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1818 Venture Capital

United KingdomMiddle EastFintechB2B SaaSEnterprise

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Investment thesis

1818 Venture Capital partners with the next generation of FinTech and InsurTech founders who are reshaping the financial services landscape across the UK, the Middle East, and beyond. The firm invests early in people, technologies, and models that challenge the status quo, providing not just capital, but deep insight, strategic support, and long-term alignment. At their core, 1818's investment philosophy centres around identifying visionary founders with big ideas that have the potential to disrupt industries and create positive societal impact. They believe that the most successful companies are built by founders who are extremely motivated and ambitious, with a clear vision and unwavering dedication to bring their ideas to life. Each investment is identified on the basis that it has the potential to return at least 10 times the capital invested.

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1818 Venture Capital are honestly one of the best VCs I have ever come across. They are friendly, reasonable and honest people who really care about the Founder. They are supportive in the ways you need them to be and are always looking out for connections they can make that might help your business.

Chantal Epp · 1818 Venture Capital website

1818 Venture Capital are quite simply a superb firm to work with. Extremely supportive, they provide genuine help for their portfolio companies along the journey, going above and beyond expectations. An extremely personable team to deal with, they strike the right balance between challenge and collaboration.

James Lynn · 1818 Venture Capital website

1818 Venture Capital have supported Laka financially and commercially from our earliest days and the strong domain expertise of the team continues to prove invaluable.

Tobias Taupitz · 1818 Venture Capital website

Recent investments

CompanyRoundSizeDate
SidekickSeries A$11m2026-02-05
Data WalletSeed$680k2026-03-09
CountPre-Seed$680k2026-03-30
The Pension LabSeed$680k2026-03-01
TheodosianSeed2025-10-17
LakaSeries B2025-07-15
CurrenseaSeed2022-09-30
WealthifySeed
MOONHUBSeed
RideTandemSeed

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