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Concept Ventures
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
London, England 11,281 followers
Concept Ventures is the UK’s largest dedicated pre-seed fund backing founders reshaping how we Work, Play & Learn.
About us
Concept Ventures is the UKs largest dedicated pre-seed fund at £54M, backing founders laser-focused on reshaping how we work, play, and learn. Being first-cheque investors, we understand the importance of being flexible, founder-first partners at the earliest of stages. We invest up to £750K initially and can shape or join your rounds of up to £2m, also reserving a portion of our fund to support you to Series A and beyond. We are always looking to meet with ambitious and promising entrepreneurs, please apply for funding via our website: www.conceptventures.vc We are the only venture capital firm with the "Venture Impact Pledge" which commits a portion of our exit profits to important social causes of the founder’s choice. This aligns our investment with the socially responsible values held by our founders to make a positive impact.
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https://conceptventures.vc
External link for Concept Ventures
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- London, England
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2018
- Specialties
- Start ups, FinTech, Financial Services, PropertyTech, Entrepeneurs, Venture Capitalism, Proptech, and Investment Management
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20 Victoria Street
London, England SW1H 0NB, GB
Employees at Concept Ventures
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Oliver Kicks, Partner at Concept, spoke to Sifted regarding the R&D Tax landscape in the UK. 💭There have been some big changes recently on how the government are processing these, and Oliver says ‘’Essentially founders need to be a lot more careful and considerate when thinking about R&D rebates as part of their startups runway.’’ Also friend of the firm Adam McCann, who built Claimer , has put together this great resource piece. https://lnkd.in/dVcnE8yK
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🚀 Exciting Opportunities Alert! Our portfolio companies are expanding and hiring for various roles – with lots of remote positions available! Check out the latest openings: 🔗 ElevenLabs - Senior Customer Success Managers, Engineers, Account Executives, Head of Marketing https://lnkd.in/d7h838Rn 🔗 Emperia - Business Development Rep, Engineers and Developers https://lnkd.in/dz6pAbeD 🔗 Oneday - various Entrepreneurs in Residence positions https://lnkd.in/dfhauQgm 🔗 Screenloop - Accountant, FP&A Manager https://lnkd.in/dznbGpM9 🔗 Zelt- Strategic Marketer https://lnkd.in/d39WGKnS Know someone who’d be a great fit? Tag them in the comments! 🌟 #hiring #innovation #jobvacancy
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‘’VC Madness’’ in Belfast📍 Last week Oliver Kicks visited Ormeau Labs in Belfast as part of their Founder Labs programme, where he, alongside other VC Investors from Earlybird Venture Capital, Ascension, Frontline Ventures and Techstart Ventures LLP, engaged in a series of one-on-one mentorship sessions with the founders taking part. 🚀 💫Oliver Kicks says, ‘’It was my first time visiting the Belfast tech ecosystem, and it was a delight to see what Gary Davidson and the team have built. We’re proud investors in Digital Iron here, and as a firm we’re excited to spend much more time in Northern Ireland going forward.”
