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Kuber Ventures
Kuber Ventures was founded in London in 2013 by Dermot Campbell, who previously served as its CEO, with the specific goal of professionalising access to the UK...
Kuber Ventures
Kuber Ventures was founded in London in 2013 by Dermot Campbell, who previously served as its CEO, with the specific goal of professionalising access to the UK government's venture capital tax-relief schemes. The firm operates as an independent platform rather than a discretionary fund manager, giving financial advisers and their clients the ability to construct and manage portfolios of Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), and Business Property Relief (BPR) qualifying investments. Campbell built the firm around the thesis that these tax-advantaged wrappers, historically treated as one-off retail products, could be assembled into diversified, multi-manager portfolios with proper due diligence and ongoing monitoring. Kuber functions primarily as a fund-of-funds and direct co-investment aggregator within the UK tax-advantaged venture ecosystem. The firm sources investments across EIS- and SEIS-qualifying startups, spanning enterprise software, fintech, digital health, and climate technology. Deployment is executed both through third-party fund managers and through direct co-investments alongside partners such as Victorum Capital, with Kuber's platform enabling minimum increments as low as £25,000 across multiple underlying companies per tax year. The firm also maintains a distinct real-asset exposure through a mixed-use real estate portfolio in Pune, Maharashtra, India, providing a diversification vector outside pure venture capital. The firm operates from London with additional partner presence in Singapore through Karunjit Kumar Dhir and Alok Kumar. Kuber's distribution model is built around financial adviser partnerships rather than direct-to-consumer marketing. The firm maintains a strategic relationship with Intelligent Partnership, the UK's largest alternative investment research and education network, using it as a channel for adviser training and product distribution. The platform's scale in terms of total capital deployed is not publicly disclosed. The firm holds alumni status with Business in the Community (BITC), the Prince of Wales's responsible business network, indicating early philanthropic engagement. Kuber's structural differentiator is its agnostic platform architecture. Unlike single-manager EIS funds that bundle asset allocation and fund selection into one closed product, Kuber lets external advisers build multi-manager portfolios across competing EIS and SEIS managers, with Kuber acting as the administrative and due-diligence layer in between. The dual-asset structure — UK venture tax products plus Indian real estate — is unusual for a platform focused on UK financial advisers.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Year founded
2013
Location
Region
Europe
Country
United Kingdom
City
London
Corporate office
London, United Kingdom
Additional offices
Singapore · Pune, Maharashtra, India
Principals
Dermot Campbell
Founder
Karunjit Kumar Dhir
Partner, Singapore
Alok Kumar
Partner, Singapore
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What is Kuber Ventures' platform model and how does it differ from a standard EIS fund?
Kuber Ventures operates as an independent portfolio platform rather than a single-manager EIS fund. Financial advisers and their clients use Kuber's system to build diversified portfolios across multiple underlying EIS, SEIS, and BPR-qualifying investments, including both third-party funds and direct co-investments. This means asset allocation and manager selection are controlled by the adviser, with Kuber providing the administrative infrastructure, due diligence, and ongoing monitoring layer. The minimum deployment threshold on the platform is approximately £25,000 per tax year.
Which tax-advantaged investment schemes does Kuber Ventures cover?
The platform covers Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS), Seed Enterprise Investment Schemes (SEIS), and Business Property Relief (BPR) qualifying investments. EIS provides 30% income tax relief on investments up to £1 million per year, with capital gains tax deferral and inheritance tax benefits. SEIS targets very early-stage companies with 50% income tax relief on up to £100,000 per year. BPR investments focus on inheritance tax mitigation through qualifying business assets held for at least two years.
Who runs investment selection and due diligence at Kuber Ventures?
Founder Dermot Campbell, formerly CEO of the firm, established the investment framework and sourcing model. The day-to-day evaluation of underlying fund managers and direct co-investment opportunities is conducted by Kuber's investment team out of London. Kuber frequently co-invests alongside Victorum Capital in seed-stage companies qualifying for EIS or SEIS relief. The Singapore partner team, led by Karunjit Kumar Dhir and Alok Kumar, contributes to deal origination and Asian-market distribution.
Does Kuber Ventures run a discretionary fund or do investors retain decision-making authority?
Kuber Ventures does not operate a discretionary fund management mandate. The platform is execution-only and advisory-led, meaning financial advisers using the system retain full discretion over which underlying EIS, SEIS, and BPR investments to include in each client's portfolio. Kuber provides the selection universe, due diligence reports, and portfolio administration, but the adviser makes allocation decisions.
What is Kuber Ventures' real estate exposure in India?
Kuber maintains a distinct mixed-use real estate portfolio in Pune, Maharashtra, India. This real-asset exposure operates alongside the UK tax-advantaged venture portfolio and serves as a diversification vector outside the startup ecosystem. The specific scale and composition of the Pune portfolio have not been publicly detailed by the firm.
How does Kuber Ventures distribute its platform to financial advisers?
Kuber distributes primarily through partnerships with UK financial adviser networks and wealth management firms. The firm maintains a strategic relationship with Intelligent Partnership, the UK's largest research and education network focused on alternative investments. Through this channel, Kuber provides adviser training on tax-advantaged venture capital, due diligence frameworks, and portfolio construction methodology.
Does Kuber Ventures co-invest alongside external GPs, and if so, with whom?
Yes. Kuber participates in direct co-investments into seed-stage EIS and SEIS qualifying companies. A documented co-investment relationship exists with Victorum Capital, a frequent partner in seed-stage transactions. These co-investments are made available to Kuber platform users who wish to allocate to specific named companies rather than to pooled fund structures.
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