SFC Capital

SFC Capital is a United Kingdom based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that focuses on early-stage investments, including pre-seed and seed rounds, in sectors such as software, technology, e-commerce, consumer products, enterprise solutions, green technology, medical technology, and hospitality. It backs UK startups through an Angel Network and seed funds, providing capital and guidance and offering access to SEIS- and EIS-qualifying investment opportunities. The firm is described as a leading seed investor in the UK.

Ricardo Berruti

Investor Services Manager

Adam Beveridge

Investment Associate

Stephen Page

Investor

Edward Prior

Head of Investor Serivces

Edward Stevenson

Investor

Yuriy Yurchuk

Financial Analyst

Past deals in Smart Cities

Mozaic Earth

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Mozaic Earth is a technology company that specializes in AI-driven environmental services. It provides a scalable nature intelligence platform to gather and deliver affordable, auditable ecological data. The platform simplifies field data collection using smartphones, enabling collaboration with local staff and communities to collect and analyze habitat and biodiversity data, even in remote areas. This empowers local communities to become stewards of nature by providing them with user-friendly tools.

VoltShare

Pre Seed Round in 2024
VoltShare is a network of domestic and commercial EV charge points that is revolutionizing the charging and driving experience for electric vehicles. Owners can provide essential charging services to their neighbors and the surrounding community by sharing their driveways and idle charge points. They develop simple-to-implement, valuable, and cost-effective charging infrastructure solutions for destination businesses.

Plenti Space

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Plenti Space develops robotic interior systems that make urban living more affordable, sustainable and comfortable.

Kale AI

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Kale AI specializes in urban logistics solutions, focusing on sustainable last-mile operations. The company creates route optimization software that enhances the use of cargo bikes in urban delivery fleets. Their technology matches GPS traces with courier companies' task datasets, providing real-time insights into vehicle speed, congestion, and parking availability, thereby improving operational efficiency.

MeterZ

Seed Round in 2024
MeterZ is a data monitoring company that specializes in energy consumption reporting for businesses. It enables facility and management partners to identify issues within buildings, facilitating the delivery of effective investment strategies based on data insights. By providing detailed energy monitoring, MeterZ helps organizations improve their operational efficiencies while simultaneously reducing their carbon footprints. The company's services are designed to empower businesses to make informed decisions regarding energy usage and sustainability.

Lattice Build Technology

Venture Round in 2024
Lattice Build Technology is a construction technology firm that leverages Internet of Things (IoT) and Digital Twins to enhance construction site management. By utilizing a wireless network of low-power sensors, the company digitizes operations and automates data collection with high accuracy through Real-Time Location System (RTLS) technology. Their platform provides actionable insights and facilitates progress tracking in a 3D environment, ensuring end-to-end traceability that boosts transparency and efficiency in project operations. Additionally, Lattice Build Technology offers a low-code tool that enables the creation of map-based workflows, allowing for better collaboration between office and field teams. This application streamlines the collection of construction material status requests for information (RFIs) by automating workflows and replacing traditional data collection methods, thus providing real-time insights and virtual representations of assets.

VoltShare

Pre Seed Round in 2023
VoltShare is a network of domestic and commercial EV charge points that is revolutionizing the charging and driving experience for electric vehicles. Owners can provide essential charging services to their neighbors and the surrounding community by sharing their driveways and idle charge points. They develop simple-to-implement, valuable, and cost-effective charging infrastructure solutions for destination businesses.

Smart Kiwi

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Smart Kiwi develops AI-powered data intelligence for mobility and logistics, offering a SaaS platform that optimizes fleet distribution for shared mobility by predicting demand with machine learning and geospatial predictive modeling. The platform helps mobility companies increase fleet utilization, improve productivity, and reduce costs by guiding deployments and optimizing operations across networks. Founded by mobility and software experts, Smart Kiwi aims to make cities more livable and sustainable through data-driven insights that enhance profitability and efficiency.

