RLC Ventures
Venture capitalLondon · Pre-Seed–Series B · 2 people tracked
Investment thesis
RLC Ventures (operating a pre-seed offering called Concept) backs founders at the earliest stage, writing first cheques of up to $1.5m without requiring traction or market consensus. Its philosophy treats pre-seed as a deliberate focus rather than a placeholder, prioritizing conviction and early belief in founders. The firm emphasizes streamlined, standard term sheets so founders can focus on building instead of negotiating. It also highlights a 'founders backing founders' model, in which roughly 70% of its portfolio entrepreneurs have become investors in the fund, creating a network where successful founders support the next generation.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 16, 2026.
Team · 2 people
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What they invest in
from 32 of 48 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×20SaaS ×17Enterprise Software ×12Developer Tools ×5Fintech ×4Gaming ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3HR Tech ×3
HQs:United Kingdom×13United States×4
Who they back
founder profiles across 22 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×102 founders×93 founders×14+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 14 founders with education data
University of Cambridge ×3Imperial College London ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 17 founders with career history
Quit Genius ×2
Investments · 48 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12022 · 12 dated
Led by Caoimhe Murphy (ex-Hubspot & Synthesia, CEO).
Anam builds real-time interactive AI avatars that replicate human appearance and behavior for use in employee and customer-facing applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB
Caoimhe Murphy(Co-Founder and CEO)inBen Carr(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsTechstarsTorch Capital
Led by Nino D'Adhemar, serial founder and CEO.
Archestra provides security and guardrails for enterprise AI agents to prevent unauthorized data access and misuse.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareLondon, GB
Matvey Kukuy(CEO and Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsForewordRTP GlobalTenacity CapitalVisible VenturesZero Prime Ventures20VC
Architect provides an AI agent that installs on a company's website with one line of code to answer visitor questions, personalize pages in real time, and help convert visitors into buyers.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSLondon, GB
Chris Nicolas(Founder)inTed Eltringham(Founder)in
Co-investorsInsiders VenturesProject A VenturesRace CapitalTogether FundTq Ventures Llc
Founded by Aneesh Varma, an exited founder.
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 VenturesOutrun Ventures
Founded by Nick D'Alosio, serial founder with 2 exits.
Associated with Nic Tresegnie, CTO (ex-Epic & Superawesome).
Captur provides on-device image validation and scoring against user-defined policies for field teams and enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Charlotte Bax(Founder)in
Co-investorsMMC VenturesRally Ventures Management, LlcAscension VenturesSure Valley VenturesTwo Culture Capital
Founding chairman Felix Leuschener, serial founder.
Concept Ventures is a dedicated pre-seed venture capital fund focused on early-stage startups, described as Europe's largest of its kind with over $200m in assets under management.
Sector Agnostic
Reece Chowdhry(Founding Partner)in
Co-investors7percent Ventures
Dash Games develops casual mobile games, starting with Puzzle Punks, a player-versus-player match-3 game for iOS and Android.
GamingLondon, GB
Francisco Furtado(Founder)in
Co-investorsSisu Game Ventures
Dex is an AI-powered recruiting platform that matches software engineers with relevant job opportunities through curated role recommendations and direct access to hiring teams, eliminating traditional application processes.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS
Paddy Lambros(CEO & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsNotion CapitalA16Z Speedrun
Digital Iron is an AI platform for heavy machinery aftersales teams, offering tools for troubleshooting, parts lookup, job quoting, and identifying recurring service issues.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaS
Co-investorsAcurio VenturesEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)
ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company that builds voice generation and audio processing platforms for creating human-like voice interactions with technology.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB
Mati Staniszewski(Founder & CEO)inPiotr Dabkowski(Co-founder)inHannah C(Founder)Mateusz Jakub Staniszewski(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAir Street CapitalAlkeon InnovationAndreessen HorowitzAntiAspire11BroadLight Capital+23 more
Emperia offers a no-code platform for creators, studios and enterprises to build and deploy cross-device virtual worlds and 3D virtual stores from game-engine models, running on web and spatial computing devices.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaS
Olga Dogadkina(Founder)in
Co-investorsDaphniSony Ventures CorporationBase10 Partners
Fabra is a browser-based 3D product design platform for creating apparel and physical goods, letting users drag and drop materials, Pantone colors, prints, and graphics with realistic lighting.
Advanced ManufacturingRetail TechSaaSOrmond Beach, US
Nick Manks(Founder)in
Co-investorsJanuary CapitalSide Stage Ventures
Gendo provides an AI-native collaborative workspace for architecture teams to generate, iterate, and make visual decisions within their design workflow.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSUK, GB
George Proud(CEO & Co-founder)inWill Jones(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsLEA PartnersPT1Ascension Ventures
Gretel was a startup that built a software product used by various companies before ceasing operations.
SaaS
Co-investorsEnzo VenturesExtension Fund
Landmark Games develops games, as indicated by its branding and mission statement on the website.
