About Crane Venture Partners
Crane Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. It is primarily based out of London, United Kingdom. As of Mar 2025, Crane Venture Partners is an active investor, having invested in 56 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United Kingdom based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Most recently it led the $20M Series A round of Gable along with Databricks. This round also saw participation from B Capital and other investors.
Overall, Crane Venture Partners portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 5 acquisitions including key companies like Onfido, Tessian and H2O.ai. A lot of funds co-invest with Crane Venture Partners, with names like LocalGlobe sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Crane Venture Partners has team of 20 people including 9 partners.
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Crane Venture Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Crane Venture Partners has invested in 56 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 6 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2024, it made 4 investments, while as of Mar 2025, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Kurrent and most recent follow-on round was in Gable.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2023 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2022 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
2021 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
2020 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
2019 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2017 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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Crane Venture Partners' Investments by Stage
Crane Venture Partners has made 34 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.28M, 11 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $12M, 2 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $35M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $12M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 34 |
Series A | 11 |
Series C | 2 |
Series B | 1 |
Crane Venture Partners' Investments by Sector
Crane Venture Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Enterprise Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 52 Tech companies, 50 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 43 Software companies and at least 35 companies focusing on Saas.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 41 |
High Tech | 25 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 21 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 7 |
FinTech | 7 |
Others | 42 |
Crane Venture Partners' Investments by Geography
Crane Venture Partners has made most investments in United Kingdom (22), followed by United States where it has made 10 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | 22 |
United States | 10 |
Germany | 5 |
Belgium | 2 |
Netherlands | 2 |
Others | 7 |
Crane Venture Partners' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Crane Venture Partners:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 31, 2025 | United States | Series A | $20M | ||
Dec 18, 2024 | United States | Series B | $12M | ||
Aug 17, 2024 | United Kingdom | Series B | $30M | Next47 [+2] | |
Jun 11, 2024 | United States | Series C | $88M | [+8] | |
Feb 15, 2024 | United States | Seed | $5.37M | [+2] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Crane Venture Partners' portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
56 | Provider of an open-source machine learning platform | 2012 | Mountain View | Series E | tvqoiks |
Team profile of Crane Venture Partners
Crane Venture Partners has a team of 20 membersÌý¾±²Ô³¦±ô³Ü»å¾±²Ô²µ 9 Partners and 7 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United Kingdom and United States. Crane Venture Partners' team sits on the board of 3 companies.Here is a list of top team members in Crane Venture Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | San Diego | - | - | |
Partner | London | |||
Partner | United Kingdom | - | ||
Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | London | Onfido and Thoughtriver | ||
Partner | Detroit | - | ||
Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | London | - | - | |
Principal | London | - | ||
Principal | London | - |
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Over the past 8 years, 506 investors have co-invested in Crane Venture Partners's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Crane Venture Partners:Ìý, Seedcamp and 46 others have invested in rounds before Crane Venture Partners. There are 3 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Crane Venture Partners and 3 companies where Seedcamp has invested before Crane Venture Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Crane Venture Partners:Ìý262 investors entered a company along with Crane Venture Partners. These include investors like LocalGlobe (6 companies).
- Invested after Crane Venture Partners:ÌýA total of 196 investors have invested in Crane Venture Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Balderton Capital (3 companies), Vertex Ventures (2 companies) and Winton (2 companies).
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