Creator Fund
Venture capital firm backing student and early-career founders in the UK.
The Creator Fund is a London-based venture capital firm, led by founder/CEO Jamie Macfarlane and COO Alexandra Ntemourtsidou, that backs PhD and academic founders building deep-tech and biotech companies out of university research. It runs a Venture Fellows program placing ~40 fellows across 28-30 university campuses in 10 countries each year, and invests up to €1M as a first check in European startups. The firm closed a €48.6M fund in mid-2026, with KfW Capital and Denmark's EIFO as anchor LPs; portfolio companies include Ovo Labs, Latent Worlds, and Anzen Industries.
Overview
- Firm
- Creator Fund
- Headquarters
- London, UK
- Founded
- 2020
- AUM
- Undisclosed
- Stages
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Thesis
- Backing student and early-career founders building deep-tech and defense-tech companies.
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Frequently asked
- What is Creator Fund?
- Backing student and early-career founders building deep-tech and defense-tech companies.
- What stages does Creator Fund invest at?
- Creator Fund invests at Pre-Seed, Seed.
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Creator Fund closed a €48.6M fund backing academic/PhD founders; KfW Capital and EIFO are anchor LPs.
EU-Startups: UK-based Creator Fund closes €48.6 million fund to back Europe's scientific founders before pitch deck stageReported2026-06-01 - 2
Creator Fund is led by founder Jamie Macfarlane and COO Alexandra Ntemourtsidou; runs Venture Fellows across university campuses; portfolio includes Ovo Labs, Latent Worlds, Anzen Industries.
The Creator Fund: The Creator Fund — official siteReported2026-07-20