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Top 50 Hardware VC Funds & Investors in United Kingdom (November 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in United Kingdom Hardware startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in United Kingdom Hardware startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Venture - Series Unknown round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Par Equity
VC Fund
106 United Kingdom, United States, Brazil Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $82k–$4.3M
SFC Capital
VC Fund
77 United Kingdom, United States, Ireland Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $125k–$2.5M
Scottish Investment Bank
VC Fund
69 United Kingdom, United States, France Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology $179k–$7.5M
Parkwalk Advisors
VC Fund
59 United Kingdom, United States, Philippines Seed, Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $991k–$44M
Scottish Enterprise
VC Fund
57 United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland Grant, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, Software, Health Care $119k–$6.3M
Northstar Ventures
VC Fund
51 United Kingdom, United States, Indonesia Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, Information Technology, Health Care $45k–$10M
Seraphim Space
VC Fund
51 United Kingdom, United States, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Aerospace, Software, Information Technology $70k–$25M
Techstart Ventures
VC Fund
49 United Kingdom, United States, Ireland Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $197k–$5.7M
SOSV
VC Fund
47 United States, China, Canada Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $25k–$5M
The FSE Group
VC Fund
46 United Kingdom, United States, Canada Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $106k–$5.4M
Business Growth Fund
VC Fund
46 United Kingdom, Ireland, United States Venture - Series Unknown, Private Equity, Series A Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $3.4M–$22M
Octopus Ventures
VC Fund
43 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $1.9M–$43M
Kelvin Capital
VC Fund
43 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing $167k–$4.4M
Ascension
VC Fund
42 United Kingdom, United States, Italy Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence $236k–$10M
Development Bank of Wales
VC Fund
39 United Kingdom, Australia, United States Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Manufacturing, Health Care $19k–$5.9M
LocalGlobe
VC Fund
39 United Kingdom, United States, France Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1M–$30M
Entrepreneurs First
VC Fund
39 United Kingdom, Singapore, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning $54k–$41M
Amadeus Capital Partners
VC Fund
37 United Kingdom, United States, Spain Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $800k–$60M
Foresight Group
VC Fund
36 United Kingdom, United States, Ireland Venture - Series Unknown, Private Equity, Seed Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing $648k–$8.3M
Cambridge Angels group
VC Fund
35 United Kingdom, United States, Estonia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $375k–$12M
IQ Capital
VC Fund
34 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $744k–$40M
IP Group
VC Fund
34 United Kingdom, United States, Australia Seed, Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $44k–$68M
7percent Ventures
VC Fund
32 United Kingdom, United States, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $125k–$9.5M
Seedcamp
VC Fund
31 United Kingdom, United States, France Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $469k–$30M
Maven Capital Partners
VC Fund
31 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Private Equity Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing $648k–$13M
MMC Ventures
VC Fund
29 United Kingdom, United States, France Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $1.6M–$54M
Future Planet Capital
VC Fund
28 United Kingdom, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $482k–$20M
Mercia Fund Managers
VC Fund
28 United Kingdom, United States, Hungary Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $233k–$14M
UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
VC Fund
27 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $512k–$6.7M
Seedrs
VC Fund
26 United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Software, FinTech $44k–$3.1M
Speedinvest
VC Fund
25 United Kingdom, Germany, Austria Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence $411k–$32M
Newable Private Investing
VC Fund
25 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $196k–$5.6M
Oxford Science Enterprises
VC Fund
25 United Kingdom, United States, Finland Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $1.3M–$168M
Innovate UK
VC Fund
24 United Kingdom, United States, Ireland Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Software $58k–$3.5M
Episode 1
VC Fund
24 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $951k–$18M
Antler
VC Fund
24 United States, Singapore, Australia Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $100k–$29M
Oxford Capital
VC Fund
22 United Kingdom, United States, France Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $1.2M–$8M
Salica
VC Fund
22 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Secondary Market, Series A Software, Information Technology, Health Care $645k–$346M
Aster
VC Fund
21 France, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Energy, Software, Manufacturing $281k–$27M
Crowdcube
VC Fund
21 United Kingdom, Spain, France Equity Crowdfunding, Convertible Note, Seed Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Software $109k–$4.9M
Accel
VC Fund
20 United States, India, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $1.3M–$70M
Index Ventures
VC Fund
20 United States, United Kingdom, Germany Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce $1.3M–$102M
Crane Venture Partners
VC Fund
19 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $2.2M–$37M
Equity Gap
VC Fund
19 United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, Health Care, Manufacturing $217k–$18M
Mercia Asset Management
VC Fund
19 United Kingdom, United States Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed Software, Information Technology, Health Care $576k–$13M
Force Over Mass Capital
VC Fund
18 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $100k–$18M
Angels Den
VC Fund
17 United Kingdom, United States, Finland Seed, Angel E-Commerce, Mobile, Software $38k–$923k
Wayra
VC Fund
17 Spain, United Kingdom, Brazil Seed, Grant, Convertible Note Software, Information Technology, Internet $24k–$1.6M
YFM Equity Partners
VC Fund
17 United Kingdom, United States, Belgium Private Equity, Series A Software, Information Technology, SaaS $3M–$10M
Praetura Ventures
VC Fund
17 United Kingdom, Australia, Germany Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $364k–$7M
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Par Equity
VC Fund · Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom · 106 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 358
  • Round size: Seed $253k–$4.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $82k–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $122M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Fuuse — Fuuse is an electric vehicle charge point management system that enables your chargers to deliver more for you and your drivers.
  • PathXL — Cirdan provides highly reliable, innovative LIS & imaging solutions for the acceleration & enhancement of diagnosis, optimized for pathology & clinical lab.
  • Skylark Lasers — UniKLasers specialises in single frequency, continuous wave DPSS lasers at mid- to high power. Suitable for Raman, Holography, Interferometry, Microscopy, Metrology, Quantum Technologies, and more
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SFC Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 77 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups, 56 in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 804
  • Round size: Seed $125k–$1.9M; Pre-Seed $170k–$846k; Venture - Series Unknown $201k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.9M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Obsero — Obsero is an AI search intelligence platform and consultancy designed for marketing and communications teams. The platform tracks, measures, and optimizes how brands surface, get cited, and are recommended across Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI search assistants.
  • Surghive — Surghive provides a platform-agnostic virtual reality (VR) and AI-enabled training intelligence platform designed to solve the robotic surgical training bottleneck in healthcare.
  • Overtone — Decibels Audio Ltd. is a London-based technology company that designs and manufactures Overtone, a specialized audio device engineered for personalized sound enhancement. Crafted from bio-acetate and titanium, the device utilizes a finely tuned sound engine developed alongside audiological experts to improve speech clarity and support everyday hearing experiences.
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Scottish Investment Bank
VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 69 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Speak with our team, who can help you find sources of finance, engage with funders and secure investment to grow your business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 314
  • Round size: Seed $331k–$3.2M; Series A $1.7M–$7.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $179k–$4.1M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Corvidae — Corvidae is a software company that provides data analysts, digital marketing, e commerce, and paid media solutions.
  • IOTech — Discover IOTech Systems. Deploy, manage, and scale AI-driven, data-rich industrial systems at the edge with our open edge data platform.
  • RoslinCT — We are the prefered global partner for cell and gene therapy solutions. With our wealth of expertise and infrastructure, we can support you at every step of your advanced therapy journey.
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Parkwalk Advisors
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 59 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups, 11 in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 356
  • Round size: Seed $991k–$4.9M; Series A $1.6M–$14M; Series B $1.7M–$44M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Adsilico — Explore how virtual populations and in silico trials help medical device teams understand variation and build stronger evidence.
  • Illumion — Illumion develops high-throughput optical tools to accelerate battery material development
  • MoA Technology — We harness the principles of natural selection to accelerate discovery for better, safer herbicides so farmers can continue to feed the world.
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Scottish Enterprise
VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 57 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups, 36 in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Grant, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 410
  • Round size: Seed $406k–$4.3M; Grant $119k–$5.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $566k–$6.3M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GLORIAH — Explore plant-based intimate hydration oils, water-based personal gels, fragrance roll-ons and product sets designed for simple everyday routines.
  • SolarSub — SolarSub is an environmental firm that offers floating solar cooling system.
  • INEOS O&P USA — INEOS O&P USA specializes in producing raw materials that are essential in the manufacture of a wide variety of goods under various sectors.
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Northstar Ventures
VC Fund · Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · 51 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups, 9 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 373
  • Round size: Seed $45k–$1.3M; Series A $295k–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $363k–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $20M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • OneClickComply — OneClickComply automates ISO 27001, SOC 2, Cyber Essentials and 240+ standards: evidence from 13,000+ tools, one-click fixes and an in-house audit team.
  • Land Digital — Land Digital is a tech, web design, web creation, content marketing, digital marketing, SEO, and mobile application agency.
  • Magnitude Biosciences — Magnitude Biosciences is a biotechnology firm combine experience in ageing research, the nematode C. elegans and automation.
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Seraphim Space
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 51 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

