# Top 50 Transportation Startup Investors in United Kingdom in June 2026

## Techstart Ventures
- Relevant deals: 97
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Hardware, IT

Techstart Ventures is a leading investor of seed capital across Scotland and Northern Ireland. they are a trusted partner to ambitious founders on their journey to success.

## Cambridge Angels group
- Relevant deals: 90
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Science/Engineering, Hardware

The Cambridge Angels are a group of high-net worth investors who have proven experience as successful entrepreneurs in internet, software, technology and bio-technology. Members invest in and mentor high quality start-up and early-stage companies in these sectors in the Cambridge (UK) area and throughout the UK.Typical funding requirements thatthe Cambridge Angels meet are in the range of £50,000 to £500,000 - although it is worth noting that several of their portfolio companies have received more than £1m in funding from their Members over several funding rounds.Their Members have been responsible for a large number of the “Cambridge Phenomenon” success stories over recent years. Therefore, in addition to providing funding for early-stage companies, the Cambridge Angels also offer start-ups the considerable benefit of a wide range of expertise, contacts and directly relevant experience in establishing and growing entrepreneurial businesses successfully.

## Newable Private Investing
- Relevant deals: 89
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Science/Engineering, Health Care

Newable Ventures is the UK's leading early stage early stage investment fund and the most active Business Angel network.

## Oxford Sciences Innovation
- Relevant deals: 82
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Science/Engineering, Health Care, Software

Oxford Sciences Innovation is the world’s largest university-partnered venture firm. We work with the University of Oxford to build companies that create fundamental technologies: science-based businesses capable of tackling the planet’s toughest problems. We invest in life science, AI and software, healthcare, and deep tech to create companiestaking on challenges like nuclear fusion, quantum computing and developing treatments and cures for infectious diseases. Founded in 2015, we’ve raised over £600M to create a world-class technology ecosystem, and combine our deep experience with a network of investors, entrepreneurs and sector-experts to find co-investment, build businesses, and hire senior management talent.

## IQ Capital
- Relevant deals: 81
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Science/Engineering, Data and Analytics

IQ Capital is a Cambridge & London-based VC firm that invests in ‘deep tech’ companies capable of dominating their respective markets on a global scale. Initial investments at Seed and Series A range from £0.5m to £10m, with capacity for follow-on investment up to £30m through the Growth Fund. The team has achieved over 30 exits including toApple, Huawei, Google and Oracle.

## Oxford Technology Management
- Relevant deals: 78
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Science/Engineering, Health Care, Biotechnology

Oxford Technology's SEIS fund and EIS fund enable private investors to access high growth technology startup opportunities and support UK innovation. SEIS and EIS tax reliefs offer downside protection, whilst gains can be tax free.

## UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
- Relevant deals: 73
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Science/Engineering, Health Care, Biotechnology

UKI2S, formally the Rainbow Seed Fund, is an investment fund backed by the government, providing seed funding to science & technology start-ups and SMEs

## AlbionVC
- Relevant deals: 70
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Science/Engineering, Data and Analytics

AlbionVC invests from seed through to Series B in B2B software and healthcare. Albion has 20+ years’ experience investing in technology, has c.£500m of venture funds, with over 50 tech investments within its portfolios. AlbionVC is the technology investment arm of Albion Capital Group LLP, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial ConductAuthority.

## Chris Adelsbach
- Relevant deals: 64
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial, Software, IT

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## Kelvin Capital
- Relevant deals: 62
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Hardware, Health Care, Science/Engineering

We invest venture capital in to globally ambitious companies which have the potential to deliver a significant return to our investors

## Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund
- Relevant deals: 61
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Hardware

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) is an initiative launched by the government-owned British Business Bank.It is a key part of the government’s ‘Northern Powerhouse’ vision, which aims to end the historic North / South divide and create economic prosperity in the North of England on par with London and the South East.Thegovernment firmly believes that SMEs form the foundation of the region’s future growth. NPIF therefore aims to nurture regional entrepreneurship by providing investment and support for small and medium businesses between 2016 and 2021. NPIF's funding will support new and growing SMEs, create jobs and encourage and attract additional private sector investment.

