Nyobolt
Venture Round in 2025
Founded in 2020, Nyobolt is a UK-based company specializing in advanced battery technology for automotive applications. It focuses on developing high-power, fast-charging batteries with large energy storage capacity.
TurinTech
Series A in 2025
TurinTech is a leading provider of automated code optimization solutions designed for machine learning and data-intensive applications. The company leverages proprietary algorithms and advanced artificial intelligence techniques to enhance the performance of machine learning models, transforming raw data into efficient code. By optimizing existing code and improving the speed of generic programming, TurinTech enables businesses to accelerate their time-to-production, reduce development costs, and minimize computational expenses. This focus on efficiency not only boosts productivity but also contributes to sustainability by lowering carbon emissions associated with computing processes.
Alpine Eagle
Seed Round in 2025
Alpine Eagle is a technology company specializing in counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS). It develops hardware and software solutions to detect and mitigate threats posed by low-cost, autonomous drones. The company's offerings help identify the probability of drone incursions, enabling clients to enhance their security measures.
Cambridge GaN Devices
Series C in 2025
Cambridge GaN Devices develops gallium nitride based power devices and transistors designed to improve energy efficiency in power electronics. The company designs, creates, and commercializes GaN-based semiconductors that achieve faster switching, lower energy losses, and smaller form factors compared with traditional silicon devices while delivering higher power density. Its products are intended for applications in sectors such as renewable energy, electric vehicles, and consumer electronics, enabling compact and more efficient power conversion and energy management. The company collaborates with industry partners to drive innovation and accelerate adoption of GaN technology in the power semiconductor market.
IONATE develops smart transformer technology. Its Hybrid Intelligent Transformer (HIT) replaces traditional transformers, integrating real-time control of voltages and power distribution across grids, benefiting power generation facilities, industrial sites, data centers, and grid operators.
Mindgard
Venture Round in 2024
Mindgard is an artificial intelligence security company dedicated to protecting enterprise AI systems from evolving cyber threats that conventional security tools cannot adequately address. The company offers a sophisticated platform that enables organizations to assess, detect, and manage vulnerabilities in their AI models, addressing critical questions about AI risk and mitigation strategies. Mindgard’s solutions include security auditing, automated attack detection and defense mechanisms, and realistic scenario generation, all designed to ensure the integrity of AI-driven applications. By seamlessly integrating with existing cybersecurity frameworks, Mindgard allows businesses to automate and streamline the testing of AI vulnerabilities, thereby conserving resources and enhancing overall security. With over four years of development rooted in advanced research, the Mindgard platform empowers clients to confidently adopt AI technologies while safeguarding their digital assets and reputation in an increasingly complex AI landscape.
Molyon is a pioneering company specializing in the development of advanced energy storage systems. It focuses on creating high-energy density lithium-sulfur batteries, which boast twice the energy density of conventional lithium-ion batteries. This innovative technology is designed to cater to weight-critical applications, enabling clients to enhance their sustainability efforts and reduce reliance on scarce materials.
BMLL Technologies Ltd. is a financial data company based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in providing advanced historical data and analytics for capital market participants. Established in 2014 within the machine learning laboratories of the University of Cambridge, the company offers a cloud-based platform that employs machine learning and inference frameworks to analyze limit order book data from various global financial markets. BMLL's platform facilitates access to Level 3 data, which captures the trading intentions of market participants, enabling clients to derive valuable insights for tasks such as order book simulation, back-testing, and compliance measurement. The platform supports programming languages like MATLAB, R, and Python, and is designed to provide immediate and flexible access to harmonized data without the need for clients to purchase or curate historical datasets. BMLL's clientele includes investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, brokers, global exchange groups, and academic institutions, all of whom utilize its services to enhance research capabilities, optimize trading strategies, and improve decision-making processes.
Vsim Technology
Seed Round in 2024
Vsim Technology offers physics simulations technologies for AI, robotics, VFX, research and the industrial metaverse.
NanoSyrinx
Series A in 2024
NanoSyrinx is a biotechnology company focused on developing a novel biologics drug delivery platform that targets therapeutic proteins and peptides to the cytosol of cells. Through synthetic biology, the company seeks to transport payloads directly into cell interiors, aiming to improve the efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness of treatments. The platform is designed to serve the biopharmaceutical sector by enabling targeted delivery of biologics to intracellular targets, with potential to enhance treatment outcomes across multiple indications.
Flink Robotics
Seed Round in 2024
Flink Robotics is a robotics engineering company that specializes in developing software intelligence robots for material handling. By employing machine learning and computer vision, the company enhances robots with perception capabilities, allowing them to navigate and operate in dynamic environments. Flink's robots are designed to be plug-and-play systems, collaborating seamlessly with one another to generate collision-free motions. This enables clients across diverse industries to streamline their robot implementations, thereby improving operational efficiency.
Imandra
Convertible Note in 2024
Imandra Inc. is a company that specializes in cloud-based automated reasoning, focusing on the governance and analysis of critical algorithms. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Imandra's platform utilizes artificial intelligence and verified functional programming to deliver automated testing for functional languages. This technology aids developers in ensuring the safety, transparency, and correctness of complex algorithms while also addressing software bugs. By providing tools that analyze algorithm specifications for both internal and client-facing trading systems, Imandra enhances the rigor and governance of algorithmic processes in various applications.
