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Mercuri backs UK founders building at the intersection of media, entertainment and AI — spanning generative AI, agentic AI, voice AI, creator economy platforms, gaming, XR, next-generation advertising and AI inference compute. It acts as a first-cheque investor leading pre-seed and seed rounds across the content and data value chain. Beyond capital, the firm takes an engaged approach, frequently taking board seats and working alongside founders from pre-seed through exit, assisting with hiring, follow-on fundraising and strategic introductions across its network of VCs, strategics and media industry leaders. Mercuri is a certified B Corp, co-founder of Reframe Venture and a signatory of the Investing in Women Code.
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Team · 9 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 41 of 54 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×31SaaS ×12Marketing Tech ×10Deep Tech ×9Media & Entertainment ×9Creator Economy ×8Developer Tools ×7Enterprise Software ×7
HQs:United Kingdom×8United States×4Austria×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 30 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×132 founders×103 founders×34+ founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 38 founders with education data
University of Oxford ×6Durham University ×3King's College London ×3University of Bristol ×3École Polytechnique ×2Eton College ×2London Business School ×2University of Cambridge ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 35 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×8Humanities ×8Business & Management ×7Mathematics & Statistics ×6Engineering ×5Economics ×4Law ×3Physics ×3
Where their founders worked beforefrom 39 founders with career history
Deliveroo ×3Google ×3Deeptech Labs ×2firstminute capital ×2Founders Factory ×2Goldman Sachs ×2Star Productions Inc. ×2TikTok ×2
6 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 41 with degree data)
Investments · 54 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12022 · 22021 · 42020 · 29 dated
Kyra runs influencer marketing programs for global brands, activating creators across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube and analyzing large volumes of creator video to forecast and measure campaign outcomes.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing Tech
Dev Karaca(Founder)inDevran Amaratunga Karaca(CEO & Co-Founder)Nicholas Dart(COO/CTO & Co-Founder)inStewart Rawle(Chief Commercial Officer)inSteph Fadahunsi(Chief People Officer)Ed Galvin(Chief Financial Officer)in
Co-investorsTorch CapitalBonnier VenturesLionTreeBonnier CapitalMercuri.vcMetaplanet+6 more
Amble was a language learning app offering daily immersive lessons in French, Spanish, and Italian through personalized articles, real-time conversation practice, and culturally grounded content.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTech
Co-investorsMercuri.vc
A Million Ads builds dynamic, personalized audio and digital advertising, working across creative, engineering, and sales functions to produce and manage ad campaigns.
AdTechMarketing TechSaaS
Steve Dunlop(Founder)inPaul Kelly(CEO)inJoanne Grindrod(CFO/COO)in
Co-investorsAscensionCreative HQ — The IncubatorMercuri.vcPredictive VCSouter InvestmentsAscension Ventures
Authoritive provides a platform that enables subject matter experts and content creators to monetize their knowledge through paid educational programs, subscriptions, and courses delivered directly to their audiences.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEdTechSaaS
Co-investorsOwl Ventures
Axio is an AI-native learning platform built for universities and higher-education institutions to design, deliver, and improve education through personalized learning.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Mark Naufel(Board Director and Founder)Todd Zipper(Board Director and CEO)in
Co-investorsMercuri.vc
UK membership-based digital lifestyle platform publishing content, podcasts and events for, by and about black British women.
Tobi Oredein(Founder)in
Co-investorsMercuri.vcThe Fund
London-based travel platform selling flight-free holiday packages by train, bus and ferry across Europe.
