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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 Other B2B Software · Other · eCommerce & Marketplaces; 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.
Episode 1’s selected top 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 →
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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Other B2B Software2
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Other2
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eCommerce & Marketplaces2
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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 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 35 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 entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsWhere 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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