About OpenSeed VC
OpenSeed VC is a venture capital firm founded in 2024. It is primarily based out of London, United Kingdom. As of Mar 2026, OpenSeed VC is an active investor, having invested in 3 companies, with 2 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in Nigeria based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Outpost Bio A lot of funds co-invest with OpenSeed VC, with names like Plug and Play Tech Center sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. OpenSeed VC has team of 2 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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OpenSeed VC's List of All Investments
OpenSeed VC has a portfolio of 3 companies. Their most notable investments include Intron and Outpost Bio.Their portfolio spans across Nigeria, United Kingdom and United States. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences, across Seed stage. Here is the list of all investments by OpenSeed VC:
1. Intron
Developer of speech recognition and text-to-speech APIs for voice applications. The company provides application programming interfaces to power context-specific and domain-specific voice applications. These applications include clinical ambient listening, medical dictation, judicial and legislative transcription, and voice commands for mobile app interactions. The APIs also support reproductive health voice bots, call center automation, meeting minutes, and voice authentication.
Key facts about Intron
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Lagos (Nigeria)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.6M
- Employee Count: 79 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Octopus Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jul 25, 2024, $*****
2. Outpost Bio
Developer of artificial intelligence to analyze microbial ecosystems for medicine. It builds a closed-loop engine pairing wet lab science with machine learning. This creates foundational models and datasets to advance open science. It enables a new generation of predictive medicine through microbial interactions. The company seeks collaborators with pre/post-intervention datasets of the microbiome.
Key facts about Outpost Bio
- Founded Year: 2025
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $3.5M
- Employee Count: 12 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Seedcamp, Merantix Capital and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 02, 2026, $*****
3. Heywa Labs
Developer of an AI-powered visual search and discovery consumer application. The application transforms how users interact with information through curated visual experiences. It delivers visual experiences that help users make decisions and explore ideas. The company focuses on building systems that adapt in real-time.
Key facts about Heywa Labs
- Founded Year: 2025
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $5M
- Employee Count: 15 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Plug and Play Tech Center, Cherry Ventures and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 12, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
OpenSeed VC's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
As of Mar 2026, it has made 2 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Outpost Bio.OpenSeed VC's Investments by Stage
OpenSeed VC has made 3 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.37M.OpenSeed VC's Investments by Sector
OpenSeed VC has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech and Life Sciences. Notably, it has invested in 3 Tech companies, 2 AI-Native companies, 2 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 2 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
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Enterprise Applications | 2 |
High Tech | 2 |
Life Sciences | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
OpenSeed VC's Investments by Geography
OpenSeed VC has made most investments in Nigeria (1), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Nigeria | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
United States | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
OpenSeed VC's recent investments
OpenSeed VC has made 2 investments in 2026 so far - Outpost Bio and Heywa Labs.Here are the most recent investments by OpenSeed VC:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Mar 02, 2026 | United States | Seed | 5994 | [+2] | |
Feb 12, 2026 | United Kingdom | Seed | 6944 | [+3] | |
Jul 25, 2024 | Nigeria | Seed | 4963 | [+4] |
Team profile of OpenSeed VC
OpenSeed VC has a team of 2 members including 2 Partners located in United Kingdom and United States. OpenSeed VC's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of OpenSeed VC
Over the past 2 years, 11 investors have co-invested in OpenSeed VC's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Top Co-investors of OpenSeed VC: 11 investors entered a company along with OpenSeed VC. These include investors like Plug and Play Tech Center (2 companies).
Recent News related to OpenSeed VC
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Female-led BioTech startup OutPost Bio raises €2.9 million to make human microbiology computableEU-Startups•Mar 02, 2026•Outpost Bio, Merantix Capital, Seedcamp, OpenSeed VC and 1 other
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