## SyndicateRoom
- Relevant deals: 61
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Science/Engineering

SyndicateRoom is fintech company made up of data-scientists, investment professionals, software developers and marketers with one mission: to be an early investor in every British startup success story.To do this – and make fund investors money – we don’t try to spot the next Big Thing.Instead, we apply a data-driven model to portfolioconstruction; a repeatable process designed to maximise returns and minimise risk for fund investors. As such, we build startup portfolios that don’t attempt to predict the future; they work to stack the odds in investors’ favour.Our fund, Access EIS, aims to build investors a diversified portfolio of 50+ companies by co‑investing exclusively with some of the UK’s best-performing angel investors.

## IP Group
- Relevant deals: 59
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Science/Engineering, Health Care, Biotechnology

IP Group's core business is the creation of value for its shareholders and partners through the commercialisation of intellectual property originating from research intensive institutions. Their strength lies in managing this process from finding suitable intellectual property to commercialise to either helping develop businesses and createvalue out of them, or identifying and establishing appropriate commercial partnerships to do so. IP Group's extensive expertise in this area combined with its inside knowledge of both industry and finance have enabled the group to create a formidable track record of consistently delivering excellent results for their companies, for their partners and for their shareholders.

## Catapult Ventures
- Relevant deals: 57
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Science/Engineering, Biotechnology

The team behind Catapult Ventures are among the most experienced venture capital investors in the UK.Their experience spans a range of sectors from healthcare and pharmaceuticals to luxury consumer brands, manufacturing and software, as well as all stages: from start-ups and pre-revenue IP developers to company floatation and billions of poundsin revenue. Their administration team is equally experienced with each member having more than 10 years experience in a venture capital environment.

## LocalGlobe
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 19
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Seeding ambitious founders at places like @citymapper, @improbableio,@teamkano, @moo, @songkick,@seedcamp, @transferwise and @zoopla since 1999. Who's next?

## SFC Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 16
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Discover the UK's leading SEIS Fund, offering tax-efficient investments in innovative startups. Join thousands of savvy investors and raise capital for your business with SFC Capital.

## Fuel Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 14
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Fuel Ventures - a leading early stage seed / growth stage EIS Fund based in London, UK. Investing in the most ambitious technology companies.

## Parkwalk Advisors
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 14
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

Parkwalk is a London-based fund management firm. Parkwalk invests in UK technology companies that have IP backing and freedom to operate, generally spun out of UK universities. Their funds seek to generate capital gains for their investors, enhanced by the attractive tax relief provided by EIS. Parkwalk entered this investment sector in 2009,anticipating a wave of tax-efficient incentives launched by the UK Government to stimulate innovative emerging technology companies and thereby help drive economic growth.Parkwalk utilises academic, technology transfer, venture capital and personal networks developed over many years to gain access to the highest calibre deal-flow.                                                                                                                In 2017 Parkwalk joined forces with IP Group plc, a leading intellectual property commercialisation company that is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IPO. As at March 2019 the combined group has net assets of £1.2bn.

## Seedcamp
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, SaaS

Seedcamp is Europe's seed fund, identifying and investing early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. The Seedcamp Nation includes over 400 startups building breakout businesses that change the way people live, interact and buy and includes publicly listed UiPath, Wise, and unicornsRevolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo, and wefox along with fast-growing businesses such as Grover, viz.ai and Ezra. Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support, and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.

## Episode 1
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

We build relationships early, make decisions quickly, but engage with you for the long term. Our focus is getting B2B software companies at Pre-Seed and Seed to a successful Series A.

## Force Over Mass Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech

Force Over Mass Capital is an FCA regulated venture capital firm focused on early stage technology investments across UK and Europe. We invest in B2B innovation across four verticals, i.e. Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS and Industry 4.0.FOM cap operates both seed and scale-up funds to support early stage businesses through their growthjourney.

## Seedrs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage

Online investing opportunities in the best new startup businesses, and raise seed and angel investment, with top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs.

## Angels Den
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software

Join 21,000+ investors backing the top 4% of UK startups. Access vetted, tax-efficient (SEIS/EIS) investment opportunities and exclusive pitch events.

## Connect Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

We've been investing in pre-seed and seed stage product companies since 2012, from our home in London.