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 their shareholders. 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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Aerospace, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 227
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$10M; Pre-Seed $70k–$2.1M; Venture - Series Unknown $250k–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $100M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Skylo — Never lose coverage again - connect your existing NB-IoT devices directly over both cellular and satellite networks seamlessly
  • aXenic — aXenic are leaders in optical modulators for satellite and aerospace communications.
  • MP Space — MP Space develops and manufactures spacecraft power systems for satellite constellation operators. Its products include integrated lithium-ion battery packs, battery management systems, power converters, and configurable electrical power subsystem components. The company provides hardware designed for spacecraft integration, including Pack2 battery platforms with embedded protection, heaters, inhibits, and CAN interfaces, as well as customizable BMS configurations.
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Techstart Ventures
VC Fund · Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom · 49 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Techstart Ventures is a first-cheque investor for extraordinary founders pursuing uncapped global opportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 212
  • Round size: Seed $221k–$4M; Pre-Seed $197k–$1.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $477k–$5.7M
  • Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Go Swag — Branded swag people want to keep, designed, sourced, stored and delivered by one team to 180+ countries. Managed programmes, Studio projects and Select.
  • 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.
  • Farmdrive — Farmdrive helps supply chain partners create transparent, effective, and resilient operations from farm to shelf by streamlining data collection and simplifying farm management.
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SOSV
VC Fund · Princeton, New Jersey, United States · 47 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

