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[Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] UK office: London chosen for first international office (cited May 2024) [Big tech Round 1, 30 Oct 2026] London chosen for its first European office in 2023; London is the hub for EMEA North (UK, Ireland, Benelux, Nordics and Israel). Pip White joined in September 2025 as Head of UK, Ireland and Northern Europe; Chris Ciauri joined in September 2025 as Managing Director, International, based in the UK. After a February 2025 MoU with DSIT, it was selected on 27 January 2026 to build and pilot a Claude-based assistant for GOV.UK, starting with DWP's Find a Job service; it also works with the AI Security Institute on pre-deployment model testing. 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no Mistral page opened in this session describes the size or work of its London office. 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It is led by Jordan Hoffmann, who previously worked at Inflection and DeepMind in London. Microsoft said it would hire AI scientists and engineers for the hub. GOV.UK cited it in May 2024 among new AI investments in the UK. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] announced; head: Announced 7 April 2024 by Mustafa Suleyman; led by Jordan Hoffmann; works on language models and their infrastructure [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Listed on Labs (Corporate research labs): (tile could be General-purpose AI models). Opened at Microsoft's Paddington office to work on tools for foundation models and language models; led by Jordan Hoffmann (8 Apr 2024) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] research_focus: Large language models and their supporting infrastructure; tooling for foundation models; works with other Microsoft AI teams and OpenAI; Paddington office [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] news: 2026-10-15 — Microsoft AI completes pre-training of MAI-Base-2 (80bn active, 2.8tn total parameters, 16k GB200 GPUs over 38 days); training location not stated — https://microsoft.ai/news/frontier-pre-training-at-microsoft-ai/ [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] news: 2026-06-02 — Microsoft AI launches seven in-house MAI models (MAI-Thinking-1, MAI-Code-1-Flash, MAI-Image-2.5, MAI-Image-2.5-Flash, MAI-Transcribe-1.5, MAI-Voice-2, MAI-Voice-2-Flash); page does not mention London — https://microsoft.ai/news/building-a-hillclimbing-machine-launching-seven-new-mai-models/ [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] Listed on Labs (General-purpose AI models): reason: hub set up to advance state-of-the-art language models and foundation-model tooling, led by Jordan Hoffmann (ex-Inflection, DeepMind); 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[Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] investment pledges: June 2025: initial £200m for a UK AI factory, two possible sites in South East England; June 2026: about £1.7bn more UK capacity, London commercial and AI R&D hub, deployment at Ark's Longcross Park [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] sites: First UK deployment of NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra launched November 2025 in a facility in the London area; three more deployments announced 2026-06-08 [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] capacity_mw: 65MW combined across the UK deployments when fully ramped up in 2027 [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] customers_named: London Institute for Mathematical Sciences (2025-06-09); Basecamp Research and Prima Mente (2025-11-06); Revolut (2026-06-08) [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] sites: Q2 2026 shareholder letter: more UK sites added to contracted capacity; group expects to end 2026 with 5GW of contracted power [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] gpu_fleet: UK cluster of \"thousands\" of NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra (B300) GPUs, hosted in London; Nebius declined to name the facility [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts: Ten-year lease of 22MW at Kao Data Harlow; Nebius's three new UK deployments to total 65MW when fully ramped in 2027 [Big tech Round 1, 30 Oct 2026] On 8 June 2026 (London Tech Week) Nebius committed about £1.7bn for NVIDIA-based AI infrastructure across four UK sites and a larger London commercial and AI R&D hub, reaching 65 MW in 2027, including an anchor tenancy at Ark Data Centres' Longcross Park, Surrey (Ark's £807m, 36 MW expansion of June 2026). The file says it hosts UK Sovereign AI Fund portfolio companies such as Prima Mente. (Big tech file, lines 82–84; no source link given.) [Cloud Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] The file says it runs Nebius AI Cloud 3.5, with agent features using Tavily, Eigen AI and Clarifai, and names Ravi Solanki as chief executive of Prima Mente. 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Companies House shows X.AI London Ltd, incorporated 12 December 2024 with a registered address at 20 Air Street, London; its directors have all been US-resident xAI-linked appointees, the latest from 25 August 2026. Its company status and number were taken from the search listing; the company page itself was not opened. 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City and launch day not given by Groq." }, { "from": "Part 2.4", "field": "money", "text": "add: investment_pledge: 100000000 GBP 2025-11-20 — \"around £100 million\" for the first UK data centre (GOV.UK)" }, { "from": "Part 2.4", "field": "sources / confidence", "text": "add source: https://groq.com/blog/groqcloud-expanding-to-meet-demand (accessed 2026-10-29); confidence single_source → verified (GOV.UK plus Groq's own post)" }, { "from": "Companies House check, 29 Oct 2026", "field": "company.ch_number", "text": "company.ch_number → 05087931 (UK entity exists; previously null)" } ], "held": [], "same_as": "BIZ-DC-032", "package1_id": "biz-groq-uk", "type": "Companies", "category": "AI inference", "function": "The UK operation of a US maker of chips and cloud services for running trained AI models, which planned its first UK data centre in London.", "affiliation": "Big tech in the UK", "sources": [ "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-to-power-national-renewal-as-government-announces-billions-of-additional-investment-and-new-plans-to-boost-uk-businesses-jobs-and-innovation", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05087931", "https://groq.com/newsroom", "https://groq.com/blog/groqcloud-expanding-to-meet-demand" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-to-power-national-renewal-as-government-announces-billions-of-additional-investment-and-new-plans-to-boost-uk-businesses-jobs-and-innovation", "quotes": [ "American AI inference platform Groq will be opening its first UK data centre in London this year\" (dated 20 November 2025)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05087931", "quotes": [ "3 Hammersmith Grove, London, England, W6 0ND", "Active", "30 March 2004", "MAXELER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED\" \"30 Mar 2004 - 12 Jun 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://groq.com/newsroom", "quotes": [ "newsroom lists \"Groq Launches European Data Center Footprint in Helsinki, Finland\" (July 6, 2025) and \"Groq Expands to Asia-Pacific with Sydney Data Center\" (November 17, 2025); no UK or London data-centre item listed" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://groq.com/blog/groqcloud-expanding-to-meet-demand", "quotes": [ "Groq recently launched a new data center in the United Kingdom, in partnership with Equinix." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": true } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI infrastructure" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "big-tech" } ], "div_label": "Big tech in the UK", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "part_of", "name": "Groq, Inc." } ], "degree": 3, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-BIG-046", "BIZ-DC-030", "BIZ-DC-032" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-BIG-041", "name": "Anduril UK", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Anduril's UK page describes Anduril UK as reinvesting more than 40% of revenue in R&D; the latest dated item opened is a £17m Ministry of Defence force-protection contract published 29 October 2023. Reports of a planned UK factory (2025, in leads) were not re-opened. Companies House shows ANDURIL INDUSTRIES UK LTD. as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "The UK subsidiary of a US defence company that makes autonomous systems and AI-driven surveillance and counter-drone technology for the British armed forces.", "description": "Anduril UK describes its work as transforming the British military with autonomous defence technology and says it reinvests more than 40% of its revenue in research and development. In October 2023 Anduril announced a £17m Ministry of Defence contract to explore force protection, counter-intrusion and counter-drone capabilities for the Royal Air Force and Strategic Command at Permanent Joint Operating Bases. No UK address, headcount or leader was given on the pages opened in this session. [Big tech Round 1, 30 Oct 2026] UK subsidiary founded in 2019, led by Dr Rich Drake (Managing Director, Anduril UK and Europe), with engineers in London, Oxford and Cambridge. Seabed Sentry is the first Anduril product designed in the UK. May 2025: teamed with Archer Aviation, Skyports and AtkinsRéalis on eVTOL cargo testing. 9–10 December 2025: teaming agreement with GKN Aerospace (Cowes) and Archer to bid for the MoD's Project NYX (uncrewed aircraft working with the Army's Apache AH-64E), supporting 100+ UK jobs. Its Lattice software is used by UK Border Force and the Royal Navy. 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Companies House shows INTRINSIC SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Develops a new type of memory chip made from silicon oxide that can be built in ordinary chip factories, aimed at edge devices and AI.", "description": "Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies is a University College London spin-out, incorporated in December 2017, that makes resistive memory (RRAM) from silicon oxide, which it says gives faster reads and writes than existing memory. In March 2023 it raised £7m in a round led by Octopus Ventures with IP Group and UCL's Technology Fund, alongside £1m of Innovate UK grants. Mark Dickinson was chief executive at that time. No later news was opened in this session. [Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Chips and hardware: UCL spin-out (founded by Prof. Tony Kenyon & Dr. Adnan Mehonic) developing silicon oxide (SiOx) memristive RRAM neuromorphic synaptic arrays on standard CMOS for ultra-low-power in-memory AI acceleration.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11102458", "registered_office": "9th Floor 107 Cheapside, London, United Kingdom, EC2V 6DN", "incorporated": "2017-12-07", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11102458", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11102458", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (EC2V 6DN)", "postcode": "EC2V 6DN", "lat": 51.514178, "lng": -0.093552, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "City of London", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Mark Dickinson", "role": "CEO (as of March 2023)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/deep-tech/intrinsic-receives-7m-20230313" }, 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[Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] new region: Sovereign cloud region in Mumbai, India, in a Sify Technologies data centre (Kubernetes, IaaS, PaaS) [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] person: Mark Boost, CEO and co-founder [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] headquarters: Stevenage [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] chief_executive: Mark Boost — founder and CEO [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] products: CivoStack (own software stack), CivoAI, FlexCore (cloud-in-a-box) and NVIDIA B200 GPUs launched or shown 2025-09-29; relaxAI assistant shown as a roadmap item [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] regions: Existing regions in the US, UK, Germany and India (2025-09-29); second European region planned by mid-2026; Middle East planned for 2027 [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] gpu_fleet: Among the first UK clouds to host NVIDIA Vera Rubin (newsroom item 2026-07-23); early-access price from $10.00 per hour (October 2026) [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] partners: Arupa Cloud Nusantara (Indonesia), Era4, Locai Labs, Canopy Cloud (joint whitepaper, 2025-10-20), ServerChoice (integrated 2025-09-29) [Cloud Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] The file names Relax AI as Civo's privacy-preserving AI service. 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(Alex's Cloud file, Story 3.1; no source link given; not re-researched.) [Gemini gap Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Open question resolved (Value B): GOV.UK's AI Opportunities Action Plan release says Nscale announced a $2.5 billion investment in UK data-centre infrastructure over the next three years. 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They state \"Over 2/3 of 2025 Revenue AI Enabled\", over 300 AI agents live (56 deployed to customers), 22,000 hours saved per week, and that 62% of Public Service deals over £1m had AI embedded. They name joint pipelines with Microsoft (about £2bn), AWS (about £1bn) and Salesforce (about £1.4bn, as Agentforce EMEA launch partner). 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HSBC gets access to Mistral's commercial models and runs them as self-hosted models on its internal technology systems. HSBC says staff will use them to build AI tools; The Register reported intended uses including client communications, marketing and analysis of document-heavy lending. Group Chief Executive Georges Elhedery is quoted in the release. No value was published. 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On 13 October 2025 LSEG said customers can connect its licensed financial data to AI agents built in Microsoft Copilot Studio and used in Microsoft 365 Copilot, through an LSEG-managed MCP server. Group Chief Executive David Schwimmer was quoted. The release did not state the partnership's term or value.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "05369106", "registered_office": "10 Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7LS", "incorporated": "2005-02-18", "legal_form": "plc", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "05369106", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05369106", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (EC4M 7LS)", "postcode": "EC4M 7LS", "lat": 51.514956, "lng": -0.099356, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "City of London", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "David Schwimmer", "role": "Group Chief Executive Officer, LSEG", "from": null, "source": "https://www.lseg.com/en/media-centre/press-releases/2025/lseg-and-microsoft-transform-access-to-ai-ready-financial-data-in-customer-workflows" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI infrastructure", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "financial data" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Partnerships and contracts", "category": "data, information and software", "function": "Lets LSEG customers plug licensed LSEG financial data into AI agents they build with Microsoft's Copilot tools.", "affiliation": "Established firms", "sources": [ "https://www.lseg.com/en/media-centre/press-releases/2025/lseg-and-microsoft-transform-access-to-ai-ready-financial-data-in-customer-workflows" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.lseg.com/en/media-centre/press-releases/2025/lseg-and-microsoft-transform-access-to-ai-ready-financial-data-in-customer-workflows", "quotes": [ "Enabling agentic workflows across every layer of a financial institution's operation", "multi-year, strategic partnership\" (October 13, 2025)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI infrastructure", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Partnerships and contracts", "div": "established" } ], "div_label": "Established firms", "location": "London (EC4M 7LS)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "partner_of", "id": "BIZ-BIG-009", "name": "Microsoft (UK)", "page": "big-tech", "href": "../../big-tech/#org=BIZ-BIG-009", "page_label": "Big tech in the UK" } ], "label_links": [], "degree": 2, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-EST-009" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-EST-011", "name": "LSEG and Anthropic data collaboration", "bucket": "part", "status": "active", "status_date": "2025-10-27", "status_detail": "Announced on 27 October 2025, the same day Anthropic expanded Claude for Financial Services; MCP access is in a phased roll-out starting with LSEG Financial Analytics.", "one_line": "Makes LSEG's licensed financial data available inside Anthropic's Claude assistant for business customers.", "description": "On 27 October 2025 LSEG announced it is granting access to data licensed through products such as Workspace and Financial Analytics so that Claude customers can automate financial analysis. 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stage not named.", "one_line": "London company building AI foundation models for oil, gas and petrochemical operations, sold through a platform called Orbital.", "description": "tech.eu describes Applied Computing as a British company developing foundation models for energy operations, headquartered in London with offices in Bengaluru and Houston. Its platform, Orbital, combines physics-informed AI with other models to help upstream, downstream and petrochemical operators improve efficiency and reliability and cut emissions. Callum Adamson is chief executive and co-founder. In July 2026 it raised US$20m led by KBR, with Databricks Ventures. Companies House shows APPLIED COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES LTD (formerly KASHMIR INTELLIGENCE LTD), incorporated 14 December 2023 in London, with Callum Adamson as director; the match is by director name and place, not stated on a company page. [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] models_released: Orbital — described as the first foundation model built for energy operations; combines physics-informed AI with chemical engineering, time-series forecasting and language models [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] offices: London HQ; Bengaluru office opened (reported 2025-12-12); Houston office planned with 2026 funds [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] leadership: Callum Adamson — co-founder and chief executive; Dan Jeavons (former Shell AI chief) — President; Sam Tukra — Chief AI Officer; Hari Ramani — VP Commercial Markets [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] rounds: 2026-07-16 $20m led by KBR with Databricks Ventures [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Merged with BIZ-SU-ENR-003 (Applied Computing, START-UPS) as the file asks (Part 1.3 item 12); its facts and sources now sit here. 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Companies House shows ISOMORPHIC LABS LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Builds AI models that design medicines, which it uses in its own drug programmes and in work with drug companies.", "description": "Isomorphic Labs was set up in 2021 and is led by Sir Demis Hassabis as founder and chief executive. It builds an AI drug design engine it calls IsoDDE. Its first outside funding, US$600m led by Thrive Capital, was announced on 31 March 2025, with Alphabet adding follow-on capital. On 12 May 2026 it announced a US$2.1bn Series B, again led by Thrive Capital. It states it is headquartered in London, with offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Lausanne. Its UK company shares a registered office with DeepMind Technologies at 280 Bishopsgate. