Creative Capital Ventures

General contacts
Investor type

VC

Founded

2024

AUM

$19 M

Location

London, England, United Kingdom

Investment Ticket

$0-1 m

Investment Stage

Seed Series A Series B Late Stage (Series C+)

Region of investment

Europe
Investor profile last updated: 09 August, 2026

Profile

Creative Capital Ventures is a venture capital firm based in London, founded by John Darling. The firm is led by a team of experienced operators who have built, scaled, and sold businesses across various sectors, including sport, music, media, and wellness. The team includes CEO John Darling, COO Simon Kirby, and CIO Sam Keisner, each bringing a wealth of experience in investment and operational leadership to the firm.

Creative Capital Ventures invests in sectors that form the cultural infrastructure, such as immersive experiences, entertainment, music IP, live events, and rights-based assets. The firm specializes in early to growth-stage investments, focusing on shaping how people engage with culture. They provide not only capital but strategic and execution support to enhance commercial outcomes for their portfolio companies.

Notable investments in the firm's portfolio include Wondera - an AI music copilot platform, Lovechild - an emerging experiences company, GroupLux - focused on rights-based assets, R3Rezonate, and Planet, all of which reflect their commitment to moving culture forward.

Industry

Music AI Sports/SportsTech Media and Entertainment Digital

Creative Capital Ventures Funds

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Region 		Size AUM Launch date
Creative Capital Ventures Fund I
Venture Capital (VC)
Media and Entertainment
Sports/SportsTech
Seed
Europe
$0-1 m
$19 M
October 2024

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FAQs about Creative Capital Ventures

Creative Capital Ventures is a venture capital firm. It backs companies at Seed, Series A, Series B and Late Stage (Series C+), writing tickets of $0-1 m.
Creative Capital Ventures is located in London, England, United Kingdom.
Creative Capital Ventures was founded in 2024.
Creative Capital Ventures invests in companies and startups in Music, AI, Sports/SportsTech, Media and Entertainment, Digital.
Creative Capital Ventures invests in companies and startups in Europe.
Creative Capital Ventures invests in companies and startups at Seed, Series A, Series B, Late Stage (Series C+).
Creative Capital Ventures usually invests $0-1 m on average.
Creative Capital Ventures has around $19m assets under management.
Creative Capital Ventures last fund was created/launched in 2024-10-19
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