SOSV offers pre-seed capital and follow-on financial support to startups focusing on deep technology and scientific innovation. Founders utilize purpose-built laboratory facilities and engineering spaces to accelerate product development and testing. The firm facilitates connections between entrepreneurs and a network of investors through structured matchmaking events and technology summits.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, China, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3821
  • Round size: Seed $125k–$5M; Pre-Seed $25k–$1.5M; Convertible Note $50k–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $306M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Halla — Halla Intelligence is a digital solution that leverages over 100 billion shopper and product data points to recommend and promote what grocery items.
  • Verdex Technologies — Verdex Technologies is an advanced materials platform technology that uses nanofibers to disrupt industries. Verdex doesn't just compete, it innovates and disrupts.
  • Samphire Neuroscience — Samphire Neuroscience builds clinically validated neurotechnology to support women across their lives. Our wearable devices, Nettle™ and Lutea™, are built on the same underlying brain-stimulation technology, targeting neural pathways involved in pain, mood, stress, and sleep regulation. - Lutea™ is available globally as a wellness device. Itstimulates the same regions of the brain to support stress regulation, sleep, and recovery - key drivers of readiness and long-term performance - allowing athletes and teams to move beyond wellbeing education alone to practical, evidence-based intervention. - Nettle™ is a CE-marked (EU and UK regulated), drug- and hormone-free device that has been clinically shown to improve pain, mood, functionality, and the ability to train during the menstrual cycle, with measurable benefits after one month of use - supporting athletes to maintain training intensity and movement quality during their period. - The Samphire App is the platform controlling all Samphire hardware products with the use of CycleSync™ AI technology: the only one of its kind to support personalized neurotechnology use for women.
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The FSE Group
VC Fund · Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom · 46 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

The FSE Group provides growth finance and support for ambitious UK businesses, helping SMEs start, scale and succeed through tailored funding solutions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 287
  • Round size: Seed $294k–$2.6M; Debt Financing $106k–$633k; Venture - Series Unknown $485k–$5.4M
  • Lead/follow: 74% lead, 26% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $88M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Spotta — Spotta's smart pest systems help pest control monitor and identify pests. Solutions for hospitality, care homes, agriculture, farming and forestry.
  • Amino —
  • Alchera Technologies — Alchera's AI-powered, cloud-based software platform provides real-time data on the movement of vehicles and pedestrians around cities and major infrastructure
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Business Growth Fund
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 46 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Private Equity, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Ireland, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 629
  • Round size: Series A $4.1M–$21M; Private Equity $6M–$22M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.4M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 86% lead, 14% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $97M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Camino — Camino Leisure Holdings is a Spanish bar and restaurant that serves authentic food and wines.
  • OCL Vision — Expert eye care from trusted UK specialists. From laser vision correction to cataract surgery, discover life-changing treatments.
  • Granite Digital — GRANITE is a digital agency with expertise in technology & strategy providing clients with Digital Transformation services including Web Design, Development, SEO, PPC, email marketing and Social Media as well as online software & app development.
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Octopus Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 43 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 455
  • Round size: Seed $1.9M–$12M; Series A $3.4M–$22M; Series B $8M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $108M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Braid — Braid is a telecom and connectivity infrastructure provider that abstracts global mobile networks into programmable APIs and SDKs. The company enables digital brands to embed cellular connectivity directly into their apps, products, or user journeys without dealing with legacy telecom procurement, Capex, or lengthy carrier negotiations.
  • Grasp — Grasp is the world's first AI analyst for finance professionals. Our AI analyst automates company and market research for investment banks, private equity firms, and management consulting firms across the world.
  • Monkey Bizness — Monkey Bizness is the largest provider of indoor family entertainment centres in the UK. Each centre includes a children's soft play area and is designed to provide a safe, clean and fun environment in which parents and children can feel comfortable. Monkey Bizness' centres provide a setting that encourages children to express themselvesthrough creativity and play as well as providing fresh and nutritious food to keep kids happy and healthy.Monkey Bizness currently has centres in eight locations: Lewes, Gosport, Poole, Sheffield, Stevenage, Hull Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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Kelvin Capital
VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 43 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Kelvin Capital was founded in 2009 and has since raised a total of over £50million into 28 portfolio companies. We invest venture capital in revenue generating growth companies which have the potential to deliver significant return to their investors. They also invest in companies that require capital to grow their business. For the right company with the right team, Kelvin Capital provides the investment and the support needed to deliver the true potential of their business. The Kelvin Capital team has a combined 30 years experience of working with new businesses and understands both the challenges and opportunities, which will be encountered during the high growth phase. The team has built up extensive networks, which will be made available to assist and support the portfolio businesses. Kelvin Capital will actively promote the portfolio businesses through its website and social media activities raising their awareness and profile. The entire Kelvin Capital team is focused on the success of their portfolio of businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 113
  • Round size: Seed $167k–$1.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $360k–$4.4M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kenoteq — Discover Kenoteq, pioneering the sustainable construction revolution with our innovative, ultra low-carbon building materials.
  • Aurora Avionics — Accelerating launch-vehicle development with flexible and modular avionics platforms.
  • 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.
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Ascension
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 42 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Pre-seed and seed investors backing 300+ ambitious founders from day one.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 332
  • Round size: Seed $236k–$4.1M; Pre-Seed $261k–$2.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $790k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $21M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Sprive — Sprive is the free app that helps take years off your mortgage and save you thousands of pounds in interest.
  • Merx — Grow contactability, data quality and customer lifetime value with AI agents on WhatsApp.
  • Neela Biotech — Transforming diverse waste streams into locally produced, sustainable fuels & chemicals through AI-driven Controlled Microbial Upcycling.
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Development Bank of Wales
VC Fund · Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom · 39 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Development Bank of Wales is an independent company, providing commercial funding to Welsh SMEs. They invests private and public funds, including EU funds.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 301
  • Round size: Seed $327k–$2.5M; Debt Financing $19k–$3.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $383k–$5.9M
  • Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Design and Supply — Design and Supply provides products and services primarily for the construction industry, offering Jansen-certified products and British SBD solutions. The company manufactures and supplies items, including steel doors. Additionally, Design and Supply caters to design enthusiasts by offering artwork, fine furniture, antiques, and decor.
  • MeOmics Technology — MeOmics Technology is a biotech company with a focus on improving the diagnosis and treatment of mental health illnesses. The company operates in the manufacturing industry and has a team of 9 employees. The team includes experts in Neuronal Cell Biology and Neuropsychopharmacology. The company's mission is to leverage technology to enhancethe understanding and treatment of mental health conditions.
  • Outlook Expeditions — Outlook Expeditions provide overseas educational expeditions, adventure travel and service-learning projects for schools.
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LocalGlobe
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 39 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups, 28 in the past 12 months

Seeding ambitious founders at places like @citymapper, @improbableio,@teamkano, @moo, @songkick,@seedcamp, @transferwise and @zoopla since 1999. Who's next?