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] ch_number: 13223825 (ISOMORPHIC LABS LIMITED, active, incorporated 24 Feb 2021, SIC 70100) [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] postcode: EC2M 4AG (registered office, 280 Bishopsgate) [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] latest round: Series B $2.1bn (£1.6bn), 13 May 2026; led by Thrive Capital; Alphabet, GV, MGX, Temasek, CapitalG, UK Sovereign AI Fund [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] product: IsoDDE, its AI drug design engine [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] people: Max Jaderberg, president; Demis Hassabis, CEO and founder [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] earlier round: $600m first external round in 2025 (tech.eu gives March 2025 in one article and May 2025 in another — check) [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] models_released: Isomorphic Labs Drug Design Engine (IsoDDE), technical report published 2026-02-10; company says it more than doubles AlphaFold 3 accuracy on the hardest protein–ligand cases [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] pharma_partners: Novartis (first announced January 2024, expanded February 2025 by up to three more programmes); Eli Lilly (date not given on page); Johnson & Johnson (2026-01-20, multi-target, cross-modality). No deal values disclosed on the company page. [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] rounds: Series B $2.1bn announced 2026-05-12, led by Thrive Capital; existing Alphabet and GV; new MGX, Temasek, CapitalG and the UK Sovereign AI Fund [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] valuation_reported: not reported in the Series B coverage opened (tech.eu: valuation not given) [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] sovereign_ai_backing: UK Sovereign AI took equity in the 2026-05-12 round (amount not disclosed); GOV.UK says this made Isomorphic the third start-up with Sovereign AI equity [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] leadership_change: Max Jaderberg (previously Chief AI Officer) appointed President from 2026-01-01, succeeding Colin Murdoch, who stepped down as President (announced 2025-11-26) [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] offices: Lausanne (Switzerland) office described on company careers page, in addition to London HQ [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] consortia: Founding member of the Virtual Biology Initiative convened by Biohub (2026-10-07) [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] named_in_policy: Named in the GOV.UK AI for Science Strategy (2025-11-20) as launched from DeepMind in 2021 [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] chief_medical_officer: Ben Wolf — Chief Medical Officer (company interview \"In Conversation With Dr. Ben Wolf, Isomorphic Labs' New Chief Medical Officer\"; date not shown on listing) [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] flagship_system: Isomorphic Labs Drug Design Engine (IsoDDE), previewed 10 Feb 2026 with technical report; internal pipeline in oncology and immunology (BIZ-LAB-7076) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] research_leads: Max Jaderberg — President from 2026-01-01 (previously Chief AI Officer); Colin Murdoch stepped down as President [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] research_leads: Ben Wolf — Chief Medical Officer (by 2025-06-17), previously CMO at Relay Therapeutics [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] status_now: Preclinical; preparing for clinical development (2026-09-29) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] founded: 2021 [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] news: 2026-09-29 — \"Building a new path to make medicines with AI\" (IsoDDE agent optimisation run took 2–4 days) — https://www.isomorphiclabs.com/articles/building-a-new-path-to-make-medicines-with-ai [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] news: 2026-07-16 — \"Our approach to bioresilience\" (joint with Google DeepMind) — https://www.isomorphiclabs.com/articles/our-approach-to-bioresilience [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] news: 2026-05-13 — Series B investors named by UKTN: Thrive Capital (lead), Alphabet, GV, MGX, Temasek, CapitalG and the UK sovereign AI fund; to fund IsoDDE and pipeline; valuation not reported — https://www.uktech.news/medtech/isomorphic-labs-raises-1-6bn-to-scale-ai-drug-design-engine-20260513 [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] what_it_does: Uses in-house \"proprietary predictive and generative models\" covering binding affinity, solubility, permeability and metabolic properties, used daily across the company (30 Jul 2024); AlphaFold 3 \"developed jointly by Isomorphic Labs and Google DeepMind\"; no 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[Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] status_now: Supervised autonomous rides on Uber in London launched 3 Sep 2026 (Ford Mustang Mach-E cars with Wayve AI Driver, TfL-licensed driver on board); TfL granted Private Hire Vehicle licences to its vehicles (5 Aug 2026); production agreement with Mercedes-Benz (22 Sep 2026); Stellantis Level 2++ system targeted for 2028 launch in North America (9 Oct 2026) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] users_or_customers: Uber (ride-hailing in London; partnership covers 12 markets), Nissan (LEAF with Wayve AI Driver, Tokyo), Stellantis (Fiat 500e, Maserati Grecale, Jeep Grand Cherokee integrations), Mercedes-Benz, NVIDIA (DRIVE Hyperion); over 140,000 Londoners opted in to Wayve rides (3 Sep 2026) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] research_focus: Wayve Labs, its research arm, works on 3D world models, neural scene representations and embodied AI; projects include GAIA (generative world model), LINGO (language for training and explaining driving models) and WayveScenes101; new general robotics intelligence effort led by Alex Toshev (Aug 2026); Principal Scientist Andrea Tagliasacchi based in Vancouver (Jun 2026); Chief Scientist Jamie Shotton [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] news: 2026-10-23 — Wayve, Stellantis and NVIDIA collaborate on autonomous vehicle deployment across France — https://wayve.ai/press/wayve-stellantis-nvidia-collaborate-on-deployment-across-france/ [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] news: 2026-10-09 — Stellantis and Wayve demonstrate one AI driver across Fiat 500e and Maserati Grecale; integration to road testing in under four weeks — https://wayve.ai/press/stellantis-wayve-scale-ai-driver/ [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] news: 2026-09-03 — Wayve and Uber launch first autonomous rides in the UK (London) — https://wayve.ai/press/wayve-uber-launch-autonomous-rides/ [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] news: 2026-08-18 — Alex Toshev joins Wayve Labs to lead a new general robotics intelligence effort — https://wayve.ai/press/alex-toshev-joins-wayve-labs/ [Labs 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In September 2022 it raised a US$20m (£17.4m) seed round co-led by Amadeus Capital and Octopus Ventures (UKTN). Its website now describes \"The only AI designed for decisions too critical to get wrong\", aimed at financial services, accounting and insurance. UKTN called it London-based in 2022; its registered office is in Cambridge. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] SOFTWARE & TOOLS: Deep-tech start-up building core technology aimed at making AI systems trustworthy. [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] headcount: About 30 (company offsite, October 2026) [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] customers: Lloyds Banking Group (Innovation Sandbox test, 2 Jul 2025) and SBS Insurance (named Dec 2025) [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] rounds: US$25m raised in total (Dec 2025); site already holds the US$20m seed (DEAL-LAB-030) [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] approach: Neurosymbolic: neural networks plus logic and rules, for financial services, accounting and insurance [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] people: William Tunstall-Pedoe (founder, chief executive); Tom Mason (former CTO of Stability AI) announced as a senior hire (TechCrunch story reposted on company newsroom, page dated 1 Sep 2025) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] status_now: Active as of Oct 2026 (newsroom posts to 29 Oct 2026); won two National AI Awards 2026 (22 Jul 2026) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] awards: National AI Awards 2026: AI Innovation of the Year (UnlikelyAI); Alan Turing Innovator of the Year (William Tunstall-Pedoe) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] customers_or_partners: Lloyds Banking Group; 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Its UK company, Apollo Research AI Ltd, was incorporated in London on 16 November 2023. Its About page says \"We are now a Public Benefit Corporation\" and lists a Delaware registration and a San Francisco office. Its May 2026 update says it is hiring its scheming research team \"in London and SF\" and describes two products: Watcher Live, a real-time monitor that blocks unwanted agent actions, and Watcher Analyze, an observability layer for agent deployments. Counted as UK by Alex's decision (27–29 October 2026). [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] location: Hosted at LISA's London hub (LISA site, 2026; LISA launch post, 2024) [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] citation: AISI's evaluations bounty pointed applicants to Apollo Research's starter guide for evaluations (5 November 2024) [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Listed on Labs (AI safety research) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] Apollo Research is now a public benefit corporation. [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 104, as 'Apollo Research') says it is building an AI agent monitoring tool and that its CEO testified to the US Senate on AI scheming on 30 September 2026 (file cites apolloresearch.ai). [Labs Round 9, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Labs file (line 160, dated 2026-10-13): the file reports (citing a podcast, podcasts.apple.com) that chief executive Marius Hobbhahn described a move from bespoke pre-deployment scheming evaluations towards runtime oversight and deceptive-alignment monitoring tools; it also says he was named on the TIME100 AI list (not checked).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "15289159", "registered_office": "7 Bell Yard, London, England, WC2A 2JR", "incorporated": "2023-11-16", "legal_form": "ltd (UK company; parent described as a Delaware public benefit corporation)", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "15289159", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15289159", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (WC2A 2JR)", "postcode": "WC2A 2JR", "lat": 51.514455, "lng": -0.111772, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Westminster", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, 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It sells an AI governance platform covering risk mapping, compliance and \"runtime enforcement\", and has published audits, an open-source library and New York City bias audits as GOV.UK assurance case studies. Mozilla Ventures invested in March 2024 (amount not disclosed on the page opened). Its June 2026 board announcement carried a San Francisco dateline, so it now presents itself from the US as well as London. Funding totals were not found on pages opened. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] assurance case studies: Five DSIT portfolio case studies: Risk Mitigation Roadmaps; Open Source Library; NYC Bias Audits; Governance, Risk and Compliance Platform; Audits [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 82, as 'Holistic AI') Companies House 12641580; names Dr Emre Kazim and Dr Adriano Koshiyama as co-CEOs (file cites holisticai.com). 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Its platform offers shadow-AI discovery, continuous red-teaming and real-time threat protection for AI models, autonomous agents and enterprise applications. James Brear is chief executive. On 13 August 2026 UKTN reported a US$30m Series A led by Album VC, with Karma Ventures and existing investors .406 Ventures, Atlantic Bridge, IQ Capital and Lakestar, and said the company has dual headquarters in London and Boston. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] person: Peter Garraghan, CEO and co-founder (LASR Lates panel, 29 January 2025) [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] origin: Spun out of Lancaster University (Plexal, 3 February 2025); described by Plexal as a UK firm working on pre-deployment AI security [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 46, as 'Mindgard') names James Brear as chief executive and Prof. Peter Garraghan (Lancaster University) as co-founder and Chief Science Officer; Companies House 13627098; DAST-AI testing for AI systems (file cites mindgard.ai, uktech.news 2026-08-13). 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Leaders are not named on the About page.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "07860307", "registered_office": "20 York Road, London, United Kingdom, SE1 7ND", "incorporated": "2011-11-24", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "07860307", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07860307", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (SE1 7ND)", "postcode": "SE1 7ND", "lat": 51.503492, "lng": -0.11564, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Lambeth", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": { "maker": "Chatterbox Labs", "launched": null, "what_it_does": "AIMI: quantitative AI risk metrics for models, generative AI and agents" }, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "AI risk measurement", "AI security testing" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "AI risk measurement", "function": "Sells AIMI, software that measures the risks of AI models and agents, such as safety, security and bias, as numbers that firms can act on.", "affiliation": "Safety", "sources": [ "https://chatterbox.co/about-us/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07860307", "https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/research/industry-partnerships--commercialisation/spin-out-portfolio/" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://chatterbox.co/about-us/", "quotes": [ "Chatterbox Labs was established in 2011.", "Our patented AIMI platform was built to address the unintended consequences of AI." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07860307", "quotes": [ "CHATTERBOX LABS LTD\" \"CHATTERBOX ANALYTICS LTD\" (24 Nov 2011 – 11 Oct 2013) \"Active\" \"20 York Road, London, United Kingdom, SE1 7ND\" \"74990 - Non-trading company" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/research/industry-partnerships--commercialisation/spin-out-portfolio/", "quotes": [ "explaining, tracing, actioning, scoring bias, testing and detecting weaknesses in AI models pre and post-deployment.\" (Chatterbox Labs entry in the Queen Mary EECS spin-out portfolio)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "safety" } ], "div_label": "Safety", "location": "London (SE1 7ND)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "spun_out_of", "id": "UNI:queenmary/QMULAI-002", "name": "Universities: queenmary/QMULAI-002", "page": "universities", "href": "https://hazy-wreath-hez6.here.now/queenmary/", "page_label": "UK Universities AI Universe (new tab)" } ], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-009", "name": "Warden AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Latest dated evidence opened is its GOV.UK case study of 26 September 2024; a company named Warden AI Ltd is on the Companies House register in London (company page would not open, so active status not read). Companies House shows WARDEN AI LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Checks AI tools used in hiring and HR for bias on a continuing basis and publishes the results for employers and software vendors.", "description": "Warden AI provides \"independent, tech-led AI bias auditing\" for HR software platforms and employers. Its platform audits AI systems for bias by sex, race or ethnicity, age, disability and combinations of these, and shares results on live dashboards; the GOV.UK case study links an example audit dashboard for the HR software company Beamery. Warden AI Ltd (incorporated 1 December 2023) has a registered office in Shoreditch, London, and directors Jeffrey Pole and Eduard Schikurski; the link between this company and the Warden AI website was not confirmed on a company page. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] assurance case study: DSIT portfolio case study on continuous bias auditing for HR technology", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "15321282", "registered_office": "Shoreditch Exchange, Senna Building, Gorsuch Place, London, England, E2 8JF", "incorporated": "2023-12-01", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "15321282", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15321282", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (E2 8JF)", "postcode": "E2 8JF", "lat": 51.530169, "lng": -0.075481, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Hackney", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Jeffrey Pole", "role": "Director", "from": "2023-12-01", "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15321282/officers" }, { "name": "Eduard Schikurski", "role": "Director", "from": "2024-02-22", "source": null } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "HR technology", "bias audit" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-warden-ai", "type": "Companies", "category": "HR technology", "function": "Checks AI tools used in hiring and HR for bias on a continuing basis and publishes the results for employers and software vendors.", "affiliation": "Assurance", "sources": [ "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques/warden-ai-continuous-bias-auditing-for-hr-tech", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=warden+ai", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15321282/officers", "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15321282" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques/warden-ai-continuous-bias-auditing-for-hr-tech", "quotes": [ "independent, tech-led AI bias auditing", "continuously audits AI systems for bias across multiple categories\" (published 26 September 2024)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=warden+ai", "quotes": [ "WARDEN AI LTD\" \"15321282\" \"1 December 2023\" \"Shoreditch Exchange, Senna Building", "Gorsuch Place, London, England, E2 8JF" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15321282/officers", "quotes": [ "POLE, Jeffrey\" appointed 1 December 2023; \"SCHIKURSKI, Eduard\" appointed 22 February 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques", "quotes": [ "Warden AI: Continuous Bias Auditing for HR Tech" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15321282", "quotes": [ "WARDEN AI LTD | Company number 15321282 | Active" ], "accessed": "2026-10-31", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "assurance" } ], "div_label": "Assurance", "location": "London (E2 8JF)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-IND-028" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-010", "name": "AI Score", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Came out of stealth with more than US$1m (£760,000) on 10 November 2025 (UKTN); Alex Harland and Benita Tibb became directors of AIScore Limited on 7 January 2026. A later US$5.4m seed (September 2026) is recorded on the Software page (BIZ-SW-025) and was not re-opened here. Companies House shows AISCORE LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes software that shows organisations, as it happens, how staff and systems use AI, and flags compliance and safety risks.", "description": "AI Score is a London start-up founded in 2025. Its co-founder and chief executive is Alex Harland and its co-founder is Benita Tibb. It sells an AI governance and management platform that gives organisations real-time visibility of their AI use. UKTN reported on 10 November 2025 that it had emerged from stealth with more than US$1m (£760,000); no lead investor was named. The register shows AIScore Limited, incorporated 11 April 2025, with Harland and Tibb as directors. 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[Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] latest_money: 2026-06-02; seed; 10,000,000 USD; 20VC (lead); Visible Ventures, Tenacity Capital; angels Olivier Pomel (Datadog), Kieran Flanagan (HubSpot); total raised $13.5m [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts: London; founded 2025 by Grafana Labs alumni; open-source platform to connect sensitive data to AI agents with guardrails; four Fortune 500 clients; seven-person team (2026-06) [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] founders: Matvey Kukuy — CEO and founder [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 59, as 'Archestra') Companies House 15684120; names Joey Orlando alongside Matvey Kukuy and Ildar Iskhakov (file cites archestra.ai). 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Companies House shows IPROOV LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Checks that a face on camera belongs to a real, present person, and detects deepfakes, for identity checks and video calls.", "description": "iProov is a London company founded and led by Andrew Bud. It sells face biometric checks for remote identity verification, including detection of deepfakes and presentation attacks. On 19 May 2026 it launched Verified Meetings, a plug-in for video-conferencing tools that uses \"imagery analysis to detect deepfakes and presentation attacks\", confirms the feed comes from a physical camera, and shows the host a red, amber or green status. iProov Limited was incorporated on 30 November 2011. Its press footer gives 10 York Road, London SE1 7ND; the registered office is in Jermyn Street. [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 215, as 'iProov') Companies House 07866563; says Verified Meetings is listed on G-Cloud (file cites iproov.com).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "07866563", "registered_office": "14 Bank Chambers, 25 Jermyn Street, London, England, SW1Y 6HR", "incorporated": "2011-11-30", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "07866563", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07866563", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "10 York Road, London (SE1 7ND)", "postcode": "SE1 7ND", "lat": 51.503492, "lng": -0.11564, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Lambeth", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Andrew Bud", "role": "Founder and CEO", "from": null, "source": "https://www.iproov.com/press/verified-meetings-announcement-tackle-deepfake-video-calls" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": { "maker": "iProov", "launched": "2026-05-19", "what_it_does": "Verified Meetings: deepfake and identity checks on video-call participants" }, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "biometrics", "deepfake detection", "identity verification" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": "BIZ-SU-FIN-016", "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "biometrics", "function": "Checks that a face on camera belongs to a real, present person, and detects deepfakes, for identity checks and video calls.", "affiliation": "Assurance", "sources": [ "https://www.iproov.com/press/verified-meetings-announcement-tackle-deepfake-video-calls", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=iproov", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07866563" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.iproov.com/press/verified-meetings-announcement-tackle-deepfake-video-calls", "quotes": [ "imagery analysis to detect deepfakes and presentation attacks", "founder and CEO of iProov\" (dated May 19, 2026)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=iproov", "quotes": [ "IPROOV LIMITED\" \"07866563\" \"30 November 2011\" \"25, Jermyn Street,, London, England, SW1Y 6HR" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07866563", "quotes": [ "IPROOV LIMITED | Company number 07866563 | Active" ], "accessed": "2026-10-31", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "assurance" } ], "div_label": "Assurance", "location": "10 York Road, London (SE1 7ND)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "supplies_government", "id": "GOV-DCMS-016", "name": "GOV.UK One Login — Genuine Presence Assurance Algorithm (liveness and likeness checks)", "page": "government", "href": "../../../government/dcms/#org=GOV-DCMS-016", "page_label": "UK Government AI Universe" } ], "label_links": [], "degree": 2, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-FIN-016", "BIZ-SU-FIN-030" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-021", "name": "Trilateral Research", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Active at Companies House; last confirmation statement 20 September 2025, last accounts to 31 March 2025. Companies House shows TRILATERAL RESEARCH LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Carries out ethical and risk assessments of AI for public bodies and builds AI tools used to protect children.", "description": "Trilateral Research Ltd was incorporated on 20 September 2013 and is registered in Knightsbridge, London. Its GOV.UK assurance case study covers ethical impact assessment, risk assessment, transparency reporting, bias mitigation and co-design of AI used to safeguard children. Leaders and its Irish operations were not confirmed in this session. