Phoenix Court
Venture capitalLondon · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 18 people tracked
Investment thesis
Phoenix Court is a multi-stage investment company backing exceptional founders with uncommon belief from day one through to public markets. It operates three stage-focused funds: LocalGlobe, its seed fund backing Europe's most ambitious founders from the outset; Latitude, its breakout-stage fund supporting high-growth companies at Series B and beyond; and Solar, its scale-stage fund partnering late private rounds into public markets. The firm aims to accompany founders across the full journey while giving them freedom and trust, stepping in with hands-on support when asked.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 18 people
from the firm's website & curated
Founder mafia
5 people who came through Phoenix Court went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 11 of 20 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×5Enterprise Software ×5SaaS ×5Fintech ×4Consumer ×2Deep Tech ×2B2B Marketplaces ×1Biotech ×1
HQs:United Kingdom×5United States×4
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×12 founders×53 founders×34+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 17 founders with education data
University of Oxford ×4Tel Aviv University ×2University of Cambridge ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 17 founders with career history
Baseten ×3Teachable ×2The Australian National University ×2University of Sydney ×2
Investments · 20 tracked
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At-Bay provides cyber insurance and risk management technology for businesses of all sizes, combining insurance products with cybersecurity expertise and monitoring to help companies prevent and manage digital risks.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareInsurTech
Rotem Iram(Co-founder & CEO)Roman Itskovich(Co-founder & Chief Risk Officer)in
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalGallatin Point CapitalGlilot Capital PartnersHarmony PartnersIcon VenturesKhosla Ventures+7 more
BioOrbit produces pharmaceutical-grade crystals in microgravity environments via space-based facilities, enabling development of biologic drugs and treatments for patients.
BiotechDeep TechSpace TechLondon, GB
Katie King(CEO)Katie King, PhD(Founder)in
Co-investors7percent VenturesAIR CapitalAuxxoRobin CapitalSeraphim SpaceType One Ventures
A complete community platform.
Cleo is an AI-powered personal finance management app that tracks spending, helps users set and achieve financial goals, and provides personalized budgeting advice with an engaging conversational interface.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechLondon, GB
Barney Hussey-Yeo(CEO)in
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalEntrepreneur FirstLocalGlobeRedbus VenturesSBI Ventures Europe GmbHEQT Ventures+1 more
Co-investorsMosaic VenturesRemarkableRemarkable Australia+ Accelerator
Justworks is a technology company that provides a platform for payroll, employee benefits, HR, and compliance, aimed at small and growing businesses.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaSNew York, US
ISAAC OATES(Executive Officer, Director)Isaac Oates(Founder)Michael SecklerinMike Seckler(President & CEO)John Belle(Chief Revenue Officer)Catherine Crevels(Chief Marketing Officer)
Co-investorsEntrée CapitalFirstMark CapitalIndex VenturesNextGen Venture PartnersRedpoint VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)+3 more
Phoenix Court is a multi-stage venture capital investment firm backing founders across pre-seed, seed, breakout, and scale stages.
Co-investorsLocalGlobeOVNI CapitalDragoneer Investment GroupLightspeed Venture Partners
Melio provides a platform for business accounts payable and receivable, enabling small and mid-sized businesses to pay vendors and contractors while also generating professional invoices to collect payments.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsAccelAlephBessemer Venture PartnersCapital One VenturesClocktower VenturesCoatue Management+2 more
Monzo is a UK digital bank offering personal and joint current accounts managed through a mobile banking app, with features including balance checking, UK and international transfers, cheque deposits, and arranged overdrafts.
ConsumerFintechLondon, GB
Tom Blomfield(Co-Founder & former CEO)inJonas Templestein(Co-Founder & CTO)inJason Bates(Co-Founder)inPaul Rippon(Co-Founder)inGary Dolman(Co-Founder & former CFO)inSusan Adams(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsCapitalGGV (Google Ventures)HedosophiaTencent HoldingsPassion CapitalAccel+11 more
Motorway is a marketplace platform where individual sellers list vehicles and over 8,000 verified car dealers compete to purchase them, helping sellers achieve better prices for their cars.
B2B MarketplacesDirect to ConsumerLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSector AgnosticBrighton, GB
Tom Leathes(Founder)inHarry Jones(Founder)Alex Buttle(Founder)
Co-investorsFounder CollectiveICONIQIndex VenturesBMW i VenturesLocalGlobeMarchmont Ventures
Circle is an all-in-one platform for building and running online communities, offering member spaces, engagement feeds, branded mobile apps, courses, email marketing, website building, and integrated payments.
