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Top 50 Manufacturing VC Funds & Investors in United Kingdom (July 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
SFC Capital
VC Fund
49 United Kingdom, United States, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $127k–$2M
Parkwalk Advisors
VC Fund
35 United Kingdom, United States, Philippines Seed, Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $1.1M–$46M
The FSE Group
VC Fund
28 United Kingdom, United States, Canada Seed, Debt Financing Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $111k–$2.6M
UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
VC Fund
23 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $458k–$14M
Business Growth Fund
VC Fund
22 United Kingdom, Ireland, United States Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, Information Technology, Health Care $3.2M–$22M
Par Equity
VC Fund
21 United Kingdom, United States, Brazil Series A, Seed Software, Information Technology, Computer $1.4M–$14M
Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund
VC Fund
20 United Kingdom, Germany, United States Debt Financing, Seed Software, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage $65k–$1.7M
Foresight Group
VC Fund
19 United Kingdom, United States, Ireland Private Equity, Seed Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $655k–$8.3M
Oxford Science Enterprises
VC Fund
18 United Kingdom, United States, Finland Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Software $1.3M–$168M
Oxford Technology Management
VC Fund
18 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $33k–$7.9M
Scottish Enterprise
VC Fund
18 United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland Grant, Seed Biotechnology, Software, Health Care $119k–$4.3M
Development Bank of Wales
VC Fund
17 United Kingdom, Australia, United States Seed, Debt Financing Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $18k–$4.1M
Scottish Investment Bank
VC Fund
15 United Kingdom, United States, France Seed, Series A Software, Biotechnology, Health Care $327k–$7M
Cambridge Angels group
VC Fund
15 United Kingdom, United States, Estonia Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $382k–$9.5M
Maven Capital Partners
VC Fund
15 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, SaaS $655k–$25M
Innovate UK
VC Fund
15 United Kingdom, United States, Ireland Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Software $58k–$3.7M
Midven
VC Fund
14 United Kingdom, United States, Israel Seed, Series A Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $152k–$2M
NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance
VC Fund
14 United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Health Care $327k–$14M
Midlands Engine Investment Fund
VC Fund
14 United Kingdom, United States, Portugal Debt Financing, Seed Software, Health Care, Manufacturing $262k–$2.7M
Venrex
VC Fund
13 United Kingdom, United States, France Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet $425k–$16M
Techstart Ventures
VC Fund
13 United Kingdom, Ireland, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Health Care $100k–$3.9M
Future Planet Capital
VC Fund
13 United Kingdom, United States, Spain Seed, Convertible Note Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $670k–$7.3M
British Design Fund
VC Fund
12 United Kingdom, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Manufacturing, Health Care, Medical Device $131k–$1.3M
IQ Capital
VC Fund
12 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $1.3M–$44M
IP Group
VC Fund
11 United Kingdom, United States, Australia Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics $393k–$23M
Low Carbon Innovation Fund
VC Fund
11 United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland Seed, Series A Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy $300k–$28M
SOSV
VC Fund
10 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Equity Gap
VC Fund
10 United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Health Care $428k–$18M
Octopus Ventures
VC Fund
10 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence $2.1M–$48M
Empirical Ventures
VC Fund
10 United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care $921k–$5.1M
HSBC UK
VC Fund
10 United Kingdom, United States, Canada Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A Manufacturing, Retail, Transportation $1M–$280M
TSP Ventures
VC Fund
10 United Kingdom Seed, Series A Manufacturing, Automotive, Machinery Manufacturing $1M–$13M
Kelvin Capital
VC Fund
10 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing $144k–$25M
Mercia Fund Managers
VC Fund
10 United Kingdom, United States, Hungary Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $196k–$14M
YFM Equity Partners
VC Fund
9 United Kingdom, United States, Belgium Private Equity, Series A Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology $2.6M–$10M
Longwall Venture
VC Fund
9 United Kingdom, Germany, Philippines Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Device $637k–$16M
FW Capital
VC Fund
9 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown Construction, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering $327k–$2.6M
Newable Private Investing
VC Fund
9 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $196k–$5.2M
Northern Gritstone
VC Fund
9 United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series D Software, Electronics, Health Care $2.4M–$229M
Amadeus Capital Partners
VC Fund
9 United Kingdom, United States, Spain Seed, Series B, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $900k–$43M
Kindred Capital
VC Fund
9 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Biotechnology, Health Care $1.5M–$73M
Green Angel Ventures
VC Fund
9 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A Energy, Renewable Energy, Environmental Consulting $663k–$16M
Archangels
VC Fund
9 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $1.3M–$8.3M
Fuel Ventures
VC Fund
9 United Kingdom, United States, Ireland Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Information Technology $320k–$20M
BACKED VC
VC Fund
9 United Kingdom, United States, France Seed, Series A Software, Blockchain, Biotechnology $2M–$58M
NPIF - FW Capital Debt Finance
VC Fund
8 United Kingdom, United States Debt Financing, Seed Manufacturing, Construction, Mechanical Engineering $151k–$982k
Lloyds Bank
VC Fund
8 United Kingdom, United States, Australia Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Seed Manufacturing, Construction, Renewable Energy $524k–$1.4B
NPIF – Mercia Debt Finance
VC Fund
8 United Kingdom, United States Debt Financing Manufacturing, Industrial, Industrial Engineering $173k–$878k
Clarendon Fund Managers
VC Fund
8 United Kingdom, United States, Ireland Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $440k–$2.6M
Catapult Ventures
VC Fund
8 United Kingdom, United States, Israel Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $150k–$26M
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SFC Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 49 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 489
  • Round size: Seed $127k–$2M; Pre-Seed $164k–$839k
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.9M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Neubond — Neubond develops wearable devices for stroke mobility rehabilitation. These devices provide autonomous assistance and therapy during daily activities, integrating rehabilitation into the patient's daily life regardless of their motor capabilities. Neubond's solutions are designed to be intuitive and effective, aiming to improve thequality of life for individuals undergoing rehabilitation.
  • Sages — Biodegradeable, non-polluting, low-impact and vibrant dyes extracted from food waste.
  • Traknova — Traknova provides an AI-powered fleet management platform that helps companies track, manage, and protect vehicles and mobile assets. The platform offers real-time GPS tracking, live monitoring, and telematics data to give operators constant visibility over fleet movements and status. Users can access an intuitive dashboard with historical tripinformation, engine status, and alerts for events such as geofence breaches or unauthorized use. Traknova also supports integrated hardware, including tracking devices and online cameras, to strengthen asset security and streamline recovery when issues arise. The system is designed for fleets across industries, such as service businesses and vehicle rental operators, that need clearer scheduling, better time management, and improved operational control. By consolidating these tools into one platform, Traknova enables data-led fleet planning and day-to-day decision-making.