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] assurance case study: DSIT portfolio case study on ethical and risk assessment of AI used to safeguard children [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 84, as 'Trilateral Research') Companies House 05279325; names Kush Wadhwa as chief executive (file cites trilateralresearch.com).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "08698690", "registered_office": "One Knightsbridge Green, 5th Floor, London, United Kingdom, SW1X 7QA", "incorporated": "2013-09-20", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "08698690", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08698690", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (SW1X 7QA)", "postcode": "SW1X 7QA", "lat": 51.500942, "lng": -0.162904, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Westminster", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "AI ethics assessment", "public sector", "child safeguarding" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-trilateral-research", "type": "Companies", "category": "AI ethics assessment", "function": "Carries out ethical and risk assessments of AI for public bodies and builds AI tools used to protect children.", "affiliation": "Assurance", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08698690", "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques?page=2" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08698690", "quotes": [ "TRILATERAL RESEARCH LTD\" \"Active\" \"One Knightsbridge Green, 5th Floor, London, United Kingdom, SW1X 7QA\" \"20 September 2013" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/ai-assurance-techniques?page=2", "quotes": [ "Trilateral Research: Ethical impact assessment, risk assessment, transparency reporting, bias mitigation and co-design of AI used to safeguard children" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "assurance" } ], "div_label": "Assurance", "location": "London (SW1X 7QA)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-023", "name": "Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI UK)", "bucket": "org", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Its UK company, Centre for the Governance of AI, a company limited by guarantee, was incorporated on 7 August 2024 and is active, registered in London and coded as non-trading. Companies House shows CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "A non-profit that researches how governments and companies should govern advanced AI.", "description": "The Centre for the Governance of AI is a non-profit research organisation on AI governance. Its UK arm is a company limited by guarantee without share capital, incorporated on 7 August 2024, with a registered office at 20 Old Bailey, London. The earlier pass described a US 501(c)(3) parent and an Oxford origin in the Future of Humanity Institute; those points were not re-opened in this session. [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Listed on Labs (AI safety research)", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "15883729", "registered_office": "Third Floor, 20 Old Bailey, London, United Kingdom, EC4M 7AN", "incorporated": "2024-08-07", "legal_form": "non-profit (company limited by guarantee)", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "15883729", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15883729", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (registered office EC4M 7AN)", "postcode": "EC4M 7AN", "lat": 51.515715, "lng": -0.10238, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "City of London", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Ben Garfinkel", "role": "Executive Director", "from": "2021", "source": "https://www.governance.ai/about-us", "round4": true }, { "name": "John Halstead", "role": "Director of Research", "from": "not stated", "source": "https://www.governance.ai/people", "round4": true }, { "name": "Valerie Belu", "role": "Director of Talent", "from": "not stated", "source": "https://www.governance.ai/people", "round4": true } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "AI governance research" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-centre-for-the-governance-of-ai", "type": "Networks, bodies, events and media", "category": "AI governance research", "function": "A non-profit that researches how governments and companies should govern advanced AI.", "affiliation": "Assurance", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15883729", "https://www.governance.ai/about-us", "https://www.governance.ai/post/the-centre-for-the-governance-of-ai-has-relaunched", "https://www.governance.ai/people" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15883729", "quotes": [ "CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI\" \"Active\" \"Third Floor, 20 Old Bailey, London, United Kingdom, EC4M 7AN\" \"7 August 2024\" \"Private Limited Company by guarantee without share capital" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.governance.ai/about-us", "quotes": [ "GovAI was founded at Yale University in 2016, with Prof. Allan Dafoe as its Founding Director." ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.governance.ai/post/the-centre-for-the-governance-of-ai-has-relaunched", "quotes": [ "Today, we have relaunched as a nonprofit organization." ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.governance.ai/people", "quotes": [ "Executive Director\" (title listed for Ben Garfinkel)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Networks, bodies, events and media", "div": "assurance" } ], "div_label": "Assurance", "location": "London (registered office EC4M 7AN)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-024", "name": "London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA)", "bucket": "org", "status": "active", "status_date": "2024-02-05", "status_detail": "Opened in September 2023; latest evidence opened is its announcement post of 5 February 2024. Current status and legal entity not confirmed.", "one_line": "A shared research centre in London that houses AI safety researchers and small AI safety organisations.", "description": "LISA opened in London in September 2023 as an AI safety research centre supporting individual researchers and small organisations, including fiscal sponsorship. In February 2024 its office hosted Apollo Research, Leap Labs, the MATS extension, ARENA and BlueDot Impact. Apollo Research's chief executive Marius Hobbhahn was on its advisory board. Its legal form was not found; no exact match appeared in a Companies House search. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] legal entity: Safe AI London Ltd (company behind the LISA trading name, per LISA team page) [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] location / description: Central London; \"in the heart of London's AI corridor\" [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] hosted organisations: AI safety organisations: Apollo Research, BlueDot, IAPS. Programmes: LASR Labs, Pivotal, ARENA, Princint residency, Tarbell Center (names taken from the site's logo links) [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] launch: Announced 2 February 2024 on LessWrong by James Fox, mike_safeAI and Ryan Kidd [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Listed on Labs (AI safety research) [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 170, as 'LISA') charity 1211693; company 14942848 (Safe AI London Ltd) (file cites safeai.org.uk).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": null, "companies_house_url": null, "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Krzysztof Bar", "role": "CEO", "from": "as listed 2026-10-30", "source": "https://www.safeai.org.uk/team", "round4": true }, { "name": "Emma Hall", "role": "Director of Ecosystem", "from": "as listed 2026-10-30", "source": "https://www.safeai.org.uk/team", "round4": true }, { "name": "David Arnold", "role": "Director of Transformation", "from": "as listed 2026-10-30", "source": "https://www.safeai.org.uk/team", "round4": true }, { "name": "Nina Wolff-Ingham", "role": "Operations Lead", "from": "as listed 2026-10-30", "source": "https://www.safeai.org.uk/team", "round4": true }, { "name": "Charles Ciumei; Andrew Sutton; Adam Gleave; Ryan Kidd; David Norman; Connor Campbell", "role": "Trustees", "from": "as listed 2026-10-30", "source": "https://www.safeai.org.uk/team", "round4": true }, { "name": "Krzysztof Bar", "role": "CEO", "from": "not stated", "source": "https://www.safeai.org.uk/team", "round4": true }, { "name": "Emma Hall", "role": "Director of Ecosystem", "from": "not stated", "source": "https://www.safeai.org.uk/team", "round4": true } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "AI safety research hub" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Networks, bodies, events and media", "category": "AI safety research hub", "function": "A shared research centre in London that houses AI safety researchers and small AI safety organisations.", "affiliation": "Safety", "sources": [ "https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/4pnr37kpDKTDvuuur/announcing-the-london-initiative-for-safe-ai-lisa", "https://www.safeai.org.uk/team", "https://www.safeai.org.uk/", "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/P7dbHRYfwykEJiDYX/announcing-the-london-initiative-for-safe-ai-lisa" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/4pnr37kpDKTDvuuur/announcing-the-london-initiative-for-safe-ai-lisa", "quotes": [ "The London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) is a new AI Safety research centre.", "We opened in September 2023.", "including Apollo Research, Leap Labs, MATS extension, ARENA, and BlueDot Impact\" (dated February 5, 2024)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.safeai.org.uk/team", "quotes": [ "Safe AI London Ltd" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.safeai.org.uk/", "quotes": [ "LISA is an AI safety centre and ecosystem based in central London." ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/P7dbHRYfwykEJiDYX/announcing-the-london-initiative-for-safe-ai-lisa", "quotes": [ "The London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) is a new AI Safety research centre." ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Networks, bodies, events and media", "div": "safety" } ], "div_label": "Safety", "location": "London", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 5, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SAFE-001", "BIZ-SAFE-2052", "BIZ-SAFE-2053", "BIZ-SAFE-2055", "BIZ-SAFE-2056" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SAFE-025", "name": "Faculty AI evaluations and red teaming", "bucket": "prog", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-01-06", "status_detail": "Faculty's safety testing unit continues; its parent Faculty agreed on 6 January 2026 to be acquired by Accenture (completion not confirmed on pages opened).", "one_line": "Faculty's team that tests the most powerful AI models for dangerous abilities and weak safeguards before release, for frontier AI labs.", "description": "Faculty, the London AI company, runs an AI evaluations and red-teaming service with \"50+ PhD-level experts\". It says frontier labs including OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic ask it to help make their models safe; it says it helped design biosecurity evaluations for Anthropic's Claude 4 models and red-teamed OpenAI's o1 before launch. On 6 January 2026 Faculty announced that Accenture \"has agreed to acquire Faculty\"; terms were not disclosed. The company itself is recorded on the Big tech page (BIZ-BIG-030) and Software page (BIZ-SW-009). [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 134, as 'Faculty AI evaluations') says Faculty was a main commercial evaluation and red-teaming partner to AISI. Accenture's purchase completed on 16 March 2026 (Accenture newsroom, already cited on the site); the events list now carries that date. 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It sells AI strategy, AI safety work and the design, build and running of AI systems, and its own decision product, Frontier. Accenture had been a preferred implementation partner for Frontier since December 2023. Accenture agreed to buy Faculty on 6 January 2026 and completed the deal on 16 March 2026; more than 400 staff joined Accenture and chief executive Marc Warner also became Accenture's chief technology officer. In February 2026 the government's Incubator for AI (i.AI) awarded a planning-software contract to Google DeepMind and Google Cloud, with Faculty as delivery partner. The full company record is BIZ-SW-009 (software page); the acquisition is also BIZ-BIG-030. This record is for the services page and should be merged at dedupe. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] partnership: Named as an existing anchor partner of the Spärck AI Scholarships (June 2026) [Round 8, 30 Oct 2026] SERVICES & SKILLS: London: Frontier decision-intelligence platform plus applied AI consulting and AI safety evaluation; built the NHS Early Warning System during COVID-19; works with the AI Safety Institute, defence and utilities. The file lists Faculty as Active; the site's record of Faculty's acquisition by Accenture is unchanged (see the Round 8 report). 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[Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] programme role: Partner, with Microsoft and Sage, in the North East AI Growth Zone youth jobs pilot (June 2026); \"Regenerative AI initiative\" named by DSIT [Round 8, 30 Oct 2026] SERVICES & SKILLS: Data & AI practice backed by a $3B global Data & AI investment; the file says Accenture built its UK footprint by buying Mudano, Infinity Works, Edenhouse and Redkite; hubs London, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Manchester. 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this session did not find confirmation that it opened.", "one_line": "A space on Deloitte's London campus where Deloitte staff and clients build AI agent systems on Google Cloud.", "description": "Deloitte UK and Google Cloud announced the studio at the Google Cloud London Summit on 17 June 2026. It is meant to help UK organisations move from trials to running agent systems, with regular innovation labs. People named were Hayley McKelvey (Chief AI Officer, Deloitte UK), Maureen Costello (Vice President, UK, Ireland and Sub-Saharan Africa, Google Cloud) and Matt Lacey (Global Chief Commercial Officer for Alphabet Google at Deloitte). 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In November 2025 it became Palantir's preferred UK delivery partner (BIZ-SVC-012). In July 2025 it launched \"Assurance for AI\", independent assurance over clients' AI controls (BIZ-SVC-011). It is listed as delivery partner of the government's AI Skills Boost (BIZ-SVC-024); a Computer Weekly opinion piece by ten AI-skills researchers and practitioners says PwC won the £4.1m contract to build the AI Skills Hub (not yet confirmed on a government contract page). On 17 September 2026 PwC UK reported UK revenue of £4.365bn for the year to 30 June 2026, up 2%, and said it had rolled out AI tools to all staff; no AI revenue was given. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] government contract: UKRI contract UKRI-3797 \"AI Skills Hub\" to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, £4,148,645, 17 December 2024 to 31 March 2026 [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] programme role: Listed as AI Skills Boost \"Delivery Partner\" (January 2026) [Round 8, 30 Oct 2026] SERVICES & SKILLS: AI & Frontier Tech practice; partnerships with OpenAI and Harvey; delivery hubs in Belfast, Manchester and Birmingham; AI assurance and responsible AI governance offered to FTSE 350 firms. 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Named at launch were Marc Bena (Audit Chief Technology Officer, PwC UK) and Leigh Bates (PwC UK and Global AI Risk Leader). 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Its 25 September 2026 release, on UK businesses shifting AI focus to accountability and resilience, quotes Paul Henninger, Partner and Head of Technology & Data, KPMG in the UK. The release names no AI products, acquisitions or investment figures. This session found no UK-specific AI acquisition or government AI contract for KPMG. [Round 8, 30 Oct 2026] SERVICES & SKILLS: Ignition innovation centres in London and Manchester and SRA-regulated KPMG Law; regulated-sector AI adoption, Microsoft Copilot and Azure AI rollouts, and board-level AI risk frameworks. 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The number of roles was not given. On 27 October 2026 EY UK reported fee income of £3.86bn for the year to 3 July 2026, revenue growth of 2%, and 46% growth in sales of AI and data projects; it made Microsoft 365 Copilot available to all UK staff. People named are Preetham Peddanagari (Chief Technology Officer, EY UK & Ireland), Sayeh Ghanbari (Consulting Managing Partner) and Anna Anthony (Regional Managing Partner). [Round 8, 30 Oct 2026] SERVICES & SKILLS: EY.ai platform, UK AI skills academies and agentic workflows for financial services, energy and assurance; UK hubs London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Birmingham. 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Companies House shows DATATONIC LTD. as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "A London consultancy that builds cloud data platforms and machine-learning systems, mainly on Google Cloud, for large companies.", "description": "Datatonic Ltd. was incorporated in 2011 and is registered at One Canada Square, London. Perwyn describes it as a \"Cloud Data + AI consultancy\" working on data engineering, cloud data architecture, analytics, AI and machine learning, and MLOps. In March 2023 the private equity firm Perwyn made a \"substantial investment\" (amount not published), funding the purchase of Montreal Analytics in Canada, now Datatonic Americas. On 25 April 2025 Datatonic, then led by chief executive Scott Eivers, announced it was buying Syntio, a data-engineering firm with clients in Europe. Founder Louis Decuypere was chief executive in 2023. Companies House also lists Datatonic Academy Ltd (2022). [Round 8, 30 Oct 2026] SERVICES & SKILLS: London Google Cloud machine learning specialist. 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Its turnover was £37.4m in the year to December 2023. On 25 October 2024 FE Week reported that the French education group Galileo Global Education had bought THI Investments' stake; terms were not published. In August 2026 co-founder and chief executive James Kelly said Corndel is building its own AI leadership programme and criticised the format of Skills England's three new AI leadership apprenticeship units. [Round 8, 30 Oct 2026] SERVICES & SKILLS: Works with Imperial College Business School Executive Education on data analytics, AI leadership and digital transformation apprenticeships. 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Client logos include LSEG, Experian, National Grid, Aviva and EDF. With LSEG Risk Intelligence and Amazon Web Services it built a generative-AI content-curation platform on Amazon Bedrock using Anthropic models, which it says cut review time by 65%. Its site now says it is part of Indicium AI, which lists offices in New York, Brazil, London and Lisbon. 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Companies House shows TPXIMPACT HOLDINGS PLC as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "A London-listed digital-services firm that works mostly for UK government and sells AI services, including agent systems and an AI data-analysis tool.", "description": "TPXimpact Holdings plc (formerly The Panoply Holdings plc) is registered in London. About 90% of its revenue comes from public-sector clients. Its FY26 annual report says AI \"has become a core component of every transformation programme\" and that it has deployed AI for clients, including AI caseworker support and AI-enabled facial recognition (clients not named). It offers \"Agentic AI\" services and a product called Ada, an analytics data agent that lets business users ask questions of Oracle and Power BI data in plain language. Revenue was £78.1m in FY26 with 702 staff. It is on the Crown Commercial Service's Technology Services 4 framework. [Round 8, 30 Oct 2026] SERVICES & SKILLS: Public-sector digital integrator (London, Bristol, Sheffield) working on local and central government AI adoption and legacy modernisation. 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UKTN's weekly round-up of 9 May 2025 listed a £9m Series A, with Dawn Capital, K5 Tokyo Black and angels named as investors. The lead says it was formerly called TitanML; its own resources page (whose old address refers to a \"TitanML\" pre-seed round) returned \"Page Not Found\", so the rename is not confirmed. Companies House has no company named TitanML, and the search for \"Doubleword\" returned only an unrelated company (Doublewords Limited), so its UK entity is not confirmed. [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] public compute: AIRR compute from the Sovereign AI Unit (2026-04-16); researching faster, cheaper token generation on Isambard-AI (2026-07); co-founder and CEO Meryem Arik [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] hq: London (England: London); what it does: null (UKTN description behind paywall); status now: Active per existing record.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": null, "companies_house_url": null, "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 9000000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2025-05-09", "detail": "Series A; Dawn Capital, K5 Tokyo Black and angels (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 9000000 GBP 2025-05-09 — Series A; Dawn Capital, K5 Tokyo Black and angels (single source)", "amount_gbp": 9000000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£9m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI infrastructure" ], "sectors": [ "AI model deployment and inference software (lead", "not verified)" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "AI model deployment and inference software (lead", "function": "London AI start-up; the lead says it makes software for running large language models, but no page opened in this session describes its product.", "affiliation": "Software and tools", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/funding/uk-tech-funding-roundup-juice-zeus-20250509", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=TitanML", "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-firms-pioneering-drug-discovery-cheaper-supercomputing-and-more-get-first-backing-through-uks-sovereign-ai" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/funding/uk-tech-funding-roundup-juice-zeus-20250509", "quotes": [ "Doubleword – £9m\" (Friday 9 May 2025; Series A; London; Dawn Capital, K5 Tokyo Black and angels)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=TitanML", "quotes": [ "There are no results that match your search." