Octopus Ventures, part of Octopus Group, is one of the largest and most active venture capital investors in the UK and Europe. The firm invests across B2B Software, Bio, Climate, Consumer, Deep Tech, Fintech, and Health, backing founders from pre-seed through to growth stage.
Deal activity increased 40% year-over-year (14 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $21.9M (across 161 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
201
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
15
Team
HS
Hitesh Sanganee
Venture Partner
MT
Maria Thoomkuzhiyil
Portfolio Associate
CO
Chris Oliver
People + Talent
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
260 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ossprey | Pre-Seed | $2.6M | Jul 2026 |
 Quantum Motion Technologies | Series B | — | May 2026 |
| CConnectome | Seed | $2M | Apr 2026 |
| FFlexzo Ai | Series A | $12M | Mar 2026 |
 Automata | Series C | $45M | Jan 2026 |
 AutoGrab | Series B | — | Jan 2026 |
 Infinitopes | Seed | $35.1M | Jan 2026 |
 Cyb3r Operations | Series A | $5.4M | Jan 2026 |
 AgileRL | Seed | $7.5M | Jan 2026 |
 Handshake Solutions | Seed | $3.2M | Jan 2026 |
 Monq | Pre-Seed | $3M | Nov 2025 |
 Dost | Series A | $7.3M | Nov 2025 |
 Grasp | Series A | — | Oct 2025 |
 Comind | Series C | $60M | Oct 2025 |
 deskbird | Series B | — | Sep 2025 |
 CRED | Seed | $15M | Jun 2025 |
 Perci Health | Seed | — | Jun 2025 |
 Altura | Series A | — | Jun 2025 |
 Zendo | Pre-Seed | $2.1M | May 2025 |
 Phlux | Series A | $10.7M | Mar 2025 |
 apheris AI | Series A | — | Jan 2025 |
 bsport | Series B | — | Dec 2024 |
 Forefront RF | Series A | $20M | Nov 2024 |
 Cambri | Series A | — | Oct 2024 |
| DDesia | Pre-Seed | — | Sep 2024 |
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Top Co-Investors
BGF14 shared
Phoenix Court Group8 shared
Index Ventures7 shared
Balderton Capital7 shared
Amadeus Capital Partners7 shared
Parkwalk Advisors7 shared
Entrepreneurs First7 shared
Seedcamp6 shared
Speedinvest6 shared
Atomico6 shared
Latitude6 shared
Techstars6 shared
Oxford Science Enterprises6 shared
Cambridge Innovation Capital6 shared
Playfair Capital5 shared
TempoCap5 shared
Kindred Ventures5 shared
MMC Ventures5 shared
Felix Capital5 shared
IP Group plc5 shared
Last updated: 9 September 2026