# West Hill Capital

> West Hill Capital is a VC fund in London backing Software and Health Care. See 60 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 60
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 83%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/west-hill-capital-llp/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/WestHillCapital?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
- Website: http://www.westhillcapital.co.uk/

West Hill Capital is a VC fund in London focused on Software and Health Care. West Hill is a venture capital firm that finances some of the fasted growing technology businesses in Europe. Their private capital specialists advise companies from Seed, Series A, Series B and beyond on their strategic, capital raising and liquidity needs through to exit via IPO or M&A. Direct investment deals are offered to a network offamily offices, private investors and wealth managers.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.6M–$6M |
| Series A | $2M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 12% |
| Health Care | 7 | 12% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 10% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 10% |
| Biotechnology | 5 | 8% |

82 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 17 | 28% |
| Series A | 14 | 23% |
| Seed | 10 | 17% |
| Series B | 4 | 7% |
| Private Equity | 3 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 22 | 37% |
| Denmark | 15 | 25% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Richards | Partner, Corporate Finance | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-richards |
| Edward Williams | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edward-williams-320d |
| Andrew Galloway | Partner and Co Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-galloway-26c0 |
| Charles Jawor | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-jawor |
| David Hollidge | Partner & Co-founder | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-hollidge |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Silicon MicroGravity | Silicon Microgravity Limited is a spin-out from Cambridge University. The underpinning sensor technology was developed through a collaboration with BP plc and provides a breakthrough in the management of oil and gas reservoirs. The technology has been developed in Cambridge University’s Nanoscience Centre primarily funded by BP and Innovate UK. | $8.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| Formalize | Formalize delivers a cloud-based compliance operations platform designed for governance, risk, and control workflows, enabling businesses to automate processes around frameworks such as NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001, and GDPR. The platform lets users centralize risk and incident tracking, manage third-party audits and controls, and build customizeddashboards and workflows across compliance, supplier management, and governance. | $35M | Series B | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| Cercare Medical | Cercare Medical designs and develops a software tool for supporting acute stroke management, helping clinicians to evaluate the effect of a stroke. The software draws up the infarct-area within 30 seconds, locate perfusion area from images within 30 seconds and evaluate mismatch and generate a volume number of salvageable tissue. Cercare Medicalwas incorporated in 2013 under the name Combat Stroke and is based in Denmark. | $8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 05, 2025 |  |
| Algiecel | ALGIECEL - Securing CO2 neutrality with carbon capture as a service Microalgae Cultivation – Easily scalable with modular photobioreactorsALGIECEL is transforming CO2 emissions and LED light into microalgae biomass and Oxygen. The company has developed a plug & play photobioreactor that can be stacked and packed as it is fitting intostandard shipping containers. The reactor is easily installable and requires little technical know-how from small and mid-size industrial clients.ALGIECEL has designed a novel business model that transforms the cost challenge of CO2 removal into a profitable business opportunity across the entire value chain through revenue sharing from the microalgae biomass and carbon credit sales.ALGIECEL´s primary target markets for the application of the photobioreactor will be the biogas and fermentation sectors. In these fast-growing industries many sites are too small for large power-to-x projects to reduce CO2 emissions. Here, ALGIECEL aspires to help in solving the CO2 challenge with our modular carbon capture technology and revenue sharing business model. | $7.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 11, 2024 |  |
| Care Hires | Care Hires has developed a platform to help Care Homes across the UK with staffing requirements. With 4,053 Nursing homes and 7,103 Residential Care Homes. The Health and Social care sector employs one in ten of the working population. With over 1.34 million jobs in the adult and social care sector in England. Care Hires has developed a platformto give control back to providers and reduce their agency cost per year. It is estimated that 65% of care homes in the UK are using temporary staff to cover vacant shifts. | $2.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 24, 2024 |  |
| Quantica | Quantica is a manufacturing firm that offers voxel-level 3D printing of multi-material, multi-color, multi-functional parts, and products. | $6.2M | Series A | Jun 06, 2024 |  |
| Lightnovo | Lightnovo is a start-up company from DTU (established in 2019), founded by DTU researchers Oleksii Ilchenko, Yurii Pilhun and Anja Boisen, and with investment from Xnovo Technology ApS. Lightnovo’s mission is the production and commercialisation of Raman related technologies based on intellectual property developed by the founders. It is our visionto become the leading developer and provider of Raman spectroscopy and Raman microscopy solutions for research-grade, industrial and consumer applications. | $3.1M | Series A | May 01, 2024 |  |
| Silicon MicroGravity | Silicon Microgravity Limited is a spin-out from Cambridge University. The underpinning sensor technology was developed through a collaboration with BP plc and provides a breakthrough in the management of oil and gas reservoirs. The technology has been developed in Cambridge University’s Nanoscience Centre primarily funded by BP and Innovate UK. | $4.5M |  | May 01, 2024 |  |
| Formalize | Formalize delivers a cloud-based compliance operations platform designed for governance, risk, and control workflows, enabling businesses to automate processes around frameworks such as NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001, and GDPR. The platform lets users centralize risk and incident tracking, manage third-party audits and controls, and build customizeddashboards and workflows across compliance, supplier management, and governance. | $16.3M | Series A | Mar 05, 2024 |  |
| Lilli | Lilli is a UK-based SaaS company that uses machine learning to revolutionize home care. | $10.3M | Series A | Feb 08, 2024 |  |

10 of 60 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does West Hill Capital invest in?

West Hill Capital invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Financial Services startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 60 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 West Hill Capital's check size?

West Hill Capital typically joins rounds of $2.6M–$6M at Seed and $2M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds West Hill Capital participates in.

### How do I contact West Hill Capital?

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### Who are the partners at West Hill Capital?

The team at West Hill Capital includes Alan Richards (Partner, Corporate Finance), Edward Williams (Partner) and Andrew Galloway (Partner and Co Founder), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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