Co-investorsEka VenturesFounders FactoryFounders Factory NYHeartcore CapitalMercuri.vc
Chatterbox provides enterprise language learning that combines app-based, AI-powered self-study with live 1:1 video coaching from native-speaking coaches, offering courses in Dutch, German, French, English, Arabic and Spanish.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkImpact & Social Good
Co-investorsBethnal Green VenturesMercuri.vcMSMAll TurtlesMustard SeedMustard Seed Maze+1 more
Decoded provides training programmes in data and AI, ranging from workshops to full apprenticeships, aimed at leaders and teams across governments, enterprises and fast-growing organisations.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechFuture of WorkLondon, GB
Kathryn Parsons(Founder)in
Co-investorsMercuri.vc
Electric Twin builds synthetic audiences—large-scale simulations of real people generated from a client's customer data and validated against real-world benchmarks—that businesses query directly to get research answers in seconds.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Ben Warner(Founder)in
Co-investorsLocalGlobeMercuri.vcSamos InvestmentsAtomico
Ergodic builds the Enterprise World Model, a model of a business designed to predict outcomes before AI systems act, aimed at enabling AI to carry out high-stakes enterprise work under human direction.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsMercuri.vcOxfordShilling VC
Faculty is an artificial intelligence company that helps organizations apply AI to operational problems, with a focus on AI safety and red teaming for large-scale AI models.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software
Angie Ma(Founder)inMarc Warner(Founder)inAndrew Brookes(Founder)Andy Brookes(Founder)
Co-investorsApax DigitalLocalGlobeMercuri.vcMetaplanetMoonfire Ventures
Feedr provides workplace catering and meal solutions, operating across the UK, Ireland, and Europe, with associated operations under the EatFirst brand in Australia.
FoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainLondon, GB
Co-investorsEpisode1Founders FactoryFounders Factory NYMercuri.vc
Flourish is a browser-based platform for creating interactive charts, maps, and data stories without coding, offering 50+ templates that users customize and embed anywhere.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Duncan Clark(Cofounder & CEO)inRobin Houston(Co-founder)
Co-investorsFounder CollectiveFounders FactoryFounders Factory NYLocalGlobeMercuri.vcCherryrock Capital
Fluidstack develops infrastructure for AI by rapidly deploying compute capacity, enabling delivery of gigawatts of computing power in six months compared to industry standards of 18-24 months, with focus on data center acquisition, design, operation, and supporting major AI infrastructure projects.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingLondon, US
Gary Wu(Founder)inCésar Maklary(Founder)Peixian Wu(Director and CEO)Peter Francis(Founder)inJason Kichen(Chief Infomation Security Officer)inMalachi Price(Chief Business Officer)
Co-investors7GC & Co91 VenturesAlso CapitalAntlerDuke Capital PartnersEpisode1+10 more
Founders Factory is a venture studio and accelerator that builds, funds, and launches early-stage startups in partnership with entrepreneurs and corporate partners across multiple industries.
Sector AgnosticLondon, GB
George Northcott(Co-founder)inBrent Hoberman(Co-founder)inHenry Lane Fox(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsfirstminute capitalMercuri.vc
Geometric automatically discovers and verifies optimized CUDA kernels to improve GPU utilization, delivering performance improvements as GitHub pull requests.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsBetaworksMercuri.vcGV (Google Ventures)Sequoia CapitalTiger Global Management
Gibran is developing a general-purpose discovery engine that uses AI modeled on evolutionary biology and collective, population-based intelligence to generate its own data and solve problems where information is sparse or causally opaque.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechLondon, GB
GovindSrikantSuzanneEdgar Duéñez-Guzmán(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesMercuri.vcOctopus VenturesTogether Fund
Granola Studios builds rhythm-based games that blend music and gameplay, including virtual concerts featuring animated artists as real-time 3D characters on platforms like Fortnite and its own virtual venue.
Creator EconomyGamingMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsMercuri.vc
GVTLabs builds a multimodal video intelligence platform that preprocesses large video libraries into searchable, structured timelines and deploys agents to find patterns, events, and evidence across thousands of clips with timestamped citations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment
Nick Halstead(Founder)in
Co-investorsMercuri.vc
Hugging Face is a collaboration platform that hosts and provides access to machine learning models, datasets, and applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsBrooklyn, US
Julien Chaumond(Founder)inClement Delange(Executive Officer, Director)Clément Delangue(Co-founder & CEO)inThomas Wolf(Founder)inClement Delangue(Founder)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesAIX VenturesBetaworksCoatue ManagementConnetic VenturesFelicis Ventures+27 more
Human Native builds a platform to license creators' and publishers' data for use in training generative AI, aiming to give creators control, compensation, and credit for their work.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyData & Infrastructure
JamesJackJack Galilee(Founder)James Galilee(Founder)
Co-investorsAdvance Venture PartnersLocalGlobeMercuri.vc
Ittybit builds a private, searchable media library that lets teams index their video content and extract structured data from it.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsMercuri.vcOxfordSure Valley Ventures
Kult is a companion tool for gamers, built by a small team of players and developers to add products the founders felt were missing for the gaming community.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomyGamingSaaSSocial
Co-investorsMercuri.vc
Regroup Nation is a personal-development resource offering a book, podcast and guidance on overcoming setbacks and staying motivated.
