1. VT is a curated community of 150+ of Europe’s leading tech entrepreneurs and operators who angel invest and help companies together. We’re responsible for building some of the biggest startups like Wise, Klarna, Beamery, Onfido, Citymapper, Huma, Monzo and Deliveroo. There are few mistakes we haven't made, lessons we haven't learned and people we don't know!
2. As founders ourselves, we know how painful it is to fundraise.  We built VT to help the best founders get investment quickly and easily from the best operators in the ecosystem - without having to pitch to them, and get investment (or not) from each separately. We aim to make commitments to your company from our whole network as quickly and simply as a single angel working solo. We don’t set terms, or take board seats.
3. Our aim is to be the maximum impact investors on your cap table per $/£/€ received (our usual cheque size is ~£50-150k, so we don’t take lots of room). We know the best founders want thoughtful, experienced people backing them - those who know what it’s like to build standout companies - but also want a quick, easy fundraising process and a clean cap table (we invest as a single entity).
4. We launched quietly in 2021, and have already invested together into 250+ promising early stage technology companies, bringing our collective network, knowledge and experience to help them succeed.

“VT has provided us with unique access to influential and strategic business operators. I am amazed at the pace, efficiency and feedback provided to us by the VT community” - Anna Brailsford, founder and CEO of Code First Girls

"There probably aren't more than a couple hundred serious angels in the whole of Silicon Valley, and yet they're probably the single most important ingredient in making the Valley what it is. Angels are the limiting reagent in startup formation." - Paul Graham, Founder of YC

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• Unlike Silicon Valley, the pool of active angel investors in Europe who have real, first hand experience building startups is small. The lack of maturity amongst private investors and their unwillingness to take early risk has been a significant barrier to European growth.
• This is a problem because early stage founders are forced to fill cap tables with investors who are useless at best and destructive at worst.
• VT aims to change that, by putting the best operator-angels into the best companies.

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“VT is one of the best decisions I made. The process was quick and straightforward much like their value. You have a wealth of knowledge from different sectors at your fingertips, whether it's fundraising, go to market, branding, sales, product and a really solid support system of other entrepreneurs further along the journey than you that you can learn from.”Insiya Jafferjee, CEO and founder of Shellworks

See members here, who comprise 160+ of Europe’s leading tech entrepreneurs and operators

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"Raising with VT is the single easiest and most time-efficient way to bring onboard operational and high-quality angels.”Yi Luo, founder and CEO of Eunice

• As founders ourselves - we know that the best founders also want investment from their peers, namely other founders and experienced operators who can help them navigate their journey.
• Knowing the right people saves you time, money and stress, plus increases your probability of success.
• Good angel investors often add very different value to VCs and therefore act as a complement. Within reason, the more experience and networks you can tap into via the breadth of your investors, the better you will do.

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Receiving investment from likeminded cofounders and practitioners is a massive value-add not just because of the network, but the diversity of ideas and practical advice from those who are engaged in the daily running of a startup. This is a nice balance to more traditional funds or investors who are often 5+ years out of action and therefore out of date with most of the practical day-to-day challenges founders face. Husayn Kassai, founder of Onfido and Quench

We back founders who are:

• Using technology to tackle a big, growing market with potential for significant scale (have a chance at a 100x outcome)
• Raising pre-seed or seed rounds (we don’t look at Series A+)
• Operating in any sector/geography
• People we feel we can help in a meaningful way - advising, making connections and supporting both practically and emotionally!
• We look for relentlessly resourceful founders. The primary thing we look for is founders who have demonstrated previously that they are exceptional.

"You can tell they're all ex-operators & founders, because when you ask for help they move with the purpose, force & speed of one.”Saket Kumar, founder and CEO of Vitt

• If it’s your company, please use this form to tell us a bit more about what you’re working on and and someone from our team will reach out.
  • If you happen to know any of our members, it’s really useful to let us know. If members can recommend you, it’s much easier for us to make a case to proceed.
• If it’s someone else’s company, please send a deck through to startups@venturestogether.com.