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Parkwalk Advisors
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 35 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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: 277
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M; Series A $1.6M–$13M; Series B $2M–$46M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Paragraf — We Work to Develop Innovative and Useful End Products from Novel Materials. Our Analogue Sensors Are Designed to Provide Accurate Field Gradient Mapping & Alignment.
  • Psyomics — Technology to support better mental health assessment - accelerating patients to the right care pathway, first time.
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The FSE Group
VC Fund · Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom · 28 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 198
  • Round size: Seed $325k–$2.6M; Debt Financing $111k–$786k
  • Lead/follow: 72% lead, 28% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Alvant — Alvant is an advanced materials technology group specialising in the design, development and production of aluminium composite components for demanding engineering applications.
  • Spotta — Spotta's smart pest systems help pest control monitor and identify pests. Solutions for hospitality, care homes, agriculture, farming and forestry.
  • TruePlayers — Trueplayers is a computer game development company that specializes in mobile games. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Falmouth, Cornwall.
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UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
VC Fund · Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · 23 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing 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, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 136
  • Round size: Seed $458k–$5.9M; Series A $2.9M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • MFX — MFX is a platform designed to accelerate the development and manufacturing of cell and gene therapies.
  • Silveray — Silveray develop affordable large-area direct conversion detectors for the X-ray imaging market.
  • 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
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Business Growth Fund
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 22 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing 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, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Ireland, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 355
  • Round size: Series A $3.2M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $4.4M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Camino — Camino Leisure Holdings is a Spanish bar and restaurant that serves authentic food and wines.
  • Gymbox — Making sweating enjoyable drives everything Gymbox does. From our unique exercise classes and nightly resident DJs, through to our larger than life personal trainers, at Gymbox there is undeniably a culture of fun.
  • Nuada — MOF Technologies take innovative organisations from ideation to commercialisation using our proven MOF development expertise & patented technology.
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Par Equity
VC Fund · Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom · 21 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing 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, Information Technology, Computer
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 199
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$5M; Series A $2.6M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • TriVirum — We are TriVirum, Inc., an early stage medical device company using leading edge semiconductor and signal processing technology to build new, innovative medical devices.
  • Trivium — We are an Edtech that promotes Microsoft academic programs to schools and universities around the world. We inspire educators, students, and IT professionals through Microsoft Education tools and Microsoft Role-Based Certification. We offer professional development programs for educators and IT professionals.
  • Nova Pangaea Technologies — NPT is a cleantech company that has developed a revolutionary process technology called REFNOVA. REFNOVA allows customers to converts non-food plant residues into sustainable products such as biochar, activated carbon, biofuel, biopolymers and biochemicals. Our products help customers replace fossil based products and enable decarbonisation.
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Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund
VC Fund · Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom · 20 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 110
  • Round size: Seed $65k–$1.7M; Debt Financing $74k–$674k
  • Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $524M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Sapphire HR — Sapphire HR offers comprehensive HR solutions to support staff and help business succeed.
  • Acrol Air Conditioning — Acrol Air Conditioning specializes in the design and installation market for marine air conditioning and refrigeration services.
  • LEXIO TECHNOLOGIES LTD — Lexio Technologies is a legal technology consultancy that focuses on case management systems for law firms and related organisations. The company provides specialist development, configuration, and support for platforms such as Proclaim and Actionstep, helping clients adapt these systems to their specific workflows and compliance requirements. Itsservices include custom workflow design, technical support and maintenance, data migration, and API-based integrations with external tools. Lexio Technologies also offers system health audits, process optimisation, and technical strategy consulting to improve operational efficiency. In addition to law firms, it serves medical agencies, credit hire companies, and claims management organisations that rely on structured case handling processes.
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Foresight Group
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 19 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing 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, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Private Equity, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 200
  • Round size: Seed $655k–$7.3M; Private Equity $2.1M–$8.3M
  • Lead/follow: 66% lead, 34% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lillicoco — Lillicoco source fine antique jewellery and vintage jewellery in the UK, and ship worldwide. FREE Express International Shipping on All Orders. Quick & Simple 14-Day Returns.
  • SenseAI
  • Envair Technology — Your single source provider of next generation isolators, fume cupboards, downflow booths, biosafety cabinets and other clean air systems.
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Oxford Science Enterprises
VC Fund · Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · 18 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing 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 onchallenges like nuclear fusion, quantum computing and developing treatments and cures for infectious diseases. Founded in 2015, we’ve raised over £600M to create a world-class technology ecosystem, and combine our deep experience with a network of investors, entrepreneurs and sector-experts to find co-investment, build businesses, and hire senior management talent.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 178
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$12M; Series A $6.3M–$49M; Series B $13M–$168M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $327M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • AlveoGene — Transforming Rare Respiratory Disease Outcomes Using Inhaled Gene Therapy
  • 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.
  • Caudal Energy — Porpoise Power develops a tidal energy system using oscillating hydrofoil technology inspired by dolphin swimming mechanics.
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Oxford Technology Management
VC Fund · Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · 18 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 109
  • Round size: Seed $33k–$2.1M; Series A $786k–$7.9M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2012