Creator EconomyMarketing TechSaaS
Sid Yadav(Founder)inAndrew Guttormsen(Founder)in
Co-investorsBungalow CapitalChapter OneHubSpot VenturesNavigate VenturesNotation CapitalTodd and Rahul’s Angel Fund+1 more
Parsed trains and deploys specialized large language models tailored to a customer's domain and workflow, using an evaluation-first, continual-learning approach aimed at outperforming general-purpose models while being cheaper and faster.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software
Mudith Jayasekara(Co-founder & CEO)inCharles O'Neill(Co-founder & CSO)inMax Kirkby(Co-founder)inParas Stefanopoulos(CTO)in
Co-investorsLocalGlobe
Perk provides AI and automation that handles routine administrative tasks — travel, expenses, invoices, and payments — for employees, while giving companies visibility and configurable controls for policy, governance, and risk.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSTravel & HospitalityBoston, US
Avi Meir(Co-founder & CEO)inJavier Suarez(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmplo VenturesClaltechD&FG ElementsFELIX CAPITALIntrepid Growth PartnersKinnevik+11 more
REKKI provides software solutions for wholesale food suppliers to streamline operations and integrate with their existing systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFoodTechSaaSLondon, GB
Ronen Givon(Co-founder and CEO)inOrat Benyamini(Co-founder and COO)inNoam Givon(Co-founder)Borislav Nikolov(Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investorsAtomicoCavalry VenturesCherry VenturesCreandumNAPPoint Nine+1 more
Payments company aiming to make payments free.
Business banking/financial platform; CEO Oliver Prill provided a testimonial.
Co-investorsAnthemis VentureAugmentum CapitalAugmentum FintechSpeedinvestSquareOne Capital
Exits · 2
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioFigmaNYSE: FIGParsedacq. by Baseten
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Monzo · tech.eu · Aug 17, 2026
Perk · skift.com · Aug 10, 2026
Lightspeed · techcrunch.com · Aug 5, 2026
Justworks · pulse2.com · Jul 15, 2026
Motorway · total-croatia-news.com · Jul 2, 2026
Melio · blog.mexc.com · Jul 2, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Phoenix Court made?
- Phoenix Court has 20 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Phoenix Court invest at?
- Phoenix Court invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Phoenix Court focus on?
- Phoenix Court focuses on Impact & Social Good, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Phoenix Court located?
- Phoenix Court is headquartered in London, GB.
- Who does Phoenix Court co-invest with?
- Phoenix Court most often shares deals with LocalGlobe, Accel, Coatue Management, among 78 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 58
LocalGlobe is part of a multi-generational Phoenix Court platform that backs companies from pre-seed through public markets, founded by the Klein family who are considered founders of European seed investing with multi-decade relationships across the European tech ecosystem. The fund operates from a physical founder village at Phoenix Court in London and focuses on backing unconventional entrepreneurs in specific geographic neighbourhoods, having been among the earliest institutional backers of European outliers like Wise, Zoopla, and Citymapper.
Index Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm that backs companies from Seed to IPO and beyond, including through its dedicated seed fund Index Origin.
Coatue Management is a technology-focused investment firm that invests in innovation across both public and private markets with responsible risk management.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies focused on technology, mobile, and clean energy sectors, including biotechnology applications. The firm provides capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs developing breakthrough technologies across multiple markets.
Redpoint Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 1999 by former partners from leading venture firms, focusing on early-stage technology companies across multiple sectors. The firm leverages its partners' technology investment experience and an extensive network of entrepreneurs and industry contacts to support portfolio company growth.
Founder Collective is a seed and pre-seed stage venture capital firm that invests across sectors, describing itself as sector agnostic and anti-thematic.
Benchmark is a venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and Woodside that invests in early-stage startups.
Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City that invests at the edge of large markets undergoing transformation from technological and societal pressures.
Balderton Capital is a European venture capital firm that backs technology startups.
Entrée Capital is a venture firm run by former serial founders, managing $1.5bn across multiple funds with offices in Tel Aviv, London and New York.
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Target GlobalAndreessen HorowitzFounders FundCraft VenturesGreylock PartnersTechstarsUncork CapitalSV AngelFirst Round CapitalUberTrue VenturesDST GlobalSciFi VCFreestyle CapitalKapor CapitalFlybridge Capital PartnersInovia CapitalPractical Venture CapitalIA VenturesAbstract VenturesLowercase CapitalSocial LeverageUpfront VenturesGSV AccelerationBetaworks Ventures Management, LlcOutlander VCWorklife Ventures8-Bit CapitalViola VenturesValar Ventures LlcKohlberg Kravis Roberts9Yards Capitalfirstminute capitalOctopus VenturesVitalStage Ventures.406 VenturesActon CapitalWestern Technology InvestmentCambridge Innovation CapitalExpon CapitalCSC Venture CapitalGPO FundLaunchCapitalGovtech FundLool VenturesAccelerated Digital Ventures
Firms observed investing alongside Phoenix Court, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Phoenix Court's recorded portfolio.
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