UK funding year · 2016
2016 UK funding rounds
28 disclosed startup and growth-company rounds are retained for this year. Amounts remain in 2 reported currencies; no FX conversion or undisclosed-amount estimate is applied.
| Date | Company | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-15 | Matillion | Series A | £4M (also cited £4.1M) | YFM Equity Partners · 1 additional source-listed | Ukbaa ↗ |
| 2016-12-15 | Microbiotica | Seed | £8M | IP Group, Cambridge Innovation Capital | Microbiotica ↗ |
| 2016-12-13 | Signal AI | Series A | £5.8M | MMC Ventures, Hearst Ventures, LocalGlobe · 2 additional source-listed | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2016-11-01 | MUBI | Strategic investment | $2M for a 1.6% stake (valuing MUBI at ~$125M) | Huanxi Media (China) | Nasdaq ↗ |
| 2016-10-31 | Graphcore | Series A | $30M | Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC), Samsung Catalyst Fund, Amadeus Capital Partners, C4 Ventures, Draper Esprit · +2 more linked | PR Newswire ↗ |
| 2016-10-17 | Ravelin | Series A | £3M | Playfair Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, Passion Capital | Ravelin ↗ |
| 2016-10-06 | Vizolution | Series A (institutional round) | £5M | HSBC · 1 additional source-listed | Globalventuring ↗ |
| 2016-10-04 | iwoca | Series C | £21,000,000 equity | Prime Ventures (new), Acton Capital Partners, CommerzVentures, Global Founders Capital, Redline Capital Management (existing) | UKTN ↗ |
| 2016-09-26 | Paddle | Series A | $3.2M | BGF Ventures, Kindred Capital · 1 additional source-listed | UKTN ↗ |
| 2016-08 | Onfido | Additional VC funding (undisclosed top-up, not separately lettered) | undisclosed | Salesforce Ventures, Talis Capital (Talis's first Onfido investment), angels Charlie Songhurst and Hank Vigil | Finsmes ↗ |
| 2016-07-06 | Darktrace | Series C | $65M | KKR, Summit Partners, TenEleven Ventures, SB ISAT Fund, Invoke Capital | Darktrace ↗ |
| 2016-07-06 | MPB | Series A | £2.1m | Mobeus Equity Partners | PR Newswire ↗ |
| 2016-07-01 | FiveAI | Seed | $2.7M | Amadeus Capital Partners, Notion Capital · 1 additional source-listed | Amadeuscapital ↗ |
| 2016-06-29 | what3words | Series B | $8.5M | Aramex, Intel Capital, Force Over Mass Capital, Mustard Seed | UKTN ↗ |
| 2016-05-25 | Wise | Series D | $26M (valuation $1.1B; described as 'top-up funding') | Baillie Gifford, Existing investors (not individually named in sources located) | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2016-05-01 | Nexeon | Growth | £30M | Woodford Investment Management, Imperial Innovations, Invesco Asset Management | Electronicsweekly ↗ |
| 2016-04-14 | Onfido | Series B | $25M | Idinvest Partners, CrunchFund, Wellington Partners | Finsmes ↗ |
| 2016-02-22 | Qubit | Series C | $40M | Goldman Sachs, Sapphire Ventures, Accel, Salesforce Ventures | Business Wire ↗ |
| 2016-02-18 | Triptease | Series A | $7M | Notion Capital, Episode 1 Ventures | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2016-02-17 | Adbrain | Series B | $7.5M | Cisco Investments, Notion Capital · 1 additional source-listed | PR Newswire ↗ |
| 2016-02-08 | Monica Vinader | Growth equity (Series-B equivalent) | £20M | 2 additional source-listed | PR Newswire ↗ |
| 2016-01-28 | NewVoiceMedia | Series F | $30M | BGF, Bessemer Venture Partners, TCV, Salesforce Ventures, Highland Europe | Newvoicemedia ↗ |
| 2016-01-25 | Apollo Therapeutics | Formation (JV) | £40M | AstraZeneca, GSK, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Cambridge Enterprise, Imperial Innovations · +1 more linked | Uclb ↗ |
| 2016-01-19 | Brightpearl | Series C | $11M | Columbia Lake Partners, Eden Ventures, MMC Ventures, Notion Capital | Digitalcommerce360 ↗ |
| 2016-01-13 | Babylon Health | Series A | $25M | Kinnevik AB, Hoxton Ventures | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2016-01-01 | Condeco | Series A | undisclosed | Highland Europe | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2016-01-01 | Evox Therapeutics | Series A | £10M | Oxford Sciences Innovation | Evoxtherapeutics ↗ |
| 2016-01-01 | Peak (Peak AI) | Seed | Not disclosed | 1 additional source-listed | Ukbaa ↗ |