Portfolio highlights

  • OrganOx — OrganOx Limited was founded in 2008 to exploit normothermic preservation technology invented by Prof Peter Friend and colleagues and further developed by Prof Constantin Coussios at the University of Oxford.
  • CryoLogyx — CryoLogyx Ltd. trading as CryoLogyx registered in England and Wales 13078280. VAT registered 373846855. Our registered office address is CryoLogyx Ltd, The Venture Centre, Sir William Lyons Road, Coventry, CV4 7EZ.
  • Metacarpal — Metacarpal design upper-limb prosthetics without compromise. We aim to make the most robust, functional hand prosthesis that people love wearing because it works so effectively and looks so beautiful. Be proud to show your artificial side!
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Scottish Enterprise
VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 18 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 362
  • Round size: Seed $375k–$3.9M; Grant $119k–$4.3M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

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.
  • Cumulus Oncology — Cumulus Oncology develops anti-cancer therapies for clinical settings in areas of high unmet need. We target key pathways to improve the efficacy and outcomes of current and experimental therapies. Cumulus has the backing of a successful entrepreneur in the oncology field and is led by a team of senior professionals and industry partners fromacross the drug discovery and development sector. Together, we offer a wealth of experience and deep insights into optimum approaches for improved cancer patient outcomes.
  • Smart Green Shipping — smart green shipping alliance. economically, socially and environmentally superior shipping solutions.
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Development Bank of Wales
VC Fund · Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom · 17 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing 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, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 238
  • Round size: Seed $360k–$3.3M; Debt Financing $18k–$4.1M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Forth — Forth are a group of clinical and digital experts who are passionate about healthcare. They’re part of a new breed of digital healthcare companies who are transforming people’s relationship with their health by using technology to give them more information and help them gain greater control.
  • 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.
  • Reacta Healthcare — Reacta Healthcare develops diagnostic solutions and challenge meals for food allergy testing and clinical research.
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Scottish Investment Bank
VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 15 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

Speak with our Entrepreneurship and Investment teams, 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, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 208
  • Round size: Seed $327k–$3.1M; Series A $1.6M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Bio-Images Drug Delivery — BDD Pharma combine drug delivery expertise and clinical capabilities to accelerate product development pipelines, enable life cycle management and new innovative pharmaceutical products. Rapid parallel clinical testing with SWIFT significantly reduces time from product concept to clinical success.
  • IOTech — Discover IOTech Systems. Deploy, manage, and scale AI-driven, data-rich industrial systems at the edge with our open edge data platform.
  • Pneumagen — Pneumagen focuses on developing glycan targeted carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs) as a new universal therapeutic modality for the treatment of respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and cancer. Founded in 2016, the Company is a spin-out from the University of St Andrews in Scotland and has access to world-class scientific expertise and capabilitiesin glycobiology.
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Cambridge Angels group
VC Fund · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom · 15 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing 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 thatthe Cambridge Angels meet are in the range of £50,000 to £500,000 - although it is worth noting that several of their portfolio companies have received more than £1m in funding from their Members over several funding rounds.Their Members have been responsible for a large number of the “Cambridge Phenomenon” success stories over recent years. Therefore, in addition to providing funding for early-stage companies, the Cambridge Angels also offer start-ups the considerable benefit of a wide range of expertise, contacts and directly relevant experience in establishing and growing entrepreneurial businesses successfully.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 134
  • Round size: Seed $382k–$3M; Series A $2M–$9.5M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • xWatts — xWatts is an intelligent energy management software that reduces energy costs and emissions in commercial buildings.
  • MNS
  • Orthofuse — Orthofuse is a medtech company that provides orthopaedic solutions using 3D-printed implant systems designed to improve the safety and efficiency of surgical procedures.
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Maven Capital Partners
VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 15 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing 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, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 202
  • Round size: Seed $655k–$5.3M; Series A $2.2M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bright — Bright Network has a range of graduate careers available. Whatever the sector you want to go into Bright Network will help you find your dream job.
  • ProofID — We are identity experts. We manage all aspects of your IAM program, from design and deployment, through to optimisation and ongoing support.
  • Guru Systems — Intelligent technology for the future of heat. Guru Systems provides market-leading hardware and data analytics platforms for heat networks, gas boilers and heat pumps. Our technology improves the performance of these systems for residential developers, heat suppliers, customers and our planet.
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Innovate UK
VC Fund · Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom · 15 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

Innovate UK is part of the UK Research and Innovation .

