Episode 1 is an investment firm that has been supporting founders for over 20 years. They provide not only financial support but also deep engagement and assistance to help startups grow. The team is composed of experienced individuals with diverse backgrounds and a passion for learning. Their focus is on investing in Pre-Seed and Seed B2B software companies to help them reach a successful Series A.

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Episode 1, the backer of successful companies like Carwow, Touch Surgery, Zoopla and Attest, is an early stage venture capital firm based in London, with a £60m fund to invest in UK software driven startups.

Episode 1 leads rounds of £500k to £3m into fantastic teams with real insight into markets that are emerging or evolving. As an early stage fund, we invest in the best opportunities, but are particularly interested in how emerging “deep tech” technologies are disrupting industry, and how technology is reinventing markets.

We are the company builders that take you on your entrepreneurial journey from Seed to Series A.

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Incredible achievement by the entire Phasecraft team on closing their recent £13m Series A! Co-founders Ashley Montanaro, Toby Cubitt, John Morton are driving forward their mission to revolutionise quantum computing through cutting-edge software algorithms, spanning applications from clean energy to healthcare. We are very excited about their journey ahead 🚀 After investing in their seed round, we’re excited to be following on in this round alongside Playground Global, AlbionVC, Parkwalk Advisors, LCIF LTD and UCL Technology Fund. 

Bloomberg has more: https://lnkd.in/dhcbFDX7

Discover the secrets of unicorn founders 🦄

After interviewing over 25 unicorn and 75 'soonicorn' founders on Riding Unicorns, our Partner, Hector Mason has gone through his notes and uncovered the traits that make them successful.

He pulled this all together in a 4-minute read which you can find here👉 https://lnkd.in/efNcJM76

Some big news today at Robin AI! We are incredibly proud to announce that we have raised $10.5m in Series A funding. The round, led by Plural Platform, will be used to accelerate and scale our unique ‘lawyer-in-the-loop’ AI model and has enabled us to acquire a cohort of customers from Lawgeex.

Additionally, we have partnered with Anthropic to integrate their LLM into our contract platform to make our software available to everyone, for the first time ever. Stay tuned for more updates this week and watch out for coverage by The Telegraph, Sifted, and Insider Business today. 

A big thank you to our investors, customers, and network for your role in getting us to this milestone! Read about our story and ambitious growth plans. https://lnkd.in/eqBe4A3F

#RobinAI #SeriesA #fundraise #acquisition #generativemodels #LLM #AI #legaltech #Anthropic

Tom Blomfield backs startup bringing generative AI to legal sector. ⚡️

Riding the wave of generative AI investments spurred by the excitement around tools like ChatGPT, Robin has secured backing from lead investor Plural.

It also attracted capital from fellow investors Episode 1 Ventures, and an angel cohort that included Monzo founder Tom Blomfield.

➡️ https://lnkd.in/eU-NDwtA 🔗

#ai #legalsector #investment #generativeai #angel #UKtech 

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