UK funding year · 2026
2026 UK funding rounds
35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | Kraken Technology Group | Series B | $175 million | Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP), British Business Bank, NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) · 8 additional source-listed | Techfundingnews ↗ |
| 2026-06-08 | Aveni.ai | Series B | £12M | PXN Ventures, Puma Growth Partners, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, Scottish Enterprise | Thesaasnews ↗ |
| 2026-06-04 | Fuse Energy | Series B extension ("Series B-II") | EUR 25M / $30M (Tracxn lists $29.03M) | 20VC, Collaborative Fund (new investors), Balderton Capital, Lowercarbon Capital (existing backers, continuing) | EU-Startups ↗ |
| 2026-06-04 | Semble | Series C | £30M | Revaia, Partech, Mercia Ventures, Octopus Ventures | Techfundingnews ↗ |
| 2026-06-01 | Oxford Quantum Circuits | Series C | £260m (~$350m / €301m) | Bullhound Capital, British Business Bank, COFIDES, Alpha Edison, Fulcrum Asset Management · 1 additional source-listed · +6 more linked | Tech ↗ |
| 2026-05-28 | Nexeon | Strategic investment | undisclosed | Honda (Honda Xcelerator Ventures) | Nexeonglobal ↗ |
| 2026-05-27 | Thought Machine | Growth (tier-1 bank strategic investment) | £30M (£9M primary convertible loan notes + £21M secondary) | 1 additional source-listed | Fintechfutures ↗ |
| 2026-05-12 | Elliptic | Series D | $120M | One Peak, Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank, British Business Bank, J.P. Morgan · +2 more linked | Elliptic ↗ |
| 2026-05-12 | Isomorphic Labs | Series B | $2.1B | Thrive Capital, Alphabet, GV, MGX, Temasek · +2 more linked | Isomorphiclabs ↗ |
| 2026-05-01 | Fresha | Series C | $152.5M total Series C (initial $100M + $52.5M extension); plus $80M growth investment May 2026 | General Atlantic, Michael Lahyani, BECO Capital, Partech, Target Global · 1 additional source-listed · +1 more linked | PR Newswire ↗ |
| 2026-05-01 | Primer | Series C | $100M (€86.2M) | Sofina, Peak XV Partners, Balderton, Accel, Tencent · 1 additional source-listed · +1 more linked | Primer ↗ |
| 2026-04-23 | Cloudsmith | Series C | $72M (€61.5M) | TCV, Insight Partners | Tech.eu ↗ |
| 2026-04-01 | Ebury | Growth | £550m | Centerbridge Partners, Santander, Vitruvian Partners, 83North | Santander ↗ |
| 2026-03-31 | 9fin | Series C | $170M | HarbourVest, CPP Investments, Redalpine, Highland Europe, Spark Capital · +1 more linked | PR Newswire ↗ |
| 2026-03-31 | AccessPay | PE majority investment | undisclosed | Accel-KKR | Accesspay ↗ |
| 2026-03-16 | Chorus Intelligence | Growth/buyout (PE) | £15M | Maven Capital Partners (UK Regional Buyout Fund II) | Mavencp ↗ |
| 2026-03-01 | Nscale | Series C | $2B | Aker ASA, 8090 Industries, Astra Capital Management, Citadel, Dell · 2 additional source-listed · +3 more linked | Nscale ↗ |
| 2026-03-01 | Oxa | Series D | $103M (£77M) | UK National Wealth Fund · 1 additional source-listed | Tech ↗ |
| 2026-03-01 | Tropic Biosciences | Series C | $105M / €91.3M | Just Climate, IQ Capital, Invest International, Temasek, Five Seasons Ventures · 3 additional source-listed · +4 more linked | Bio ↗ |
| 2026-02-09 | tem. | Series B | $75M | Lightspeed Venture Partners, Hitachi Ventures, Voyager Ventures, Schroders Capital, Allianz · +3 more linked | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2026-02-05 | APEXX Global | Growth equity (post-Series B) | Up to $10M | Finch Capital, None reported | Global ↗ |
| 2026-02-05 | Lawhive | Series B | $60M / £44M | TQ Ventures, GV, Balderton Capital, Jigsaw, TLS · 1 additional source-listed · +1 more linked | Fortune ↗ |
| 2026-02-04 | ElevenLabs | Series D | $500M | Sequoia Capital, ICONIQ Growth, NEA · 1 additional source-listed | Cnbc ↗ |
| 2026-02-03 | Artificial Labs | Series B | $45m | CommerzVentures, Move Capital Fund I, Augmentum Fintech, 6 Degrees Capital, FOM · +1 more linked | Business Wire ↗ |
| 2026-02-01 | Allica Bank | Series D | $155m | Ventura Capital, GLG, Sona Asset Management, TCV, Blue Owl | Fintechfutures ↗ |
| 2026-02-01 | Encord | Series C | $60M (£44.4M) | Wellington Management | Startupmag ↗ |
| 2026-02-01 | Satellite Vu | Series B | undisclosed (amount not publicly reported) | NATO Innovation Fund, British Business Bank, Presto Tech Horizons, Molten Ventures, Adara Ventures · 1 additional source-listed · +5 more linked | Tracxn ↗ |
| 2026-02-01 | Wayve | Series D | $1.2B (core round; ~$1.5B incl. Uber's milestone-based capital) | Balderton Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Microsoft, Uber, Mercedes-Benz · 2 additional source-listed · +2 more linked | Wayve ↗ |
| 2026-01-29 | Automata | Series C | $45M | Dimension, Danaher Ventures, Tru Arrow Partners, Octopus Ventures, Entrepreneurs First | Tech ↗ |
| 2026-01-27 | Summize | Growth (not literally lettered by any primary source) | $50m (also reported as £40m) | No single lead named in press, Kennet Partners, Federated Hermes Private Equity (new), Maven Capital Partners, YFM Equity Partners (existing, follow-on) | Axios ↗ |
| 2026-01-26 | Synthesia | Series E | $200M | GV (Google Ventures), NEA, Accel, Kleiner Perkins, NVentures · +6 more linked | Synthesia ↗ |
| 2026-01-20 | Stream (formerly Wagestream) | Series D | $90m | Sofina, Better Society Capital | Techfundingnews ↗ |
| 2026-01-13 | Nuclera | Series C extension | $12M additional (Series C total $87M) | Elevage Medical Technologies, Jonathan Milner, British Patient Capital, GK Goh | Nuclera ↗ |
| 2026-01-07 | Swap | Series C | $100M | DST Global · 1 additional source-listed | TechCrunch ↗ |
| 2026-01-01 | Quantum Motion | Series C | $160m (~£120m) | DCVC, Kembara | Quantummotion ↗ |