Gaming
James Older(Founder)inDave Burpitt(Founder)in
Co-investorsInreach VenturesMoonfire VenturesProject A Ventures
Founded by Ross Targett, a 2x exited founder who sold to Roblox.
Ontik provides a platform for trade suppliers that automates invoice chasing, payment collection, and reconciliation across SMS, email, and letter, syncing settled payments back to the customer's ERP.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
John Smith(Founder)in
Co-investorsPT1firstminute capitalFJ LabsIllusian
PeopleForce is an HRMS platform that enables companies to manage employee goals, performance reviews, recruitment, leave requests, and development plans through customizable workflows and automated processes.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsChicago VenturesDniproSturgeon Capitalu.ventures
Playgap provides a predictive AI SDK for mobile game developers that identifies likely payers in real time and promotes in-app products instead of standard ads during ad requests.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningGamingLondon
Dima Roznouski(Founder)inLuke Aviet(Director)Dzmitry Roznouski(Director)
Playter provides business financing for SMEs in the UK, using Open Banking to offer funding that can be accessed within 24 hours.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investors1818 Venture CapitalW11 Capital
Scribeless offers a direct mail platform that automates personalized handwritten marketing letters at scale for businesses.
AdTechMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsSuperSeed
Skiller Whale delivers intensive micro-workshops led by expert practitioners to help engineering teams develop skills through hands-on learning and experiential education.
Developer ToolsEdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR Tech
Hywel Carver(Founder)in
Co-investorsBrighteye VenturesPlayfair Capital
Sohar Health is a front-end revenue cycle management platform that uses technology and machine learning to automate insurance claims processing for healthcare providers.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechNew York City, US
Dr Ashish Mandavia MD(Founder)inLucas Gordon(Founder)inAshish Mandavia(MD)in
Co-investorsKindred CapitalY CombinatorCharacterGeneral CatalystRebel Fund
Co-investorsBowery CapitalTechstart Ventures
Superlinked builds SIE, an open-source inference engine that runs specialized AI models on shared GPUs, enabling organizations to reduce API costs and improve control over their AI infrastructure for search and document processing workloads.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
DanielBen
Co-investorsIndex VenturesSamsung NextTheory VenturesEpisode1Firestreak VenturesKAYA+4 more
Symbe offers a business case platform for value-based B2B sales and go-to-market teams to build and automate ROI-focused business cases.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Thomas Laurbjerg(Founder)inLuis Martin Blinder Acenal(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsPactNotion CapitalPact VC
TrackTitan provides sim racing coaching and analytics to help drivers improve their lap times regardless of their budget or background.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyGamingSports Tech
London, GB
Caroline Grey(Founder)Jonathan Horn(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlbionVCEndeit CapitalJanuary VenturesNotion CapitalTwin Path Ventures
Vsim builds simulation technology and software for robotics, letting AI agents learn to solve complex tasks in accurately simulated worlds much faster than before.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsManchester, GB
Kier Storey(Founder)Michelle Lu(Founder)
Co-investorsSamsung NextIQ Capital
Verax provides a platform to help enterprises securely adopt generative AI, offering real-time visibility, governance, and policy enforcement across AI usage while maintaining compliance and data protection.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Leo Feinberg(Co-founder & CEO)inOren Gev(Co-founder & CTO)inOren G.(Founder)inLeonid (Leo) Feinberg(Founder)in
Co-investorsCardumen CapitalTq Ventures LlcXTX Markets
Founded by Michelle Lu & Kier Storey, ex-NVIDIA PhDs.
Waypoint operates a digital platform for purchasing, selling, and financing physical commodities including fertilisers and chemicals internationally.
AgTechB2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFintechLogistics & Supply ChainNew Materials
Co-investorsBowery CapitalProject A Ventures
Wrist provides customer-centric, data-driven insurance experiences, including subscription-based insurance products and real-time analytics tools for insurance partners.
Data & InfrastructureInsurTechLondon, GB
Darius Kumana(Founder)in
Co-investorsFlow CapitalMundi VenturesOxfordQBN CapitalVolution Ventures
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
ElevenLabs · en.wikipedia.org · Aug 11, 2026
Architect · finsmes.com · Jun 18, 2026
Archestra · fundraiseinsider.com · Jun 7, 2026
Dex · thesaasnews.com · Jun 2, 2026
Captur · londonstockexchange.com · Mar 11, 2026
Fabra · businessnewsaustralia.com · Nov 11, 2025
Jigcar · motortrader.com · Oct 7, 2025
Arondite · trysignalbase.com · Sep 29, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has RLC Ventures made?
- RLC Ventures has 45 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does RLC Ventures invest at?
- RLC Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is RLC Ventures's typical check size?
- RLC Ventures typically writes checks of $1.5M.
- What sectors does RLC Ventures focus on?
- RLC Ventures focuses on Enterprise Software, Marketing Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is RLC Ventures located?
- RLC Ventures is headquartered in London, GB.
- Does RLC Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, RLC Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does RLC Ventures co-invest with?
- RLC Ventures most often shares deals with Concept Ventures, Index Ventures, MMC Ventures, among 72 tracked co-investors.
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