It was incredible getting those 34 VT investors on board in under 2 weeks. We now have a pool of amazing founders and operators we can ask for advice (and I do it all the time). It was also great for diversity - 56% of our VT investors are from underrepresented groups, which is super important to us.” Kate Pljaskovova, founder and CEO of FairHQ

Honestly, we dearly love to chat to amazing entrepreneurs… but, we see ~50 new opportunities a week. If we did a call with everyone we’d not have time to run VT, or help any of the companies we have invested in. It would also probably waste your time too, if it’s not the right moment.

So, if we’re asking Qs in a direct way, it’s usually trying to help save you time too!

We try, our very best, to be as transparent as possible and interact as and when relevant but can’t always give feedback.

Have a look at ‘at what point does VT invest’ for more info.

"The VT process was one of the smoothest investment processes I have been part of (much smoother than most VCs). They are quick, thoughtful, easy to work with and super smart. The VT crew that ultimately invested has a wealth of knowledge across many different areas, from recruitment to sales to compliance (again more than most VCs). In a short period of time, they have helped us with sales & talent introductions, and are helpful in many other areas as well. I would take investment from VT in a heartbeat!” - Amon Ghaiumy, founder of Ophelos

How it works:

1. The VT team reviews a new opportunity and analyses it based on a number of key factors
2. Where there is interest, we will share it with a 2-3 VT community members who have relevant experience, or know the startup. We ask them to make a decision about whether or not they want to find out more (the VT team itself doesn’t make the decisions)
3. If there is interest, VT will put the startup in touch with the relevant member of the VT community who is the main person to interact with and persuade!
4. We tend to invest towards the end of a funding round, when terms are set. As such, we might need to wait for the right moment (to make the most of the VT community).

If VT decides not to invest:

• This doesn’t necessarily mean we don’t like you, or what you’re building. There are many factors that play into our decision. For example:
  • Do we have anyone who knows enough to make a qualified judgement? Do they have time in the next week or two? If not, we might just not know enough to be able to help
  • Have we already invested in something similar?
  • Are we simply too overwhelmed with other opportunities?
  • What themes are the VT community keen to see
• We LOVE it when a company that we can’t invest in does well. Please don’t take a lack of response, or a decision not to invest personally/or as a signal you’re not building something amazing.

"VT is pretty unique - land a lot of great angels but only one name on the cap table. Quite the dream. And I've had handy intro's to potential hires from the VT'ers that invested. Big thumbs up”. - James Mishreki, Founder and CEO of Life Supplies

We tend to come in towards the end of a round, but we can sometimes help with advice or introductions beforehand

• We love to hear from you as early as possible in your process, as we can often help with intros
• However, because we’re a (relatively) small cheque size (£50-150k), we usually run an opportunity when you’ve set terms (e.g. have a term sheet signed), this:
  • Means you don’t get distracted - finding a lead or investors who write large enough cheques to fill out the bulk of your round is usually your most important job when fundraising!
  • Ensures a better result in terms of VT member commitments (our members are busy operators too, so we can’t diligence as deeply)
  • Prevents changing terms during a round requiring us to run the whole process again, with all of our members (a big pain for you, and for us)
• Nonetheless, we like to hear about your round early because:
  • We have an amazing network of investors in the wider ecosystem we can sometimes help companies find a good lead if you haven’t got one - but usually only if you are highly recommended by one of our members.
  • We enable our members to receive S/EIS benefits, so if we can get tax benefits, it increases the likelihood we will proceed, so it’s good to try to keep some back if you can

“The process with VT was super easy. You get a chance to get a group of really smart people backing you who can all help support your company with advice and their networks. The VT cheque was really what allowed our round to get so much momentum due to the introductions VT made.”

Ash Staines, founder and CEO of Volunteero

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We aim to make commitments as quickly and easily as a single angel working solo, but for the same money you get many experienced people supporting you. We don’t set terms, or take board seats.

