Most Active SaaS Investors In The UK (Free List)

List of UK SaaS VCs and Angels.

Find your SaaS investor with the full list of UK venture capital investors.

💡 Explore the UK’s most active SaaS investors — from early angels in PLG tools to VC firms backing vertical software, workflow automation, and B2B infrastructure.

🧭 You'll find two preview tables below: one for SaaS venture capital firms and one for SaaS angel investors, each sortable by cheque size, stage, and focus.

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SaaS means software as a service. In the past, you used to buy a piece of software once and then maybe upgrade it every few years. The web has allowed startups to offer software for a monthly fee.

SaaS works a bit like a property rental, when a tenant pays every month for a flat except here, the flat gets better and better with time. It’s good for clients who don’t have to invest large sums to get software at the beginning, and it’s awesome for startups who are looking for that ever so desired “recurring revenue”.

SaaS is a favourite for a lot of venture capital firms. Selling to SMEs and large corporations is hard, but once you are in, it creates quite a large protective moat that VCs love.

The UK's SaaS market covers everything from B2B platforms to productivity tools. Discover top startups on our SaaS startup watchlist and connect at the latest SaaS-focused events in the ecosystem.

SaaS is hot. Investors love these startups. Here is a list of the most active SaaS investors:

Top 252 SaaS venture capital firms in the UK

VC Firms (name, picture, linkedin, investments)

VC Firms: 252 /801

SaaS Venture Capital Firms	Investment Sector	Location	Funding Round
Columbia Lake Partners(more info 🔒) Columbia Lake Partners is a venture debt provider focused on European techn...	Data analyticsSaaSGeneralistAI	London	Growth
Chalfen Ventures(1 contacts 🔒)	Data analyticsGreentechSaaSAI	London	Pre-seed Seed Growth
RTP Global(9 contacts 🔒) RTP Global invests in ambitious founders reshaping the world through techno...	Data analyticsAIFintechCyber security	London	Seed Growth
The SideBySide Partnership(more info 🔒) The Side by Side Partnership focuses on innovative, tech-enabled businesses...	Data analyticsFintechB2CEcommerce	London	Growth
Mercia(13 contacts 🔒) Mercia is a venture capital firm focused on fuelling UK business ambitions ...	Data analyticsBiotechSaaSHealthtech	Manchester	Pre-seed Seed Growth
BGF(1 contacts 🔒) BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, focusing on e...	Data analyticsGreentechHealthtechFintech	London	Seed Growth

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Top 304 SaaS angel investors in the UK

Angel Investors (name, investment focus, portfolio, contact)

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Here is what SaaS means for us.

What is SaaS?

Imagine you're in a café, and instead of buying a whole cake to take home (which might go stale before you eat it all), you just get a slice whenever you pop in. That's a bit like what SaaS, or Software as a Service, offers in the tech world

Instead of companies buying and installing software on their own computers and servers (the whole cake), they access it via the internet on a subscription basis (the slice). It's software you use on-demand, just like streaming a movie on Netflix or listening to music on Spotify, but for business needs—be it email management, customer relationship management (CRM), accounting, or project management.

SaaS startups have a bunch of perks: it's generally more cost-effective, there's no need for hefty hardware, and you get updates automatically without having to tinker with anything yourself. Plus, you can access your work from anywhere, on any device, as long as you have the internet. It's a game-changer for businesses, especially smaller ones, because it levels the playing field, giving them access to powerful tools without needing a big IT department or deep pockets.

Example of a UK SaaS company: Graphcore

For a contemporary and thriving example of a UK-based SaaS company, let's look at Graphcore.

Founded in 2016, Graphcore is a pioneering company in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, developing what they call an Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU) - a new type of microprocessor specifically designed for AI computations.

While Graphcore primarily focuses on hardware, their offering includes a comprehensive software stack, making their solutions a strong fit in the broader SaaS and tech ecosystem, especially for businesses and developers working on AI applications.

Understanding SaaS Investors

SaaS funding distinguishes angel investors, typically tech entrepreneurs or industry insiders using personal wealth, from venture capitalists (VCs), who fund companies ready to scale their subscription-based models.