# Oxford Seed Fund

> Oxford Seed Fund is a VC fund in Oxford backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 33 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 33
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 12%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sbs-seed-fund
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/oxfordseedfund
- Website: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/research/entrepreneurship-centre/oxford-seed-fund
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SBSSeedFund

Oxford Seed Fund is a VC fund in Oxford focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. The Oxford Seed Fund provides start-ups and entrepreneurs with access to capital, diverse investors, and a supportive community in which to develop and scale.The Oxford Seed Fund invests up to £50,000 in the top Oxford-affiliated startups and provide them with the network and support they need to scale. Our current team is made up of 11 MBAcandidates whose experience ranges in venture capital, investment strategy, management consultancy, financial services and entrepreneurship. Supported and founded by the Entrepreneurship Centre at Said Business School, we source and evaluate up to 200 potential deals per year, conduct due diligence, and ultimately invest in up to two startups per year.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 24% |
| Software | 5 | 15% |
| FinTech | 4 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 12% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 9% |

50 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 42% |
| Pre-Seed | 12 | 36% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 3% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 36% |
| United States | 11 | 33% |
| Bolivia | 1 | 3% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Viktor | Viktor is an AI‑driven platform that acts as a virtual coworker inside messaging and collaboration tools, connecting to a broad set of business‑software systems to automate workflows, run tasks, and support knowledge‑work operations across marketing, operations, and engineering functions. | $75M | Series A | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Remy AI | Remy AI offers software that helps robot arms learn tasks through vision and AI for picking, packing, sorting, and warehouse automation. | $700K | Seed | Mar 23, 2026 |  |
| A&B Smart Materials | The A&B Smart Materials Using innovative cooling technologies to boost photovoltaic efficiency. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Dec 12, 2025 |  |
| Jack Fertility | Jack Fertility offers convenient home sperm testing kits that enable users to conduct lab-grade semen analysis without visiting a clinic. The service includes flexible delivery, easy sample collection, and personalized digital results with recommendations tailored to individual needs. | $673.9K | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Structured AI | Structured AI is an AI-powered tool designed to help users organize their days more easily and quickly by creating and managing tasks in a timeline. | $497.1K | Pre-Seed | Jul 30, 2025 |  |
| Lume Health | Lume Health is a San Francisco–based healthtech startup developing the first wearable capable of tracking hormone fluctuations in real time through a sweat sensor. Designed for continuous, needle-free monitoring, Lume replaces outdated lab tests with instant, actionable insights on stress, sleep, and energy at the cellular level. Targetingbiohackers, athletes, and high-performing professionals, the device helps users understand and respond to their bodies’ hormonal shifts without waiting weeks for results. Early beta users report transformative benefits, from restored energy to improved well-being, positioning Lume as a potential game-changer in personalized health tracking. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 29, 2025 |  |
| Cohesive | Cohesive is a CRM company that provides automated lead generation and marketing platform solutions for local businesses. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 19, 2025 |  |
| Allia | ​Allia Health provides a digital platform for mental health professionals, integrating tools for client onboarding, scheduling, treatment planning, and progress tracking. The platform features secure, HIPAA-compliant telehealth services with AI-assisted documentation to streamline clinical workflows. It collects real-world data through clientcheck-ins, symptom tracking, and optional wearable integrations, offering clinicians insights into patient progress between sessions. Allia Health operates on a model where individual clinicians access the platform at no cost, while larger healthcare organizations pay for enterprise features and analytics. The platform is accessible via iOS, Android, and web applications. | $2M | Seed | Jun 18, 2025 |  |
| Quantum Light | Quantum Light strives to transform the pigment industry by developing colors, coatings, pigments, dyes, and inks that take advantage of quantum dots' remarkable optical properties. | $1M | Pre-Seed | May 19, 2025 |  |
| Quantum Light | Quantum Light strives to transform the pigment industry by developing colors, coatings, pigments, dyes, and inks that take advantage of quantum dots' remarkable optical properties. | $1M | Pre-Seed | May 19, 2025 |  |

10 of 33 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Moonstone](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moonstone) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Enza Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enza-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Founders Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-factory) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fuel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-ventures-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Oxford Seed Fund invest in?

Oxford Seed Fund invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 33 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 Oxford Seed Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Oxford Seed Fund closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 33 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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