# Inspire Growth Wales

> Inspire Growth Wales is a VC fund in Cardiff backing Software, Industrial and Cyber Security. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.inspirewales.com/

Inspire Growth Wales is a VC fund in Cardiff focused on Software and Industrial. Inspire Growth Wales aims to give financial and mentoring help to exciting and ambitious start-ups and established businesses.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Industrial | 1 | 100% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 100% |
| Risk Management | 1 | 100% |
| Data Visualization | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Awen Collective Ltd | The Awen Collective mission is to make society safer by increasing the cyber resiliency of our critical national infrastructures and manufacturers. Awen does this by developing software products purpose-built for all Operational Technologies (OT), whether brand new or legacy.A cyber attack to an energy, water, transportation or manufacturingorganisation could cause significant disruption to society. Awen helps to solve this by developing software which helps these industrial organisations to increase visibility into their operational networks and decrease cyber risk.Within the general concept of Operational Technology (OT) we include: Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Building Automation & Control (BAC) & Building Management Systems (BMS), Industrial Robotics and the Internet-of-Things (IoT) |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 11, 2018 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Development Bank of Wales](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/development-bank-of-wales) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Inspire Growth Wales invest in?

Inspire Growth Wales invests primarily in Software, Industrial and Cyber Security startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Inspire Growth Wales last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Inspire Growth Wales closed in Jan 2018. Shizune tracks 1 investment 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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