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Niche Capital

Venture debt

London · 6 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Niche Capital focuses on relationship-driven lending to small and medium-sized enterprises, aiming to fill the gap left by banks withdrawing from the SME sector. It emphasizes strong relationships with clients, brokers and investors, financing sound business propositions and finding creative solutions even outside standard lending criteria. The firm is nimble enough to respond quickly to urgent cash needs. Loans are funded alongside investor capital, providing investors with higher fixed-income returns.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.

HQ
London, GB
Instruments
Debt
Founded
2012
Tracked investments
14
Acquisitions
2

Team · 6 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Darren Lachtman· General Partner
Robert Fishman· General Partner

What they invest in

from 10 of 14 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×7Enterprise Software ×4Consumer ×3Developer Tools ×2Fintech ×2Biotech ×1Climate Tech ×1Creator Economy ×1

HQs:United States×11Nigeria×2

Investments · 14 tracked

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By year:2023 · 12022 · 34 dated

Agentic Labsagenticlabs.cominSeed

Agentic Labs provides a context engine and code knowledge base platform for AI teams to manage code, organize data, optimize prompts, and improve model performance through evaluation and reinforcement learning.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US

Maksim Ivanov(CEO)inRobert McKnight

Co-investorsMaiora Rebel VenturesPioneerRebel FundTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorFellows+10 more

Anchorgetanchor.coin𝕏Seed · Aug 2022

Anchor builds compliance and security solutions for financial services, providing guardrails and protective measures to help customers maintain regulatory compliance.

CybersecurityFintechLagos, NG

Segun Adeyemi(Founder)inGBEKELOLUWA OLUFOTEBI(Founder)inOlamide Sobowale(Founder)inDor Dankner(Founder)Gbemi Adelekan(Founder)Guy Ben-Simhon(Founder)

Co-investorsY CombinatorBVP InvestorsDigital Currency GroupFuture AfricaPioneerRebel Fund+9 more

Dipseabravado.coAcquired

Dipsea is a subscription mobile app publishing erotic audio stories written and narrated for a primarily female audience.

San Francisco, US

Faye Keegan(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Gina Gutierrez(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Sahil Mansuri(Founder)

BoardEric Stromberg(Director)

Co-investorsKindred VenturesPrecursor VenturesRedpoint VenturesWorklife VenturesXYZ Venture CapitalAirAngels+12 more

DryMergedrymerge.cominSeed

DryMerge provides AI agents that automatically capture customer interaction data from email, calendar, calls, and messaging tools, updating CRM systems like Salesforce and HubSpot without manual data entry.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSales TechSan Francisco, US

Samuel Brashears(Founder)inEdward Frazer(Founder)in

Co-investorsRitual CapitalY CombinatorBreakpoint CapitalCapitalize VCGaingelsGarage Capital+2 more

Greygrey.coin𝕏Seed

Grey enables remote workers and freelancers to open foreign bank accounts and receive international payments in their local currency.

FintechSan Francisco, US

Idorenyin Obong(Founder)inWilliam Clark(Executive Officer, Director)Ziga Cerkovnik(Executive Officer, Director)Adriano Mungioli(Executive Officer, Director)Haydn Collard(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Ruddock(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsIngressive CapitalSoma CapitalY CombinatorCresset CapitalHeirloomVastly Valuable Ventures

House Africahouseafrica.ioMar 2023 · $400K

Real estate virtual siteemap platform enabling remote property interactions and accelerating sales processes

Co-investorsAdaverseCV VCFuture AfricaStartupbootcamp AfriTech

Ligo Biosciencesligo.bioin𝕏Seed

Ligo develops computational tools for enzyme design by combining large language models with specialized neural networks to enable scientists and AI agents to discover new enzymes and biological functions.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechClimate TechDeep TechHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Edward Harris(Founder)inEmily Egerton-Warburton(Founder)inArda Goreci(CTO)in

Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesHAWKTAILOxonian VenturesSoma CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementWayfinder Ventures+15 more

nCompass Technologiesncompass.techin𝕏Seed

nCompass Technologies builds an AI agent and VS Code extension that identifies GPU performance bottlenecks and generates optimization code, helping developers reduce GPU system analysis and implementation time from weeks to days.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHardwareNew York City, US

Aditya Rajagopal(Founder)inDiederik Vink(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorAmino CapitalCapitalize VCTwenty Two Ventures

RentSmallSmallrent.smallsmall.com𝕏Jan 2022

RentSmallSmall operates a rental platform that lets tenants search for housing and pay their rent on a monthly schedule rather than in larger upfront lump sums.

Dover, US

Co-investorsAsymmetry VenturesTechstars

Sendme, Incsendme.ngin𝕏SeedDefunct

Sendme delivers fresh meat to households and food businesses via WhatsApp ordering, with fulfillment within three hours.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerE-commerceFoodTechIbadan, NG

Daniel Afolayan(Founder)in

Co-investorsIngressive CapitalVentures PlatformY CombinatorCresset CapitalGoodwater CapitalMyAsiaVC+4 more

Storyboarderstoryboarder.comin𝕏Seed

Sumugi is a 3D creation and 2D composition tool designed for visual storytellers including comic creators, writers, and hobbyists.

ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentNew York City, US

Charles Forman(Founder)inJoe Watkins(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlitzscaling VenturesPioneerY CombinatorAttack Capitalchaotic capitalDark Arts+7 more

Vogentvogent.aiin𝕏SeedAcquired

Vogent is a platform for building AI voice agents that can handle phone calls, powered by custom conversational models and text-to-speech technology.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Jagath Vytheeswaran(Founder)inVignesh Varadarajan(Founder)inKushal Tirumala

Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesFREEFLOWXG VenturesY CombinatorGlobal Founders CapitalHydrocarbon Minerals 4+1 more

Weekend (fmr. Volley)weekend.comin𝕏Series B

Weekend develops voice-activated games for television that encourage group interaction and social engagement, offering licensed game shows and branded content for families and friend groups.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerGamingSan Francisco, US

Max Child(CEO)inJames Wilsterman(CTO)inPratyush Buddiga(Chief of Staff)Brian Ng(Data Scientist)Michael Poteat(Principal Software Engineer)Devin Ozel(Engineering Manager)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCauseway PartnersRainfall VenturesY CombinatorA.Capital VenturesAdvancit Capital+15 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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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Niche Capital made?
Niche Capital has 14 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited.
Where is Niche Capital located?
Niche Capital is headquartered in London, GB.

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