UK funding year · 2022
2022 UK funding rounds
113 disclosed startup and growth-company rounds are retained for this year. Amounts remain in 3 reported currencies; no FX conversion or undisclosed-amount estimate is applied.
| Date | Company | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-15 | Acin | Series B | $24M | Citi, BNP Paribas, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, Notion Capital · 1 additional source-listed · +2 more linked | Fintechfutures ↗ |
| 2022-12-15 | Aztec | Series B | $100M | a16z crypto (Andreessen Horowitz), A Capital, King River, Variant, SV Angel, HashKey Capital, Fenbushi, AVG | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-12-08 | 9fin | Series A+ | $23M | Spark Capital, Redalpine, AI Seed, Seedcamp, 500 Startups · +1 more linked | Business Wire ↗ |
| 2022-12-06 | Chattermill | Series B | $26m (also reported as £21.3m -- same event, currency difference) | Beringea, DN Capital, Ventech, Runa Capital, btov, SVB (existing), Blossom Street Ventures (new) | Chattermill ↗ |
| 2022-12-01 | Fnatic | Strategic/Web3 round (not a traditionally priced VC round) | undisclosed | Hivemind Capital, GuildFi, WW Ventures | Esportsinsider ↗ |
| 2022-12-01 | Huel | Growth | $24M (£20M) | Highland Europe · 2 additional source-listed | Highlandeurope ↗ |
| 2022-12-01 | Moneyhub | Series B | £55m combined (£35m + £15m + £5m debt) | Legal & General, Lloyds Banking Group, Phoenix Group, Nationwide Building Society · 1 additional source-listed | Moneyhub ↗ |
| 2022-12-01 | Snyk | Series G | $196.5M | Qatar Investment Authority, Evolution Equity Partners, G Squared, Irving Investors, Boldstart Ventures · +2 more linked | Snyk ↗ |
| 2022-12-01 | Storm Therapeutics | Series B | $30M | M Ventures, Pfizer Ventures, Taiho Ventures, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Fast Track Initiative · +3 more linked | Stormtherapeutics ↗ |
| 2022-11-30 | Bumper | Series A extension | £26.1M | Revo Capital, InMotion Ventures, Autotech Ventures, Itochu | Tech.eu ↗ |
| 2022-11-15 | Runa (formerly WeGift) | Series B | £26M (~$30.9M) | Element Ventures (now rebranded 13books Capital), Clocktower Ventures, Volution Capital (new), CommerzVentures, AlbionVC, SAP.iO (existing investors, increased stakes) | Runa ↗ |
| 2022-11-03 | Healios | Series B | £14M | Autism Impact Fund, AlbionVC · 1 additional source-listed | Healios ↗ |
| 2022-11-01 | Bricklane | Series B | undisclosed | Sustainable Future Ventures, Latitude, LocalGlobe, A/O Proptech, Clocktower Technology Ventures · +2 more linked | Medium ↗ |
| 2022-11-01 | Generation Home | Series B | undisclosed | Legal & General, Mithril Capital, firstminute Capital | Mortgagesolutions ↗ |
| 2022-10-25 | what3words | Series C | $65.8M | Not stated | Tracxn ↗ |
| 2022-10-24 | Summize | Series A | £5m | YFM Equity Partners, Maven Capital Partners | Summize ↗ |
| 2022-10-12 | Copper.co | Series C | $196M | Tiger Global, Barclays, Dawn Capital, Target Global, Alan Howard · 1 additional source-listed | Bloomberg ↗ |
| 2022-10-01 | Bidstack Group | Growth | $11M | Irdeto | Techfundingnews ↗ |
| 2022-10-01 | GoHenry | Series D | $55m | Edison Partners, Revaia, Nexi | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-10-01 | Immersive Labs | Series D | $66M | Ten Eleven Ventures, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Summit Partners, Insight Partners, Menlo Ventures · +1 more linked | Finsmes ↗ |
| 2022-10-01 | Levidian | Series B | undisclosed (amount not publicly reported) | Baker Hughes, Mubadala | Tracxn ↗ |
| 2022-10-01 | Orbex | Series C | £40.4m (~$46.3m) | Scottish National Investment Bank, Jacobs, Danish Green Future Fund, Verve Ventures, BGF · +3 more linked | Space ↗ |
