Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 investors for Business Development startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
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Future Planet Capital | https://futureplanetcapital.com/ | Series A | London, England, United Kingdom | Linkedin |
Oxford Science Enterprises | https://oxfordscienceenterprises.com/ | Venture – Series Unknown | Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom | Linkedin |
Northzone | http://www.northzone.com | Early Stage Venture, Seed | London, England, United Kingdom | Linkedin |
Virgin Group | https://www.virgin.com/virgingroup | London, England, United Kingdom | Linkedin | |
Nordstar | https://www.nordstar.com/ | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Venture | London, England, United Kingdom | Linkedin |
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We’ve ranked the top 21 Business Development investors in United Kingdom. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
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Top Business Development Investors & Funds (United Kingdom)
Future Planet Capital
Future Planet is a venture capital firm that seeks investment in technology and life science companies from leading research centres
Investment Rounds: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, Impact Investing, Venture Capital
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Oxford Science Enterprises
Oxford Science Enterprises a university-partnered venture firm, investing in early-stage life science, AI & software, and deep tech.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Industries: Asset Management, Business Development, Finance, Higher Education, Life Science, Venture Capital
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Northzone
Northzone is an early-stage venture capital fund built on experience spanning multiple economic and disruptive technology cycles.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Business Development, Finance, FinTech, Venture Capital
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Virgin Group
Virgin Group is an investment company focused on leisure, travel, tourism, mobile, broadband, TV, radio, music, finance, and health sectors.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity
Industries: Business Development, Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Nordstar
Nordstar partners with transformational companies seeking strategic and operational expertise, advice, and capital
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Bethnal Green Ventures
Bethnal Green Ventures (BGV) is Europe’s leading early stage tech for good VC.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Business Development, Finance, Financial Services
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Eden Block
Eden Block is a private, independent, research-centric investment vehicle dedicated to enriching the environments that make up Web 3.0.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business Development, Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Venture Capital
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TrueSight Ventures
TrueSight Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in pre-seed and seed deals.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Renaissance Capital Partners
Renaissance Capital Partners invests funds in high-growth, innovative, and entrepreneurial businesses and also built environment projects.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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BEC (Birmingham Enterprise Community)
Birmingham Enterprise Community is a global community of emerging entrepreneurs and change-makers.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Business Development, Communities, Education, Events, Training, Venture Capital
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GMG Ventures
GMG Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund that invests in companies related to media-tech.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture
Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Planet First Partners
Planet First Partners is a purpose-led growth investment platform investing in “Better for People & Better for the Planet” companies
Investment Rounds: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Secondary Market, Venture
Industries: Business Development, Life Science, Venture Capital
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Gauss Ventures
Gauss Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture
Industries: Business Development, Finance, Financial Services
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Simpleweb
Investor and Product and Software development.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Angel Investment, Business Development, Software
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TitanBlock
Investment & advisory firm empowering the global decentralized economy
Investment Rounds: Crowdfunding, Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Industries: Blockchain, Business Development, Funding Platform, Venture Capital
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BrainStormers
Brainstormers provide entrepreneurs and founders with access to hands-on advisors in critical areas that allow fast scaling, including Research and Validation,
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Business Strategy, Design, Product Management, and Operations.Â
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Future Planet Capital
Future Planet is a venture capital firm that seeks investment in technology and life science companies from leading research centres
Investment Rounds: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, Impact Investing, Venture Capital
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Oxford Science Enterprises
Oxford Science Enterprises a university-partnered venture firm, investing in early-stage life science, AI & software, and deep tech.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Industries: Asset Management, Business Development, Finance, Higher Education, Life Science, Venture Capital
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Northzone
Northzone is an early-stage venture capital fund built on experience spanning multiple economic and disruptive technology cycles.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Business Development, Finance, FinTech, Venture Capital
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Virgin Group
Virgin Group is an investment company focused on leisure, travel, tourism, mobile, broadband, TV, radio, music, finance, and health sectors.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity
Industries: Business Development, Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Nordstar
Nordstar partners with transformational companies seeking strategic and operational expertise, advice, and capital
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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