Independent rating of Hoxton Ventures VC fund
Overall rating:
4.8
(16)
About Hoxton Ventures VC fund
Website:
Founded:
2013
Number of funds:
2
Number of investments:
64
Number of exits:
12
Headquarters:
Organization type:
Micro VC, Venture Capital
How Hoxton Ventures VC fund invests
Rounds:
Average ticket size:
3.55M USD
Smallest investment:
514K USD
Biggest investment:
10M USD
Would lead round:
Yes
Would coinvest:
Yes
Countries where invested:
Sectors of interest:
Biotechnology, Video Games, Video, Tutoring, Therapeutics, Software, Shopping, SaaS, Nanotechnology, Mobile Apps, Marketplace, Lifestyle, Life Science, Internet, Information Technology, Health Care, Hardware, Education, EdTech, E-Learning, E-Commerce, Construction, Computer Vision, Computer, Cloud Data Services, Chemical, Broadcasting, Biopharma, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics
Founders' reviews of Hoxton Ventures VC fund
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Round: Seed
Hustling
Hussein represents the best of Silicon Valley in London. He is founder friendly, moves fast, doesn't waste time, hustles to get his founders the connections they need and is always available and on hand to support.
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Round: Seed
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Pushing the Bar
Most responsive and helpful partners for a founder to have! They have consistently gone above and beyond in supporting our team from day 1.
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Round: Seed
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No Thank You
Mansplained VC to me
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Round: Seed
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Building Good Karma
Very quick and professional to deal with. They didn’t invest but explained why during the meeting, highlighting risks to our startup. On two follow ups they referred us to awesome customers we won, helping us to raise fundraising elsewhere. If you like fast talking, very direct, honest feedback and great stories this co is awesome. Took my initial meeting with a cold email! Wouldn’t hesitate to go back when/if I have a more suitable startup. Both founders are awesome IMO.
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Round: Pre-Seed
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They Love Us, We Love Them
I haven’t had the chance to interact too much with Hussein but Rob has been EXTREMELY helpful. I raised money from a dozen VCs over the last 10 years and Hoxton is the only one that seemed to really care about us in the good and the bad times. They pulled so many strings to help us when we needed it the most.
Older than a year by portfolio founder
Round: Series A
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Even the Nuances Bode Well
As with all VCs you have to fit their investment thesis to get time with them. But I can't speak highly enough of Hoxton. Straightforward, open and collaborative. We had to work at making the deal right for everyone due to some legacy elements and we did this at pace built on trust. Hoxton made concessions to the benefit of the company over purely their investment and ensured incentives were aligned to get that back through the success of the company. Post investment, they've been excellent on our board, always been available to chat through issues and ideas, whatever the hour and supportive of me when the decision is hard, but doesn't fall their way. Pretty impressive track record too...
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Round: Seed
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Tried and Tested
Hoxton has proven to be an amazing partner with a very personal and humane touch.
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Round: Seed
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Goldmine
Outstanding quality and speed of thought. Impeccable references: people love working with them. Care about ethics.
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Great Talks
Approachability and Honesty stood out. They didn't invest, but clearly laid out factual reasons and what they'd want to see from us. We had interesting conversations and I left feeling good overall.
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Round: Pre-Seed
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Wonderful to Have
Hoxton have always been supportive and pragmatic. They don't get emotional, they are just there for us, help when needed and see the big picture rather than sweating the small stuff. We have done 2 rounds with them and they have always been transparent and trustworthy and looked for an outcome that works for both sides.
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Round: Seed
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Honored
Lucky to have them on our board.
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Elite Class
Great partners to work with. In the small group of VCs who actually understand day-to-day challenges of startups. They have been extremely helpful every time we needed help and have super quick response times!
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Round: Pre-Seed
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Rob and Hoxton are Great
As a founder, I love working with Rob. He is very knowledgeable in the field, supports us in both operations, business, and further fundraising. The entire Hoxton team is very supportive and great to work with.
Older than a year by non-portfolio founder
Round: Pre-Seed
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Hussein is a Saint
I reached out to Hussein Kanji at Hoxton knowing we were too early for them. He took the time to listen to our pitch, he was well prepared having read the deck and spent most of the time addressing the key points and problems of our proposition. He gave us clear substantive feedback with a view to help us raise our game and become an interesting investment for them in the future. He also shared intel on earlier stage investors and offered to introduce us to a couple of them. Very good experience overall. Hussein seems genuinely passionate about startups, he takes the time to understand what you're doing and seems a lot less concerned with what other VCs think, as a opposed to other investors that seem to be more concerned on not missing out than anything else. As a startup it's so refreshing to see investors that have the full strength of their own opinions.
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Round: Seed
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On the Come Up
Straightforward fundraising process, thoughtful board member, good intros to US VCs, enjoyable to work with, super active and notable/growing portfolio in biotech
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Gave Us Money and Good Vibes
Don't know if that's relevant, but they did invest in us and provided us with great value.
Rob is great and resourceful, and so is Hussein - I like his direct, transparent, friendly demeanor! They're really helping us.