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Pact

Venture capitaloperating company · company profile

London · Pre-Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Pact VC backs early-stage startups, placing strong emphasis on founding teams with technical depth, product experience, and a track record of working together. The firm invests through thesis-driven themes, including its 'Betterment' theme, which targets technology enabling personal and professional development such as workforce upskilling for the AI era. Pact supports portfolio companies via its international network, facilitating enterprise sales introductions across Europe, the US, and MENA markets.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
HQ
London, GB
Instruments
Equity
Founded
1964
Last 12 months
1 investment
Net assets · FY2025
$356.6K
Tracked investments
15

Team · 4 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Tong Gu· Partnerin
Owais· Head of Growth

What they invest in

from 11 of 15 portfolio companies

SaaS ×7AI & Machine Learning ×4Enterprise Software ×3Fintech ×3Climate Tech ×2Marketing Tech ×2AgTech ×1B2B Marketplaces ×1

HQs:United Kingdom×3United Arab Emirates×1Germany×1United States×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 8 portfolio companies
50%
solo founders
4 of 8 mapped founding teams
67%
repeat founders
of 15 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×42 founders×13 founders×14+ founders×2

Where their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with education data

Durham University ×2London Business School ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×5Business & Management ×4Economics ×4Engineering ×2Finance & Accounting ×2Humanities ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 15 founders with career history

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Investments · 15 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 12024 · 12021 · 13 dated

Sidekick Moneysidekickmoney.com✓ verified

Sidekick is a digital wealth management platform aimed at ambitious professionals with evolving finances, offering investment tools alongside human expertise.

FintechSaaS

Matt Ford(Founder & CEO)in

BoardStuart Newey(Chair of the Board)

Co-investorsOctopus VenturesTheVentureCity1818 Venture CapitalMS&AD Ventures

Ainiaainia.aiin

Ainia works at the intersection of education and technology.

ConsumerEdTechMental Health

Co-investorsTranspose Platform Management

Bloom Moneybloommoney.coin

Fintech company based in the United Kingdom

Co-investorsHoaQOctopus VenturesJanuary VenturesPact VC

FlapKapflapkap.comin

FlapKap provides fast, flexible revenue-based funding to small and medium-sized businesses across the MENA region, aiming to give SMEs access to growth capital comparable to larger companies.

FintechSaaSDubai, AE

Ahmad Coucha(Founder)inKhaled Nassef(Co-Founder & CTO)inSherif Bichara(Founding team, Head of FinOps)inAhmed Coucha(Co-Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsA15Outliers VCQEDQED Investors

Growthkitchengrowthkitchen.coin

Growth Kitchen partners with established restaurant brands to expand into underserved cities by operating them from its network of commercial kitchens.

B2B MarketplacesFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainUK, GB

Máté Kun(CEO, Co-Founder)inTom Gatz(Executive Chair, Co-Founder)inLaurence Holmes-Smith(Head of Operations, Co-Founder)in

Humblethehumbleai.com

Humble is a browser-based AI assistant (Chrome and Edge extension) that captures notes, tasks, and past AI chat conversations in one place and surfaces what to do next, while keeping a timeline of completed work.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkWellness & FitnessLondon, GB

Mahdi Shariff(Founder)in

Co-investorsEclipseEnergy Impact Partners

Jumajuma.aiin𝕏

Juma is an AI workspace platform that enables teams to collaborate on marketing and copywriting projects with shared context, brand voice, and files.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS

Yavor Belakov(Founder)inIliya Valchanov(Founder)in

Liferaft Websiteliferaft.cc

Liferaft converts waste biomass such as corn, food byproducts, and woody waste into biochar using custom pyrolysis technology to durably store carbon, filter water, and improve soils.

AgTechCleantechClimate Tech

Co-investorsThe Venture Collective

SureInsurein.dein

SureIn is a Berlin-based insurance technology startup building a risk and insurance management platform for small and medium-sized businesses.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSaaSBerlin, DE

David Schara ✌(Founder)in

Co-investorsPact VCSequoia CapitalAtlanticneoteq venturesRobin CapitalAtlantic Labs

Symbesymbe.coin

Symbe offers a collaborative platform for building business cases, helping go-to-market and sales teams qualify leads, align with buyers, and close deals.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech

Thomas Laurbjerg(Cofounder, CRO)inLuis Martin Blinder Acenal(Co-founder)inMartin Blinder(Cofounder, CEO)inXavier Wilders(Cofounder, CTO & CISO)in

Co-investorsRLC VenturesNotion CapitalPact VC

Team-GPTteam-gpt.comin𝕏Nov 2024 · $4.5M

Juma (Team-GPT) is an AI workspace for marketing teams that provides shared AI chats, reusable prompt libraries, collaborative content editing ("Pages"), and project organization for campaigns and clients.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsTrue Ventures

Thrust Carbonthrustcarbon.comin𝕏

Thrust Carbon provides carbon emissions reporting and reduction solutions for the corporate travel industry, helping companies measure and decarbonise their travel programs.

Climate TechSaaSTravel & Hospitality

Kit Aspen(Founder)in

Co-investorsBegin Capital

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

ArcosLVNDR HealthMusa Health

Portfolio news

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Principals & officers · per Companies House

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Margarita Timmans

Secretary · British

Elspeth Barbara Timmans

Director · British · since 2024

Mark Richard Timmans

Director · British · since 2024

Ownership & control

Margarita Timmans75–100% of shares, 75–100% of voting rights, right to appoint and remove directors

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Pact made?
Pact has 15 tracked investments, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Pact invest at?
Pact invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What sectors does Pact focus on?
Pact focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Circular Economy, Climate Tech, Consumer, EdTech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Future of Work, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good, SaaS.
Where is Pact located?
Pact is headquartered in London, GB.
Who does Pact co-invest with?
Pact most often shares deals with Octopus Ventures, Transpose Platform Management, MS&AD Ventures, among 16 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Monik Pham & Reem Mobassaleh: Investing with Impact | Episode 18

Nothing Ventured · Monik Pham

Reem Mobassaleh Wyndham, co-founder of Pact VC, shaping a better world through resilience

MY KITCHEN, HER STORY · Reem Mobassaleh Wyndham

#145 Monik Pham, Pact VC

The European VC · Monik Pham

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SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)

SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) is a venture capital firm that invests in software and AI-driven companies, supporting portfolio growth through strategic introductions to talent and partners across APAC, the U.S., and global markets.

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