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 461
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1M–$5.1M; Series A $4.2M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $500M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Noah — API-first stablecoin payments, enterprise-grade compliance and real-time settlements, powered by stablecoin technology.
  • Concretene — Concretene is a concrete alternative that is designed to provide a viable CO2 reduction technology in the construction industry for cementitious products. It is developed by Nationwide Engineering Research and Development (NERD) with the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC).
  • Talent Nation — Talent Nation trains and places AI engineers with businesses through its Learn2Earn academy.
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Entrepreneurs First
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 39 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

We turn exceptional individuals into funded founders. We back you first, then give you a bridge to Silicon Valley.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 485
  • Round size: Seed $54k–$6.7M; Pre-Seed $55k–$2.7M; Series A $5.1M–$41M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $133M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • ByteAsk — Derisk your AI agents
  • Sourcepulse — Your early warning system for software delivery (YC S23)
  • Open Cosmos — Open Cosmos design, build and operate space missions, providing straightforward access to high quality satellite data and insights on a global scale.
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Amadeus Capital Partners
VC Fund · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom · 37 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Amadeus Capital Partners, Venture Capital For Technology Companies. We Back Entreprenuers To Win. Contact Our Experienced Team Of Investors Today

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 283
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$9.2M; Series A $2.6M–$30M; Series B $7.2M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $85M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • iPremom — iPremom is a healthcare technology company that develops molecular diagnostic solutions for the early detection and prediction of pregnancy complications, particularly preeclampsia.
  • Respiro Diagnostics — Respiro is harnessing insights from the breath to detect lung cancer earlier, non-invasively, and without scans or radiation. Built for use in everyday care settings.
  • iPronics — iPronics develops the innovative concepts of general-purpose integrated programmable photonic systems.
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Foresight Group
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 36 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Private Equity, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 239
  • Round size: Seed $648k–$7.3M; Private Equity $2.1M–$8.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $979k–$6.5M
  • Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $120M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Vertal — Vertal is a food waste recycling company
  • nisien.ai — Nisien.ai uses industry-leading AI for the detection, defence and resolution of online harm, for better online safety and digital wellbeing.
  • VS Group — Communications and IT solutions are constantly evolving and changing. We can find a solution that meets your needs and budget.
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Cambridge Angels group
VC Fund · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom · 35 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

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 that the 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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 145
  • Round size: Seed $446k–$3.2M; Series A $2.1M–$9.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $375k–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Illumion — Illumion develops high-throughput optical tools to accelerate battery material development
  • Orthofuse — Orthofuse designs and manufacturers advance orthopaedic solutions using 3D printing technology. Their focus is on bringing precision and simplicity to complex surgical procedures, creating implants and systems that fit naturally into a surgeon's workflow while delivering dependable outcomes.
  • Singular Photonics — Singular Photonics is a startup that creates SPAD-based image sensors.
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IQ Capital
VC Fund · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom · 34 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

IQ Capital is a dedicated European deep tech venture capital firm, built on the conviction that frontier technology will underpin the next generation of globally significant companies. We back founders leveraging scientific breakthroughs to build enduring global businesses. We have invested in over 100 of Europe's most ambitious deep tech teams across six funds since 2005.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 216
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$13M; Series A $4.7M–$40M; Venture - Series Unknown $744k–$9.2M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $200M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Mindgard — Mindgard is the leading provider of AI Red Teaming solutions.
  • Imperagen — Imperagen is a biotechnology research company focused on enzyme engineering, artificial intelligence, and synthetic biology.
  • Undecimal Bio — Undecimal Bio operates as a platform biotechnology company that develops targeted delivery mechanisms for small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutics. The company utilizes a proprietary platform that combines combinatorial chemistry libraries with transformer-based artificial intelligence to discover molecular conjugates capable of guiding genetic medicines to specified cells outside of the liver. This approach aims to circumvent traditional delivery constraints to expand the reach of RNA therapeutics into a broader range of therapeutic areas and human organs.
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IP Group
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 34 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups, 12 in the past 12 months

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 create value 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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 261
  • Round size: Seed $44k–$5.3M; Series A $2.4M–$30M; Series B $7.9M–$68M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $50M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Matter Machine — Matter Machine is an AI-driven materials discovery company that creates technologies that use materials chemistry, machine learning, and automated experimentation to speed up the discovery and optimization of next-generation materials.
  • Mach42 — Machine Discovery is a University of Oxford spin-out commercializing new machine learning technology. We leverage proprietary neural network technology to accelerate expensive calculations — and we do it with minimal data and 99.9% fidelity.
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7percent Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 32 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Venture X is our top-notch financial investment firm Webflow Template created for modern VC and investor firms looking for a dark mode website design.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 205
  • Round size: Seed $405k–$7M; Pre-Seed $125k–$2.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $500k–$9.5M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $39M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • cheMastery — Echo handles repetitive tasks with accuracy and precision, allowing your chemists to tackle high-value challenges.
  • Vosbor — Vosbor is a digital grain & oilseed trading platform providing a spot and forward market to reconcile trade data & securely share documents.
  • Paddington Robotics — Paddington Robotics specializes in implementation of AI, robotics, software and hardware solutions in real life.
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Seedcamp
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 31 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups, 41 in the past 12 months