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Thrilled to announce our latest investment! 🚀 Concept Ventures led a $1M pre-seed round in Jigcar, a startup revolutionising logistics for car dealer groups. 🔧 Why Jigcar? Founded by ex-Cazoo team members with deep industry expertise Applying excellent product experience to a large, unloved sector Impressive traction since their January 2024 launch Already working with top UK dealers like Glyn Hopkin Group, Steven Eagell, and Perrys Motor Sales Ltd. We're excited to support Jigcar's vision for modern automotive logistics software. This investment aligns perfectly with Concept's mission to back exceptional UK talent early in their journeys. 💡 Jigcar's impact - their first customer, Glyn Hopkin, has seen: 1.2-day reduction in car movement time £200k+ additional profit from increased stock sales Forecasted six-figure logistics cost savings this year We're not alone in our excitement for Elliott Perks, Rupert Wood, and Jackson Jacob's potential; industry executives from Hendy Group, Motorpoint, Carwow, Impel, and Cox Automotive Inc. have also participated in this round. Congratulations to the Jigcar team! Read more on our blog cc. Kaysan Nikkhah, Alec Dent, Simon Bottomley MBA, Reece Chowdhry, Horatio Palamountain, James Hind
Jigcar, founded by ex-Cazoo team, raises $1m to optimise car dealer group logistics management
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⭐ Our Q2 wrap-up newsletter is out Find out all the good news we have to share; https://lnkd.in/ePX5tX6F TLDR; 🚀We welcome new PortCo’s! 💡Industry Features and Insight 📚The Operator to Founder Journey 💼Our portfolio companies are on the lookout for top talent 🎙️Throwback to our events and panel discussions If you believe you’re part of the top 1% of founders who possess the potential to build legendary companies, we can’t wait to hear from you. https://lnkd.in/egnDntjG #ConceptVentures #StartupSuccess #InnovateWithUs #TechCareers #EarlyStageInvestment #Newsletter #StayConnected #vacancies #founders Gendo AI, Haz, Digital Iron, Bleach Cyber | Techstars ‘23, Treefera, Symbe, Ontik, Jamie Rumbelow, Harriet
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It was such a pleasure to be on the 20VC Angel podcast with the legendary Kieran Hill. Kieran and I have been investing together for seven years. As outsiders to VC, we’ve shared countless war stories, exits, highs, and lows. We’ve learned so much together, and Kieran has always had Concept Ventures’s back. Coming on the 20VC Angel podcast to share our journey of Concept felt like coming full circle. Kieran once gave me a piece of advice that has always resonated with me as a pre-seed investor: “Never stop investing.” This mantra guides me to this day, and we talk about it on the podcast in detail. I’m incredibly grateful for his guidance and partnership. Stay tuned!
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🎉Thank You for an Amazing Summer Party! 🌞 We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us for our summer party, marking another fantastic year! 🧑🤝🧑Surrounded by so many of our founders, co-investors, LPs, close Angels, and our industry friends, it was great to see the depth of community we have built so-far at pre-seed - and we’re excited to keep on growing🧑🤝🧑 💫 A huge shoutout and thank you to Jonette Jimenez, Mike A., and the team at Google for Startups for hosting us. #SummerParty2024 #VC
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Very humbled to win the Seed VC of the Year at the UK Business Angels Association awards. I remember attending my first UKBAA award 5 years ago and being inspired by what people in the room had achieved. It's been an incredible year for us, so it's amazing to be recognised for the hard work and dedication the team has put in over the years. It's such a joy to work with Jeff Chowdhry, Oliver Kicks, Ariel Rahamim, Seyon Indran, Anrea Munsamy, and Lauren Sauerland. These things are only made possible with incredible partners - first, our founders, who make the impossible become possible every day and inspire us. Our LPs like Dominus and British Business Bank, who believed in our unique people-centric approach to investing at pre-seed when others did not. Lastly, our service providers, HSBC Innovation Banking , Crest Communications, Coutts, Harper James and Morgan Lewis who support us every day. Massive thanks to the UKBAA. Roderick Beer, who supported us from the very start, and HSBC Innovation Banking , who sponsored the award. Finally, a massive shout-out to our portfolio company Treefera and Caroline Grey, who were nominated last night and gained a special mention at the awards.
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'AI' is everywhere; we've all experimented with many tools and APIs. It's becoming increasingly apparent that the next wave of products, tools and software will be heavily AI-enabled. Still, few teams are applying this new technology to real customer problems. George Proud and Will J. of Gendo AI are among these few, and we are incredibly excited to see them building next-gen tooling for architects and designers globally today with the public launch of their visualisation product. We led their $1.1m pre-seed last year and are delighted to see how quickly they've moved and the scope of what they've built. cc. Carles Reina, Dima Shvets, Milo K., Ascension, Reece Chowdhry .
Announcing Gendo's Pre-Seed Round
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