Amadeus Capital Partners
Amadeus Capital Partners Limited is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Hermann Hauser and Anne Glover to back deep-technology companies. Operating from London and Cambridge, the firm invests from seed to growth stage across artificial intelligence, computing and quantum technologies, digital health and medical technology, and sustainability and energy, and has historically run an emerging-markets growth strategy through its Digital Prosperity Fund. Amadeus states it has raised over USD 1.3 billion and backed more than 200 companies since inception, with 17 of its holdings reaching public markets. The firm is registered in England and Wales and is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority under firm reference number 185291.
Amadeus Capital Partners is a London venture capital firm with €850M AUM, 52 active companies and 18 exits.
- ·8 exits in the last 5 years · consistent DPI cadence.
- ·Average hold across 15 realized deals: 7 years.
- ·Fund cadence: ~6Y between vintages · last raise 2023.
Sector breakdown
70 companiesGeography breakdown
14 geographiesKey facts
Recent exits
Amadeus Capital Partners sold Congenica to SeqOne in 2025 after 11 years.
Amadeus Capital Partners sold OrganOx to Terumo in 2025 after 14 years.
Amadeus Capital Partners sold Ravelin to Worldpay in 2025 after 10 years.
Amadeus Capital Partners sold Cryptosense to SandboxAQ in 2022 after 1 year.
Coverage notes
5 funds tracked, 70 portfolio companies (52 active · 18 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Investment team
Senior partners. Hand-checked from public filings and the firm's own site.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund Amadeus Capital Partners has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Amadeus APEX Technology FundVC2023€28M21 assetsVC2023 · 3yr€28M21–
Unrealized
21 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| ATMOS Space Cargo Aerospace & Defence · Germany | 2023 |
| enaDyne ClimateTech · Germany | 2025 |
| enclaive Cybersecurity · Germany | 2026 |
| Farang Sweden | 2025 |
| Fiber Elements Construction · Austria | 2025 |
| Gemesys Deep Tech · Germany | 2024 |
| HyperHeat ClimateTech · Germany | 2024 |
| iPremom Healthcare · Spain | 2026 |
| NEOintralogistics Germany | 2026 |
| OKAPI:Orbits Aerospace & Defence · Germany | 2023 |
| Photonic Deep Tech · Canada | 2023 |
| planqc Deep Tech · Germany | 2023 |
| PolyAI AI/ML · United Kingdom | – |
| Recurvia Software · United Kingdom | 2025 |
| RoboK AI/ML · United Kingdom | – |
| Secondmind AI/ML · United Kingdom | – |
| Skycore Semiconductors Denmark | 2025 |
| Stateful Robotics Deep Tech · United Kingdom | 2026 |
| Tenzo Software · United Kingdom | 2023 |
| UniSieve ClimateTech · Switzerland | 2023 |
| Vertus Energy ClimateTech · UK | 2024 |
Amadeus V Technology FundVC2021€129M13 assets2 exitsVC2021 · 5yr€129M132
Unrealized
13 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| Charco Neurotech MedTech · UK | 2021 |
| ConstructiveBio Biotech · UK | 2022 |
| Epoch Biodesign ClimateTech · UK | 2022 |
| iPronics Deep Tech · Spain | 2022 |
| Nu Quantum Deep Tech · UK | 2019 |
| Nuclera Biotech · UK | 2022 |
| Periphery Cybersecurity · UK | 2024 |
| Pimloc AI/ML · UK | 2025 |
| Refute AI/ML · UK | 2024 |
| Riverlane Deep Tech · UK | 2019 |
| Safe Intelligence AI/ML · UK | 2025 |
| Sitehop Cybersecurity · UK | 2025 |
| Unlikely AI AI/ML · United Kingdom | 2022 |
Realized
2 exits| Company | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cryptosense Cybersecurity · France | 2021 | 2022 | Trade Sale | SandboxAQ | – |
| Oxford Nanopore Technologies Biotech · UK | 2021 | 2021 | IPO | Novo Holdings | – |
Amadeus IV Digital Prosperity FundGrowth2013€69M17 assets7 exitsGrowth2013 · 13yr€69M177
Unrealized
17 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| Altana AI AI/ML · US | 2020 |
| Bidu InsurTech · Brazil | 2014 |
| Creditas Fintech · Brazil | 2018 |
| Descomplica EdTech · Brazil | 2015 |
| Doctify HealthTech · UK | 2016 |
| Healx Biotech · UK | – |
| Natrox MedTech · UK | 2016 |
| Ori Biotech Biotech · UK | 2020 |
| Paragraf Deep Tech · UK | 2018 |
| PhoreMost United Kingdom | 2015 |
| Quibim HealthTech · Spain | 2020 |
| SLAMcore Deep Tech · United Kingdom | 2017 |
