# Deeptech Labs

> Deeptech Labs is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 40 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 40
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/deeptech-labs/
- Website: https://www.dtl.vc/

Deeptech Labs is a VC fund, accelerator, and catalyst for deep tech success.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 30% |
| Software | 9 | 23% |
| Machine Learning | 6 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 15% |
| Robotics | 5 | 13% |

54 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 25 | 63% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 8% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 2 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 19 | 48% |
| Germany | 2 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 5% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Israel | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nesbitt Hagood | Fellow | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nesbitt-hagood |
| Ambrose Thwaites | Investment Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ambrose-thwaites |
| Ania Karbownik | Events & Programme | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ania-karbownik |
| Chris Anderson | Operations Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-anderson-223a |
| David Groom | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-groom-7011 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| High Temperature Material Systems | High Temperature Material Systems manufactures and develops advanced materials for the engineering industry. It offers products that are appropriate for high temperature use. High Temperature Material Systems is based in London, England. | $1.7M | Seed | Oct 08, 2025 |  |
| Silveray | Silveray develop affordable large-area direct conversion detectors for the X-ray imaging market. | $5.1M | Seed | Nov 18, 2024 |  |
| Wave Photonics | Wave Photonics utilizes computational techniques to accelerate integrated photonics product designs.The company is developing a platform that provides optimized designs and streamlined integration between the supply chain using a software tool for predicting the performance and variation of a component for a given fabrication process and anoptimizer to generate a foundry-specific component library.Wave Photonics is headquartered in Cambridge, UK | $5.7M | Seed | Jun 20, 2024 |  |
| Synthara Technologies | Synthara is a Zurich-based artificial intelligence (AI) company that provides system-level solutions for businesses to enhance their products or services with smart features. The company portable and wearable gadgets such as virtual reality headsets, small wireless monitoring cameras, sensor networks, have limited smart features because computingpowerful algorithms cannot be run on them. Synthara IPs provide server-class performance with an extremely low energy requirement for neural networks (10 TOPs/Watt). | $11M |  | Jun 05, 2024 |  |
| Synthara | Synthara is a Swiss semiconductor startup revolutionizing the compute performance of embedded chips by orders of magnitude. We are working on a new breed of energy-efficient computational AI chips that are hand-crafted for smart sensor applications such as hearing aids, wearables, biomedical monitoring, and AR/VR. Our flagship product,ComputeRAM, is a drop-in replacement for conventional SRAM that performs complex calculations directly in memory. This drastically reduces CPU workload, boosting system performance and delivering exceptional efficiency, especially for AI workloads. With ComputeRAM, we help chipmakers and device manufacturers lower costs, shorten time to market, and unlock new opportunities for innovation. | $5.5M | Seed | Jun 05, 2024 |  |
| OctaiPipe | OctaiPipe is a Federated Learning Operations (FL-Ops) architecture developed exclusively for Edge AIoT devices. It simplifies the entire lifecycle, from setup and training to smooth deployment, fine-tuning, and continuous learning. This allows data scientists to develop distributed IoT solutions that can learn and adapt at scale while lowering thecost of monitoring, maintenance, upgrades, and auditing. | $3.9M | Seed | Jan 23, 2024 |  |
| Nu Quantum | Nu Quantum is a telecommunications company that develops end-to-end quantum cryptography systems.It secures communications within and between cities through urban and satellite free-space optical links. The system helps with the realization of commercial deliverable photonic technologies by combining novel materials and semiconductor technology.This enables clients to secure the exchange of cryptographic keys for the ultra-sensitive detection of light.Yuri Andersson, Mete Atatüre, and Carmen Berraquero founded Nu Quantum in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire in 2018. | $8.5M | Seed | Nov 02, 2023 |  |
| TERASi | We develop hardware solutions that offer best-in-class performance, size and weight by combining scalable manufacturing and cutting-edge design techniques.Our groundbreaking system-in-package (SiP) technology merges ultra-low loss, pinpoint precision, and featherlight design into one powerhouse solution.This innovation enables us to engineer RFsystems that deliver an unmatched combination of compactness, lightness, and high performance – redefining the future of wireless technology and outperforming conventional SoCs. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Aug 15, 2023 |  |
| RoboK | VC-backed startup developing software solutions and tools for building and validating AI-based perception. The company's vision is to accelerate the deployment of affordable autonomy solutions for automotive and industrial applications. | $2M | Seed | Jun 29, 2023 |  |
| OctaiPipe | OctaiPipe is a Federated Learning Operations (FL-Ops) architecture developed exclusively for Edge AIoT devices. It simplifies the entire lifecycle, from setup and training to smooth deployment, fine-tuning, and continuous learning. This allows data scientists to develop distributed IoT solutions that can learn and adapt at scale while lowering thecost of monitoring, maintenance, upgrades, and auditing. |  |  | May 26, 2023 |  |

10 of 40 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sunway iLabs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sunway-ilabs) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Finance Yorkshire](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finance-yorkshire) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Martlet Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martlet) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Onsight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/onsight-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SFC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-funding-club) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [University of Cambridge Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/university-of-cambridge-enterprise) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Deeptech Labs invest in?

Deeptech Labs invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Deeptech Labs?

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### Who are the partners at Deeptech Labs?

The team at Deeptech Labs includes Nesbitt Hagood (Fellow), Ambrose Thwaites (Investment Analyst) and Ania Karbownik (Events & Programme), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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