Swytch

Venture Round in 2022
Swytch Technology Ltd is an electric transport design and engineering company that specializes in e-bike conversion kits aimed at making electric biking more affordable and accessible. Its flagship product, the Swytch eBike conversion kit, allows users to transform any standard bicycle into an electric bike. The kit features a portable power bag that can be easily attached and detached, facilitating a convenient switch to a sustainable mode of transportation. The team at Swytch comprises engineers, designers, and marketing professionals who share a common goal of innovating the transport sector.

Awen Collective

Seed Round in 2022
Awen Collective enhances societal safety by bolstering the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure and manufacturers. It develops software tailored for Operational Technologies (OT), including Industrial Control Systems, SCADA systems, Building Automation & Control systems, industrial robotics, and IoT devices. The platform improves visibility into OT networks, reduces cyber risks, and strengthens overall defenses.

Incube

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Incube provides innovative solutions for managing large real estate assets, focusing on the creation of smart, flexible, and energy-efficient spaces that foster vibrant innovation communities. The company utilizes advanced real estate technology to develop customized models for individual buildings. By leveraging aggregated and anonymized data, Incube's platform predicts real-time optimization needs and facilitates proactive adjustments to counter environmental changes. This technology enhances air quality and thermal comfort through integrated Internet of Things (IoT) systems, allowing building engineers to fine-tune heating, ventilation, and air conditioning in response to specific requirements.

AgsenZe

Pre Seed Round in 2021
AgsenZe’s aims to be the world-leading ‘Internet of Things’ company for smart agriculture. The company is developing a range of agricultural smart wearables equipped with key sensors that cover all aspects (chemical, physical and biological) of livestock and arable production. This is underpinned by a cloud-based decision support system, co-developed with leading IoT companies in the UK (Cisco) and in China (T Cloud).

Honeycomb Network

Pre Seed Round in 2021
A tech startup specializing in smart charging and storage infrastructure for electric scooters. It provides secure, high-quality storage pods with intelligent charging units that extend battery life, reduce electronic waste, and offer remote control features.

Alchera Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Alchera Technologies is a cloud-based AI software company that designs and delivers platforms for mobility and infrastructure applications. Its real-time data platform provides vehicle and pedestrian movement information in cities to operators and commercial users of road infrastructure worldwide. Founded in 2016 by researchers from the University of Cambridge and UCL, the company emphasizes privacy-by-design, not collecting personal information. Alchera aims to help transport networks become data-driven, improving operational efficiency and resilience by leveraging existing data to support faster, more informed decision-making.

Route Konnect

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Route Konnect develops Internet of Things (IoT) sensors embedded in road networks. These sensors collect real-time traffic data and monitor incidents, aiming to enhance emergency response times and improve overall road network efficiency.

Awen Collective

Seed Round in 2021
Awen Collective enhances societal safety by bolstering the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure and manufacturers. It develops software tailored for Operational Technologies (OT), including Industrial Control Systems, SCADA systems, Building Automation & Control systems, industrial robotics, and IoT devices. The platform improves visibility into OT networks, reduces cyber risks, and strengthens overall defenses.

LAT Water

Pre Seed Round in 2021
LAT Water Limited is a British technology company that focuses on developing renewable energy-powered desalination and water treatment systems, including innovative solutions for wastewater management. Founded in 2015 and based in Newbury, the company offers products such as the Water Machine, a desalination facility that utilizes renewable energy, and the Self Irrigating Cool House, a greenhouse capable of generating its own water. LAT Water aims to address the global water crisis by providing sustainable solutions, particularly in agriculture. The company has received significant funding from the UK Government for its technology development and has successfully installed its systems in both the UK and China, demonstrating its commitment to delivering low-cost, environmentally friendly water solutions.

Mobilized Construction

Seed Round in 2020
Mobilized Construction is a UK-based technology company that develops sensor-enabled data collection and analytics for road networks. Its fleet-mounted sensors attach to operating vehicles to collect road-condition data and ultra-high-frequency seismic readings, transmitting information automatically for analysis with minimal user interaction. The company provides a data platform and dashboard that combines predictive analytics, automated AI insights, and time-series road-surface data to monitor and forecast deterioration, support maintenance planning, and extend road life. By integrating data across fleets and construction activities, Mobilized Construction enables local governments to plan earlier, cheaper, and safer road repairs and to create micro-PPP programs for infrastructure projects. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Cardiff, United Kingdom, the company aims to reduce costly road maintenance while improving safety and asset longevity.