Co-investorsBetaworksCollaborative FundFlori VenturesMercuri.vcSeven Seven SixUnion Square Ventures (USV)+3 more
Lichen AI is an agentic AI platform that turns employee interviews into insight and specifications for multi-agent systems.
Catherine Breslin(Founder)in
Co-investorsMercuri.vc
Literal Labs develops logic-driven AI technology, positioning its work as an alternative approach to machine learning.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechIoT
Noel HurleyinLeon FeddeninProfessor Alex YakovlevProfessor Rishad Shafik
Co-investorsMercuri.vcNorthern GritstoneSure Valley Ventures
Made With Intent offers AI agents that automatically determine the optimal moment and personalized experience (such as popups, overlays, or email capture) to deliver to each website visitor based on their intent and context.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing Tech
Co-investorsMercuri.vcHaatchPortfolio Ventures
Manawa is an online marketplace for booking outdoor adventure activities such as paragliding, connecting travelers with local activity operators.
MarketplacesSports TechTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsMercuri.vc
METAVRSE is a boutique advisory firm on exponential technologies such as AI, compute infrastructure, and immersive/spatial computing, offering private briefings and strategic guidance to royal families, family offices, UHNWIs, venture capital, governments, and institutions.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software
Alan Smithson 🚀(Founder)inJulie Smithson(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsMercuri.vc
Minitap builds "mini" (minitest), an autonomous AI agent for mobile app QA that connects to a team's product specs, tickets, and codebase to map app flows and run end-to-end regression and PR tests across iOS, Android, and web.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsAmigos Venture CapitalEWORMercuri.vcMoxxie VenturesTekton Ventures
AI-powered music making platform centered on artist collaboration
Sundar Arvind(Founder)in
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalBridford Investments (Bridford Group)Mercuri.vcEWORKevin Hartz
Oorbit offers a cloud streaming solution that lets users upload Unreal Engine files and instantly stream high-quality interactive content, with low latency and reduced streaming costs.
Cloud ComputingGamingSaaSLondon
Ashkan Kooshanejad(Executive Officer, Director)Corby Pryor(Director)Pooya Kooshanezhad(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsMercuri.vcHOF CapitalMark CubanWhite Shark Ventures
Largest venture capital firm focused on the education technology market.
Co-investorsFuture Planet CapitalSorenson Impact FoundationJungle Ventures
London-based AI dubbing company whose synthetic-speech technology translated video into other languages; IP acquired by RWS in 2025.
Jesse Shemen(Founder)in
Co-investorsMercuri.vcOctopus VenturesBDMIEntrepreneur FirstLocalGlobeSands Capital Ventures
Pinnacle offers a performance coaching program (Pinnacle Black) that pairs human coaches with AI and wearable data to improve executives' cognitive performance, decision-making, and resilience.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsBetaworksMercuri.vcMute Ventures
Resemble develops generative voice models and synthetic speech technology, alongside deepfake detection capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment
Zohaib Ahmed(Founder)inSaqib Muhammad(Founder)in
Co-investorsBerkeley FrontierBetaworksBright Pixel CapitalCAL InnovationCALIFORNIA INNOVATIONComcast Ventures+13 more
Scroll AI is a browser-based AI notebook that ingests documents, media and web pages and answers questions about them.
Co-investorsMercuri.vc1confirmationArrington CapitalCoinbase VenturesCollider VenturesDCG+7 more
Seated is a customer acquisition platform for restaurants that fills empty seats and drives foot traffic without requiring new technology or staff training, generating revenue through introducing diners to restaurants for dining, takeout, and private events.
MarketplacesRetail Tech
Co-investorsFlucas VenturesGreat Oaks Venture CapitalInsight PartnersLong Venture PartnersMercuri.vcRho Ventures+3 more
Sensity AI develops deepfake detection technology that identifies synthetically generated or manipulated images, videos, and audio by using deep learning to detect pixel-level and acoustic artifacts left by generative AI.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep TechGovTech
Giorgio Patrini(Co-founder)inFrancesco Cavalliin
Co-investorsBetaworksMercuri.vcMI.TO TechnologyBDMIBetaworks Ventures Management, Llc
Signal AI develops AI-powered reputation and risk intelligence solutions for corporations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMedia & Entertainment
David Benigson(Founder)inMiguel Martinez(Founder)
Co-investorsBattery VenturesFrontline VenturesHighland EuropeLocalGlobeManta Ray VenturesMercuri.vc+3 more
Simulon builds an iPhone-based visual effects app that composites photorealistic 3D assets into live-action footage.
