About EC1 Capital
EC1 Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. It is primarily based out of Crawley, United Kingdom. As of Oct 2017, EC1 Capital has invested in 23 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 Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Loyaltylion Overall, EC1 Capital portfolio has seen 6 acquisitions including key companies like Toothpick, Kontainers and Seene. A lot of funds co-invest with EC1 Capital, with names like Firestartr sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
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EC1 Capital's List of Top Investments
EC1 Capital has a portfolio of 23 companies. Their most notable investments are in Hands HQ and UserReplay.Their portfolio spans across United Kingdom, Ireland and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail and 11 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by EC1 Capital:1. Loyaltylion
Provider of loyalty solutions for e-commerce businesses. Its features include loyalty mails, loyalty tiers, in-cart rewards, referrals, loyalty analytics, and more.
Key facts about Loyaltylion
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $12.9M
- Employee Count: 62 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Downing, Kennet Partners and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 16, 2021, $*****
2. WeSwap
WeSwap provides multi-currency exchange prepaid card and app-based mobile wallet for the traveler. Users swap currency with each other at the interbank exchange rate and pay a transparent fee. As well as an online account which can hold multiple currencies, users receive the WeSwap Prepaid MasterCard(R) which enables them to access the funds in their account anywhere that accepts MasterCard. The app is available for Android and IOS platforms.
Key facts about WeSwap
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Annual Revenue: £1M - £10M as on Dec 31, 2017
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $35.8M
- Employee Count: 314 as on Feb 28, 2026
- Investors: IW Capital, Alliance Trust and 64 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jul 12, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Toothpick
Online platform where users can find dentists and book appointments for dental check-up or treatment. Features - live booking, aggregated reviews, their own rating system and price comparison for both NHS and private dentists. Provides booking engine, webpage listing, reviews to dentists. Currently lists over 14k dental clinics and has booked over 700k appointments. over 50 per cent of appointments on Toothpick are booked outside of practice opening hours, and 60 per cent via mobile and tablet.
Key facts about Toothpick
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Ilford (United Kingdom)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $1.47M
- Employee Count: 10 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Passion Capital, EC1 Capital and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Apr 02, 2013, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Tailster
An online marketplace that allows pet owners to find, compare and book pet care services. The Pet owner's job requests will be matched with nearby sitters and will receive price quotes from available sitters. Pet owners can compare sitters, review profiles, and choose a suitable sitter. Payments have to be made through an online portal.
Key facts about Tailster
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $640K
- Employee Count: 28 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Zag, EC1 Capital and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jul 15, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Evvnt
evvnt is a multi channel local event distribution service. evvnt broadcasts and publishes an event to 50+ event listing sites including Facebook to access thousands of unique event consumers, clearly visible in organic search, mobile and tracked results. Recently, acquired Evently and EventSneaker in april, 2014. Integrated with Eventbrite to allow organisers to connect their Eventbrite account and import existing events, or set up new ticketed events directly. Consequently, the Eventbrite ticketing website URL will be distributed to 40-plus listings sites based on genre and location.
Key facts about Evvnt
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $497K
- Employee Count: 25 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Medra Capital, 50flastartups.com and 48 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Apr 05, 2014, $*****
EC1 Capital's Investments by Stage
EC1 Capital has made 21 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $861K and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 21 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
EC1 Capital's Investments by Sector
EC1 Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Retail, Consumer, Vertical SaaS and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 20 Tech companies, 12 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 11 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 9 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 9 |
Retail | 7 |
Consumer | 6 |
Vertical SaaS | 3 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 2 |
Others | 12 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
EC1 Capital's Investments by Geography
EC1 Capital has made most investments in United Kingdom (20), followed by Ireland where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | 20 |
Ireland | 1 |
United States | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
EC1 Capital's recent investments
EC1 Capital has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by EC1 Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Oct 2017 | United Kingdom | Series A | 7659 | ||
Sep 07, 2017 | United Kingdom | Seed | 6153 | ||
Mar 16, 2016 | United Kingdom | Series A | 4421 | [+2] | |
Feb 24, 2016 | United Kingdom | Series A | 4090 | ||
Sep 10, 2015 | United Kingdom | Seed | 4250 | [+1] |
Acquired companies in EC1 Capital's Portfolio
6 companies from EC1 Capital's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Hands HQ in Aug 2025 by Health & Safety Institute for $*****.Here are EC1 Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 06, 2025 | Jul 08, 2013 | Seed | 1609 | |
Jun 11, 2020 | Jun 25, 2015 | Seed | 3470 | |
Nov 09, 2017 | Apr 02, 2015 | Seed | 8515 | |
Jun 03, 2016 | Feb 2014 | Seed | 7942 | |
Nov 09, 2015 | Apr 02, 2013 | Seed | 9868 |
Co-investors of EC1 Capital
Over the past 14 years, 112 investors have co-invested in EC1 Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before EC1 Capital: Robbi Afnaim, Bryan Naftalin and 65 others have invested in rounds before EC1 Capital. There is 1 company where Robbi Afnaim has invested before EC1 Capital and 1 company where Bryan Naftalin has invested before EC1 Capital.
- Top Co-investors of EC1 Capital: 17 investors entered a company along with EC1 Capital. These include investors like Firestartr (2 companies).
- Invested after EC1 Capital: A total of 28 investors have invested in EC1 Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Kennet Partners (1 company), Downing (1 company) and Mark Brian Jannaway (1 company).
Recent News related to EC1 Capital
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Atico to acquire Toachi Mining to create new copper-gold companyMining Technology•Jul 09, 2019•Toachi Mining, Atico Mining, Hands HQ, EC1 Capital
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Snapchat secretly acquires Seene, a computer vision startup that lets mobile users make 3D selfiesTechCrunch+•Jun 03, 2016•Snapchat, Seene, Kima Ventures, Knight Foundation and 1 other
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User Replay Raises $4.7M in Funding |FinSMEsFinSMEs•Feb 24, 2016•UserReplay, Longwall Venture Partners, Episode 1 Ventures, EC1 Capital and 1 other
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Big Data For Humans Secures $1.2M Seed Funding For Data Science-As-A-Service – TechCrunchTechCrunch+•Sep 10, 2015•Big Data For Humans, EC1 Capital, Firestartr, Scottish Enterprise
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Canon Acquires London-Based Family-Photo Sharing Startup LifecakeTechCrunch+•Apr 23, 2015•Lifecake, Canon Nederland, Balderton Capital, EC1 Capital and 1 other
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User Replay, A ‘Black-Box Recorder’ For E-Commerce Sites, Scores $3.2M For U.S. ExpansionTechCrunch+•Oct 30, 2014•UserReplay, Episode 1 Ventures, EC1 Capital, The FSE Group
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User Replay grabs $3.25 mln Series A - PE HubPE Hub•Oct 30, 2014•UserReplay, EC1 Capital, STAR-ACHATS
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Family Photo-Sharing Service Lifecake Launches, Backed By $1.1 Million In Seed Funding – TechCrunchTechCrunch+•Nov 20, 2013•Lifecake, Balderton Capital, EC1 Capital, Techotopia
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Tech Start-up, User Replay Totals £1.2m in Funding with VC Investment of £335kUKBAA•Sep 25, 2013•UserReplay, EC1 Capital, STAR-ACHATS
