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Ventura Capital
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Ventura Capital was founded in 2012 to provide investors with exposure to tier-one technology companies founded by exceptional teams that have a credible plan to IPO in 2–4 years. The firm focuses on quality, IRR, and alignment of incentives, investing post technical and commercial proof points to back scaling executors at the growth stage, offering an attractive risk-reward profile. Ventura emphasises investments in growth-stage consumer and enterprise technology companies with compelling risk-adjusted return profiles — driven by new technologies, products and services that provide better value to end users while outperforming legacy alternatives, coupled with commercially attractive business models. The firm operates on a deal-by-deal basis, does not charge annual management fees, and offers clients investments either as co-investments or multi-company committed capital funds.
Notable quotes
“Allica is a world class business that is executing exceptionally well in a large, underserved market. Ventura is proud to be a major investor in Allica's Series D and we are raring to support this exceptional team's next stage of growth into international markets.”
“Nothing drives your portfolio returns more than constantly keeping abreast of successful new startups which are scaling actual revenue and also preparing for IPO, allowing us to capitalise on early traction in the market to generate these supernormal returns for our investors.”
“We sincerely value the support from our institutional and family office investors old and new. It is a pleasure participating in these companies and new industries, driving global advancement forward together. We are now opening up our next fund to new investors across the US, Europe and globally, already with fast-growing, well-valued fin-tech and energy transition co-investments in hand. 2024/25 is set to be the best investment vintage for our sector in many years.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allica Bank | Series D | $155m | 2026-02-24 |
| ManageMy | Series B | — | 2026-02-11 |
| Tekever | Series C | — | 2025-05-06 |
| Owlstone Medical | Series E | $27m | 2025-01-15 |
| Payall | Series A | — | 2025-06-05 |
| Upgrade | Series G | $165m | 2024 |
| Zilch | Series D | — | 2023 |
| Spotify | Growth | — | — |
| Uber | Growth | — | — |
| Coursera | Growth | — | — |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| TCV | 2 |
| Blue Owl Capital | 1 |
| GLG | 1 |
| Sona Asset Management | 1 |
| Iberis Capital | 1 |
| BNF Capital | 1 |
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