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 (49% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $7.7M (across 41 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
54
Fund Size
$95M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
6
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
79 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 |
 WholeSum | Pre-Seed | — | 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 |
| Dragonfly | Pre-Seed | — | 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 |
| SSinaptik | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2023 |
 Treecard | Series A | — | Nov 2022 |
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Top Co-Investors
Seedcamp9 shared
Playfair Capital7 shared
Balderton Capital6 shared
Entrepreneurs First5 shared
British Business Bank5 shared
GV4 shared
Notion Capital4 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners4 shared
True Ventures4 shared
Octopus Ventures4 shared
Y Combinator3 shared
Portfolio Ventures3 shared
Samos Investments3 shared
Accel3 shared
MMC Ventures3 shared
Techstars3 shared
Adara Ventures2 shared
Repeat Ventures2 shared
Nickleby Capital2 shared
Atomico2 shared
Last updated: 27 September 2026