Techstart Ventures is a first cheque venture capital investor for extraordinary founders pursuing uncapped global opportunities from a base in Scotland or Northern Ireland. It invests at inception to pre-seed stage with first cheques up to £750k and capacity for follow-on.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deal in the last 12 months vs 5 prior). Their most common stage is seed (51% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $5.2M (across 25 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
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Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
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Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
53 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Saltroad | Pre-Seed | — | Jun 2026 |
 Valla | Seed | $2.7M | Jun 2025 |
 Neurolabs | Series A | $7.8M | Apr 2025 |
 StormHarvester | Series A | $10.2M | Jan 2025 |
 Retinize | Growth | — | Jan 2025 |
 Loadar | Seed | — | Dec 2024 |
| NNeedi | Seed | — | Oct 2024 |
 Continuum Industries | Series A | $10M | Sep 2023 |
 Enzai | Seed | — | Sep 2023 |
 HeySummit | Seed | $1M | Jan 2023 |
 Enzai Technologies | Seed | $4M | Jan 2023 |
 Re-Vana Therapeutics | Series A | $11.9M | Nov 2022 |
 Lumenstream | Seed | — | Oct 2022 |
 Raylo | Seed | — | Jul 2022 |
 Firestoke | Seed | $2.2M | May 2022 |
| FFirestoke Games | Seed | $2.2M | May 2022 |
| Retinize | Seed | — | Mar 2022 |
 Touchlab | Seed | $4.8M | Feb 2022 |
| Retinize | Seed | — | Jan 2022 |
| Firestoke | Unknown | $2.2M | Jan 2022 |
| Re-Vana Therapeutics | Unknown | $11.9M | Jan 2022 |
 Cloudsmith | Series A | $15M | Sep 2021 |
| TTillit | Seed | — | Feb 2021 |
| Touchlab | Seed | $4.8M | Jan 2021 |
| Neurolabs | Pre-Seed | $1.1M | Aug 2020 |
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Top Co-Investors
Nauta Capital4 shared
Lunar Ventures4 shared
private angel investors4 shared
Techstars3 shared
LAUNCH3 shared
Frontline Ventures3 shared
Octopus Ventures3 shared
Hiro Capital3 shared
Credo Ventures2 shared
Playfair Capital2 shared
Seedcamp2 shared
Visionary Ventures2 shared
Creator Fund2 shared
Ascension Ventures2 shared
MMC Ventures2 shared
Matchstick Ventures1 shared
Target Global1 shared
Flexport1 shared
Insight Partners1 shared
Singular1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026