By Your Side from Day One

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 668
  • Round size: Seed $469k–$8M; Pre-Seed $588k–$3.5M; Series A $5M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $220M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • i23 — i23 is an insurtech startup that builds an artificial intelligence platform to automate administrative workflows for commercial insurance brokers.
  • Solvera AI — Solvera is an AI-native engineering firm on a mission to unleash the potential of every building engineer with AI. It develops advanced proprietary AI systems to help design better buildings, significantly faster, establishing a brand-new standard for MEP engineering.
  • Vessla — Vessla is the agentic OS for property operations, where agents and people run work together across the portfolio.
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Maven Capital Partners
VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 31 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Private Equity
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 239
  • Round size: Seed $783k–$5M; Private Equity $1.1M–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $648k–$8.3M
  • Lead/follow: 74% lead, 26% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $132M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • KubeNet — We are KubeNet - a multi-award winning technology solutions provider based in Glasgow. Whether it's Managed IT, IT Support, Cloud, Connectivity, Voice or Cyber Security, we're by your side as your trusted technology partner.
  • Tixserve — Secure, Trackable, Interactive Digital Tickets for Live Events
  • ReadyGo Diagnostics — ReadyGo Diagnostics has invented a novel “Diagnostic Pen”. Low cost, intuitive to use from the raw sample, the ReadyGo Pen will be a game-changer in the newly emerging consumer diagnostics market, offering a yes/no answer in minutes, based on molecular analysis.
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MMC Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 29 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

MMC is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in exceptional entrepreneurs across Europe.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 274
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$10M; Series A $2.9M–$19M; Series B $10M–$54M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $129M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Ravical — Ravical equips professional services firms with AI agents that collaborate and scale, unlocking practical value today and future growth tomorrow.
  • ABEX — Algorithmic Best Execution for Digital Assets
  • Stanhope AI — Stanhope AI is a deep-tech startup based in London with a strong background in neuroscience, robotics and fintech. We are bringing Active Inference to market as a novel framework for autonomous decision-making. To contend with the challenges of contemporary AIs, our distinct approach aims to offer
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Future Planet Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 28 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Brilliant Ideas. Brilliant People. Brilliant Minds.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 313
  • Round size: Seed $482k–$5.1M; Series A $1.4M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $23M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Unloq AI — Unloq is a decision intelligence platform that helps businesses understand why a choice makes sense, what actions to take, and whether they deliver results.
  • Nourished — At Nourished we create innovative. personalised nutrition stacks that are truly unique to you. Vegan, waste-free and always made to order.
  • K3 Metrology — K3 Metrology is a specialist metrology company commercialising laser‑based 3D coordinate measurement technology developed at the National Physical Laboratory. The company’s platform is designed to provide high‑accuracy, uncertainty‑aware dimensional data in large‑volume industrial environments, supporting inspection and assembly processes inadvanced manufacturing. Its systems integrate into production workflows where traceable measurements are required across complex geometries and large structures. The technology is applied in sectors such as aerospace, defence, and nuclear, where dimensional integrity and process control are critical.
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Mercia Fund Managers
VC Fund · Henley In Arden, Warwickshire, United Kingdom · 28 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Hungary

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 158
  • Round size: Seed $233k–$2M; Series A $1.3M–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $394k–$5.9M
  • Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2013

Portfolio highlights

  • Ben — Ben is the all-in-one platform for any company to personalise benefits and reward.Our secret? Marrying a modern software (SaaS) platform with per-employee Mastercards and financial infrastructure. That’s how Ben instantly adds employee choice to your existing benefits, unlocks access to hundreds of additional options through Ben Card, all whilesaving you time and money.
  • Distil.ai — Distil.ai is a software platform that helps businesses to understand their customers’ behavior and identify buying signals.
  • MRC Engineering — MRC Engineering Providing a different option to the UK Rail Industry for Telecoms Design. Nationally renowned design specialists who provide extraordinary ...
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UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
VC Fund · Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · 27 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 151
  • Round size: Seed $512k–$5.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$6.7M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Zentraxa — NATURE ENGINEERED FOR PURPOSE Through millions of years of evolution, nature has found solutions to the most difficult problems. Inspired by the diversity of nature, we precision engineer bespoke biomaterials to meet the toughest challenges across
  • StandardX — StandardX is a deep-tech company building the isotope refinery powered by a scalable, compact particle accelerator platform.
  • SILVIA BIO — SilVia Bio develops technologies to analyze and optimize mammalian cell factories used in biomanufacturing. The company focuses on identifying critical parameters that limit bioproduction yield and product quality in cell systems such as CHO and HEK cells. Its platform provides cell profiling services that generate interpretable data on manufacturing-relevant bottlenecks. Based on these insights, SilVia Bio designs and supplies precision media additives formulated to address specific rate-limiting cellular processes. The offerings are intended for biopharmaceutical and biomanufacturing teams seeking to improve titre, cell performance, and consistency in production processes. SilVia Bio also collaborates with industrial partners to apply its platform within real manufacturing environments.
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Seedrs
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 26 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Online investing opportunities in the best new startup businesses, and raise seed and angel investment, with top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 340
  • Round size: Seed $45k–$1.8M; Pre-Seed $44k–$488k; Equity Crowdfunding $94k–$3.1M
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Laka — Laka is collective bicycle insurance especially for cyclists. We flipped insurance. By making it pay to pay out, we are the collective that backs each other. Protect your bikes and gear against theft & damage with Laka 5-star rated cycle insurance.
  • OurPetsLife — At OurPetsLife, our mission is to empower pet owners with innovative, reliable, and accessible Pet products trusted by the professionals. From dog food, supplements for pets, shampoo, pet treats, dental care & much more.
  • The Cookaway — The Cookaway offers an exciting range of world cuisine menus put together by our expert chefs and available to buy as a recipe box.
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Speedinvest
VC Fund · Vienna, Wien, Austria · 25 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Speedinvest is a globally active European venture capital firm built on a simple belief: many move more. From six offices across EMEA, our sector-focused investment teams back relentless founders from pre–Seed to Growth with long-term conviction, providing day-one access to our global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, and top-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster. Building lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (U.S.), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Wayflyer (Ireland), GoStudent (Austria), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) — together. Big ideas may start with one. But scaling and winning take The Power of More.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, Austria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 684
  • Round size: Seed $798k–$7.9M; Pre-Seed $411k–$3.8M; Series A $4.1M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $372M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Findery — Find and leave notes anywhere in the world, discover local knowledge, hidden secrets, and exciting stories. Share your travel knowledge, geoblog, or local news!
  • GAMINSIDE — GAMINSIDE revolutionizes your relationship with your customers. As European full service provider, we deliver the complete package with solutions, services and software for gamified loyalty that is tailor-made and unique to your products, brands and customers. Integrate the best ideas from gamification and customer loyalty in your business areato exceed your commercial targets with GAMINSIDE.
  • Polaron — Polaron connects process, structure, and performance using AI and image data to accelerate how materials are characterised, designed, and manufactured.
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Newable Private Investing
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 25 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Newable exists to power business growth. Our strategy of Buy, Grow, Realise focuses on the regulated B2B market.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 110
  • Round size: Seed $196k–$3.2M; Series A $1.5M–$5.6M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

