Octopus Ventures
VC-backed Eve Sleep in £140m IPO
Offering will enable memory foam mattress company to raise £35m 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
Octopus leads £7.5m round for Bought By Many
Deal will fund the launch of the online aggregation and price comparison platform's insurance products
Octopus Ventures adds Zihao Xu to investment team
European venture capital investor is best known for backing Secret Escapes and Zoopla
Woodford in €16m series-B round for Eve Sleep
Startup held a first closing in July this year, when it raised an initial €8m
Octopus Ventures leads $22m round for Outfittery
Existing backers including Northzone, Highland and Holtzbrinck also take part in the round
Octopus leads $12m round for Big Health
Behavioural medicine company will invest in product development
Octopus, DN Capital in £6.9m round for Eve Sleep
British mattress manufacturer will look to expand internationally
Carlyle's Addison Lee acquires Octopus-backed Tristar
Post-transaction, the combined executive car hire company will have a headcount of 800
Chronext in €11m series-C round from Partech et al.
Partech also led series-B funding round for Chronext in November 2015
Octopus leads $8m series-A for Stratajet
Online platform for private jet hire will explore US expansion options
Octopus raises £100m for VCTs
Increased consumer appetite for VCTs follows the introduction of new UK pension laws
CIC and Octopus in £13.7m round for Origami Energy
VCs previously took part in a £3.5m seed round for the UK-based software-as-a-service firm
Paladin leads $5m series-A for Elliptic
Santander InnoVentures, KRW Schindler and others have joined the funding round
Octopus leads £12.9m series-B for Property Partner
Crowdfunding platform’s round includes £3m debt facility provided by Silicon Valley Bank
Octopus sells Vision Direct
Octopus had been invested in the company since 2009 and supported several bolt-ons
Notion and Octopus re-up in $7.5m round for Adbrain
Latest investment brings total raised by the UK advertising startup to $16.5m over three rounds
Accel, Octopus, Index exit SwiftKey in $250m Microsoft deal
US technology conglomerate continues European acquisitions with deal reportedly worth €250m
Octopus in £2m series-A for Segura
Investment is the latest in an active Q4 for Octopus, according to unquote" data
Uniplaces raises $24m from Atomico et al.
Previous backer Octopus takes part in series-A
Octopus moves into later-stage funding with new £140m vehicle
Octopus Zenith Opportunities II is now closed to commitments
BGF injects £10m into Gymbox
Fresh capital will fund new gyms in London & across UK
Octopus appoints entrepreneur-in-residence
Debu Purkayastha, Octopus Investments