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SFC Capital Activity

Every public signal F4 has attached to this firm, with sources and cross-entity links.

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3 essays· JUL 2026 – OCT 2026Show all

Essay

CIO Joseph Zipfel published an essay detailing SFC's selection process and scoring matrix for evaluating early-stage companies across all sectors, covering team assessment, cap table structure, market evidence, and deal terms.

How SFC Capital selects companies (scoring matrix essay)

SFC Capital

sfccapital.com

OCT 7, 2026

OCT 7, 2026

Essay

CIO Joseph Zipfel published a detailed thesis essay on four trends: AI moving into complex workflows, AI making hardware/robotics less hard, university spinouts becoming more attractive, and pre-seed becoming the new seed. Named Kord, Nayara AI, ScrubMarine, Fairfield Vision, Instruct3D, Hydra Manufacturing, RemePhy, Neubond as recent portfolio examples.

Four trends reshaping UK pre-seed in 2026

SFC Capital

sfccapital.comAUG 13, 2026

AUG 13, 2026

Essay

SFC published "Volume with discipline" thesis essay by CIO Joseph Zipfel explaining the firm's diversified SEIS investment strategy — 106 investments in 2025, portfolio diversification, scoring matrix system.

Volume with discipline investment strategy essay

SFC Capital

sfccapital.comJUL 14, 2026

JUL 14, 2026

Milestone

SFC now has more than 600 portfolio companies, over £180m AUM, named UK's most active VC investor by Pitchbook, most active early-stage AI investor by Tech Nation, won Best SEIS Investment Manager at EISA Awards five years running.

SFC reaches 600+ portfolio companies and £180m AUM

SFC Capital

sfccapital.comJUL 13, 2026

JUL 13, 2026

New Fund

British Business Bank renewed commitment with further £10m under Regional Angels Programme, bringing total to £35m. SFC now has 600+ portfolio companies and over £180m AUM.

British Business Bank £10m renewal (Regional Angels Programme)

SFC Capital

sfccapital.comJUL 13, 2026

JUL 13, 2026

News

SFC reported 106 companies backed in 2025 and over £25m deployed across its vehicles.

SFC Capital 2025 year in review

SFC Capital

sfccapital.comDEC 30, 2025

DEC 30, 2025

Exit

ScreenCloud generated a full investor exit following a strategic investment from Tenzing.

ScreenCloud

ScreenCloud SFC Capital

sfccapital.comDEC 30, 2025

DEC 30, 2025

3 newss· DEC 2024 – FEB 2025Show all

News

British Business Investments extended its commitment to SFC Capital to £25m.

British Business Investments extends commitment to SFC Capital

SFC Capital

sfccapital.comFEB 12, 2025

FEB 12, 2025

News

SFC announced its 500th portfolio company investment.

SFC Capital invests into its 500th UK startup

SFC Capital

sfccapital.comJAN 13, 2025

JAN 13, 2025

News

SFC reported nearly £20m invested across 110 deals during 2024.

SFC Capital 2024 year in review

SFC Capital

sfccapital.comDEC 20, 2024

DEC 20, 2024

Exit

Onfido exited via Entrust, producing a major return for SFC investors.

Onfido

Onfido SFC Capital

sfccapital.comJAN 10, 2024

JAN 10, 2024

3 investments· JUL 2022 – SEP 2022Show all

Investment

SFC led Ryft's £1.2m seed round.

Ryft

Ryft SFC Capital

sfccapital.comSEP 1, 2022

SEP 1, 2022

Investment

Virtue closed a pre-seed round led by SFC Capital.

Virtue

Virtue SFC Capital

sfccapital.comAUG 23, 2022

AUG 23, 2022

Investment

SFC backed Zeed in a £205k pre-seed round.

Zeed

Zeed SFC Capital

sfccapital.comJUL 5, 2022

JUL 5, 2022

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