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.
BMLL Technologies
Series B in 2024
BMLL Technologies is an independent provider of Level 3 historical market data and analytics for sophisticated participants in global capital markets. The company offers a cloud-based data science platform that provides researchers and traders with immediate, harmonised Level 3 data plus Level 2 and Level 1 data, along with pre- and post-trade analytics in a scalable compute environment, without the need to purchase or curate data. Based in London and founded in 2014 at the University of Cambridge, BMLL serves banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, global exchange groups and academic institutions, enabling order book simulation, back-testing, trading research, market behavior analysis, risk measurement, and compliance testing across equities, futures, and ETFs.
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.
Nu Quantum
Seed Round in 2023
Nu Quantum is a Cambridge-based quantum technology company developing the networking infrastructure required to scale quantum computers. It produces quantum photonics hardware, including photon sources and detectors, and nano-engineered materials for quantum light generation and ultra-sensitive detection. The firm is building a complete hardware system to create entangled qubit networks by interconnecting computing cores into large distributed clusters, featuring a high-speed network interface, photonic switching fabric, and control systems. This entangled fabric enables secure exchange of cryptographic keys and underpins quantum encryption links for sensitive communications. Partnerships with leading quantum companies, governments, and research groups support the path to market.
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.
AccelerComm
Series B in 2023
AccelerComm is a semiconductor IP-core company that provides forward error correction and channel coding solutions for wireless communications. It develops hardware-friendly encoders and decoders, including 3GPP-compliant encoding/decoding chains, turbo decoders, LDPC chains, and polar encoder/decoder facilities, to accelerate next-generation wireless systems and overcome bottlenecks in error correction decoding caused by noise and interference. The company focuses on patent-pending channel coding technology that enhances data throughput and efficiency for 3GPP-based networks and related applications, including base stations and mobile devices. Headquartered in Southampton, United Kingdom, AccelerComm aims to enable cost-effective, high-performance digital communications across multiple standards.
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.
BMLL Technologies
Series B in 2022
BMLL Technologies is an independent provider of Level 3 historical market data and analytics for sophisticated participants in global capital markets. The company offers a cloud-based data science platform that provides researchers and traders with immediate, harmonised Level 3 data plus Level 2 and Level 1 data, along with pre- and post-trade analytics in a scalable compute environment, without the need to purchase or curate data. Based in London and founded in 2014 at the University of Cambridge, BMLL serves banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, global exchange groups and academic institutions, enabling order book simulation, back-testing, trading research, market behavior analysis, risk measurement, and compliance testing across equities, futures, and ETFs.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
BMLL Technologies
Venture Round in 2020
BMLL Technologies is an independent provider of Level 3 historical market data and analytics for sophisticated participants in global capital markets. The company offers a cloud-based data science platform that provides researchers and traders with immediate, harmonised Level 3 data plus Level 2 and Level 1 data, along with pre- and post-trade analytics in a scalable compute environment, without the need to purchase or curate data. Based in London and founded in 2014 at the University of Cambridge, BMLL serves banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, global exchange groups and academic institutions, enabling order book simulation, back-testing, trading research, market behavior analysis, risk measurement, and compliance testing across equities, futures, and ETFs.
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 is a Cambridge-based quantum technology company developing the networking infrastructure required to scale quantum computers. It produces quantum photonics hardware, including photon sources and detectors, and nano-engineered materials for quantum light generation and ultra-sensitive detection. The firm is building a complete hardware system to create entangled qubit networks by interconnecting computing cores into large distributed clusters, featuring a high-speed network interface, photonic switching fabric, and control systems. This entangled fabric enables secure exchange of cryptographic keys and underpins quantum encryption links for sensitive communications. Partnerships with leading quantum companies, governments, and research groups support the path to market.
