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Hakluyt Capital

Venture capital

London · Series B–Late Stage · 11 people tracked

Also known as Aghoco 1320 Limited · HAKLUYT CAPITAL LIMITED · Hakluyt Capital Pooling · Hakluyt Cyber Limited

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Investment thesis

Hakluyt Capital positions itself as a value-added investor that gains access to high-quality opportunities through its relationships with leading venture and growth funds. It emphasizes providing portfolio companies with practical support, including customer and partner introductions and strategic advice, leveraging the wider Hakluyt firm's global connectivity and people. The firm only invests where it believes it can help drive growth and after conducting its own diligence on a business and its leadership. Its limited partners include family offices and institutional investors who value its differentiated approach and its access to outstanding investments via top-tier funds.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage
Series B–Late Stage
HQ
London, GB
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2015
AUM
$50M
VC funds
2
Tracked investments
13

Team · 11 people

from the firm's website & curated
James Potts· Founding & Managing Partner
Nick Bidmead· Founding Partnerin
Gabrielle Davies· Operations Director

What they invest in

from 10 of 13 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×6Enterprise Software ×5Cybersecurity ×2Digital Health ×2Healthtech ×2Logistics & Supply Chain ×2SaaS ×2Cleantech ×1

HQs:United States×6

Who they back

founder profiles across 9 portfolio companies
22%
solo founders
2 of 9 mapped founding teams
50%
repeat founders
of 20 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×22 founders×43 founders×14+ founders×2

Where their founders studiedfrom 19 founders with education data

Harvard University ×2Stanford University ×2The University of Texas at Austin ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 20 founders with career history

AMD ×2Google ×2NVIDIA ×2

Investments · 13 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2025 · 12023 · 12022 · 13 dated

Aletheaalethea.cominOct 2022 · $20M

Alethea provides Artemis, an AI-powered risk management platform that detects and contextualizes information manipulation, coordinated influence operations, and online disinformation threats.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWashington, US

Lisa Kaplan(Founder & CEO)Fiona Taylor(Executive Officer)

BoardTed Schlein(Director)inCarl Smith, Jr.(Director)

Co-investorsBallistic VenturesGV (Google Ventures)NascentOwl CapitalRiverbend Capital

Avenaven.com

Aven is a San Francisco fintech offering a home-equity-backed Visa credit card and related asset-backed consumer credit products.

Sadi Khan(Founder)inMurtada Shah(Founder)in

Co-investorsCoatue ManagementElectric CapitalFounders FundGeneral CatalystHan River PartnersID8 Investments+12 more

Calypsocalypsoai.comin𝕏Jun 2023 · $23Macquired by F5

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Neil Serebryany(Cofounder)

Co-investorsCyber Mentor FundDay One VenturesExpeditionsFrontline VenturesManta Ray VenturesPaladin Capital Group+2 more

Eudiaeudia.comFeb 2025

Eudia builds an operating system for legal teams that uses AI and digital twins to help legal professionals manage complex work and knowledge.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechCalifornia, US

Omar Haroun(Founder)inAshish Agrawal(Founder)in

Co-investorsB3 CapitalFirsthandVCFloodgateOperator CollectiveSierra VenturesEverywhere Ventures+1 more

Hakluyt & Companyhakluytandco.comin
Hippocratic AIhippocraticai.comin𝕏

Hippocratic AI develops generative AI agents designed for healthcare delivery, working with hospital systems, health plans, and life sciences companies to support clinical decision-making and patient care.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech

Munjal Shah(Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder)inDr. Meenesh Bhimani(Chief Medical Officer, co-founder)inVishal Parikh(Chief Product Officer, Co-founder)inSubho Mukherjee(Chief Science Officer, Co-founder)inSaad Godil(Founder)inSubhabrata (Subho) Mukherjee(Founder)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzGeneral CatalystAvenir Growth CapitalCatalio Capital Management, LPFounders Circle CapitalGreycroft+4 more

