# Tooru

> Tooru is a VC fund in London backing Energy, Mining and SaaS. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tooruplc/?originalSubdomain=uk
- Website: https://www.tooruplc.com

Tooru is a UK-based free-from food specialist operating gluten-free and plant-based brands.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 22% |
| Mining | 2 | 22% |
| SaaS | 1 | 11% |
| Finance | 1 | 11% |
| Software | 1 | 11% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Debt | 6 | 67% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 22% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 33% |
| Ireland | 2 | 22% |
| Australia | 2 | 22% |
| France | 1 | 11% |
| Finland | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ClearVue PV | ClearVue PV have developed energy efficient, energy generating clear glass windows. | $700.2K | Post-IPO Debt | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| Ariana Resources | Ariana Resources provides gold exploration and development company.Ariana Resources identifies and develops mineral resources, joint venturing its projects with experienced partners to advance them cost-effectively to production. It has successfully applied this model in Turkey with Proccea Construction Co. and is now seeking to apply the samemodel on new projects, whether located in Turkey or elsewhere. Ariana has one commercially producing gold mine in Turkey and the advanced Salinbas Project (JORC resources in excess of 1Moz Gold) which is located within a multi-million ounce goldfield called “The Hot Gold Corridor”. | $5M | Post-IPO Debt | Nov 12, 2024 |  |
| Uk Oil & Gas | UK Oil & Gas will develop, subject to planning consent and securing necessary development finance, a planned integrated energy hub centered around hydrogen-ready gas storage and a future green hydrogen generation capability. It is an ambitious oil and gas exploration company, striving to support the drive for increased energy security. | $3.8M | Post-IPO Debt | Jun 28, 2023 |  |
| Whispir | Whispir is a cloud platform for automating intelligent, rich communications. Whispir’s algorithms, conversational logic and automated workflow enable smarter, secure, data-driven engagement. Whispir provides communications applications as a service (CAaaS) to bridge the communications gap between devices, systems, businesses and people. Withoffices in Australia and New Zealand, Singapore, China, and the United States, Whispir is the trusted communications provider for leading enterprises and government agencies around the world. | $667.9K | Post-IPO Debt | Jun 23, 2023 |  |
| Gaussin group | GAUSSIN MANUGISTIQUE® specializes in the audit of handling processes and the realization of wheeled systems for the installation and transport of heavy, bulky or delicate loads. With more than 50,000 handling vehicles worldwide, GAUSSIN MANUGISTIQUE® enjoys a strong reputation in four markets: Energy, Transport, Environment and Raw Materials. | $5.2M | Post-IPO Debt | Nov 14, 2022 |  |
| DeepVerge | Deepverge is a vertically integrated business, collaborating technology platforms with partners in artificial intelligence, clinical research, medical device and life science. | $5.3M | Post-IPO Debt | Mar 19, 2022 |  |
| Valoe Corporation | Cencorp is a company in end-of-line automation solutions and is focused on depaneling, odd-form assembly, test handling and laser applications. Their customers are major manufacturers in automotive electronics, telecommunications, industrial electronics and EMS.With worldwide sales and a global customer service network, they have deliveredthousands of robots over 25 years. The Headquarters are in Mikkeli, Finland, and Cencorp’s shares are listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. | $844.3K | Debt Financing | Dec 14, 2021 |  |
| Smarttech247 | Smarttech247 is a multi-award-winning MDR (Managed Detection & Response) company and a market leader in Security Operations. Trusted by global organizations, we combine threat intelligence with managed detection and response to provide actionable insights, 24/7 threat detection, investigation, and response. Our service is geared towardsproactive prevention and we do this by utilizing the latest in cloud, big data analytics and machine learning, along with our industry leading incident response team. | $1.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 11, 2021 |  |
| Pluto Digital | Pluto Digital PLC (Pluto) is a crypto technology and operations company that makes Web 3.0 Decentralised Finance (DeFi) more accessible to all.Pluto is making DeFi available to everyone through products and services created by Pluto’s software development Labs division, new yield farming strategies through Pluto’s Yield division and collaboratingwith emerging DeFi projects and the NFT metaverse through Pluto’s Ventures division. | $44.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 10, 2021 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- YA II PN — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Argo Blockchain — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pires Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pires-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Tooru invest in?

Tooru invests primarily in Energy, Mining and SaaS startups, most often at Post-IPO Debt and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 9 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 Tooru last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tooru closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 9 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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