Octopus Ventures — 2019 Investments
6 investments dated 2019 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
By Miles offers pay-by-mile car insurance for UK drivers who cover under about 7,000 miles a year, charging a fixed upfront fee for parked cover plus a per-mile rate based on actual miles driven.
FintechInsurTechMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsCommerzVenturesInMotion VenturesInsurtech Gateway Fund
Verint provides a customer engagement platform that unifies private messaging and social media channels (WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Apple Messages, Twitter DM, email, and chat) into a single agent desktop.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon
Joshua March Cowan(Director)Stuart Malcom Chapman(Director)Michael Carey Hedger(Director)Alliot David Cole(Director)Daniel Stephen Lester(Company Secretary)Dan Lester(Founder)
Co-investorsDawn CapitalMolten Venturesoctopus investments
Stackin' runs a free side-hustle job board and personal-finance content site, plus a text-message-based money guidance service.
FintechVenice, US
Kyle Arbaugh(Executive Officer, Director)Scott Grimes(Executive Officer, Director)Lionel Tapiero(Executive Officer)Kristin Manoogian(Executive Officer)Thomas Brammar(Executive Officer)
BoardRoss Mason(Director)
Co-investorsTechstarsSocial Leverage
Trouva is an online marketplace that connects shoppers with independent boutiques, offering a curated range of design-led fashion, homeware, gifts, and lifestyle products.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
Alex Loizou(Cofounder and CTO)
Co-investorsLocalGlobeC4 VenturesIndex Venturesoctopus investments
Unmade provides digital infrastructure and automation software for apparel and sportswear brands to manage customization, small-batch production, and demand-driven manufacturing.
Advanced ManufacturingDeveloper ToolsE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB
Hal Watts(Founder)inBen Alun-Jones(Founder)Kirsty Emery(Founder)
Co-investorsBackedBallpark VenturesFELIX CAPITALLocalGlobeMaersk GrowthTechstars+3 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Fiscal Technologies
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.