Neurovalens
Funding Round in 2024
Neurovalens is a UK-based company founded in 2013 that specializes in developing medical devices grounded in neuroscience, bioscience, and neurophysiology. The company's portfolio includes Stimu Slim and Modius, electronic headsets designed to address obesity through non-invasive neurostimulation. Neurovalens' technology focuses on transdermal activation of key brain regions to modulate autonomic function, circadian rhythms, and metabolic processes, offering healthcare providers drug-free treatment options for various health conditions. The company has received support from Invest NI under the European Union’s Investment for Growth and Jobs Programme to enhance its research and development activities.
Wobble Genomics
Venture Round in 2024
Wobble Genomics specializes in maximizing RNA and DNA sequencing efficiency for the discovery and detection of nucleic acid biomarkers.
Baseimmune
Series A in 2024
Baseimmune is a biotechnology company developing a platform for analyzing pathogens to create antigen and vaccine designs. Its technology generates antigens using advanced informatics, allowing healthcare providers to maintain vaccine effectiveness against mutating pathogens.
Tagomics
Seed Round in 2024
Tagomics specializes in epigenetic biomarker discovery using epigenetic chemical modifications. These modifications provide an additional layer of information to DNA, making them more dynamic and sensitive to lifestyle factors, environment, and disease. This enables early detection of common cancers like colorectal cancer.
Trogenix
Seed Round in 2024
Trogenix operates as a therapeutics company, that treats aggressive cancers.
Mytos is a company focused on creating a fully automated cell manufacturing platform tailored for the biotechnology sector, particularly in drug development. The platform utilizes advanced automation technology to streamline the production of human cells, allowing pharmaceutical and biotech companies to optimize their cell culture processes. By enabling scientists to easily modify culturing protocols, Mytos facilitates more rapid advancements in cell growth and overall efficiency in research and development. This innovative approach aims to enhance the capabilities of businesses in the drug development industry by providing a sophisticated solution for cell production.
Quantum Diamonds
Seed Round in 2023
Quantum Diamonds specializes in the development of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) diamonds for quantum sensing applications. The company designs advanced quantum sensors capable of measuring magnetic fields, temperature, and pressure, offering enhanced sensitivity and resolution compared to traditional sensors. These sensors enable a range of applications, including navigation, bio-imaging, geographical surveying, and spectroscopy, even under challenging conditions. Quantum Diamonds focuses on optimizing performance in areas such as crystal lattice strain, Rabi contrast, and charge state stability, catering to both industrial and academic customers seeking innovative solutions in quantum mechanics.
Nu Quantum
Seed Round in 2023
Nu Quantum Ltd is a company focused on developing quantum photonics hardware and quantum networking infrastructure to enhance the capabilities of quantum computing. Established in 2018 and based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, the company specializes in creating photon sources, detectors, and systems for quantum cryptography. Nu Quantum's innovations include nano-engineered materials for the generation of light at the quantum level and ultra-sensitive light detection systems. The company aims to establish the necessary infrastructure for interconnecting quantum computing cores into large distributed clusters, which is essential for scaling quantum computers. By developing full hardware solutions, including high-speed network interfaces and photonic switching fabrics, Nu Quantum seeks to facilitate the creation of entangled qubit networks. The company collaborates with leading quantum computing firms, governments, and research institutions to bring its advanced technologies to market, focusing on secure cryptographic key exchange and the future of information processing.
Ai Build Limited is a London-based company specializing in artificial intelligence and robotic technologies for large-scale additive manufacturing. Established in 2015, the firm provides a comprehensive solution that includes cloud-based software, robotic extruders, and specialized enclosures to facilitate autonomous 3D printing of large products. Their technology allows factories to produce complex parts and structures using recycled materials, enhancing efficiency while minimizing waste and costs. Ai Build supports various industries, including aerospace, automotive, marine, construction, and energy, by offering continuous infrastructure and technical support throughout the subscription period. The company's mission is to transform manufacturing into a more sustainable and accessible process, empowering the factories of the future with innovative solutions for on-demand production.
Mindgard
Seed Round in 2023
Mindgard is an artificial intelligence security company dedicated to protecting enterprise AI systems from evolving cyber threats that conventional security tools cannot adequately address. The company offers a sophisticated platform that enables organizations to assess, detect, and manage vulnerabilities in their AI models, addressing critical questions about AI risk and mitigation strategies. Mindgard’s solutions include security auditing, automated attack detection and defense mechanisms, and realistic scenario generation, all designed to ensure the integrity of AI-driven applications. By seamlessly integrating with existing cybersecurity frameworks, Mindgard allows businesses to automate and streamline the testing of AI vulnerabilities, thereby conserving resources and enhancing overall security. With over four years of development rooted in advanced research, the Mindgard platform empowers clients to confidently adopt AI technologies while safeguarding their digital assets and reputation in an increasingly complex AI landscape.
Signaloid
Seed Round in 2023
Signaloid is a technology company that specializes in computing platforms and software solutions aimed at uncertainty-tracking in data inputs. Its offerings include a cloud platform and application programming interface that facilitate advanced computations and data storage. The company's technologies are applicable across various fields such as materials modeling, autonomous systems, computational finance, machine learning, and quantum computing. By leveraging its innovations, Signaloid enables clients to assess the impact of uncertainties on their decision-making processes, helping them to ensure compliance with regulations, optimize costs, and enhance safety outcomes.
AccelerComm
Series B in 2023
AccelerComm Ltd is a semiconductor IP-core company based in Southampton, United Kingdom, specializing in Forward Error Correction (FEC) and channel coding solutions for wireless communications. Founded in 2016, the company develops advanced error correction technologies, including Polar and Turbo Decoders, as well as LDPC encoding and decoding chains, which are compliant with 3GPP standards. These technologies are designed to enhance the performance of next-generation wireless communication systems, addressing challenges such as noise, interference, and poor signal quality. By offering innovative solutions that improve the efficiency and reliability of communication networks, AccelerComm aims to support the evolution of mobile technology beyond 3G and 4G standards.
