Fund profile / United Kingdom

Antler UK Fund II

Geography: United Kingdom
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: Undisclosed
Focus: AI/ML, Enterprise Software and FinTech
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Antler UK Fund II

Antler's largest single-geography fund. £25M British Business Bank cornerstone plus Lloyds Banking Group. Initial cheques up to £500K into pre-launch UK founders with Elevate follow-on vehicle.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited Kingdom

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Enterprise Software

FinTech

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Pre-launch AI founder building category-defining company, seeking co-founder globally

day-zero/pre-launch

AI-heavy

category-defining

global expansion

execution-era

co-founder matching

Bullish Signals

2,000+ portfolio companies, 12,000+ founder communitywebsite

World's fastest growing AI company portfoliowebsite

Unicorn exits: Airalo, Sona, Salmon, Harper provenwebsite

26 locations globally, execution-era track recordwebsite

Founder testimonial: 'could change your life' co-founderwebsite

Antler Elevate: Series A+ scale vehicle launchedwebsite

Wrtn: $0→$25M ARR in one yearwebsite

Marco: $1B+ SME financing, Treyd: $530M paymentswebsite

Portfolio breadth: fintech, AI infra, space, healthwebsite

£25M BBB cornerstone, Lloyds also LP backingblog

$510M global raise closed Jan 2026blog

5-year UK track record since 2020blog

Contrarian Signals

No breakout exit yet, DPI unprovenblog

10–15% equity take critiqued as highblog

Day-zero returns concentrated in top 2–3 cosblog

Founder Do's

Pre-launch or idea-stage only

Ambitious, category-defining vision

Open to 10-week residency programme

AI-focused preferred, global ambition welcome

Need co-founder or network support

Founder Don'ts

Already shipping with team and traction

Seeking competitive seed-round lead

Non-serious about founder commitment

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund SizeUndisclosed

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Adam French, Hannah Leach, Jed Rose

Adam FrenchPartner

Hannah LeachPartner

Jed RosePartner

Magnus GrimelandFounder & CEO

Backers

Known LPs

British Business BankPublic / State institution

British Patient Capital LimitedPublic / State institution

CHS Ventures LimitedInvestment vehicle

+6 more LPs in LP Radar

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