# Top 50 Oil and Gas Startup Investors in United Kingdom in June 2026

## Scottish Enterprise
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Grant
- Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care

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## Seraphim Space
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Aerospace, Software, Information Technology

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

## Newable Private Investing
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

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## Midven
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology

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.

## Chevron Technology Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Software, Manufacturing

Chevron Technology Ventures champions innovation, commercialization and integration of emerging technologies within Chevron.

## Scottish Equity Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, Energy, Information Technology

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

## Eos
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

Eos invests in, & commercialises, science & technology, from local seed-stage to global scale, with a focus on improving lives.

## Drax Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Selby, York, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Focus: Chemical, Industrial, Oil and Gas

Our purpose is to enable a zero carbon, lower cost energy future. Our ambition is to become carbon negative by 2030.

## UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

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

## ConocoPhillips
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series C, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Water

ConocoPhillips explores for, develops and produces crude oil and natural gas globally.

## BP Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing

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

## EV Private Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Oil and Gas, Energy, Software

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## Archangels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

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.

## Equinor
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series C
- Focus: Energy, Oil and Gas, Renewable Energy

We are an international energy company headquartered in Norway, around 25,000 employees and with offices in more than 20 countries worldwide.

## Longwall Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Device

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

## IP Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics

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.

## Chalfen Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

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## Foresight Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Private Equity, Seed
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care

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.

## Angels Den
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software

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## FW Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: Construction, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering

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.

## Scottish Investment Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

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## STFC Innovation Ltd
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: Laser, Agriculture, Electronics

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## Globivest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Health Care

Globivest  is a private investment firm with a diversified portfolio of assets.  Our primary focus is on innovative and scalable early stage start-ups.  We seek to establish long-term relationships with visionary  entrepreneurs while adding clear value in strategy and execution.

## MMC Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

MMC is a venture capital fund investing in early stage, high-growth UK companies. Investing in technology companies at Seed and Series A.

## Energy Technology Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series C, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Oil and Gas, Hardware

Founded in January 2011, Energy Technology Ventures is a joint venture involving General Electric, NRG Energy, and ConocoPhillips. The fund is focused on the development of next-generation energy technologies. The JV invests in, and offers commercial collaboration opportunities to, venture- and growth-stage energy technology companies in therenewable power generation, smart grid, energy efficiency, oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear energy, emission controls, water and biofuels sectors, primarily in North America, Europe and Israel. With their wide range of deep technical and financial expertise, relationships, services and products, the three companies behind Energy Technology Ventures intend to help start-ups develop next-generation energy technology.The joint venture brings together three market-leading companies with complementary capabilities and significant strategic interests in the development of next-generation energy technology. This is the first corporate venture investment program by both NRG Energy, owner and operator of one of the country's largest and most diverse power generation portfolios, and ConocoPhillips, the third-largest US integrated energy company. GE Capital, through its business units GE Energy Financial Services and GE Capital, Equity, is already among the world's most active energy technology venture and growth capital investors.

## NPIF Maven Equity Finance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

NPIF Maven Equity Finance offers an attractive alternative to bank funding or other forms of traditional finance.

## Norsk Hydro ASA
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy

Hydro is a leading aluminium and renewable energy company that builds businesses and partnerships for a more sustainable future. We have 32,000 employees in more than 140 locations and 40 countries.

## Maven Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

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.

## North East Growth Capital Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: Environmental Consulting, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering

The North East Growth Capital Fund is designed to facilitate the creation of 790 new jobs in the region and generate £18m worth of co-investment opportunities by investing in more than 70 local SMEs by the end of 2022 and is part of the North East Growth Hub’s business support Provider Network.

## The Twenty Minute VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

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## Development Bank of Wales
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

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

## PUK Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Wearables

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## Bank of Scotland
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Manufacturing, Semiconductor, ISP

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## New Climate Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, CleanTech

New Climate Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in innovative carbon reduction and avoidance technology companies. We take an active and diversified investment approach that leverages our energy, food/ag tech, climate tech, traditional tech, finance, regulatory, market analysis, and investing experience. At New ClimateVentures, we partner with entrepreneurs to navigate the early stages of company development and growth by applying our operational, investment, team-building, and mentoring experience and providing access to our global network of investors, startups, and corporations to help founders achieve success.

