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Early-stage UK VC Episode 1 closes $95M third fund

From TechCrunch

By Paul Sawers

February 5, 2024

Early-stage UK VC Episode 1 closes $95M third fund

Early stage Europea venture capital (VC) firm Episode 1 has closed its third fund at £76 million ($95 million), as the London-based investor turns to in-house “data-driven deal sourcing tools” to find the next big thing.

Founded in 2013, Episode 1 has a handful of exits to its name from the 70 or so companies it’s invested in over the past decade — these include 3D mapping platform FatMap, which was acquired by Strava last year, and recipe-kit startup SimplyCook which Nestlé snapped up in 2021.

Episode 1 has two previous funds, a £37.5 million inaugural pot followed by a £60 million tranche in 2017, both of which had the backing of a U.K. government scheme known as the Enterprise Capital Fund (via the British Business Bank) which pools public and private funds to invest in “high-growth” businesses.

This time around, Episode 1 has again taken government capital, but via a different vehicle known as the National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), a joint initiative between the British Business Bank and the U.K. government targeted at “advanced technology” firms.

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