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Venture capitalLondon · Pre-Seed–Series A · 2 people tracked
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Team · 2 people
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2 people who came through Focal went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 8 of 12 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×5SaaS ×5Fintech ×3Consumer ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1Cleantech ×1Cloud Computing ×1Cybersecurity ×1
HQs:United States×3United Kingdom×1
Investments · 12 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 32024 · 12023 · 27 dated
Boldr provides a mobile app and energy-saving home climate products that help homeowners monitor and control their HVAC systems, reduce energy consumption, and track usage through real-time data.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechConsumerIoTLondon, GB
Co-investorsRedbus VenturesTechstarsTetradAda VenturesNorrsken VCUnconventional Ventures
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Kaiden AI provides an AI-powered training platform for law enforcement agencies that uses hyper-realistic AI personas to deliver scenario-based practice and evaluation across the training lifecycle, from basic academy through in-service training.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechGovTech
Co-investorsFocal VenturesDarling VenturesHustle Fund
Keragon offers a no-code platform for healthcare organizations to build HIPAA-compliant workflow automations, aimed at clinical and operations teams.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaS
George Eracleous(Founder)inPanos Papageorgiou(Founder)inConno Christou(Founder)inGeorge Makkoulis(Founder)
Co-investors25MadisonAfore CapitalFocal VenturesUpfront VenturesDarling Ventures
Masthead provides cost optimization and data observability tools for Google BigQuery, enabling data teams to monitor pipelines, detect anomalies, and reduce spending across their data infrastructure.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSaaS
Co-investorsDEPO VenturesFocal VenturesSMOK Ventures
Maxed is a unified platform for CPA firms that replaces their fragmented software stack with a single AI-agent-powered system for tasks like client portals, document management, and workflow automation.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Fifi Siddiqui(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsFocal Ventures
On Me is a digital gifting platform that lets people send personalized gifts wrapped in photos, videos, and shared memories, while giving recipients freedom to choose from a curated set of brands and gift cards across categories like fitness, travel, and adventure experiences.
ConsumerE-commerceFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sitar Harel(Founder)inDarragh Meaney(Founder)in
Co-investorsFocal VenturesLerer HippeauNFXDarling Ventures
Pump provides discounted AWS cloud computing for early-stage startups through collective purchasing and automated optimization, with no setup or engineering required.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Spandana Nakka(CEO)inShri B(Founding Engineer)Luis Vale(Business Associate)Paul Russo(Chief of Staff)Sharvin Manjrekar(Business Associate)Stuart(Business Associate)
Co-investorsDe Fi Alliance HoldingsDG Daiwa VenturesFocal VenturesPioneerY CombinatorFailup Ventures+2 more
YRIKKA develops processes for aligning AI with human values and provides AI red teaming, focused on high-stakes environments such as healthcare and space.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep Tech
Co-investorsFocal VenturesGaruda Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
DoxxFlamingoPrescientThoras
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesBoldr · finsmes.com · Aug 24, 2026
Maxed · finsmes.com · Apr 23, 2026
On Me · pulse2.com · Dec 12, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Focal made?
- Focal has 12 tracked investments, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Focal invest at?
- Focal invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Focal focus on?
- Focal focuses on AI & Machine Learning, SaaS.
- Where is Focal located?
- Focal is headquartered in London, GB.
Co-investors · 38
Afore Capital is a $500M pre-seed venture fund that invests in pre-traction, early-stage companies, leveraging product and investment expertise to support founders from day zero.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs founders from Seed through Series F and beyond, emphasizing deep, immersive partnerships with the companies it invests in.
Since 1999, Redpoint Ventures has partnered with visionary founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones. The firm invests early in startups building category-defining companies, from AI and infrastructure to security. Redpoint has backed hundreds of companies, including Netflix, Snowflake, Stripe, Ramp, Twilio, Ramp, and Hims, and today backs the next generation of AI leaders like OpenAI, Legora, Modal, Abridge and Physical Intelligence. Redpoint is based in San Francisco and has offices in New York City and Woodside. For more information visit: http://www.redpoint.com/
This page announces that GGV Capital split into two separate firms in March 2024: Granite Asia (Singapore, covering APAC) and Notable Capital (US, based in Silicon Valley with offices in San Francisco and New York, investing in the US, Israel, Europe, and Latin America).
Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that backs early founders, with a focus on AI-native companies driving scale and industry change.
Menlo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm backing transformative technology companies, with a strong current emphasis on artificial intelligence across enterprise, healthcare, and consumer markets.
Eniac Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm run by former startup operators that partners closely with founders from 0 to 1 to accelerate product-market fit.
Freestyle Capital is a venture firm that leads seed rounds in early-stage technology companies, backing founders with operating experience, connections, and conviction.
Headline is a global venture capital firm investing in early- and growth-stage founders, with teams on the ground across multiple continents.
SignalFire is a seed-stage venture capital firm that combines a full-team support model with its data-driven Beacon AI platform to back founders.
Acrew Capital is a venture capital firm that emphasizes a team-based approach to investing, offering portfolio companies access to its full team.
▶26 more co-investors
Abstract VenturesPantera CapitalVillage GlobalAwesome People VenturesAIX VenturesLobby CapitalStorm VenturesMetaPropUP PartnersLCXAmity VenturesColor CapitalAVVIndicator VenturesBlumberg CapitalTriatomic CapitalBlackhorn VenturesAsymmetricAccess IndustriesNorthside VenturesInterlace Ventures10X CapitalAperiam VenturesLam CapitalSentiero VenturesSkyRiver Ventures
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