Antler UK Fund II

United Kingdom

Pre-Seed

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.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited Kingdom

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Enterprise Software

FinTech

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Ambitious pre-launch AI founder seeking co-founder, capital, community globally

day-zero / pre-launch

AI-heavy

global expansion

co-founder matching

pre-seed to Series A

category-defining

execution-era

Bullish Signals

£25M BBB cornerstone, Lloyds also LPblog

Largest single-geography Antler fund everblog

$510M global raise closed Jan 2026blog

5-year UK track record since 2020blog

1,800 portfolio companies, 12,000+ founders supportedwebsite

World's fastest growing AI company portfoliowebsite

Unicorn exits: Airalo, Sona, Salmon, Harperwebsite

30 locations globally, execution-era focus provenwebsite

Portfolio exits: Wrtn $73.5M Series B, Salmon $100M, Harper $46.8Mwebsite

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

Founder testimonial: 'changed my life' co-founder experiencewebsite

Antler Elevate: Series A+ scale-up vehicle launchedwebsite

Global market playbook proven across 30 geographieswebsite

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

Need co-founder or network support

AI-focused preferred, global ambition welcome

Founder Don'ts

Already shipping with team and traction

Seeking competitive seed-round lead

Non-serious about founder commitment

Key GPs & Partners

Adam French

Partner

ex-founderoperator-turned-investorthesis-driven

Hannah Leach

Partner

community-buildermetrics-driventhesis-driven

Jed Rose

Partner

hands-onoperator-turned-investorcommunity-builder

Magnus Grimeland

Founder & CEO

thesis-drivencontrarianfast-mover

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Fund Overview

Fund SizeN/A

Saves0

Website

Key People

Adam French, Hannah Leach, Jed Rose

Adam FrenchPartner

Hannah LeachPartner

Jed RosePartner

Magnus GrimelandFounder & CEO

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