QuadSAT is a Danish company specializing in satellite communications services. It offers preventative maintenance, servicing, upgrades, and new installations for Ku, C-band, and TVRO systems, catering to both maritime and terrestrial clients. Additionally, QuadSAT provides consultation, auditing, surveying, and project management to ensure reliable communication networks.
CyberSmart
Series B in 2023
CyberSmart Ltd., established in 2016 and headquartered in London, specializes in designing and developing automated compliance software platforms. The company offers a suite of products, including Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, GDPR Ready, CyberSmart Platform, and certOS, which help businesses identify, secure, and certify security incidents. Its cloud-based dashboard manages the compliance process, while desktop applications deployed across networks monitor compliance status and detect non-conformities. Additionally, CyberSmart provides ongoing protection through regular security checks and cyber insurance coverage, targeting small to medium-sized businesses seeking to mitigate cyber threats and navigate evolving regulations.
Apperio
Venture Round in 2023
Apperio Limited is a London-based company that specializes in legal spend management software. Established in 2011 and formerly known as Legal Tender Limited, Apperio provides a platform that enables businesses to gain real-time visibility into their legal expenditures. By integrating directly with law firms' practice management systems, the platform automatically gathers and structures data, presenting it in a clear format for analysis. This empowers in-house legal teams to manage their spending effectively and promotes a collaborative relationship with external counsel. Apperio's services encompass a wide variety of legal areas, including corporate, commercial, dispute resolution, and intellectual property, among others. The company’s innovative approach ensures clients have complete cost certainty and can make informed decisions regarding their legal services.
RevEng.AI is a cyber security and artificial intelligence company that helps organizations understand their cyber security supply chain. RevEng.ai identifies fundamental components of closed-source program binaries and generates real-valued vector embeddings for each component.
DreamFold
Seed Round in 2023
DreamFold is a technology startup focused on advancing pharmaceutical research through the development of generative machine learning algorithms. The company specializes in navigating complex protein landscapes to facilitate drug discovery. Its innovative biotechnology employs generative flow networks and active learning to design antibodies that effectively target membrane proteins, enabling the direct transmission of therapeutic signals into diseased cells. By harnessing these advanced techniques, DreamFold aims to assist healthcare professionals in developing treatments for severe conditions, including diabetes and cancer.
Cambridge GaN Devices
Series B in 2022
Cambridge GaN Devices develops gallium nitride based power devices and transistors designed to improve energy efficiency in power electronics. The company designs, creates, and commercializes GaN-based semiconductors that achieve faster switching, lower energy losses, and smaller form factors compared with traditional silicon devices while delivering higher power density. Its products are intended for applications in sectors such as renewable energy, electric vehicles, and consumer electronics, enabling compact and more efficient power conversion and energy management. The company collaborates with industry partners to drive innovation and accelerate adoption of GaN technology in the power semiconductor market.
ToffeeX develops a cloud-based, multi-physics generative AI platform for industrial design. The software automates the generation of complex, efficient shapes to optimize the performance of engineering components, with a focus on fluid-structure interactions. It supports automated design workflows and emphasizes generating robust, high-performance results for applications such as heat exchangers and valves, among others. By combining multi-physics simulation with generative algorithms, ToffeeX helps clients explore engineering alternatives and improve component efficiency, reliability, and manufacturability in industrial settings.
Valarian Technologies
Seed Round in 2022
Valarian specializes in advanced data sovereignty infrastructure designed to protect sensitive information for businesses and government institutions. Its solution enables full data control through strategic localization, granular access management, and comprehensive auditing. Valarian enhances operational resilience, safeguards communications, and secures intellectual property, empowering entities to innovate globally with confidence.
BMLL Technologies Ltd. is a financial data company based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in providing advanced historical data and analytics for capital market participants. Established in 2014 within the machine learning laboratories of the University of Cambridge, the company offers a cloud-based platform that employs machine learning and inference frameworks to analyze limit order book data from various global financial markets. BMLL's platform facilitates access to Level 3 data, which captures the trading intentions of market participants, enabling clients to derive valuable insights for tasks such as order book simulation, back-testing, and compliance measurement. The platform supports programming languages like MATLAB, R, and Python, and is designed to provide immediate and flexible access to harmonized data without the need for clients to purchase or curate historical datasets. BMLL's clientele includes investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, brokers, global exchange groups, and academic institutions, all of whom utilize its services to enhance research capabilities, optimize trading strategies, and improve decision-making processes.
Optellum Ltd is a UK-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in artificial intelligence clinical decision support software specifically for lung cancer diagnosis and treatment. The company has developed an imaging biomarker aimed at enhancing the early detection of lung cancer, the most prevalent and deadly form of cancer globally. Optellum's innovative platform leverages machine learning to analyze vast patient datasets, enabling personalized diagnosis and therapy management for patients at high risk of developing lung cancer. The software not only identifies at-risk patients but also facilitates optimal therapy by automating the analysis of radiology reports, thereby improving clinical decision-making. The founding team consists of experts in medical imaging software and AI, with experience in successfully bringing innovations to market. Optellum is supported by a distinguished Advisory Board of clinicians and deep learning specialists, and is actively expanding its product development team to further its mission in cancer care.
