# University of Liverpool

> University of Liverpool is a VC fund backing Software and Medical Device. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-liverpool/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/LivUni
- Website: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UniversityofLiverpool/

University of Liverpool is a VC fund in Liverpool focused on Software and Medical Device. The University of Liverpool is one of the great centres of research, knowledge and innovation. Our pioneering reputation attracts students, experts and partners from around the world. Through our research, teaching and collaborations we seek to be life changing and world shaping.Exceptional minds1,300 leading researchers36,000 students177,000 alumni in 192 countries4,700 staffCountless partners worldwideLiverpool has been home to explorers and revolutionaries for over 800 years. Their pioneering spirit is alive in the city and inspires our university.Our university is everywhere, from our Chinese joint venture University to our Arctic research stations, American exchanges to the Internet home of our online programmes.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $306k–$921k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Medical Device | 2 | 25% |
| Medical | 1 | 13% |
| Organic | 1 | 13% |
| Electronics | 1 | 13% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Grant | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 13% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lewis Booth | Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lewis-booth |
| Gavin Brown | Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Financial Technology | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gavin-brown |
| Hannah Roberts | Career Coach | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hannah-roberts |
| Iain Cant | Research Engineer, Virtual Engineering Centre | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iain-cant |
| Jenny Radcliffe | Honoury Lecturer - Management School | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jenny-radcliffe |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Apoello | Apoello is a materials science spin-out company from the University of Liverpool. The company is developing an AI-enabled platform to speed up the discovery of new materials for applications such as renewable energy and organic electronics. | $637.2K | Pre-Seed | Feb 18, 2026 |  |
| SenseAI | SenseAIsoftware dramatically speeds up image acquisition while reducing sample damage from high-energy electron beams, offering up to 100x improvements in efficiency without loss of image integrity. |  | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Robotiz3d | We are building the world’s first autonomous road maintenance vehicle to help tackle the spiralling pothole problems. Combining robotics, ai, and autonomous vehicle technologies, our battery powered system can perform driverless patrol of the roads, automatically detecting and repairing surface defects such as cracks and potholes. Our solution ischeaper, faster, and more sustainable than conventional methods, delivering up to 90% cost savings, with minimum or no human intervention. With our A+ team we are looking to lead what is expected to be a $231 billion market. Our Mission is to help build a safe and sustainable road infrastructure through intelligent and automated maintenance and repair. | $477.3K | Convertible Note | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| OCUWELL | At OCUWELL, we're revolutionising eye care with our innovative, cloud-based solutions designed to make quality eye care accessible and affordable for everyone, everywhere. Our flagship product is a portable corneal topographer addressing the global need for essential diagnostic tools in treating corneal disorders, which affect over 2.2 billionpeople. With a unique B2B and SaaS business model, backed by 25 years of leading scientific research, we're on track to transform the delivery of eye care worldwide. | $920.7K | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2023 |  |
| Robotiz3d | We are building the world’s first autonomous road maintenance vehicle to help tackle the spiralling pothole problems. Combining robotics, ai, and autonomous vehicle technologies, our battery powered system can perform driverless patrol of the roads, automatically detecting and repairing surface defects such as cracks and potholes. Our solution ischeaper, faster, and more sustainable than conventional methods, delivering up to 90% cost savings, with minimum or no human intervention. With our A+ team we are looking to lead what is expected to be a $231 billion market. Our Mission is to help build a safe and sustainable road infrastructure through intelligent and automated maintenance and repair. | $304.2K |  | Mar 13, 2023 |  |
| National Biofilms Innovation Centre | The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) is the central hub where academia, industry, government, and public policy come together to tackle the grand challenges biofilms present, impacting ~$5 trillion in global economic activity, from food and health to ships, clean water and energy. Funded by the BBSRC, Innovate UK and Hartree Centre, ourmission is to establish a network of research and innovation capacity to catalyse partnerships with industry to achieve breakthrough innovations and impact – from industry products and solutions to services and spinouts. We aim to bring together researchers and industry to explore unmet needs and exchange ideas, problems and solutions through roadmaps, workshops and conferences. We plan to invest in future scientists through our PhD and Post-Doc programs, and entrepreneurial training, to grow their expertise, help them better understand the commercial environment and encourage new start-ups. | $27.8M | Grant | Nov 22, 2022 |  |
| OCUWELL | At OCUWELL, we're revolutionising eye care with our innovative, cloud-based solutions designed to make quality eye care accessible and affordable for everyone, everywhere. Our flagship product is a portable corneal topographer addressing the global need for essential diagnostic tools in treating corneal disorders, which affect over 2.2 billionpeople. With a unique B2B and SaaS business model, backed by 25 years of leading scientific research, we're on track to transform the delivery of eye care worldwide. | $306.4K | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Robotiz3d | We are building the world’s first autonomous road maintenance vehicle to help tackle the spiralling pothole problems. Combining robotics, ai, and autonomous vehicle technologies, our battery powered system can perform driverless patrol of the roads, automatically detecting and repairing surface defects such as cracks and potholes. Our solution ischeaper, faster, and more sustainable than conventional methods, delivering up to 90% cost savings, with minimum or no human intervention. With our A+ team we are looking to lead what is expected to be a $231 billion market. Our Mission is to help build a safe and sustainable road infrastructure through intelligent and automated maintenance and repair. | $395K | Corporate Round | Nov 09, 2020 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Innovate UK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovate-u-k-) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [National Institute for Health and Care Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/national-institute-for-health-research) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AXM Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axm-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [British Business Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/british-business-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Foresight Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foresight-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does University of Liverpool invest in?

University of Liverpool invests primarily in Software, Medical Device and Medical startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is University of Liverpool's check size?

University of Liverpool typically joins rounds of $306k–$921k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds University of Liverpool participates in.

### How do I contact University of Liverpool?

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### Who are the partners at University of Liverpool?

The team at University of Liverpool includes Lewis Booth (Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors), Gavin Brown (Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Financial Technology) and Hannah Roberts (Career Coach), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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