About AlbionVC
AlbionVC is a venture capital firm founded in 1996. It is primarily based out of London, United Kingdom. As of Sep 2026, AlbionVC is an active investor, having invested in 144 companies, with 13 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United Kingdom based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Outerlimit Overall, AlbionVC portfolio has seen 1 unicorn, 6 IPOs and 30 acquisitions including key companies like Quantexa, Seldon and Bango. A lot of funds co-invest with AlbionVC, with names like Evolution Equity Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. AlbionVC has team of 25 people including 15 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 2 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Unicorns
Deals in last 12 months
AlbionVC's List of Top Investments
AlbionVC has a portfolio of 144 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Treefera and Trumpet.Their portfolio spans across United Kingdom, United States, Germany and 4 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Life Sciences and 29 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by AlbionVC:1. Oviva
Provider of an online nutritional consultation platform for patients. It offers personalised dietary advice combined with unique digital tools. The dietitian offers personalized guidance based on their needs and answers user's questions in regard to dietary management solutions. They also help users to track their daily activities for better health outcomes. The app gives daily motivation and tips to users to reach their goals.
Key facts about Oviva
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Annual Revenue: £10M - £50M as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $118M
- Employee Count: 946 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Earlybird, Temasek and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jan 22, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Academia
Academia is a social knowledge-sharing platform for researchers. Users can share papers, monitor their impact, and follow the research in a particular field. It also enables users to review each others' papers online and award them a PaperRank, a rank that determines the quality and validity of a paper. The platform also helps in boosting citations for research papers.
Key facts about Academia
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $58.4M
- Employee Count: 132 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Greyrock Investments, Spark Capital and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Feb 22, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Quantexa
Developer of decision intelligence software for data analysis and management. This platform connects fragmented data sources to reveal relationships between entities. It utilizes graph analytics and artificial intelligence to automate decision-making processes across various sectors. The software assists in financial crime prevention, risk management, and customer intelligence by unifying siloed datasets into a single foundation. It provides tools for data quality assessment, lineage tracking, and the creation of reusable data products to support analytical models. The technology enables organizations to ground automated agents in real-world context for improved operational efficiency and investigation accuracy.
Key facts about Quantexa
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Annual Revenue: £100M - £500M as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series F
- Total Funding till date: $545M
- Employee Count: 881 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: GIC, Abn Amro and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Mar 05, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Elliptic
Provider of blockchain analytics software for digital asset risk management. This technology enables the screening of transactions and wallets to identify potential financial crime. It facilitates the monitoring of digital asset activity to detect illicit behavior and assess risk levels associated with stablecoin issuers and decentralized finance protocols. The software provides tools for forensic investigations, allowing for the tracing of funds across different blockchain networks. It also offers data integration capabilities to support compliance workflows and regulatory reporting requirements.
Key facts about Elliptic
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Annual Revenue: £10M - £50M as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $224M
- Employee Count: 265 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Nasdaq, SoftBank Vision Fund and 36 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jul 11, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Seldon
Open source framework for deploying ML models. The cloud-based solution converts ML models or language wrappers into production REST or GRPC microservices. It provides scaling solutions to the production of models and features ML tools such as advanced metrics, request logging, explainers, outlier detectors, AB Tests, canaries, and more.
Key facts about Seldon
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $39.1M
- Employee Count: 87 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Bright Pixel Capital, Cambridge Innovation Capital and 26 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 16, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
AlbionVC's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
AlbionVC has invested in 145 companies over the last 20 years, with an average of 7 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 13 investments, while as of Sep 2026, it has made 13 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Outerlimit and most recent follow-on round was in Gridcog.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 10 | 3 | 13 |
2025 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
2024 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
2023 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
2022 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
2021 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
2020 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2018 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
AlbionVC's Investments by Stage
AlbionVC has made 42 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $10.3M, 31 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $6.09M, 10 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $26.4M and 2 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $62.4M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
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Series A | 42 |
Seed | 31 |
Series B | 10 |
Series C | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
AlbionVC's Investments by Sector
AlbionVC has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, FinTech, High Tech, HealthTech and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 128 Tech companies, 122 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 85 Software companies and at least 43 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 59 |
FinTech | 22 |
High Tech | 19 |
HealthTech | 17 |
Vertical SaaS | 16 |
Others | 83 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
AlbionVC's Investments by Geography
AlbionVC has made most investments in United Kingdom (80), followed by United States where it has made 4 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | 80 |
United States | 4 |
Germany | 1 |
Sweden | 1 |
Switzerland | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
AlbionVC's recent investments
AlbionVC has made 13 investments in 2026 so far. Outerlimit and Oshen Data are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by AlbionVC:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 22, 2026 | United Kingdom | Seed | 8965 | ||
Aug 24, 2026 | United Kingdom | Series A | 4124 | [+2] | |
Aug 21, 2026 | United Kingdom | Series A | 9029 | [+2] | |
Jul 08, 2026 | United Kingdom | Series A | 3892 | [+4] | |
Jul 03, 2026 | United Kingdom | Seed | 7594 | [+5] |
Unicorns in AlbionVC's Portfolio
AlbionVC has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Quantexa. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Quantexa which became a unicorn in 2023, 2 years after AlbionVC first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in AlbionVC's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
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71 | Provider of decision intelligence software for connecting fragmented enterprise data | 2016 | London | Series F | umq{cry |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in AlbionVC's Portfolio
6 of AlbionVC's portfolio companies have become public. Arecor got listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), in Jun 2021 at marketcap of $92.8M and Achilles Therapeutics got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) at marketcap of $731M.Here are AlbionVC's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Jun 03, 2021 | - | - | 3064 | |
Mar 31, 2021 | - | - | 2601 | |
Jun 08, 2018 | - | - | 1931 | |
Jun 30, 2005 | - | - | 7403 | |
Aug 03, 1984 | - | - | 1379 |
Acquired companies in AlbionVC's Portfolio
30 companies from AlbionVC's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Seldon in Jun 2026 by TrueFoundry for $*****.Here are AlbionVC's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Jun 24, 2026 | Nov 18, 2020 | Series A | 6203 | |
Aug 14, 2025 | Jul 28, 2022 | Seed | 6593 | |
Jun 20, 2025 | Jul 07, 2017 | Seed | 3111 | |
Jun 04, 2025 | Jun 30, 2022 | Series B | 5419 | |
Nov 12, 2024 | - | - | 7375 |
Team profile of AlbionVC
AlbionVC has a team of 25 members including 15 Partners and 2 Principals located in United Kingdom. AlbionVC's team sits on the board of 4 companies.Here is a list of top team members in AlbionVC:
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Co-investors of AlbionVC
Over the past 20 years, 438 investors have co-invested in AlbionVC's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before AlbionVC: Albion Capital Group, IQ Capital and 167 others have invested in rounds before AlbionVC. There are 11 companies where Albion Capital Group has invested before AlbionVC and 4 companies where IQ Capital has invested before AlbionVC.
- Top Co-investors of AlbionVC: 190 investors entered a company along with AlbionVC. These include investors like Evolution Equity Partners (5 companies).
- Invested after AlbionVC: A total of 79 investors have invested in AlbionVC's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Notion Capital (2 companies), Kreos Capital (2 companies) and Temasek (1 company).
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