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Fuel Ventures

Founders Mark Pearson

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Total investments 157
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$4M
Portfolio companies 105
Rounds per year 17.44
Lead investments 37
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.32
Exits 1
Key employees 4
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Internet
  • SaaS
  • FinTech
  • E-Commerce
Summary

In 2014 was created Fuel Ventures, which is appeared as VC. The main office of represented VC is situated in the London. The company was established in Europe in United Kingdom.

This organization was formed by Mark Pearson. We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.

The important activity for fund was in 2019. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The average startup value when the investment from Fuel Ventures is 1-5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 44 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United Kingdom. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight SHIFT, Capdesk, EventsCase. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as E-Commerce, SaaS.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Fuel Ventures, startups are often financed by Sussex Place Ventures, Seedrs, London Co-Investment Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Seedrs, Ascension Ventures Limited, Sussex Place Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Seedrs, Force Over Mass Capital, Unilever Ventures.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Trudenty

Identity Management
$500K15 Jan 2024 -

Jenesys

Accounting
Payments
Software
$1M14 Dec 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Cult Mia

E-Commerce
Fashion
Retail
$3M10 Nov 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Eilla AI

Web Development
$1M09 Nov 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Nu-Credits

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Information Services
Information Technology
$763K06 Nov 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Slinger

Hospitality
Recruiting
Staffing Agency
$685K19 Oct 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Fantastic Days

Beauty
E-Commerce
$8M25 Sep 2023 Dalian Shi, Liaoning, China

NerdApp

Information Technology
Technical Support
$2M02 Aug 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Odore

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Big Data
Content Marketing
Digital Marketing
Direct Marketing
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Software
$5M01 Aug 2023 London, England, United Kingdom
News
CookUnity whips up nationwide expansion following $47M round

– CookUnity, a subscription-based meal delivery startup, raised $47m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Insight Partners and joined by Endeavor Capital and previous investors IDCV, Fuel Ventures and Gaingels.
– The company has now raised a total of $70m since its inception in 2018.

Independent retailer platform Creoate raises $5M seed led by Fuel Ventures

– Creoate, a startup that lets independent retailers buy sustainable products from brands and wholesalers, has raised a $5m seed round.
– The round was led by Fuel Ventures, with participation from Vinted founder Justas Janauskas.
– Its competitors include traditional wholesalers that have supplied independent retailers for decades, and other startups such as Faire (U.S., raised $696 million) and Ankorstore (France, raised €115 million).
– Creoate says it helps retailers forecast which products will sell well so they can buy and manage inventory levels more easily.
– It says its cataloging software allows retailers to deal with fewer middlemen.
– Launched in January 2020, the platform now claims 25,000 retailers across the U.K., France and Netherlands.

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Total investments 157
Average round size 4M
Rounds per year 17.44
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 37
Follow on index 0.32
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.52

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Trudenty

Identity Management
$500K15 Jan 2024 -

Jenesys

Accounting
Payments
Software
$1M14 Dec 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Cult Mia

E-Commerce
Fashion
Retail
$3M10 Nov 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Eilla AI

Web Development
$1M09 Nov 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Nu-Credits

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Information Services
Information Technology
$763K06 Nov 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Slinger

Hospitality
Recruiting
Staffing Agency
$685K19 Oct 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Fantastic Days

Beauty
E-Commerce
$8M25 Sep 2023 Dalian Shi, Liaoning, China

NerdApp

Information Technology
Technical Support
$2M02 Aug 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Odore

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Big Data
Content Marketing
Digital Marketing
Direct Marketing
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Software
$5M01 Aug 2023 London, England, United Kingdom
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