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
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Oxford Science Enterprises
VC Fund · Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · 25 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

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 on challenges 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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 210
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$12M; Series A $6.3M–$45M; Series B $9.1M–$168M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $299M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Salience Labs — Salience Labs is building a hybrid photonic-electronic chip for AI. We have designed a massively parallel, ultra-high-throughput Photonic Tensor Processing Unit. Photonics allows data to be modulated at up to 100 GHZ, and allows for high levels of parallelization using multiplexing. We integrate this photonic unit into a SoC architecture designedto exploit its high throughput for AI inference. Salience Labs technology is based on decades of research collaboration between Oxford University and the University of Münster, Germany.
  • OMass Therapeutics — OMass Therapeutics is a drug discovery company exploiting novel mass spectrometry platforms to develop therapeutics against challenging disease targets.
  • Beacon Therapeutics — Beacon aids in restoring and improving the vision of patients with ophthalmic gene therapy. Find out more.
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Innovate UK
VC Fund · Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom · 24 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups, 91 in the past 12 months

Innovate UK is part of the UK Research and Innovation .

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
  • Stage:Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1279
  • Round size: Seed $291k–$3.5M; Grant $62k–$2M; Pre-Seed $58k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Plasma2X — Plasma2X is a clean-tech company that develops technology to produce green fertilizers, fuels, and critical chemicals.
  • Emerald — Comprehensive in-clinic biomarker testing, GP-reviewed results with past health data integration and personalised action plan. Designed to help you understand your risks earlier and act with medical support.
  • MoniRail — MoniRail develops non-intrusive rail monitoring systems that combine onboard sensors with cloud-based data analytics. The company provides an in-service measurement solution using lightweight inertial sensors mounted on ordinary trains to monitor track geometry, ride comfort, and vehicle dynamics. Its software platform processes motion and positional data into actionable insights on track and vehicle condition to support predictive maintenance and reduce service disruption. MoniRail also works on quantum-based navigation systems for rail, addressing positioning challenges where satellite signals are unavailable. Its solutions are used by rail infrastructure owners, operators, and rolling stock fleets seeking to optimise maintenance planning and asset performance.
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Episode 1
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 24 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

We build relationships early, make decisions quickly, but engage with you for the long term. Our focus is getting B2B software companies at Pre-Seed and Seed to a successful Series A.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 191
  • Round size: Seed $951k–$5M; Pre-Seed $1M–$4M; Series A $3.2M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $96M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Veridue — Veridue uses AI to automate M&A due diligence and project finance for renewable energy.
  • SimplyCook — SimplyCook offers home recipe kits with easy step-by-step guides to cook restaurant-quality food in less than 20 minutes.SimplyCook boxes contain 4 easy to follow recipes and 4 ingredient kits. Each kit is designed to provide perfect taste-containing ingredient blends devised by professional chefs.
  • Mantic — Mantic is a world-class technical team on a mission to solve the next AI grand challenge: predicting global events with superhuman accuracy, and deploying this capability to power radically improved decision-making in business and government.
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Antler
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 24 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2394
  • Round size: Seed $159k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$611k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7.5M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Praktiki — Praktiki is the AI platform for medical education: expert-led, case-based 5-minute modules HCPs love, built in hours and measured for behaviour change.
  • ReportsAI — ReportsAI is an impact operating system that automates data collection and reporting for NGOs and industry to ensure audit-ready compliance.
  • Plouton AI —
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Oxford Capital
VC Fund · Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · 22 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 167
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$3.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.2M–$8M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $66M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Flyttr — Flyttr is the leader in developing and deploying biosecurity countermeasures against critical pest threats that spread disease, threaten food security.
  • Scan.com — Use scan.com to find the best medical imaging centers near you Find an MRI scan, CT scan, X-ray Scan, or other diagnostic imaging scan with scan.com.
  • Noggin HQ — The next generation of credit referencing is coming. Look busy.
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Salica
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 22 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Founded as an investment firm focusing on the most promising startups, we have evolved into a unique set of private market funds investing globally in equity and debt across complementary sectors and stages. We fuse traditional values with a contemporary approach and balance exacting processes with the agility to capture commercial opportunity and compelling investment returns. Our continuous search for new opportunities has led us to create a balanced collection of complementary funds and relationships.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Secondary Market, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 249
  • Round size: Seed $645k–$4.3M; Series A $3.9M–$19M; Secondary Market $60M–$346M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $12M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Moneybox — Moneybox is the simple way to save, invest, buy your first home, and combine your old pensions - all with one award-winning app. Download now.
  • CameraMatics — Digitize fleet management to optimize performance. Onboard sensors, smart cameras, & apps to mitigate risk, manage safety & achieve sustainability goals.
  • Modern Milkman — The Modern Milkman is the fresh way to protect the planet! Join our milkround's fight against waste with sustainably packaged, plastic free grocery deliveries.
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Aster
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 21 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

