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Eight Roads [Annual Review 2020]
Finance and Risk Capital
Impact for scaleups
17
Companies backed
23%
Follow-on investments
18%
Investments outside of London
14
Growth-stage investments
Key sectors
Eight Roads provides venture and growth-stage capital, investing in technology and healthcare companies that are in scaleup phase.
With its origins stretching back to 1969 as Fidelity Ventures, the firm has its head office in London with other offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Mumbai, Tokyo, Hamilton, Boston and Stockholm. Eight Roads invests in companies based in Europe, US, India, Japan and China.
It has backed 17 UK companies since 2013. Out of all these investments, the majority have been into London-based companies. The average size of its investment round into UK companies since 2013 is £33.3m. Notable UK scaleups in which the firm has invested include Deliveroo, MADE and notonthehighstreet. A recent investment was made in the savings app Moneybox.
The firm says that it backs founders “with high conviction” and is selective about the number of investments it makes. Its principal investment team takes a patient capital approach which it says is appropriate for the long development times for healthcare companies, particularly in therapeutics.
