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Hoxton Ventures

Venture capitalActively deployingoperating company · company profile

London · Pre-Seed–Series B · 14 people tracked

Also known as HOXTON VENTURES LLP

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Investment thesis

Hoxton Ventures describes itself as deliberately anti-thematic, betting on exceptional founders and products in emerging market categories that are not obvious at the time of investment. The firm invests early and prioritizes maximizing upside over minimizing downside risk, accepting the imperfection inherent in early-stage startups. Drawing on 50+ years of combined Silicon Valley experience, Hoxton pushes portfolio companies to pursue the US market early and leverages senior relationships to accelerate their growth. It positions itself as a conviction-driven, direct, and hands-on partner willing to back entirely new markets ahead of the crowd.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series B
Check
$500K – $5M
HQ
London, GB
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2013
Last 12 months
3 investments
AUM
$255M
VC funds
9
Tracked investments
112

Team · 14 people

from the firm's website & public directories

What they invest in

from 68 of 112 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×37SaaS ×24Biotech ×17Enterprise Software ×15Deep Tech ×13Healthtech ×9Fintech ×8Medical Devices ×8

HQs:United Kingdom×25United States×11France×3Singapore×2United Arab Emirates×1Spain×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 42 portfolio companies
43%
solo founders
18 of 42 mapped founding teams
38%
repeat founders
of 42 founders with career history
~1.5 yrs
old at investment
median across 10 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×182 founders×153 founders×54+ founders×4

Where their founders studiedfrom 40 founders with education data

University of Cambridge ×6University of Oxford ×5UCL ×4Imperial College London ×3National University of Singapore ×3Cambridge Judge Business School ×2University of Bristol ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 42 founders with career history

Deephealth ×2JustPark ×2University College London ×2University of Exeter ×2University of Oxford ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Entrepreneur First ×9Y Combinator ×3Techstars ×2

14 founders hold a PhD (of 42 with degree data)

Investments · 112 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 22025 · 22024 · 12023 · 32022 · 22021 · 32020 · 114 dated

Baseimmunebaseimmune.co.ukin𝕏✓ verified

Baseimmune develops active immunotherapies using computational design and protein engineering to create custom antigens aimed at chronic diseases.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechLondon, GB

Joshua Blight(Founder)inPhillip Kemlo

Co-investorsCreator FundIQ CapitalMSD Global Health Innovation Fund

Biocortexbiocortex.com✓ verified

BioCorteX develops personalized therapeutics using a microbiome knowledge graph and proprietary biology emulation platform to tailor drug treatments for diverse populations.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthMedical Devices

Co-investorsSofinnova PartnersDraper Associates

CuspAIcusp.aiin𝕏✓ verified

CuspAI develops AI models for materials science and discovery, and leads the AI Materials Foundry initiative that combines accelerated computing infrastructure with chemistry data and materials expertise.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew MaterialsCambridge, GB

Max Welling(Co-Founder)inChad Edwards(Co-Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsBasis Set VenturesKleiner PerkinsLightspeed Venture PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)NorthzoneTemasek+10 more

Peptonepeptone.ioin✓ verified

Peptone develops a product engine to design small-molecule drug candidates targeting intrinsically disordered proteins, which have been difficult to address with conventional drug discovery approaches.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersWalden CatalystF-Prime CapitalFounders FactoryFounders Factory NYNovartis Venture Fund

Skin Analyticsskin-analytics.comin𝕏✓ verified

Skin Analytics develops DERM, an autonomous AI as a Medical Device for skin cancer assessment, aimed at giving patients dermatologist-quality evaluations and lowering the cost of skin cancer care for health systems.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical Devices

Neil(CEO & Founder)in

Co-investorsIntrepid Growth PartnersWavemaker Three-Sixty Health

Assetarioassetario.comMar 2022

Wilmington, US

Jakub Chudik(Executive Officer, Director)Matej Novak(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatRobert Karol Kniaz· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCredo Ventures

Druiddruidai.comin𝕏Aug 2023

Druid provides an enterprise conversational and agentic AI platform that automates customer interactions and critical business workflows for large organizations across healthcare, higher education, shared services, and other sectors.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCambridge, US