AccelerComm
Series A in 2020
AccelerComm is a semiconductor IP-core company that provides forward error correction and channel coding solutions for wireless communications. It develops hardware-friendly encoders and decoders, including 3GPP-compliant encoding/decoding chains, turbo decoders, LDPC chains, and polar encoder/decoder facilities, to accelerate next-generation wireless systems and overcome bottlenecks in error correction decoding caused by noise and interference. The company focuses on patent-pending channel coding technology that enhances data throughput and efficiency for 3GPP-based networks and related applications, including base stations and mobile devices. Headquartered in Southampton, United Kingdom, AccelerComm aims to enable cost-effective, high-performance digital communications across multiple standards.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 is a Cambridge-based quantum technology company developing the networking infrastructure required to scale quantum computers. It produces quantum photonics hardware, including photon sources and detectors, and nano-engineered materials for quantum light generation and ultra-sensitive detection. The firm is building a complete hardware system to create entangled qubit networks by interconnecting computing cores into large distributed clusters, featuring a high-speed network interface, photonic switching fabric, and control systems. This entangled fabric enables secure exchange of cryptographic keys and underpins quantum encryption links for sensitive communications. Partnerships with leading quantum companies, governments, and research groups support the path to market.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Closed Loop Medicine
Seed Round 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.
causaLens
Series A in 2019
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.
Neurovalens
Series A in 2019
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.
Cambridge Communication Systems
Corporate Round in 2019
Cambridge Communication Systems Limited, founded in 2010 and based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, specializes in designing and developing advanced wireless backhaul solutions. The company focuses on self-organizing technologies that provide connectivity for various applications, including small cell networks, Wi-Fi, CCTV, smart cities, and enterprise access. Its flagship product, Metnet, is a self-organizing 5G microwave backhaul system that operates in the 24/26/28GHz frequency range. Cambridge Communication Systems aims to deliver gigabit connectivity through intelligent, self-optimizing, and self-healing mesh networks, which serve as a cost-effective extension of fiber infrastructure. This innovative approach allows network operators to create hybrid fiber-wireless networks, optimizing total cost of ownership across diverse environments, from urban to rural areas and residential to enterprise settings.
Fluidic Analytics
Series C in 2018
Fluidic Analytics Limited, founded in 2013 as a spin-out from the University of Cambridge, specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of advanced analytical tools for protein characterization. The company focuses on creating innovative products that facilitate in-solution sizing and quantification of proteins, with offerings such as Fluidity One and Fluidity One-W, which enable high sensitivity analysis of protein size and interaction kinetics. These tools are essential for a variety of applications, including assessing protein quality, interactions, and aggregation. Fluidic Analytics serves a diverse clientele, including scientists, clinics, and healthcare providers, aiming to enhance the understanding of protein behavior and its implications in biological processes. By combining cutting-edge technology with a commitment to accessibility and user data ownership, the company aspires to transform the field of protein science, paralleling the revolutionary impact of advancements in DNA sequencing.
Wluper Ltd. is a London-based company that has developed an advanced voice-based conversational AI platform focused on navigation and transportation. Founded in 2016, Wluper's product enables intuitive journey planning through a conversational interface, utilizing natural language processing and machine learning technologies. The platform features core components such as deep learning, recurrent neural networks, and speech recognition, allowing users to obtain information and plan journeys in a natural language format. By leveraging these advanced capabilities, Wluper aims to enhance user experiences and provide organizations with tools to improve workforce engagement and operational efficiency.
Concirrus
Venture Round in 2018
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.
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.
BioBeats
Seed Round in 2018
BioBeats, established in 2012 and headquartered in London, specializes in digital health solutions for personal wellness. The company leverages artificial intelligence and real-time data from smartphones and wearables to tackle global mental health challenges. By fusing research from the University of Oxford, BioBeats creates AI products that track neurological and physiological correlates to psychological progress, predict disorder onset, and provide personalized support. Their psychological wellness application calculates a baseline wellbeing score and offers insights into stress responses, enabling users to identify harmful patterns and improve their overall mental health.