| 2022-10-01 | Railsr (formerly Railsbank) | Series C | $46M ($26M equity + $20M debt) | Anthos Capital, Ventura, Outrun Ventures, CreditEase, Moneta · 1 additional source-listed | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-10-01 | Stability AI | Growth | $101M (Oct 2022); further raise reported toward ~$4B valuation talks in 2023 | Coatue, Lightspeed Venture Partners, O'Shaughnessy Ventures, Intel | Fortune ↗ |
| 2022-09-28 | Connected Kerb | Series B | up to £110m (~$110m) | Aviva Investors | Automotiveworld ↗ |
| 2022-09-08 | SteelEye | Series B | $21M | Ten Coves Capital, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, Illuminate Financial, Beacon Equity Partners | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-09-07 | Fuse Energy | Seed | $78M | Balderton Capital, Lakestar, Lowercarbon Capital, Accel, Creandum, Ribbit Capital, BoxGroup, Nico Rosberg (Rosberg Ventures), Christopher Sacca also cited by some outlets | Balderton ↗ |
| 2022-08-10 | Patchwork Health | Series B | £20M | Perwyn, Praetura Ventures, KHP Ventures | Health ↗ |
| 2022-08-04 | MiroBio | Acquisition | $405M | 1 additional source-listed | Gilead ↗ |
| 2022-08-03 | Nexeon | Growth | $90M | GLY Mobility Fund, Daishin Private Equity, Shinhan Investments, Ingevity Corporation | Nexeonglobal ↗ |
| 2022-07-15 | Nyobolt | Series B | £50M ($59M) | 1 additional source-listed | Euronews ↗ |
| 2022-07-07 | YuLife | Series C | $120M | Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Creandum, LocalGlobe, Target Global, Latitude · 2 additional source-listed · +3 more linked | PR Newswire ↗ |
| 2022-07-01 | Britishvolt | Series C | $121m | Glencore, Bank of America, Citibank, Peel Hunt, abrdn · +1 more linked | Wikipedia ↗ |
| 2022-07-01 | Onto | Series C | $60M (£49.9M / €59M) | Legal & General, Alfven & Didrikson, Accelerated Digital Ventures, Campden Hill, Jim O'Neill family office | Info ↗ |
| 2022-07-01 | Oxbury Bank | Growth | £20M | Grosvenor Food & AgTech | Financialit ↗ |
| 2022-06-30 | Snowplow | Series B | $40M | Atlantic Bridge, MMC Ventures · 1 additional source-listed | Snowplow ↗ |
| 2022-06-30 | Xelix | Series A | $5M (also £4.19M) | Passion Capital, LocalGlobe · 1 additional source-listed | Xelix ↗ |
| 2022-06-23 | Hokodo | Series B | $40M | Notion Capital, Opera Tech Ventures, Anthemis · 3 additional source-listed | Sifted ↗ |
| 2022-06-21 | CloudNC | Series B | $45 million | Autodesk, Lockheed Martin, British Patient Capital, Atomico (returning), Episode 1 Ventures (returning) · +1 more linked | Tech.eu ↗ |
| 2022-06-20 | INSTANDA | Series B | $45m (£36.75m) | Toscafund, Dale Ventures | Globenewswire ↗ |
| 2022-06-14 | ClauseMatch | Series B | Undisclosed | Not stated | Crunchbase ↗ |
| 2022-06-08 | Bud Financial | Series B | $80M | SEI Investments, Outward VC · 1 additional source-listed | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-06-08 | Codat | Series C | $100M | JP Morgan Growth Equity Partners, Canapi Ventures, Shopify, PayPal Ventures, Plaid · +1 more linked | PR Newswire ↗ |
| 2022-06-08 | Multiverse | Series D | $220M | StepStone Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst, Founders Circle Capital, Audacious Ventures · +4 more linked | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-06-01 | Cleo AI | Series C | $80M | Sofina, Balderton Capital, LocalGlobe, EQT Ventures | Sifted ↗ |
| 2022-06-01 | CybSafe | Series B | $28M (£22M) | Evolution Equity Partners, Emerald Development Managers, IQ Capital · 1 additional source-listed | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-06-01 | Kroo | Series B | £26m ($32.8m) | Karlani Capital, Crowdcube retail investors | Fintechfutures ↗ |
