About Proxy Ventures
Proxy Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. It is primarily based out of London, United Kingdom. As of Nov 2022, Proxy Ventures has invested in 23 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Finland based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from HealthTech to High Tech and Consumer. Most recently it led the $1.86M Seed round of .
Overall, Proxy Ventures portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 3 acquisitions including key companies like Oura, Supercell and Peak. A lot of funds co-invest with Proxy Ventures, with names like Index Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Proxy Ventures has team of 2 people including 2 partners.
Proxy Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Proxy Ventures has invested in 23 companies over the last 10 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Fives Lives.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

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Proxy Ventures' Investments by Stage
Proxy Ventures has made 7 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.23M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $8.98M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
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Seed | 7 |
Series B | 1 |
Proxy Ventures' Investments by Sector
Proxy Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the FinTech, Blockchain - Industry Applications, Blockchain Technology, Consumer and Enterprise Applications. Notably, it has invested in 19 Consumer (B2C) companies, 19 Tech companies, 7 Software companies and at least 6 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
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FinTech | 2 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 1 |
Blockchain Technology | 1 |
Consumer | 1 |
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
Others | 9 |
Proxy Ventures' Investments by Geography
Proxy Ventures has made most investments in Finland (3), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 2 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
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Finland | 3 |
United Kingdom | 2 |
Estonia | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
Ireland | 1 |
Proxy Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Proxy Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Nov 15, 2022 | United Kingdom | Seed | $3.82M | [+5] | |
Nov 20, 2018 | United Kingdom | Seed | $4M | Index Ventures [+5] | |
Mar 31, 2016 | Germany | Seed | $1.86M | - | |
Mar 23, 2016 | Ireland | Series B | $8.98M | Octopus Ventures [+1] | |
Jun 11, 2015 | Finland | Seed | $2.03M | Index Ventures [+2] |
Unicorns in Proxy Ventures' Portfolio
Here is a list of unicorns in Proxy Ventures' portfolio:
Team profile of Proxy Ventures
Proxy Ventures has a team of 2 membersÌý¾±²Ô³¦±ô³Ü»å¾±²Ô²µ 2 PartnersÌýlocated in United Kingdom. Proxy Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Proxy Ventures
Over the past 10 years, 47 investors have co-invested in Proxy Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Proxy Ventures:ÌýFrontline Ventures, and 1 other have invested in rounds before Proxy Ventures. There are 1 company where Frontline Ventures has invested before Proxy Ventures and 1 company where Enterprise Ireland has invested before Proxy Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Proxy Ventures:Ìý15 investors entered a company along with Proxy Ventures. These include investors like Index Ventures (2 companies).
- Invested after Proxy Ventures:ÌýA total of 29 investors have invested in Proxy Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include 500 Global (1 company), Hoxton Ventures (1 company) and Robot Ventures (1 company).

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