IONATE develops smart transformer technology. Its Hybrid Intelligent Transformer (HIT) replaces traditional transformers, integrating real-time control of voltages and power distribution across grids, benefiting power generation facilities, industrial sites, data centers, and grid operators.
Ionate is a digital transformation company focused on modernizing legacy enterprise applications through advanced technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence. The company provides a platform that offers customizable deployment and management options across various cloud systems, enabling organizations to optimize their technology and data. Ionate's solutions are designed to facilitate faster, more cost-effective, and safer digital transformations, allowing businesses to innovate and adapt to changing market demands. Additionally, the platform features automatic system alerts that monitor application usage and behavior, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing operating costs in cloud and data center environments. Through these innovations, Ionate positions companies for sustained growth and future readiness.
Imperagen
Seed Round in 2022
Imperagen is a biotechnology company focused on enzyme engineering, artificial intelligence, and synthetic biology. It develops a life science platform that integrates patented advances in enzyme simulation, AI, synthetic biology, and automation to create novel enzyme products for manufacturing complex drug molecules. Its applications span laboratory tools, enzyme replacement therapies, and drug delivery systems, helping healthcare sectors address speed, capacity, and scalability challenges.
ToffeeX develops a cloud-based, multi-physics generative AI platform for industrial design. The software automates the generation of complex, efficient shapes to optimize the performance of engineering components, with a focus on fluid-structure interactions. It supports automated design workflows and emphasizes generating robust, high-performance results for applications such as heat exchangers and valves, among others. By combining multi-physics simulation with generative algorithms, ToffeeX helps clients explore engineering alternatives and improve component efficiency, reliability, and manufacturability in industrial settings.
Founded in 2020, Nyobolt is a UK-based company specializing in advanced battery technology for automotive applications. It focuses on developing high-power, fast-charging batteries with large energy storage capacity.
Speechmatics
Series B in 2022
Speechmatics develops speech recognition and automated speech-to-text technology that converts spoken language into written text using machine learning and artificial intelligence. Its platform provides a speech-to-text API for solution and service providers to integrate into their stacks across industries, enabling accurate transcription of voice data regardless of language, demographics, or dialect. The technology generates time-stamped transcripts in multiple languages to support accessibility, discovery, and operational efficiency for media, contact centers, compliance, and ediscovery workflows worldwide.
Opteran
Venture Round in 2022
Opteran reverse-engineers biological brains to create neuromorphic software for autonomous machines. Harnessing evolutionary principles, Opteran provides robust, low-cost autonomy on the edge without requiring AI, data centers, or training.
CybSafe is a cloud-based platform that educates users on cybersecurity best practices via a mobile and web app. It uses data-driven insights from SebDB, the world's most comprehensive security behavior database, to provide real-time, tailored assistance and improve security behaviors within organizations.
DeNoize
Venture Round in 2022
DeNoize develops innovative window technology designed to transform any glass facade into an active noise-cancelling system. Their solution combines electronic sensors, actuators, and controllers integrated within window frames to effectively cancel transmitted noise, creating quieter environments and reducing pollution.
AiM Medical Robotics
Seed Round in 2022
AiM Medical Robotics is a company focused on developing an innovative robotic system designed for neurosurgical procedures. This unique system is MRI compatible, allowing patients to receive treatment while inside the MRI scanner, which provides physicians with real-time imaging feedback to enhance surgical outcomes. The robotic platform integrates surgical planning with MR functional robotics, ensuring precise trajectory guidance during procedures. AiM Medical Robotics aims to assist in the treatment of various conditions, including Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, tremors, and brain cancer, ultimately improving the quality of care for patients undergoing neurosurgery for functional brain disorders.
Boltzbit
Seed Round in 2022
Founded in London in 2020, Boltzbit develops an AI platform that enables data scientists to rapidly prototype various neural network frameworks.
Secretarium
Seed Round in 2022
Secretarium is a developer of an innovative crypto-platform focused on enhancing data integrity and confidentiality. The company utilizes a unique combination of secure hardware and advanced cryptographic techniques to ensure data protection throughout its entire lifecycle, including when it is at rest, in transit, and during processing. By employing end-to-end encryption and code-is-law smart contracts, Secretarium empowers clients to create and manage confidential computing applications securely. Its technology not only assures tamper-proofing of sensitive data but also enables greater collaboration among data owners, allowing them to maintain control over their information while fostering a new wave of privacy-respecting products.
OxDX
Pre Seed Round in 2022
OxDX is a spinout that combines the power of single-molecule fluorescent microscopy with machine learning to identify pathogens in under a minute. They use a universal labelling system to light up everything in our sample, image the sample using super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, and analyse the images in our neural network.
Cauldron
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Cauldron is a gaming company focused on worldbuilding, creating immersive fictional experiences within the realm of Web3. The company's aim is to allow individuals to not only escape into its crafted universes but also to actively participate in them. By leveraging advancements in Web3 technology, Cauldron seeks to redefine the way players engage with gaming worlds, fostering a sense of community and involvement in the narratives they explore.
Paragraf is a UK-based company specializing in graphene technology. Established in 2015, it focuses on developing high-purity graphene products for commercial applications, particularly in electronics. The company produces graphene electronic devices and sensors using contamination-free technology.
causaLens
Series A in 2022
Founded in 2017, causaLens Ltd. specializes in developing predictive software using machine learning, AI, and time-series data. Its flagship product, CLPU (causaLens Predictive Unit), cleans data in real-time and adapts to changing environments. The company serves industries such as energy, asset management, food production, insurance, healthcare, and logistics.
