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Top 50 Climate Startup Investors in United Kingdom in December 2024

Last updated: Dec 2024 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Climate startups based in United kingdom. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Climate companies from United kingdom. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Climate Startup Investors in United Kingdom in December 2024

Investor	Climate United Kingdom investments
Parkwalk Advisors	44
Par Equity	39
Scottish Investment Bank	34
Business Growth Fund	33
Scottish Enterprise	31
Foresight Group	24
Development Bank of Wales	24
SFC Capital	24
Newable Private Investing	23
The FSE Group	22
IP Group	22
UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund	21
Green Angel Ventures	20
Oxford Technology Management	20
Oxford Capital	20
Seraphim Space	19
Oxford Science Enterprises	18
Equity Gap	18
SOSV	18
Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund	17
Midlands Engine Investment Fund	17
Midven	17
Kelvin Capital	16
Low Carbon Innovation Fund	16
Maven Capital Partners	16
Techstart Ventures	15
Ascension	15
Cambridge Angels group	15
Sustainable Ventures	15
Oxford Science Enterprises	15
Clean Growth Fund	14
NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance	14
Venrex	13
Archangels	13
IQ Capital	13
NPIF - FW Capital Debt Finance	13
YFM Equity Partners	12
Catapult Ventures	12
Aster	11
Kindred Capital	11
British Design Fund	10
Innovate UK	10
BACKED VC	10
Mercia Fund Managers	10
QVentures	10
Scottish Equity Partners	10
Northstar Ventures	10
BP Ventures	10
Angels Den	10
Octopus Ventures	10

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Parkwalk is a London-based fund management firm. Parkwalk invests in UK technology companies that have IP backing and freedom to operate, generally spun out of UK universities. Their funds seek to generate capital gains for their investors, enhanced by the attractive tax relief provided by EIS. Parkwalk entered this investment sector in 2009,anticipating a wave of tax-efficient incentives launched by the UK Government to stimulate innovative emerging technology companies and thereby help drive economic growth.Parkwalk utilises academic, technology transfer, venture capital and personal networks developed over many years to gain access to the highest calibre deal-flow. In 2017 Parkwalk joined forces with IP Group plc, a leading intellectual property commercialisation company that is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IPO. As at March 2019 the combined group has net assets of £1.2bn.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Diffblue — Diffblue Cover uses next generation autonomous AI to automate unit testing so that Java development teams can build better applications faster
Evoralis — Utilise Our Innovative Enzymes to Efficiently Recycle Plastics Into High-Quality Raw Materials
Ikarovec — Ikarovec is developing novel gene therapies to treat major ophthalmic indications.

Founded in 2008, Par Equity is a venture capital firm that backs the most innovative, high growth technology companies in the North of the UK. Based in Edinburgh, Par invests across Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Computer
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Artus — Artus is a revolutionary heating and air conditioning product. Applications include residential, commercial and high-precision environments.
iGii — Integrated Graphene enable better products with a revolutionary design for manufacture process producing the world's highest quality pure 3D Graphene Foam, Gii.
Nova Pangaea Technologies (NPT) — NPT is a cleantech company that has developed a revolutionary process technology called REFNOVA. REFNOVA allows customers to converts non-food plant residues into sustainable products such as biochar, activated carbon, biofuel, biopolymers and biochemicals. Our products help customers replace fossil based products and enable decarbonisation.

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Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Bio-Images Drug Delivery — BDD Pharma combine drug delivery expertise and clinical capabilities to accelerate product development pipelines, enable life cycle management and new innovative pharmaceutical products. Rapid parallel clinical testing with SWIFT significantly reduces time from product concept to clinical success.
IOTech — Discover IOTech Systems, the open edge data platform for developing, deploying, and managing Industrial Edge applications at scale. Find out more here.
Administrate — Manage 100% of enterprise training operations with configurable training management software, designed to scale with your organization.

BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority investment to growing companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
United Kingdom, Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sulmara — Innovation for a sustainable energy future | Sulmara
Recite Me — Recite Me is an Accessibility Software & Solutions provider - helping to create WCAG compliant websites and inclusive experiences online for disabled people.
Miracle Design & Play — Miracle Design & Play specializes in designing and installing playgrounds for children.

Scotland's business advice, support and funding agency. Explore our products and services to find the right support for your business and apply online today.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
Grant, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

MiAlgae — MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company that aims to revolutionize the £340 billion global livestock feed industry by producing microalgal products – through the remediation of wastewater – as nutrient supplements for fishmeal in livestock feeds. Their microalgal products are high in omegas and proteins, both of which are required forthe production of many livestock feeds, especially in the aquaculture sector.Their production methodology uses circular economy to reduce the operating costs involved in the production of microalgae and as such allows them to compete with other supplements currently on the market.
Biotangents — Biotangents develops veterinary diagnostic tests to detect infectious diseases in livestock (bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD), mastitis, bovine respiratory disease (BRD), brucellosis) using our highly adaptable molecular diagnostic technology, Moduleic Sensing.
Solasta Bio — Solasta Bio develops environment-friendly products that meet a global need for new and effective crop protection.

