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Puma Growth Partners — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($250K–$5.0M Checks)

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Edinburgh, ScotlandProfile updated October 2026Website

Puma Growth Partners is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Edinburgh, Scotland investing in Fintech, AI / ML, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $250K–$5.0M checks and has 37 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$5.0M
Portfolio
37 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
AUM
$1B
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Fintech, AI / ML, Enterprise, SaaS
HQ
Edinburgh, Scotland

Last verified: 2026-10-27

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$250K – $5.0M

AUM

$1.0B

Portfolio

37+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investment Thesis

Puma Growth Partners invests in fintech, AI and technology companies with scalable software models. The firm can support UK-first regulated enterprise SaaS once traction is visible.

How Puma Growth Partners invests

Puma Growth Partners is a vc firm based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Fintech, AI / ML, Enterprise, SaaS.

Puma Growth Partners typically writes checks of $250K–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $1B in assets under management. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.

Puma Growth Partners has backed 37 companies in our records, including Azoma, MOTH, HR DUO.

Partners & Team

BL

Ben Leslie

Investment Director

HS

Henri Songeur

Investment Director

HR

Harriet Rosethorn

Investment Director

KW

Keith Watson

Partner

Fintech
AI

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
AI / ML
Enterprise
SaaS

Funds

Fund III

$200M2023
investing

Fund II

$400M2018
investing

Fund I

$300M2013
investing

Recent Activity

Raised Fund III ($200M)

2023 · fund records

Raised Fund II ($400M)

2018 · fund records

Raised Fund I ($300M)

2013 · fund records

Portfolio Companies (37)

Other

AZ

Azoma

A leading Agentic Commerce Optimisation (ACO) platform

MO

MOTH

One of the UK’s fastest-growing, ready-to-drink cocktail brands.

HR

HR DUO

Employer operating layer for frontline-heavy businesses

HU

HubBox

YA

YASO

Operating system for global consumer brands expanding in the Chinese market

RU

Runa

LO

LOVE CORN

Crunchy corn snack brand sold in retail stores in the UK and US

SE

Semeris

AV

Aveni

AI fintech specialist building LLMs and AI products for financial services

LU

Lucky Saint

Dedicated alcohol-free beer brand

How to pitch Puma Growth Partners
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Fintech, AI / ML, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $5.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ben Leslie, Investment Director.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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