Oxford Space Systems
Venture Round in 2018
Founded in 2013, Oxford Space Systems specializes in developing and manufacturing innovative deployable hardware structures for space environments. The company's products include deployable panels/hinge systems, composite linear boom systems, and deployable antennas, designed to be lighter, less complex, and lower cost than traditional alternatives. With a team of experienced professionals and backing from venture capital funds, Oxford Space Systems has successfully completed government co-developments and commercial contracts with leading satellite builders worldwide.
Paragraf
Seed Round in 2018
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.
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.
Myrtle Software
Venture Round in 2017
Myrtle Software Ltd, founded in 2003 and based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, specializes in developing software tailored for the visual effects industries. The company's focus lies in image processing and large-scale simulation. Additionally, Myrtle.ai, a part of Myrtle Software, is dedicated to optimizing machine learning inference workloads across various applications, including cloud or enterprise data centers and edge environments. Their products and expertise ensure that all available compute resources are optimized for cost, throughput, latency, and energy efficiency.
BMLL Technologies
Venture Round in 2017
BMLL Technologies is an independent provider of Level 3 historical market data and analytics for sophisticated participants in global capital markets. The company offers a cloud-based data science platform that provides researchers and traders with immediate, harmonised Level 3 data plus Level 2 and Level 1 data, along with pre- and post-trade analytics in a scalable compute environment, without the need to purchase or curate data. Based in London and founded in 2014 at the University of Cambridge, BMLL serves banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, global exchange groups and academic institutions, enabling order book simulation, back-testing, trading research, market behavior analysis, risk measurement, and compliance testing across equities, futures, and ETFs.
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.
Bloomsbury AI
Seed Round in 2017
Bloomsbury AI Limited was a London-based company that developed a language processing platform aimed at enabling users to create, utilize, and share text-understanding computer applications. Founded in April 2015 by a team of innovators, the company utilized artificial intelligence to automate expertise and facilitate data analytics through written dialog with computers. This approach allowed users to execute repetitive tasks more efficiently, mimicking the learning process of human apprentices. Bloomsbury AI's technology was designed to read background documents and learn from expert feedback, ultimately creating programs that could perform similar actions. The company, which aimed to streamline the interaction between users and technology, went into liquidation, and at one point was a subsidiary of Facebook, Inc.
Myrtle Software
Seed Round in 2017
Myrtle Software Ltd, founded in 2003 and based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, specializes in developing software tailored for the visual effects industries. The company's focus lies in image processing and large-scale simulation. Additionally, Myrtle.ai, a part of Myrtle Software, is dedicated to optimizing machine learning inference workloads across various applications, including cloud or enterprise data centers and edge environments. Their products and expertise ensure that all available compute resources are optimized for cost, throughput, latency, and energy efficiency.
Speechmatics
Venture Round in 2017
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.
Audio Analytic
Series A in 2017
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.
Senseye
Seed Round in 2016
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.
Fluidic Analytics
Series B in 2016
Fluidic Analytics Limited, founded in 2013 as a spin-out from the University of Cambridge, specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of advanced analytical tools for protein characterization. The company focuses on creating innovative products that facilitate in-solution sizing and quantification of proteins, with offerings such as Fluidity One and Fluidity One-W, which enable high sensitivity analysis of protein size and interaction kinetics. These tools are essential for a variety of applications, including assessing protein quality, interactions, and aggregation. Fluidic Analytics serves a diverse clientele, including scientists, clinics, and healthcare providers, aiming to enhance the understanding of protein behavior and its implications in biological processes. By combining cutting-edge technology with a commitment to accessibility and user data ownership, the company aspires to transform the field of protein science, paralleling the revolutionary impact of advancements in DNA sequencing.
Privitar
Seed Round in 2016
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.
