# Pentland Ventures

> Pentland Ventures is a VC fund in London backing Health Care, Software and Machine Learning. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 21%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.pentland.vc

Pentland Ventures is a VC fund in London focused on Health Care and Software. Pentland Group has been proudly supporting people to build the businesses of the future since 1932. Pentland Ventures is the Group’s direct investments division. We aim to combine the conviction of a venture capital fund, the financial discipline of a private equity firm, the operational expertise of a strategic investor and the long-term outlookand values of a fourth-generation family business.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$11M |
| Series A | $5M–$32M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $2.1M–$26M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 6 | 25% |
| Software | 5 | 21% |
| Machine Learning | 4 | 17% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 17% |
| Fitness | 3 | 13% |

62 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 33% |
| Series A | 5 | 21% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 13% |
| Series B | 2 | 8% |
| Series C | 2 | 8% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 38% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 29% |
| Croatia | 2 | 8% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Seat Unique | Seat Unique is an online marketplace to buy official hospitality packages and VIP tickets to live sports, music, and cultural events. | $26.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 21, 2026 |  |
| Oxford Quantum Circuits | Oxford Quantum Circuits developing technology using the power of quantum to do things which have never been achieved before, from enabling life-changing drug discoveries to developing new battery technologies. | $350M | Series C | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| Brami | Brami is a producer and retailer of plant-based, Mediterranean-inspired snacks. The company's products include corn snacks in different flavors such as chia, almonds, quinoa, peanuts, chickpeas, lentils, soybeans, and lupini. The company claims that their products are vegan, gluten-free, soy-free, and non-GMO. | $33M | Series B | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Sava Technology | All the health information we need is within us. Just below the skin. SAVA is redefining the way people interact with their health by developing the most advanced biosensing technology science has to offer, capable of accessing bodily information in a painless, real-time and affordable way. | $18.8M | Series A | Jul 30, 2025 |  |
| Digital Barriers | Digital Barriers is a world leader in edge-intelligent solutions for the global surveillance and security markets. The company is headquartered between the United Kingdom and United States, with regional operations covering Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.We provide software solutions and cloud services to manage the capture, analysisand streaming of live video, enabling actionable video intelligence to be delivered where it’s needed, when it’s needed. Our software-based solutions, supplied with highly-performant hardware where required, readily integrate with video management systems, cameras and sensors, and have been sold to flagship defence, security and law enforcement agencies in more than fifty countries around the world. We also resell through large commercial channel partners and on a licensed basis to leading technology companies and service providers.Digital Barriers established its reputation by providing integrated mission-critical surveillance and security solutions to some of the best known surveillance and security agencies in the world. We reinvented the art of the possible through the deployment of new, proprietary technology – our favorite customer references all contain the phrase “game changing”. Digital Barriers solutions are in use around the world every day keeping people safe, at the heart of national security operations and the fight against terrorism and serious and organised crime. We can deliver our software-based solutions as SDKs and licenses, on standard COTS hardware, or on bespoke hardware designed to meet the needs of the most demanding customers across defense, security and law enforcement. | $1.8M | Post-IPO Equity | Nov 12, 2024 |  |
| Windmill | Windmill is building a connected, tech-enabled suite of beautiful and eco-friendly air products, starting with the window AC. | $5M | Series A | Oct 08, 2024 |  |
| Ushur | Ushur is a cloud-based automation platform that automates service workflows in both the backend process and conversational interfaces.The company develops intelligent automation solutions that include, Ushur Virtual Customer Assistant, smart technology that automates proactive member, claimant, agent, or broker communications across virtually anychannel, reaching out to customers, understanding what they need, and automatically taking the next steps; Ushur SmartMail, a software that allows insurers to process high-volumes of the customer, agent and broker email automatically, allowing carriers to respond faster and efficiently; Ushur Flowbuilder, the web-based no-code builder allows claims, broker services, and customer support teams to build, deploy and track rich digital engagements that improve business agility and the customer experience while minimizing the burden on IT. By leveraging the company's Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Language Intelligence Service Architecture (LISA), insurance companies can accelerating capital and time-intensive processes like claims, customer support, billing, and enrollment to digitally transform service workflows. | $50M | Series C | Feb 07, 2023 |  |
| Diaspora Co. | Diaspora Co. sells hariyali fennel, nagauri cumin, nandini coriander, bindu black mustard, and anamalai mace sieves in addition to pragati turmeric, lakadong turmeric, makhir ginger, peni miris cinnamon, and wild cinnamon quills. better commerce in spices. We empower people with resources, equity, and authority in order to upend and decolonize anantiquated commodities and spice trading system. | $2.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 22, 2022 |  |
| Windmill | Windmill is building a connected, tech-enabled suite of beautiful and eco-friendly air products, starting with the window AC. | $5.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 11, 2022 |  |
| Gideon Brothers | Gideon Brothers develops autonomous, mobile, collaborative and modular robots for unstructured, indoor, human industrial environments. They are one of the largest robotics engineering companies in Central and Southeastern Europe. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia. | $31M | Series A | Jun 08, 2021 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Pentland Ventures invest in?

Pentland Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Pentland Ventures's check size?

Pentland Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$11M at Seed, $5M–$32M at Series A and $2.1M–$26M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Pentland Ventures participates in.

### When did Pentland Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Pentland Ventures closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 24 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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