AgsenZe

Seed Round in 2020
AgsenZe’s aims to be the world-leading ‘Internet of Things’ company for smart agriculture. The company is developing a range of agricultural smart wearables equipped with key sensors that cover all aspects (chemical, physical and biological) of livestock and arable production. This is underpinned by a cloud-based decision support system, co-developed with leading IoT companies in the UK (Cisco) and in China (T Cloud).

Awen Collective

Seed Round in 2019
Awen Collective enhances societal safety by bolstering the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure and manufacturers. It develops software tailored for Operational Technologies (OT), including Industrial Control Systems, SCADA systems, Building Automation & Control systems, industrial robotics, and IoT devices. The platform improves visibility into OT networks, reduces cyber risks, and strengthens overall defenses.

Vortex IoT

Seed Round in 2019
Vortex IoT is a UK-based technology company specializing in smart city solutions. It develops environmental sensors, networks and data platforms using IoT, AI, 5G and LiDAR to support decarbonization and improve air quality. The company provides real-time, precise data to guide environmental decisions and advance net-zero goals, helping organizations make cities more efficient, safer and greener.

Xcavate Robotics

Seed Round in 2019
Xcavate Robotics specializes in developing innovative electric autonomous solutions for large farm tractors and construction excavators. Their products, which include TractorBots and the Xcavate excavator, leverage advanced technology features such as an energy-efficient design and novel rapid charging capabilities, with international patents pending. The company aims to enhance productivity and reduce operating costs in the agricultural and construction industries. Additionally, Xcavate Robotics is focused on constructing subterranean urban spaces to create green-roofed residential, educational, and commercial areas near public parks and schools, offering clients a more efficient and cost-effective approach compared to traditional methods. The company is currently seeking investment to support pilot programs and is open to collaborations with potential customers, distributors, and partners.

AgsenZe

Seed Round in 2019
AgsenZe’s aims to be the world-leading ‘Internet of Things’ company for smart agriculture. The company is developing a range of agricultural smart wearables equipped with key sensors that cover all aspects (chemical, physical and biological) of livestock and arable production. This is underpinned by a cloud-based decision support system, co-developed with leading IoT companies in the UK (Cisco) and in China (T Cloud).

Swytch

Seed Round in 2019
Swytch Technology Ltd is an electric transport design and engineering company that specializes in e-bike conversion kits aimed at making electric biking more affordable and accessible. Its flagship product, the Swytch eBike conversion kit, allows users to transform any standard bicycle into an electric bike. The kit features a portable power bag that can be easily attached and detached, facilitating a convenient switch to a sustainable mode of transportation. The team at Swytch comprises engineers, designers, and marketing professionals who share a common goal of innovating the transport sector.

Vortex IoT

Seed Round in 2018
Vortex IoT is a UK-based technology company specializing in smart city solutions. It develops environmental sensors, networks and data platforms using IoT, AI, 5G and LiDAR to support decarbonization and improve air quality. The company provides real-time, precise data to guide environmental decisions and advance net-zero goals, helping organizations make cities more efficient, safer and greener.

AgsenZe

Seed Round in 2017
AgsenZe’s aims to be the world-leading ‘Internet of Things’ company for smart agriculture. The company is developing a range of agricultural smart wearables equipped with key sensors that cover all aspects (chemical, physical and biological) of livestock and arable production. This is underpinned by a cloud-based decision support system, co-developed with leading IoT companies in the UK (Cisco) and in China (T Cloud).

Phyta Biodesign

Phyta Biodesign is a sustainable architecture company that specializes in developing artificial facade systems. These systems are designed to integrate habitats for critical species into urban spaces, promoting biodiversity and coexistence between humans and native wildlife. The company's platform combines digital design methods, modular fabrication, and ecological research to create facade structures that support native species and incorporate planting elements, adapting to various architectural contexts.

Our Rainwater

Facilitating effective rainwater management within communities to create a sustainable future for our water resources.
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