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Episode 1 Ventures
Venture capital firm · Founded 2013 · Active in 2026
Episode 1 Ventures is a venture capital firm based in UK, founded in 2013. The page below shows 7 Power Law outcomes from Episode 1 Ventures's portfolio — 6 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 1 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in eCommerce & Marketplaces · Other B2B Software · Other; top portfolio geographies are UK · USA · Ireland. Episode 1 ranks #353 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
Episode 1’s biggest exits.
Episode 1 portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
The 7 Episode 1 Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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UK4
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USA2
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Ireland1
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eCommerce & Marketplaces2
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Other B2B Software2
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Other2
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Cybersecurity1
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Series B+3
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Series A1
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Seed3
Episode 1’s biggest current holdings.
An estimate of Episode 1’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 2 companies where Episode 1 is a named shareholder, worth about $64M in estimated equity value.
Estimated value = Episode 1’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Episode 1's 7 Power Law outcomes.
How does Episode 1 stack up?
Episode 1 in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 609 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by selected outcome stageSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsBeyond Unicorns — how the portfolio compounds
% of each investor's unicorn portfolio that later crossed $10B, $25B and $50B. Pick a sort tier and entry stage.Where Episode 1's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
No founder origin data is tracked yet for the Episode 1 portfolio.
Key people at Episode 1.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Episode 1 Ventures
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Episode 1 on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
In the news
Latest news about Episode 1 Ventures
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Episode 1 — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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