Foresight Group is a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager which has been managing funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients for more than 35 years. Foresight has over £7.2 billion of assets under management across a number of funds on behalf of some of the world’s largest institutional investors, family offices,private and high net-worth individuals and retail investors. Foresight's investment strategies are underpinned by a strong environmental, social & governance (“ESG”) focus, which increasingly meets the demands of today’s investors and ensures we are consistently working towards creating a sustainable legacy for future generations.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
Funding Round, Private Equity, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Jersey

Portfolio highlights

TES Group — TES are engineering experts specialising in critical infrastructure. We provide specialist services to water & power industries worldwide.
Scorebuddy — All in one quality assurance call center software with automated tools for agent performance management, AI analytics and integrations. Try it free now!
Quality Food Products — Quality Food Products is a meat processing company that distributes meat products to various locations.

Development Bank of Wales is formed in 2001 by the Welsh Assembly Government. Development Bank of Wales is an independent company, providing commercial funding to Welsh SMEs. They invests private and public funds, including EU funds.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
United Kingdom, Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Menna — Be smarter about money and grow faster with Menna. Take control of your business finances today!
Lineat Composites — We introduce a new aligned fibre material format that forms the basis of high-performance sustainable composite materials.
Llusern Scientific — Llusern specialises in rapid and affordable near-patient and POC molecular diagnostics developed to detect bacterial and viral infections.

Discover the UK's leading SEIS Fund, offering tax-efficient investments in innovative startups. Join thousands of savvy investors and raise capital for your business with SFC Capital.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

LaennecAI — Empowering people to take control of their health
MAGIC AI — The home fitness system that uses AI technology to give you hyper-personalised training on demand on a beautifully designed mirror.
Chiron Health AI — Chiron supports people with self-managing their chronic conditions.

Newable: Helping over 20,000 businesses thrive annually with tailored financial products, advice, and flexible workspace solution

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Delta g — Delta g Limited is a quantum technology and gravity gradiometry company. A spin-out from the University of Birmingham our technology has applications in industries as varied as civil engineering, infrastructure, defence, rail, navigation and resource exploration. Experts from science, engineering an
Weldfast — Weldfast is a manufacturer and supplier of welding consumables, abrasives, chemicals, premium gas equipment, and safety products.
EarSwitch — Empowering new ways to control and connect with the world through in-ear biometric switch and sensor technology

FSE C.I.C. is an independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) whose surpluses are reinvested in the business, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. FSE C.I.C. has a number of subsidiary companies to deliver its funds and services, which are collectively referred to as The FSE Group.All regulated activities are delivered through FSE Fund Managers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Finance East Limited delivers funding for businesses based in the East of England region.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Debt Financing, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Signapse — Using artificial intelligence to build automatic sign language translation with a photo-realistic synthetic signer. Built on world-leading research and solving challenging technical problems that have a genuine social good.
Cybaverse — Cybaverse is a CREST accredited Managed Security Service Provider: Penetration Testing, Monitoring Detection and Response, Cyber Essentials.
Green Power Solutions — Green Power Solutions is a progressive business committed to providing innovative, environmentally friendly energy solutions. Green Power Solutions maintains our technology satisfies current demands while creating a more environmentally friendly future. With real-time monitoring, sophisticated analytics, and seamless integration, our flagshipproduct, the 3MS platform, is revolutionizing off-grid asset management and providing genuinely green, potent solutions to companies all over the world.

IP Group's core business is the creation of value for its shareholders and partners through the commercialisation of intellectual property originating from research intensive institutions. Their strength lies in managing this process from finding suitable intellectual property to commercialise to either helping develop businesses and createvalue out of them, or identifying and establishing appropriate commercial partnerships to do so. IP Group's extensive expertise in this area combined with its inside knowledge of both industry and finance have enabled the group to create a formidable track record of consistently delivering excellent results for their companies, for their partners and for their shareholders.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Diffblue — Diffblue Cover uses next generation autonomous AI to automate unit testing so that Java development teams can build better applications faster
Microbiotica — Microbiotica is a developer of human microbiome therapeutics intended to discover and develop live bacterial therapeutics and biomarkers. The company's therapeutics identify gut bacteria linked to phenotype with unprecedented precision, enabling researchers to phenotype before testing of candidate bacteria in advanced human in vitro and invivo models.
MISSION Therapeutics — Deubiquitylating enzymes: multiple drug opportunities across therapeutic areas

UKI2S, formally the Rainbow Seed Fund, is an investment fund backed by the government, providing seed funding to science & technology start-ups and SMEs

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ikarovec — Ikarovec is developing novel gene therapies to treat major ophthalmic indications.
Antiverse — Designing biologics for 100 challenging targets
iFast Diagnostics — iFAST is addressing the Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing market, reducing the spread of antimicrobial resistance.

