Pentech Ventures
Venture capitalEdinburgh · Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked
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 11 of 31 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×6Fintech ×3SaaS ×3Biotech ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2Healthtech ×2AdTech ×1B2B Marketplaces ×1
HQs:United Kingdom×5United States×1
Investments · 31 tracked
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Oracle sells enterprise database software, applications and cloud infrastructure, and has grown through large acquisitions including PeopleSoft, Siebel and Sun Microsystems.
Austin, US
Co-investorsAdvancit CapitalAkkadian VenturesAlliance VCAlliance VentureBessemer Venture PartnersElevate Ventures+19 more
Co-investorsKortschak Investments L.P.Norwest Venture PartnersVantagePoint Capital Partners
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)Georgios Tziralis(Director)Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas(Director)in
Co-investorsEBRD Venture Capital Investment ProgrammeEmerge EducationICONIQIndex VenturesMarathon Venture CapitalSNÖ Ventures+2 more
Cognitive Credit provides a platform for institutional credit investors to analyze bonds and loans through structured financial data, AI-powered insights, and integrated workflow tools.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsETFS CapitalHearst VenturesXTX Markets
Digital Barriers develops EdgeVis, a video streaming platform using a patented adaptive codec (TVI compression) that delivers secure, ultra low bandwidth live video over cellular and unstable networks, with bandwidth savings of up to 90%.
CybersecurityDefense TechGovTech
Co-investorsVolpi Capital
Co-investorsNGP CapitalQualcomm VenturesWestSummit 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
Maria Chatzou Dunford(Chief Executive Officer)Dr. Maria Chatzou Dunford(Founder)in
Co-investorsTechstarsTiger 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 VenturesLocalGlobe
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 FundMolten VenturesSalica Investments
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 Partners
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 offers a location intelligence platform providing maps, real-time and historical traffic data, routing, and navigation tools for developers and industries such as automotive, fleet operations, autonomous mobility, and public sector infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMobility & Transportation
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 Ventures
Exits · 4
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioAppleNASDAQ: AAPLDatalogixNYSE: ORCLFlutter EntertainmentNYSE: FLUTJPMorgan Chase & CoNYSE: JPM
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesnPlan · 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 30 tracked investments, including 1 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 Bessemer Venture Partners, Entrepreneur First, Frontline Ventures, among 39 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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