Pieter Pot
Series A in 2021
Pieter Pot operates an online grocery retailer that offers a wide range of daily essentials including groceries, personal care and household products, delivered in reusable glass jars. The program emphasizes plastic-free packaging and a jar take-back system, allowing customers to return jars for reuse on future orders and thereby reduce packaging waste and carbon emissions. Founded in 2018, the company is headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Thought Machine
Series C in 2021
Thought Machine develops cloud-native technology to revolutionize core banking, aiming to address the industry's reliance on outdated IT infrastructure. Its flagship product, Vault, is a configurable retail banking platform built from scratch as a microservice API architecture.
Closed Loop Medicine
Series A in 2021
Closed Loop Medicine designs and develops healthcare technology software that optimizes drug dosing on an individual level through integrated digital therapies. The company focuses on improving patient outcomes for chronic diseases, with products in development for hypertension and insomnia.
Imandra
Seed Round in 2021
Imandra Inc. is a company that specializes in cloud-based automated reasoning, focusing on the governance and analysis of critical algorithms. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Imandra's platform utilizes artificial intelligence and verified functional programming to deliver automated testing for functional languages. This technology aids developers in ensuring the safety, transparency, and correctness of complex algorithms while also addressing software bugs. By providing tools that analyze algorithm specifications for both internal and client-facing trading systems, Imandra enhances the rigor and governance of algorithmic processes in various applications.
Valarian Technologies
Seed Round in 2021
Valarian specializes in advanced data sovereignty infrastructure designed to protect sensitive information for businesses and government institutions. Its solution enables full data control through strategic localization, granular access management, and comprehensive auditing. Valarian enhances operational resilience, safeguards communications, and secures intellectual property, empowering entities to innovate globally with confidence.
NanoSyrinx
Seed Round in 2021
NanoSyrinx is a biotechnology company focused on developing a novel biologics drug delivery platform that targets therapeutic proteins and peptides to the cytosol of cells. Through synthetic biology, the company seeks to transport payloads directly into cell interiors, aiming to improve the efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness of treatments. The platform is designed to serve the biopharmaceutical sector by enabling targeted delivery of biologics to intracellular targets, with potential to enhance treatment outcomes across multiple indications.
Founded in London in 2013, FNA is a deep technology analytics company specializing in financial system services. Its platform enables financial institutions to map and monitor complex financial networks, simulate operational and financial risks, and uncover hidden connections in large datasets.
Founded in 2017, Virti develops an augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) platform for enterprise learning. Its platform enables creation and cross-platform distribution of interactive VR, AR, and MR educational content, along with predictive analytics to assess user performance under pressure.
Porotech
Venture Round in 2021
Porotech is a Cambridge University spin-out focused on developing wide-bandgap compound gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors. It aims to revolutionize the electronics industry by applying advanced material technologies to unlock GaN's full potential, enabling more efficient light-emitting diodes and other electronic devices.
CyberSmart
Series A in 2021
CyberSmart Ltd., established in 2016 and headquartered in London, specializes in designing and developing automated compliance software platforms. The company offers a suite of products, including Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, GDPR Ready, CyberSmart Platform, and certOS, which help businesses identify, secure, and certify security incidents. Its cloud-based dashboard manages the compliance process, while desktop applications deployed across networks monitor compliance status and detect non-conformities. Additionally, CyberSmart provides ongoing protection through regular security checks and cyber insurance coverage, targeting small to medium-sized businesses seeking to mitigate cyber threats and navigate evolving regulations.
Foundries.io
Series A in 2021
Foundries.io Limited is a software development company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, founded in 2017. The company specializes in creating software platforms for embedded product development, focusing on IoT and Edge devices. It offers a Linux microplatform for container-based Linux development and a Zephyr microplatform for real-time operating system applications. Foundries.io provides secure, over-the-air updatable software, including firmware, operating systems, and device management services, along with lifetime support for connected devices. This comprehensive approach allows clients to streamline their development processes, enhance product security, and reduce deployment costs, enabling them to concentrate on their own intellectual property.
Porotech
Seed Round in 2021
Porotech is a Cambridge University spin-out focused on developing wide-bandgap compound gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors. It aims to revolutionize the electronics industry by applying advanced material technologies to unlock GaN's full potential, enabling more efficient light-emitting diodes and other electronic devices.
Divido is a global white-label consumer lending platform that enables financial institutions and multinational retailers to offer finance options at the point-of-purchase. Its omnichannel platform, available online, in-store, and via mobile across multiple countries through one integration, helps partners improve customer experience and increase conversion rates.
Founded in 2020, Nyobolt is a UK-based company specializing in advanced battery technology for automotive applications. It focuses on developing high-power, fast-charging batteries with large energy storage capacity.
MQube is a technology-driven company focused on transforming the UK mortgage market by addressing the challenges faced by lenders, brokers, landlords, and home buyers. Established with a commitment to enhancing user experience, MQube launched its MPowered Mortgages and MPowered platform in 2021. The company utilizes artificial intelligence, unique document extraction technology, and smart data management to automate lending decisions, thereby providing borrowers with greater certainty and control over the mortgage process. Its platform ensures the accuracy of customer data and facilitates the retrieval of relevant data points from documents supplied by mortgage brokers. This innovation enables customers to secure mortgages more easily while allowing lenders to make quicker lending decisions and improve overall customer outcomes.
Cambridge GaN Devices
Series A in 2021
Cambridge GaN Devices develops gallium nitride based power devices and transistors designed to improve energy efficiency in power electronics. The company designs, creates, and commercializes GaN-based semiconductors that achieve faster switching, lower energy losses, and smaller form factors compared with traditional silicon devices while delivering higher power density. Its products are intended for applications in sectors such as renewable energy, electric vehicles, and consumer electronics, enabling compact and more efficient power conversion and energy management. The company collaborates with industry partners to drive innovation and accelerate adoption of GaN technology in the power semiconductor market.