Green Angel Syndicate is the only UK angel investment syndicate specialising in the fight against Climate Change and Global Warming.

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zedify — Are you looking for sustainable delivery solutions? Reduce your carbon emissions for urban last mile deliveries with our amazing cargo-bike shipping services.
Descycle — Descycle e-waste recycling clean technology
Lineat Composites — We introduce a new aligned fibre material format that forms the basis of high-performance sustainable composite materials.

Oxford Technology's SEIS fund and EIS fund enable private investors to access high growth technology startup opportunities and support UK innovation. SEIS and EIS tax reliefs offer downside protection, whilst gains can be tax free.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

OxCan — Enabling curative cancer treatment through early detection
CryoLogyx — Assay Ready Cells - Discover CryoLogyx's advanced cryopreservation solutions, optimized for cell-based assays in drug discovery. Simply thaw with cell culture medium, and they are ready for use within 24 hours post-thaw.
Metacarpal — Metacarpal design upper-limb prosthetics without compromise. We aim to make the most robust, functional hand prosthesis that people love wearing because it works so effectively and looks so beautiful. Be proud to show your artificial side!

Helping individuals and institutions invest in Venture Capital, Infrastructure and Media companies since 1999.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Ittybit — Ittybit is a API that enables users to handle rich media in applications. It provides developers with basic techniques for uploading, storing, transforming, and extracting data from video, music, and image files.
HealthKey — HealthKey is a platform that connects employers and insurers with health providers.
Noggin HQ — The next generation of credit referencing is coming. Look busy.

Seraphim Capital is dedicated to financing the growth of companies operating in the space ecosystem. They are an ambitious team with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences in Venture. Collectively they have over 100 years’ experience, investing in over 180 early and growth stage businesses, returning more than £750 million to theirshareholders.They are also fortunate to have one of the world's leading entrepreneurs and experts in Earth Observation on board. They work closely with their portfolio companies and always strive to create meaningful value and endeavour to ensure that the full value of their network and partners is utilised.The backing of leading global corporates in the Space sector and the leading Space related Governmental Agencies in the UK and Europe brings significant value. They are able to leverage their capital, industry leading knowledge and networks, creating an ecosystem that delivers real results for your business. From roots to market, sales and marketing, partnerships, follow-on capital, and M&A they can deliver value creation across the company growth cycle globally.

Investment focus

Aerospace, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

D-Orbit — End-to-end services for the New Space industry, including platform engineering, launch and deployment, and decommissioning.
CarbonLaces — Automated Smart Energy Verifications for asset owners enabling regenerative finance.
SatVu — SatVu captures high resolution thermal data from space for a safer and more sustainable Earth.

Oxford Science Enterprises is the university-partnered venture firm. We work with the University of Oxford to build companies that create fundamental technologies: science-based businesses capable of tackling the planet’s toughest problems. We invest in life science, AI and software, healthcare, and deep tech to create companies taking onchallenges like nuclear fusion, quantum computing and developing treatments and cures for infectious diseases. Founded in 2015, we’ve raised over £600M to create a world-class technology ecosystem, and combine our deep experience with a network of investors, entrepreneurs and sector-experts to find co-investment, build businesses, and hire senior management talent.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

natcap — We support the world's leading companies to prioritise, measure and act on nature impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities.
FluoRok — By employing our patented technology, we can produce fluorochemicals without the production of toxic and highly dangerous hydrofluoric acid
Iota Sciences — Discover automated single-cell handling tools and related services to accelerate your route to breakthrough discoveries in cell biology

Equity Gap is a group of private individuals set up to invest in and support emerging and growing businesses based in Scotland

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Mirna — Mirna is a veterinary diagnostics company that specializes in the development of veterinary disease testing technology.
MiAlgae — MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company that aims to revolutionize the £340 billion global livestock feed industry by producing microalgal products – through the remediation of wastewater – as nutrient supplements for fishmeal in livestock feeds. Their microalgal products are high in omegas and proteins, both of which are required forthe production of many livestock feeds, especially in the aquaculture sector.Their production methodology uses circular economy to reduce the operating costs involved in the production of microalgae and as such allows them to compete with other supplements currently on the market.
Shot Scope — The official Shot Scope website. Golf watches, range finders and performance tracking that help lower your score and handicap. Buy direct online today!