| 2022-06-01 | MiroBio | Series B | $97M | Oxford Science Enterprises, Samsara BioCapital, SR One, Medicxi, Advent Life Sciences · 1 additional source-listed · +2 more linked | Biopharmadive ↗ |
| 2022-06-01 | newcleo | Series B | $367m (further $85-125m raised across 2025-2026) | Qatar Investment Authority, New Enterprise Associates, Kairos, Indaco Ventures, Azimut Investments · 1 additional source-listed · +4 more linked | Esgtoday ↗ |
| 2022-06-01 | Speechmatics | Series B | $62M | Susquehanna Growth Equity, AlbionVC, IQ Capital | Nordic9 ↗ |
| 2022-06-01 | SumUp | Growth | €590m ($621m) | Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, BlackRock, btov Partners, Centerbridge, Crestline · +2 more linked | Verdict ↗ |
| 2022-05-26 | Stable | Series B | $60M | Acrew Capital, Greycroft, Notion Capital · 2 additional source-listed | Agfundernews ↗ |
| 2022-05-25 | Converge | Series A | £15M+ (reported as $18.74M by Crunchbase) | OGCI Climate Investments (Climate Investment), TO Ventures, existing investors (incl. Cambridge Angels, Martlet) | Today ↗ |
| 2022-05-23 | Birdie | Series B | $30M | Index Ventures, OMERS Ventures, Sofina | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-05-12 | Token.io | Series C | $40M | Cota Capital, TempoCap, Element Ventures, MissionOG, PostFinance · +3 more linked | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-05-11 | Carbon Clean | Series C | $150m | Chevron, Samsung Ventures, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, AXA IM Alts, TC Energy · +3 more linked | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-05-09 | Paddle | Series D | $200M | KKR, FTV Capital, 83North, Notion Capital, Kindred Capital | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-05-01 | Colorifix | Series B | £18M / $22.6M | Sagana, Cambridge Enterprise, Bombyx Growth Fund, PDS Ventures, Regeneration.VC · 1 additional source-listed · +1 more linked | Fashionunited ↗ |
| 2022-05-01 | Modulr | Series C | $108M (£83M) | General Atlantic, Blenheim Chalcot, Frog Capital, Highland Europe, PayPal Ventures | Modulrfinance ↗ |
| 2022-05-01 | Tevva | Series B | $52.2M | Bharat Forge, Advanced Propulsion Centre UK, ACF Investors | Nasdaq ↗ |
| 2022-05-01 | Thought Machine | Series D | $160M | Temasek, Intesa Sanpaolo, Morgan Stanley, Eurazeo, ING · +3 more linked | Business Wire ↗ |
| 2022-04-13 | Stream (formerly Wagestream) | Series C | $175M ($60M equity + $115M debt) | Smash Capital, BlackRock · 1 additional source-listed | Business Wire ↗ |
| 2022-04-12 | IMMO Capital | Series B | $75m | Oak HC/FT, Moore Specialty Credit, FinTech Collective, Talis Capital | PR Newswire ↗ |
| 2022-04-07 | Improbable | Series C | $150M (£115M) | Andreessen Horowitz, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Mirana Ventures, Digital Currency Group, CMT Digital · +2 more linked | Business Wire ↗ |
| 2022-04-01 | Argent (rebranded Ready) | Series B | $40M | Fabric Ventures, Metaplanet, Paradigm, Index Ventures, Creandum · +3 more linked | Coindesk ↗ |
| 2022-04-01 | Starling Bank | Series D | £272m (Mar 2021) + £130.5m extension (Apr 2022) | Fidelity Management & Research Company, Goldman Sachs, Qatar Investment Authority, RPMI Railpen, Millennium Management · +1 more linked | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-03-30 | Goodlord | Series C | £27m | Highland Europe, Columbia Lake Partners, Finch Capital, Latitude, Oxx | Highlandeurope ↗ |
| 2022-03-30 | TransFICC | Series A extension | $17M | AlbionVC, Citi, HSBC, Illuminate Financial, ING Ventures · +1 more linked | Thetradenews ↗ |
| 2022-03-29 | nDreams | Growth | $35M | Aonic Group | Thegamer ↗ |
