--- title: "17 Corporate Venture Capital Firms in the UK (Nov 2026): 10 Free" last_updated: "2026-11-09" rows: "17" free_rows: "10" source: "Official registers and each organization's own website" canonical: "https://theinvestordatabase.com/lists/corporate-venture-capital-uk/" --- # 17 corporate venture capital firms in the UK We list 17 corporate venture capital firms in the UK as of November 2026: each was checked on its own website or an official register, and the list was last checked on 9 Nov 2026. The cities with the most head offices on this list are London (12), Hatfield (1) and Potters Bar (1). - 17 firms - 1 with a fund filing or dated deal in the last 12 months - 76 named decision-makers on file ## First 10 of 17 corporate venture capital firms in the UK | Investor | Type | HQ | Stages (our research) | Focus (our research) | Latest fund or deal | Fund size | Checked | Profile | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | LifeArc Ventures | Corporate VC | London, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Healthtech, Biotech, Medtech | | £1.3B (own site) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/lifearc-ventures/ | | NextEnergy Group | Corporate VC | London, United Kingdom | | Climate Tech, Energy, Mobility | | $5.0B (own site) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/nextenergy-group/ | | Barclays Climate Ventures | Corporate VC | London, United Kingdom | Growth | Climate Tech, Energy, Industrial Tech, Proptech | | £500M (own site) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/barclays-climate-ventures/ | | dmg ventures | Corporate VC | London, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth | Fintech, Logistics, Food and Beverage, Media | | £250M (own site) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/dmg-ventures/ | | Btomorrow Ventures | Corporate VC | London, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Food and Beverage, Healthtech, Logistics, Consumer | | £350M (own site) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/btomorrow-ventures/ | | InMotion Ventures | Corporate VC | London, United Kingdom | Pre-seed, Seed | AI, Mobility, Climate Tech, Industrial Tech | Portfolio news, Mar 2026 | | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/inmotion-ventures/ | | Cambria Private Capital | Corporate VC | Hatfield, United Kingdom | Seed, Growth | Mobility, Climate Tech | Portfolio news, Oct 2025 | | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/cambria-private-capital/ | | HSBC Ventures | Corporate VC | London, United Kingdom | | Fintech, AI, Cybersecurity, Crypto and Web3 | Portfolio news, Mar 2025 | | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/hsbc-ventures/ | | Kiko Ventures | Corporate VC | United Kingdom | Seed, Growth | Climate Tech, Energy, Industrial Tech, Mobility | New deal, Mar 2025 | | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/kiko-ventures/ | | Edenred Ventures (Edenred Capital Partners) | Corporate VC | London, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Future of Work, AI, Mobility, B2B | | | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/edenred-capital-partners/ | You are seeing 10 of 17. The full list adds 7 more firms and 76 named decision-makers. Get all 17 firms and 76 named contacts, $49, one-time: https://theinvestordatabase.com/buy/list/corporate-venture-capital-uk This page: https://theinvestordatabase.com/lists/corporate-venture-capital-uk/ ## Method and limits - Source: No row on this list rests on an SEC filing. All 17 have a website we checked. Filing date and fund size are SEC data where a filing exists. Stage, sector and check size are our research. - Inclusion rule: Organizations that back startups. Individuals, buyout funds and firms we found to be inactive are left out. Type: we class every organization on this list as "Corporate VC", from its own site or a filing. - Order: Activity score out of 100: recency of the latest fund filing or dated deal (50: full marks within 3 months, then stepping down at 6, 12 and 24 months), size of the fund on file on a log scale (35) and completeness of the public record (15). It is a measure of activity and fit, not of quality or returns. - Fill rates: Of 17 rows: stage 15, sector 17, fund size 5, website 17. In the paid file: named decision-makers on 15 rows, firm email on 6, LinkedIn page on 8, check size on 8. ## Questions ### How many corporate venture capital firms in the UK are there? We list 17 as of November 2026. 1 of the 17 has a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months. The cities with the most are London (12), Hatfield (1) and Potters Bar (1). ### Which sectors do corporate venture capital firms in the UK back most? On this list: climate tech (12), SaaS and B2B software (9), healthtech and digital health (7) and energy (7). Sector is our research and a firm can carry more than one. ### Which corporate venture capital firms in the UK raised a new fund in the last 12 months? None of the 17 has a fund filing dated in the last 12 months on file; 1 has other dated activity in that time (portfolio news), most recently InMotion Ventures (portfolio news, Mar 2026). ### Which stages do corporate venture capital firms in the UK back? Of the 15 with a stage on file, seed (12), Series A (10) and growth-stage (8). A firm can back more than one stage, and 2 rows have no stage on file yet. ### Where does the data on corporate venture capital firms in the UK come from and how often is it updated? All 17 rows were checked on the firm's own website, with official registers and national venture capital association directories as the starting point. Filing date and fund size come from the filing. Stage, sector and check size are our research. Rows on this list were last checked on 9 Nov 2026 at the latest. The whole file is re-verified twice a year. ### Can I download the list of corporate venture capital firms in the UK as a spreadsheet? Yes. The file holds all 17 rows in Excel and CSV, with 76 named decision-makers and 6 firm emails, for $49 one-time. 10 rows are free on this page.