Edinburgh · Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Pentech Ventures focuses on supporting founders as they scale their startups into global organisations. The firm emphasises hands-on partnership, drawing on repeated experience building internationally successful companies and collaborating with leading venture capital firms, corporations, and investment banks along the way.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 14 of 33 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×7Fintech ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3SaaS ×3Biotech ×2Consumer ×2Enterprise Software ×2Hardware ×2
HQs:United Kingdom×6United States×2
Investments · showing 31 of 33
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12023 · 12021 · 12020 · 14 dated
Apple designs and sells consumer electronics including the iPhone, Apple Watch, and Mac computers powered by its M-series chips.
ConsumerHardwareSemiconductors
Steve WozniakTim Cook(Chief Executive Officer)
Oracle sells enterprise database software, applications and cloud infrastructure, and has grown through large acquisitions including PeopleSoft, Siebel and Sun Microsystems.
Austin, US
Diego Pantoja-Navajas(Executive Officer, Director)Lawrence J. Ellison(Executive Chair, Chief Technology Officer and Founder)MICHAEL CASEY(Executive Officer)ARUN MURUGAN(Executive Officer)Clayton M. Magouyrk(CEO)Michael D. Sicilia(CEO)
Co-investorsAdvancit CapitalAkkadian VenturesAlliance VCAlliance VentureBessemer Venture PartnersElevate Ventures+20 more
Flutter is a sports betting and iGaming operator that runs a portfolio of local brands—including FanDuel in North America—serving customers in the US, UK & Ireland, Italy, and Australia.
ConsumerGamingSports Tech
Rob Coldrake(Group Chief Financial Officer)inAmy Howe(Chief Executive Officer – FanDuel)Dan Taylor(Chief Executive Officer – Flutter International)inPhil Bishop(Chief Operating Officer)inDon H. Liu(Group Chief Legal Officer)inPeter Jackson(Group Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director)in
Co-investorsJuroszek Family Office – Betplay Capital
JP Morgan Chase is a major financial institution serving customers, clients, and communities globally with a focus on economic growth and community impact over its 225+ year history.
Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsBullish
Causaly builds an agentic AI platform for life sciences R&D that retrieves and reasons over scientific evidence, using a scientific knowledge graph and specialized AI agents to support target identification, indication discovery, and regulatory evidence validation.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechLondon
Yiannis Kiachopoulos(Founder)inArtur Saudabayev(Executive Officer, Director)Joannis Kiahopoulos(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMarc Moens(Director)inGeorgios Tziralis(Director)Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas(Director)in
Co-investorsEBRD Venture Capital Investment ProgrammeEmerge EducationICONIQIndex VenturesMarathon Venture CapitalSNÖ Ventures+3 more
Cognitive Credit provides structured financial data and models on investment-grade corporate bond issuers in the US and Europe, extracted from official filings and delivered via automated systems to investment teams and analysts.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Robert Slater(CEO)in
Co-investorsETFS CapitalHearst VenturesXTX Markets
Digital Barriers provides AI-based video codec and edge computing technology for real-time video analysis, serving defense, law enforcement, public safety, transportation, retail, healthcare, and hospitality sectors with reduced bandwidth consumption.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDefense TechGovTechHardwareGlasgow, GB
Co-investorsVolpi Capital
Lifebit develops enterprise data platforms for organizations with genomic and biomedical datasets, enabling researchers to analyze distributed data in-situ without moving sensitive information.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & InfrastructureHealthtechLondon, GB
Dr. Maria Chatzou Dunford(Founder)in
Co-investorsTechstarsBeacon CapitalEurazeoTiger Global Management
nPlan builds AI trained on a dataset of over 750,000 historical construction project schedules to forecast schedule risk, generate and check schedules, and support project controls for capital projects.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaSLondon, GB
Dev Amratia(CEO & Co-Founder)inAlan Mosca(CTO & Co-Founder)inJade Bouhmouch(Head of Operations)in
Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Entrepreneur FirstSuffolk TechnologiesAlphabetChevron Technology VenturesIDEO+1 more
PrimaryBid was a technology platform that facilitated retail investor participation in initial public offerings on global capital markets.
B2B MarketplacesFintech
Kieran D'Silva(Founder)in
Co-investorsOMERS VenturesOutward VCSoftBank Vision FundABN AMRO VenturesDraper EspritFidelity International Strategic Ventures+4 more
Quantcast operates an advertising platform powered by proprietary AI that helps advertisers identify audiences, activate campaigns, and measure performance across devices and channels using cookieless solutions.
AdTechAI & Machine Learning
Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsREV Venture PartnersFounders Fund
FloodFlash provides parametric flood insurance using IoT sensors to detect flooding and enable rapid claim payouts, typically within 48 hours, targeting landlords and businesses seeking alternatives to traditional indemnity insurance.
InsurTechIoT
Co-investorsBuoyant Ventures Management, LlcGlobal BrainInsurtech Gateway FundMS&AD VenturesPT1Munich Re Ventures
TomTom creates mapping platforms and services that connect customers to businesses and enable applications across mobility, ride-hailing, humanitarian efforts, and electrification.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation
Corinne Vigreux(Founder)in
Travelnest is a UK-founded platform that provides holiday rental management software for independent property owners, enabling multi-channel listing distribution, automated pricing optimization, and calendar synchronization across 30+ booking platforms from a single dashboard.
MarketplacesPropTechSaaSTravel & HospitalityLondon, GB
Doug Stephenson(Founder)in
Co-investorsFrontline VenturesMangrove Capital PartnersScottish National Investment BankThe SidebySide PartnershipVesta VenturesScottish Enterprise
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Alcatel LucentCartaDeeprenderExponentInside SecureiWaveLifebitLisaSoftMonolithNuanceOutplayRank GroupSAPStackerTescoWolfson
Exits · 5
4 IPOs · 1 acquisitionsAppleNASDAQ: AAPLDatalogixNYSE: ORCLFlutterNYSE: FLUTJpmorganchaseNYSE: JPMMonolithacq. by CoreWeave
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Flutter · ad-hoc-news.de · Aug 22, 2026
Quantcast · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
nPlan · pillsburylaw.com · Jan 14, 2026
PrimaryBid · fintechscoop.com · Dec 30, 2025
Principals & officers · per Companies House
what is this? ⓘLLP designated member · since 2009
LLP designated member · since 2008
LLP designated member · since 2008
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Pentech Ventures made?
- Pentech Ventures has 33 tracked investments, 5 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Pentech Ventures invest at?
- Pentech Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Pentech Ventures's typical check size?
- Pentech Ventures typically writes checks of $635K – $2.5M.
- What sectors does Pentech Ventures focus on?
- Pentech Ventures focuses on Enterprise Software, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Pentech Ventures located?
- Pentech Ventures is headquartered in Edinburgh, GB.
- Who does Pentech Ventures co-invest with?
- Pentech Ventures most often shares deals with Norwest Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Entrepreneur First, among 57 tracked co-investors.
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