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Octopus Ventures, part of Octopus Group, is one of the largest and most active VC investors in the UK and Europe. We back entrepreneurs from first cheque to IPO

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@OctopusVentures
Octopus Ventures
3 years
Congrats to KatKin who today announced their $22 million series A funding. We're excited to work with their awesome team as they provide our feline friends with fresh food, tailored to each pet, to make sure all of their nine lives are happy ones. 😻
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Octopus Ventures
3 years
Tinnitus affects 1 in 7 people globally. @Join_Oto has created an entirely digital approach to self-managing the condition. It could change lives, and we're leading the team's $3.3m seed round to help them do that:
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Oto, a startup focussing on digital solutions to tinnitus, has closed an oversubscribed seed investment of $3.3m (Ā£2.7m).
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Octopus Ventures
3 years
We don’t just want to help our portfolio companies. We also want to help the businesses we haven’t met yet through our newsletter. Take advantage of our multitude of brains, and #askusanything. āœļø Questions: https://t.co/bToipnaCE5 .. šŸ“° Newsletter: https://t.co/jrEYRpJIS6
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Octopus Ventures
3 years
With current market dynamics, how should companies make themselves competitive to the best talent, with the salary constraints of being a startup? Read the answer in our latest newsletter here:
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Octopus Ventures
3 years
Octopus Ventures backs the people and ideas changing the world. To do that our portfolio needs to be more representative and better reflect the world we’re looking to change. Today we're outlining the steps we're taking to better support diverse founders. https://t.co/uvCRacWKOK
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Octopus Ventures backs the people and ideas that are changing the world. To do that our portfolio needs to be more representative and better reflect the world we’re looking to change. Today we're...
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Octopus Ventures
3 years
Pre-seed funding in Europe has fallen by 50% since 2016, even as European venture capital has šŸ’„ and minted $1 billion more businesses than ever. To help fill that gap, we’re launching our first dedicated pre-seed team, backed by a Ā£10 million fund.
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Octopus Ventures
3 years
What can we say about ORCA that hasn't already been said by the BBC? It's founded by world leaders in quantum computing and its quantum computer uniquely operates at room temperature. That and more are why we're leading ORCA's $15 million series A https://t.co/145i8AZ68k
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The Ministry of Defence is embarking on a year-long project into the possibilities of quantum computing.
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Octopus Ventures
3 years
We’re leading Papercup’s $20 million funding round, as theymake dubbing accessible for any video and allow content to be watched by the 6.5 billion people across the globe who don’t speak English. Read more! https://t.co/QYWbN7f2gS
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Octopus Ventures
3 years
Congrats to @merge_now on their $9.5 million seed round! The team are building modern financial infrastructure for the crypto space by putting trust and compliance first. We're excited to be backing them as they do that. #crypto #venturecapital https://t.co/VxzlE00z7f
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theblock.co
Merge has raised a $9.5 million round led by Octopus Ventures and participation from Hashed, Coinbase Ventures, and Ethereal Ventures.Ā 
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Octopus Ventures
3 years
We're leading @foodstepsCO2 $4.1 million seed round to help them decarbonise the food sector. Anya has built a brilliant platform that enables businesses to calculate and reduce their #carbonfootprint in days instead of months. https://t.co/yQx3gqWTKi #sustainability #investment
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Octopus Ventures is backing Foodsteps as it builds a platform to help decarbonize the food supply chain
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Associated
4 years
Post episode recording, @freddieevans_ told us he was itching to start something new; not long after he started @minimumeco which lets you calculate, report on, and reduce the carbon emissions of businesses! They raised £1.9 million from @OctopusVentures + backed by @ycombinator
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@EnergyRA
Energy Research Accelerator
4 years
We'd like to say a big thanks to @SimonpKing from @OctopusVentures who gave a great presentation earlier this week on 'Funding for Energy and Green Innovation'. You can watch the video here: https://t.co/7jPMbZNP41 @InnovationMids @midsengine @FMcanulla @HelenTurnerMI
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@TechTreeHQ
TechTree
4 years
2 weeks to go until our next Dev Talks event! Join us to hear from the CTOs and developers at @octopusventures backed startups! šŸš€ šŸŽŸ Register for free: https://t.co/JkUokkOH3D #CTO #techtalk #startups #VC #Event #Developers
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Octopus Ventures
4 years
Take a look at the first images of the @orbexspace Prime orbital space rocket on its dedicated launch pad. It's the world's most environmentally friendly rocket and will be the first ever vertical take off from UK soil. https://t.co/L0sG0sd7Xg #space #deeptech
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Octopus Ventures
4 years
#Secondarymarkets are just as present in the investment world as they are in any market. Read Dany Bidar’s blog on why #secondaries are good for the #ecosystem
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Octopus Ventures
4 years
Uzma Choudry explains why we’re all in on backing #biotech, the areas we think will produce the next wave of breakout #bioscience businesses and the challenges of #biotechinvestment
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Why Octopus Ventures is investing in European biotech and the areas we think will produce the next wave of breakout bioscience businesses
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Octopus Ventures
4 years
On Thursday, we're hosting biotech luminaries including former Ablynx CEO, Dr Edwin Moses, @annalisajenkins and our own Dr Uzma Choudry to talk about building globally successful businesses from Europe’s budding biotech start-ups. Sign up to join us at https://t.co/fWRWBJhPeI
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Octopus Ventures
4 years
Edward Keelan is joining the @RaisingPartners tech investor conference in Glasgow on May 10th. He'll watch pitches and share tips to help secure investment. You can get tickets to join him at: https://t.co/5VR8heRbLQ #tech #Glasgow #investment #venturecapital #startupfunding
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