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) is an initiative launched by the government-owned British Business Bank.It is a key part of the government’s ‘Northern Powerhouse’ vision, which aims to end the historic North / South divide and create economic prosperity in the North of England on par with London and the South East.Thegovernment firmly believes that SMEs form the foundation of the region’s future growth. NPIF therefore aims to nurture regional entrepreneurship by providing investment and support for small and medium businesses between 2016 and 2021. NPIF's funding will support new and growing SMEs, create jobs and encourage and attract additional private sector investment.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ulemco — ULEMCo are pioneers of dual fuel technology enabling commercial vehicles to convert the fuel they run on to include Hydrogen - 0151 525 0540
Aquaint — Aquaint offers digital solutions for daily checklists, logs, spreedsheets, and related documentation.
Black Milk — Black Milk sells pistachio sauce, chocolate, and vanilla spread.

MEIF is an investment firm that operates equity and debt investment towards growth capital. The firm aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands and to realize the region’s potential to achieve economic growth through enterprise. It is a collaboration between the British Business Bank and ten Local EnterprisePartnerships (LEPs) in the West Midlands and East and South East Midlands. MEIF provides over £250m of investment to boost small and medium business (SME) growth in the Midlands.

Investment focus

Health Care, Manufacturing, Software
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

Lexverify — Lexverify uses artificial intelligence to detect potential legal and compliance concerns in communications. It assists businesses in proactively avoiding legal and regulatory concerns by harnessing the power of AI. Their objective is to make technological communication a benefit rather than a problem.
Centaur Robotics — Centaur believes mobility needs re-imagining to provide a real advantage for everyday human needs. Our vision is to challenge thinking through design and technology to create superhuman technology - that provides extra-ordinary mobility fit for humans in the 21st Century.
Purple Transform — Purple Transform operates as an artificial intelligence company. Purple Transform improves decision accuracy with digital intelligence.

Midven is a specialist venture capital company providing investment to fast growing small and medium sized enterprises ("SMEs"), run by an energetic, experienced and hands-on team of investment managers.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Lexverify — Lexverify uses artificial intelligence to detect potential legal and compliance concerns in communications. It assists businesses in proactively avoiding legal and regulatory concerns by harnessing the power of AI. Their objective is to make technological communication a benefit rather than a problem.
Nylahs Naturals — Shop our award-winning all-natural hair care products, designed to redefine the haircare standard for afro-textured hair.
Strolll — Strolll Neurotechnology

We invest venture capital in to globally ambitious companies which have the potential to deliver a significant return to our investors

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Chromacity — Chromacity manufacture the next generation of ultrafast lasers. Discover our fixed wavelength femtosecond lasers and picosecond OPOs.
Biotangents — Biotangents develops veterinary diagnostic tests to detect infectious diseases in livestock (bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD), mastitis, bovine respiratory disease (BRD), brucellosis) using our highly adaptable molecular diagnostic technology, Moduleic Sensing.
Sofant Technologies — Sofant is developing a low cost RF MEMS technology that solves power consumption and heat problems in high frequency phased array antenna systems.

Low Carbon Innovation Fund is a venture capital fund, providing equity finance for SME’s based wholly or partially in the East of England.The Fund is supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). It uses £20.5M from the ERDF which will be matched with over £30M private sector investment – generating a total of over £50M ofinvestment in the East of England. So far the Fund has invested over £8.5M alongside £26M private co-investment in 26 investments.Turquoise International manages the Fund on behalf of the Adapt Low Carbon Group at the University of East Anglia (UEA). The Fund builds on the region's world class low carbon economy and is the largest European Regional Development Fund-funded project in the region. The Low Carbon Innovation Fund was launched in September 2010 and will run until December 2015.

Investment focus

Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
Funding Round, Seed, Angel
United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Adaptavate — Adaptavate is leading the carbon change in the construction industry
weekly.shop — Weekly.Shop is a shopping basket for groceries and supplies products in refillable containers, which collects, washes, and reuses.Weekly.Shop is a couriering order by electric vehicles to customers in the surrounding areas
Archipelago Technology — Archipelago's patented rotating drum inkjet technology facilitates high-speed, controllable coating of substrates using paints and adhesives.

Maven is one of the UK's leading private equity and investment firms. We provide essential capital and expertise to help businesses unlock their potential.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Connected Data — Connected Data | Data Enabled Debt Management
Corporate Modelling — OPX is our award-winning business optimisation software which will transform your business and improve your productivity.
Jackson Stapleton Accountants — Jackson Stapleton Accountants is a forward-thinking accounting firm that give the best service possible while remaining true to the profession's values.

