Downing Ventures
Investor profile
Investment firmVenture capital
Downing Ventures has backed 36 European tech companies across 41 funding rounds between 2014 and 2023, joining rounds totalling €198M. Most active in Software and Healthtech. Data as of 4 Nov 2026.
Deals
41
distinct rounds
Companies
36
backed
Active span
2014–2023
10 yrs
Total round €
€198M
sum of rounds joined
Deals by year
distinct rounds / yearDowning Ventures — deals by year — interactive chart.
Data table
| Downing Ventures — deals by year | |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 12 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 |
Top sectors
by dealsDowning Ventures — top sectors — interactive chart.
Data table
| Downing Ventures — top sectors | |
|---|---|
| Software | 12 |
| Healthtech | 9 |
| Consumer | 6 |
| Edtech | 5 |
| AI | 3 |
| Media | 2 |
| Fashion | 2 |
| Fintech | 2 |
| HRtech | 2 |
| Deeptech | 1 |
Stages
by dealsDowning Ventures — stages — interactive chart.
Data table
| Downing Ventures — stages | |
|---|---|
| Other | 14 |
| Seed | 12 |
| Series A | 9 |
| Series B | 5 |
| Series C | 1 |
Countries
by dealsDowning Ventures — countries — interactive chart.
Data table
| Downing Ventures — countries | |
|---|---|
| UK | 41 |
Co-investment network
shared roundsCo-investment network — interactive chart.
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Frequent co-investors
shared rounds- London Co-Investment Fund5
- BGF3
- Capita2
- Forward Partners2
- Guinness Ventures2
- NVM2
- Scottish Enterprise2
- Ananda Impact Ventures1
- AXA Venture Partners1
- Beringea1
- Calculus Capital1
- Cambridge Angels1
- Channel 41
- Collider1
- Crane Venture Partners1
- Dr Jonathan Milner1
- EC1 Capital1
- EQT Life Sciences1
- Fig1
- Firestartr1
- Fresco Capital1
- Fuel Ventures1
- Gresham House Ventures1
- IQ Capital1
- LifeArc Ventures1
Portfolio
top 30 by total round €| Company | Country | Rounds | Total € |
|---|---|---|---|
| FundamentalVR | UK | 2 | €24M |
| Closed Loop Medicine | UK | 1 | €15M |
| Virtuoso | UK | 1 | €12M |
| BookingBug | UK | 1 | €11M |
| Distributed | UK | 1 | €9.3M |
| Channel Mum | UK | 2 | €8.7M |
| TidalSense | UK | 1 | €8.6M |
| Xchange | UK | 1 | €8.4M |
| StorageOS | UK | 1 | €8.2M |
| Imagen | UK | 1 | €7.3M |
| Exonar | UK | 1 | €7.3M |
| hackajob | UK | 2 | €6.2M |
| Invizius | UK | 1 | €6.1M |
| E-Fundamentals | UK | 1 | €6.0M |
| Rated People | UK | 1 | €5.9M |
| MIP Diagnostics | UK | 1 | €5.6M |
| Firefly Learning | UK | 1 | €5.6M |
| Matr | UK | 1 | €5.4M |
| Qkine | UK | 1 | €4.6M |
| Cambridge Touch Technologies | UK | 1 | €4.6M |
| BridgeU | UK | 1 | €4.5M |
| Dragonfly AI | UK | 1 | €3.6M |
| BBC Maestro | UK | 2 | €2.3M |
| Empiribox | UK | 1 | €2.3M |
| Glownet | UK | 1 | €2.3M |
| Duel | UK | 1 | €2.0M |
| Vivacity Labs | UK | 1 | €1.9M |
| Masters of Pie | UK | 1 | €1.8M |
| Live Better With | UK | 1 | €1.8M |
| Electrospinning Company | UK | 1 | €1.7M |
Biggest deals
top 10 by amount| Company | Stage | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FundamentalVR | Series B | €19M | 2022-08 |
| Closed Loop Medicine | Series A | €15M | 2021-11 |
| Virtuoso | Series A | €12M | 2021-11 |
| BookingBug | Series C | €11M | 2018-02 |
| Distributed | Other | €9.3M | 2022-06 |
| TidalSense | Other | €8.6M | 2023-05 |
| Xchange | Seed | €8.4M | 2020-09 |
| StorageOS | Series B | €8.2M | 2021-02 |
| Imagen | Series B | €7.3M | 2019-01 |
| Exonar | Series A | €7.3M | 2019-01 |