Octopus Ventures

It’s day two of London Tech Week ❇️ This morning, our CEO, Erin Platts, hosted a packed fireside chat with Baroness Poppy Gustafsson of Chesterton CBE, Minister for Investment. The discussion explored how to unlock more investment into the UK’s most ambitious companies, bringing together senior figures from across the venture ecosystem. We were honoured to have Carolyn Dawson OBE, CEO of Founders Forum Group and Tech Nation, open the session and set the tone for a day of big ideas and honest debate. At Octopus Ventures, we back founders with bold ideas, from the first cheque to IPO. Our focus spans fintech, B2B SaaS, health, AI, biometrics, and risk mitigation. Building something ambitious? Let’s talk. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ebaB4uE9 What key insights are you taking from London Tech Week? Let us know in the comments below. 👇 #LTW2025 #LTW #VentureCapital

We’re counting down to SaaStock next month. 🚀 Our investor, Maria Callaway, will be on the ground meeting with ambitious founders who are shaping the future of SaaS. Not got your ticket yet? There’s still time: https://lnkd.in/diSZZBuC At Octopus Ventures, we back bold ideas from first cheque to IPO, partnering with ambitious founders in fintech, B2B SaaS, healthtech and AI. If that sounds like you, we’d love to talk. 📩 Let’s start a conversation 👉 https://lnkd.in/ebaB4uE9 #SaaStock #VentureCapital

🚀 Heading to SaaStock next month? We’ll be there on the ground and our investor, Jebran Raashed, will also be taking a front-row seat as a judge in the opening round of SaaStock’s Pitch Competition. 🔗 Learn more about the conference here: https://lnkd.in/diSZZBuC Building something bold? We back pioneers from first cheque to IPO across fintech, B2B SaaS, health, AI, biometrics and risk mitigation. If you’re building something game-changing, we’d love to hear from you. 📩 Let’s talk 👉 https://lnkd.in/ebaB4uE9 #SaaStock #VentureCapital

✨ What does it take to be a decacorn founder? ⚡ Tilly Fleming, one of our pre-seed investors, shares exactly what we look for in the category-defining entrepreneurs building tomorrow’s most ambitious companies. Together, Kirsten Connell and Tilly Fleming are our pre-seed power duo – backing founders at the very start of their journey, sometimes with the very first cheque. 💡🌍 Building something bold? We’d love to hear from you. At Octopus Ventures, we invest from first cheque to IPO, backing ambitious founders in fintech, B2B SaaS, health, AI, biometrics and risk mitigation. 📩 Let’s talk 👉 https://lnkd.in/ebaB4uE9 #VentureCapital #Investing

We’re just under two weeks away from With Intelligence’s Women’s Venture Capital Summit.✨ If you’re attending, don’t miss our investor, Tilly Fleming, on a panel exploring how new investment opportunities can be unlocked.💡 The summit will bring together 100 incredible women from across the industry to share insights, spark ideas and create opportunities. 🌍🙌 Learn more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eKVfHmKj 🚀 Building something bold? Let’s talk. At Octopus Ventures, we back ambitious founders from first cheque to IPO — investing in fintech, B2B SaaS, health, AI, biometrics and risk mitigation. Get in touch here 📩 👉 https://lnkd.in/ebaB4uE9 #VentureCapital #Investing #StartUps

🌍 Heading to With Intelligence’s Women’s Venture Capital Summit? Our Investor, Chantal Cox, will be moderating the panel What’s Ahead in Healthcare Investing. 🎤 💡 The summit brings together 100 women from across the sector to share insights, spark ideas and explore opportunities. Learn more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eKVfHmKj 🚀 Building something bold in healthtech? We’d love to hear from you 👉 https://lnkd.in/dSM__h89 #WVCSEurope2025 #VentureCapital #StartUps

📢 📢 We’re super proud to announce that our CEO, Erin Platts, will take up a dual leadership position in our family of companies by becoming CEO of Octopus Investments. 🎉🎊   By uniting the leadership of two of Octopus Group’s core businesses, we will benefit from a coordinated strategy, closer alignment, and greater opportunities to scale – positively impacting the founders, entrepreneurs, and wider ecosystem that we serve.🤝   Since joining us as CEO in January 2025, Erin has brought significant pace and momentum, with plans to expand our pan-European venture capital offering to more founders than ever before. 🌍   Congrats, Erin! 🎉🚀 We can’t wait to see what’s next! 💙💛

Investing in world-changing businesses means backing the brilliant founders behind them – and that doesn’t happen in a vacuum. 🌍✨ In our latest blog, Octopus Ventures Partner, Edward Keelan, explores why VC is a uniquely collaborative industry – and how a community-minded approach creates an ecosystem where ambitious founders can thrive. 🤝🚀 Read it here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dkPz-MrS Building something bold? Let’s talk. At Octopus Ventures, we invest from first cheque to IPO, backing ambitious founders in fintech, B2B SaaS, health, AI, biometrics and risk mitigation. You can get in touch here 📩 👉 https://lnkd.in/ebaB4uE9 #VentureCapital #Startups #Founders

🌱 Venture Capital has always been a people-first industry – but who says community building has to happen only over canapés and name badges? 🪪 👟 Our very own Octopus Ventures investor, Rich Bolton, suspected there was space for something different. So, he launched VCRunClub – a way for the London VC ecosystem to connect beyond the usual evening networking scene. In our latest blog, Rich shares what he’s learned about community building. Here are a few of his key insights: ✨ Keep it slow. Ensuring no one falls behind builds solidarity – and means no one gets left out of conversations. ✨ Just do it. Sometimes all it takes to get people to take part is to create the opportunity. ✨ Keep it niche. Running takes care of itself (when you do it) but for the networking to work, he’s found keeping it industry-centric works best. 🚀 You can read Rich’s full reflections – and more from the Octopus Ventures team – here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dStjqMZJ Building something bold? Let’s talk. At Octopus Ventures, we invest from first cheque to IPO, backing ambitious founders in fintech, B2B SaaS, health, AI, biometrics and risk mitigation. You can get in touch here 📩 👉 https://lnkd.in/ebaB4uE9 #VentureCapital #CommunityBuilding #Networking

Every world-changing business starts with inspiration, and we want to be there when it strikes. 🦄✨ Meet Kirsten Connell and Tilly Fleming, the pre-seed power duo supporting founders shaping the way we live tomorrow at the very earliest stages – sometimes with the very first cheque. 💡🌍 Hear from the duo themselves on the video below. 🎥 Building something bold? Let’s talk. At Octopus Ventures, we invest from first cheque to IPO, backing ambitious founders in fintech, B2B SaaS, health, AI, biometrics and risk mitigation. You can get in touch here 📩 👉 https://lnkd.in/ebaB4uE9 #WhereUnicornsBegin #PreSeed #VentureCapital #EarlyStageInvesting