We back builders. We buy stakes. Early-stage capital for founders building the real economy, and liquidity for those who need to sell.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Software, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 177
  • Round size: Series A $1.8M–$20M; Series B $7M–$27M; Venture - Series Unknown $281k–$9.5M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $283M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Otoqi — Otoqi is a vehicle delivery platform that develops connected services and logistics solutions for the automotive professionals.
  • Aether Fuels — Enabling a net zero world through sustainable liquid fuels.
  • 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.
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Crowdcube
VC Fund · Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom · 21 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced investor, we make it simple to buy and sell shares in Europe's most exciting high-growth businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Software
  • Stage:Equity Crowdfunding, Convertible Note, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Spain, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1074
  • Round size: Seed $401k–$4.9M; Convertible Note $263k–$3.8M; Equity Crowdfunding $109k–$2.3M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $8.3M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • ROLEY's — ROLEY’S is a beverage company that produces vitamin-enriched lager. Its drinks are formulated with B-vitamins such as B3, B5, B6, and B9 and contain minimal sugar and carbohydrates. The company aims to offer an alternative beer option that aligns with modern nutrition and wellness preferences.
  • Emerald — Comprehensive in-clinic biomarker testing, GP-reviewed results with past health data integration and personalised action plan. Designed to help you understand your risks earlier and act with medical support.
  • When in Rome | B Corp™ — We bring you craft wines made by small, independent producers and sold in convenient, eco-friendly bag-in-boxes at a great price with free delivery.
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Accel
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 20 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2569
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$11M; Series A $4.4M–$41M; Series B $9.3M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $750M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • MobStac — Developer of a cloud-based mobile marketing platform designed to connect the digital and physical worlds through the use of innovative technology. The company's platform is based on the principals of proximity marketing and engage customers in a personalized, context-aware way that leverages indoor location and proximity, enabling businessesand brands to leverage BLE beacon technology to deliver context-rich experiences to their end users.
  • Krux — Use Salesforce's data management platform (DMP) to unify your data and strengthen customer relationships across every touchpoint.
  • Perplexity — Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence.
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Index Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 20 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1635
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$16M; Series A $5M–$35M; Series B $12M–$102M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $400M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • PanGenetics — PanGenetics B.V. develops monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of immune mediated diseases.PanGenetics is a clinical development company that specializes in taking antibodies from the late research stage through to clinical proof of concept. The company is based in Utrecht, the Netherlands with an office in Cambridge, UK. PanGenetics employsa lean business model with manufacturing and clinical development activities outsourced to specialist providers. Apart from PG110, the other clinical program of PanGenetics is PG102, a CD40 antagonist for treatment of autoimmune diseases which is currently being evaluated in a clinical study in psoriatic arthritis patients
  • Acutus Medical — Acutus Medical develops medical technologies to treat complex cardiac arrhythmia. The company's platform displays the heart’s true activation pattern, turning the chaos of a complex arrhythmia into a clear vision for electrophysiologists.Acutus Medical is a privately funded company founded in 2011 and based in Carlsbad, California. Itsproducts are co-developed in the U.S. and Europe with an exceptional team of medical scientists, biomedical engineers, and other professionals.It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Carlsbad, California.
  • Milestone Systems — See and know more with video technology. Milestone offers award-winning XProtect video management software, Arcules VSaaS, and BriefCam analytics.
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Crane Venture Partners
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 19 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups, 15 in the past 12 months