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 763
  • Round size: Seed $367k–$3.7M; Grant $62k–$1.8M; Pre-Seed $58k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 82% lead, 18% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Icaruus
  • ProtectBox — Cybersecurity award-winning NetZero comparison marketplace that lets you find and buy all your cybersecurity in one place.
  • Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Services — Symbiosis Pharma is a biologics CMO offering rapid access to aseptic fill finish manufacturing slots across vaccines, ATMPs, mAbs & more
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Midven
VC Fund · Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom · 14 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 124
  • Round size: Seed $152k–$1.7M; Series A $393k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $45M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Covatic — We help media companies deliver private-by-design, addressable advertising and marketing without exposing personal data.
  • IDenteq — IDenteq provides software solutions for utility companies facing issues like non-notification, tenancy changes, and fraud. It offers a SaaS platform that enhances data management and security for energy suppliers. Identeq serves as an alternative to traditional credit reference agencies.
  • Unloq AI — Unloq AI creates embedded, co-created technologies that link your business objectives to actual AI-enabled execution.
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NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance
VC Fund · Henley In Arden, Warwickshire, United Kingdom · 14 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 91
  • Round size: Seed $327k–$2.7M; Series A $982k–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 68% lead, 32% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SatSense — The resolution of our technology allows us to offer ground movement data at a property level.
  • Salesfire — Salesfire's industry-leading, all-in-one CRO solution can Boost your conversion rate and maximise revenue across your website. Book a consultation now.
  • Envoke — The engagement Platform for your Virtual Instrument.
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Midlands Engine Investment Fund
VC Fund · Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom · 14 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Portugal

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 126
  • Round size: Seed $327k–$2.7M; Debt Financing $262k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 78% lead, 22% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WELL Training — We deliver state of the art training solutions to national and international clients, transforming futures and delivering business growth through UK Apprenticeship and Commercial Training programmes.
  • Utility Stream — As business energy brokers, USL was founded with one key mission, simplify business energy for all of our clients & help create a more sustainable world
  • School of Coding — Join the UK's leading coding and computer science education provider. Empower your future with STEM, AI, and Cyber Security courses for all ages.
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Venrex
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 13 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 153
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7.9M; Pre-Seed $425k–$3M; Series A $6M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Chexy — Let your rent elevate your lifestyle. Chexy is the new standard for paying rent. We believe that tenants should be able to pay rent digitally and flexibly while building credit and earning rewards.
  • VIEVE — Shop award-winning and high-performance makeup by expert MUA Jamie Genevieve; bestselling primer, brushes, lip glosses, eyeshadows & more. Vegan & cruelty free.
  • Observable Space — OurSky is a modern developer platform for space applications. We provide real-time observational data and analysis of objects and activities in space. Built as an open, community-driven resource for the new space age engineer.
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Techstart Ventures
VC Fund · Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom · 13 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 163
  • Round size: Seed $249k–$3.9M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.6M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Glaize — Made-to-measure stick-on gel manicures that are chip-free, long lasting and vegan. Easy to apply (just stick on), even easier to remove (simply peel off).
  • Gigged.AI — Fill skill gaps using our on-demand talent network. Get AI-powered, real-time visibility over your employee and agent capabilities to power internal mobility.
  • Product Guru — Although there has been a significant change of pace in the technology used within the retail sector, the process of finding the products that drive the market has really remained at a stand-still. With more and more small, specialist suppliers driving innovation in the sector, it has been harder than ever for buyers to be able to consider alloptions.
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Future Planet Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 13 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

