Ufi Ventures is the UK's specialist early-stage investor in vocational technology (VocTech), backing founders building digital technologies that help adults gain and maintain skills for work. It is the investment arm of the Ufi VocTech Trust, a registered charity, investing from £250k up to £1m in post-revenue startups.
Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (42% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $4.6M (across 5 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
10
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
Nick Novak
Venture Partner
Caroline O’Donnell
Grants Programme Manager
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
12 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCertchain | Seed | $945K | Dec 2025 |
 Gladys | Seed | — | Oct 2025 |
 Assemble You | Seed | — | Mar 2025 |
 Slinger | Pre-Seed | — | Oct 2023 |
 Flagship RTL | Seed | $5M | Jul 2023 |
| MMetaverse Learning | Unknown | $1.5M | Feb 2023 |
| Assemble You | Pre-Seed | — | Nov 2022 |
| PPurlos | Seed | — | Oct 2022 |
 Learnerbly | Series A | $10M | Dec 2021 |
| PPurlos | Unknown | — | Jan 2021 |
 SonicJobs | Series A | $5.5M | — |
 TaskHer | Pre-Seed | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
Triple Point Ventures2 shared
Future Planet Capital2 shared
Kleiner Perkins1 shared
Real Ventures1 shared
Essential Capital1 shared
Insight Partners1 shared
Beringea1 shared
Frontline Ventures1 shared
London Co-Investment Fund1 shared
Horizon Ventures1 shared
Digital Horizon1 shared
Coelius Capital1 shared
Grok Ventures1 shared
Primary Venture Partners1 shared
BY Venture Partners1 shared
FJ Labs1 shared
Hatch1 shared
TriplePoint Capital1 shared
Future Fund1 shared
British Business Bank1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026