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    1818 Venture Capital

    St Peter Port, GuernseyFounded 2012

    1818 Venture Capital is an early-stage VC firm backing FinTech and InsurTech founders, with a track record since 2012. Typically among the first investors, it partners with entrepreneurs transforming financial services across the UK and Middle East.

    Average disclosed round size is $8.8M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    16

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Richard Avery-Wright

    Richard Avery-Wright

    Founding Partner and CEO

    Ben Lloyd

    Ben Lloyd

    Partner

    Andrew Walters

    Andrew Walters

    Director

    Clive Damsell

    Clive Damsell

    Director

    Daisy Avery-Wright

    Daisy Avery-Wright

    Investor Relations Associate

    Dawn Pybus

    Dawn Pybus

    Investor Relations Associate

    Harry Williams

    Harry Williams

    Investment Associate

    Andy Parr

    Andy Parr

    Chief Financial Officer

    Julia Bowerman Hall

    Julia Bowerman Hall

    Operations Executive

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    24 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Laka logoLakaSeries B—Jul 2025
    Sidekick logoSidekickSeed—May 2024
    Tandem logoTandemSeed—Jul 2023
    Playter logoPlayterGrowth$55MJun 2022
    Pirkx logoPirkxSeries A—Jun 2022
    Tandem logoTandemSeed$2.2MMay 2022
    Outfund logoOutfundSeries A—Apr 2022
    Moonhub logoMoonhubSeed—Apr 2022
    Laka logoLakaSeed$1.5MJan 2022
    Pirkx logoPirkxSeries A—Jan 2022
    Lifted logoLiftedSeries A$6.2MJun 2021
    Lifted logoLiftedSeries A$6.2MJan 2021
    Willo logoWilloPre-Seed$2.4M—
    Aide Health Limited logoAide Health LimitedPre-Seed——
    Currensea logoCurrenseaUnknown$5M—
    Kudwa logoKudwaUnknown$1.1M—
    Teamed logoTeamedSeed$3.6M—
    CitizenMe logoCitizenMeUnknown——
    Sidekick logoSidekickSeries A——
    Sidekick logoSidekickSeries A——
    Sidekick logoSidekickSeed——
    Sidekick logoSidekickSeed——
    Laka logoLakaSeries A$12M—
    Playter logoPlayterSeed$1.7M—

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    Last updated: 7 October 2026