Episode 1
Investor profile
Investment firmVenture capital
Episode 1 has backed 52 European tech companies across 77 funding rounds between 2013 and 2026, joining rounds totalling €589M. Most active in Software and Marketing. Data as of Nov 2026.
Also recorded as: Episode 1 Ventures · Episode1 · Episode1 Ventures
Deals
77
distinct rounds
Companies
52
backed
Active span
2013–2026
14 yrs
Total round €
€589M
sum of rounds joined
Deals by year
distinct rounds / yearEpisode 1 — deals by year — interactive chart.
Data table
| Episode 1 — deals by year | |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2026 | 7 |
Top sectors
by dealsEpisode 1 — top sectors — interactive chart.
Data table
| Episode 1 — top sectors | |
|---|---|
| Software | 23 |
| Marketing | 7 |
| Fintech | 7 |
| E-commerce | 6 |
| Transportation | 6 |
| Cybersecurity | 6 |
| HRtech | 5 |
| Legaltech | 5 |
| AI | 4 |
| Deeptech | 3 |
Stages
by dealsEpisode 1 — stages — interactive chart.
Data table
| Episode 1 — stages | |
|---|---|
| Seed | 27 |
| Other | 15 |
| Series A | 15 |
| Pre-Seed | 10 |
| Series B | 7 |
| Early VC | 3 |
Countries
by dealsEpisode 1 — countries — interactive chart.
Data table
| Episode 1 — countries | |
|---|---|
| UK | 72 |
| Ireland | 3 |
| Germany | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
Co-investment network
shared roundsCo-investment network — interactive chart.
Hover a node for shared-deal counts; click a co-investor to open its profile.
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Frequent co-investors
shared rounds- Seedcamp7
- Playfair Capital6
- MMC Ventures5
- Entrepreneur First4
- Notion Capital4
- Balderton Capital3
- Bessemer Venture Partners3
- Charlie Songhurst3
- EC1 Capital3
- Maxfield Capital3
- Portfolio Ventures3
- Village Global3
- Accel2
- ACT Venture Capital2
- Ada Ventures2
- Amadeus Capital Partners2
- BGF2
- Dynamo Ventures2
- Firstminute Capital2
- GV (Google Ventures)2
- Join Capital2
- Lifeline Ventures2
- NHN ventures2
- Octopus Ventures2
- Osney Capital2
Portfolio
top 30 by total round €| Company | Country | Rounds | Total € |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carwow | UK | 4 | €72M |
| Huboo | UK | 1 | €71M |
| Lawhive | UK | 3 | €51M |
| Cloud NC | UK | 2 | €45M |
| Raft | UK | 1 | €27M |
| Sano Genetics | UK | 3 | €23M |
| TreeCard | UK | 1 | €22M |
| StackOne | UK | 2 | €21M |
| Jack & Jill | UK | 1 | €17M |
| Triptease | UK | 3 | €16M |
| emoov | UK | 3 | €15M |
| Phasecraft | UK | 1 | €15M |
| PassFort | UK | 1 | €14M |
| Vector.ai | UK | 1 | €13M |
| kleene.ai | UK | 1 | €12M |
| Robin AI | UK | 2 | €12M |
| tru.ID | UK | 2 | €12M |
| Opteran | UK | 1 | €11M |
| Risk Ledger | UK | 2 | €9.7M |
| User Replay | UK | 3 | €9.4M |
| Zelt | UK | 2 | €8.9M |
| Refute | UK | 2 | €8.6M |
| EdgeTier | Ireland | 2 | €7.5M |
| Mimica | UK | 1 | €5.2M |
| AimBrain | UK | 2 | €5.1M |
| Sable Bio | UK | 2 | €4.9M |
| Adsum | UK | 1 | €4.7M |
| Bubble Robotics | Switzerland | 1 | €4.2M |
| Mantic | UK | 1 | €3.5M |
| Veridue | UK | 1 | €3.4M |