## Antler
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

## 7percent Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

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## Low Carbon Innovation Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy

Low Carbon Innovation Fund is a venture capital fund, providing equity finance for SME’s based wholly or partially in the East of England.The Fund is supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). It uses £20.5M from the ERDF which will be matched with over £30M private sector investment – generating a total of over £50M ofinvestment in the East of England. So far the Fund has invested over £8.5M alongside £26M private co-investment in 26 investments.Turquoise International manages the Fund on behalf of the Adapt Low Carbon Group at the University of East Anglia (UEA). The Fund builds on the region's world class low carbon economy and is the largest European Regional Development Fund-funded project in the region. The Low Carbon Innovation Fund was launched in September 2010 and will run until December 2015.

## Par Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Founded in 2008, Par Equity is a venture capital firm that backs the most innovative, high growth technology companies in the North of the UK. Based in Edinburgh, Par invests across Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

## Maven Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Maven is one of the UK's leading private equity and investment firms. We provide essential capital and expertise to help businesses unlock their potential.

## Equity Gap
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing

Equity Gap is a group of private individuals set up to invest in and support emerging and growing businesses based in Scotland

## ETF Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Renewable Energy, Information Technology

ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience. Its funds come from institutional investors, global corporations, and family offices. The firm creates value by investing in and supporting great European companies that deliver Sustainability Through Innovation.

## Business Growth Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority investment to growing companies.

## Kindred Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

A new model for Venture Capital where every founder we back becomes a co-owner of the fund

## Ascension
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Internet

Pre-seed and seed investors backing 300+ ambitious founders from day one.

## The FSE Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology

FSE C.I.C. is an independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) whose surpluses are reinvested in the business, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. FSE C.I.C. has a number of subsidiary companies to deliver its funds and services, which are collectively referred to as The FSE Group.All regulated activities are delivered through FSE Fund Managers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

## Frontline Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Frontline is the venture firm for globally ambitious B2B companies on both sides of the Atlantic. Frontline Seed speeds up ideas at inception across Europe. Frontline X is a growth-stage fund, for fast and frictionless US-Europe expansion.

## Forward Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Forward Partners is a venture capital firm in London specialising in technology businesses focused on eCommerce, marketplace and applied AI early-stage startups.

## MMC Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

MMC is a venture capital fund investing in early stage, high-growth UK companies. Investing in technology companies at Seed and Series A.

## Scottish Investment Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

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## Speedinvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Speedinvest is a globally active European venture capital firm built on a simple belief: many move more.
From six offices across EMEA, our sector-focused investment teams back relentless founders from pre–Seed to Growth with long-term conviction, providing day-one access to our global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, andtop-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster.
Building lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (U.S.), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Wayflyer (Ireland), GoStudent (Austria), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) — together.
Big ideas may start with one. But scaling and winning take The Power of More.

## InMotion Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Transportation, Travel

InMotion Ventures is the venture capital arm of Jaguar Land Rover. The team collaborates with subject matter experts at JLR to identify and invest in startups shaping the future of the automotive industry.The fund allocates capital and resources to purpose-driven businesses aligned with Jaguar Land Rover’s global strategy, and prioritisesenvironmental and societal impact alongside strategic & financial returns.

## Index Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

## Venrex
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet

Venrex Investment Management is a UK-based venture capital firm that backs creative Founders to launch and build innovative businesses.

## APX
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

APX is Europe’s leading very-early-stage VC. Based in Berlin and backed by Axel Springer and Porsche, we support and partner with the most ambitious founding teams from Europe and beyond - often as their first investor.We invest up to EUR 500K in startups until a series A starting with a quick EUR 50K investment, and within a few months,depending on traction and speed, we can invest further. Each month we invest in new teams who become part of the APX community, counting hundreds of other founders. Since 2018, we have invested in 100+ startups across 20+ industries with founders from 20+ countries together with 100+ co-investors.

## Dynamo
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Logistics, Supply Chain Management

We invest in extraordinary founders building startups in supply chain and mobility. We are equipped to support founders through the seed stage in their effort to transform global trade and commerce.

## Green Angel Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Agriculture

Green Angel Syndicate is the only UK angel investment syndicate specialising in the fight against Climate Change and Global Warming.

## Anthemis
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

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## Salica
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Secondary Market
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Founded as an investment firm focusing on the most promising startups, we have evolved into a unique set of private market funds investing globally in equity and debt across complementary sectors and stages. We fuse traditional values with a contemporary approach and balance exacting processes with the agility to capture commercial opportunity andcompelling investment returns. Our continuous search for new opportunities has led us to create a balanced collection of complementary funds and relationships.

## Amadeus Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

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## True.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail

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