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    Octopus Ventures

    London, United KingdomFounded 2007

    Octopus Ventures focuses on early-stage investments (pre-seed to Series A and beyond) in disruptive technologies across sectors like B2B software, bio, climate, consumer, deep tech, fintech, and health. Their strategy involves backing purpose-driven founders who are building solutions to significant global challenges, providing both capital and hands-on support for scaling.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (13 deals in the last 12 months vs 19 prior). Average disclosed round size is $20.4M (across 164 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    168

    Fund Size

    $1.8B

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    13

    Team

    David Zhu

    David Zhu

    Managing Director

    AP

    Albert Puig

    Partner

    HS

    Hitesh Sanganee

    Venture Partner

    Kirsten Connell

    Kirsten Connell

    Partner

    MF

    Malcolm Ferguson

    Partner

    Maria Callaway

    Maria Callaway

    Partner

    Owen Metters

    Owen Metters

    Venture Partner

    SD

    Sky Dayton

    Venture Partner

    Uthish Ranjan

    Uthish Ranjan

    Partner

    Will Gibbs

    Will Gibbs

    Partner

    ZX

    Zihao Xu

    Partner

    CC

    Chantal Cox

    Investment Manager

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    168 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Automata logoAutomataSeries C$45MJan 2026
    Infinitopes logoInfinitopesSeed$35.1MJan 2026
    Cyb3r Operations logoCyb3r OperationsSeries A$5.4MJan 2026
    AgileRL logoAgileRLSeed$7.5MJan 2026
    Monq logoMonqPre-Seed$3MNov 2025
    Dost logoDostSeries A$7.3MNov 2025
    Grasp logoGraspSeries A$6MOct 2025
    CoMind logoCoMindSeries C$60MOct 2025
    deskbird logodeskbirdSeries B$19MSep 2025
    CRED logoCREDSeed$15MJun 2025
    Perci Health logoPerci HealthSeed$4MJun 2025
    Zendo Energy logoZendo EnergyPre-Seed$2.1MMay 2025
    Phlux Technology logoPhlux TechnologySeries A$10.7MMar 2025
    Apheris logoApherisSeries A$20.1MJan 2025
    bsport logobsportSeries B$30MDec 2024
    FForefront RFSeries A$20MNov 2024
    Cambri logoCambriSeries A$8MOct 2024
    SStemaSeed$1.7MOct 2024
    Desia logoDesiaPre-Seed$2.9MSep 2024
    Desia logoDesiaSeed$3.3MSep 2024
    Sidekick logoSidekickSeed$5.3MJun 2024
    LabGenius logoLabGeniusSeries B$40.1MMay 2024
    Vitesse logoVitesseSeries C$93MMay 2024
    Zen Educate logoZen EducateSeries B$34MMay 2024
    Sidekick logoSidekickSeed$5.7MMay 2024
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