Techstart Ventures is a leading investor of seed capital across Scotland and Northern Ireland. they are a trusted partner to ambitious founders on their journey to success.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Needi — Needi is a retail company with an e-commerce platform specializing in gift shops. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Manchester, United Kingdom.
INQDATA — INQDATA are a cloud-based data solutions provider who tranform the way financial institutions access and manage their market data. Our seamless integration makes it as easy as possible for clients to access the data they want, when they want it - all in their technology and tooling of choice.
Saltroad — Get matched with an experienced HCPC Speech and Language Therapist based on your child's needs, your budget and your schedule. Loved by parents & children.

Ascension is an early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs to back the next generation of tech and impact founders.Run by an experienced and diverse team of successful entrepreneurs, we have been relentlessly dedicated to finding the UK’s best Seed-stage startups since 2014.Ascension benefits from the active industry connections essential forthe sourcing and development of deal-flow and due diligence. The team has co-invested with the UK’s leading angels and VCs, key to securing follow-on funding as the portfolio businesses move to their next stage of growth.We believe in building an inclusive, community driven brand that can benefit the wider UK tech ecosystem and strive to work with conviction, integrity, humour, and humility.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Italy

Portfolio highlights

MiAlgae — MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company that aims to revolutionize the £340 billion global livestock feed industry by producing microalgal products – through the remediation of wastewater – as nutrient supplements for fishmeal in livestock feeds. Their microalgal products are high in omegas and proteins, both of which are required forthe production of many livestock feeds, especially in the aquaculture sector.Their production methodology uses circular economy to reduce the operating costs involved in the production of microalgae and as such allows them to compete with other supplements currently on the market.
Linq — The safest way to send intimate content
Concert Bio — Concert Bio helps businesses manage their microbiome. We combine monitoring with analytics to develop interventions that improve the microbiome that matters to you. Our pilot program for CEA growers is currently live and accepting partners, see website for details.

The Cambridge Angels are a group of high-net worth investors who have proven experience as successful entrepreneurs in internet, software, technology and bio-technology. Members invest in and mentor high quality start-up and early-stage companies in these sectors in the Cambridge (UK) area and throughout the UK.Typical funding requirements thatthe Cambridge Angels meet are in the range of £50,000 to £500,000 - although it is worth noting that several of their portfolio companies have received more than £1m in funding from their Members over several funding rounds.Their Members have been responsible for a large number of the “Cambridge Phenomenon” success stories over recent years. Therefore, in addition to providing funding for early-stage companies, the Cambridge Angels also offer start-ups the considerable benefit of a wide range of expertise, contacts and directly relevant experience in establishing and growing entrepreneurial businesses successfully.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

xWatts — xWatts is an intelligent energy management software that reduces energy costs and emissions in commercial buildings.
Qureight — Pioneering data curation to solve complex diseases
Monument Therapeutics — Monument Therapeutics is a biotechnology company intended to develop drugs to treat serious diseases of the central nervous system.

Welcome to the home of Climate Tech. We are a full service ecosystem empowering sustainable start-ups to scale through community, investment, innovation and workspace.

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Biotechnology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Israel, Luxembourg

Portfolio highlights

PlantSea — PlantSea manufactures and develops sustainable products using seaweed and aquaculture materials. It offers bioplastics items as biodegradable alternatives. PlantSea is based in Gaerwen, England.
Uplift360 — Uplift360 is a greentech startup working in advanced material circular economy (redesign, reuse, regenerate and recycle), uniquely focused on the defence and security sector.
Danu Robotics — Danu Robotics manufactures AI guided robotic systems for sorting recyclable waste - highly accurate, modular multi-arm systems that retrofit into existing MRF operations and collates EPR data.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

natcap — We support the world's leading companies to prioritise, measure and act on nature impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities.
FluoRok — By employing our patented technology, we can produce fluorochemicals without the production of toxic and highly dangerous hydrofluoric acid
Iota Sciences — Discover automated single-cell handling tools and related services to accelerate your route to breakthrough discoveries in cell biology

The Clean Growth Fund, London, invests in companies focussed on driving clean growth in the low carbon economy.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Sunswap — Sunswap is developing zero-emission transport refrigeration products to reduce noise and air pollution in our cities. Our mission is to replace the dirty diesel engines currently in use in the cold chain with our electric Transport Refrigeration Units (TRU).
Rendesco — We help achieve sustainability goals by providing clean energy technology solutions including ground source heat pumps and geothermal heat network systems.
measurable.energy — Machine Learning and hardware platform to eliminate wasted energy and GHG emissions in buildings

