- One of UK’s most active early stage investors
- 170+ Investments to date
- 30+ new 'first cheque' investments per year
- 20 Seed/Follow On investments per year
- £210m Invested to date
- £400m AUM (Assets under management)
- Multi-award winning Fund
About Fuel Ventures
Fuel Ventures is a leading UK venture capital fund specialising in early stage high growth technology startup investments with disruptive and ambitious founders who strive to build global multi-billion dollar businesses. Fuel provides entrepreneurs with expertise and insights in business development, marketing and brand-building through its experience of building, scaling and exiting global companies. Since its inception in 2014, Fuel Ventures has invested over £210 million into more than 170 UK companies. One of the first investors in companies such as Volt valued at £256m (one of the fastest growing FinTech in Europe), ContentCal who were acquired for £110m by Adobe ($198b market cap), and Capdesk who were acquired for $88m by Carta ($8.5b market cap). Founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs.
Additional facts and figures
- Assets Under Management (AUM): £400 million, making Fuel Ventures one of the fastest growing and most active early-stage UK tech investment funds.
- Investment Portfolio: Over 170 investments into high-growth sectors, including SaaS, FinTech, Platforms and Marketplaces. Notable investments include Volt, a payments platform disrupting financial technology, OnBuy, a fast-growing UK-based online marketplace challenging global e-commerce giants, Abingdon, a provider of mission critical VMS software in vertical markets and Hotel Manager, a no-code platform that can be used to manage your hotel, from guest experience through to hotel operations.
- Funding Rounds and Capital Deployed: Fuel Ventures has participated in hundreds of funding rounds, with typical capital injections ranging from £250k to £5 million.
- Strategic Guidance: Our team, led by experienced entrepreneurs and our advisory network, allows for high-touch guidance. Noteworthy successes include Cult Mia, a female lead online luxury fashion marketplace building the leading platform to discover sustainable and conscious independent designers from around the world, which has expanded significantly under Fuel Ventures’ operational support and strategic direction having recently been invested into by H&M Ventures.
- Significant Investor Base: Over 1,000 individuals, consisting of exited technology entrepreneurs, financial services professionals, Family Offices and Corporate investors.
Meet our founder
Mark Pearson is an entrepreneur and investor with over 20 years of experience. As the Founder of Fuel Ventures, one of the UK’s most successful early-stage tech investors, he personally invests in every fund. From an initial investment of £300 Mark grew MyVoucherCodes into the second biggest deals-comparison brands in Europe (by revenue and audience). In 2014 Mark exited MyVoucherCodes for a reported £55 million. In addition to this, Mark also built up a personal investment portfolio of several companies, one of which was the first investor in Paddle, a UK tech unicorn (worth $1.4 billion). Father of two children, lives and breathes entrepreneurship and being a passion-fueled voice to support current and future founders, Mark is driven by his goals to make an impact in the UK and around the globe to encourage others in the tech world via entrepreneurship and innovation.
