Episode 1 Ventures Fund III

Episode 1 Ventures

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

London, United Kingdom

Countries of investment

United Kingdom

Investment stages

Pre-Seed
Seed

Industries

B2B Software
SaaS
Artificial Intelligence
Fintech
Cleantech
Deep Tech
Edtech
Legal Tech
Insurtech
Proptech
HR Tech
Supply Chain Tech

About
Episode 1 Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2013, investing £500k to £3m in UK-based early-stage software startups. The firm is one of the UK Government's Enterprise Capital Funds and has backed companies including Zoopla, Carwow, CloudNC, Raft, Robin AI, TouchSurgery, Omnipresent, and Attest. Episode 1 focuses on helping founders raise a successful Series A.

Min check size: $325K
Max check size: $2.6M
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Investment Thesis

Episode 1 Ventures focuses on backing B2B software companies at pre-seed and seed stages with extraordinary teams and real insight into emerging or evolving markets. They are particularly interested in how deep tech technologies are disrupting industry.

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Manager's Experience

The leadership team at Episode 1 Ventures is led by General Partners Hector Mason, Adrian Lloyd, and Paul McNabb, combining operator backgrounds with pre-seed and seed investing experience across UK software. The team is one of the UK Government's Enterprise Capital Fund managers, and has backed companies including Zoopla, Carwow, CloudNC, Raft, Robin AI, TouchSurgery, and Attest. Partners bring hands-on product, GTM, and founder-to-CEO transition support to B2B software founders.