Looking for Funding?
The Fuel Ventures funds have invested in 85+ Concept/Pre-Seed companies & 70+ Seed-Series A companies. Are you an early-stage tech company looking for Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A Round funding?
160+
COMPANIES IN THE FUEL VENTURES FUND PORTFOLIO
The Fund's Investment Focus
BOTH B2B & B2C
PRE-seed & Seed
Seed
EIS Fund
Pre-Seed
SEIS Fund
Fuel Ventures Funds' Portfolio
Equity management platform for private companies
How are founders supported?
Fuel Ventures was founded by a successful entrepreneur who built his own company and scaled it to a £55m exit. We know how hard building fast growth companies is and use all our operational expertise and experienced network to help companies grow. We leverage our knowledge and networks to support founders on a range of issues including:
Hear what founders have to say:
"Fuel Ventures are a unique investor who are plugging a very important gap in the UK VC ecosystem between ‘Pre seed-Series A’ with meaningful multi million £ tickets. Fuel Ventures were the obvious go to for me when I was raising my £1m+ seed round."
Tom Greenwood, Volt
"From my first meetings with the team, I was met with an appreciation of who I am as a human, the value I add to the ecosystem and the belief in my ability to follow through and be successful with building a valuable company. So far the team has been valuable for me as I navigated testing periods and provided thought partnerships whilst I was making the important decisions along the way."
Lerato Matsio, Trudenty
"Fuel Ventures have been instrumental in my successful journey as a Founder. The Fuel Ventures funds provided both our seed and follow on funding, along with introducing us to other strategic VCs. We eventually sold to Carta creating a significant outcome for all parties involved. If I start another business I will certainly be going back to Fuel for my seed round!"
Christian Gabriel, Capdesk
"I have raised 6 rounds of funding for 2 ventures from top UK VCs in the last decade and I can categorically say that Fuel Ventures stand apart from all the others. They feel like a natural extension of the founding team, someone who has your back. I can wholeheartedly recommend them as partner to any entrepreneur"
Som Sinha, SAI Group
"Fuel Ventures will always have a place close to my heart. They placed trust in me for my seed round, all the way through to guiding me through to a successful exit of my business in being acquired by Adobe. I’m pleased that I’ve been able to return Fuel Ventures many multiples of their invested capital."
Alex Packham, ContentCal
"Fuel Ventures is an entrepreneur-led fund that understands the challenges and opportunities of building a successful startup. They have been a great partner to us and have assisted in achieving our growth targets, along with successful introductions to our follow on VC investors. I would recommend any early stage Founder to work with Fuel."
Leo Bradshaw, Peckwater Brands
"We have worked with Fuel Ventures in both our pre-Seed and our recent Seed round, and I would just like to say how grateful we are to have had their guidance and support throughout the journey. We see Fuel as an extension of our team, and they have proven to be invaluable to Supportwave’s success."
Kelvin Wetherill, Supportwave
EIS vs. SEIS: Eligibility Criteria
The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) are two initiatives implemented by the UK government to encourage innovation by increasing investment into early-stage, high-risk businesses in the UK.
The differences between EIS and SEIS are primarily around the type of company to which they are applicable to and the type of tax relief they offer to underlying investors. While there are key difference between the two schemes, it is worth noting that SEIS and EIS can be used in tandem. Some of the key differences between the schemes are highlighted here:
Maximum trading period to date
Maximum total investment under the scheme
Maximum gross assets
Maximum full time staff
EIS
7 years
£12m
(£20m if Knowledge Intensive)
£15m
250
SEIS
3 years
£250,000
£350,000
25
