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BACKING FOUNDERS
FROM PRE-SEED TO SERIES A

Helps airlines boost customer loyalty through personalized, real-time rewards

Founded by: Harvey Lowe and Prithveesh Reddy

Safeguarding enterprises and organisations against AI-driven deception, misinformation, and digital risks

Founded by: Dr. Rupert Small

Powering AI for financial crime prevention

Founded by: Stephen Quick and Daniel Turner-Szymkiewicz

Simplifying the hosting and handling of media files for developers

Founded by: Paul Anthony Williams

The integration layer for healthcare access and payments.

Founded by: David Joerring and Tudor Cotop

AI tools for developers to generate and optimise their code

Founded by: Leslie Kanthan, Mike Basios, and Fan Wu

Enabling equitable access to credit.

Founded by: Eva Atkinson and Laura Mills

Occupancy software to help optimize the use of buildings and public spaces.

Founded by: Duncan Mann and Owen McCormack

AI tools to help businesses manage their critical documents.

Founded by: Charles Brecque

Digital platform for the care sector.

Founded by: Sam Hussain

Sustainable household and personal care products in reusable packaging.

Founded by: Nick Torday and Marcus Hill

Life insurance for those with chronic illnesses.

Founded by: Karan Mehta

Revolutionising digital ID verification for airlines

Founded by: Irra Ariella Khi

BACKING GROWTH
FROM SERIES A TO EXIT

Savings and investment app helping more than 1m people turn their money into something greater.

Co-investors: Fidelity Strategic Investments, Open CNP, Breega, Burda, and Polar Capital

Cybersecurity software to protect small and large businesses.

Co-investors: Whitestar Capital, MMC, Highland Europe, and InQtel Ventures

Digital platform to make consumer research simple.

Co-investors: NEA, Episode 1, and Hedosophia

Invests in transformational science and technology from the University of Oxford.

Co-investors: Wellcome Trust, Google Ventures, L&G, QIA, Temasek, and IP Group

Online men’s apparel brand

Co-investors: 24 Haymarket, Forward Partners, Business Growth Fund, and Seedrs

Online mental health therapy and coaching platform.

Co-investors: Octopus Ventures, 2Enable, Omers Ventures, and Manta Ray

The largest private network for medical scans.

Co-investors: Aviva, Triple Point, YZR, and Simply Health

Helping homeowners transition to low carbon living.

Co-investors: 2150 Capital, DN Capital, Literacy Capital, Anthemis Group, Inven, Local Globe, and FJ Labs

App for tracking spending across multiple payment cards

Co-investors: Connect Ventures, Speedinvest, Gauss Ventures, IDC Ventures, and Vulcan Fund

Free-to-play mobile games.

Co-investors: Pentech Ventures and Scottish Enterprise

Embedded insurance for the automotive sector.

Co-investors: Seedrs, Hiscox, QIC, QBN, andGuinness

Clinical stage immunotherapies for cancer.

Co-investors: South East Growth Fund, and Catapult

Rapid access to financial market data

Co-investors: Credit Suisse

Archiving Services for Big Data

Co-investors: Parkwalk, and IP Group

portfolio NEWS

Oxford Capital co-leads $1.5 million seed round in Arcube – Reinventing Airline Loyalty

February 12, 2025

Reinventing Airline Loyalty  With the rise of low-cost carriers, price comparison, and increased price sensitivity, airline passengers now disproportionately prioritise price over loyalty, and the frequent flyer programmers of years gone by unable to reward passengers sufficiently to counter this.  Arcube are solving this with …

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Backing Founders – Egregious

January 29, 2025

Curious about how AI is shaping the future of online dynamics? AI-powered bots and agents are a powerful tool but they also pose a growing threat. Watch our latest #BackingFounders episode with Rupert Small, PhD, founder and CEO of our portfolio company Egregious, and discover …

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Oxford Capital Co-Leads $1 million Investment in Egregious to Combat AI-Driven Superhuman Deception

January 21, 2025

Oxford Capital Co-Leads $1 million Investment in Egregious to Combat AI-Driven Superhuman Deception  Leading UK venture capital funds Oxford Capital and Fuel Ventures, have co-led a $1 million Pre-Seed funding round in Egregious, a pioneering company developing advanced technologies to defend humans from AI misuse. The …

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Due to the potential for losses, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) considers this investment to be high risk.

What are the key risks?

  1. You could lose all the money you invest
    1. If the business you invest in fails, you are likely to lose 100% of the money you invested. Most start-up businesses fail.
  2. You are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong
    1. Protection from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), in relation to claims against failed regulated firms, does not cover poor investment performance. Try the FSCS investment protection checker here.
    2. Protection from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) does not cover poor investment performance. If you have a complaint against an FCA-regulated firm, FOS may be able to consider it. Learn more about FOS protection here.
  3. You won’t get your money back quickly
    1. Even if the business you invest in is successful, it may take several years to get your money back. You are unlikely to be able to sell your investment early.
    2. The most likely way to get your money back is if the business is bought by another business or lists its shares on an exchange such as the London Stock Exchange. These events are not common.
    3. If you are investing in a start-up business, you should not expect to get your money back through dividends. Start-up businesses rarely pay these.
  4. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
    1. Putting all your money into a single business or type of investment for example, is risky. Spreading your money across different investments makes you less dependent on any one to do well.
    2. A good rule of thumb is not to invest more than 10% of your money in high-risk investments. https://www.fca.org.uk/investsmart/5-questions-ask-you-invest
  5. The value of your investment can be reduced
    1. The percentage of the business that you own will decrease if the business issues more shares. This could mean that the value of your investment reduces, depending on how much the business grows. Most start-up businesses issue multiple rounds of shares.
    2. These new shares could have additional rights that your shares don’t have, such as the right to receive a fixed dividend, which could further reduce your chances of getting a return on your investment.

 

If you are interested in learning more about how to protect yourself, visit the FCA’s website here.