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Uthishtan Ranjan

Investor

Principal at Octopus Ventures

London

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Uthishtan Ranjan is a Partner at Octopus Ventures, a venture capital fund with over £2 billion in assets under management, where he chairs the investment committee. He focuses on Series A and B funding rounds within the B2B software sector.

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Experience

  1. Octopus VenturesPartner & Chair of Investment Committeecurrent2024 — present
  2. Octopus VenturesPartnercurrent2023 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
  3. Octopus VenturesPrincipal2018 — 2023London, United Kingdom
  4. Flexzo AiBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
  5. Flexzo AiInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  6. DostBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  7. AlturaInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  8. Lyrebird HealthInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  9. bsportBoard Directorcurrent2024 — present
  10. SembleInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  11. VyntelligenceInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  12. HarbizInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  13. Interact SoftwareInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  14. LodgifyBoard Directorcurrent2022 — present
  15. Mention MeBoard Directorcurrent2021 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  16. TurtlNon Executive Directorcurrent2021 — present
  17. HomesearchInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  18. Natterbox LimitedNon Executive Directorcurrent2019 — present
  19. City PantryBoard Observer2018 — 2019London, United Kingdom
  20. Barclays Investment BankM&A Advisory and Financing2014 — 2018London

Education

  1. Imperial College LondonMaster of Engineering (MEng), Electrical and Electronic Engineering2008 — 2012
  2. Bancroft's School2006 — 2008

Same school

Also attended Imperial College London295

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Shared employers

Also worked at bsport2

Jebran RaashedInvestment Manager at Octopus VenturesFrederic HalleyManaging Partner at Sonorcap

Also worked at Semble3

Jebran RaashedInvestment Manager at Octopus VenturesSeb WallacePartner at Triple Point VenturesGeorge BevanVenture Partner at Bethnal Green Ventures

Also worked at Homesearch3

Pepe LopezDigital Designer at SuperSeedTiffany PhilippouAdvisor at 33EastPhilip PerrySenior Software Engineer at Kamma

Also worked at City Pantry21

Jan HammerInvestor at Index VenturesTom DyalCo-Founder at Redpoint VenturesRytisInvestor at Dig Ventures Management LimitedHenri MoissinacInvestor at FELIX CAPITALGiorgio PonticelliGrowth at Proximity CapitalFrancisco VelázquezChairman and Managing Partner at Axon Partners Group

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Colleagues at Octopus Ventures

Adam Said
Principal at Octopus Ventures
Alan Wallace
Investor at Octopus Ventures
Albert Puig
B2B Software at Octopus Ventures
Amy Nommeots-Nomm
Investor at Octopus Ventures
Angel Issa
Fintech at Octopus Ventures
Brandon Mhangami
Investor at Octopus Ventures
Chloe Allan
B2B Software at Octopus Ventures
Chris Oliver
People + Talent at Octopus Ventures

Network1

Enrique Penichet
Founding Partner at Draper B1

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