BioBeats
Seed Round in 2016
BioBeats, established in 2012 and headquartered in London, specializes in digital health solutions for personal wellness. The company leverages artificial intelligence and real-time data from smartphones and wearables to tackle global mental health challenges. By fusing research from the University of Oxford, BioBeats creates AI products that track neurological and physiological correlates to psychological progress, predict disorder onset, and provide personalized support. Their psychological wellness application calculates a baseline wellbeing score and offers insights into stress responses, enabling users to identify harmful patterns and improve their overall mental health.
Apperio
Seed Round in 2016
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.
Audio Analytic
Venture Round in 2016
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.
Grapeshot
Series C in 2016
Grapeshot, established in 2002, is a software company specializing in contextual intelligence solutions for marketers and advertising agencies. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with global offices, it offers a platform that enables real-time targeting, data enrichment, and audience discovery. Grapeshot's key solutions include custom and predictive targeting, brand safety, GDPR compliance, campaign analytics, and audience segmentation. Serving brands, DSPs, media agencies, platforms, publishers, and trading desks, it empowers businesses to improve media efficiency, customer engagement, and brand perception. Post-acquisition by Oracle in 2018, Grapeshot continues to be recognized for its innovative tools, winning awards such as "Digiday's Best Publisher Tool" and "British Media Awards' Ad Provider of the Year."
Grapeshot
Venture Round in 2015
Grapeshot, established in 2002, is a software company specializing in contextual intelligence solutions for marketers and advertising agencies. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with global offices, it offers a platform that enables real-time targeting, data enrichment, and audience discovery. Grapeshot's key solutions include custom and predictive targeting, brand safety, GDPR compliance, campaign analytics, and audience segmentation. Serving brands, DSPs, media agencies, platforms, publishers, and trading desks, it empowers businesses to improve media efficiency, customer engagement, and brand perception. Post-acquisition by Oracle in 2018, Grapeshot continues to be recognized for its innovative tools, winning awards such as "Digiday's Best Publisher Tool" and "British Media Awards' Ad Provider of the Year."
Oxford Space Systems
Venture Round in 2015
Founded in 2013, Oxford Space Systems specializes in developing and manufacturing innovative deployable hardware structures for space environments. The company's products include deployable panels/hinge systems, composite linear boom systems, and deployable antennas, designed to be lighter, less complex, and lower cost than traditional alternatives. With a team of experienced professionals and backing from venture capital funds, Oxford Space Systems has successfully completed government co-developments and commercial contracts with leading satellite builders worldwide.
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.
BMLL Technologies
Seed Round in 2015
BMLL Technologies is an independent provider of Level 3 historical market data and analytics for sophisticated participants in global capital markets. The company offers a cloud-based data science platform that provides researchers and traders with immediate, harmonised Level 3 data plus Level 2 and Level 1 data, along with pre- and post-trade analytics in a scalable compute environment, without the need to purchase or curate data. Based in London and founded in 2014 at the University of Cambridge, BMLL serves banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, global exchange groups and academic institutions, enabling order book simulation, back-testing, trading research, market behavior analysis, risk measurement, and compliance testing across equities, futures, and ETFs.
Fluidic Analytics
Series A in 2014
Fluidic Analytics Limited, founded in 2013 as a spin-out from the University of Cambridge, specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of advanced analytical tools for protein characterization. The company focuses on creating innovative products that facilitate in-solution sizing and quantification of proteins, with offerings such as Fluidity One and Fluidity One-W, which enable high sensitivity analysis of protein size and interaction kinetics. These tools are essential for a variety of applications, including assessing protein quality, interactions, and aggregation. Fluidic Analytics serves a diverse clientele, including scientists, clinics, and healthcare providers, aiming to enhance the understanding of protein behavior and its implications in biological processes. By combining cutting-edge technology with a commitment to accessibility and user data ownership, the company aspires to transform the field of protein science, paralleling the revolutionary impact of advancements in DNA sequencing.
