VC firm
Episode 1 Ventures
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-17Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Funds
- 1
- Check size
- We invest between £250k and £2m, with a target ownership stake of 10-20% for lead cheques and 5-10% for follower cheques.Source (opens in a new tab)
- episode1.com (opens in a new tab)
- LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
- Blog (opens in a new tab)
- Team page (opens in a new tab)
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Record updated 27 September 2026
About
We’re founders and operators who have been investing in founders like you for over 20 years. Your job is to build the dream - our job is to help remove any obstacles along the way.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- Our focus is getting Pre-Seed and Seed B2B software companies to a successful Series A.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Leads rounds
- Sometimes
- Lead policy
- Our preference as a fund is to lead your round with a cheque of up to £2m and take a 10-20% stake in the process. If we see an exciting opportunity to co-invest and fill the remainder of a round that already has a lead, we consider follower cheques up to £1m in size.
- Ownership target
- with a target ownership stake of 10-20% for lead cheques and 5-10% for follower cheques.
- Reserves policy
- Our preference is to take our pro-rata in rounds up to and including your Series-A. We don’t usually follow-on beyond Series-A.
- Eligibility
- Historically we have tended to avoid B2C and hardware businesses, although there are exceptions…
- Investing status notes
- If you would like to send a pitch deck, please click on the 'submit your deck' link below
Funds
- third fund
- $76MMain fund, Announced close
Locations
- Office
- London, United Kingdom
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