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-firms-pioneering-drug-discovery-cheaper-supercomputing-and-more-get-first-backing-through-uks-sovereign-ai", "quotes": [ "with up to 1 million GPU hours available per startup\"; https://www.bristol.ac.uk/research/centres/bristol-supercomputing/articles/2026/stories-from-a-sovereign-ai-supercomputer-.html — \"Powering around 1000 projects from over 4000 users" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI infrastructure" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "software" } ], "div_label": "Software and tools", "location": "London", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Dawn Capital" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "K5 Tokyo Black" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-036", "name": "Atla", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Its jobs page on 29 October 2026 describes it as a London start-up backed by Y Combinator and Creandum; no dated event was verified.", "one_line": "Trains AI models whose job is to check and score the answers of other AI models.", "description": "Atla describes itself as \"a London-based start-up training frontier AI evaluation models\", meaning models that judge the output of other AI systems. Its jobs page says it is backed by Y Combinator, Creandum and the founders of several US technology companies. The amount raised is not stated on the page opened. Companies House lists ATLA AI LTD (14986959, incorporated 7 July 2023, software development), but no page opened links that company to atla-ai.com, so the number is not recorded here. [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts: Team size 10 (YC profile, 2026-10); YC Summer 2023; open-source LLM-judge models Selene and Selene Mini downloaded 60,000+ times; supports LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] founders: Maurice Burger — co-founder; Roman Engeler — co-founder and CTO", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": null, "ch_note": "null [possible match 14986959 — unverified, check]", "companies_house_url": null }, "place": { "text": "London", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Maurice Burger", "role": "co-founder", "from": "2023", "source": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/atla", "round4": true }, { "name": "Roman Engeler", "role": "co-founder and CTO", "from": "2023", "source": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/atla", "round4": true } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance", "AI development and training" ], "sectors": [ "evaluation, testing and observability", "AI evaluation", "developer tools" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "evaluation, testing and observability", "function": "Trains AI models whose job is to check and score the answers of other AI models.", "affiliation": "Software and tools", "sources": [ "https://atla-ai.com/jobs/research-engineer", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14986959", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14986959/officers", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/atla" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://atla-ai.com/jobs/research-engineer", "quotes": [ "We are a London-based start-up training frontier AI evaluation models.", "We are backed by Y Combinator, Creandum, and the founders of Reddit, Cruise, Rappi, Instacart and more." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14986959", "quotes": [ "ATLA AI LTD\" \"Active\" \"7 July 2023\" \"62012 - Business and domestic software development" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14986959/officers", "quotes": [ "ENGELER, Roman\" Director, appointed \"1 August 2025", "BURGER, Maurice Olivier\" Director, resigned \"1 August 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/atla", "quotes": [ "Find and fix your agent's most critical failures in hours, not days." ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance", "AI development and training" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "software" } ], "div_label": "Software and tools", "location": "London", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Y Combinator" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Creandum" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-038", "name": "Snowplow", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Snowplow Analytics Limited is active; a US company, Snowplow Technologies Inc, has had a UK branch at the same London address since 1 September 2022. No 2026 event was verified.", "one_line": "Makes software that collects and organises records of what customers do online, which companies use for analytics and to build data products.", "description": "Snowplow was founded in 2012 by Alexander Dean (chief executive) and Yali Sassoon. It sells event-data technology that tracks, checks and models customer data across platforms, used for marketing attribution, reporting and data products. UKTN reported a £4m Series A from MMC Ventures in November 2019, with customers including Strava, The Economist and Auto Trader. Companies House shows Snowplow Analytics Limited in London and a UK branch of Snowplow Technologies Inc (Massachusetts), opened 1 September 2022, which suggests the group is now held from the US. Its last UK accounts on the register are to 31 March 2023. Its AI positioning was not verified (snowplow.io refused). 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it was called PROWLER.IO LIMITED until 4 October 2020.", "one_line": "Cambridge-founded AI company; the lead says it sells machine-learning software that helps car makers design and calibrate engines and vehicles (not verified here).", "description": "Secondmind Limited was incorporated on 27 January 2016 as PROWLER.IO LIMITED and took the Secondmind name on 4 October 2020. Its business code is software publishing, and its latest accounts are to 31 December 2024. A separate company that took the name PROWLER.IO LIMITED (12529443) was dissolved on 5 October 2021. secondmind.ai was refused by the fetch tool, so its products, customers and leadership are not verified in this session. [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] latest_money (earliest round, as PROWLER.io): 2017-09-05; Series A; 10,000,000 GBP; Cambridge Innovation Capital (lead); Atlantic Bridge Capital, Passion Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, SGInnovate; CEO Vishal Chatrath; HQ Cambridge [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] chief_scientist: Carl Edward Rasmussen, Chief Science Officer; Professor of Machine Learning, University of Cambridge [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] awards: Three best paper awards: ICML 2019; AISTATS 2020 and 2021; seven patents [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] customers_or_partners: Mazda (59.7% fewer engineering hours for calibration maps); SCAE partnership for Japanese OEMs (undated) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] chief_scientist: Carl Edward Rasmussen — Chief Science Officer; Professor of Machine Learning, University of Cambridge [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] Listed on Labs (Decision AI): its R&D arm, Secondmind Labs, builds Gaussian-process and Bayesian-optimisation models and open-source libraries (GPflow, GPflux, Trieste); 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nothing later was verified. Companies House shows OMETRIA LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes customer-data and marketing software for retailers that uses AI to predict which shoppers will buy and when.", "description": "Ometria is a customer data platform for retailers. Its software builds shopper profiles for marketing and uses AI to find likely buyers and predict when a customer will run out of a product. UKTN reported about 200 brands as users, including Fred Perry and Hotel Chocolat. Founder and chief executive Ivan Mazour raised £8m from CIBC Innovation Banking in September 2023, for US expansion and work on an \"AI co-marketer\". UKTN also records a US$21m Series B (2019) and a US$6m Series A (2017). It says it is headquartered in London and New York. Passed from the industry page. [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] founded: 2013 (UKTN); hq: London (England: London); what it does: A customer data and marketing platform for retailers. It builds a profile of each shopper and uses AI to predict who is likely to buy and when a customer is about to run out of a product, to time emails and messages.; usage or revenue as published: about 200 retail brands — 2023-09 — UKTN (also about 200 retailer clients, 2019-09); status now: Active per existing record; UKTN tag page shows no Ometria story after September 2023.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "08372083", "registered_office": "Acre House, 11/15 William Road, London, England, NW1 3ER", "incorporated": "2013-01-23", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "08372083", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08372083", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "OMETRIA LTD", "ch_status_r6": "Active" }, "place": { "text": "London (registered office NW1 3ER)", "postcode": "NW1 3ER", "lat": 51.526974, "lng": -0.13941, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Camden", 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"UKTN's round-up of 21 August 2026 listed a £73.5m seed round led by investors including Atomico, Plural, DCVC and the UK Sovereign AI Fund.", "one_line": "Builds software that matches each AI task to the best mix of chips and computers to run it.", "description": "Callosum is a London company founded in 2026. 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[Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] Sovereign AI: Received the Sovereign AI Unit's first equity investment (amount not disclosed), London, 2026-04-16; not among the compute recipients; founder Danyal Akarca (may overlap with Sovereign AI Fund participation in DEAL-SW-049) [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] founded: 2026 (UKTN roundup, 2026-08-21); hq: London (England: London); what it does: Systems software for mixed (\"heterogeneous\") computing: it sends each AI task to the cheapest suitable model and chip, and lets different AI models work together across different chip types.; status now: Active; London systems-software company that raised a 100m USD seed in August 2026, the UK Sovereign AI Fund's first investment. 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Companies House shows TESSL AI LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes a platform that gives AI coding agents structured, versioned instructions so software teams can build and maintain code with them.", "description": "Tessl was set up in London in 2024 by Guy Podjarny, its chief executive, who earlier founded the developer security company Snyk. It sells tools that give coding agents \"structured, versioned context\" so that teams can use agents to write and maintain software. Its investors are Index Ventures, GV, Boldstart and Accel. On 14 November 2024 UKTN reported US$125m raised: a US$25m seed led by Boldstart Ventures and GV and a US$100m Series A led by Index Ventures, at a valuation reported as \"as much as $750m\". Its company footer gives 210 Pentonville Road, London. 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(members' voluntary liquidation with a declaration of solvency) and remains in liquidation.", "one_line": "Made software that produced artificial copies of sensitive datasets for banks and others to use safely; its software was sold to SAS in 2024.", "description": "Hazy was incorporated in London in June 2017 as Anon AI Limited and renamed Hazy Limited in February 2019. It began as a UCL AI spin-out and was led by chief executive Harry Keen. It sold synthetic data software: it generated artificial datasets with the statistical shape of real customer data so that firms could build and test systems without exposing personal records. In March 2023 it raised a Series A of US$9m led by Conviction, with Nationwide and Wells Fargo. On 12 November 2024 SAS, the US analytics company, announced it had acquired \"the principal software assets of Hazy\", with a first preview in SAS products expected in early 2025. The company then entered a members' voluntary liquidation (resolution 17 February 2025; declaration of solvency filed 4 March 2025); the liquidators filed a statement of receipts and payments in April 2026. 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Companies House records CoreWeave, Inc. as owner of 75% or more from 5 November 2025, moved to CoreWeave UK Limited on 25 February 2026.", "one_line": "Makes machine-learning software that engineers use to learn from physical test data so they can run fewer tests on products such as cars and batteries.", "description": "Monolith AI Limited was incorporated in London in May 2016 (as uQuant Limited, renamed 2018) and was founded by Dr Richard Ahlfeld, its chief executive. 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[Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts: Series A $45m first close led by Dorilton Ventures and Molten Ventures; existing investors Generation Ventures, IQ Capital; GP Bullhound; customers Aviva, TIAA; revenue grew >500% after leaving stealth in January 2021 (announcement date not printed) [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts: AI agent platform launched 2024-09-24 at Causal AI Conference, London; customers named Cisco, Scotiabank, GE Vernova, LG; $50m venture capital raised in total [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] Companies House (read 30 October 2026): Active; legal name of causaLens [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] founded: 2016 (UKTN 2021); hq: London (England: London); what it does: Builds \"causal AI\" software that models cause and effect in business and economic data to support forecasts and decisions.; status now: Active per existing record; no 2025–2026 page opened this round.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10237978", "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": 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Companies House shows UNITARY LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes AI that checks photos and videos for harmful content, so online platforms can moderate what users post.", "description": "Unitary is a London start-up co-founded by Sasha Haco, its chief executive, and James Thewlis. It uses machine learning \"to understand if a photo or video contains potentially harmful content\", selling to platforms that must moderate user posts. It was founded in 2019. In March 2023 tech.eu reported an US$8m round led by Ian Hogarth at Plural, and on 3 October 2023 it raised a US$15m (£12.3m) Series A led by Creandum with Paladin Capital Group and Plural. Its UK company, Unitary Ltd, was incorporated on 11 June 2019 with Sasha Haco and James Thewlis as directors. It sits at the edge of this page; Alex may prefer a media or safety page. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] links / place: portfolio_of: Entrepreneur First; place London; current description [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts: Analyses six million videos a day (2023-10, company figure); \"seven figures of annual recurring revenue\" per Plural's Ian Hogarth (2023-10); headcount doubled; Series A $15m (£12.3m) led by Creandum with Paladin Capital Group and Plural; co-founders Sasha Haco (CEO) and James Thewlis [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] founded: null (founders met in 2019 on Entrepreneur First); hq: London (England: London); headcount: null (doubled before 2023-10); what it does: AI that checks videos and images for harmful content, used by online platforms for content moderation.; usage or revenue as published: \"analysing six million videos every day\"; \"seven figures of annual recurring revenue\" (Ian Hogarth, Plural) — 2023-10-03 — UKTN; up to 25,000 video frames a second — 2023-03 — UKTN; status now: Active per existing record; no 2025–2026 page opened this round. 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[Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] latest_money: 2026-04-07; seed; 13,000,000 USD (same round as DEAL-SW-033, £9.7m); leads LocalGlobe and Cambridge Innovation Capital; participation from executives at OpenAI, Spotify, Databricks, AWS [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts / founders: Founded 2025; early-access partners Canopy, Weblogic; Eno Thereska — CEO; Neil Lawrence — chief scientist; Zhenwen Dai — CTO [Safety Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Safety file (line 61) listed under AI agent security (also suggested for Application security): an autonomous 'AI security engineer' that reads code, infrastructure, configs and agents in one pass (file cites trent.ai). 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It sells \"a real-time AI governance platform designed to give organisations visibility and control\" over their use of generative and agent AI. On 4 September 2026 tech.eu reported a US$5.4m seed round led by Fuel Ventures. Its Companies House record was not looked up. 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Companies House shows CAUSALY LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes an AI research platform that reads biomedical papers and data so scientists at drug companies can find evidence and targets faster.", "description": "Causaly is a London-headquartered company co-founded by Yiannis Kiachopoulos, its chief executive. It sells an AI platform to life-sciences research teams that searches and links biomedical literature and data. On 14 July 2023 UKTN reported a US$60m (£45.8m) Series B led by ICONIQ Growth, taking total funding to £71m. Its UK company, Causaly Ltd, was incorporated on 17 May 2018 and is active. Its own site could not be opened in this session. It is a research tool for drug-company scientists rather than a tool for AI builders; Alex may prefer a health and life sciences page. [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] founded: 2018 (UKTN); hq: London (England: London); what it does: An AI research platform for drug discovery that reads scientific literature and data to help pharmaceutical researchers find disease targets and biomarkers.; usage or revenue as published: working with nine large pharmaceutical companies — 2021-05 — UKTN; deployed at 12 of the top 20 pharma companies — 2023-07 — UKTN; status now: Active per existing record; no 2025–2026 page opened this round.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11368328", "registered_office": "10-16 Elm Street, London, England, WC1X 0BJ", "incorporated": "2018-05-17", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11368328", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11368328", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "CAUSALY LTD", "ch_status_r6": "Active" }, "place": { "text": "London (WC1X 0BJ)", "postcode": "WC1X 0BJ", "lat": 51.52301, "lng": -0.113595, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Camden", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Yiannis Kiachopoulos", "role": "Co-founder and CEO", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/medtech/ai-biotech-research-platform-causaly-secures-45-8m-20230714" }, { "name": "Yiannis Kiachopoulos", "role": "Co-founder and CEO", "from": "2018", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/medtech/ai-biotech-research-platform-causaly-secures-45-8m-20230714", "round4": true }, { "name": "Artur Saudabayev", "role": "Co-founder", "from": "2018", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/uks-machine-learning-startup-causaly-raises-12m-to-boosts-its-drug-discovery-ai-20210520", "round4": true }, { "name": "Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas", "role": "Board member (Index Ventures)", "from": "2021-05", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/uks-machine-learning-startup-causaly-raises-12m-to-boosts-its-drug-discovery-ai-20210520", "round4": true } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 60000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2023-07-14", "detail": "Series B led by ICONIQ Growth; 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a second company, Wluper Technologies Ltd, was dissolved on 20 January 2026.", "one_line": "Built conversational AI for voice assistants with deep knowledge of one subject, starting with in-car navigation; the company was liquidated and dissolved in 2025.", "description": "Wluper Ltd. was incorporated in London on 23 May 2016 (briefly named Yotess Limited). Package 1 recorded it as a conversational AI company that raised a US$1.3m seed round led by IQ Capital in 2018; that TechCrunch page could not be re-opened, so what it made is not re-verified here. Companies House records a first Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off on 14 May 2024, a resolution to wind up on 15 May 2024 with a voluntary liquidator appointed, a final meeting in a creditors' voluntary winding up returned on 20 March 2025, and dissolution on 20 June 2025. A second company, Wluper Technologies Ltd (15545659), was dissolved on 20 January 2026. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] Companies House (read 30 October 2026): Dissolved", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10195181", "registered_office": "Hermes House, Fire Fly Avenue, Swindon, SN2 2GA (liquidator's address)", "incorporated": "2016-05-23", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10195181", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10195181", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "WLUPER LTD.", "previous_names": [ "YOTESS LIMITED (2016)" ], "ch_status_r6": "Dissolved" }, "place": { "text": "London (registered office was 322 High Holborn until May 2024)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "note", "amount": null, "currency": null, "date": null, "detail": null, "raw": "null (2018 seed in Package 1 not re-verified)", "kind_as_written": null, "amount_gbp": null, "fx_rate": null, "fx_source": null, "fx_note": "no amount published", "txt": "", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "conversational and voice AI", "conversational AI", "voice assistants" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-wluper", "type": "Companies", "category": "conversational and voice AI", "function": "Built conversational AI for voice assistants with deep knowledge of one subject, starting with in-car navigation; the company was liquidated and dissolved in 2025.", "affiliation": "Software and tools", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10195181", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10195181/filing-history", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=wluper" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10195181", "quotes": [ "WLUPER LTD.