Outrun Ventures
Angel networkLondon · Pre-Seed–Growth · 4 people tracked
Investment thesis
Outrun Ventures is powered by two angel investors who invest their own capital, making high-conviction bets. Drawing on their experience founding, scaling, and selling a financial services company during the Global Financial Crisis, they empathize with founder risk-takers. They invest primarily at pre-seed and seed stages, favoring innovative teams building or disrupting in fintech, insurance, and DeFi — areas aligned with their interests and network. Beyond capital, they aim to be the most impactful investor on the cap table, offering value-add introductions to VCs, angels, decision-makers, and banks.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 30, 2026.
Team · 4 people
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What they invest in
from 24 of 35 portfolio companiesFintech ×11Enterprise Software ×10SaaS ×9AI & Machine Learning ×8Cloud Computing ×4InsurTech ×4Developer Tools ×3Crypto & Web3 ×2
HQs:United Kingdom×13Nigeria×2Czechia×1United States×1South Africa×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 12 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×53 founders×14+ founders×1
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 35 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12016 · 12 dated
Agxio builds AI, data science and machine learning applications focused on the biotech, life sciences and agricultural science industries, addressing complex business problems for those sectors.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechAberystwyth, GB
Dr. Stephen Christie(Co-founder, CEO & Chief Scientist)Dave Gregory(Co-founder, COO)Dan Jones(Co-founder, Sales & Finance)Amy Dron(Chief Communications Officer)
Co-investorsDevelopment Bank of Wales
AHX builds an artificial intelligence engine to automate mass manufacturing processes, applying AI to industrial processes such as steel and wood production.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software
Alfa AI is a recruiting software platform that automates the entire hiring pipeline, including candidate sourcing, screening, video interviews, and ATS integration.
HR Tech
Co-investorsFuel Ventures
Anansi is an insurance-driven delivery platform for last-mile logistics that combines regulated insurance, automated invoice monitoring, and risk insights in one system.
E-commerceInsurTechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsGuinness VenturesInsurTechMundi VenturesOctopus VenturesSie Ventures
Applied Computing develops Orbital, a physics-grounded AI foundational model for energy operators that monitors thousands of sensors, forecasts outcomes, optimizes set-points, and detects equipment issues in real time.
AI & Machine LearningEnergyLondon, GB
Samyakh (Sam) Tukra(Founder)Dan Jeavons(President)
Arondite builds AI and software solutions for defence and government customers, drawing on technical and operational expertise from the military, defence contractors, and technology sector.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDefense TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Will Blyth(Co-founder & CEO)inRob Underhill(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsIndex VenturesRLC Ventures
Asset Reality provides asset recovery and data security services for seized cryptoassets, with a focus on conflict-free management and regulatory compliance.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechGovTechSaaSLondon, GB
Aidan Larkin(Founder)inHugo Hoyland(Founder)in
Co-investorsEverywhere VenturesSGH CapitalTechstarsFramework VenturesTeam Ignite VenturesThe Fund
Atom is a UK-based digital bank offering savings accounts, mortgages, and business loans through a mobile app.
FintechDurham, GB
Mark Mullen(Chief Executive Officer)Anthony Thomson(Chairman)Edward Twiddy(Secretary)David McCarthy(Chief Financial Officer)
Co-investorsAnthemis Venture
Auquan builds autonomous AI agents that automate end-to-end manual workflows for financial institutions, including credit memos, sustainability reports, and LP documentation.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechLondon, GB
Chandini Jain(Founder)inShub Jain(Founder)in
Co-investorsEpisode1Neotribe VenturesPeak XV PartnersSentiero VenturesTechstars
Baobab Network is an accelerator and early-stage investment firm focused on Africa's technology entrepreneurs.
Impact & Social GoodSector Agnostic
Niama El Bassunie(Managing Partner)
Co-investorsSimsan Ventures
BE develops clean energy projects for power and digital infrastructure industries, with an initial focus on supplying carbon-free power to data centres and other industrial energy users.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechCloud ComputingEnergyPennsylvania, US
Mews is a cloud-based hospitality platform and property management system (PMS) for hotels, covering booking, pre-arrival, check-in, in-stay purchases, point of sale, and check-out.
Cloud ComputingPropTechSaaSTravel & HospitalityPrague, CZ
Richard Valtr(Founder)in
Co-investorsBattery VenturesColumbia Lake PartnersNotion CapitalZAKA VCAtomico
Bright Money is a financial technology company that emphasizes data security and privacy in its infrastructure, protecting user information through high information security and privacy standards.
