Love Ventures

We're pleased to welcome Garat Chandigere Uria back to the Love Ventures team as our Investor Relations Intern. ✨ As our Investor Relations Intern, Garat will contribute to our business development operations, focusing on pipeline management, lead qualification, and strategic outreach initiatives. Working alongside Olly and the broader team, he'll support top-of-funnel activities, handle SDR functions, and help optimise our network engagement strategies to develop prospects and support our business objectives. Garat recently graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Geography, completing the Management Studies Tripos at Judge Business School during his fourth year while also supporting us part-time. He brings financial services experience from his role as an Asset Management Investments Analyst at UBS, along with internships at J.P. Morgan and Deloitte. While at Cambridge, Garat additionally served as Portfolio Manager for the Cambridge Apex Fund, developing his investment management skills. Most recently, he worked as a scout for Kinetic Investments, bringing relevant venture capital and business development experience to our team. Outside of work, Garat enjoys American football, having competed at Varsity level for Cambridge University, and badminton, where he represented his college. He's also involved in mentorship and social impact work as a Homerton Changemaker Ambassador and has contributed to the Youth Advisory Council UK. Great to have you on board Garat! 👋

𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞: 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊’𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 This September, we’ll bring our investor community together in the heart of the City of London for London Live, Love Ventures’ flagship event. At a time when UK productivity growth is stagnating, we’ll explore a defining question: How will AI actually move the needle? On the agenda: Welcome from our General Partners: How our thesis is aligning with the UK’s need for innovation-led growth. Fireside Chat — AI in Practice: Industry leaders discuss where AI is already delivering results and where the next opportunities lie. Founder Panel — Building the Future of Work: Three Love Ventures portfolio founders share how they’re applying AI to transform how people work. This private, invite-only event is for investors, founders and advisors in the Love Ventures network. Capacity is limited so we recommend applying for a ticket early. 📅 16 September 2025 | City of London 🎟 Speaker details coming soon. Register here: https://lu.ma/eec115u4

A big week at Love Ventures! After a successful rebrand and the launch of our new website, the team couldn’t be happier to round off the week by being named finalists in this year’s Growth Investor Awards powered by Intelligent Partnership, in the Best EIS Investment Manager – Up and Coming category. We’re looking forward to spending time with colleagues from across the industry at November’s ceremony. Happy Friday!

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤. 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Today, we’re excited to unveil the updated Love Ventures brand and website – a cleaner identity for the next stage of our journey, and one that better reflects the businesses we back and the future we’re building alongside our community of founders, investors, and partners. At Love Ventures, we invest in startups propelling UK productivity across Fintech, Future of Work, and Consumertech. The UK is facing a productivity challenge, and with it, a window to back the builders solving it. After years of economic stagnation, outdated infrastructure, and regional inequality, it's time to put the spotlight on the founders fixing these problems. The next decade will be defined by tools that help people and businesses work smarter, operate leaner, and grow faster. We’re backing the founders building that future - with capital, conviction, and real support from people who’ve built before. Our refreshed brand identity reflects how Love Ventures operates. The updated wordmark embraces boldness and a tech-forward sensibility, underpinned by a well-balanced structure and refined execution. The Love Ventures icon retains the spirit of our original logo while evolving into a symbol of partnership that reflects the act of building together. This identity reflects what drives us every day: • Backing the UK’s next generation of high-growth, high-impact startups. • Building the most engaged investor community in UK tech. • Supporting founders with clarity, ambition, and care. Our new identity and website is built to scale with us. Soon, we’ll be launching LV Insights, a dedicated space for founder stories, market insight, and sharing the ideas shaping the future of the UK, Europe and the world. Finally, a big thank you to the team at Regular Practice for everyone's hard work and guidance throughout this brand refresh process 💙

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤. 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Today, we’re excited to unveil the updated Love Ventures brand and website – a cleaner identity for the next stage of our journey, and one that better reflects the businesses we back and the future we’re building alongside our community of founders, investors, and partners. At Love Ventures, we invest in startups propelling UK productivity across Fintech, Future of Work, and Consumertech. The UK is facing a productivity challenge, and with it, a window to back the builders solving it. After years of economic stagnation, outdated infrastructure, and regional inequality, it's time to put the spotlight on the founders fixing these problems. The next decade will be defined by tools that help people and businesses work smarter, operate leaner, and grow faster. We’re backing the founders building that future - with capital, conviction, and real support from people who’ve built before. Our refreshed brand identity reflects how Love Ventures operates. The updated wordmark embraces boldness and a tech-forward sensibility, underpinned by a well-balanced structure and refined execution. The Love Ventures icon retains the spirit of our original logo while evolving into a symbol of partnership that reflects the act of building together. This identity reflects what drives us every day: • Backing the UK’s next generation of high-growth, high-impact startups. • Building the most engaged investor community in UK tech. • Supporting founders with clarity, ambition, and care. Our new identity and website is built to scale with us. Soon, we’ll be launching LV Insights, a dedicated space for founder stories, market insight, and sharing the ideas shaping the future of the UK, Europe and the world. Finally, a big thank you to the team at Regular Practice for everyone's hard work and guidance throughout this brand refresh process 💙