\" \"Dissolved\" \"20 June 2025\" \"23 May 2016\" \"YOTESS LIMITED" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10195181/filing-history", "quotes": [ "Final Gazette dissolved following liquidation", "Return of final meeting in a creditors' voluntary winding up", "Extraordinary resolution to wind up on 2024-05-15" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=wluper", "quotes": [ "WLUPER TECHNOLOGIES LTD (15545659)\" \"Dissolved on 20 January 2026" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "software" } ], "div_label": "Software and tools", "location": "London (registered office was 322 High Holborn until May 2024)", "status_group": "dissolved", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "linked from: founded_by", "id": "BIZ-TAL-2241", "name": "Hami Bahraynian", "page": "talent", "href": "../../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-2241", "page_label": "Talent" }, { "kind": "linked from: works_at", "id": "BIZ-TAL-2241", "name": "Hami Bahraynian", "page": "talent", "href": "../../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-2241", "page_label": "Talent" } ], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-030", "name": "SolveAI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Announced a US$45m (£33.3m) Series A led by Google Ventures and a previously undisclosed US$5m seed led by Accel (UKTN, 26 February 2026). Companies House shows SOLVEAI UK LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes a no-code platform on which businesses describe the software they need and AI builds it, linked to their existing systems.", "description": "SolveAI is a London start-up founded by Steve Basher, a former Palantir engineer. It sells a \"no-code automated software development platform\" for large organisations that builds custom software, connects to older systems and is designed to meet governance rules. On 26 February 2026 UKTN reported a US$45m (£33.3m) Series A led by Google Ventures with Northzone, Mantic VC and NeverLift, and a previously undisclosed US$5m seed led by Accel. Its UK company, SolveAI UK Ltd, was incorporated on 13 August 2025 with Steven John Basher as director. [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] founded: 2025 (UKTN); hq: London (England: London); what it does: A no-code platform that lets staff in large organisations build their own business software, connected to older systems and within governance rules.; status now: Active; London no-code platform that disclosed 50m USD across seed and Series A in February 2026.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "16647686", "registered_office": "12 New Fetter Lane, London, United Kingdom, EC4A 1JP", "incorporated": "2025-08-13", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "16647686", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16647686", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "SOLVEAI UK LTD", "ch_status_r6": "Active" }, "place": { "text": "London (EC4A 1JP)", "postcode": "EC4A 1JP", "lat": 51.51611, "lng": -0.108979, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "City of London", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, 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"website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "software" } ], "div_label": "Software and tools", "location": "London (EC4A 1JP)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-016", "name": "GV (Google Ventures)", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-016", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-033", "name": "Accel", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-033", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: works_at", "id": "BIZ-TAL-108", "name": "Steve Basher", "page": "talent", "href": "../../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-108", "page_label": "Talent" }, { "kind": "linked from: founder_of", "id": "BIZ-TAL-108", "name": "Steve Basher", "page": "talent", "href": "../../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-108", "page_label": "Talent" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Northzone" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Mantic VC" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "NeverLift" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-032", "name": "Hadean", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Hadean Supercomputing Ltd is active and filed group accounts to 31 January 2026 on 2 June 2026. Companies House shows HADEAN SUPERCOMPUTING LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "London defence company that uses AI and spatial computing to simulate conflicts for training and planning.", "description": "Hadean Supercomputing Ltd was incorporated in London on 3 October 2015 and files group accounts; its latest, to 31 January 2026, were filed on 2 June 2026. Package 1 described it, from its own news pages, as a spatial-computing company led by co-founder and chief executive Craig Beddis that builds simulation platforms for the British Army through Dstl and DASA contracts; those pages could not be re-opened in this session. It may fit the defence page better. [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts: 2026 bridge round raised while working towards a Series B; work for UK Ministry of Defence and US Department of War; Series A was $30m (2022) [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] founded: 2015 (UKTN 2022); hq: London (England: London); what it does: Distributed computing and simulation software. It began with a cloud operating system and large-scale simulation engine for games and science, moved to \"metaverse\" infrastructure, and by 2026 is described by UKTN as an \"AI conflict simulation\" firm.; status now: Active; London simulation company that raised a bridge round in March 2026 (existing record).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "09808169", "registered_office": "9 Appold Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 2AP", "incorporated": "2015-10-03", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "09808169", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09808169", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "HADEAN SUPERCOMPUTING LTD", "previous_names": [ "CONTINUUM TECHNOLOGIES LTD (2015–2016)" ], "ch_status_r6": "Active" }, "place": { "text": "London (EC2A 2AP)", "postcode": "EC2A 2AP", "lat": 51.521691, "lng": -0.081634, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Hackney", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "null (Package 1 names not re-verified)", "role": null, "from": null, "source": null }, { "name": "Craig Beddis", "role": "Chief executive", "from": null, "source": null, "amendment": true }, { "name": "Craig Beddis", "role": "co-founder and CEO", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/vr/hadean-raises-30m-for-metaverse-experiences-20220923", "round4": true }, { "name": "Craig Beddis", "role": "Co-founder and CEO", "from": "null", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/vr/hadean-raises-30m-for-metaverse-experiences-20220923", "round4": true } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 2100000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2026-03-12", "detail": "British Business Bank share of bridge round (total undisclosed", "raw": "funding_round: 2100000 GBP 2026-03-12 — British Business Bank share of bridge round (total undisclosed)", "amendment": true, "source": null, "amount_gbp": 2100000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£2.1m", "gbp_txt": "" }, { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 30000000, "currency": "USD", "date": null, "detail": "2022 — Series A (as reported in 2026", "raw": "funding_round: 30000000 USD 2022 — Series A (as reported in 2026)", "amendment": true, "source": null, "amount_gbp": null, "fx_rate": null, "fx_source": null, "fx_note": "no date, so not converted", "txt": "US$30m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI infrastructure", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "simulation", "defence training" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": [ { "from": "Part 2.4", "field": "one_line", "text": "London defence company that uses AI and spatial computing to simulate conflicts for training and planning." }, { "from": "Part 2.4", "field": "status / status_date", "text": "active — 2026-03-12: raised an undisclosed bridge round including £2.1m from the British Business Bank, with Booz Allen Ventures, Entrepreneur First and Twin Track Ventures" }, { "from": "Part 2.4", "field": "people", "text": "Craig Beddis — Chief executive" }, { "from": "Part 2.4", "field": "money", "text": "funding_round: 2100000 GBP 2026-03-12 — British Business Bank share of bridge round (total undisclosed) ; funding_round: 30000000 USD 2022 — Series A (as reported in 2026)" }, { "from": "Part 2.4", "field": "links", "text": "supplies_government → GOV:Ministry of Defence (replaces the unverified Dstl link); funded_by → British Business Bank" }, { "from": "Part 2.4", "field": "confidence", "text": "single_source" } ], "held": [], "same_as": "BIZ-SU-DEF-004", "package1_id": "biz-hadean", "type": "Companies", "category": "simulation", "function": "London defence company that uses AI and spatial computing to simulate conflicts for training and planning.", "affiliation": "Software and tools", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09808169", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09808169/filing-history", "https://www.uktech.news/defence-tech/ai-conflict-simulation-firm-hadean-secures-bridge-round-20260312", "https://www.uktech.news/vr/hadean-raises-30m-for-metaverse-experiences-20220923", "https://www.uktech.news/news/draper-esprit-leads-over-7m-round-into-hadean-20190314", "https://www.uktech.news/vr/hadean-funding-metaverse-infrastructure-20230324", "https://www.uktech.news/tag/hadean" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09808169", "quotes": [ "HADEAN SUPERCOMPUTING LTD\" \"Active\" \"9 Appold Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 2AP\" \"3 October 2015" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09808169/filing-history", "quotes": [ "02 Jun 2026\" \"Group of companies' accounts\" made up to 31 January 2026" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/defence-tech/ai-conflict-simulation-firm-hadean-secures-bridge-round-20260312", "quotes": [ "a London-based defence startup that uses AI to simulate conflict scenarios" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": true }, { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/vr/hadean-raises-30m-for-metaverse-experiences-20220923", "quotes": [ "(trade) — \"metaverse-as-a-service technologies" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/news/draper-esprit-leads-over-7m-round-into-hadean-20190314", "quotes": [ "(trade) — \"the London-headquartered deep tech company" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/vr/hadean-funding-metaverse-infrastructure-20230324", "quotes": [ "(trade) — \"Hadean provides a scalable, proven infrastructure to power the future of the metaverse," ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/tag/hadean", "quotes": [ "(trade) — \"Hadean closes $2.6m round led by White Cloud Capital" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI infrastructure", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "software" } ], "div_label": "Software and tools", "location": "London (EC2A 2AP)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "supplies_government", "id": null, "name": "Defence", "page": "government", "href": "../../../government/defence/", "page_label": "UK Government AI Universe" }, { "kind": "supplies_government", "id": null, "name": "Defence", "page": "government", "href": "../../../government/defence/", "page_label": "UK Government AI Universe" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "British Business Bank" } ], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-DEF-004" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-032", "name": "Move AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised US$10m (£8.2m), reported by UKTN on 3 October 2023; no later event was opened. Companies House shows MOVE AI LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Uses AI to turn video of people moving into 3D motion-capture animation.", "description": "Move AI is a London start-up that uses artificial intelligence to generate 3D motion-capture animations. In October 2023 it raised US$10m (£8.2m) in a round that included Play Ventures, Warner Music Group, RKKVC, Level2 Ventures and Animoca Brands; no lead investor was named. Its co-founder and chief executive is Tino Millar. A UK company named Move AI Ltd (11886662, incorporated 18 March 2019) exists; the link to the start-up was not confirmed on an opened page.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11886662", "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11886662", "from_round2": true, "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11886662", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": "SW7 4EF", "lat": 51.494831, "lng": -0.188016, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Kensington and Chelsea", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Tino Millar", "role": "co-founder and chief executive", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/move-ai-animation-funding-20231003" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 10000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2023-10-03", "detail": "round with Play Ventures, Warner Music Group, RKKVC, Level2 Ventures, Animoca Brands", "raw": "funding_round: 10000000 USD 2023-10-03 — round with Play Ventures, Warner Music Group, RKKVC, Level2 Ventures, Animoca Brands", "amount_gbp": 8278146, "fx_rate": 1.208, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.208 per £ on 2023-10-03", "fx_date": "2023-10-03", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$10m", "gbp_txt": "£8.3m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "animation", "games", "film and video production" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [ { "ids": [ "BIZ-SU-CRE-032" ], "from": "round2", "field": "", "text": "people → Tino Millar resigned as a director on 16 February 2026; current directors are Jonathan McKay (from 1 January 2021) and Anthony Sinclair Ganjou (from 1 December 2025). Treat \"chief executive\" as of October 2023 only (reason: CH officers)", "why": "marked apply: false (held for Alex; decision B: keep held)" } ], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Uses AI to turn video of people moving into 3D motion-capture animation.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/move-ai-animation-funding-20231003", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=move+ai", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11886662", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11886662/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/move-ai-animation-funding-20231003", "quotes": [ "a startup using artificial intelligence to generate 3D motion capture animations", "Based in London", "has raised $10m (£8.2m)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=move+ai", "quotes": [ "MOVE AI LTD\" \"11886662\" \"Incorporated on 18 March 2019" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11886662", "quotes": [ "MOVE AI LTD\" \"International House, 142 Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom, SW7 4EF\" \"Active\" \"18 March 2019" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11886662/officers", "quotes": [ "MILLAR, Tino\" Director appointed \"18 March 2019\" resigned \"16 February 2026\"; \"GANJOU, Anthony Sinclair\" Director \"1 December 2025\"; \"MCKAY, Jonathan\" Director \"1 January 2021" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Play Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Warner Music Group" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-033", "name": "Echobox", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Latest event opened is a US$3.4m round led by Mangrove Capital Partners, reported by UKTN on 4 July 2016; present activity not confirmed beyond the Companies House listing. Companies House shows ECHOBOX LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Software that uses AI to help news publishers decide what to post on social media and when.", "description": "Echobox was described by UKTN in 2016 as \"an AI service for the online publishing industry\". It forecasts how widely an article is likely to be shared and when to post it. In July 2016 it raised US$3.4m in a round led by Mangrove Capital Partners, with LocalGlobe taking part. Its founder and chief executive was named as Antoine Amann. Companies House lists Echobox Ltd (08115900), incorporated on 22 June 2012, at 107 Cheapside, London.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "08115900", "registered_office": "9th Floor 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN", "incorporated": "2012-06-22", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "08115900", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08115900", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (EC2V 6DN)", "postcode": "EC2V 6DN", "lat": 51.514178, "lng": -0.093552, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "City of London", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Antoine Amann", "role": "founder and chief executive", "from": "null (as reported 2016)", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/echobox-gets-3-4m-round-led-by-mangrove-capital-partners-20160704" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 3400000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2016-07-04", "detail": "led by Mangrove Capital Partners", "raw": "funding_round: 3400000 USD 2016-07-04 — led by Mangrove Capital Partners", "amount_gbp": null, "fx_rate": null, "fx_source": null, "fx_note": "dated before 2017-01-03, the start of the rate series used; not converted", "txt": "US$3.4m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "news publishing", "social media" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Software that uses AI to help news publishers decide what to post on social media and when.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/news/echobox-gets-3-4m-round-led-by-mangrove-capital-partners-20160704", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=echobox", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08115900" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/news/echobox-gets-3-4m-round-led-by-mangrove-capital-partners-20160704", "quotes": [ "an AI service for the online publishing industry" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=echobox", "quotes": [ "ECHOBOX LTD\" \"08115900\" \"Incorporated on 22 June 2012\" \"9th Floor 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08115900", "quotes": [ "ECHOBOX LTD", "9th Floor 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN", "Active", "22 June 2012", "63120 - Web portals" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (EC2V 6DN)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-036", "name": "LocalGlobe", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-036", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Mangrove Capital Partners" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-034", "name": "Signal AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2024-02-16", "status_detail": "Bought reputation-monitoring firm Social 360 for an undisclosed sum, reported by UKTN on 16 February 2024; no later event opened.", "one_line": "Software that reads large volumes of news and data to tell companies how they and their brands are being talked about.", "description": "Signal AI is a London company that \"generates brand insights for clients based on analysis of large volumes of data\". Its product tracks company sentiment, monitors trends and sends alerts on breaking news. Its chief executive is David Benigson. In February 2024 it bought Social 360, a London and New York firm offering reputation management and a corporate influencer monitoring tool; the price was not disclosed. Its UK company number was not confirmed (a Companies House search in the earlier pass returned unrelated companies). [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] SOFTWARE & TOOLS: Media-monitoring software that uses AI to show companies, in real time, how their brand is seen.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "08468207", "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": "Kalahari Bidco Limited (ultimate owner not traced)", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "08468207", "from_round2": true, "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08468207", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": "EC3M 6BN", "lat": 51.511682, "lng": -0.08276, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": null, "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "David Benigson", "role": "chief executive", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/signal-ai-social-360-acquisition-20240216" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "media monitoring", "reputation and risk" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": [ { "from": "Companies House check, 29 Oct 2026", "field": "company.owner_or_acquirer", "text": "company.owner_or_acquirer → Kalahari Bidco Limited (ultimate owner not traced)" } ], "held": [ { "ids": [ "BIZ-SU-CRE-034" ], "from": "round2", "field": "", "text": "status → acquired — status_date: 2025-10-28 (CH: Kalahari Bidco Limited (16619529) became the person with significant control on 28 October 2025, holding \"75% or more\" of shares and votes and the right to appoint directors; on the same day four directors resigned and four were appointed). Kalahari Bidco is in turn 75%-plus owned by Kalahari Midco Limited (16617311). The ultimate buyer is not named on any page opened. 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WPP announced on 23 August 2021 that it had acquired the company, which then employed more than 80 people in Europe; it joined Wunderman Thompson Commerce and Hulme became WPP's chief AI officer. Terms were not disclosed. Companies House shows Satalia Limited (12303234), incorporated on 7 November 2019 with its registered office at WPP's Sea Containers House, dissolved on 4 August 2026. 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Lumirithmic Limited (13009639) was incorporated on 11 November 2020.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "13009639", "registered_office": "C/O Vantage Accounting, 1 Cedar Office Park, Cobham Road, Wimborne, United Kingdom, BH21 7SB", "incorporated": "2020-11-11", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "13009639", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13009639", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Gaurav Chawla", "role": "co-founder and chief executive", "from": null, "source": "https://imperial.ac.uk/news/238551/imperial-startup-bring-hollywood-style-3d-face" }, { "name": "Abhijeet Ghosh", "role": "co-founder and chief technology officer", "from": null, "source": "https://imperial.ac.uk/news/238551/imperial-startup-bring-hollywood-style-3d-face" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "visual effects", "games", "digital humans" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Imperial College spin-out that uses AI to make realistic 3D models of a person's face with ordinary devices.