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 (sometimes referred to more generally as financial asset management) is the professional asset management of various Security (finance), securities, including shareholdings, Bond (finance), bonds, and other assets, such as r ...

venture capital Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing provided by firms or funds to start-up company, startup, early-stage, and emerging companies, that have been deemed to have high growth potential or that have demonstrated high growth in ...

, energy, and real estate industries. As of December 2019, Octopus Group has more than 1.5 million customers and manages more than £12bn 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 Energy Generation

Octopus Energy Generation owns and manages

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production, particularly in

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and onshore

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. According to its own website, it is one of the largest owners of

infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and pri ...

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 Energy Generation is the manager of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust, an investment fund which was floated on the London Stock Exchange in December 2019.

Octopus Inheritance Tax Service

Octopus Inheritance Tax Service provides investors a possibility to purchase shares of one or more unquoted UK companies that are contributing to the UK economy growth. Notable investments include Fern Trading Ltd., a £2.8 billion trading company with a concentration on short-term loans to seasoned real estate professionals, as well as the development and management of fiber broadband in underserved areas. In 2020,

Vorboss Vorboss is a company owned by Fern Trading Ltd, headquartered in Broadgate, London, England. The company provides communications infrastructure services, including fibre and bandwidth connectivity to business customers. It was established in 2006 ...

was added to Fern's portfolio of UK broadband network builders, getting £250m in funding.

Octopus Money

Octopus Money was launched in 2023 to offer money coaching and advice to consumers, often through the individual's employer. The business is run by Ruth Handcock, who joined Octopus Investments from Tandem Bank in 2018. The launch of the brand followed the purchase of Hatch Financial Coaching in 2021, and replaced Octopus Wealth, a financial advice business announced in 2018.

Octopus Investments

Octopus Investments is an

company which manages a number of

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, with some structured as venture capital trusts (VCTs). In 2019, Octopus Investments was the first VCT manager to exceed £1bn of assets managed within its funds. One VTC – Octopus Future Generations VCT – invests in businesses that are helping to build a

sustainable Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long period of time. Definitions of this term are disputed and have varied with literature, context, and time. Sustainability usually has three dimensions (or pillars): env ...

planet, empower people, or revitalize

healthcare Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement or maintenance of health via the preventive healthcare, prevention, diagnosis, therapy, treatment, wikt:amelioration, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other disability, physic ...

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 Zoopla.

Octopus Real Estate

Octopus Real Estate (formerly known as Octopus Property) provides finance and investment for care homes, retirement villages, affordable housing, and residential & 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.

Octopus Legacy

Octopus Legacy provides services for people to plan for their death (will writing, life insurance, power of attorney) as well as

probate In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased; or whereby, in the absence of a legal will, the e ...

and deceased estate management. The business was founded as Guardian Angel in 2016 by Sam Grice, and Octopus Investments acquired a majority stake in 2022.

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