Pangaea Data
Venture Round in 2021
Pangaea Data Limited is a technology company based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in developing machine learning-based software for the biopharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. Founded in 2017, the company focuses on optimizing drug discovery and development by leveraging data from electronic health records and unstructured clinical notes. Its software solutions aim to identify patient cohorts based on specific clinical characteristics and symptoms, enhancing the relevance and utility of scientific and clinical data in these industries. Pangaea Data Limited was previously known as Pangaea Group Limited until it rebranded in May 2018.
CybSafe is a cloud-based platform that educates users on cybersecurity best practices via a mobile and web app. It uses data-driven insights from SebDB, the world's most comprehensive security behavior database, to provide real-time, tailored assistance and improve security behaviors within organizations.
BMLL
Venture Round in 2020
BMLL Technologies Ltd. is a financial data company based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in providing advanced historical data and analytics for capital market participants. Established in 2014 within the machine learning laboratories of the University of Cambridge, the company offers a cloud-based platform that employs machine learning and inference frameworks to analyze limit order book data from various global financial markets. BMLL's platform facilitates access to Level 3 data, which captures the trading intentions of market participants, enabling clients to derive valuable insights for tasks such as order book simulation, back-testing, and compliance measurement. The platform supports programming languages like MATLAB, R, and Python, and is designed to provide immediate and flexible access to harmonized data without the need for clients to purchase or curate historical datasets. BMLL's clientele includes investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, brokers, global exchange groups, and academic institutions, all of whom utilize its services to enhance research capabilities, optimize trading strategies, and improve decision-making processes.
KisanHub
Venture Round in 2020
KisanHub is a developer of a crop intelligence platform that aims to enhance the efficiency of agri-enterprises by providing actionable insights through data integration. The platform connects enterprises with growers, facilitating better supply chain management by offering streamlined access to critical information such as crop progress, weather data, satellite imagery, stock levels, and delivery schedules. KisanHub's software suite is designed to improve visibility and decision-making in the agricultural supply chain, enabling producer groups to optimize their operations and improve profit margins. By leveraging precision agriculture, big data, cloud computing, and mobile technologies, KisanHub supports clients in making informed decisions that drive productivity and sustainability in the agri-food sector.
Opteran
Seed Round in 2020
Opteran reverse-engineers biological brains to create neuromorphic software for autonomous machines. Harnessing evolutionary principles, Opteran provides robust, low-cost autonomy on the edge without requiring AI, data centers, or training.
Senseye
Venture Round in 2020
Senseye Ltd., established in 2014 and based in Southampton, UK, specializes in providing a cloud-based, infrastructure-free predictive maintenance solution to the manufacturing industry. Its flagship product, PROGNOSYS, uses intelligent machine-learning algorithms to automatically forecast machine failures and provide remaining useful life, helping manufacturers avoid downtime and reduce maintenance costs. Senseye's solution is compatible with any machine from any manufacturer, utilizing data from existing Industrial IoT sensors and platforms.
Nu Quantum
Seed Round in 2020
Nu Quantum Ltd is a company focused on developing quantum photonics hardware and quantum networking infrastructure to enhance the capabilities of quantum computing. Established in 2018 and based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, the company specializes in creating photon sources, detectors, and systems for quantum cryptography. Nu Quantum's innovations include nano-engineered materials for the generation of light at the quantum level and ultra-sensitive light detection systems. The company aims to establish the necessary infrastructure for interconnecting quantum computing cores into large distributed clusters, which is essential for scaling quantum computers. By developing full hardware solutions, including high-speed network interfaces and photonic switching fabrics, Nu Quantum seeks to facilitate the creation of entangled qubit networks. The company collaborates with leading quantum computing firms, governments, and research institutions to bring its advanced technologies to market, focusing on secure cryptographic key exchange and the future of information processing.
AccelerComm
Series A in 2020
AccelerComm Ltd is a semiconductor IP-core company based in Southampton, United Kingdom, specializing in Forward Error Correction (FEC) and channel coding solutions for wireless communications. Founded in 2016, the company develops advanced error correction technologies, including Polar and Turbo Decoders, as well as LDPC encoding and decoding chains, which are compliant with 3GPP standards. These technologies are designed to enhance the performance of next-generation wireless communication systems, addressing challenges such as noise, interference, and poor signal quality. By offering innovative solutions that improve the efficiency and reliability of communication networks, AccelerComm aims to support the evolution of mobile technology beyond 3G and 4G standards.
Thought Machine
Series B in 2020
Thought Machine develops cloud-native technology to revolutionize core banking, aiming to address the industry's reliance on outdated IT infrastructure. Its flagship product, Vault, is a configurable retail banking platform built from scratch as a microservice API architecture.
Neurovalens
Venture Round in 2020
Neurovalens is a UK-based company founded in 2013 that specializes in developing medical devices grounded in neuroscience, bioscience, and neurophysiology. The company's portfolio includes Stimu Slim and Modius, electronic headsets designed to address obesity through non-invasive neurostimulation. Neurovalens' technology focuses on transdermal activation of key brain regions to modulate autonomic function, circadian rhythms, and metabolic processes, offering healthcare providers drug-free treatment options for various health conditions. The company has received support from Invest NI under the European Union’s Investment for Growth and Jobs Programme to enhance its research and development activities.