| 2022-03-28 | Lantum | Series B | £11.4M / $15M | Finch Capital, Piton Capital, Samos Investment, Cedars-Sinai | Businesscloud ↗ |
| 2022-03-28 | Lantum | Series C | $15M | Finch Capital | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-03-23 | Chorus Intelligence | Institutional investment | £3M | Amati Global Investors | Chorusintel ↗ |
| 2022-03-22 | Omnipresent | Series B | $120M | Kinnevik, Tencent, Episode 1 Ventures, Playfair Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures | Finsmes ↗ |
| 2022-03-22 | Threads Styling | Series B | $12M (£9M, also reported £9.1M) | Highland Europe, C Ventures (per the primary press release — see reconciliation note), TriplePoint Capital, BVYP / BY Venture Partners (per press release), concurrent Crowdcube crowdfunding campaign opened same day for retail investors | PR Newswire ↗ |
| 2022-03-14 | Encompass Corporation | Series C | $33M | Perennial Partners, Serendipity Capital, Seven Seat Capital, Microequities Asset Management | Encompasscorporation ↗ |
| 2022-03-10 | Lendable | Growth | £210M | Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, Balderton Capital | Otpp ↗ |
| 2022-03-07 | Microbiotica | Series B | £50M | Flerie Invest, Tencent, British Patient Capital, Cambridge Innovation Capital, IP Group · +1 more linked | Business Wire ↗ |
| 2022-03-03 | Masabi | Strategic growth investment (PE growth-equity; see status_caveat on deal structure) | Undisclosed | Accel-KKR, Shell, Smedvig Capital (existing investors, participating) | Masabi ↗ |
| 2022-03-01 | Blockchain.com | Series D | Undisclosed (reports of ~$110-120M tranche); valued company at $14B | Lightspeed Venture Partners, Baillie Gifford | Fintechfutures ↗ |
| 2022-03-01 | Nothing | Series B | $70M | EQT Ventures, C Ventures | Tech ↗ |
| 2022-03-01 | Oxbury Bank | Series C | £31M | Hambro Perks, Grosvenor Food & AgTech, Hutchinsons, Frontier Agriculture | Fintechfutures ↗ |
| 2022-03-01 | Paragraf | Series B | $60m | New Science Ventures, Parkwalk, Amadeus Capital Partners, IQ Capital, Molten Ventures · +2 more linked | Paragraf ↗ |
| 2022-03-01 | Payhawk | Series B | $100m | Lightspeed Venture Partners | Fintechfutures ↗ |
| 2022-03-01 | Thirdfort | Series B | £15M / $19.7M | Breega · 1 additional source-listed | Mortgagefinancegazette ↗ |
| 2022-02-24 | Gousto | Series F | $230M | SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Fidelity International, Railpen, Grosvenor Food & AgTech · 2 additional source-listed | Privateequitywire ↗ |
| 2022-02-16 | Plum Guide | Series B | $31M total (£23M; $9M institutional tranche + $3.5M Crowdcube) | Beringea, Talis Capital, Hearst Ventures · 1 additional source-listed | Shorttermrentalz ↗ |
| 2022-02-14 | Bramble Energy | Series B | £35m ($47m) | HydrogenOne Capital Growth plc, BGF, IP Group, Parkwalk Advisors, UCL Technology Fund | Ac ↗ |
| 2022-02-14 | First Light Fusion | Series C | $45m | Oxford Science Enterprises, Hostplus, Braavos Capital, Tencent · 1 additional source-listed | Firstlightfusion ↗ |
| 2022-02-14 | Tripledot Studios | Series B | $116M | Access Industries, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Eldridge · 1 additional source-listed | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-02-13 | Papier | Series C | $50m (also reported as £36.9m) | Singular (Paris-based VC), dmg ventures, Lansdowne Partners, Kathaka (new), Felix Capital, Beringea, ProVen VCTs (returning) | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-02-08 | GoCardless | Series G | $312M | Permira, BlackRock Private Equity Partners | Gocardless ↗ |
