# Earthworm Group

> Earthworm Group is a VC fund in Abingdon backing Energy, Software and Machine Learning. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Abingdon, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Apr 2020
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earthworm-group/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/earthwormgroup
- Website: https://earthwormgroup.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/earthwormgroup/

Earthworm Group is a UK environmental fund manager.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 29% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| CRM | 1 | 14% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 57% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shepherd Network | Shepherd Network uses predictive analytics and machine learning to monitor connected building systems and alert users to potential losses. Shepherd provides insight, empowers the decision making, and guards against operational disruption, transforming how owners manage their property’s performance; driving down emissions, running costs, and systemfailure risks. | $1.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 22, 2020 |  |
| Vertical Future | Vertical Future is a technology company focused on building a better, more sustainable urban food production and supply system. | $1.3M | Seed | Apr 03, 2020 |  |
| Naked Energy | Naked Energy has developed an innovative hybrid solar technology generating combined heat and power.The versatile, modular design of Virtu® places crystalline photovoltaic cells in an evacuated solar thermal collector. For any given area more of the sun’s energy is converted into heat and electricity (80% of the 1000W/m2 available) thanksto the patented heat transfer mechanism.Thermal and electrical outputs are optimized irrespective of geographic or climatic conditions. With the isothermally cooled PV cells protected from the environment, Virtu® is especially suited to harsh high-insolation markets.Naked Energy is in the final stages of preparing for commercial launch to address global applications for domestic, commercial and industrial customers. Virtu® is both disruptive and scalable. | $6.8M |  | Nov 24, 2019 |  |
| Advizzo (part of Calisen Group) | We want to use behavioural science to enrich people’s lives, using insights from their own household data. This will change the way people think about water, gas and electricity across the world, preserving natural resources. | $3.1M | Series A | Oct 17, 2019 |  |
| Vertical Future | Vertical Future is a technology company focused on building a better, more sustainable urban food production and supply system. | $5.2M | Seed | Oct 08, 2019 |  |
| Hero Labs | Hero Laboratories develops technologies that help prevent water leaks. Sonic by Hero Labs detects, prevents and stops freshwater leaks, throughout a whole property using AI and HD Ultrasonic technology. The company was founded by Krystian Zajac in 2018 and is headquartered in London. | $3M | Seed | Jul 15, 2019 |  |
| Shepherd Network | Shepherd Network uses predictive analytics and machine learning to monitor connected building systems and alert users to potential losses. Shepherd provides insight, empowers the decision making, and guards against operational disruption, transforming how owners manage their property’s performance; driving down emissions, running costs, and systemfailure risks. | $2.6M | Series A | Apr 04, 2019 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acceleris Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acceleris-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- EthicalFin — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Green Angel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/green-angel-syndicate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- TAQA North — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Earthworm Group invest in?

Earthworm Group invests primarily in Energy, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Earthworm Group last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Earthworm Group closed in Apr 2020. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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