About Hackquarters
Hackquarters, an accelerator and incubator program founded in 2015, is based in London, United Kingdom. With a presence in 4 countries, it has supported around 14 startups in sectors like Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure. As of May 2026, Hackquarters has witnessed 5 portfolio exits. Most notable companies in
its portfolio include HubSpot, Stripe and Segment. The program primarily supports Seed startups based in Turkey. Its latest investment was a Undisclosed Conventional Debt round in Juuli on Feb 01, 2024, which also saw participation from Workup and Turkiye is Bankasi.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2015
Location
London, United Kingdom
Sectors of Investment
Stages of Investment
Conventional Debt & Seed
Locations of Investment
Hackquarters' List of Top Investments
Hackquarters has a portfolio of 14 companies. Their most notable investments include HubSpot and Stripe.Their portfolio spans across United States, Turkey, United Kingdom and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, Retail and 6 other sectors, across stages such as Conventional Debt, Seed stages. Here is the list of top investments by Hackquarters:
1. HubSpot
Provider of a platform offering marketing, sales, and customer service software. The platform provides tools for marketing automation, sales management, and customer support. It offers an CRM as its core, integrating various hubs such as Marketing Hub, Sales Hub, Service Hub, CMS Hub, Operations Hub, and Commerce Hub, each providing specialized tools to enhance different aspects of customer management and business operations. Key features include a robust CRM supporting contact and deal management, email tracking, marketing email creation, and meeting scheduling.
Key facts about HubSpot
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Cambridge (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $101M
- Employee Count: 12,150 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: Fidelity Investments, Cross Creek and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Jun 02, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Stripe
Provider of financial infrastructure solutions for revenue growth and payment processing. It offers tools designed for individual or combined use to grow businesses. These tools enable payment acceptance and optimisation globally, both online and in person. The company facilitates various billing models and provides access to borderless money movement. It also offers resources for startups and platforms to build and scale their operations.
Key facts about Stripe
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series I
- Total Funding till date: $9.81B
- Employee Count: 15,142 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: TrueBridge, Glynn Capital and 123 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series I, Apr 08, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Segment
Cloud-based customer data platform. It provides an API for developers to integrate and collect customer data and send it to multiple tools for analytics, marketing, data warehousing. It also provides multiple data sources to integrate and collect information like google analytics, HEAP, adobe analytics, flurry, mixpanel, etc. It also provides solutions for data governance.
Key facts about Segment
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $300M
- Employee Count: 233 as on Jan 31, 2026
- Investors: Meritech, TrueBridge and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Apr 02, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Provider of payment solutions for e-commerce companies and individuals. The platform offers a virtual POS, an integration and management panel for multiple POS systems, and more. It also facilitates payments via credit or debit cards, wallets, bank transfers, and more.
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5. Micro Focus
Cloud based platform offering IT infrastructure monitoring solutions. Provides products such as analytics, big data, application delivery management, application monetization, connectivity, IT operations management, etc. It provides software that allows companies to develop, test, deploy, assess, and modernize business critical enterprise applications. It provides a test automation tool for web, mobile, and enterprise applications. It can be used across browsers with a single test script.
Key facts about Micro Focus
- Founded Year: 1976
- Location: Newbury (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $141M
- Employee Count: 3,377 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: Elliott Management, JMI Management and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Unattributed, Nov 18, 2002, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Hackquarters' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Hackquarters has invested in 14 companies over the last 10 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Juuli.Hackquarters' Investments by Stage
Hackquarters has made 1 investment in Conventional Debt stage and 1 investment in Seed stage.Hackquarters' Investments by Sector
Hackquarters has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Gig Economy, Retail and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 12 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 12 Tech companies, 11 Software companies and at least 9 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
Gig Economy | 1 |
Retail | 1 |
Vertical SaaS | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Hackquarters' Investments by Geography
Hackquarters has made most investments in Turkey (1), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 1 investment.Hackquarters' recent investments
Hackquarters has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Hackquarters:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 01, 2024 | United Kingdom | Conventional Debt | 7140 | [+1] | |
Mar 14, 2016 | Turkey | Seed | 9422 | - |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Hackquarters' Portfolio
1 of Hackquarters' portfolio company became public - HubSpot. It got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Oct 2014 at marketcap of $759MHere are Hackquarters' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 10, 2014 | - | - | 3702 |
Acquired companies in Hackquarters' Portfolio
4 companies from Hackquarters' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was First Republic Bank in Apr 2024 by JTC for $*****.Here are Hackquarters' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 22, 2024 | - | - | 7297 | |
Aug 25, 2022 | - | - | 6275 | |
Oct 09, 2020 | - | - | 7694 | |
Jun 11, 2019 | - | - | 3036 |
Co-investors of Hackquarters
Over the past 10 years, 3 investors have co-invested in Hackquarters's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of Hackquarters: 2 investors entered a company along with Hackquarters. These include investors like Workup (1 company).
- Invested after Hackquarters: Turk Telekom (1 company) is the only investor which has invested in Hackquarters's portfolio after their investments.
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