Brilliant Ideas. Brilliant People. Brilliant Minds.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 169
  • Round size: Seed $670k–$7.3M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $23M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Unloq AI — Unloq AI creates embedded, co-created technologies that link your business objectives to actual AI-enabled execution.
  • Nourished — At Nourished we create innovative. personalised nutrition stacks that are truly unique to you. Vegan, waste-free and always made to order.
  • NeoVac — NeoVac is creating revolutionary, unique and proprietary next-generation lipid nanoparticles to enable better RNA vaccines and treatments for various diseases.
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British Design Fund
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 12 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Medical Device
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $131k–$1.3M; Pre-Seed $131k–$1M; Venture - Series Unknown $190k–$650k
  • Lead/follow: 72% lead, 28% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LabCycle — LabCycle is the world's first company to recycle hazardous plastic waste from laboratories (service) as well as the first to create 100% recycled laboratory consumables (product). Working with public and private labs, we are driving the circular economy of lab plastics to reduce the 5.5m tonnes of lab waste annually. A few highlights of ourprogress to date: • Proven impact - saving 90% of CO2 emissions & 93% energy compared to current alternatives: incineration and autoclave (LCA available upon request).• Technological validation creating the world's first 100% circular lab consumables including petri dishes, test tubes and more.• Secured commercial contracts with the NHS, several private companies and also universities. We are raising £1.5m to scale our patent pending technology to serve our growing demand after over 150+ organic expressions of interests following our feature in BBC news. The funding will establish the first automated decontamination system of our network, recycling over 350 tonnes annually, saving over 1000+ tonnes of carbon.
  • SmartyPlants — SmartyPlants is an IT and Internet firm developing a plant sensory tool for the monitoring.
  • Cordon Technologies — View our new Cordon Loop mixer that reduces pesticide and fertiliser usage by up to 40%.
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IQ Capital
VC Fund · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom · 12 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 198
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$13M; Series A $4.5M–$44M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $200M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Virti — Discover how our Immersive Learning Platform powers impactful & engaging learning experiences to transform enterprise workplace training.
  • Nyobolt — Nyobolt develops high-power energy storage systems based on advanced lithium-ion battery technology designed for rapid charging and sustained high performance. The company focuses on battery systems that enable very fast energy replenishment, supporting applications where downtime needs to be minimized. Its technology combines specialized anodematerials, cell design, battery management systems, and power electronics to achieve high charge and discharge rates. The platform is used in sectors such as robotics, data centers, industrial equipment, and electric mobility where consistent high power delivery is required. It also develops integrated energy solutions that support demanding workloads like automated logistics systems and high-performance computing infrastructure. Nyobolt’s approach emphasizes optimizing cycle life, thermal stability, and energy density for repeated fast charging environments.
  • Imperagen — Imperagen combines AI, QM/physics-based simulations, and high throughput lab testing to deliver true, verified enzyme improvements faster with lower cost.
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IP Group
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 11 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 194
  • Round size: Seed $393k–$7.6M; Series A $2M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $125M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Eight19 — Eight19, located in Cambridge, UK, develops and manufactures plastic photovoltaics for energy harvesting, for the internet of things and for off-grid applications. Through the innovative use of industry-standard, high-volume, roll-to-roll processes and solution-based organic photoactive materials, the company has a highly cost-effective route forscaling-up its technology to supply the largest markets. Eight19 is currently producing modules on a small scale for commercial partners with applications in indoor energy harvesting for wireless sensor and controllers, signage and display, and outdoor power for portable electronics. Our plastic PV modules benefit from flexibility, thinness, light-weight and robustness.
  • Slamcore — Positioning, mapping and perception | State-of-the-art visual SLAM turns sensor data into actionable, spatial understanding for your vehicles.
  • AudioScenic — THE NEW DIMENSION IN SOUND
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Low Carbon Innovation Fund
VC Fund · Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom · 11 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 71
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$2.9M; Series A $632k–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Switchd — Switchd automates the process of switching energy tariff. You sign up once and our custom algorithm checks the market every day. We then switch you securely and hassle free so you can relax and save.
  • Ablatus Therapeutics — Ablatus Therapeutics Ltd, a medical device company, has been founded to develop and commercialise a novel tissue ablation technology to treat the most challenging and often inoperable, solid cancer tumours.
  • Natural Resources
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SOSV
VC Fund · Princeton, New Jersey, United States · 10 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups, 75 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1482
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
  • unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
  • Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.
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Equity Gap
VC Fund · Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom · 10 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing 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, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 109
  • Round size: Seed $428k–$3M; Series A $2.8M–$18M
  • 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
  • SeaWarm
  • Gutsy Health — Gutsy Health is a health and wellness website.
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Octopus Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 10 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing 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, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 387
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$13M; Series A $3.2M–$21M; Series B $7.5M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $101M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Turtl — Create personalized interactive content experiences that excite, engage and convert your audience with Turtl's intuitive content software.
  • Sprout.ai
  • Minimum — Take control of your organization's carbon accounting and management with granular, robust and auditable emissions data.
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Empirical Ventures
VC Fund · Bristol, Bristol, City of, United Kingdom · 10 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

Empirical Ventures supports innovative approaches to critical problems in the fields of biotechnology and life sciences.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $921k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$1.6M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • BoobyBiome — BoobyBiome harnesses breast milk microbiome science to develop products to improve infant health
  • Optera
  • Neuronostics — At Neuronostics we are reimagining the way neurological conditions are diagnosed, treated, and monitored with the power of mathematical modelling
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HSBC UK
VC Fund · Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom · 10 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups, 45 in the past 12 months

HSBC UK provides financial products and services and long-term general and industrial credit services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Retail, Transportation
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 132
  • Round size: Post-IPO Debt $20M–$158M; Debt Financing $1M–$280M
  • Lead/follow: 86% lead, 14% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LBG Media — LBG Media is a multi-brand, multi-channel digital youth publisher and a leading disruptor in the digital media and social publishing sectors.
  • Rautomead — Rautomead is an experienced supplier of continuous casting technology for non-ferrous alloys.
  • Halley Stevensons — Halley Stevensons is a manufacturer of waxed cotton and weatherproofed fabrics.
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TSP Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 10 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

