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Techstart Ventures
First-cheque venture fund backing founders based in Scotland and Northern Ireland at inception and pre-seed, usually leading or investing alone, with reserves for follow-on rounds.
- Type
- VC firm
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Backs
- B2B software
- Sectors
- AI, Media, Generalist
- Portfolio mix
- B2B software 57%; Marketplaces 10%; Climate and energy 7%; Deep tech 7%; Consumer products 7%; Hardware 7%; Biotech and pharma 3%; Medtech and digital health 3% (n=30)
- Website
- www.techstart.vc
Contacts on file
For Techstart Ventures, the paid file holds: 5 named decision-makers with roles; firm contact email (domain checked); check size; how to pitch (the route the firm publishes); LinkedIn page.
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Notable investments
CloudsmithRayloNeurolabsEnzaiContinuum Industries
Sources
- www.techstart.vc/
- www.techstart.vc/team
- www.techstart.vc/portfolio
- www.techstart.vc/approach
- www.techstart.vc/investment
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Appears in 14 lists
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