Connect Ventures

Connect Ventures is a venture capital firm that has invested in pre-seed and seed stage companies since 2012, operating from London. The firm says it looks for technical founders and backs them from the earliest stage of a company, aiming to build relationships that continue as businesses scale. Portfolio companies named on its site include Aikido, Nexcade, ai-coustics, Deepstash, Mosaico, Dust and TrueLayer, with quotes from founders describing the firm's involvement from pre-seed rounds through to later growth. Founders quoted on the site credit Connect with understanding both the technical and product sides of their businesses, and with acting as a long-term partner rather than focusing only on financial projections.