| 2022-02-07 | Selina Finance | Series B | $150m ($35m equity + $115m debt) / £110.82m | Lightrock, Picus Capital, Global Founders Capital · 2 additional source-listed | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-02-01 | Atom Bank | Growth | £75m | BBVA, Toscafund Asset Management, Infinity Investment Partners | Financemagnates ↗ |
| 2022-02-01 | Genesis Global | Series C | $200M | Tiger Global Management, Insight Partners | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-02-01 | PrimaryBid | Series C | $190m | SoftBank Vision Fund 2, London Stock Exchange Group, OMERS Ventures, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, ABN AMRO Ventures · 1 additional source-listed · +2 more linked | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-02-01 | Red Sift | Series B | $54M | Highland Europe, Sands Capital, Oxford Capital, MMC Ventures | Business Wire ↗ |
| 2022-02-01 | Vitesse PSP | Series B | $26m | Prime Ventures, Octopus Ventures · 1 additional source-listed | Ffnews ↗ |
| 2022-02-01 | Wirex | Series B | $15M | Love Capital, NGC Ventures, SBI Investment | Tracxn ↗ |
| 2022-01-26 | Nexeon | Growth | $80M | SKC Co. Ltd, BNW Investment, SJL Partners, Kiwoom Private Equity | Greencarcongress ↗ |
| 2022-01-21 | Cognism | Series C | $87.5M | Viking Global Investors, Blue Cloud Ventures, AXA Venture Partners, Swisscom Ventures, Volution | Therecursive ↗ |
| 2022-01-17 | Juro | Series B | $23M | Eight Roads Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Seedcamp, Taavet Hinrikus | Business Wire ↗ |
| 2022-01-15 | Signal AI | Series D | $50M | Highland Europe, abrdn, Redline, Hearst, Guardian Media Group Ventures · 1 additional source-listed | Privateequitywire ↗ |
| 2022-01-12 | Checkout.com | Series D | $1B | Insight Partners, Tiger Global, Franklin Templeton, GIC, Qatar Investment Authority · 4 additional source-listed · +4 more linked | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-01-05 | Faradion | Acquisition (majority, ~92%) | £100m enterprise value (plus separate £25m growth-capital commitment, ~$34m) | Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd (Reliance Industries subsidiary) | Faradion ↗ |
| 2022-01-01 | Automata | Series B | $50m (Jan 2022 Series B); additional $40m raised Oct 2023 (round type unspecified in press) | Octopus Ventures, ABB Technology Ventures, Isomer Capital, In-Q-Tel · 2 additional source-listed | Tech ↗ |
| 2022-01-01 | Big Health | Series C | $75M | SoftBank Vision Fund 2, ArrowMark Partners, Octopus Ventures, Gilde Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente Ventures · +1 more linked | Finsmes ↗ |
| 2022-01-01 | char.gy | Growth | ~£58.6M tranche (brought cumulative Zouk Capital/CIIF backing to £65M); subsequent commitment extended to £100M total | 1 additional source-listed | Zouk ↗ |
| 2022-01-01 | Connected Energy | Growth | £15m | Caterpillar Venture Capital, Hinduja Group, Mercuria, OurCrowd, Volvo Energy · +3 more linked | Turquoise ↗ |
| 2022-01-01 | GridServe | Growth | £200m ($243m) | Infracapital, Hitachi Capital, The Rise Fund, TPG, Mitsubishi HC Capital UK | Gridserve ↗ |
| 2022-01-01 | InstaDeep | Series B | $100M | Alpha Intelligence Capital, CDIB, BioNTech, Chimera Abu Dhabi, Google · 1 additional source-listed · +2 more linked | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-01-01 | iProov | Series C | $70M | Sumeru Equity Partners | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2022-01-01 | Ori Biotech | Series B | $100m+ | Novalis LifeSciences, Puhua Capital, Chimera Abu Dhabi | Oribiotech ↗ |
| 2022-01-01 | Zapp | Series B | $200M (£149M) | Lightspeed Venture Partners, 468 Capital, BroadLight Capital, Atomico, Burda Principal Investments · 1 additional source-listed · +1 more linked | TechCrunch ↗ |