Thanks to the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA) for inviting us to last night’s Greenshoots event at The Other House. A fantastic evening of networking, great conversations, and connecting with both old and new faces in the industry. Always a pleasure to be part of such a vibrant community!

We backed Bourn’s mission to fill the UK’s SME working capital gap last year, and they’ve been going from strength to strength throughout the first half of 2025. Roger Vincent’s appearance on the FintechOS podcast is well worth a listen if you’re interested in learning about why access to working capital is so important for small and medium sized businesses and the wider UK economy.

Last night we hosted our annual summer drinks in true alfresco style on the roof terrace of Uncommon Holborn to celebrate our upcoming 5-year anniversary and showcase an exclusive sneak preview of what's next for Love Ventures before everyone heads off for the summer ☀️ 🎉. We were joined by our closest community members - investors, founders and partners - as well as a few new faces to mark these milestones in our journey and share what we have planned as we prepare to launch our new brand and positioning later this month 🚀 . During the event, we heard from some of our portfolio founders: Johnny Morris, Fifth Dimension, Alex Coleridge & Tom Montague, givestar, Richard Dana, Tembo, and Alex Lempka, Connect Earth. They shed light on the problems they are helping to solve and the opportunities ahead for productivity growth in the UK 📈. 💡The conversations were engaging and wide-ranging, covering everything from AI's future impact to compelling stories from within our own portfolio. The evening served as a reminder that these conversations and communities are what drives innovation and understanding in an increasingly tech enabled world. 🙏 Thanks again to everyone who joined us last night, and if you missed it, we can't wait to welcome you along to another Love Ventures event soon!

Just wrapped up an incredible two day company offsite, and we're reminded once again why these gatherings are absolutely essential for our team's success. There's something powerful that happens when you step away from the day-to-day hustle and create space for deeper strategic thinking. These offsites aren't just team-building exercises – they're where our best collaborative ideas are born and where we align on the bigger picture that drives everything we do. Our team embodies our core L-O-V-E values in everything we tackle: 🔹 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 - Building for the long term, not just quick wins 🔹 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 - Relentless focus on what matters most 🔹 𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 - Speaking up, sharing ideas, and communicating openly 🔹 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 - Bringing deep knowledge and craft to every challenge It's where strategy meets execution, where individual expertise becomes collective wisdom, and where we remember why we chose to build something meaningful together. And speaking of building – we got a sneak preview of our exciting rebrand and new website that's coming soon. We can't wait to share what we've been working on with the world. 👀 Here's to the power of getting the right people in the same room with the right mindset. We're already looking forward to our next offsite! 🚀 #TeamBuilding #Leadership #Strategy #CompanyCulture #Offsite

Yesterday General Partner Marcus Love attended the BVCA's Investment Policy Forum. It included an interesting discussion on '𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲' 🇬🇧 The regulatory landscape is evolving with some promising developments - here are the key takeaways: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: • CMA has reduced merger review timeframes - pre-note phase cut from 65 to 40 days, with straightforward Phase 1 mergers down from 35 to 25 days • New digital market competition regime launched in January 2025 • Focus on the 'Four P's': Pace, Proportionality, Predictability, and Process 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧: • Financial services rulebook has more than tripled since 1998, with half still EU-derived law requiring review • Regulatory complexity continues to create barriers for startups • Treasury Select Committee notes processes are still too slow 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: The government's growth agenda is driving meaningful regulatory reform, with recognition that we need to balance risk tolerance with economic growth. A zero-failure regime simply isn't realistic if we want to maintain UK competitiveness internationally. 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝: Focus areas include pension fund risk incentives, individual savings vehicles, and creating a supportive institutional investment environment. It's encouraging to see regulators actively working to reduce duplicative roles and address cumulative regulatory burden. The key will be maintaining momentum on these reforms. Interested to hear your thoughts? Tim Lewis Harriett Baldwin Theo Bertram Jessica Lennard Leo Ringer Nike Trost #BVCA #Regulation #Growth #Investment #UKEconomy #FinancialServices