# Octopus Ventures

The VCs that could run the UK’s £1bn Scale-Up Fund

From Octopus Ventures to Molten Ventures, here are the investors that could land the mandate to manage the pot

Europe’s leading pre-seed investors in 2026

From London to Helsinki: the VC funds consistently backing Europe's earliest-stage startups

Europe’s 50 most active equity investors in H1 2026

Frontier computing mapped: 70+ companies racing to power the AI era

The startups that could finally shift the continent from consumer to competitor

Spend platform Vertice tops Sifted’s second UK and Ireland leaderboard

Launching today, the Sifted 100: UK and Ireland ranks the region’s fastest growing startups