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://euronews.com/next/2022/08/18/this-ai-company-is-reconstructing-and-mapping-human-faces-to-create-more-realistic-metaver", "https://imperial.ac.uk/news/238551/imperial-startup-bring-hollywood-style-3d-face", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=lumirithmic", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13009639" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://euronews.com/next/2022/08/18/this-ai-company-is-reconstructing-and-mapping-human-faces-to-create-more-realistic-metaver", "quotes": [ "has developed a low-cost 3D face capture technology using artificial intelligence (AI)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://imperial.ac.uk/news/238551/imperial-startup-bring-hollywood-style-3d-face", "quotes": [ "create a life-like digital model of a person’s face in minutes", "London-based Lumirithmic" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=lumirithmic", "quotes": [ "LUMIRITHMIC LIMITED\" \"13009639\" \"Incorporated on 11 November 2020" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13009639", "quotes": [ "LUMIRITHMIC LIMITED | Company number 13009639 | Active" ], "accessed": "2026-10-31", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "spun_out_of", "name": "Imperial College London" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-039", "name": "Vochlea Music", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Latest page opened is Abbey Road Studios' incubator note of 9 February 2018; Companies House lists Vochlea Music Ltd with no dissolution. 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It worked on end-to-end, AI-based video compression. On 30 October 2025 InterDigital announced it was acquiring the company; its AI-based video coding portfolio was to be added to InterDigital's video portfolio and a team of its AI specialists was to join InterDigital's Video Lab. Financial terms were not disclosed. 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A company named Trint Limited (09225083), incorporated on 18 September 2014, is active at Companies House.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "09225083", "registered_office": "C/O Mishcon De Reya, Africa House, 70 Kingsway, London, England, WC2B 6AH", "incorporated": "2014-09-18", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "09225083", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09225083", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Jeff Kofman", "role": "Founder and CEO", "from": "2014-12", "source": "https://techcrunch.com/?p=1810399" }, { "name": "Marcus Everard", "role": "director — 2026-03-23 (role beyond director not stated)", "from": "2026-03-23", "source": null, "amendment": true } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 4500000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2019-04-11", "detail": "Series A with Horizons Labs, TechNexus and The Associated Press", "raw": "funding_round: 4500000 USD 2019-04-11 — Series A with Horizons Labs, TechNexus and The Associated Press", "amount_gbp": 3438527, "fx_rate": 1.3087, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3087 per £ on 2019-04-11", "fx_date": "2019-04-11", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$4.5m", "gbp_txt": "£3.4m" }, { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 3100000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2017-06-08", "detail": "pre-Series A led by Horizons Labs", "raw": "funding_round: 3100000 USD 2017-06-08 — pre-Series A led by Horizons Labs", "amount_gbp": 2394377, "fx_rate": 1.2947, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2947 per £ on 2017-06-08", "fx_date": "2017-06-08", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$3.1m", "gbp_txt": "£2.4m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "journalism", "transcription", "media" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": [ { "from": "Part 2.4", "field": "status_date / status_detail", "text": "2026-08-14 — Active at Companies House; 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Mercia invested £4m from its Northern VCT funds in November 2021, when Paul Coggins was chief executive. Companies House shows Adludio Limited, incorporated in 2012, entering administration on 2 September 2024 (administrators from BDO) and moving to creditors' voluntary liquidation on 28 August 2025. Package 1 had it as active; this is a status change.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "08227542", "registered_office": "C/O Bdo Llp 5 Temple Square Temple Street, Liverpool, L2 5RH", "incorporated": "2012-09-25", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "08227542", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08227542", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Paul Coggins", "role": "CEO (as of November 2021)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/london-adtech-company-adludio-funding-20211117" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 4000000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2021-11-17", "detail": "from Mercia's Northern VCT funds", "raw": "funding_round: 4000000 GBP 2021-11-17 — from Mercia's Northern VCT funds", "amount_gbp": 4000000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£4m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "advertising", "mobile" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-adludio", "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Ran a mobile advertising business that used AI and in-house design tools to turn brands' existing creative into interactive mobile adverts; now in liquidation.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08227542/filing-history", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=adludio", "https://www.uktech.news/news/london-adtech-company-adludio-funding-20211117" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08227542/filing-history", "quotes": [ "Appointment of an administrator\" (02 Sep 2024)", "Notice of move from Administration case to Creditors Voluntary Liquidation\" (28 Aug 2025)", "Appointment of a voluntary liquidator\" (08 Sep 2025)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=adludio", "quotes": [ "ADLUDIO LIMITED\" \"08227542\" \"25 September 2012\" \"Liquidation" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/news/london-adtech-company-adludio-funding-20211117", "quotes": [ "£4 million", "cutting-edge AI and in-house creative tools" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London", "status_group": "wound_down", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-205", "name": "Mercia (Mercia Ventures, Mercia Asset Management PLC)", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-205", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: funds", "id": "BIZ-INV-205", "name": "Mercia (Mercia Ventures, Mercia Asset Management PLC)", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-205", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-022", "name": "Anything World", "bucket": "co", "status": "wound_down", "status_date": "2025-05-13", "status_detail": "Shareholders passed an extraordinary resolution to wind up on 13 May 2025 and a voluntary liquidator was appointed on 22 May 2025; the company was renamed AWL 11379076 Limited in August 2025 and liquidators filed a statement to 12 May 2026.", "one_line": "Used AI to build, rig and animate 3D models and environments for games, augmented reality and virtual reality; now in liquidation.", "description": "Anything World was a London company led by chief executive Gordon Midwood. 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Companies House shows TRACTABLE LTD. as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Uses computer vision to assess damage to cars and property from photographs so insurers and repairers can settle claims faster.", "description": "Tractable was incorporated in London in November 2014. It sells AI that estimates vehicle and property damage from images to insurers, repairers, dealers and fleet operators. Its 2026 releases cover partnerships with Covéa (France, 1 April) and Foyer (Luxembourg, 6 May). Earlier funding rounds and leadership changes in the leads file were not re-opened in this session.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "09315523", "registered_office": "71-75 Shelton Street, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQ", "incorporated": "2014-11-18", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "09315523", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09315523", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (WC2H 9JQ)", "postcode": "WC2H 9JQ", "lat": 51.514897, "lng": -0.123615, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Camden", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "insurance claims", "motor", "property" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-tractable", "type": "Companies", "category": "finance", "function": "Uses computer vision to assess damage to cars and property from photographs so insurers and repairers can settle claims faster.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://tractable.ai/press/", "https://tractable.ai/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09315523" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://tractable.ai/press/", "quotes": [ "2026-05-06: Foyer and Tractable: AI for motor claims management", "2026-04-01: Covéa and Tractable renew their partnership" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://tractable.ai/", "quotes": [ "Driving the Future of Auto Appraisal with Intelligent Automation" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09315523", "quotes": [ "TRACTABLE LTD.\" \"Active\" \"71-75 Shelton Street, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQ\" \"18 November 2014" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (WC2H 9JQ)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "linked from: buys_from", "id": "BIZ-EST-071", "name": "Aviva and Tractable AI motor claims", "page": "established", "href": "../../established/#org=BIZ-EST-071", "page_label": "Established firms" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "partner_of", "name": "Covéa" }, { "kind": "partner_of", "name": "Foyer" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-015", "name": "Cleo", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Its company page lists the launch of Cleo 3.0 in July 2025 and a team of more than 500 across London, New York and San Francisco; no funding after the 2022 Series C was found. 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It reported 743,000 active paid subscribers in December 2024.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "09864205", "registered_office": "Fourth Floor The Gilbert, 40 Finsbury Square, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 1PX", "incorporated": "2015-11-09", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": "500+ (company page, 2026)", "ch_number_clean": "09864205", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09864205", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (EC2A 1PX)", "postcode": "EC2A 1PX", "lat": 51.520182, "lng": -0.086137, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Islington", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Barney Hussey-Yeo", "role": "Founder and CEO", "from": "2016", "source": "https://web.meetcleo.com/company" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 44000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2020-12-10", "detail": "Series B led by EQT Ventures, with Balderton, LocalGlobe and SBI", "raw": "funding_round: 44000000 USD 2020-12-10 — Series B led by EQT Ventures, with Balderton, LocalGlobe and SBI", "amount_gbp": 33145009, "fx_rate": 1.3275, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3275 per £ on 2020-12-10", "fx_date": "2020-12-10", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$44m", "gbp_txt": "£33.1m" }, { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 80000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2022", "detail": "Series C led by Sofina (company page; 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Its face biometrics are used by governments and banks; customers named in March 2026 include US Customs and Border Protection, the UK Home Office (port trials) and Thirdfort. It said it passed one million daily transactions in 2025. Its last funding news is US$70m from Sumeru Equity Partners (6 January 2022). 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Companies House shows ETIQ AI LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Software that checks financial firms' data and AI models for bias and helps correct it.", "description": "ETIQ is a London start-up founded by Iris Anson and Raluca Crisan. Its cloud platform examines a company's data and models, flags possible bias and applies fixes, to \"help financial companies identify and eliminate bias within their AI algorithms\". It raised £585,000 in pre-seed funding (SFC Capital equity and Innovate UK grants) in January 2021. It may fit the Safety and assurance page better; the lead researcher should decide. 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Companies House shows THIRDFORT LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "An app that checks the identity and source of funds of buyers and clients for law firms and property businesses, using document scanning, facial recognition and Open Banking.", "description": "Thirdfort is a London company founded by Olly Thornton-Berry and Jack Bidgood after a friend lost £25,000 to fraud when buying a flat. Its app combines Open Banking, document scanning and facial recognition to speed up identity and source-of-funds checks in legal and property transactions. In April 2021 it raised £1.5m, taking its total to £4.2m, with Alex Chesterman and law firm Mishcon de Reya among backers. In March 2026 iProov listed Thirdfort as a customer of its face verification. The UKTN article does not use the word AI; its facial recognition is supplied by iProov. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] product / customers: Next Generation Services project: AI algorithm for property lawyers to detect fraudulent transactions; used by over 500 UK law firms (as at March 2022)", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10757456", "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10757456", "from_round2": true, "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10757456", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London", "postcode": "SW1V 1JT", "lat": 51.494975, "lng": -0.14433, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Westminster", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Olly Thornton-Berry", "role": "Co-founder and Managing Director", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/cazoos-alex-chesterman-backs-legal-tech-startup-in-15m-funding-that-lets-lawyers-verify-client-identity-in-minutes-20210412" }, { "name": "Jack Bidgood", "role": "Co-founder", "from": null, "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 1500000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2021-04-12", "detail": "existing investors plus a Future Fund convertible loan; total raised £4.2m", "raw": "funding_round: 1500000 GBP 2021-04-12 — existing investors plus a Future Fund convertible loan; total raised £4.2m", "amount_gbp": 1500000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£1.5m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "identity", "anti-money laundering", "property and legal transactions" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "finance", "function": "An app that checks the identity and source of funds of buyers and clients for law firms and property businesses, using document scanning, facial recognition and Open Banking.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/news/cazoos-alex-chesterman-backs-legal-tech-startup-in-15m-funding-that-lets-lawyers-verify-client-identity-in-minutes-20210412", "https://www.iproov.com/press/1-million-daily-transactions-deepfakes-redefine-enterprise-attack-surface", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10757456", "https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/5980-Next-generation-brochure-CS-v2-1.pdf" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/news/cazoos-alex-chesterman-backs-legal-tech-startup-in-15m-funding-that-lets-lawyers-verify-client-identity-in-minutes-20210412", "quotes": [ "£1.5 million, total raised £4.2 million; Open Banking, document scanning and facial recognition (12 April 2021)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.iproov.com/press/1-million-daily-transactions-deepfakes-redefine-enterprise-attack-surface", "quotes": [ "Thirdfort among named iProov clients (March 4, 2026)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10757456", "quotes": [ "THIRDFORT LIMITED", "Belle House Platform 1, Victoria Station, London, England, SW1V 1JT", "Active", "8 May 2017", "FOEX LIMITED (08 May 2017 - 17 Oct 2017)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/5980-Next-generation-brochure-CS-v2-1.pdf", "quotes": [ "an AI-driven algorithm that can be used by property lawyers to detect fraudulent property transactions in real time" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Mishcon de Reya" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Future Fund" } ], "degree": 2, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SAFE-015", "BIZ-SU-FIN-016" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-031", "name": "Stratiphy", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Leads a consortium awarded a £1m Innovate UK grant for safe AI in investment management, reported 9 May 2024. Companies House shows STRATIPHY LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "A London personalised investment-strategy firm leading a grant-funded project on safe AI for investment management.", "description": "Stratiphy is described by UKTN as a \"London-based personalised investment strategy firm\". In May 2024 Innovate UK awarded £1m to a consortium it leads, with the Universities of Bristol and Birmingham, Chenavari Investment Managers, Smart Pension and Aventur Wealth, to develop \"safe AI solutions to address challenges in the investment management space\". Its own products were not checked.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "12510853", "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "12510853", "from_round2": true, "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12510853", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London", "postcode": "EC2A 4NE", "lat": 51.525617, "lng": -0.083602, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Hackney", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "grant", "amount": 1000000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2024-05-09", "detail": "Innovate UK grant to Stratiphy-led consortium", "raw": "grant: 1000000 GBP 2024-05-09 — Innovate UK grant to Stratiphy-led consortium", "amount_gbp": 1000000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£1m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance", "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "investment management", "wealth" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "finance", "function": "A London personalised investment-strategy firm leading a grant-funded project on safe AI for investment management.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/innovate-uk-ai-finance-20240509", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12510853" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/innovate-uk-ai-finance-20240509", "quotes": [ "Innovate UK has awarded a £1m grant", "London-based personalised investment strategy firm", "safe AI solutions to address challenges in the investment management space" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12510853", "quotes": [ "STRATIPHY LIMITED", "86-90 Paul Street, London, England, EC2A 4NE", "Active", "11 March 2020", "66190 - Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance", "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Innovate UK" }, { "kind": "partner_of", "name": "University of Bristol" }, { "kind": "partner_of", "name": "University of Birmingham" }, { "kind": "partner_of", "name": "Smart Pension" }, { "kind": "partner_of", "name": "Aventur Wealth" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-032", "name": "Sumsub", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-03-26", "status_detail": "Announced a partnership with ComplyAdvantage on 26 March 2026.", "one_line": "Identity-verification and compliance software that uses AI for liveness detection when firms sign up customers.", "description": "UKTN described Sumsub in March 2021 as a \"London-based startup\" applying AI to liveness detection, naming Jacob Sever as co-founder and chief product officer. In March 2026 ComplyAdvantage and Sumsub announced that ComplyAdvantage's Mesh would power AML screening in Sumsub's products; Sumsub said it is trusted by more than 4,000 companies. Its headquarters and UK company were not confirmed on a primary page in this session, so its UK status needs checking before publication.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": null, "companies_house_url": null, "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (per UKTN, 2021)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Jacob Sever", "role": "Co-founder and Chief Product Officer (2021)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/london-sumsub-ai-identity-verification-prooface-20210330" }, { "name": "Andrew Novoselsky", "role": "Chief Product Officer (2026)", "from": null, "source": "https://complyadvantage.com/press-media/sumsub-and-complyadvantage-announce-strategic-partnership/" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "identity verification", "KYC", "AML" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [ { "ids": [ "BIZ-SU-FIN-032" ], "from": "Part 2.4", "field": "company (to confirm)", "text": "No company named Sumsub at Companies House. Sum and Substance Ltd (09688671), incorporated 2015-07-16, 30 St. Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8BF, may be its UK company; not confirmed on an opened page. 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The leads file reported a £13.3m Series A led by GV in October 2024, but no source for it could be opened in this session. 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No previous names shown; the link to Orbital is still not confirmed on a company page. 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It sells \"AI-powered contract lifecycle management software\". In July 2019 it raised US$55m in a Series B led by Insight Partners, with Eagle Proprietary Investments. The article opened lists offices in London, New York, San Francisco, Glasgow and Mumbai and does not name a headquarters, so UK headquarters needs confirming.