# Innovate UK

> Innovate UK is a VC fund in Swindon backing Health Care and Biotechnology. See 975 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Swindon, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 975
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 78%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovateuk
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/innovateuk
- Website: http://www.innovateuk.gov.uk
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/innovateuk

Innovate UK is a VC fund in Swindon focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. Innovate U.K. is a NPO that offers funding services to support science and technology innovations.The organization offers services and information on births, deaths, marriages, business, self-employed, childcare, parenting, citizenship, law, disabled persons, transportation, education, environment, housing, money, tax, travel, immigration, andjobs. Innovate U.K. is based in Swindon.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Innovate UK. Shizune tracks 26 team members at Innovate UK. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/innovate-u-k-?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $349k–$3.7M |
| Grant | $62k–$1.8M |
| Pre-Seed | $57k–$1.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 88 | 9% |
| Biotechnology | 77 | 8% |
| Software | 68 | 7% |
| Information Technology | 49 | 5% |
| Manufacturing | 47 | 5% |

286 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 385 | 39% |
| Seed | 34 | 3% |
| Pre-Seed | 29 | 3% |
| Debt Financing | 17 | 2% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 1% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 404 | 41% |
| United States | 13 | 1% |
| Ireland | 3 | 0% |
| Canada | 2 | 0% |
| France | 2 | 0% |

14 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aileen Thompson | Interim Director of Communications | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aileen-thompson |
| Chris Coonick | Programme Manager, Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-coonick |
| John Whittall | Lead Technologist, Sustainable Agriculture and Food | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-whittall |
| Jonny Voon | Innovation Lead - Digital (Internet of Things and Distributed Ledgers) | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonny-voon |
| Liam Winder | Innovation Lead | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liam-winder |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Strip Tinning Automotive | Strip Tinning Automotive manufactures printed circuit connectors, busbars, wire elements, flat foil, cable connectors, and electrical buses for automotive lighting and heating applications.They are supplier for both wired heated windscreens and other auto glass-related products. | $4M | Grant | Aug 10, 2026 |  |
| Aposto | Aposto creates platforms to increase security at sporting and musical events. at sporting and musical events. Worker rostering, attendance tracking, safety training, and complete audit trails are all being revolutionized by our steward management platform. We provide you with the whole picture, including who is working, who has read the briefing,and their complete training records. |  | Grant | Aug 07, 2026 |  |
| Wull Technologies | Wull Technologies is a developer of rigid insulation panels made from sheep wool. It is a joint venture between Vector Labs and Wool Insulation Wales, intends to use the funds to commercialize LAMDA. | $100.9K | Grant | Aug 05, 2026 |  |
| In-House Health | In-House Health is a WellTech company that transforms the physical and digital workplace through data-led wellbeing decisions. | $100.9K | Grant | Aug 05, 2026 |  |
| SeeMe | SeeMe is an AI-enabled personal archive platform that allows users to transform collections of photographs into rich, multi-layered narratives, creating valuable intergenerational archives to preserve and share photographic memories. | $101K | Grant | Aug 05, 2026 |  |
| Petscribers | Petscribers operates an end-to-end digital prescription software platform designed to streamline operations for veterinary clinics and online pharmacies. The platform enables veterinary teams to convert written prescriptions into secure digital formats while allowing pet owners to easily compare medication prices. Through this affiliate-backedbusiness model, the company aims to optimize fulfillment pipelines and lower the overall cost of ongoing animal healthcare. | $100.9K | Grant | Aug 05, 2026 |  |
| Souuthe | Souuthe develops soothing healthcare technology for anxiety and agitation management. | $100.9K | Grant | Aug 05, 2026 |  |
| Advanced Electric Machines | Advanced Electric Machines Ltd (AEM) was formed in November 2016 to deliver world class motor and drivetrain systems for Low Carbon Vehicles with a focus on cost effective high performance and minimal environmental impact. AEM is focused on putting Britain ahead in the global race for the development of new low carbon propulsion technologiesaiming to use a UK manufacturing base to export products all over the world. |  | Debt Financing | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Kubos Semiconductors | Kubos Semiconductors is develop and commercialize cubic-GaN for high efficiency, low-cost LEDs using intellectual property. |  | Grant | Aug 03, 2026 |  |
| Promatix | Promatix is a biotechnology company. They develop a pipeline of novel therapeutics. They identify and validate novel drug targets at a protein level using TxPro. |  | Grant | Jul 28, 2026 |  |

10 of 975 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Advanced Propulsion Centre UK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advanced-propulsion-centre-uk) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [MaRS Discovery District](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mars-discovery-district) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Innovate UK invest in?

Innovate UK invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Software startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 975 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Innovate UK's check size?

Innovate UK typically joins rounds of $349k–$3.7M at Seed, $62k–$1.8M at Grant and $57k–$1.5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Innovate UK participates in.

### How do I contact Innovate UK?

Public channels for Innovate UK include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Innovate UK?

The team at Innovate UK includes Aileen Thompson (Interim Director of Communications), Chris Coonick (Programme Manager, Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund) and John Whittall (Lead Technologist, Sustainable Agriculture and Food), among 26 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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