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Start Fund

Venture Capital · Founded 2011 · London, United Kingdom

#302 Investor Ranking 2026 Top 2% of investors worldwide
48 Portfolio companies
5 Unicorns
55 Investments
Aug 2016 Last investment
01 · Biggest holdings

Start Fund’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Start Fund still holds, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Dealroom has no parsed shareholder register for Start Fund, so the size of each stake isn’t shown.

#CompanyValuation
  1. 1 ClassDojoUnicorn · Telecom · USA $1.2B
  2. 2 SiftUnicorn · Security · USA $1.0B
  3. 3 EasyPostUnicorn · Transportation · USA $1.0B

Unicorns and thoroughbreds Start Fund has backed and still holds, at Dealroom’s latest valuation. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →

02 · Portfolio analysis

Where Start Fund’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 48 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA48
  2. UK1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software12
  2. Media7
  3. Fintech6
  4. Telecom6
  5. Education5
  6. Security4
  7. Food3
  8. Health3
  9. Transportation3
  10. Gaming2
  11. Marketing2
  12. Music2
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed45
  2. Series A2
  3. Series B+1
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth26
  2. Breakout Stage15
  3. Late Growth8
03 · Portfolio market map

Inside Start Fund’s portfolio.

The 44 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 48 tracked.

GoCardless
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.2B
SingleStore
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.3B
ClassDojo
Telecom · Unicorn
$1.3B
Submittable
Media
$366M
Sift
Security · Unicorn
$1.0B
FiveStars
Food
$105M
LendUp
Fintech
Science Exchange
Health
$80M
Comprehend
Health
$60M
Quartzy
Marketing
$68M
Mino Games
Gaming
$150M
Clever
Telecom
$468M
YourMechanic
Telecom
$18M
ZeroCater
Food
$60M
EasyPost
Transportation · Unicorn
$1.0B
Kamcord
Telecom
$40M
drchrono
Health
$48M
BuildZoom
Real Estate
$42M
Swiftype
Enterprise Software
$52M
Apptimize
Enterprise Software
$50M
Mattermark
Enterprise Software
$1.0M
SmartThings
Security
$50M
Scan
Telecom
$50M
Streem
Media
$27M
Noteleaf
USA
$44M
Parse
Enterprise Software
$22M
Verbling
Media
$11M
MinoMonsters
Gaming
$8.8M
Kicksend
Media
$4.0M
One Month
Education
$7.6M
Priceonomics
Fintech
$6.0M
DoubleRecall
Media
$6.4M
Flutter
Enterprise Software
$40M
Inporia
USA
$5.2M
TrustEgg
Fintech
$4.0M
Videopixie
Media
$4.4M
Streem
Media
$3.5M
MindSumo
Telecom
$4.0M
Earbits
Music
$120K
SwipeGood
Fintech
$2.0M
StoryWorth
USA
$500K
WireOver
Security
BakedCode
Food
$680K
ViaCycle
Transportation
$500K
04 · Portfolio founders

Where Start Fund’s portfolio founders come from.

53 founders across the 49 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 States41
  2. United Kingdom4
  3. Netherlands2
  4. Argentina1
  5. Canada1
  6. Sweden1
UniversityCount
  1. Harvard University3
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology3
  3. University of California, Berkeley3
  4. University of Cambridge3
  5. Dartmouth College2
  6. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras2
  7. University of Oxford2
  8. Azusa Pacific University1
  9. Brandeis University1
  10. Clarkson University1
Previous companyCount
  1. McKinsey & Company3
  2. Barnes-Jewish Hospital2
  3. Like.com2
  4. Microsoft2
  5. Zynga2
  6. Activa Live1
  7. AD601
  8. Allowance Manager?1
  9. Alphabet | Google1
  10. Atheer Labs1