Octopus Capital Limited, trading as Octopus Group, is a privately held United Kingdom based

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founded in 2000 by Simon Rogerson, Christopher Hulatt, and Guy Myles as a fund management company. Through its subsidiaries, it operates in the

investment management Investment management is the professional asset management of various securities, including shareholdings, bonds, and other assets, such as real estate, to meet specified investment goals for the benefit of investors. Investors may be institut ...

venture capital Venture capital (often abbreviated as VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth potential or which ha ...

, energy, and

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industries. As of December 2019, Octopus Group has more than 1.5 million customers and manages more than £9.1bn on behalf of its investors.

Businesses

Octopus Energy

Octopus Energy was established in 2015 as a retail electricity and gas supplier in the UK, and by December 2019, had over 1.35 million domestic and business customers. Under the Octopus Energy Group brand, it has expanded into energy for business and energy services, and licences its customer handling software to other energy suppliers.

Octopus Renewables

Octopus Renewables owns and manages

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production, particularly in solar and onshore

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. It is one of the largest owners of renewable energy infrastructure in Europe, with £3bn of assets under management. Previously a separate entity within Octopus Group, the company was acquired by Octopus Energy in July 2021. Octopus Renewables is the manager of

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust is a large British investment trust dedicated to investment in electricity generation assets in countries including the UK, France and Spain. It floated on the London Stock Exchange in December 2019, raising ...

, an investment fund which was floated on the London Stock Exchange in December 2019.

Octopus Ventures

Octopus Ventures is a

fund with £1.2bn of funds under management. Notable Octopus Ventures investments include

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, Eve Sleep, ManyPets (formerly known as Bought By Many),

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, Graze, and

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Octopus Investments

Octopus Investments is an

company which manages a number of investment funds, with some structured as venture capital trusts. It was the first venture capital trust manager to pass £1bn of assets managed within its funds.

Octopus Wealth

Octopus Wealth is a

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service launched in 2018. It aims to provide straightforward financial advice with a clear fee structure.

Octopus Real Estate

Octopus Real Estate (formerly known as Octopus Property) provides finance for residential and commercial properties. It was formed in 2019 by the merger of two existing businesses, Octopus Property and Octopus Healthcare, and had £2bn of funds under management in 2019.

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