Top 15 Franchise VC Funds & Investors in United Kingdom (June 2026)

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• HiiKER — Find 1000s of the best backpacking and hiking adventures, with reviews, photos, and great places to stay.
• Research Grid (R.grid) — Research Grid (R.grid) automates the entire clinical trial back-office by accelerating timelines and cutting admin delays. Get faster and more successful trials today.
• Spendkey — Spendkey's intelligent spend analytics solution helps businesses transform raw spend data into actionable insights to enable better business decisions, optimise costs and maximise savings

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• Gardin — We believe in a world in which everyone has the right to access high quality, nutritious food that is good for you and for our planet. Our environmental issues are real, something, somewhere needs to change. Gardin promises to create the step-change required by deploying its technology.
• NoTraffic — NoTraffic has developed the first AI-powered traffic signal platform that connects road...
• Stellar — At Stellar we bring perfect internet on the move to vehicles and passengers, leveraging the combined strength of cellular, wi-fi, and satellite networks, through AI and fully integrated solutions. We offer SaaS, data plans, and all-inclusive options for enterprise connectivity needs on the move.

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• VIEVE — Shop award-winning and high-performance makeup by expert MUA Jamie Genevieve; bestselling primer, brushes, lip glosses, eyeshadows & more. Vegan & cruelty free.
• Kaizan — Kaizan is a Client Intelligence Platform for Client Success teams to retain and grow revenue
• Serve First — Serve First is an AI customer experience platform that turns real-time feedback into insights, helping drive smarter business decisions.

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• Kukua — Empowering today's generation of children through entertainment Stories and characters fundamentally change and reaffirm how children see themselves in the world. At Kukua we blur the worlds of entertainment and education
• TRADE X — TRADE X offers Dealers an interactive and fully encompassing global automotive trading platform.
• GraphScience — Since 2005, we have helped thousands of people get the perfect domain name.

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• Hoora —
• Avocode — Centralize design collaboration, developer hand-off, version control, screen flows, & feedback in one tool. Sign up free today. Work with Sketch, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma designs on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
• Flow Engineering — Requirements management, made collaborative

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• Utaite — Utaite is an operator of an entertainment platform that focuses on planning, production, and development of entertainment content.
• Phytech — Helping the world's top growers to optimize production by connecting them to their plants. Welcome to the Plant-based Farming Revolution
• Rocketwerkz — RocketWerkz aims to create interactive experiences that challenge players to reach for the stars.

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• DUDE CHEM — DUDE CHEM is a leading company in green chemical manufacturing based in Berlin.
• Ubimaster — Ubimaster provides personalised employee benefits and additional product services that support parents and students.
• Fides — Fides is your one-stop-shop for c-level governance.We are making it easier for managers to comply with, digitally execute and track their legal obligations across different companies in various jurisdictions. Keep an overview of duties, deadlines and tasks in different entities. Orchestrate, execute and document c-level meetings, resolutions& approvals. Create a revision-proof audit trail of any c-level decision.We know you have good intentions. You just need to be able to prove them.

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• Molymem — Molymem develops next-generation ceramic ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membranes, powered by a proprietary 2D coating technology that delivers unmatched
• TheNextLevel — Boost engagement & conversions by turning your Shopify store into a mobile app. Customize, connect, and sell globally with The Next Level platform.
• Prorizon — Prorizon is to pioneer a new era in mental health through the development of objective measurements and tracking ,paralleling advancements in physical health, to empower individuals with proactive and preventative health solutions.

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• Wireless CCTV — WCCTV is the USA's leading supplier of mobile video surveillance cameras specifically optimized for secure 4G LTE transmission.
• CTI Group — An award-winning network of independent digital agencies. Discover what makes us tick.
• Rhino Products — Rhino Products offers a range of van roof racks, bars, steps and other vehicle accessories. Discover products for your van or become a Rhino partner.

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• LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
• Captain Fresh — Captain Fresh is a freshwater fish and seafood supply chain platform. Captain Fresh is a B2B marketplace leveraging technology to deliver the fastest harvest-to-retail in the industry. The company focuses on aggregating the fragmented retail demand across the country and linking them to the small fishermen and farmers throughout the Indian coast.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Bengaluru, India.
• Sonire Therapeutics — Sonire Therapeutics provides High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment for cancer.

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• Alpa — Alpa is a financial platform designed for hospitality businesses like restaurants and franchises. Alpa provides real-time financial insights for hospitality operators by integrating POS sales data, bank transactions, and supplier invoices into live profit and loss statements, cash flow tracking, and AI-driven recommendations.

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• Klu.ai — Klu.ai is a generative AI platform that simplifies the process of designing, deploying, and optimizing AI applications.The company integrates major large language models (LLMs) such as Anthropic Claude, Azure OpenAI, GPT-4, and over 15 other models, enabling rapid prompt/model experimentation, data gathering, and user feedback. The platformoffers features like Klu Actions for content generation, business operations workflows, content analysis, and summarization, as well as optimization techniques for A/B testing and fine-tuning support for models like OpenAI's GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4. Klu.ai is committed to data privacy and security, providing data obfuscation and redaction features to protect sensitive information.Klu.ai is founded by Stephen M. Walker II in 2022 and is located in San Francisco, California.
• Layla AI — Layla operates as a travel discovery platform.
• Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.

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• Neotaste — Neotaste is the developer of the restaurant-finding app that provides free marketing services for restaurateurs.
• Skillshare — Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. The company's community offers classes on any type of skill, from baking cupcakes to raising startup capital to varying fields in design, business,and technology, enabling members to harness their creative power and learn skills in an enhanced way. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York.
• Patronus Group — Rethinking elderly healthcare

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• Syntetica — Syntetica is a nylon recycling startup that addresses pollution in the fashion industry by transforming discarded nylon products into high-quality, reusable materials. Their innovative processes help reduce waste, conserve resources, and promote sustainability within the fashion sector.
• Glowb — Glowb offers solar energy and battery solutions.
• MacroCycle Technologies — MacroCycle is developing a technology to curb the usage of fossil fuel derived plastic through a circular, sustainable and zero-carbon plastic upcycling process. The company's proprietary process based on the synthesis of cyclic macromolecules enables us to produce virgin-grade recycled PET from plastic waste at lower energy use thantraditional processes.

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• The UK Adviser Group / AdviserTech® — At The UK Adviser, our advisers deal with lenders on a day-to-day basis. Their experience means they can offer more than just mortgages