Daniel Balaceanu(Executive Officer)Liviu Dan Dragan(Executive Officer, Director)Dan Balaceanu(Founder)inAna Maria Falcuta(Executive Officer)Andreea Plesea(Executive Officer)Mihai Faur(Director)

Board seatHussein Kanji· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAlfabeatCipio PartnersKarma VenturesTq Ventures Llc

Fabricnanofabricnano.cominMay 2021

FabricNano develops cell-free biocatalysis technology that immobilizes engineered enzymes onto scalable, environmentally friendly support materials for use in bio-processes.

BiotechCleantechNew MaterialsClaymont, US

Grant Aarons(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inFerdinando Randisi(Director)

BoardSiraj Khaliq(Director)in

Board seatRobert Kniaz· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBackedEntrepreneur FirstPace VenturesAtomicoBoxOne Ventures

Finster Aifinster.aiinMar 2026

Finster AI provides enterprise-grade AI tools for finance professionals at financial services firms, embedding AI agents into research, modeling, and analysis workflows.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US

Siddhant Jayakumar(Founder)inPayton Dobbs(Director)

Board seatPayton Dobbs· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsFinTech Collective

OUROTECH, INC.- PEAR BIOApr 2023SEC filingmedium confidence

BiotechLondon

Uzma Choudry(Director)Duleeka Ranatunga(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatRob Kniaz· per SEC Form D · $16.1M raise · filed Apr 2023

Phagosphagos.orginJul 2022

Phagos develops phage therapy treatments as an alternative to antibiotics, using its Alphagos platform that combines microbiology and AI to design targeted bacterial medicines against antimicrobial resistance.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechIvry-Sur-Seine, FR

Alexandros Pantalis(Executive Officer, Director)inAdèle James(CTO)inAdele James(Director)

BoardXin Ma(Director)Geoffroy Dubus(Director)

Board seatRobert Kniaz· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAcurio VenturesBeyond CapitalEntrepreneur FirstAgFunderCapagroCitizen Capital+3 more

PharmaCCXpharmaccx.comJul 2023SEC filingmedium confidence

CCX offers an enterprise platform for market access, contract management, and pricing aimed at global pharmaceutical companies and payers.

Enterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSBoston, US

Armen Solakhyan(Executive Officer)Peter Rice(Executive Officer)Nathan Sigworth(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJulia Bernstein(Director)Barath Shankar Subramanian(Director)in

Board seatRob Kniaz· per SEC Form D · $5.4M raise · filed Jul 2023

Co-investorsAccel

Preplypreply.comin𝕏Mar 2021

Preply is a language learning platform that serves corporate employees through its B2B offering Preply Business, enabling companies to provide language education to their workforce.

AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesEdTechHR TechMarketplacesSaaSBrighton, US

Dmytro Voloshyn(Director)inKyrylo Bigay(Executive Officer, Director)Kirill Bigai(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)inCharlie Wickers(Executive Officer)Boris Shakhnovich(Executive Officer)Sergey Lukyanov(Former Co-Founder)in

Board seatRobert Kniaz· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAcurio VenturesCogito Capital PartnersEducapitalEvli Growth PartnersFlashpoint Venture CapitalFull In Partners+9 more

Spaceliftspacelift.ioin𝕏Dec 2020

Spacelift is an infrastructure orchestration platform that combines Infrastructure-as-Code, GitOps pipelines, and an AI assistant to let developers provision and manage cloud infrastructure while platform teams retain governance and control.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSRedwood City, US

Pawel Hytry(Executive Officer, Director)Marcin Wyszynski(Executive Officer, Director)Paweł Hytry(Founder)in

Board seatRobert Kniaz· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAngel InvestBlossom CapitalFive Elms CapitalInovo VCInsight PartnersPolipo Ventures+2 more

