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Lyall Ventures
Family office
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Established in 2018, Lyall Ventures is a London-based family office focusing on investments in UK venture capital funds, start-ups, and scale-ups. The approach is generally sector-agnostic, with a preference for businesses at the early-stage up to Series A that demonstrate strong leadership teams, innovative offerings, and demonstrable market traction. The firm is especially interested in Impact Investments and Emerging Technology, seeking companies with substantial growth potential and the ability to disrupt existing markets.
Notable quotes
“We are especially interested in Impact Investments and Emerging Technology currently.”
“We invest in AI, tech, early-stage up to before series A. Must have early revenues and version 1.0 of tech.”
Team
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Assisted Vehicles | Seed | — | 2022-10-06 |
| FodaBox (formerly BoroughBox) | Series A | — | 2022-04-11 |
| Form Ventures | Fund Investment | — | 2021-09-23 |
| Hiyacar | Seed | $2m | 2020-07-14 |
| Machine Advertising | Seed | — | 2020-02-28 |
| NewPath | Seed | — | 2019-07-30 |
| myTamarin | Pre-seed | — | 2019-07-15 |
| PSYT | Seed | — | 2019-07-01 |
| Travlet | Pre-seed | — | 2018-10-01 |
| Lumi Network | Seed | — | — |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Techstars | 1 |
| Maven Capital Partners | 1 |
| David Murray-Hundley (Pario Ventures) | 1 |
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