Mercia Equity Finance is a regional investor that focuses initially on uncovering the hidden value. It uses both of its managed funds and its proprietary capital to invest across four distinct asset classes: venture, private equity, and debt, referred to as their 'Complete Capital Solution’. It aspires to be the first choice for investors,investees, and employees, and, by aspiring to be the first choice, they believe that Mercia will deliver superior returns for business owners, shareholders, and fund investors alike.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Suiso — Suiso is developing a breakthrough microwave-driven pyrolysis process which generates Hydrogen by decarbonising Natural/Bio Gas. Ventured backed and based in Sheffield UK, Suiso is a winner of the BEIS Low Carbon H2 Supply scheme. It plans to deliver shipping container sized Hydrogen generators, with a capacity to provide of up to 1,000kg ofHydrogen daily. A competitive benchmarking exercise, in the BEIS study, has confirmed that Suiso will have the lowest cost of H2 in a number of key H2 applications and lower Carbon emissions than grid powered electrolysis. By producing Hydrogen at the point of use, Suiso eliminates the expensive distribution costs incurred by large scale centralised H2 producers, one of the primary obstacles to the widespread adoption of Hydrogen. Suiso’s process reduces CO2 emissions by 97%+ versus steam methane reforming, utilizes 80% less energy than electrolysis and has very low equipment capital costs making it one of the most affordable Hydrogen production technologies. Suiso captures the Carbon in the Natural/Bio-Gas in the form of solid Carbon Black which has significant commercial value in the production of tyres, batteries, inks, other applications.
Salesfire — Salesfire's industry-leading, all-in-one CRO solution can Boost your conversion rate and maximise revenue across your website. Book a consultation now.
Mindtech — Mindtech are developing solutions around AI and visual processing. Mindtech aim is to enable complete solutions for anyone who needs intelligent visual processing. We focus on the solution, using whatever technology is required to solve the real world problem, not for example, using AI for AI’s sake, but employing machine learning as part of anoverall system, as appropriate. We focus on the provision of tools and datasets for training AI systems

Venrex Investment Management is a UK-based venture capital firm that backs creative Founders to launch and build innovative businesses.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Lovetovisit — Discover & book tickets for days out & things to do near you. Discounts & deals, no membership fees! Attractions, theatres, zoos, theme parks, aquariums & more
OurRitual — Couple Goals Made Possible. Relationship Support For Busy People, Practical Tools & Expert Feedback
Workflow — A minimalist collaboration platform for creative teams. Manage tasks, get AI reviews, and share work, all in one place.

Established in 1992. Archangels is the oldest continuously operating business angel syndicate in the World. Investing in IP-rich tech & life sciences companies in Scotland, UK.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bio-Images Drug Delivery — BDD Pharma combine drug delivery expertise and clinical capabilities to accelerate product development pipelines, enable life cycle management and new innovative pharmaceutical products. Rapid parallel clinical testing with SWIFT significantly reduces time from product concept to clinical success.
1inhaler — 1inhaler operates as a developer of drug delivery device.
iGii — Integrated Graphene enable better products with a revolutionary design for manufacture process producing the world's highest quality pure 3D Graphene Foam, Gii.

IQ Capital is a Cambridge & London-based VC firm that invests in ‘deep tech’ companies capable of dominating their respective markets on a global scale. Initial investments at Seed and Series A range from £0.5m to £10m, with capacity for follow-on investment up to £30m through the Growth Fund. The team has achieved over 30 exits including toApple, Huawei, Google and Oracle.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands

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Molyon — Molyon is creating the next-generation energy storage system: the lithium-sulfer battery. Molyon offers long-life lithium-sulfur batteries that have twice the energy density of existing lithium-ion batteries on the market.
Vsim Technology — Experience the power of next-generation physics simulations with Vsim. Our cutting-edge technology provides realistic and accurate simulations for various industries.
BMLL Technologies — BMLL Technologies Ltd. operates cloud based technology platform that offers machine learning and inference framework for common limit order book problems.

NPIF - FW Capital Debt Finance is a fund managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund . NPIF is an initiative launched by the government-owned British Business Bank and supported by the European Regional Development Fund and European Investment Bank. As a key part of the government’s ‘Northern Powerhouse’ vision, whichaims to create economic prosperity in the North of England, NPIF provides commercial finance to support small and medium sized businesses in the region.FW Capital manages both the £92.8m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund for the North West and the £69.4m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund for Tees Valley and Cumbria.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Construction, Health Care
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom, United States

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BioGrad — Established in 2014 under the leadership of Dr. Natalie Kenny, Matthew Fagan and Jay Fitzgerald. BioGrad has undergone a transformative journey spanning nine
Host & Stay — Luxury holiday homes and apartments located across the UK, from North Yorkshire to Northumberland, to Liverpool
Inside Contracts — Inside Contracts Group provides services within floor preparation, floor finishes, interior design and cleaning across multiple sectors.

