Specialist Venture Capital for early-stage UK Cyber companies.

Osney Capital is a sector specialist venture capital firm, focussed exclusively on the early-stage Cyber sector in the UK.

Everything that we do is geared around supporting UK Cyber founders and companies that we invest in, during the very early stages of their growth.

Investment Focus

Early-Stage

We first invest at pre-seed and seed stage funding rounds. Where the round size up to £5m.

UK Only

We only invest into UK companies - it’s where we are best placed to support companies in their early stages, and where we can uniquely add value.

Pre/Early Revenue

Knowing the sector intimately allows us to build early conviction and allows us to invest pre-revenue, albeit it’s always great to see.

Theme Alignment

Companies that we invest in always have strong alignment with one of our demand driven investment themes.

Ability to Add Value

We only invest where we think there is a significant opportunity for our team to uniquely support yours.

Founder Fit

We love working with energetic ambitious founding teams and so always ensure that there’s a good cultural fit - it’s a long time to be working together after all.

Our Investment Process

  • It all starts with a conversation! Get in touch in person, on email, web form or LinkedIn - remember it’s our job to find amazing founders, so we love to hear from as many as possible, as early as possible.

  • The first step in the formal process is to share your high-level material with the Osney team for us to digest and decide whether we think we’re a good fit for you.

  • The first meeting is usually 30 mins, and is held with one of the Osney Partners and may include another member of the investment team. These meetings are a balance of a formal pitch and an interesting conversation.

  • This is more of a formal engagement and will include multiple members of the Investment Team and could include members of the Scientific Advisory Team. These meetings are typically 60-90 minutes.

  • Following the formal meeting with the Osney Team, the conviction build process begins. This is a mutual process where both we build conviction on your team, idea, timing, and market opportunity, and where you should challenge us on why we’re the right partners for you! This can be very quick, or it can take a long time.

  • Once we’ve built conviction, we’ll issue a term sheet offering investment subject to diligence, and will commence a formal due diligence process.

Contact us

Whether you’re a founder of a UK Cyber company imminently raising your next round, or thinking about taking the first steps into entrepreneurship, we’d love to talk. Either fill out the contact form, or send one of the team a note directly on LinkedIn!