Adazza
Airlabsairlabs.com
Algomialgomi.com
Avantiaavantialaw.com

James Sutton(Founder)in

Babylon Healthbabylonhealth.com

London, GB

Co-investorsVNV GlobalMunich Re Ventures

Bd4Travelbd4travel.com
Behavoxbehavox.comin

Behavox provides an AI-native compliance platform that unifies surveillance, archiving, policy management and compliance operations for large financial institutions, asset managers, and other regulated enterprises.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechLondon, GB

Erkin Adylov(Founder & CEO)inKiryl Trembovolski(Founder)inAlexander Glasman(Founder)

Co-investorsGen CapitalIndex VenturesSoftBank Vision FundBlackRockHPS Investment Partners, LLC

Beyond Riskbeyondrisk.ioin

BeyondRisk offers AI-6, a platform for building AI-native enterprise applications through a low-code/no-code environment with prompt managers and agent editors.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Biocortexbiocortex.co.uk

BioCorteX builds a biology-based knowledge graph of microbiome samples (Carbon Knowledge) and a foundational emulator (Carbon Mirror) that models interactions between bacteria, the human immune system, diseases, and drugs to generate insights for drug discovery and development.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech

Biotxbiotx.aiin

biotx.ai applies large-scale Mendelian randomization and colocalization analysis across thousands of diseases and biomarkers to map causal relationships between genes and biological outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech

Joern Klinger(Founder)in

Co-investorsOxonian Ventures

Blockchain based W3C layerhifi.finance

Co-investorsDraper DragonFaberZMT CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)

Boost Securityboostsecurity.ioin𝕏

BoostSecurity provides an AI-native software development lifecycle security platform that combines developer endpoint protection, software supply chain security, and application security posture management (ASPM) into one system.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsGolden VenturesTransform Capital ManagementAccelia CapitalAmiral VenturesSecurity Leadership CapitalWhite Star Capital

Botherwebother.co.uk
Campanja247media.fr
CCX Pharmaccx.techin

CCX provides an enterprise platform for market access and pricing, offering tools to plan, model, and analyze contract scenarios and support contract administration and coordination.

Enterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS

Co-investorsAcurio VenturesLifeX Ventures

Cognacogna.coin

Cogna builds AI-native software applications for physical industries such as utilities, field services, and infrastructure, helping organizations automate manual workflows and capture expert knowledge to improve operational performance.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software

Lars Mennen(Founder)in

Co-investorsNotion CapitalOctopus Ventures

Cusp Aicuspai.com

Generative AI search engine for discovering and evaluating novel materials with specific properties for energy and technology applications.

Co-investorsGiant Ventures Global LlpKleiner PerkinsLightspeed Venture PartnersNorthzoneTouring CapitalZero Prime Ventures

DARK TRACEdarktrace.comin𝕏

Darktrace / Forensic Acquisition & Investigation is a cloud-native forensics product that automates disk-level evidence capture, collection, and preservation across multi-cloud, on-premises, and SaaS environments.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCambridge, GB

Jill Popelkain

Co-investors408 VenturesAlexander Square PartnersAmakorBalderton CapitalBright Pixel CapitalBrighton Park Capital+10 more

Deblockdeblock.comin𝕏

Deblock offers a current account with a 4% annual yield paid daily, combined with access to crypto-assets and precious metals.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Mario Eguiluz Alebicto(Founder)inAaron Beck(Founder)Adriana Restrepo(Founder)Jean Meyer(Founder)

Co-investorsCommerzVenturesHeadlineHeadline Growth Management, LLCKima VenturesProtagonistSpeedinvest+5 more

Deep Opinion
Deliveroodeliveroo.co.uk𝕏

Deliveroo operates a food delivery platform and app that lets consumers order meals from local restaurants, with order tracking and deals.

FoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesLondon, GB

Co-investorsAccelEntrée CapitalFELIX CAPITALIndex VenturesNGP CapitalToba Capital+5 more

DruidAI
Ephla Bioephlabio.com
Eterna
Everbloom Bioeverbloom.bioin

Everbloom develops lab-grown noble fibers from protein waste as sustainable alternatives to animal and synthetic materials for luxury fashion.

