Barclays Ventures
Corporate VCLondon · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 1 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Barclays UK Ventures operates as an independent-mandate unit within Barclays aimed at accelerating the future of banking. It focuses on two central themes: connecting communities and building new business lines across financial and non-financial propositions. The unit blends a start-up, disruptive mindset with the distribution capability and customer base of Barclays, testing ideas in independent environments before scaling them. It plans to explore five or six themes captured via organic build-out, commercial partnerships and venture investments, seeking early-stage companies with disruptive ideas to invest in and co-develop customer propositions with.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 2 of 2 portfolio companiesCybersecurity ×2Consumer ×1Enterprise Software ×1SaaS ×1
HQs:Israel×1United States×1
Investments · 2 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathEvernym provides digital identity, cryptography, privacy, security, and governance solutions based on verifiable credentials technology, including a Travel Pass product for managing travel information.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSHerriman, US
Timothy Ruff(Executive Officer)Jason Law(Executive Officer)inSteve Havas(Executive Officer)Drummond Reed(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsTitanBlockMedici VenturesOutlier Ventures
Safehouse is a consumer VPN service that creates an encrypted tunnel between a user's device and the internet, offering IP masking, global server access, and protection from malicious links and data breaches.
ConsumerCybersecurityTel Aviv, IL
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Barclays Ventures invest at?
- Barclays Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Barclays Ventures focus on?
- Barclays Ventures focuses on Fintech, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Barclays Ventures located?
- Barclays Ventures is headquartered in London, GB.
- Does Barclays Ventures lead rounds?
- Barclays Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamBen Davey, Barclays Ventures CEO. on the lessons he has learned in responding to the covid19 crisis
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