Compare our Venture Capital Trusts
Explore the differences between our Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs)
We’re the largest provider of VCTs in the market.¹
We offer four VCTs, each with its own unique focus.
VCT comparison
| Apollo VCT | AIM VCTs | Future Generations VCT | Titan VCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In a sentence | Accelerating the growth of smaller B2B software companies | Invests in VCT-qualifying companies listed on the AIM index | Investing in businesses that aim to build a sustainable planet, empower people, or revitalise healthcare | Investments in tech-enabled businesses with high growth potential |
| Funds under management | £523 million2 | £190 million3 | £53 million4 | £800 million4 |
| Number of portfolio companies | 452 | AIM VCT: 763 AIM VCT2: 753 | 384 | 130+4 |
| Typical investments | Business-to-business software with high-growth potential | AIM listed or pre-IPO businesses in any sector | Early stage, tech-enabled businesses that align with one of the investment themes | Early-stage, tech-enabled businesses |
| Example portfolio companies | Switchee Sova Tendable The Safeguarding Company Turtl | Netcall Craneware Idox Diaceutics | Manual Drift Living Optics | Skin+Me Pelago Minimum Unlikely AI Vitesse |
2Octopus Ventures, 31 July 2025.
3Octopus Investments, 30 November 2025.
4Octopus Ventures, 30 June 2025.
The value of a VCT investment can fall as well as rise. Your client may not get back the full amount they invest. The share prices of smaller companies may rise or fall more than the shares of companies listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
Explore our VCTs in more detail
Octopus Apollo VCT
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A portfolio of around 45 established smaller companies which targets commercialised businesses looking to scale.
Octopus AIM VCTs
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Two VCTs featuring established portfolios of around 80 AIM-listed companies with growth potential.
Octopus Future Generations VCT
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The Octopus Future Generations VCT is an opportunity for investors to share in the growth of purpose driven companies.
Octopus Titan VCT
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The UK’s largest VCT invests in a portfolio of over 140 early-stage companies with the potential for high growth.
Take a closer look inside our VCTs
Learn more about the companies our VCTs invest in
Apollo VCT portfolio companies
Switchee
Created a smart thermostat designed specifically for landlords to offer real-time data and actionable insights.
Sova
Helps companies improve transparency and diversity in their hiring processes.
Tendable
A digital quality inspection platform designed to support the health and social sectors.
Definely
UK LegalTech company created to make legal documents easier to read, edit and understand.
Turtl
Helps businesses produce high quality, personalised marketing materials at scale.
AIM VCTs portfolio companies
Netcall
Provides software and automation solutions that are easy to use and help organisations streamline processes and enhance customer engagement.
Craneware
Helps healthcare providers achieve optimal financial and operational performance.
Idox
Delivers digital solutions that transform public services and improve operational efficiency.
Diaceutics
Provides data, data analytics and implementation services that enables the advancement of genetic analysis.
Future Generations VCT portfolio companies
Manual
Manual is transforming the healthcare industry by making high-quality care more accessible and stigma-free. The business provides innovative treatments for range of conditions, from hair loss and low testosterone to weight management and diagnostics. With over 800,000 patients served across the UK and Brazil, Manual continues to expand its impact.
Drift
Drift aims to drive the clean energy transition worldwide with high-performance sailing vessels that harness deep ocean wind to produce green hydrogen at sea and deliver it globally. It does this using a unique, AI-enabled vessel routing that enables the vessels to find and stay in optimum weather conditions. Empowering people to create a fairer and more equitable society.
Living Optics
Living Optics develops hyperspectral cameras that capture information invisible to the human eye or standard imaging. Their technology makes advanced hyperspectral imaging faster, smaller and more accessible, enabling applications such as plastics sorting, environmental monitoring and medical analysis.
Titan VCT portfolio companies
Skin+Me
Skin+Me combine medical expertise and technology to offer personalised treatment plans on a subscription basis.
Pelago
A digital clinic partnering with employers, health plans, pharmacy benefit managers and individuals to help conquer substance addiction.
Minimum
Minimum is a carbon accounting system that allows businesses to calculate their carbon footprint.
Unlikely AI
Unlikely AI aims to make AI more accurate, trustworthy, explainable and safe.
Vitesse
Vitesse provides a single connection to a global network of domestic clearing systems.
Risks to bear in mind
Capital at risk
This is a high-risk investment. The value of a VCT investment, and any income from it, can fall as well as rise. Investors may not get back the full amount they invest.
Tax treatment may change
Tax treatment depends on individual circumstances and may change in the future. Tax reliefs depend on the VCT maintaining its qualifying status.
Five-year minimum holding period
Investors need to hold shares for a minimum of five years. If you decide to sell your shares before then, you will be required to repay to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) any upfront income tax relief you’ve claimed.
VCTs are a high-risk investment
VCTs invest in smaller companies that are often not listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Investments in smaller companies can fall or rise in value much more sharply than shares in larger, more established companies. They can also be harder to sell.
Please read: We do not offer investment or tax advice, and we always recommend investors talk to a financial adviser before making investment decisions.
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