## Cody Gate Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Pittsford, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Energy, Aerospace, Automotive

Cody Gate Ventures, a New York-based venture capital firm, invests in businesses to meet the needs of global corporations and governments.


## Northern Gritstone
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series D
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software

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

## Highlands and Islands Enterprise
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Inverness, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Seafood

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is the Scottish Government's economic and community development agency for a diverse region which covers more than half of Scotland and is home to around 450,000 people.HIE's role is to develop sustainable economic growth across the region. To achieve this it creates infrastructure for futureinvestment, assists large and small businesses with growth aspirations and has a unique role strengthening communities, particularly in fragile areas. As part of this HIE supports communities to acquire and develop land and other assets.HIE supports the growth ambitions of business and social enterprise clients by creating close working relationships in order to accelerate growth in turnover, profitability, wage levels, exports and therefore Gross Value Added (GVA) in the HIE area.HIE also invests in transformational projects across the region to make the Highlands and Islands a more competitive and attractive place to live, work, study and grow.

## Clearly Social Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Education, Software, Health Care

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## GE Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Enterprise Software

GE Ventures combines capital, technical, and commercial services. They invest in the healthcare and life sciences, energy and mobility, manufacturing and supply chain, enterprise productivity applications, digital infrastructure, and frontier technologies sectors.

## Kelvin Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing

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

## Foresight Williams
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Semiconductor, Software

An Enterprise Investment Scheme (“EIS”) that will invest into early-stage, unquoted companies that are developing disruptive technology and pioneering innovations. The Fund represents a collaboration between Foresight Group and the Williams Advanced Engineering business (part of the Williams Group). Foresight will be launching and managing theFund.

## Braveheart Investment Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dodworth, Barnsley, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Hardware

Braveheart Ventures Ltd was formed in 1997 by four Scottish businessmen as an informal investment syndicate. In 2003, Braveheart Investment Group plc was incorporated, and subsequently acquired Braveheart Ventures. The transition towards becoming a recognised investment management company was completed in 2004 when Braveheart Ventures becameauthorised by the Financial Services Authority. In March 2007 Braveheart Investment Group plc became a listed company when its shares began trading on AIM.The organisation has grown steadily year on year and now comprises a management team of twelve and a client base of around 100. Braveheart currently has over 30 companies in its diverse portfolio and enjoys close relationships with several universities and science parks. The Groupâ€:tm:s headquarters are in Perth and there is a regional office in central London.

## NVM Private Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

NVM Private Equity Limited is an independently-owned firm of venture capital managers with over 20 years experience of investing in UK businesses. They manage five investment funds, four of which are Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and their funds under management exceed £175 million.They are a long-established investor focused on the UK regions,primarily targeting small management buy-outs and growth investment in businesses that are led by high quality incumbent management teams.They have a wide range of skills, interests and backgrounds. That means they bring a thorough and rounded approach to the investment process. They live and work in the UK regions, so are entrenched within their local business communities.

## Education Catalyst Fund (ECF)
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, Information Technology, Laser

Education Catalyst Fund, an early-stage education and skilling fund for low-income groups

## Blue Ocean Monitoring
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Energy, Oil and Gas, Energy Efficiency

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## Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology

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.

## MassVentures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing

MassVentures is a venture capital firm focused on fueling the Massachusetts innovation economy by funding early-stage, high-growth Massachusetts startups as they move from concept to commercialization.

## Viking Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Oil and Gas, Energy

Viking Growth is the leading investor in Nordic business-to-business software companies. We help you grow your business internationally, provide growth capital and support you every step of your journey.

## Serafund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Information Technology, Cryptocurrency

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## Enso Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Biopharma

Enso Ventures is a private investment and project management company that specializes in making selective equity investments in high-technology and bio-tech companies