Investments
313Portfolio Exits
44Funds
19About Octopus Ventures
Octopus is a venture capital investor that backs talented people with the potential to build big businesses. The Company focuses on identifying entrepreneurs and fast growth companies that can scale to create, transform or dominate an industry.
Octopus Ventures Headquarter Location
33 Holborn
London, England, EC1N 2HT,
United Kingdom
+44 20 7776 7968
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Latest Octopus Ventures News
Nov 29, 2021
London/Dublin/San Francisco’s Frontline Ventures has announced the appointment of its newest partner, Zoë Chambers, where she’s already been hard at work since earlier this month focusing on European deeptech investments and a solid plan to back more female founders.Prior to joining Frontline, Zoë served as an early-stage investor and principal at crosstown firm Octopus Ventures where she lead their deeptech investment team.Of these choices, 50% of her investments were in female-led businesses and she remains committed to over-indexing on founders who have been traditionally overlooked.that’s been flowing into the European deeptech sector over the past year.Not only did we hear great things about her from multiple parties before meeting, we also had founders and colleagues who didn’t know we were speaking with Zoë talk about how amazing she was unprompted,” commented Frontline Ventures partner Will Prendergast. Disclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated & summarized by a computer program and has not been created by StartupAround.
Octopus Ventures Investments
313 Investments
Octopus Ventures has made 313 investments. Their latest investment was in Synchtank as part of their Series A on November 11, 2021.
Octopus Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/23/2021 | Series A | Synchtank | $5.8M | Yes | 1 | |
11/11/2021 | Series A | Kleene | $14M | Yes | 2 | |
11/11/2021 | Series C | Ometria | $40M | No | 3 | |
11/8/2021 | Series A | |||||
10/28/2021 | Series A |
Date | 11/23/2021 | 11/11/2021 | 11/11/2021 | 11/8/2021 | 10/28/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series A | Series A | Series C | Series A | Series A |
Company | Synchtank | Kleene | Ometria | ||
Amount | $5.8M | $14M | $40M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Octopus Ventures Portfolio Exits
44 Portfolio Exits
Octopus Ventures has 44 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was ThirdEye Labs on November 10, 2021.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/10/2021 | Acquired | 2 | |||
10/4/2021 | Acquired | 3 | |||
9/14/2021 | Acquired | 2 | |||
Date | 11/10/2021 | 10/4/2021 | 9/14/2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Octopus Ventures Acquisitions
4 Acquisitions
Octopus Ventures acquired 4 companies. Their latest acquisition was Tristar Worldwide on January 10, 2008.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/10/2008 | Management Buyout | Management Buyout | 1 | |||
7/13/2006 | Management Buyout - II | |||||
12/1/2005 | ||||||
5/31/2005 | Management Buyout |
Date | 1/10/2008 | 7/13/2006 | 12/1/2005 | 5/31/2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Investment Stage | Management Buyout | Management Buyout - II | Management Buyout | |
Companies | ||||
Valuation | ||||
Total Funding | ||||
Note | Management Buyout | |||
Sources | 1 |
Octopus Ventures Fund History
19 Fund Histories
Octopus Ventures has 19 funds, including Octopus Titan VCT.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/22/2021 | Octopus Titan VCT | $267.86M | 1 | ||
4/8/2019 | Octopus Ventures Zenith III | Late-Stage Venture Capital | $108.3M | 4 | |
4/16/2018 | Octopus Ventures European Startups Fund | $284M | 1 | ||
3/22/2017 | Octopus Ventures UK Tech Fund | ||||
4/11/2016 | Octopus Ventures Early Stage Startup Investment Fund |
Closing Date | 11/22/2021 | 4/8/2019 | 4/16/2018 | 3/22/2017 | 4/11/2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | Octopus Titan VCT | Octopus Ventures Zenith III | Octopus Ventures European Startups Fund | Octopus Ventures UK Tech Fund | Octopus Ventures Early Stage Startup Investment Fund |
Fund Type | Late-Stage Venture Capital | ||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $267.86M | $108.3M | $284M | ||
Sources | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Octopus Ventures Team
5 Team Members
Octopus Ventures has 5 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Emma Davies.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Emma Davies | Wellcome Trust, Big Society Capital, Perry Capital, and J.P. Morgan & Co. | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
Tosin Agbabiaka | Investment Partner | Current | |
Michael Edwards | Controller | Former | |
Simon Murdoch | Friends Abroad, and Amazon | Managing Partner | Former |
Simon Murdoch | Senior Partner | Former |
Name | Emma Davies | Tosin Agbabiaka | Michael Edwards | Simon Murdoch | Simon Murdoch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | Wellcome Trust, Big Society Capital, Perry Capital, and J.P. Morgan & Co. | Friends Abroad, and Amazon | |||
Title | Chief Executive Officer | Investment Partner | Controller | Managing Partner | Senior Partner |
Status | Current | Current | Former | Former | Former |