ToffeeX
Seed Round in 2020
ToffeeX develops a cloud-based, multi-physics generative AI platform for industrial design. The software automates the generation of complex, efficient shapes to optimize the performance of engineering components, with a focus on fluid-structure interactions. It supports automated design workflows and emphasizes generating robust, high-performance results for applications such as heat exchangers and valves, among others. By combining multi-physics simulation with generative algorithms, ToffeeX helps clients explore engineering alternatives and improve component efficiency, reliability, and manufacturability in industrial settings.
CyberSmart
Series A in 2020
CyberSmart Ltd., established in 2016 and headquartered in London, specializes in designing and developing automated compliance software platforms. The company offers a suite of products, including Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, GDPR Ready, CyberSmart Platform, and certOS, which help businesses identify, secure, and certify security incidents. Its cloud-based dashboard manages the compliance process, while desktop applications deployed across networks monitor compliance status and detect non-conformities. Additionally, CyberSmart provides ongoing protection through regular security checks and cyber insurance coverage, targeting small to medium-sized businesses seeking to mitigate cyber threats and navigate evolving regulations.
Privitar Ltd. is an enterprise software company specializing in privacy-preserving data mining and advanced data anonymization solutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, the company serves a diverse global client base across North America, Europe, and Asia. Privitar's product suite includes Privitar Publisher, which allows organizations to securely manage and audit data access, and Privitar Lens, which facilitates the creation of privacy-preserving APIs for reporting and analytics. Additionally, its SecureLink system focuses on data de-identification, while the Privitar Data Privacy Platform enhances data utilization while safeguarding sensitive information. The company's technologies enable clients to analyze potentially sensitive data in compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CPRA, and HIPAA, thereby fostering data-driven innovation and maintaining customer privacy across various sectors, including finance, healthcare, telecommunications, and marketing.
Porotech
Seed Round in 2020
Porotech is a Cambridge University spin-out focused on developing wide-bandgap compound gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors. It aims to revolutionize the electronics industry by applying advanced material technologies to unlock GaN's full potential, enabling more efficient light-emitting diodes and other electronic devices.
Privitar Ltd. is an enterprise software company specializing in privacy-preserving data mining and advanced data anonymization solutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, the company serves a diverse global client base across North America, Europe, and Asia. Privitar's product suite includes Privitar Publisher, which allows organizations to securely manage and audit data access, and Privitar Lens, which facilitates the creation of privacy-preserving APIs for reporting and analytics. Additionally, its SecureLink system focuses on data de-identification, while the Privitar Data Privacy Platform enhances data utilization while safeguarding sensitive information. The company's technologies enable clients to analyze potentially sensitive data in compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CPRA, and HIPAA, thereby fostering data-driven innovation and maintaining customer privacy across various sectors, including finance, healthcare, telecommunications, and marketing.
Synthesized
Seed Round in 2020
Founded in London in 2017, Synthesized Ltd. specializes in secure data infrastructure for businesses. Its software uses advanced machine learning and information security techniques to generate synthetic datasets that mimic the structure of original data without revealing individual data points, ensuring compliance with regulations like GDPR.
Concirrus
Series B in 2020
Concirrus operates a cloud platform that connects diverse data sources and devices, transforming businesses by managing and organizing information from connected products and machines. It offers custom solutions, pre-built applications in asset security, fleet management, smart energy, and patient monitoring, along with an incident monitoring center for theft recovery and securing high-value assets. Serving global clients across healthcare, security, mining, insurance, and other sectors, Concirrus empowers organizations to make data-driven decisions through its intelligence platform Quest.
GIVA is an omnichannel platform that offers fine jewelry. GIVA also offers a range of designs in metals like 18K gold, rose gold, and oxidized silver with embellishments of zircon, pearl, marcasite, and other colored stones. GIVA's collection includes earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and rings, crafted from sterling silver for everyday wear.
Iotics develops an Internet of Things data platform that enables sensors, devices and data systems to share, combine and interpret information. It provides Iotics Space, a cloud hosted environment where data from diverse sources can be discovered, connected and related, forming a data mesh that allows digital twins to represent assets and data. The platform supports secure, trusted data interactions at real-time and scale, with a focus on avoiding data duplication and reducing integration efforts. By enabling Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable data, Iotics aims to help organizations unlock insights and accelerate digital transformation without being locked into a single architecture, delivering scalable data strategy building blocks to connect new sources and consumers across industries.
MQube is a technology-driven company focused on transforming the UK mortgage market by addressing the challenges faced by lenders, brokers, landlords, and home buyers. Established with a commitment to enhancing user experience, MQube launched its MPowered Mortgages and MPowered platform in 2021. The company utilizes artificial intelligence, unique document extraction technology, and smart data management to automate lending decisions, thereby providing borrowers with greater certainty and control over the mortgage process. Its platform ensures the accuracy of customer data and facilitates the retrieval of relevant data points from documents supplied by mortgage brokers. This innovation enables customers to secure mortgages more easily while allowing lenders to make quicker lending decisions and improve overall customer outcomes.
TurinTech
Seed Round in 2019
TurinTech is a leading provider of automated code optimization solutions designed for machine learning and data-intensive applications. The company leverages proprietary algorithms and advanced artificial intelligence techniques to enhance the performance of machine learning models, transforming raw data into efficient code. By optimizing existing code and improving the speed of generic programming, TurinTech enables businesses to accelerate their time-to-production, reduce development costs, and minimize computational expenses. This focus on efficiency not only boosts productivity but also contributes to sustainability by lowering carbon emissions associated with computing processes.
