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Adsum

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Business tax refunds. Instantly.

First invested

2023

Sano Genetics

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Accelerating personalised medicine

First invested

2020

CloudNC

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AI manufacturing co-pilot

First invested

2016

Raft

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Automating the entire freight journey

First invested

2019

Adsum

—

Business tax refunds. Instantly.

First invested

2023

Sano Genetics

—

Accelerating personalised medicine

First invested

2020

CloudNC

—

AI manufacturing co-pilot

First invested

2016

Raft

—

Automating the entire freight journey

First invested

2019

Adsum

—

Business tax refunds. Instantly.

First invested

2023

Sano Genetics

—

Accelerating personalised medicine

First invested

2020

CloudNC

—

AI manufacturing co-pilot

First invested

2016

Raft

—

Automating the entire freight journey

First invested

2019

Adsum

—

Business tax refunds. Instantly.

First invested

2023

Sano Genetics

—

Accelerating personalised medicine

First invested

2020

CloudNC

—

AI manufacturing co-pilot

First invested

2016

Raft

—

Automating the entire freight journey

First invested

2019

Founders like you

The go-all-in type of people.

The crazy-enough-to-quit-your-job-to-chase-a-dream type of people.
The inspire-others-to-do-the-same type of people.
The because-this-must-exist type of people.

Sleepless nights, cash flow crunches - hard times, good times.

If it was easy, you wouldn’t do it.

Our team has been investing in the 0-1 journey for over 20 years.

We build relationships early, make decisions quickly, but engage with you for the long-term.

Our focus is getting Pre-Seed and Seed B2B software companies to a successful Series A.

What our founders say

Episode 1’s guidance on go-to-market strategy and fundraising has been key to our success. They’ve been an incredible partner to us, providing consistent support through good times - and challenging ones.

Patrick Short

Co-Founder, Sano Genetics

Episode 1 and Adrian were strong supporters of our vision from the beginning. Adrian was and remains an active Board contributor and while he brings a lot to the table in general, including being a strong independent sounding board, we most valued his ability to be a constant cheerleader for our business, even when things were hard. Every company needs an Adrian in their corner.

James Coombes

Co-Founder, Raft

Our experience with Hector and his team has been exceptional. Their expertise, commitment, and willingness to go the extra mile make them standout investors and partners. I look forward to a continued relationship as we scale and grow our business.

Justina Tartilaite

Co-Founder, Adsum

Unlike many VCs, Episode 1 bring the whole firm to support their investments and I have found everyone I have interacted with there to be very smart, very approachable and very helpful. They really want to help their portfolio CEOs and pull out all the stops to do so

Richard Robinson

Co-Founder, Robin AI

If you get money from Episode 1, there’s no better money you can get.

James Hind

Co-Founder, Carwow

One of the best indicators for a great fund is the questions they ask. Hector and the team understood the business well even from the few conversations we had. They brought their charisma and network to help us close the round quickly with the best partners we could have asked for

Daniel Sozonov

Founder, Unison

Having Adrian on the board has been beyond expectations. He knows when to lean in by challenging us, keeping us accountable, and guiding us in a practical manner. He's my first call when confronting a challenge. Adrian and E1 are real partners and I’m excited to be on this journey together.

Myra Camp

Founder, Sama

They come across as people who genuinely love what they do, the quality of the questions they asked, made me realise they were the right VC

Theo Saville

Co-Founder, CloudNC

Paul was there when it counted. And that is the highest praise possible from a founder.

Nicolas Hourcard

Co-Founder, QuestDB

With Episode1, the value-add is more than just the monetary investment - they are very hands on with helping us figure out some of our most pressing business, sales and people challenges.

Chandini Jain & Shub Jain

Co-Founders, Auquan

The team are highly experienced and knowledgeable, they’re also genuine and fair.

Jeremy King

Founder, Attest

A great business needs great investors, I’ve got a lot of time for these guys

Misha Gopaul

Founder, FATMAP

E1 has been instrumental in helping us shape our product vision. Always available, the E1 team is like a sparring partner for any strategic questions you may have as a founder.

Nic Baranowski

Founder, Frame