About Annection
Annection is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. It is primarily based out of London, United Kingdom. As of Nov 2017, Annection has invested in 10 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United Kingdom based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Sunlight Speedinvest co-invest with Annection, sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Annection has team of 2 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Annection's List of Top Investments
Annection has a portfolio of 10 companies. Their most notable investmentis in AirTheir portfolio spans across United Kingdom and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, FinTech and 4 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Annection:1. Sunlight
Sunlight is a digital wallet and aggregator of online and offline courses, book providers and event providers for employee training. The platform allows companies to implement learning and development programs by allocating the L& D budget which can be spent on anything which qualifies as educational, that includes physical items such as books, digital items such as online courses, ebooks or learning platform subscriptions, events such as seminars and conferences, access to places such as museums and tuition for schools and universities.
Key facts about Sunlight
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.49M
- Employee Count: 13 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: Speedinvest, Animo and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Nov 01, 2017, $*****
2. Simplifyd
Cloud-enabled platform offering mobile application listing services. The platform offers a marketplace where app owners can list their mobile application and users can download/purchase it according to their preferences. It offers features like no modification after upgrading on the platform, policy management, etc.
Key facts about Simplifyd
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Hertford (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $500K
- Employee Count: 2 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: Y Combinator, Future Africa and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 21, 2022, $*****
3. Cardlife
Cardlife provide businesses the ability to monitor and manage all their subscriptions in one place and notify them if they’re overcharged and build intelligence to ensure they get the best deal.They also provide subscriptions expenses by team on dashboard and track employees for payments made on behalf of the business.
Key facts about Cardlife
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Employee Count: 2 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: Seedcamp, 500 Global and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jan 25, 2015, $*****
4. Polydone
It offers AI enabled project management platform to enterprises. Teams can create and collaborate on tasks, with forecasting and time estimation of projects, team performance analytics, project dashboard reporting and more. It also offers Slack Bot, which acts as productivity tool about what people are working on and tasks they’ve completed. It has a 2-way integration with Github, Kanban. Monetize on the user basis level along with functionalities required, with pricing ranging from £4 - £16/user/mo.
Key facts about Polydone
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $120K
- Employee Count: 1 - 10 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Techstars, Angels Den Funding and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, 2017, $*****
5. TapFuse
TapFuse provides mobile applications for events like conferences & corporate events, expos & trade shows, courses, seminars & workshops etc. Features include integrated websites, schedule management, business networking, live polling, and real-time feedback. Lets users take notes on the app during presentations. Customers include London Business School, Invesco, DMG Events, Kimberly-Clark Professional, Imperial College London, International Chamber of Commerce among others.
Key facts about TapFuse
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Funding Raised
- Employee Count: 8 as on Jan 31, 2017
- Investors: Annection and 1 Other
Annection's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Its most recent first time investment was in Sunlight.Annection's Investments by Stage
Annection has made 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $662K.Annection's Investments by Sector
Annection has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 9 Tech companies, 5 Software companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
Vertical SaaS | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Annection's Investments by Geography
Annection has made most investments in United Kingdom (1), followed by United States where it has made 1 investment.Annection's recent investments
Annection has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Annection:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 01, 2017 | United States | Seed | 6319 | [+1] | |
2017 | United Kingdom | Seed | 2028 | - |
Team profile of Annection
Annection has a team of 2 members located in United Kingdom. Annection's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Annection
Over the past 9 years, 3 investors have co-invested in Annection's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Annection: Seedcamp and Techstars have invested in rounds before Annection. There is 1 company where Seedcamp has invested before Annection and 1 company where Techstars has invested before Annection.
- Top Co-investors of Annection: Speedinvest entered a company along with Annection.
Recent News related to Annection
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Learning platform Sunlight closes £500,000 SeedUKTN•Nov 01, 2017•Sunlight, Speedinvest, Seedcamp, Annection