1. We normally ‘run’ 2 companies a week between a Thursday and Monday evening - meaning we discuss them as a community and give the members a chance to invest
2. Each company usually has someone from the VT team or community who champions the opportunity and acts as an interface between the founders and the VT community, so you only have to deal with 1 person
3. Once we’ve decided to proceed, VT will send you a short form (~5 mins to fill), to collect key details (the latest deck, the terms of the round and other company info) and ask you to reserve the allocation for us whilst we run the process
4. We use this to prepare a ‘memo’, which is a 1-2 page document (no need to do anything yourself)
5. We ask founders to do a 5-10 min video - either an interview with the a community or team member, or just a self-recorded video. This is because we like to invest in people, not in decks! Here’s some info about the video:
6. Founder Video
7. We share the opportunity with our community on a Thursday and give our members till Monday to review. Sometimes questions that come up will be relayed back to you over those days
8. Each member has the option to invest (a minimum of £1k each, with no max), or to pass. So if you receive £50k, it might comprise 20 members writing smaller cheques. We can’t guarantee how much you’ll get, it depends on how the VT members feel about the company
9. We usually let you know by Tuesday morning what’s happened
10. Here’s how we close the process

“VT has been an incredible partner to us at Stitch. Their investment process is simple and fast, and gives you access to a network of operators who can support all aspects of company building, which as a first time founder has been invaluable. They were instrumental in supporting our subsequent Seed round, both through advice on funding strategy, and warm introductions to top tier VCs. They're also lovely people, so it's been a joy working with them!” -Mike Sterling, founder and COO of Stitch Health

1. If we run the process, we will usually let you know the outcome on Tuesday morning
2. If we reach the minimum (usually ~£20k), we will email you to let you know who the VT community members are that invested and the total amount we’re requesting, as well as feedback collected
3. Once agreed, we’ll introduce you to your VT members that invested
4. Depending on where you are at with closing your round, we will then initiate the process with you for signing documents and collecting funds. We are a single entity on your cap table and make one transfer of funds. Please follow the instructions in the email carefully, to ensure we can make the process as smooth as possible for you
5. How VT is structured
6. The docs we’ll ask you to sign
7. If we don’t reach a minimum threshold (~£20k) we tend not to invest. In this case, you will be given feedback that was collected from the members who responded
8. While you will have direct access to all members who invest in your deal, we wrap all their cheques into a structure so you only need to treat us as one investor (one signature to sign docs etc).
9. VT Community Ltd is an appointed representative of Aldgate Advisors Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. We have all KYC docs prepared ready to close deals quickly once we decide to invest.

"It's great to have the Ventures Together group onboard. The decision making process their side was slick and efficient, the investment structure is really simple, and most importantly the value of having so many experienced operators engaged and involved as investors is extremely high.” Matt Ford, Founder and CEO of Sidekick

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Some more quotes from founders we’ve backed:

"Getting investment from VT is a dream scenario. Many established founder angels, super quick decision in 5 days, one name on cap table and a seamless process! In addition to the cash investment, you get great founders with relevant experience supporting you and the business. It has been a foundational element in our raise, many of the investors were very supportive. I would highly recommend VT.” - Baris Ozaydinli, CEO and founder of Scooch

“VT is great because in a world where (sadly) intros seem to matter, I have Tom, Rob plus 18 fantastically networked angels from a range of sectors and backgrounds to help me get in front of the world's best investors. They're a responsive, honest and no BS group of operators who have hugely helped me in raising The Lowdown's seed round.” - Alice Pelton, CEO and founder of The Lowdown

"Working with VT is a blessing. They are fast, friendly, professional and everyone involved is impressive and gives relevant, actionable advice and have made loads of amazing intros. A great partner for ambitious startups.” - Daniel Koss, founder and CEO of Creable

"VT has already been super useful. Getting advice and recommendations on routes to take in our business from former founders who are also our investors gives us lots of confidence in what we should be doing. We have already learned so much from the conversations we have made and no doubt their intros are going to be even more helpful in the days ahead.” - Varun Bhanot, CEO and founder of Magic.fit

“VT has been one of our most helpful and hands on investors to date - that's not to say they meddle, but that they're supportive and (literally) the first to respond to every request we make to our investor base even if that's to say they can't help this time round. As we've gone through our most recent round of investment, VT has been there to support more than any other single investor. Not just with cash, but to help us through the roller coaster that fundraising can be with helpful advice, introductions and feedback to help us close the round” - Andy Aitken, founder and CEO of Honest Mobile

“Ventures Together brought a huge diversity of founders to my round, enabling me with a raft of people to turn to for every situation. The VT community is made up of folks who have seen and done it before, the perfect addition to VC's who might not be able to draw from personal experience. The process for founders is a huge time save and turbocharges your round with subsequent introductions that ensure you get talked about in all the right circles.” - Chris Butcher founder and CEO of Cheq

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