YFM Equity Partners is an independent private equity business owned by its senior management and investment team. They invest up to £10 million of equity through offices in Leeds, London, Manchester, Birmingham and Sheffield.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
Funding Round, Private Equity, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Belgium

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Xapien — Xapien delivers automated insight reports on companies and individuals in minutes, so you can make informed business decisions quickly and with confidence.
GEEIQ — GEEIQ: The platform, experts and insights to fuel your success in virtual worlds & gaming. From Roblox and ZEPETO to Minecraft and Fortnite.
Psychology Tools — Psychology Tools publishes evidence-based resources to improve your therapy and save you time. Download CBT worksheets.

The team behind Catapult Ventures are among the most experienced venture capital investors in the UK.Their experience spans a range of sectors from healthcare and pharmaceuticals to luxury consumer brands, manufacturing and software, as well as all stages: from start-ups and pre-revenue IP developers to company floatation and billions of poundsin revenue. Their administration team is equally experienced with each member having more than 10 years experience in a venture capital environment.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Israel

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Path Robotics — We create manufacturing robots that autonomously scan, position, and weld your parts without the need for skilled welders or robot programmers.
Pickle Robot — We make robots that unload trucks without retrofitting the warehouse
Anello Photonics — Anello Photonics is founded by pioneers in silicon photonics and inertial navigation. The patented Anello SiPhOG gyroscope offers an affordable mass-market sensor with true Optical Gyroscope performance. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley and funded by leading venture capital firms.

Aster is a Venture Capital firm with offices in 4 major innovation hubs: Paris, London, Tel Aviv and San Francisco. Since 2000, they have partnered with more than 60 teams of entrepreneurs that are transforming markets with disruptive offers and technologies. They are always open to exploring new ideas related to mobility, energy and industrysectors that they have been covering until now. They invest in all stages, with a preference for the early phase.They are more than investors and they intend to act as an ally for entrepreneurs by connecting them to a valuable ecosystem of experts, influencers and business leaders. From marketing to executive talent, their commitment to the growth of their portfolio companies as well as the entire venture ecosystem also involves the commitment of their dedicated Operations team, their innovation strategy consulting firm (Aster Fab) and a crowdfunding branch to further expand opportunities (Aster Crowd).Some of their success stories include Solairedirect (acquired by Engie in 2015), Digital Lumens (acquired by Osram in 2017) and Avantium (IPOed in 2017).

Investment focus

Software, Energy, Manufacturing
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
France, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Otoqi — Otoqi is a vehicle delivery platform that develops connected services and logistics solutions for the automotive professionals.
Neural Concept — Neural Concept is the first AI software for enhanced engineering. Leverage your historical CAD and CAE data to drastically shorten and improve your design cycles.
LevelTen Energy — LevelTen Energy provides transaction infrastructure for buyers, sellers, advisors, and financiers in the renewable energy economy.

A new model for Venture Capital where every founder we back becomes a co-owner of the fund

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Inversion — Inversion Space is a privately held company driven to change how humanity utilizes space. Its builds affordable, high cadence return vehicle for the commercial and defense industries.
Dunia Innovation — Catalysing the energy transition.
Civic Marketplace — Civic Marketplace is a platform that simplifies purchasing decisions, helps agencies make efficient, informed choices, and boosts local economic growth by providing access and opportunities to historically underutilized businesses.

British Design Fund supports enterprise and innovation in the UK by investing in, and supporting, early-stage, well-designed, product businesses. The Fund works with extraordinary entrepreneurs with scalable products who are ready to accelerate growth and build long term value and thriving stand-out businesses.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Information Technology, Machinery Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Cryogenx — Cryogenx body cooling technology is the ice bath in your backback. The defibrillator for heat.
Aeropowder — Embracing the circular economy to create sustainable materials out of waste feathers.
Good Boost — Good Boost is a social enterprise that provides affordable and accessible therapeutic exercise programmes, through cutting-edge technology.

Innovate UK is part of the UK Research and Innovation .

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Tewke — Tewke is a London based company that was founded in 2020 developing technology to deliver energy savings through AI enabled home automation. Tewke's mission is to reduce energy consumption in homes whilst elevating everyone's living experience.Tewke's first product, Tap, is an intelligent light switch that can be installed into anyhome without rewiring. This acts as the backbone of Tewke's energy control and home automation platform, and has already won international awards, such as the Red Dot Design Award.
Chromatwist — ChromaTwist research and develop large Stokes Shift fluorescent dyes. The highly tunable technology is applicable for a broad range of applications.
Automated Architecture — A global ecosystem of automated micro-factories, to deliver sustainable, affordable and beautiful architecture to millions of people.

