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Samos Investments

Venture Capital · Founded 2008 · London, United Kingdom

A venture capital investor with a focus on high-growth European businesses

45 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $365M invested · 62 investments · Investor rank #6,620 · Last investment 2/2026
Portfolio companies 45 ↑ 18% 5y
Decacorns 0
Thoroughbreds 6
01 · Biggest holdings

Samos Investments’ biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Samos Investments still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Where a cap table names Samos Investments directly, the stake and its estimated value are shown too.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 MoneyboxUnicorn · Fintech · UK $1.1B
  2. 2 Bloom & WildHome Living · UK $528M
  3. 3 ZencargoTransportation · UK 4.17% $154M $10M

Estimated value = Samos Investments’ 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 →

02 · Exits

Samos Investments’ biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Samos Investments’ transaction record.

$1.2B IPO · 2010
Now $3.7BFood
$1.2B IPO · 2014
Now $2.9BReal Estate
$1.8B IPO · 2010
Now $455MSports
$1.2B acquisition · 2020
Entered SeedWellness Beauty
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Samos Investments’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 45 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. UK75
  2. USA4
  3. China1
  4. Kenya1
  5. Spain1
  6. Sweden1
By sectorCount
  1. Health17
  2. Enterprise Software9
  3. Fintech8
  4. Marketing8
  5. Real Estate7
  6. Wellness Beauty7
  7. Fashion6
  8. Transportation6
  9. Food5
  10. Home Living5
  11. Media5
  12. Jobs Recruitment4
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed33
  2. Series A10
  3. Series B+2
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth40
  2. Breakout Stage27
  3. Late Growth16
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Samos Investments’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 45 tracked.

GridPoint
Real Estate
$480M
Curve
Fintech
$195M
Signal AI
Media
$660M
Carwow
Transportation
$208M
Moneybox
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
Bloom & Wild
Home Living
$528M
Aztec Protocol
Fintech
$400M
Spotahome
Real Estate
$200M
Permutive
Marketing
$300M
BMLL Technologies
Security
$130M
Second Home
Real Estate
Ometria
Marketing
$160M
Papier
Home Living
$200M
Zencargo
Transportation
$154M
Betfair
Sports
$455M
Ocado
Food · Unicorn
$3.7B
Kheiron Medical Technologies
Health
$86M
Lick
Real Estate
$58M
Wirescreen
Enterprise Software
Lantum
Health
$60M
Koru Kids
Kids
$22M
Skin+me
Health
$53M
Metomic
Security
$80M
Hummingbird Technologies
Food
$10M
Zoopla
Real Estate · Unicorn
$2.9B
Doctify
Health
$40M
VIEVE
Wellness Beauty
$29M
Coniq
Marketing
$12M
Adzuna
Jobs Recruitment
$42M
Lavanda
Real Estate
$29M
Global App Testing
Enterprise Software
$34M
Urban
Real Estate
$22M
Axiom Therapeutics
Health
$60M
VITL
Health
$33M
Round
Fintech
$24M
Urban
Health
$29M
Electric Twin
Marketing
$39M
Shennon Biotechnologies
Health
$52M
Quill (now Jellyfish)
Media
$19M
Universal Quantum
Semiconductors
$19M
Callosum
Semiconductors
$41M
Trusted Housesitters
Travel
$100M
Ruka
Wellness Beauty
$18M
Kabbee
Transportation
$20M
Jude
Health
$18M
Weengs
Transportation
$22M
VouchedFor
Fintech
$22M
eporta
Home Living
$32M
Zyper
Marketing
$26M
Everpress
Gaming
$310K
XOXO Soda
Food
$21M
Level Zero Health
Health
$28M
Materials Nexus
Energy
$14M
Emoticast
Music
$20M
Code First: Girls
Education
$24M
Mantle
Wellness Beauty
$11M
Urban Legend
Food
$16M
Luo
Fintech
$15M
Hesta Health
Health
$11M
Petagene
Health
$7.9M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Samos Investments’ portfolio founders come from.

116 founders across the 84 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United Kingdom90
  2. United States11
  3. British Indian Ocean Territory2
  4. Kenya2
  5. Spain2
  6. Sweden2
  7. Belgium1
  8. France1
  9. Germany1
UniversityCount
  1. University of Cambridge16
  2. University of Oxford11
  3. University College London8
  4. London School of Economics and Political Science5
  5. Harvard Business School4
  6. Eton College3
  7. Harvard University3
  8. King's College London3
  9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology3
  10. The University of Manchester3
Previous companyCount
  1. Entrepreneurs First12
  2. McKinsey & Company5
  3. Bain & Company4
  4. Morgan Stanley4
  5. Peterhouse4
  6. University of Cambridge4
  7. Alphabet | Google3
  8. NHS England3
  9. University of Oxford3
  10. Vita Coco3