BiotechNew Materials

Co-investorsEndgame CapitalOxonian Ventures

Fabricafabrica.ai

Fabrica is a robotics company developing technology for the robotics industry, drawing on expertise in robotics, engineering, and business development.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechHardwareRoboticsSingapore, SG

Keefe Wayne Teo(Co-Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAlvenCredo VenturesFELIX CAPITALFJ LabsLionTree

Fabricafabrica.landin𝕏

A marketplace platform for buying, selling, and borrowing against land properties across the United States.

Crypto & Web3MarketplacesPropTechSan Francisco, US

Federico Pomi(Founder)in

Co-investorsBloccelerate VCTechstarsUrban InnovationAlvenLombardstreet Ventures

Finesse
Finesse marketplace-b2cfinesse.us𝕏

FINESSE is an AI-driven fashion house that uses proprietary algorithms and customer voting to determine what styles to produce and in what quantities, reducing overproduction and waste.

AI & Machine LearningCircular EconomyConsumerDirect to Consumer

Co-investorsCross Culture VenturesGraph VenturesMaC Venture CapitalMango CapitalSGH CapitalTq Ventures Llc

Flair Impactflairimpact.comin𝕏

FLAIR provides equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) education for schools and Trusts, including self-directed e-learning courses for staff and a full EDI curriculum with lesson plans for Key Stages 2-5.

EdTechImpact & Social GoodLondon, GB

Cristian Mercado Gallardo(Founder)

Co-investorsCornerstone VCSamos Investments

Fluentfluenthq.cominAcquired

Fluent automates marketing performance reporting for agencies by analyzing data from advertising platforms and turning it into polished client reports using AI.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSLondon, GB

Rob Van Den Bergh(CEO)inCameron Whitehead(Founding CTO)in

Co-investorsBeyond CapitalEntrepreneur First

Formanceformance.comin𝕏Jan 2025 · $21M

Formance provides a platform for developers to build and integrate complex financial applications using composable, open-source primitives that can connect to any financial partner.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSParis, FR

Clément Salaün(Founder)inAnne-Sybille Pradelles(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

BoardHelene Falchier(Director)in

Co-investorsAxeleo CapitalY CombinatorPayPal VenturesPortage Ventures

Fyiamfy.coin

Fy! is an online marketplace that connects independent artists with customers to purchase wall art for homes and businesses.

AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesConsumerMarketplaces

Benjamin LeaverFyona KoveroJonathan ThomsonThomas Beverley

Co-investors500 GlobalChannel 4 VenturesMolten VenturesRedbus Ventures

Giraffe360giraffe360.com

Mikus Opelts(Founder)in

Co-investorsBADideas.fundChange VenturesCipio PartnersHCVCMetaplanetShrug Capital+2 more

Global Food Venturesglobalfoodventures.comin

Global Food Ventures operates a platform that helps restaurants, hotels, and dark kitchens generate additional revenue by monetizing underused kitchens, creating and launching delivery-optimized food brands, and handling delivery logistics.

B2B MarketplacesConsumerFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesSaaSAbu Dhabi, AE

George Karam(Founder)

Graphext
Graphext Labsgraphext.comin𝕏

Graphext is a data analysis platform that pulls social media and web data (from sources like Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Google News, Instagram, and TikTok) and uses AI to enrich it, extract topics and sentiment, and build visualizations.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSMadrid, ES

Co-investorsSeedRocket

HiFi
Immunioimmun.io

Co-investorsWhite Star Capital

Inflowjoininflow.ioin

Advanced ManufacturingConsumer

Khanh LeKhanh LêRaghav M S

Co-investors500 GlobalAppWorks VenturesITERATIVESpiral VenturesAntler

Inflow
Inovivinoviv.cominApr 2024

Inoviv provides custom multiplexed LC-MS proteomics panels for biomarker discovery and analysis in drug discovery and development.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesLondon, GB

Ernestas Sirka(CSO)inMichael Dove(Founding CEO)in

Co-investorsBeast VenturesEntrepreneur FirstForesight Group

Junowithjuno.comin

Juno is an employee wellbeing platform that combines 24/7 access to essential health services, a monthly flexible wellbeing allowance, and peer recognition delivered through Slack or MS Teams.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaSWellness & Fitness