Fintech
Petko Plachkov(Founder)inVarun Modi(Founder)inAvi Patchava(Founder)Avinash Ramakanth(Founder)
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalFelicis VenturesHummingbird VenturesSherpalo VenturesNVIDIA
Cutover provides cloud disaster recovery and incident management automation software using AI-powered orchestration to replace manual recovery processes.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB
Ky Nichol(CEO - Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsContour Venture PartnersIndex VenturesSussex Place VenturesTechstarsSparkLabs Global Ventures
Cuvva offers temporary car insurance via a mobile application in the UK, allowing customers to obtain short-term insurance coverage quickly and affordably.
InsurTechLondon, GB
Co-investorsDigital HorizonDigital Horizon VCRTP GlobalTechstarsBreegaLocalGlobe
Griffin is a banking-as-a-service platform offering API-based banking infrastructure for fintechs and other businesses to embed banking and financial products.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSLondon, GB
David Jarvis(Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inAllen Rohner(Founder & Chief Technology Officer)Phoebe Wallis(Chief Revenue Officer)Ed Carter(Chief Operating Officer)Dora Grant(Chief Risk Officer)Rob VanBreda(Interim Chief Financial Officer)
Co-investorsNotion CapitalCrane Venture PartnersDG Daiwa VenturesInsiders VenturesNordicNinjaPortfolio Ventures+1 more
Kuda is a digital banking service offering personal and business accounts with money transfers, savings, investments, cards, bill payments, and credit products like overdrafts and loans.
ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsEntrée CapitalHAVAICODBAValar Ventures Llc
Marshmallow is an insurance and financial services company that builds its own pricing and fraud technology to offer fairer prices to people who have recently moved to the UK.
FintechInsurTech
Alexander
Co-investorsBridford Investments (Bridford Group)Portfolio Ventures
Nodes & Links builds AI-powered project management software that helps teams understand and proactively manage project schedules and plans.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaSLondon, GB
Greg Lawton(Co-founder)inDr. Christos Ellinas(Co-founder)inChristos Ellinas(CTO)in
Co-investorsCarbonEntrepreneur FirstNiya PartnersRed Bear VenturesWesterly WindsZigg Capital+5 more
Post-Quantum develops quantum-safe cryptographic solutions and standards for protecting sensitive communications and critical infrastructure against quantum computing threats.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDefense TechQuantum ComputingLondon, GB
Co-investorsTechstarsBessemer Venture PartnersEvolution Equity Partners
Sharegain provides a digital platform that automates securities lending for online brokers, private banks, and wealth managers, enabling them to generate additional revenue from their existing assets.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSUnspecified
Boaz Yaari(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsBlumberg CapitalMaverick Ventures IsraelRhodiumTarget GlobalEJF VenturesSixThirty Ventures
Smart Pension offers workplace pension investment strategies, giving employers a choice of funds for their employees and allowing members to switch strategies or align investments with religious beliefs or lifestyle choices.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSUK, GB
Will Wynne(Founder)
Co-investorsPortfolio Ventures
TreasurySpring operates a digital platform that gives corporate treasury teams access to short-term cash investments — including secured tri-party repo (bank) exposure, government debt, and corporate counterparties — through a single onboarding.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
James Skillen(Founder)inKevin Cook(Co-founder)
Co-investorsAnthemis VentureBalderton CapitalBlack Lion VenturesETFS CapitalMMC VenturesMubadala Capital
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Sharegain · finadium.com · Aug 18, 2026
Nodes & Links · startupintros.com · Jul 13, 2026
Post-Quantum · prnewswire.com · Jul 9, 2026
Bright · brightfuturescare.co.uk · Jul 8, 2026
Arondite · trysignalbase.com · Sep 29, 2025
Principals & officers · per Companies House
what is this? ⓘDirector · British · since 2017
Director · British · since 2017
Athol Peter Haas — 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of voting rights, right to appoint and remove directors
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Outrun Ventures made?
- Outrun Ventures has 34 tracked investments.
- What stage does Outrun Ventures invest at?
- Outrun Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Outrun Ventures focus on?
- Outrun Ventures focuses on Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, Fintech, InsurTech, SaaS.
- Where is Outrun Ventures located?
- Outrun Ventures is headquartered in London, GB.
- Who does Outrun Ventures co-invest with?
- Outrun Ventures most often shares deals with Techstars, Notion Capital, ODBA, among 46 tracked co-investors.
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