PXN Ventures
VC Fund
Manchester, United Kingdom
PXN Ventures is a leading venture capital firm focused on the North of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, offering capital and operational support to high-growth founders. The firm emphasizes "more than money," combining £670m in investment firepower with expertise from experienced operators to help northern startups scale globally.
- Total investments:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 69%
Last updated:
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Industries PXN Ventures invests in
Stages PXN Ventures invests in
Countries PXN Ventures invests in
Contacts
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Andy Barrow
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Sim Singh-Landa
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 10 (38%)
- Software 7 (27%)
- Machine Learning 4 (15%)
- SaaS 3 (12%)
- Medical 3 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (38%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (15%)
- Series A 3 (12%)
- Funding Round 3 (12%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (12%)
Country
- United Kingdom 22 (85%)
- New Zealand 1 (4%)
- The Netherlands 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Andy Barrow
Managing Director of Ventures
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Managing Director of Ventures | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Sim Singh-Landa
Investment Director
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Investment Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Cytix
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Cytix develops an AI-powered application security platform that provides continuous security testing across the software development lifecycle. The platform analyzes development changes to identify potential security risks and generates focused testing plans based on the specific vulnerabilities those changes may introduce. Cytix also providesautomated security reviews and targeted micro penetration tests that validate risks in areas such as authentication, authorization, API security, business logic, and other application vulnerabilities. Its platform integrates with development and collaboration tools, including Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and Slack, to incorporate security testing into existing workflows. Cytix also offers managed security testing services that combine its automation with human penetration testing expertise. | $7M / Series A / Aug 12, 2026 | |
Advanced Electric Machines
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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. | $21.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 04, 2026 | |
BidScript
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BidScript was co-founded by Henry Brogan and Tyler McCarthy. | $799.4K / Pre-Seed / Jul 01, 2026 | |
VASO By Eco
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Vaso by Eco Manufacturing will create the panel for a four-bedroom house that will be built in four days. | $2.9M / Seed / Jun 30, 2026 | |
Covatic
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Covatic is a Birmingham and Oxford start-up exploring the use of mobile based algorithms to bring smart personalisation to apps. We are a small team of enthusiastic problem solvers, who are always looking for like-minded people to join us and take our products to the next level. | $2M / Series B / Jun 25, 2026 | |
Silveray
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Silveray develop affordable large-area direct conversion detectors for the X-ray imaging market. | $6.6M / Series A / Jun 17, 2026 | |
Aveni
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Aveni is an award-winning technology company that specializes in Natural Language Processing for Financial Services and other highly regulated industries. Its team of world-leading scientists and engineers has developed a proprietary NLP pipeline that extracts context from customer conversations. This powers a range of transformative productfeatures, including automated compliance monitoring, the identification of vulnerable customers and performance management of call centre agents and advisers. | $16.1M / Series B / Jun 04, 2026 | |
Rightbrain
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Rightbrain enables B2B agencies, recruiters, and professional services firms to deploy AI agents instantly without undergoing expensive digital transformations. Rightbrain is a software bridge that embeds AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google directly into your existing tools like CRMs or Google Workspace, allowing teams to use AI withoutchanging their workflows. | $4M / Seed / May 19, 2026 | |
Earth Blox
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Earth Blox provides a platform for analyzing geospatial data through a visual interface for environmental and land analysis. The system enables users to build workflows using satellite imagery and other earth observation datasets without requiring extensive coding knowledge. It supports applications such as deforestation tracking, carbonmonitoring, agriculture assessment, and land use analysis.The platform integrates data sources and processing tools to help users generate insights, automate analyses, and export results for reporting or further use. It also allows collaboration across teams by sharing workflows and outputs within a unified environment. Earth Blox supports organizations working with geospatial intelligence by simplifying access to large-scale environmental data and analysis tools. | $8M / Series A / Mar 18, 2026 | |
Quantcore
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Quantcore is a quantum technology company that designs and manufactures qubits and related quantum hardware components. | $3.4M / Seed / Feb 24, 2026 | |
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FAQ
What does PXN Ventures invest in?
PXN Ventures invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at PXN Ventures includes Andy Barrow (Managing Director of Ventures) and Sim Singh-Landa (Investment Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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