RLC Ventures

What is RLC Ventures?

RLC Ventures is a venture capital firm with expertise in equity investments, specializing in early, seed-stage funding of software, IT (including TMT), media, education, FinTech (including financial services), and logistics (including distribution). They are based in London, United Kingdom, with headquarters at 91-93 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0RP.

RLC Ventures operates with a focus on United Kingdom-based software companies that have global aspirations from the outset, aiming to transform the worlds of work, play, and finance. They position themselves as the largest dedicated UK pre-seed fund and pride themselves on being first-check investors, writing checks up to £750k and continuing to support portfolio companies until the Series A round and beyond.

The firm challenges the status quo of venture capital processes, offering more transparency to founders throughout the fundraising process and minimizing the time-wasting tendencies that are often associated with early-stage investing. Their investment approach is designed to be more inclusive, avoiding group-think and biases that typically benefit the same profiles of entrepreneurs, and they have created a £54 million fund specifically tailored to support founders in their first 12 months.

With a claim of doubling the likelihood of their investees raising a subsequent funding round compared to industry standards, RLC Ventures leverages a core team and support network that has reportedly created £2 billion in enterprise value. They emphasize a hands-on approach with their portfolio companies, offering support ranging from customer introductions to connecting with next-round investors and even solidifying a company's pivot and path to acquisition when necessary.

What they say:

We invest in UK-based software companies with a global approach from day 1 changing the worlds of work, play and finance.