Octopus Ventures
Q&A: Octopus Ventures on consumer investing in times of recession
Partner Rebecca Hunt on the VCтs approach to consumer tech deals and how household savings, pricing down will see businesses through the crisis
VC Profile: Octopus backs pre-seed ecocystem with fresh fund
Fund is headed by Kirsten Connell and Maria Rotilu and has extended its hard cap to GBP 15m following a first close
Livingbridge buys majority stake in VC-backed Semafone
Octopus Ventures and BGF exit the data security and compliance software developer
Octopus to launch £100m healthcare-focused fund
In conjunction with the announcement, the firm has hired an investment team from TenX Health
Edge hires Andrews as CIO
Simon Andrews joins from BGF where he was an early-stage investor; prior to that, he worked at Octopus Ventures
VC-backed Cazoo acquires Target Global-backed Drover
Cazoo generates revenue of ТЃ150m and has a valuation of more than ТЃ2bn
Octopus, BGF lead $24m round for Orbex
Existing investors High-Tech GrУМnderfonds, Heartcore Capital and Elecnor also participated
Northpond, Octopus lead $30m series-A for Ori Biotech
Existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Delin Ventures and Kindred Capital also join the round
VCs exit UltraSoc to Siemens
Previous investors include Seraphim, Indaco, Octopus Ventures, Oxford Capital and eCapital
Angel CoFund appoints Octopus's Whitehead and Cole
Alliott Cole of Octopus Venture will retain his role as CEO of the venture capital firm
Balderton leads €12.7m round for Jolt
Existing investor Octopus Ventures' Titan VCT also participated in the funding round
Octopus, Downing and C4 in $21.8m round for Trouva
Fresh capital from the investment will be used for overseas expansion and software development
VCs in $23m series-B for Elliptic
New investor AlbionVC and existing backers SignalFire and Octopus have invested in Elliptic
Octopus et al. in $42m series-B for Elvie
Company will use the financing to increase its investment in R&D and expand internationally
Nyca leads £5m series-A for Fluidly
Octopus and Anthemis also take part in the round for the financial software developer
Draper Esprit et al. divest Tails.com to Nestlé
Dog nutritionist and food retailer will become part of the trade buyer's Purina Petcare division
Octopus backs £18.6m series-B for Origami Energy
Round was led by listed energy company Aggreko, with CIC and Fred Olsen also taking part
Octopus sells Box-it Data to Montagu's Oasis
Records and information management company says the acquisition is its largest to date
Trident leads $17.5m series-B for BehavioSec
Trident Cybersecurity managing directors Alberto Yepez and Ken Gonzalez join the board of directors
Octopus Ventures leads $20m series-B round for Depop
Rebecca Hunt, investment manager at Octopus Ventures, will join the board of Depop
Artificial intelligence offers smart opportunities for PE
Once the domain of early-stage VC investors, the AI segment is now attracting the attention of private equity buyers
VC-backed Eve Sleep in £140m IPO
Offering will enable memory foam mattress company to raise ТЃ35m on admission to trading on AIM
Insurtech puts a premium on technology
PE and VC players turn their attention to the insurance space as fintech's next scalable disruption opportunity
Octopus leads £5m funding round for Elvie
VC firm AllBright also supported the funding round for the women's health UK-based startup