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    Houghton Street Ventures

    London, United KingdomFounded 2019

    Houghton Street Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm founded in partnership with the London School of Economics (LSE). It invests in early-stage companies founded by LSE alumni, students, and faculty, leveraging the university's ecosystem across technology, social sciences, and humanities.

    They made 2 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (100% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $6.2M (across 4 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    7

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    AF

    Adam French

    Partner

    HL

    Hannah Leach

    Partner

    DH

    David Houghton

    Principal

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    7 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Andel logoAndelSeed$4.5MOct 2025
    Gladys logoGladysSeed—Oct 2025
    Firstwork logoFirstworkSeed$5MJan 2025
    Valpas logoValpasSeed—Jun 2024
    SAIZ logoSAIZSeed—Jan 2024
    Venteur logoVenteurSeed$7.6MAug 2023
    Venteur logoVenteurSeed$7.6MAug 2023

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    Last updated: 7 October 2026