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": null, "companies_house_url": null, "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (office; headquarters not stated)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Sarvarth Misra", "role": "Co-founder and CEO", "from": "2012", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/contractpodai-secures-55m-series-b-20190718" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 55000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2019-07-18", "detail": "Series B led by Insight Partners", "raw": "funding_round: 55000000 USD 2019-07-18 — Series B led by Insight Partners", "amount_gbp": 44059921, "fx_rate": 1.2483, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2483 per £ on 2019-07-18", "fx_date": "2019-07-18", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$55m", "gbp_txt": "£44.1m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "legal", "contracts" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": [ { "from": "Part 2.4", "field": "uk_status note", "text": "Companies House search for \"contractpodai\" returns no company; UK headquarters still unconfirmed. 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Companies House shows CERA CARE LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "London home-care company whose digital platform organises care at home and which says its AI predicts when patients' health will worsen.", "description": "Cera Care Limited, incorporated in November 2015 (first named Golden Era Club Ltd, renamed July 2018), provides home care, nursing and prescription deliveries through a digital platform. UKTN reported in August 2022 that Cera \"claims its AI tech can predict patient health deterioration before it occurs\", and that it had raised US$320m (£263.6m) in equity and debt from investors including Schroders Capital, Jane Street Capital, KairosHQ and Vanderbilt University. Dr Ben Maruthappu is founder and chief executive. Its head-office company is registered in Camden, London. No later funding page was opened.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "09874278", "registered_office": "Labs Hawley Lock Offices 029, 032, 033 & 34, 1 Water Lane, Camden, London, England, NW1 8NZ", "incorporated": "2015-11-16", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "09874278", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09874278", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (NW1 8NZ)", "postcode": "NW1 8NZ", "lat": 51.541973, "lng": -0.142187, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Camden", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Dr Ben Maruthappu", "role": "Founder and CEO", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/medtech/cera-health-tech-funding-20220804" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 320000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2022-08-04", "detail": "equity and debt; Schroders Capital, Jane Street Capital, KairosHQ, Vanderbilt University", "raw": "funding_round: 320000000 USD 2022-08-04 — equity and debt; Schroders Capital, Jane Street Capital, KairosHQ, Vanderbilt University", "amount_gbp": 264222608, "fx_rate": 1.2111, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2111 per £ on 2022-08-04", "fx_date": "2022-08-04", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$320m", "gbp_txt": "£264.2m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation", "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "home care", "social care", "nursing" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "health", "function": "London home-care company whose digital platform organises care at home and which says its AI predicts when patients' health will worsen.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/medtech/cera-health-tech-funding-20220804", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09874278" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/medtech/cera-health-tech-funding-20220804", "quotes": [ "raised $320m (£263.6m) in an equity and debt funding round", "Cera claims its AI tech can predict patient health deterioration before it occurs", "Cera founder and CEO Dr Ben Maruthappu MBE\" (dated 4 August 2022)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09874278", "quotes": [ "CERA CARE LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"16 November 2015\" \"GOLDEN ERA CLUB LTD" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation", "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (NW1 8NZ)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-061", "name": "Schroders Capital", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-061", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Jane Street Capital" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "KairosHQ" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Vanderbilt University" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-039", "name": "Slamcore", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised a US$16m (£12.8m) Series A led by ROBO Global Ventures and Presidio Ventures, reported 4 May 2022; Companies House shows Slamcore Limited active on 29 October 2026, with IP2IPO Services Limited appointed a director on 1 April 2025. Companies House shows SLAMCORE LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "London company making software that uses AI so robots and drones can map their surroundings and work out where they are, using ordinary cameras.", "description": "Slamcore Limited was incorporated in February 2016. UKTN describes it as \"creating algorithms that will let autonomous devices\" understand their surroundings, using \"artificial intelligence\" with consumer-grade hardware. In May 2022 it raised US$16m (£12.8m) in a Series A led by ROBO Global Ventures and Presidio Ventures. Owen Nicholson is founder and chief executive and a director at Companies House. Its registered office is in Oakham, Rutland; UKTN calls it London-based. IP2IPO Services Limited (IP Group) became a corporate director on 1 April 2025. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] SOFTWARE & TOOLS: \"Spatial AI\" software that lets robots, drones and other autonomous machines locate themselves and understand their surroundings. [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] investors (2018 round): 2018-09-28 $5m round led by Amadeus Capital Partners (not MMC, as DEAL-SW-2003 implies); Mirai Creation Fund and Toyota AI Ventures followed on; MMC Ventures and Octopus Ventures joined [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] investors (2022 round): 2022-05-04 Series A $16m (£12.8m) led by ROBO Global Ventures and Presidio Ventures; Amadeus, Global Brain, IP Group, MMC, Octopus, Samsung Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Yamato Holdings [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] customers and people: Meta uses SLAMcore mapping software (2022-05); HQ London; Owen Nicholson founder and CEO; Dr Stefan Leutenegger co-founder [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] correction to DEAL-SW-2003 (2018-09, $5m): lead investor was Amadeus Capital Partners; Mirai Creation Fund and Toyota AI Ventures returned; MMC Ventures and Octopus Ventures were new investors; CEO Owen Nicholson, co-founder Stefan Leutenegger [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] correction to DEAL-SW-2005 (2022-05, $16m): Series A led by ROBO Global Ventures and Presidio Ventures; 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Companies House shows Vivacity Labs Limited active on 29 October 2026. Companies House shows VIVACITY LABS LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "London company whose AI sensors count and track traffic, cyclists and pedestrians so councils can plan and run road networks.", "description": "Vivacity Labs Limited was incorporated in London in December 2015. UKTN says VivaCity \"uses AI sensors to gather data on transport modes, traffic flow, and travel patterns\" for local councils and was taking its \"AI traffic optimisation platform\" to North America. In February 2023 it raised £7m from ENV, with existing investors Foresight Group and Gresham House Ventures, after a £5m Series A in February 2022. Mark Nicholson is co-founder and chief executive and a director at Companies House. 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Companies House shows POLARON LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "London start-up that trains AI on microscope images and material measurements to predict how manufactured materials will behave.", "description": "Polaron calls itself an \"intelligence layer for materials science\". UKTN reported in February 2026 that it trains AI on microscope images and measured properties so engineers can interpret material microstructures and predict behaviour of \"materials used in the manufacturing of products\". It raised US$8m (£5.85m) led by Racine2, with Speedinvest, Futurepresent and angel investors. Isaac Squires is co-founder and chief executive. It is a materials and manufacturing company, not health, and does not train a general-purpose model, so it is placed here rather than on the Health or Labs pages. A Companies House match (Polaron Ltd 14882059, Thame, 2023) was found but not linked to the business on a page opened. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] LABS: Trains AI models on microscopy images and material properties to analyse and design material microstructures. [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] rounds: $8m (2026-02-03) led by Racine2 with Speedinvest, Futurepresent and industrial-AI angels [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] models_released: AI platform trained on microscopy images and measured properties; 3D reconstruction from 2D images; generative design layer for process–structure–property links [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] chief_executive: Isaac Squires — chief executive and co-founder [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] founders: Isaac Squires — CEO; Steve Kench — CTO; Sam Cooper — Chief Scientist (all co-founders) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] founded: Imperial College London spin-out after seven years of research; London (E2) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] what_it_does: Trains AI models on microscopy images and measured properties to explain and design material microstructures [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] customers_or_partners: Used by EV makers responsible for over a third of world EV production (customers not named) (2026-02-03)", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14882059", "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14882059", "from_round2": true, "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14882059", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London", "postcode": "OX9 3EZ", "lat": 51.745399, "lng": -0.974026, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "South Oxfordshire", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Isaac Squires", "role": "Co-founder and CEO", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/ai-materials-startup-polaron-raises-6m-20260204" }, { "name": "Isaac Squires", "role": "CEO and co-founder", "from": null, "source": "https://tech.eu/2026/02/03/polaron-completes-8m-funding-round-for-materials-science-intelligence/", "round4": true }, { "name": "Isaac Squires", "role": "co-founder and chief executive", "from": null, "source": "https://tech.eu/2026/02/03/polaron-completes-8m-funding-round-for-materials-science-intelligence/", "round4": true }, { "name": "Isaac Squires", "role": "CEO and co-founder", "from": null, "source": "https://www.polaron.ai/newsroom/polaron-raises-8m-to-build-the-intelligence-layer-for-materials-science", "round4": true }, { "name": "Steve Kench", "role": "CTO and co-founder", "from": null, "source": "https://www.polaron.ai/newsroom/polaron-raises-8m-to-build-the-intelligence-layer-for-materials-science", "round4": true }, { "name": "Sam Cooper", "role": "Chief Scientist and co-founder", "from": null, "source": "https://www.polaron.ai/newsroom/polaron-raises-8m-to-build-the-intelligence-layer-for-materials-science", "round4": true } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 8000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2026-02-04", "detail": "led by Racine2; 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UKTN reported in January 2022 that it uses \"proprietary data and machine learning\" and raised a US$32.6m (£24.1m) Series A co-led by Index Ventures and Insight Partners; Dr Allister Furey was co-founder and chief executive. In July 2023 it raised a US$57m (£43.6m) Series B led by Balderton Capital. The likely Companies House record is Sylvera Ltd (12382318, London, incorporated 2 January 2020); officers could not be checked to confirm the link (fetch limit).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": null, "ch_note": "null (Sylvera Ltd 12382318 probable, unconfirmed)", "companies_house_url": null }, "place": { "text": "London", "postcode": "N1 7SR", "lat": 51.529269, "lng": -0.088062, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Hackney", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Dr Allister Furey", "role": "Co-founder and CEO", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/big-data/sylvera-funding-carbon-offset-20220125" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 57000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2023-07-18", "detail": "Series B led by Balderton Capital", "raw": "funding_round: 57000000 USD 2023-07-18 — Series B led by Balderton Capital", "amount_gbp": 43574650, "fx_rate": 1.3081, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3081 per £ on 2023-07-18", "fx_date": "2023-07-18", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$57m", "gbp_txt": "£43.6m" }, { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 32600000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2022-01-25", "detail": "Series A co-led by Index Ventures and Insight Partners", "raw": "funding_round: 32600000 USD 2022-01-25 — Series A co-led by Index Ventures and Insight Partners", "amount_gbp": 24173217, "fx_rate": 1.3486, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3486 per £ on 2022-01-25", "fx_date": "2022-01-25", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$32.6m", "gbp_txt": "£24.2m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation", "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "carbon markets", "climate data" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [ { "ids": [ "BIZ-SU-ENR-011" ], "from": "round2", "field": "", "text": "company.ch_number → 12382318 (confirmed: CEO Allister Furey has been a director since incorporation); 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Babylon Partners Limited was renamed BPL Realisations Limited and was still in administration on Companies House on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "Digital GP and AI symptom-checker company that collapsed into administration in August 2023; its UK business was sold to eMed.", "description": "Babylon was founded in 2013 to provide technology and clinical services through a digital-first platform, including an AI symptom checker and triage tools. In August 2023, after a planned merger with digital therapeutics firm MindMaze fell through and its US arm entered Chapter 7 proceedings, Alvarez & Marsal were appointed administrators over the parent company and its subsidiary Babylon Partners Limited. The administrators sold certain UK businesses and assets to eMed Healthcare UK Limited. Sources disagree on GP at Hand: UKTN reported the clinical services business, including GP at Hand, was sold to eMed, while Pharmaphorum reported GP at Hand was not included. Babylon had listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021 at a reported US$4.2bn valuation and agreed in June 2023 to delist and become private again. 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Companies House shows EYE2GENE LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes AI software that suggests which gene is behind an inherited eye disease from a patient's retinal scan.", "description": "Eye2Gene Ltd's software informs the diagnosis of genetic eye disease from a patient's retinal scan. It was selected, with Hardian Health, for the simulation strand of Phase 2 of the MHRA's AI Airlock regulatory sandbox, published on 16 October 2025. Companies House lists Eye2Gene Limited, incorporated in August 2018, with a Paddington, London address. 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In February 2022 UKTN reported a US$9m growth round led by Octopus Ventures and said the company was headquartered in London, with offices in Dubai and Melbourne; Alan Bourne founded it in 2015 and was then chief executive. Companies House lists Sova Assessment Limited (formerly Bourne Talent Consulting Limited), incorporated on 15 May 2015, as active, with a registered office in Canterbury. 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In March 2022 UKTN reported a £1.6m seed round from Speedinvest and IQ Capital, and named Dr Yichuan Zhang as co-founder and chief executive, with co-founders Dr Jinli Hu and Dr Hanchen Xiong. 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In May 2022 UKTN reported a US$11m Series A led by Una Terra and named Mikela Druckman as co-founder and chief executive; the company was co-founded in 2019 with Ambarish Mitra and Nikola Sivacki. Companies House lists Greyparrot.ai Ltd, incorporated on 30 November 2018, as active, with Mikela Druckman a director since incorporation. 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In June 2022 UKTN reported a US$18.5m growth round led by Oxx, with Albion VC, and named Steve King as chief executive and co-founder. Companies House lists Black Swan Data Ltd, incorporated on 17 May 2011, as active, with its registered office at Mintel House, London. Mintel Group Ltd has been its person with significant control since 29 April 2025; Steve King resigned as a director that day. No release on the purchase was opened. 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On 7 October 2022 UKTN reported that the London investor Grafton Capital had bought the company for an undisclosed sum, and named Jim Brennan as chief executive. Companies House shows ProQuo AI Limited (formerly TransgressiveX Limited), incorporated in 2015, entered administration on 5 August 2022 and compulsory liquidation on 3 August 2023. Two related companies are now named Brand Traction Limited and Brand Traction Holdings Limited (formerly ProQuo AI International and ProQuo AI Holdings). 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In November 2022 UKTN reported a £5m Series A led by Presidio Ventures and East Innovate, with IQ Capital and others, and named Francesco Montomoli as chief executive. Companies House shows the company, incorporated on 18 March 2019, was renamed ToffeeX Limited on 1 December 2023 and is active. Francesco Montomoli resigned as a director on 23 June 2023.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11886947", "registered_office": "125 Wood Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2V 7AW", "incorporated": "2019-03-18", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11886947", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11886947", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (registered office) (EC2V 7AW)", "postcode": "EC2V 7AW", "lat": 51.51481, "lng": -0.094793, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "City of London", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 5000000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2022-11-09", "detail": "Series A led by Presidio Ventures and East Innovate (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 5000000 GBP 2022-11-09 — Series A led by Presidio Ventures and East Innovate (single source)", "amount_gbp": 5000000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£5m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation", "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "engineering design", "additive manufacturing" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "industry", "function": "London software that designs engineering parts, including 3D-printed ones, for firms such as Boeing and Rolls-Royce.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/toffeeam-raises-5m-20221109", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11886947", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11886947/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/toffeeam-raises-5m-20221109", "quotes": [ "TOffeeAM develops software used by engineering firms.\" (page meta: \"AI-powered fuel efficiency software\")" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11886947", "quotes": [ "TOFFEEX LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"18 March 2019\" \"TOFFEEAM LIMITED, 18 Mar 2019 - 01 Dec 2023" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11886947/officers", "quotes": [ "MONTOMOLI, Francesco\" \"Resigned on 23 June 2023" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation", "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (registered office) (EC2V 7AW)", "status_group": "renamed", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Presidio Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "East Innovate" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "IQ Capital" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-601", "name": "9fin", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists 9fin Limited as active (checked 29 October 2026).", "one_line": "London data platform that uses machine learning to gather and analyse information on corporate debt markets.", "description": "9fin is an analytics platform for debt capital markets. Its software uses computer vision and machine learning to bring together data from news, documents and the web. In December 2022 UKTN reported a US$23m Series A+ led by Spark Capital and said the company was London-headquartered; it named Steven Hunter as chief executive and co-founder (founded 2016). Companies House lists 9fin Limited, incorporated on 28 October 2016, as active, with Steven Hunter a director since incorporation. 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In February 2023 UKTN reported a US$2m pre-seed round from Founders Factory, Plug and Play and others, and named Ben Lakey as co-founder and chief executive, with co-founder Jorge Alexander. Companies House shows Syndi Ltd, incorporated on 2 November 2020, with both men as directors from that date; Jorge Alexander resigned on 24 June 2024 and Benjamin Lakey on 1 May 2025. 