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Octopus Ventures stages, portfolio and investment profile
UK-based pan-European venture investor within Octopus Investments, backing founders across pre-seed through later venture stages. Its dedicated First Cheque strategy targets UK and European founders in AI, deeptech, healthcare, robotics and fintech. Octopus announced First Cheque II's first close on 5 November 2026; it did not disclose committed capital.
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Stage-based planning range
$1M–$10M
This is a planning range inferred from stage coverage, not a firm-disclosed check size.
Methodology: Stage bucket inferred from the rounds a fund leads or invests in.
No firm-specific check-size disclosure is recorded.
Investment stages
Leads: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Participates: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Sector focus
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Geography
London, United Kingdom
Founded Not recorded
Fund size / AUM
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Linked startup profiles
Recent tracked investment
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Last verified: 2026-11-09. Check-size evidence is labeled by basis so planning estimates are not presented as firm disclosures.
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