BACKED is the human-centric venture capital fund. We invest in exceptional founders at Seed in Europe. Welcome to Different.

Investment focus

Software, Blockchain, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

0G Labs — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
JUST — JUST is a company that specialises in ecommerce payment solutions.
Smart Transactions — Smart Transactions is a protocol designed to execute transactions.

Mercia Asset Management provides equity and debt to UK businesses with growth ambition. We are your investment partners from scale-up to exit.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Hungary

Portfolio highlights

Kuano — Kuano provides innovative quantum and AI solutions for drug discovery and design. It offers a discovery platform that combines target quantum mapping and AI-led chemistry to enable the faster development of better drug candidates.
MGISS — Independently advising on the smarter use of Geospatial data, technology and the digital transformation of field operations.
Workbuzz — Give your Everyday Heroes a voice with employee surveys. Our flexible and simple survey platform reaches all employees, wherever they are. Book a demo now!

QVentures sources, screens, and invests in top-tier start-ups from Seed to Series B. Our investors consist of Family Offices, Institutional Investors, UHNWIs, and Cashed-out Entrepreneurs. We look for disruptive companies with a proven product-market fit, set to scale from Seed to Series B. We focus on Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Tech,FinTech, AdTech, EdTech, InsurTech and HealthTech and more. We look for quality management teams, large addressable markets, proven traction, sustainable business models, route to scale and quality investors.To apply for investment, please fill out this short form to be reviewed: https://qventures.typeform.com/to/zZPOWf

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

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sqcdp — We work with manufacturing clients to make paper systems redundant, introducing smart, efficient systems to capture production data through your teams.
PORTAIRE — Bring your team together and simplify your work from product discovery to procurement.
Renewabl — Renewabl is the platform that allows companies to meet their decarbonisation targets quickly and efficiently by matching renewable energy certificates directly from hydro, wind and solar on a 24/7-hour basis.

At SEP we specialise in investment for high growth companies across a range of technology sectors. Partnering with you to fuel growth.

Investment focus

Software, Energy, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

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Cresset — Cresset is software and services for small molecule discovery and design.
Braincube — Braincube is an IIoT platform suite with business and expert apps designed for manufacturing. Improve your operations with our cloud and edge solutions.
Springtime Technologies — Springtime Technologies ist der Provider des AP Automation Service Invoicetrack

Northstar Ventures invests venture capital in early and later stage, high growth companies tackling global challenges, focusing on climate tech and healthy ageing.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

FAT32 — FAT32 is at the forefront of compliance automation, transforming the way businesses satisfy regulatory requirements.
Lightox — Lightox has developed a unique range of molecular tools for use in imaging, therapeutics and assay development. These unique probes are smaller than any other commercially available fluorescent product. They offer the option of using our technologies as freely-moving probes that readily incorporate into cells or with a range of flexible linkers togive specificity to your unique applications and research needs.
Positive Support For You — Positive Support For You is a social enterprise dedicated to empowering adults with learning disabilities, providing tailored support to help them achieve greater independence, confidence, and inclusion in society.

bp Ventures plays a key role in helping the company reinvent itself as an integrated energy company, in line with our new purpose: reimagining energy for people and planet.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

Hysata — Hysata is a developer of hydrogen electrolyzer designed to accelerate the world's shift away from fossil fuels to green hydrogen
Mantel — Mantel is developing the material solution to carbon capture
BluSmart Mobility — Blu Smart Mobility is a provider of electric shared smart mobility platform for transportation. Blu Smart is an all-electric, shared, and smart mobility platform for ride-sharing, car-sharing, and scooter-sharing. Blu Smart is a 100% electric mobility platform that partners with electric vehicle manufactures.

Angels Den is an angel-led investment platform that connects fast-growing companies with experienced investors.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
United Kingdom, United States, Finland

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AAZZUR — One-stop-shop for APIs and embeddable Front-end-modules connected to a smart marketplace for BaaS- and Fintech-Services
OnCare — Home care software | care management system
SupaPass — The most powerful content app maker on the market. Finally have all of your content, audience & paywall in one place to turn your audience into a business.

We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Cogna — Cogna offers an AI-powered SaaS platform that streamlines the integration of data across several business domains.
Cambri — Cambri is concept testing software that helps global brands accelerate their innovation process.
Forefront RF — Forefront RF tunable duplexer aims to expand the accessibility and global market reach of all mobile devices by simplifying RFFE design.

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