Co-investorsFuel Ventures

Karakuri Notekarakuri.com

Barney Wragg(Founder)in

KBox Global
KBOX Global foodkboxglobal.com

Co-investorsBalderton CapitalSGH Capital

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Exits · 1

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

Kheironacq. by Deephealth

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Principals & officers · per Companies House

what is this? ⓘ
Robert Bogan Ludwig

LLP designated member · since 2025

Ownership & control

Hussein Kanji25–50% of voting rights

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Hoxton Ventures made?
Hoxton Ventures has 108 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Hoxton Ventures invest at?
Hoxton Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
What is Hoxton Ventures's typical check size?
Hoxton Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $5M.
What sectors does Hoxton Ventures focus on?
Hoxton Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, Digital Health, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Gaming, Marketplaces, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Hoxton Ventures located?
Hoxton Ventures is headquartered in London, GB.
Does Hoxton Ventures lead rounds?
Yes, Hoxton Ventures leads investment rounds.
Who does Hoxton Ventures co-invest with?
Hoxton Ventures most often shares deals with Entrepreneur First, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, among 213 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

The Real Way Investors Find Unicorns Before They Exist | Hussein Kanji, Hoxton Ventures

Founders and Builders · Hussein Kanji

The need-to-know on venture capital with Hussein Kanji, Hoxton Ventures

SuperReturnTV · Hussein Kanji

Building a VC Firm to Last | Hussein Kanji from Hoxton Ventures

Understanding VC · Hussein Kanji

Aspiring Journalist To Early Investor in Deliveroo and Darktrace w/Hussein Kanji | Hoxton Ventures

Bae HQ · Hussein Kanji

Hussein Kanji - partner at Hoxton Ventures - talks diversity in investing

Nothing Ventured · Hussein Kanji

Nothing Ventured Podcast Primer - Hussein Kanji - partner at Hoxton Ventures - S01E20

Nothing Ventured · Hussein Kanji

Images

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$1M – $7M
Insight Partners

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$120M – $350M
Founders Fund

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Both backed · 3
$500K – $5M
Bessemer Venture Partners

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$5M – $100M
Index Ventures

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$540K – $10.8M
Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.

Both backed · 2
$1.6M – $70M
Khosla Ventures

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Both backed · 2
$5K – $50M
Mayfield Fund

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Both backed · 2
$500K – $12M
Tq Ventures Llc

TQ Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm whose team invests from first principles and commits deeply to the founders it backs.

White Star Capital

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Both backed · 2
$500K – $7M
Backed

Backed is a European seed-stage venture fund that leads and invests early in founders building companies in frontier technology.

Both backed · 2
$500K – $5M
Walden Catalyst

Walden Catalyst is a venture capital firm backing founders at the frontier of scientific discovery and engineering innovation, with a focus on deep technology.

Both backed · 2
$550K
59 more co-investors

Creator FundCipio PartnersAtomicoHCVCLux CapitalSoftBank Vision FundDN CapitalEclipse VenturesSpeedinvest7percent VenturesNotion CapitalMaC Venture CapitalTCVReach CapitalMango CapitalOwl VenturesTen ElevenLAUNCHub VenturesCrane Venture PartnersTuesday CapitalAda VenturesBlossom CapitalTalis CapitalEducapitalSequoia CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Alumni VenturesBenchmarkAME Cloud VenturesAccel-KKRLookout VenturesKapor CapitalLerer HippeauPolaris PartnersAtlas VentureSherpalo VenturesBitkraft Esports VenturesCiti VenturesHaun VenturesNextGen Venture PartnersCherry VenturesPeak XV Partnersfoobar.vcSummit PartnersLocalGlobefirstminute capitalMotier VenturesBDC Venture CapitalVisionaire VenturesValor Equity PartnersKindred CapitalAutotech VenturesMarket One CapitalOlima VenturesBoost Capital PartnersApollo Health VenturesIndico Capital PartnersPromus VenturesMerck Global Health Innovation Fund

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