Speechmatics
Series A in 2019
Speechmatics develops speech recognition and automated speech-to-text technology that converts spoken language into written text using machine learning and artificial intelligence. Its platform provides a speech-to-text API for solution and service providers to integrate into their stacks across industries, enabling accurate transcription of voice data regardless of language, demographics, or dialect. The technology generates time-stamped transcripts in multiple languages to support accessibility, discovery, and operational efficiency for media, contact centers, compliance, and ediscovery workflows worldwide.
Nu Quantum
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Nu Quantum Ltd is a company focused on developing quantum photonics hardware and quantum networking infrastructure to enhance the capabilities of quantum computing. Established in 2018 and based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, the company specializes in creating photon sources, detectors, and systems for quantum cryptography. Nu Quantum's innovations include nano-engineered materials for the generation of light at the quantum level and ultra-sensitive light detection systems. The company aims to establish the necessary infrastructure for interconnecting quantum computing cores into large distributed clusters, which is essential for scaling quantum computers. By developing full hardware solutions, including high-speed network interfaces and photonic switching fabrics, Nu Quantum seeks to facilitate the creation of entangled qubit networks. The company collaborates with leading quantum computing firms, governments, and research institutions to bring its advanced technologies to market, focusing on secure cryptographic key exchange and the future of information processing.
Senseye Ltd., established in 2014 and based in Southampton, UK, specializes in providing a cloud-based, infrastructure-free predictive maintenance solution to the manufacturing industry. Its flagship product, PROGNOSYS, uses intelligent machine-learning algorithms to automatically forecast machine failures and provide remaining useful life, helping manufacturers avoid downtime and reduce maintenance costs. Senseye's solution is compatible with any machine from any manufacturer, utilizing data from existing Industrial IoT sensors and platforms.
Dataswyft
Seed Round in 2019
Dataswyft is a technology and network company focused on distributed data infrastructure. It empowers individuals, small and medium enterprises, and governments to own and securely store their data using a standardized server known as a HAT Microserver. This facilitates peer-to-peer data usage and portability through Dataswyft's proprietary data wallet. The company’s platform includes private data accounts that allow users to manage their personal data within a protected database, ensuring they have access and control over their information. Additionally, Dataswyft offers a decentralized user account infrastructure, enabling businesses to construct and expand their data ecosystems while effectively exchanging and monetizing personal data with other users and companies. The development of this innovative technology is supported by significant research funding from multiple universities in the United Kingdom.
Founded in London in 2013, FNA is a deep technology analytics company specializing in financial system services. Its platform enables financial institutions to map and monitor complex financial networks, simulate operational and financial risks, and uncover hidden connections in large datasets.
CyberSmart
Venture Round in 2019
CyberSmart Ltd., established in 2016 and headquartered in London, specializes in designing and developing automated compliance software platforms. The company offers a suite of products, including Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, GDPR Ready, CyberSmart Platform, and certOS, which help businesses identify, secure, and certify security incidents. Its cloud-based dashboard manages the compliance process, while desktop applications deployed across networks monitor compliance status and detect non-conformities. Additionally, CyberSmart provides ongoing protection through regular security checks and cyber insurance coverage, targeting small to medium-sized businesses seeking to mitigate cyber threats and navigate evolving regulations.
KisanHub is a developer of a crop intelligence platform that aims to enhance the efficiency of agri-enterprises by providing actionable insights through data integration. The platform connects enterprises with growers, facilitating better supply chain management by offering streamlined access to critical information such as crop progress, weather data, satellite imagery, stock levels, and delivery schedules. KisanHub's software suite is designed to improve visibility and decision-making in the agricultural supply chain, enabling producer groups to optimize their operations and improve profit margins. By leveraging precision agriculture, big data, cloud computing, and mobile technologies, KisanHub supports clients in making informed decisions that drive productivity and sustainability in the agri-food sector.
Closed Loop Medicine
Grant in 2019
Closed Loop Medicine designs and develops healthcare technology software that optimizes drug dosing on an individual level through integrated digital therapies. The company focuses on improving patient outcomes for chronic diseases, with products in development for hypertension and insomnia.
Optellum
Seed Round in 2019
Optellum Ltd is a UK-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in artificial intelligence clinical decision support software specifically for lung cancer diagnosis and treatment. The company has developed an imaging biomarker aimed at enhancing the early detection of lung cancer, the most prevalent and deadly form of cancer globally. Optellum's innovative platform leverages machine learning to analyze vast patient datasets, enabling personalized diagnosis and therapy management for patients at high risk of developing lung cancer. The software not only identifies at-risk patients but also facilitates optimal therapy by automating the analysis of radiology reports, thereby improving clinical decision-making. The founding team consists of experts in medical imaging software and AI, with experience in successfully bringing innovations to market. Optellum is supported by a distinguished Advisory Board of clinicians and deep learning specialists, and is actively expanding its product development team to further its mission in cancer care.
Paragraf is a UK-based company specializing in graphene technology. Established in 2015, it focuses on developing high-purity graphene products for commercial applications, particularly in electronics. The company produces graphene electronic devices and sensors using contamination-free technology.
Audio Analytic
Series B in 2019
Audio Analytic Ltd., established in 2008, specializes in developing sound recognition software for consumer electronics. Based in Cambridge, UK, with an office in San Francisco, the company offers embedded software platforms, ai3™ and ai3-nano™, which enable products like smart speakers, video doorbells, and earbuds to understand and respond to their environment through sound. Their software is licensed to leading consumer tech companies, providing context-based intelligence to enhance user experiences.