TSP Ventures is a Venture Capital & Strategic Advisory firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Automotive, Machinery Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Series A $10M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nanomox — Nanomox specializes in the sustainable manufacturing of innovative inorganic materials such as metal oxide particles and thin films.
  • Descycle — Descycle e-waste recycling clean technology
  • PES Technologies — Discover PES, the leading precision environmental and agricultural management platform. Optimise land use and improve sustainability.
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Kelvin Capital
VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 10 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing 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 companywith 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, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 82
  • Round size: Seed $144k–$1.3M; Series A $1.7M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • novosound — Novosound is an award winning Scottish sensors company utilising thin-film processes to eliminate conventional limitations in ultrasound sensors.
  • Chromacity — Chromacity manufacture the next generation of ultrafast lasers. Discover our fixed wavelength femtosecond lasers and picosecond OPOs.
  • Biotangents — Biotangents develops veterinary diagnostic tests to detect infectious diseases in livestock (bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD), mastitis, bovine respiratory disease (BRD), brucellosis) using our highly adaptable molecular diagnostic technology, Moduleic Sensing.
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Mercia Fund Managers
VC Fund · Henley In Arden, Warwickshire, United Kingdom · 10 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing 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, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Hungary

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 136
  • Round size: Seed $196k–$2M; Series A $2M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2013

Portfolio highlights

  • Sen — Sen's vision is to democratize space using video to inform, educate, inspire and benefit all humanity. Sen's mission is to stream real-time videos from space to billions of people, gathering news and information about Earth and space and making it universally accessible.
  • Gentronix — Gentronix is a contract research organisation (CRO) providing a wide range of screening and safety services, including genetic toxicology screening and regulatory genotoxicity studies.
  • Haystack — Giving techies the tools to uncover, explore and discover the tech landscape with full anonymity - showcasing opportunities that match their interests, values and tech stack.
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YFM Equity Partners
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 9 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing 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, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Private Equity, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 132
  • Round size: Series A $4.7M–$10M; Private Equity $2.6M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 78% lead, 22% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

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 is the intelligence platform brands use to plan, activate and measure marketing in virtual worlds like Roblox, Fortnite and ZEPETO.
  • ARRACO Global Markets — ARRACO Global Markets Ltd (ACGM), is a Freight & Commodity Broker based in Wandsworth, London
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Longwall Venture
VC Fund · Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · 9 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

Longwall Ventures invests in innovative, UK based, early stage companies in the healthcare, science and engineering sectors

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Device
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $637k–$5.6M; Series A $2.4M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $101M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • OrganOx — OrganOx Limited was founded in 2008 to exploit normothermic preservation technology invented by Prof Peter Friend and colleagues and further developed by Prof Constantin Coussios at the University of Oxford.
  • Kinomica — Kinomica is a proteomic-data science and diagnostics company specializing in cell signalling. Kinomica offers KScanTM, a powerful suite of advanced proprietary bioinformatics and phosphoproteomics analytical methods that can provide direct activity measurements of multiple endogenous kinases and comprehensive cell signalling network coverage.
  • Lightcast Discovery — Flexible control over droplet number, occupancy, location and movement. Enabling efficient, multi-step workflows with unprecedented flexibility.
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FW Capital
VC Fund · Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom · 9 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

FW Capital is a fund management company making commercial investments in businesses with strong growth potential. It is part of the DBW Group, the largest investment group of its type operating in the UK.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Construction, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 71
  • Round size: Debt Financing $327k–$2.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.9M–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 68% lead, 32% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $12M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Double Puc
  • Tailfin Cycling — Explore premium bike frame bags, bike racks and other biking gear designed for racing, bikepacking, or daily commutes. Beautiful, lightweight, and easy to use.
  • Lemon Properties — Lemon Properties is a property constructor in the northeast.
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Newable Private Investing
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 9 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 103
  • Round size: Seed $196k–$3.9M; Series A $1.3M–$5.2M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Weldfast — Weldfast is a manufacturer and supplier of welding consumables, abrasives, chemicals, premium gas equipment, and safety products.
  • NuVision — NuVision™ is a spin-out company from the University of Nottingham, incorporated July 2014. The company was established to commercialise high quality and affordable biotherapies for treating ‘front of the eye’ disease and trauma. Dr Andrew Hopkinson, the Principal Research Fellow in Academic Ophthalmology, Division of Clinical Neuroscience at theUniversity of Nottingham, founded NuVision™. The business is co-owned by the founders, Dr Andrew Hopkinson (Chief Scientific Officer), Professor Harminder Dua (co-founder), the directors Mr Byran Lister (CEO) and Dr Helen Shaw (Chairman), and the University of Nottingham.
  • RAB Microfluidics — We diagnose early signs of failure in lubricated machinery and prevent equipment failure using our patented microfluidic technology and AI technology.
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Northern Gritstone
VC Fund · Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom · 9 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