Neul
Venture Round in 2011
Neul is a Cambridge, UK-based company that specializes in the development of wireless network technology, specifically aimed at utilizing television white space spectrum. The company offers a range of services, including asset tracking, transportation solutions, rural broadband access, machine-to-machine communications, and e-media distribution. By leveraging this innovative technology, Neul aims to enhance connectivity and enable efficient communication across various applications and industries.
Rosslyn Data Technologies
Venture Round in 2010
Rosslyn Analytics is a software company specializing in data analytics and management services, with a focus on providing organizations and government entities with dynamic data analysis and real-time decision-making capabilities. The company has developed the RAPid platform, a cloud-based solution that integrates data management and analytics in a single interface. This platform facilitates the preparation and management of "analytics-ready" data, enabling users to automate and accelerate data integration, cleansing, and enrichment from both internal and external sources. Customers can customize reports and dashboards more efficiently and cost-effectively than traditional methods allow. Rosslyn Analytics serves a diverse clientele, including notable organizations such as Xerox and Clifford Chance, helping them harness their data for improved decision-making and competitive advantage. Headquartered in the UK, the company operates in London and New York and maintains a global partner network that includes independent software vendors, systems integrators, and business intelligence consultants.
Stillfront Group
Venture Round in 2010
Stillfront Group is an independent developer, publisher and distributor of digital games, specializing in free-to-play titles with a diversified portfolio. The company coordinates multiple near-autonomous studios across Europe and beyond, including Bytro Labs in Germany, Coldwood Interactive in Sweden, Power Challenge in the United Kingdom and Sweden, and Dorado Online Games in Malta, along with established studios such as Goodgame Studios, Storm8 and Babil Games. Stillfront emphasizes games with long lifecycles and loyal players, distributing titles worldwide, with primary markets in the United States, Europe and the MENA region.
Grapeshot
Venture Round in 2009
Grapeshot, established in 2002, is a software company specializing in contextual intelligence solutions for marketers and advertising agencies. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with global offices, it offers a platform that enables real-time targeting, data enrichment, and audience discovery. Grapeshot's key solutions include custom and predictive targeting, brand safety, GDPR compliance, campaign analytics, and audience segmentation. Serving brands, DSPs, media agencies, platforms, publishers, and trading desks, it empowers businesses to improve media efficiency, customer engagement, and brand perception. Post-acquisition by Oracle in 2018, Grapeshot continues to be recognized for its innovative tools, winning awards such as "Digiday's Best Publisher Tool" and "British Media Awards' Ad Provider of the Year."
Phonetic Arts
Venture Round in 2008
Phonetic Arts Limited is a technology company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, specializing in the generation of natural expressive speech for computer games. Founded in 2006, the company offers a suite of products designed to enhance voice interactions in gaming. Its Phonetic Morpher technology allows speech to be altered to sound as if it originates from different characters, while Phonetic LipSync provides accurate lip sync information for both natural and recorded speech. Additionally, the Phonetic Synthesizer transforms the application of speech within games, enabling more immersive and engaging experiences for players.
Spikes Cavell
Venture Round in 2007
Spikes Cavell Analytic Ltd. is a data analytics company based in Newbury, United Kingdom, with an additional presence in Herndon, Virginia. Established in 2003, it specializes in transforming data into actionable insights for both public and private sector organizations, particularly within the public sector and higher education institutions. The company's comprehensive suite of online analytical tools includes solutions for spend analysis, savings measurement, economic policy evaluation, and transparency enhancement. Core products feature ANALYZE for business intelligence, COMPARE for comparative analytics, and COLLABORATE for insights into recurring spending data, among others. Spikes Cavell serves a diverse array of clients, including local and central government, healthcare, higher education, and emergency services, boasting over 600 customers nationwide. The company focuses on leveraging its extensive experience in data-driven decision-making to facilitate procurement transformation in the public sector. Spikes Cavell has formed strategic alliances with several organizations, enhancing its service offerings and commitment to data-driven public sector management.