Co-investorsFirst Spark Ventures, LlcMercuri.vc
New York-based company that produces, distributes and monetizes short-form spoken-word audio for major publishers.
New York City, US
Co-investorsBlue CollectiveMercuri.vcNorth Base Media
Storyblok develops a headless content management system (CMS) that helps developer and marketing teams build and manage digital content and experiences.
Developer ToolsMarketing TechSaaS
Dominik Angerer(Founder)inAlexander Feiglstorfer
Co-investors3VCAtlantic Bridge VenturesBrighton Park CapitalDragon Capitalfirstminute capitalFounders Factory+4 more
Streetbees offers SBX, an AI-powered consumer research platform that combines quantitative data with qualitative human stories, letting brands explore, test, track, and segment consumer behavior.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsAtomicoMercuri.vcFounders FactoryLakestarLatitudeLocalGlobe+2 more
The Know is a free, mental-health conscious news platform that delivers balanced journalism to subscribers via a 5-minute daily newsletter.
ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentMental HealthLondon, GB
Lynn Anderson Clark(Co-founder and CEO)in
Co-investorsMercuri.vc
Unakin builds Sawyer, an AI agent for game development studios that handles coding and non-coding tasks such as bug fixing, performance optimization, QA, design, and player feedback analysis.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsGamingLondon, GB
Ollie Markham(CEO)inGian Luigi D'Alessandro(CTO)in
Co-investorsBetaworksEntrepreneur FirstMercuri.vcMozilla VenturesDraft Ventures Llc
Unbox provides tools and support to help global enterprise brands scale social commerce as a growth channel.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing TechRetail TechSaaS
Hugo Soul(Founder & CEO)inMichael Coombs(Founder & COO)in
Co-investorsLove VenturesMercuri.vcNotion Capital
Unit1 Studio produces virtual concerts and avatar-based live performances, creating digital doubles of artists and combining LED display, lighting, sound, and post-production technologies for stage and screen.
Creator EconomyDeep TechMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsMercuri.vcSlingshot VenturesBalderton Capital
Unlock is an open-source, community-governed protocol that lets developers, creators, brands, and platforms create time-based memberships represented as non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3Developer ToolsSaaS
Julien Genestoux(Founder)
Co-investorsKindred VenturesMercuri.vcBetaworksConsenSys Mesh
Vidsy is a creative company that produces video and creative content by combining human creativity with AI.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Gerard Keeley(Co-founder & CEO)inArchie Campbell(Founder)inAlex M.(Founder)in
Co-investorsAscensionCoral Reef IOMercuri.vcAscension VenturesDelin VenturesFounders Factory
Wonder is an entertainment company that supports filmmakers, artists, and technologists in creating and distributing film and video content, backing creators as they build their own IP.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentLondon, GB
Xavier Collins(Founder)inJustin Hackney(Founder)inJustin Hackney Xavier Collins(Founder)
Co-investorsLocalGlobeAtomicoBlackbird VenturesMercuri.vcUpside VenturesFounders Factory+1 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesHugging Face · techfundingnews.com · Aug 27, 2026
Electric Twin · finsmes.com · Feb 12, 2026
Mozart AI · thesaasnews.com · Feb 11, 2026
Sensity · sensity.ai · Jan 15, 2026
Resemble AI · thesaasnews.com · Dec 9, 2025
Literal Labs · finsmes.com · Jun 2, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has GMG Ventures made?
- GMG Ventures has 54 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does GMG Ventures invest at?
- GMG Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is GMG Ventures's typical check size?
- GMG Ventures typically writes checks of $630K – $1.3M.
- What sectors does GMG Ventures focus on?
- GMG Ventures focuses on AdTech, AI & Machine Learning, Creator Economy, Crypto & Web3, Gaming, Media & Entertainment, SaaS.
- Where is GMG Ventures located?
- GMG Ventures is headquartered in London, GB.
- Does GMG Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, GMG Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does GMG Ventures co-invest with?
- GMG Ventures most often shares deals with Mercuri.vc, Betaworks, LocalGlobe, among 116 tracked co-investors.
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