Northern Gritstone is an investment firm focused on investing in advanced materials, energy, health technology and cognitive computation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Electronics, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series D
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $2.4M–$7.3M; Series A $3M–$27M; Series D $42M–$229M
  • Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Iceotope — Iceotope has developed technology with a blank drawing board and an open mind. So when we look at conventional problems, we find unconventional solutions.Built around our liquid-cooling approach and shaped by an extensive portfolio of patents, we’ve proven what our technology can do for HPC and data centre applications - dramatically reducingenergy consumption, space and noise. But it’s just the start. We’re going to keep innovating, working toward a day when wasteful, inefficient air-cooling is a thing of the past. We have created a business to look forward, but we’re also proud of the heritage that British engineering is built on. Iceotope is delighted to own the Made in Sheffield mark to show our dedication to the area’s tradition of engineering excellence. With decades of technical, design and engineering experience, we’ve established Iceotope as a trusted partner at the forefront of liquid-cooling technology. Now we’re investing to make sure we stay there: refining our designs, improving performance and engineering new applications.
  • Silveray — Silveray develop affordable large-area direct conversion detectors for the X-ray imaging market.
  • Imperagen — Imperagen combines AI, QM/physics-based simulations, and high throughput lab testing to deliver true, verified enzyme improvements faster with lower cost.
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Amadeus Capital Partners
VC Fund · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom · 9 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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 B, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 237
  • Round size: Seed $900k–$9.2M; Series A $2.6M–$30M; Series B $6.8M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $88M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Tenzo — Tenzo is a restaurant analytics and AI forecasting platform for restaurants, pubs and cafes. Tenzo makes running restaurants easy with full data visibility.
  • Slamcore — Positioning, mapping and perception | State-of-the-art visual SLAM turns sensor data into actionable, spatial understanding for your vehicles.
  • Unifyr — IDC MarketScape Leader 2025. AI-native PRM platform for partner onboarding, enablement, deal registration, and through-channel marketing.
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Kindred Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 9 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$16M; Series A $7.9M–$35M; Series B $13M–$73M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Paddle — The revenue engine powering payments for n8n, Letterboxd & AdGuard. One platform that handles subscription billing, payments and compliance.
  • how.fm — Training software for better onboarding processes and digital store floor management. Train staff with no effort and language barriers.
  • Scarlet — Continuous compliance
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Green Angel Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 9 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Environmental Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Round size: Seed $663k–$3.7M; Series A $3.4M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mykor — Mykor develops and scales the next generation of building insulation that considers both human and planet health using industrial residues and mycelium for a 100% circular product.
  • Greenpixie — Become a GreenOps practitioner today. Greenpixie is helping organisations across the world to see the benefits of sustainability in the cloud.
  • Carbogenics — Carbogenics is an Edinburgh-based start-up company which engineers biochar made from difficult to recycle organic waste, and wastewater screenings.
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Archangels
VC Fund · Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom · 9 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 85
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$3.9M; Series A $1.6M–$8.3M
  • Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BioCaptiva — BioCaptiva develops liquid biopsy technology devices to diagnose and monitoring to detect cancers.
  • Bioliberty — Engineering the future of physical and occupational therapy.
  • Earth Blox — Earth Blox is a paradigm shift for teaching Earth observation skills to everyone from children to university students & professionals.
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Fuel Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 9 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

Fuel Ventures - a leading early stage seed / growth stage EIS Fund based in London, UK. Investing in the most ambitious technology companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 233
  • Round size: Seed $851k–$4M; Pre-Seed $320k–$1.7M; Series A $4.4M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 77% lead, 23% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vouchsafe — Vouchsafe is a trust and counter-fraud platform that helps financial services replace legacy document checks with safe, easy digital ID acceptance.
  • StudioSpace — The top Agency Marketplace, providing over 100 kinds of digital & marketing services to the world's leading brands. No subscription fees. No lock in contracts.
  • Materials Market — Materials Market seeks to improve efficiency in the building materials supply industry by connecting customers with the most appropriate suppliers to fulfil their needs.
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BACKED VC
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 9 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups, 10 in the past 12 months

