Episode 1 is an early-stage venture capital firm based in London, focused on B2B software startups at pre-seed and seed stages. Founded in 2013, the firm uses in-house data-driven deal sourcing tools to identify and back founder talent in the UK.
Their most common stage is seed (47% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $8.0M (across 33 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
47
Fund Size
$95M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
7
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
59 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ossprey | Pre-Seed | $2.6M | Jul 2026 |
 Poindexter Labs | Seed | — | Jun 2026 |
 Sable Bio | Seed | — | Feb 2026 |
 Refute | Seed | — | Feb 2026 |
 Bubble Robotics | Pre-Seed | $5M | Jan 2026 |
 Jack & Jill | Seed | $20M | Oct 2025 |
 Dragonfly | Pre-Seed | — | Oct 2025 |
 StackOne | Series A | — | May 2025 |
 Ori | Growth | — | Feb 2025 |
 Zelt | Series A | — | Jan 2025 |
| Refute | Pre-Seed | $2.9M | Dec 2024 |
 Lawhive | Series A | — | Dec 2024 |
 Auquan | Seed | $3.5M | Oct 2024 |
 Carwow | Unknown | — | Jul 2024 |
| NNiya | Pre-Seed | — | Jun 2024 |
| Lawhive | Seed | $11.9M | Apr 2024 |
| Sable Bio | Pre-Seed | $1.8M | Feb 2024 |
| Carwow | Growth | $52M | Jan 2024 |
| Zelt | Seed | — | Jul 2023 |
 Raft | Series B | $30M | Jul 2023 |
 Edgetier | Series A | — | Jun 2023 |
 Treecard | Series A | — | Nov 2022 |
| Lawhive | Seed | $2M | Oct 2022 |
 Opteran | Seed | $12M | Jun 2022 |
 Adsum | Seed | $5M | May 2022 |
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Top Co-Investors
Seedcamp6 shared
Balderton Capital6 shared
Playfair Capital5 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners4 shared
Entrepreneurs First3 shared
GV3 shared
Samos Investments3 shared
Accel3 shared
True Ventures3 shared
Techstars3 shared
Adara Ventures2 shared
Repeat Ventures2 shared
Atomico2 shared
Notion Capital2 shared
Dynamo2 shared
EQT Ventures2 shared
Angel Invest2 shared
Amadeus Capital Partners2 shared
MMC Ventures2 shared
Osney Capital2 shared
Last updated: 9 September 2026