The company based in Edinburgh has developed a working prototype of a completely new type of photolithography device, which makes use of the properties of light, enabling rapid, reconfigurable production of photonic chips with enhanced 3D control, something that was previously impossible.
UK Startup Funding Rounds
Funding for UK startups, with products, round sizes and participating investors.
130 rounds · $13B disclosed · $26.9M median
| Company | Amount | Stage / sector | Lead investor | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cnuic The company based in Edinburgh has developed a working prototype of a completely new type of photolithography device, which makes use of the properties of light, enabling rapid, reconfigurable production of photonic chips with enhanced 3D control, something that was previously impossible. | €3M | Pre-seed Hardware | — | |
| Forest A London-based shared bike operator. | £27M | Series B Transportation | — | |
| Marloo Marloo is an AI assistant transforming how financial advisers work. | $10M | Seed Fintech | — | |
| Neutonic Nootropic drinks brand. | $6M | Seed Foodtech | — | |
| Ineffable Intelligence Ineffable Intelligence is using Reinforcement Learning to create a “superlearner” that can endlessly discover knowledge and skills without relying on human data. | $1.1B | Seed AI | — | |
| Cerca Magnetics UK-based MedTech startup developing wearable brain imaging systems using quantum sensing technology. | €4.3M | Series A Healthtech | — | |
| Cloudsmith Cloudsmith provides hosted software package management for development and DevOps teams. | $72M | Series C+ Cybersecurity | — | |
| Storm Therapeutics A biotechnology company developing small molecule drugs that target RNA modifying enzymes for the treatment of cancer. | $56M | Series C+ Healthtech | — | |
| Sona Deskless employee platform. | $45M | Series B Software | — | |
| 9fin Provider of data, news and predictive analytics for debt capital markets. | $170M | Series C+ Fintech | — | |
| Riplo a London-based company developing an agentic operating system for consulting. | £2.3M | Pre-seed Software | — | |
| Keith UK-based AI-native law firm. | €2.3M | Seed Legaltech | — | |
| Dexory Dexory provides autonomous warehouse scanning technology and an AI-driven data platform that creates live digital twins for real-time inventory intelligence. | €9.8M | Series C+ Transportation | — | |
| Theia Insights Theia Insights (which is named after Theia, the Greek god of sight) says it can distill vast amounts of financial information through AI and other tech so investors can make better decisions. | $8M | Series A Fintech | — | |
| Eunice London-based company building due diligence infrastructure for regulated markets. | $8M | Seed Fintech | — | |
| Origin UK-based provider of a global benefits Intelligence platform. | $30M | Series A Software | — | |
| Oxford Medical Simulation Virtual reality (VR) training platform for healthcare professionals. | €5.8M | Growth Healthtech | — | |
| Tropic Norwich-based AgTech startup specialising in gene‑edited tropical crops. | €91.3M | Series C+ Agritech | — | |
| Avvoka Avvoka develops AI-powered drafting infrastructure for law firms, helping legal teams convert legal documents into structured templates that can be reused and refined over time. | £14M | Growth Legaltech | — | |
| Isembard UK software-first manufacturing company. | $50M | Series A Software | — | |
| Nscale Nscale develops sustainable AI-ready data centres. | $2B | Series C+ Cloud | 8090 Industries, Aker ASA | |
| Oxa Making breakthroughs in AI and deep learning since 2014, Oxa was founded with a singular vision — to build software that enables any vehicle to be self-driving, anywhere, at any time. | $103M | Series C+ Software | — | |
| Encord the data infrastructure company for physical AI. | €50M | Series C+ AI | — | |
| Alpa The company aims to enable restaurant operators to make decisions based on real-time profitability data rather than waiting weeks for monthly accounts to close. | $3.5M | Pre-seed Fintech | — | |
| BeyondMath advanced engineering simulation. | $10M | Seed Software | — |
A London-based shared bike operator.
Marloo is an AI assistant transforming how financial advisers work.
Nootropic drinks brand.
Ineffable Intelligence is using Reinforcement Learning to create a “superlearner” that can endlessly discover knowledge and skills without relying on human data.
UK-based MedTech startup developing wearable brain imaging systems using quantum sensing technology.
Cloudsmith provides hosted software package management for development and DevOps teams.
A biotechnology company developing small molecule drugs that target RNA modifying enzymes for the treatment of cancer.
Deskless employee platform.
Provider of data, news and predictive analytics for debt capital markets.
a London-based company developing an agentic operating system for consulting.
UK-based AI-native law firm.
Dexory provides autonomous warehouse scanning technology and an AI-driven data platform that creates live digital twins for real-time inventory intelligence.
Theia Insights (which is named after Theia, the Greek god of sight) says it can distill vast amounts of financial information through AI and other tech so investors can make better decisions.
London-based company building due diligence infrastructure for regulated markets.
UK-based provider of a global benefits Intelligence platform.
Virtual reality (VR) training platform for healthcare professionals.
Norwich-based AgTech startup specialising in gene‑edited tropical crops.
Avvoka develops AI-powered drafting infrastructure for law firms, helping legal teams convert legal documents into structured templates that can be reused and refined over time.
UK software-first manufacturing company.
Nscale develops sustainable AI-ready data centres.
Making breakthroughs in AI and deep learning since 2014, Oxa was founded with a singular vision — to build software that enables any vehicle to be self-driving, anywhere, at any time.
the data infrastructure company for physical AI.
The company aims to enable restaurant operators to make decisions based on real-time profitability data rather than waiting weeks for monthly accounts to close.
advanced engineering simulation.
Reports & briefings
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Sep 14 – 20, 2026 Startup Funding Weekly
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Active investors
| Investor | Rounds | Led | Recent investments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01British Business Bank | 11 | 0 | Certain EnergyAlchemab Therapeutics |
| 02Balderton Capital | 6 | 1 | ItoflowGeordie |
| 03Accel | 5 | 0 | Cambridge AerospacePerceptic |
| 04IQ Capital | 5 | 0 | MindgardRevEng.AI |