Hoxton Ventures
www.hoxtonventures.comHoxton focuses on finding Europe's best early-stage tech startups and building them into large revenue, category-defining companies. They invest in seed and pre-seed rounds across deliberately anti-thematic sectors, with particular strength in AI, deep tech, biotech, and developer tools, seeking founders ambitious to win the US market early.
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Hoxton Ventures operates as a conviction-driven, early-stage investor that seeks to back brilliant founders building companies of significance in new market categories. They believe ‘great companies are built by great teams, not by venture capitalists’ and practice a Silicon Valley-influenced approach adapted for Europe. Their philosophy centers on maximizing upside potential over minimizing risk, investing in founders with technical expertise or domain mastery who are mission-driven to solve fundamental problems.
What Sets Them Apart
- Deliberately anti-thematic approach: 'Only a small handful of companies grow into tomorrow's winners. Nearly all sit in new market categories that aren't obvious at the time.'
- 50+ years combined Silicon Valley tenure providing senior US relationship access that competitors lack
- Fair-term early investment with reserved follow-on capital rather than take-it-or-leave-it terms
- Hands-on partnership model: 'We work hard behind the scenes to maximize value' through introductions, hiring support, market intel, and strategic partnerships
- Conviction-first approach: willing to be the only investor or write first large checks without herd mentality
- Partner-only firm structure ensuring founder-focused support from experienced operators
- NVIDIA partnership: one of five firms selected to work with NVIDIA in Europe for AI ecosystem acceleration
Portfolio Highlights
Phagos
Deep Tech
Deliveroo
Consumer
Peptone
Biotech
Pact Earth
Sustainability
FINESSE
Enterprise
XYZ Reality
Deep Tech
Darktrace
Cybersecurity
Lumi
Unknown
+ 55 more companies in their portfolio
Investment Team
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