Crane is a London based VC firm investing and building seed and early stage intelligent enterprise and deep technology businesses across Europe. Our strategy is to support founders in building and executing their go-to-market strategy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 139
  • Round size: Seed $2.9M–$8.8M; Pre-Seed $2.2M–$16M; Series A $10M–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $140M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Expanse — We predict exactly what every job needs before it runs, so your cluster does more real work with the GPUs you already have.
  • IMMIX — Immix engages in scaling web3 trading through next-generation technologies.
  • Outerlimit — Outerlimit is an AI security company focused on securing and governing agentic AI systems. Its platform provides visibility into AI agent activity, identity and access controls, risk assessment, and runtime security. The company helps organizations establish security and governance controls for AI agents operating across enterprise environments and manage their access to applications, data, and systems.
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Equity Gap
VC Fund · Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom · 19 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 117
  • Round size: Seed $428k–$3M; Series A $2.8M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $217k–$4.9M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mirna — Soon to be launched, our AI-powered MI:RNA platform is designed to detect a range of diseases prior to the development of clinical signs. This groundbreaking
  • QuickBlock — QUICKBLOCK delivers training environments, deployable infrastructure and force protection solutions for defence and security organisations worldwide.
  • Gutsy Health — Gutsy Health is a health and wellness website.
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Mercia Asset Management
VC Fund · Henley In Arden, Warwickshire, United Kingdom · 19 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $576k–$3.2M; Series A $2.2M–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $659k–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $38M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • StratoBayes — Automated stratigraphic correlation with quantified uncertainty, built on Bayesian statistical inference.
  • Camena Bioscience — Camena Bioscience is a synthetic biology company that develops tools to engineer new synthetic biology applications. It has engineered new nucleic acid synthesis technology which improves the quality and speed of synthesis. Its multi-enzymatic technology takes one approach to DNA, RNA, and XNA synthesis, offering increased accuracy over existingPhosphoramidite synthesis technology.Camena Bioscience was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge.
  • Warwick Acoustics Ltd — Warwick Acoustics is a UK-based technology company specialising in the development of HighRes Audio solutions for the automotive and headphone markets based on its patented High Precision Electrostatic Laminate technology (HPELs). Their ultra thin, lightweight HPELs deliver audiophile performance across a bandwidth several octaves greater thantraditional moving coil speakers in a form factor that is less than one quarter the weight, and one tenth of the thickness. In addition, HPELs offer designers unparalleled flexibility to shaped and form a speaker to individual design requirements.
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Force Over Mass Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 18 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Force Over Mass Capital is an FCA regulated venture capital firm focused on early stage technology investments across UK and Europe. We invest in B2B innovation across four verticals, i.e. Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS and Industry 4.0. FOM cap operates both seed and scale-up funds to support early stage businesses through their growth journey.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 204
  • Round size: Seed $380k–$4.8M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M; Series A $3.3M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $131M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Finovox — Finovox provides a solution for detecting false documents. They offer investigative tools to analyze, understand, and explain fraud. Additionally, they provide users with hard evidence of fraud.
  • Artificial Labs — Artificial is the power between brokers and insurers in the specialty market. Underwriting technology and placement tools to move risk faster, with less in the way.
  • Stoa Corporation — Save with Stoa and unlock premium perks upfront. Build better saving habits, protect your deposit, and enjoy real rewards with your Saving Score.
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Angels Den
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 17 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Join 27,000+ UK angel investors backing top early-stage startups. Explore vetted, tax-efficient SEIS/EIS deals, pitch events, and co-investment opportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 101
  • Round size: Seed $38k–$923k; Angel $50k–$496k
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AAZZUR — AAZZUR is an embedded finance platform helping businesses launch payments, cards, lending and financial services through flexible financial infrastructure.
  • 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.
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Wayra
VC Fund · Madrid, Madrid, Spain · 17 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela. Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with driven entrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Grant, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Spain, United Kingdom, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 965
  • Round size: Seed $40k–$1.6M; Grant $32k–$213k; Convertible Note $24k–$301k
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Devengo — Light-speed transfers. Our Instant Payments API enables seamless integration to automate payouts to your customers in Europe and the UK.
  • LuxQuanta — Quantum Key Distribution or Quantum Cryptography provides long-term and future-proof data protection.
  • Quantum Bridge — Quantum Bridge is a pioneer in Distributed Symmetric Key Establishment (DSKE) technology. It offers quantum-safe cybersecurity products and services.
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YFM Equity Partners
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 17 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Private Equity, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 154
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$10M; Private Equity $3M–$8.6M
  • Lead/follow: 79% lead, 21% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $115M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • DynaRisk — DynaRisk is a cyber security company. DynaRisk combines personal risk factors with external data and algorithms to determine an individual’s level of risk online.
  • GEEIQ — GEEIQ helps brands decide if, where and how to show up in gaming: audience data, partner and platform comparisons, and measurement your stakeholders trust.
  • TiPJAR® — TiPJAR is the UK's leading, award-winning, cashless tipping platform designed for the hospitality industry to help staff earn more tips.
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Praetura Ventures
VC Fund · Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom · 17 investments in United Kingdom Hardware startups

Praetura Ventures has been supporting entrepreneurs with more than money since 2011. Click to find out more about how we can help businesses and investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Australia, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 167
  • Round size: Seed $655k–$4.5M; Series A $3.1M–$7M; Venture - Series Unknown $364k–$6.6M
  • Lead/follow: 79% lead, 21% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $123M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Tended — Tended creates advanced solutions to change how people work and improve employee safety across high-risk industries. Through a combination of wearable technology and behavioural science, Tended's main focus is to drive positive behavioural change, which has proven benefits on both an individual and organisational level.Tended'ssolutions are currently improving safety across industry-leading companies in sectors including construction, manufacturing, utilities and logistics.
  • Holdson — Holdson is an electrochemical polishing machine tool supplier aiming to address the issue of inconsistent surface finishes on additive manufactured components.The technology is producing intellectual property through patents, providing a competitive advantage in the advanced machinery industry.
  • PEAK:AIO — PEAK:AIO delivers software-defined storage for AI, enabling fast, scalable data infrastructure and optimized GPU utilization.
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Hardware VC funding in United Kingdom at a glance

Stats across 5.1k deals from 3.4k investors.

3.4k
investors
in United Kingdom Hardware startups
5.1k
deals
in United Kingdom Hardware startups
$1.9M
median round
in United Kingdom Hardware startups
45%
lead investors
lead at least one round
27%
Seed
most common funding stage

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