Octopus Ventures
Venture capital
RollingLast verified 6 Nov 2026
Octopus Ventures' First Cheque II is a dedicated pre-seed fund investing in UK and European startups across AI, healthcare, biotech, deeptech, fintech, and robotics.
9 deals in the last 24 months, latest 5 Nov 2026. From its website and its deals in the news.
Key facts
- Stages
- Pre-seed, Series A, Series B, Series C+
- Sectors
- B2B SaaS, Biotech & pharma, Climate & energy, Other deeptech, Fintech, Healthtech
- Ticket
- €119.9K+
- Typical round size
- €20.6M (median of its recent deals, not a ticket)
- Leads rounds
- 56% of recent deals with a known role
- Eligible countries
- Not stated
- Provider based in
- United Kingdom
- Timing
- Rolling applications
- Focus
- B2B Software; Bio; Climate; Consumer; Deep Tech; Fintech; Health
- How to apply
- Application form · Apply on their site
Recent deals
| Company | Round | Sectors | Amount | Role | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braid | Series A | Travel & hospitality, Consumer apps | €33.9M | lead | 5 Nov 2026 |
| Dost | Series A | AI & machine learning, Fintech | €7.2M | lead | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Semble | Series C+ | Healthtech | €36M | participant | 4 Jun 2026 |
| Automata | Series C+ | Medtech, Hardware & IoT, AI & machine learning | €40.3M | participant | 29 Jan 2026 |
| deskbird | Series B | B2B SaaS, HR tech & future of work, Proptech & construction | €20.6M | lead | 24 Sep 2025 |
| Apheris | Series A | B2B SaaS, Healthtech, Biotech & pharma | €20.1M | participant | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Apheris | Seed | AI & machine learning | €8.7M | lead | 24 Mar 2025 |
| Apheris AI | Series A | €7.4M | participant | 28 Jan 2025 | |
| bsport | Series B | B2B SaaS, Marketplaces | €30M | lead | 19 Dec 2024 |
Evidence
Short excerpts from the sources, in their original language, that back the facts above.
- Kind
Octopus Ventures, part of Octopus Investments and a pan-European venture capital team
https://octopusventures.com/blog/octopus-ventures-launches-first-cheque-ii-the-second-iteration-of-its-pre-seed-fund-backing-the-next-generation-of-ambitious-entrepreneurs - Sectors
spanning sectors including AI, biotech and healthcare, deeptech, fintech, robotics and the technologies reshaping the physical world.
https://octopusventures.com/blog/octopus-ventures-launches-first-cheque-ii-the-second-iteration-of-its-pre-seed-fund-backing-the-next-generation-of-ambitious-entrepreneurs - Stages
First Cheque I and II are dedicated pre-seed funds that back ambitious entrepreneurs from the very beginning of their startup journey.
https://octopusventures.com/blog/octopus-ventures-launches-first-cheque-ii-the-second-iteration-of-its-pre-seed-fund-backing-the-next-generation-of-ambitious-entrepreneurs
Status history
- 6 Nov 2026: Rolling → Uncertain (freshness: investor activity)
- 6 Nov 2026: Rolling (first extraction)
- 6 Nov 2026: Uncertain → Rolling (profiles: investor activity)
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