Interosinteros.aiin𝕏

Interos.ai provides supply chain risk management software that monitors financial, compliance, environmental, cybersecurity, and geopolitical risks across supplier networks using its i-Score metric.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainArlington, US

Jennifer Bisceglie(Director)inTed Krantz(Executive Officer, Director)Theodore Krantz Jr.in

BoardFrank Verdecanna(Director)Phil Venables(Director)inNick Beim(Director)in

Co-investorsAllegisCyber CapitalAlleyCorpBallistic VenturesDeclaration PartnersForgePoint CapitalNightDragon+6 more

Luxury Vacation Rentalswander.comin𝕏

Wander operates a network of vacation rental homes that come with amenities such as fast WiFi, gyms, and pools, along with cleaning teams and on-call support.

MarketplacesPropTechTravel & Hospitality

Co-investorsActivant CapitalAdapt VenturesAdvection Growth CapitalAntiAUTHENTIC VENTURESBackwards Capital+7 more

Ripplingrippling.comin𝕏

Rippling is a workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, finance, and employee data across a business.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Parker Conrad(Co-founder & CEO)inPrasanna Sankar(Co-founder & CTO)in

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAmino CapitalAnsa CapitalBain Capital Tech OpportunitiesBedrockBerkeley Frontier+33 more

Sword Healthswordhealth.com

Virgílio ("V") Bento(Founder)in

Co-investorsArmilar Venture PartnersDraycottEarl Grey CapitalFaberFounders FundKhosla Ventures+6 more

Tenstorrenttenstorrent.comin𝕏

Tenstorrent designs and manufactures AI hardware accelerators and develops open-source software tools for deploying and running large language models at scale.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareToronto

Ljubisa Bajic(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inJim Keller(Chief Executive Officer)inIvan Hamer(Director)Milos Trajkovic(Co-Founder; Senior Fellow, Systems Engineering & Software)in

BoardGreg Reichow(Director)inMike Shaver(Director)

Co-investors1/1 CapitalA'Z AngelsAdvaita CapitalClaritas CapitalLG Technology VenturesMESH+7 more

Viz Aiviz.aiin𝕏

Viz.ai uses artificial intelligence to accelerate care coordination in healthcare settings, reducing delays between patients and life-saving treatments.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesPalo Alto, US

Chris Mansi(Co-founder)David Golan(Co-founder)Dr Chris Mansi(Founder)inMICHAEL O'DONNELL(Executive Officer)

BoardDROR BERMAN(APPOINTMENT EFFECTIVE UPON THIS FINANCING.)in

Co-investorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)Geodesic CapitalKleiner PerkinsScale Venture PartnersSozo VenturesThreshold Ventures+5 more

Ziplinezipline.comin𝕏

Zipline operates a drone delivery service for rapid order fulfillment, with a focus on maintaining product temperature integrity during transit.

CleantechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationRoboticsSan Francisco, US

Keller Rinaudo Cliffton(Founder & CEO)inKeenan Wyrobek(Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer)inRyan Oksenhorn(Co-Founder)inWill Hetzler(Co-Founder and Former Chief Operating Officer)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBallistic VenturesBoxGroupCrunchFundEvolution VC PartnersFelicis Ventures+25 more

Exits · 1

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

Calypsoacq. by F5

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Principals & officers · per Companies House

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Shira Fox

Secretary · since 2023

Nicholas Bidmead

Director · British · since 2022

Cristina Del Rivero

Director · Spanish · since 2023

James Alexander Alan Potts

Director · British · since 2024

Ownership & control

Hakluyt & Company Limited75–100% of shares, 75–100% of voting rights, right to appoint and remove directors

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Hakluyt Capital made?
Hakluyt Capital has 13 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Hakluyt Capital invest at?
Hakluyt Capital invests at the Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What sectors does Hakluyt Capital focus on?
Hakluyt Capital focuses on Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Healthtech, SaaS.
Where is Hakluyt Capital located?
Hakluyt Capital is headquartered in London, GB.
Who does Hakluyt Capital co-invest with?
Hakluyt Capital most often shares deals with Ballistic Ventures, Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, among 125 tracked co-investors.

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