# Foresight WAE Technology

> Foresight WAE Technology is a VC fund in Oxford backing Semiconductor and Software. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/waetechnologies
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/WAETechnologies
- Website: http://www.wae.com

Foresight WAE Technology is a VC fund in Oxford focused on Semiconductor and Software. Foresight WAE Technology provides world-class technical innovation, engineering, testing, and manufacturing services to customers in order to deliver energy-efficient performance.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Semiconductor | 3 | 38% |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 25% |
| Audio | 1 | 13% |
| Energy | 1 | 13% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vector Photonics | Vector Photonics is a spin-out company from the University of Glasgow and is based in Glasgow, Scotland, one of the UK and world’s Optical and Photonics centres of excellence. | $2.1M | Seed | Jun 07, 2024 |  |
| Nebu-Flow | Nebu-Flow is a manufacturer of the next generation of inhaled drugs for patients with respiratory disorders. The company is a developer of the technology control of the droplet size for deep lung deposition by enabling injection-free systemic drug delivery through inhalation routes for cardiovascular and central nerve system disorders. Nebu-Flow iscommitted to minimizing the environmental impact of activities whilst continuing to create a user-friendly and high-performing Nebuliser. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 29, 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 |  |
| VyperCore | VyperCore processor technology changes the performance and security paradigms for existing general-purpose compute-intense workloads. | $4.4M | Seed | Apr 19, 2023 |  |
| Forefront RF | Forefront RF is a fabless semiconductor company. | $8.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 03, 2023 |  |
| Mixergy | Mixergy Ltd. offer a cost-effective solution to save energy and facilitate more renewable power generation through grid balancing. Mixergy tanks achieve better utilisation of solar PV and heat pumps. | $11.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 27, 2023 |  |
| AudioScenic | AudioScenic is changing the way we experience audio.Using small arrays of speakers and advanced head tracking technologies, immersive 3D Sound will no longer require headphones or speakers located all around a room.We will deliver an unrivalled, authentic and natural audio experience for consumers of immersive Gaming, VR and Movie audio.TheAudioScenic system allows a user to experience sounds in a way which is far superior to a conventional loudspeaker system. In a traditional loudspeaker set-up, sound radiates out from the speaker before bouncing off the walls and other objects in the room prior to reaching the ear. What you hear is a mix of the original and reflected sound creating, at best, a distorted "3D" effect.In contrast, AudioScenic delivers controlled and independent sound beams direct to the left and right ears. In this way we can create "virtual headphones" and deliver spatial audio which simulates sounds positioned in 3D space all around the listener.In addition, our proprietary head tracking technology enables the independent beams of sound to follow the ears of a listener, delivering perfect 3D Sound no matter what position they occupy or whether they move either whilst playing a computer game or watching a movie. Thanks to AudioScenic's technology the "sweet-spot" concept belongs to the past.AudioScenic offers solutions for a range of different platforms and a variety of market applications.Our designs use expandable loudspeakers arrays with varying numbers of drivers to create precisely controlled sound beams. AudioScenic works hand-in-hand with our partners and customers to provide the detailed acoustic design support required to implement different products including Home Cinema, Gaming, Simulation, VR and public space audio systems.The AudioScenic Virtua 3D Engine has been ported to leading signal processing platforms. The Virtua Engine uses our patented ultra-efficient signal processing architecture to allow implementation across a range of cost effective systems. AudioScenic provides optimized implementations of our Virtua Engine and our image processing technology to partners and customers. |  | Series A | Feb 15, 2023 |  |
| Vector Photonics | Vector Photonics is a spin-out company from the University of Glasgow and is based in Glasgow, Scotland, one of the UK and world’s Optical and Photonics centres of excellence. | $3M | Seed | Jan 27, 2023 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/science-creates-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Clean Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clean-growth-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Foresight Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foresight-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rainbow-seed-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Scottish Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scottish-enterprise) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Business Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-growth-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Foresight WAE Technology invest in?

Foresight WAE Technology invests primarily in Semiconductor, Software and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 8 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 Foresight WAE Technology last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Foresight WAE Technology closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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