BACKED is the human-centric venture capital fund. We invest in exceptional founders, at Seed, in Europe. We provide founders with an extensive support system to catalyse their development as a company operators and leaders. Through our Founder Experience Platform and energetic portfolio community we help entrepreneurs across all areas of a startup:from talent management to business development, further fundraising and international expansion.Founded in 2015 by partners Andre de Haes and Alex Brunicki, we invest across sectors including BioTech, Entertainment, Financial Services, Industry 4.0 and more. Investments to date include Hutch, Pollen, Thought Machine, LabGenius, THIS, Enterprise Alumni, and many more.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Blockchain, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 107
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$8.7M; Series A $5.5M–$58M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $88M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Ruka — We celebrate Black women and create hair products designed with real textures in mind.
  • GingerControl — GingerControl is AI global trade compliance infrastructure. One AI automation system with multiple ways to access it.Trade compliance requires classifying products under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, calculating layered duty obligations, and documenting every decision to meet CBP's reasonable care standard under 19 U.S.C. 1484. Most teamsdo this manually or with tools that store tariff codes but don't reason through classification. GingerControl automates the reasoning.Built for customs brokers, importers, exporters, freight forwarders, and the platforms connecting them: 3PLs, marketplaces, and ecommerce platforms.Core tools: - HS & HTS Classification Engine: applies GRI logic, references CROSS rulings, produces audit-ready reports - Tariff Calculator: full duty stack including MFN, Section 301, Section 232, reciprocal tariffs, and Chapter 99 - EAR/ECCN Classifier: export control classification for dual-use goods - Tariff Engineering: duty optimization through classification and sourcing analysis - Customs Entry Auditing: automated review of entry data against classification records - Customs AI & Clearance Automation: end-to-end customs processing - Tariff Briefing: daily policy change monitoring and reclassification alertsAccess points: - AI Trade Compliance Partner: AI co-pilot for classification, tariff analysis, and audit documentation - Ecommerce Trade API: embeds compliance intelligence into checkout, fulfillment, and cross-border workflows for 3PLs, marketplaces, and ecommerce platforms - Live AI Compliance Hub: five web-based tools at app.gingercontrol.com - AI Compliance Workspace: integrated platform for enterprise compliance teamsIntegration and scale: - REST API connections to SAP GTS, Oracle GTM, and NetSuite - Batch processing from 1K to 100K+ classifications per day - Multi-format input: PDF, images, spreadsheets, text descriptionsServices: - Custom AI system development - ERP integration consulting - Compliance workflow optimizationTry our tools at app.gingercontrol.com
  • Round Finance — Round Finance is a fintech consulting firm specializing in digital financial services and funding rounds.
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NPIF - FW Capital Debt Finance
VC Fund · Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom · 8 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Construction, Mechanical Engineering
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 93
  • Round size: Debt Financing $151k–$982k
  • Lead/follow: 88% lead, 12% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Press On Vinyl — Vinyl Record Pressing Service bringing fair access to all with fast lead times, short runs from 100 and a wide range of other options available, contact us today.
  • Surge Marketing Solutions — Surge Marketing Solutions provide digital marketing services for a variety of businesses. The services cover design, websites and marketing, which includes SEO, web design, branding, graphic design, Google Adwords, social media and content marketing.
  • Industrial & Marine Hydraulics — IMH is an experienced international hydraulic services company. We manufacture a range of specialist global hydraulics equipment & supplies.
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Lloyds Bank
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 8 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups, 13 in the past 12 months

Wherever you want to get to in life, Lloyds Bank has a range of bank accounts and personal banking services to suit you. Visit us today to find out more

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Construction, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $951k–$995k; Post-IPO Debt $12M–$607M; Debt Financing $524k–$1.4B
  • Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rain Rescue — Rain Rescue rescues, rehabilitates, and rehames abandoned, neglected, and vulnerable cats and dogs. The organization provides essential on-site veterinary care, behavioural support, and temporary foster placements to prepare animals for permanent homes.
  • Premier Modular — Premier Modular is one of the UK's leading offsite modular building specialists, providing modular construction and prefab building solutions.
  • Bridge Referrals — Bridge Referrals operates as an independent veterinary referral center offering specialist services across disciplines like oncology, orthopedics, internal medicine, and diagnostic imaging. The facility supports multidisciplinary case management for companion animals, integrating advanced diagnostics such as CT, ultrasound, and endoscopy withsurgical and medical treatments.
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NPIF – Mercia Debt Finance
VC Fund · Henley In Arden, Warwickshire, United Kingdom · 8 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

NPIF–Mercia Debt Finance is designed for SMEs that can demonstrate growth potential. As SMEs grow, larger amounts of finance can be needed to move them to the next level. Funding might be for hiring staff, purchasing machinery, moving premises, or even as working capital to finance a big order.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Industrial, Industrial Engineering
  • Stage:Debt Financing
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Debt Financing $173k–$878k
  • Lead/follow: 97% lead, 3% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BatchdUK — Batch’d provide an essential service to the Yorkshire artisan bakery community by giving them access to a larger market.
  • Tinsley Bridge
  • East Yorkshire Hydraulics — East Yorkshire Hydraulics Limited specializes in hydraulic engineering services. The company designs, builds, installs, and services hydraulic systems for various industrial applications. With a commitment to health and safety, they have achieved CHAS certification. The company operates in the mechanical or industrial engineering industry andemploys around 20 people.
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Clarendon Fund Managers
VC Fund · Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom · 8 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

We ensure that businesses in Northern Ireland with growth aspirations can access equity finance to reach their potential.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 68
  • Round size: Seed $440k–$2.6M; Pre-Seed $735k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $17M in 2003

Portfolio highlights

  • Cirdan — Cirdan provides highly reliable, innovative LIS & imaging solutions for the acceleration & enhancement of diagnosis, optimized for pathology & clinical lab.
  • PathXL — Cirdan provides highly reliable, innovative LIS & imaging solutions for the acceleration & enhancement of diagnosis, optimized for pathology & clinical lab.
  • TeamFeePay — TeamFeePay is a software company for football club management.
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Catapult Ventures
VC Fund · Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom · 8 investments in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 105
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$5.6M; Series A $1.6M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

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

Stats across 1.7k deals from 1.2k investors.

1.2k
investors
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1.7k
deals
in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups
$1.7M
median round
in United Kingdom Manufacturing startups
53%
lead investors
lead at least one round
19%
Seed
most common funding stage

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