# East Innovate

> East Innovate is a VC fund in London backing Software, Renewable Energy and SaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

East Innovate is a venture capital arm of a quantitative commodity, technology, and research company East Alpha.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Energy | 1 | 20% |
| Big Data | 1 | 20% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | $71.1M | Series A | Dec 10, 2025 |  |
| Lineat Composites | Lineat is a manufacturer of fiber tape products. The company's carbon fiber tapes are manufactured using aligned formable fiber technology. It designed a closed-loop water circulation system to improve LCA. | $1.8M | Seed | Oct 15, 2024 |  |
| Signol | Signol is a London-based workforce nudge tech software startup, that engages captains and crew with personalised performance feedback to motivate decision-making that reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. By providing personalized feedback and insights, Signol helps these individuals make better decisions that reduce fuel consumption andemissions. The company primarily works within industries like aviation and shipping, where small changes in behavior can lead to significant environmental and operational efficiencies. | $3.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 02, 2024 |  |
| Mach42 | Machine Discovery is a University of Oxford spin-out commercializing new machine learning technology. We leverage proprietary neural network technology to accelerate expensive calculations — and we do it with minimal data and 99.9% fidelity. | $5.5M | Seed | Sep 26, 2023 |  |
| Electron | Electron is a London based energy technology company, unlocking value in decarbonising energy systems by enabling granular, market-based interactions, designed by the users themselves. Electron is a market platform as a service, used by network operators, distributed energy resources, and others to trade and optimise the combined use of networkcapacity and zero carbon, zero marginal cost power. | $5M |  | Sep 19, 2023 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IQ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iq-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rainbow-seed-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amadeus Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadeus-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Business Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-growth-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Development Bank of Wales](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/development-bank-of-wales) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Foresight WAE Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foresight-wae-technology) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does East Innovate invest in?

East Innovate invests primarily in Software, Renewable Energy and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 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 East Innovate last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for East Innovate closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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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