, has raised £5 million in seed funding in a round led by Amadeus Capital Partners, with participation from Playfair, Episode 1, Osney Capital, and the National Security Strat...
28.01.2026ERM and Auquan Bring Agentic AI to Sustainability AdvisoryERM, the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, and Auquan, a leader in agentic AI for institutional finance, today announced a collaboration to deploy AI agents across sustainability workflows for financial institutions. ER...
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24.11.2025Onstage launches new early-stage venture fundOnstage, an organiser of standalone demo events in Europe, announced the launch of its first venture fund, with an initial close of £10 million. The fund is intended to support European founders at the pre-seed and seed stages and will be l...
24.11.2025After facilitating €567 million in follow-on funding, Britain’s Onstage introduces debut €11.3 million fundOnstage, the London-based organiser of standalone demo days, has launched its first venture fund – Onstage Fund I – with an initial close of €11.3 million (£10 million) and a mission to bolster pre-Seed and Seed founders. The fund will be l...
16.10.2025Jack & Jill Raises $20M in Seed FundingJack&Jill, a London, UK-based AI recruitment company, raised $20m in seed funding. Backers included Creandum (lead), as well as VCs including Dig Ventures, Entrepreneur First, Ada Ventures, Firedrop, Repeat.vc, Episode1, Playfair and ov...
13.10.2025Dragonfly Takes Flight: AI Startup Secures €3M to Reshape Enterprise Software DecisionsLondon's Dragonfly secured €3M in pre-seed funding. The AI startup revolutionizes software decision-making for businesses. Its platform acts as an automated solutions architect. It offers instant, tailored recommendations from a vast databa...
08.10.2025London-based Dragonfly raises €3 million to simplify software decision-making with AILondon-based startup Dragonfly has raised €3 million in a pre-seed funding round to make software decision-making faster and smarter through AI. The round was led by Episode 1, with participation from Dreamcraft and Portfolio Ventures, as w...
08.10.2025Dragonfly Raises £2.6M in Pre-Seed FundingDragonfly, a London, UK-based provider of a software discovery platform, raised £2.6M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by Episode 1, joined by Dreamcraft and Portfolio Ventures, with angels including QuantumBlack founder and CTO Sam B...
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