| Sprout.ai United Kingdom | 2020 |
| Travelstart E-commerce · South Africa | 2016 |
| V7 Labs AI/ML · United Kingdom | 2020 |
| Xampla ClimateTech · United Kingdom | 2020 |
| XYZ Reality Construction · United Kingdom | 2020 |
Realized
7 exits| Company | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellco MedTech · Italy | 2013 | 2016 | Trade Sale | Medtronic | – |
| Congenica HealthTech · UK | 2014 | 2025 | Trade Sale | SeqOne | – |
| ContactEngine AI/ML · UK | 2016 | 2021 | Trade Sale | NICE Systems | – |
| FiveAI Mobility · UK | 2016 | 2022 | Trade Sale | Bosch | – |
| Igenomix Biotech · Spain | 2016 | 2019 | Trade Sale | EQT | – |
| OrganOx MedTech · UK | 2011 | 2025 | Trade Sale | Terumo | – |
| Ravelin Fintech · UK | 2015 | 2025 | Trade Sale | Worldpay | – |
Amadeus II Technology Fund20001 assets6 exits–2000 · 26yr–16
Unrealized
1 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| XMOS Deep Tech · United Kingdom | 2006 |
Realized
6 exitsAmadeus I Technology Fund19980 assets3 exits–1998 · 28yr–03
Realized
3 exits| Company | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSR Deep Tech · UK | 1999 | 2004 | IPO | – | – |
| Element 14 Deep Tech · UK | 1999 | 2000 | Trade Sale | Broadcom | – |
| Entropic Deep Tech · US | 1998 | 1999 | Trade Sale | Microsoft | – |
About Amadeus Capital Partners
Amadeus Capital Partners is a UK deep technology venture capital firm with more than $1.3 billion of cumulative capital raised, headquartered in London. The firm was founded in 1997 by Anne Glover and Hermann Hauser (co-founder of ARM), and has built a 25 plus year track record in European deep tech investing with 17 portfolio IPOs and more than 200 companies backed. Amadeus remains a founder-led partner-owned independent firm.
Investment thesis
Amadeus deploys capital across approximately five main Amadeus funds (I through V, including £110 million Amadeus V Technology Fund) plus the €80 million Amadeus APEX Technology Fund and an Early-Stage EIS Fund, supporting deep tech ventures from seed through growth stages. Sector focus spans artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cybersecurity, digital health, enterprise software and sustainability and energy, with particular emphasis on UK and European university spinouts and frontier technology platforms. Geographic deployment spans the UK and broader Europe as primary markets with Latin America accessed via the APEX Technology Fund partnership.
Recent activity
Recent realised exits include medical technology (organ transplantation, 2025) and fintech (fraud prevention, 2025). Recent investments include Riverlane (quantum computing, 2024 round), Vertus Energy (renewables, 2024), Safe Intelligence (AI validation, 2025), Sitehop (post-quantum cryptography, 2024), Refute (2025) and Nu Quantum (2025). The platform continues active deployment across its deep tech thesis with selective follow-on investment across the existing portfolio.
Frequently asked questions
- What investment strategy does Amadeus Capital Partners focus on?
- Amadeus Capital Partners focuses on VC, Growth strategies in the private equity space.
- How many portfolio companies does Amadeus Capital Partners have?
- Amadeus Capital Partners has 52 active portfolio companies and 18 completed exits and 5 funds tracked on GP Intel.
- Where is Amadeus Capital Partners headquartered?
- Amadeus Capital Partners is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
- What is Amadeus Capital Partners's assets under management?
- Amadeus Capital Partners manages approximately €850M in assets under management.
- When was Amadeus Capital Partners founded?
- Amadeus Capital Partners was founded in 1997.
- What sectors does Amadeus Capital Partners invest in?
- Amadeus Capital Partners invests across TMT, Software, Healthcare, Financials.
- What are Amadeus Capital Partners's recent exits?
- Recent realized exits by Amadeus Capital Partners include: Congenica (2025) to SeqOne; OrganOx (2025) to Terumo; Ravelin (2025) to Worldpay; Cryptosense (2022) to SandboxAQ; FiveAI (2022) to Bosch; Openbravo (2022) to DL Software; Oxford Nanopore Technologies (2021) to Novo Holdings; ContactEngine (2021) to NICE Systems.
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