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(Dallas, Texas), registered a UK establishment on 6 June 2024.", "one_line": "London start-up making fire alarms that combine smoke and air-quality sensors with machine learning to cut false alarms.", "description": "Phare Labs is redesigning the fire alarm: its device pairs smoke detection with indoor air-quality sensors and uses machine learning to reduce false positives. In March 2023 UKTN reported a £300,000 investment from the British Design Fund plus angel money, and named co-founders Daniel McBride and Arnau Donate. Companies House lists Phare Labs Limited (formerly Halo Tecnologia Limited), incorporated on 16 July 2021, as active, with Daniel Evan Mcbride and Arnau Donate Duch as persons with significant control. A Texas company, Phare Labs Holdings Inc., opened a UK establishment in June 2024; whether the head office has moved was not confirmed.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "13515798", "registered_office": "71-75 Shelton Street, London, England, WC2H 9JQ", "incorporated": "2021-07-16", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "13515798", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13515798", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 300000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2023-03-13", "detail": "British Design Fund, plus angels (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 300000 GBP 2023-03-13 — British Design Fund, plus angels (single source)", "amount_gbp": 300000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£300,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "fire safety", "building sensors" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "industry", "function": "London start-up making fire alarms that combine smoke and air-quality sensors with machine learning to cut false alarms.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/phare-labs-funding-fire-alarm-20230313", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13515798", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13515798/persons-with-significant-control", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=phare+labs" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/phare-labs-funding-fire-alarm-20230313", "quotes": [ "its fire alarms use machine learning and dramatically improves fire detection accuracy, reducing false positives." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13515798", "quotes": [ "PHARE LABS LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"16 July 2021\" \"HALO TECNOLOGIA LIMITED (16 Jul 2021 - 09 Nov 2021)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13515798/persons-with-significant-control", "quotes": [ "Daniel Evan Mcbride\" \"16 July 2021\"; \"Mr. Arnau Donate Duch\" \"5 August 2022" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=phare+labs", "quotes": [ "PHARE LABS HOLDINGS INC.\" \"FC041952\" \"First UK establishment opened on 6 June 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "British Design Fund" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-ENR-601", "name": "SMPnet", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2023-05-02", "status_detail": "Latest position found is a US$1.4m seed round reported on 2 May 2023; no Companies House entry was matched by name.", "one_line": "London and Glasgow start-up writing AI software to control electricity grids and microgrids.", "description": "SMPnet is developing software to control power grids using AI, for energy service providers, utilities and microgrid operators. In May 2023 UKTN reported a US$1.4m seed round led by Marathon Venture Capital with angel investors, said the company was based in London and Glasgow, and named Anastasios Rousis as chief executive and co-founder. Companies House searches for \"smpnet\" and \"smp net\" did not return a matching company. 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In June 2023 UKTN reported a US$5.7m extension to its seed round, led by BITKRAFT Ventures with Tower 26 and the Amazon Alexa Fund, taking the total to US$8.2m, and named Nihal Tharoor as co-founder and chief executive. Companies House lists Scriptic Ltd, incorporated on 13 November 2017 as Electric Noir Studios Limited, as active, with Nihal Tharoor-Menon a director since incorporation.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11061425", "registered_office": "86-90 Paul Street, London, England, EC2A 4NE", "incorporated": "2017-11-13", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11061425", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11061425", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Nihal Tharoor", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director from 2017-11-13 (listed as Nihal Tharoor-Menon)", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11061425/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 5700000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2023-06-30", "detail": "seed extension led by BITKRAFT Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 5700000 USD 2023-06-30 — seed extension led by BITKRAFT Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 4483247, "fx_rate": 1.2714, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2714 per £ on 2023-06-30", "fx_date": "2023-06-30", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$5.7m", "gbp_txt": "£4.5m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "interactive entertainment", "mobile drama" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "London studio making interactive dramas for phones and creative tools that use generative AI.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/scriptic-secures-4-5m-20230630", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11061425", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11061425/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/scriptic-secures-4-5m-20230630", "quotes": [ "a startup developing interactive mobile entertainment and creative applications for generative AI", "$5.7m (£4.5m)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11061425", "quotes": [ "SCRIPTIC LTD\" \"Active\" \"13 November 2017\" \"ELECTRIC NOIR STUDIOS LIMITED\" (13 Nov 2017 - 26 May 2023)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11061425/officers", "quotes": [ "THAROOR-MENON, Nihal\" Director appointed 13 November 2017" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "BITKRAFT Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Amazon Alexa Fund" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Nihal Tharoor" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-605", "name": "Raft (formerly Vector.ai)", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists Vector AI Ltd as active (checked 29 October 2026); the business trades as Raft.", "one_line": "London company whose AI automates freight-forwarding paperwork such as customs entries and invoice checks.", "description": "Raft, formerly known as Vector.ai, sells AI tools that automate freight operations, starting with accounts payable reconciliation and customs entry preparation. In July 2023 UKTN reported a US$30m Series B led by Eight Roads, with Bessemer Venture Partners, Episode 1 and Dynamo Ventures, said it was London-based with offices in India and the US, and named James Coombes as co-founder and chief executive. Companies House lists Vector AI Ltd, incorporated on 14 November 2017, as active, with James Coombes a director since incorporation.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11063616", "registered_office": "1st Floor, 115 Southwark Bridge Road, London, England, SE1 0AX", "incorporated": "2017-11-14", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11063616", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11063616", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (SE1 0AX)", "postcode": "SE1 0AX", "lat": 51.503469, "lng": -0.095267, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Southwark", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "James Coombes", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director from 2017-11-14", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11063616/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 30000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2023-07-11", "detail": "Series B led by Eight Roads (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 30000000 USD 2023-07-11 — Series B led by Eight Roads (single source)", "amount_gbp": 23261224, "fx_rate": 1.2897, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2897 per £ on 2023-07-11", "fx_date": "2023-07-11", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$30m", "gbp_txt": "£23.3m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "freight and logistics" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "industry", "function": "London company whose AI automates freight-forwarding paperwork such as customs entries and invoice checks.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/raft-series-b-20230711", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11063616", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11063616/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/raft-series-b-20230711", "quotes": [ "AI logistics company Raft", "formally known as Vector.ai", "$30m (£23.4m) Series B investment" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11063616", "quotes": [ "VECTOR AI LTD\" \"1st Floor, 115 Southwark Bridge Road, London, England, SE1 0AX\" \"Active\" \"14 November 2017" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11063616/officers", "quotes": [ "COOMBES, James\" \"Active\" \"Director\" \"14 November 2017" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (SE1 0AX)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Eight Roads" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Bessemer Venture Partners" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Episode 1" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "James Coombes" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-EDU-601", "name": "Quench.ai (now Askollo Ltd)", "bucket": "co", "status": "renamed", "status_date": "2025-11-27", "status_detail": "Companies House shows Quench.ai Ltd renamed Askollo Ltd on 27 November 2025; the company is active and its founder Husayn Kassai remains a director.", "one_line": "London start-up building an AI coach that recommends videos to help people learn work skills.", "description": "Quench.ai built an AI coaching platform that recommends videos for users to learn new skills; in July 2023 it was in beta. UKTN reported a US$5m pre-seed round that month from Firstminute Capital, Tuesday VC, Ada Ventures, Notion Capital and others, and named Husayn Kassai, co-founder of Onfido, as founder and chief executive. Companies House shows the company was incorporated on 4 January 2021 as Newmn Ltd, renamed Quench.ai Ltd on 1 March 2023 and renamed Askollo Ltd on 27 November 2025. It is active, and Husayn Kassai has been a director since incorporation. What Askollo now sells was not checked.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "13108676", "registered_office": "Techspace, 140 Goswell Road, London, England, EC1V 7DY", "incorporated": "2021-01-04", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "13108676", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13108676", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (EC1V 7DY)", "postcode": "EC1V 7DY", "lat": 51.525062, "lng": -0.099209, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Islington", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Husayn Kassai", "role": "founder and chief executive; director from 2021-01-04", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13108676/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 5000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2023-07-24", "detail": "pre-seed (Firstminute Capital, Tuesday VC and others) (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 5000000 USD 2023-07-24 — pre-seed (Firstminute Capital, Tuesday VC and others) (single source)", "amount_gbp": 3901069, "fx_rate": 1.2817, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2817 per £ on 2023-07-24", "fx_date": "2023-07-24", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$5m", "gbp_txt": "£3.9m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "workplace learning", "skills" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "education", "function": "London start-up building an AI coach that recommends videos to help people learn work skills.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/education/quench-ai-funding-20230724", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13108676", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13108676/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/education/quench-ai-funding-20230724", "quotes": [ "AI that acts like a coach to recommend suitable videos for a user to learn new skills", "$5m (£3.9m) in pre-seed capital" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13108676", "quotes": [ "ASKOLLO LTD\" \"Active\" \"4 January 2021\" \"QUENCH.AI LTD,\" \"01 Mar 2023 - 27 Nov 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13108676/officers", "quotes": [ "Husayn Kassai, Director (Active), appointed 4 January 2021" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (EC1V 7DY)", "status_group": "renamed", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Ada Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Notion Capital" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Husayn Kassai" } ], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-INV-206" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-608", "name": "11x.ai", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists 11X Limited as active; founder Hasan Sukkar ceased to be a person with significant control on 5 February 2025 and resigned as a director on 14 May 2025.", "one_line": "Start-up building AI \"digital workers\", starting with an AI sales associate called Alice.", "description": "11x.ai builds what it calls AI digital workers to automate business functions such as sales and recruitment; its first product was an AI sales associate called Alice. In August 2023 UKTN reported a US$2m pre-seed round led by Project A Ventures and described the company as London-based, naming Hasan Sukkar as founder. Companies House lists 11X Limited, incorporated on 3 October 2022 with a London office, as active. Hasan Sukkar was a director from 2022 until 14 May 2025 and a person with significant control until 5 February 2025; since August 2025 the company has stated it has no registrable person. Where 11x is now headquartered was not checked.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14393667", "registered_office": "Unit 409 Brickfields Workspace Cremer Business Centre, 37 Cremer Street, London, England, E2 8HD", "incorporated": "2022-10-03", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14393667", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14393667", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Hasan Sukkar", "role": "founder (2023 source); director 2022-10-03 to 2025-05-14", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14393667/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 2000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2023-08-14", "detail": "pre-seed led by Project A Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 2000000 USD 2023-08-14 — pre-seed led by Project A Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 1579654, "fx_rate": 1.2661, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2661 per £ on 2023-08-14", "fx_date": "2023-08-14", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$2m", "gbp_txt": "£1.6m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "sales automation", "recruitment" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "Start-up building AI \"digital workers\", starting with an AI sales associate called Alice.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/startup-ai-digital-workers-11xai-20230814", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14393667", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14393667/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/startup-ai-digital-workers-11xai-20230814", "quotes": [ "A London-based startup building \"AI digital workers\" to automate business functions such as sales and recruitment" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14393667", "quotes": [ "11X LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"3 October 2022" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14393667/officers", "quotes": [ "Hasan Sukkar, Director, \"Appointed on\" \"3 October 2022\", \"Resigned on\" \"14 May 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "Natural language applications" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Project A Ventures" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Hasan Sukkar" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-ENR-602", "name": "Treefera", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists Treefera Ltd as active (checked 29 October 2026).", "one_line": "London start-up using AI on satellite and other data to map forests for the carbon-credit market.", "description": "Treefera is an AI platform that provides forest mapping data for the carbon offset industry, mapping trees to help measure, report and verify carbon credits. In September 2023 UKTN reported a £1.8m round led by Concept Ventures and named Jonathan Horn as co-founder and chief executive, with co-founder Caroline Grey. Companies House lists Treefera Ltd, incorporated on 1 August 2022, as active, with Dr Jonathan Roger Horn a director since incorporation.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14266493", "registered_office": "66 Paul Street, London, Greater London, England, EC2A 4NA", "incorporated": "2022-08-01", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14266493", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14266493", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (EC2A 4NA)", "postcode": "EC2A 4NA", "lat": 51.525161, "lng": -0.08378, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Hackney", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Jonathan Horn", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director from 2022-08-01", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14266493/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 1800000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2023-09-13", "detail": "led by Concept Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 1800000 GBP 2023-09-13 — led by Concept Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 1800000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£1.8m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems", "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "carbon markets", "forestry data" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "energy", "function": "London start-up using AI on satellite and other data to map forests for the carbon-credit market.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/climate-tech/treefera-funding-carbon-20230912", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14266493", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14266493/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/climate-tech/treefera-funding-carbon-20230912", "quotes": [ "Treefera, an AI platform that provides forest mapping data for the carbon offset industry" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14266493", "quotes": [ "TREEFERA LTD\" \"66 Paul Street, London, Greater London, England, EC2A 4NA\" \"Active\" \"1 August 2022" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14266493/officers", "quotes": [ "HORN, Jonathan Roger, Dr\" \"Role Active\" \"Director\" \"1 August 2022" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems", "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (EC2A 4NA)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2015", "name": "AlbionVC", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2015", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2015", "name": "AlbionVC", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2015", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2089", "name": "Endeit Capital", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2089", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2089", "name": "Endeit Capital", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2089", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2190", "name": "Notion Capital", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2190", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2190", "name": "Notion Capital", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2190", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2249", "name": "Triple Point Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2249", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2249", "name": "Triple Point Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2249", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2253", "name": "Twin Path Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2253", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2253", "name": "Twin Path Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2253", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Concept Ventures" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Jonathan Horn" } ], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-OTH-819" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-602", "name": "Eilla AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists Eilla AI Ltd as active (checked 29 October 2026).", "one_line": "London generative-AI tool that does research and document tasks for people working in finance, such as deal teams.", "description": "Eilla AI makes a generative AI platform for finance professionals, handling tasks such as market mapping, document creation and offer comparison. In November 2023 UKTN reported a US$1.5m seed round led by Eleven Ventures with Fuel Ventures, and quoted Nikola Lazarov as chief executive. Companies House lists Eilla AI Ltd, incorporated on 28 June 2022, as active, with Nikola Lachezarov Lazarov a director since 3 February 2023.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14201306", "registered_office": "Apartment 3204 251 Southwark Bridge Road, London, England, SE1 6FP", "incorporated": "2022-06-28", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14201306", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14201306", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Nikola Lazarov", "role": "chief executive; director from 2023-02-03", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14201306/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 1500000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2023-11-09", "detail": "seed led by Eleven Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 1500000 USD 2023-11-09 — seed led by Eleven Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 1220802, "fx_rate": 1.2287, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2287 per £ on 2023-11-09", "fx_date": "2023-11-09", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$1.5m", "gbp_txt": "£1.2m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "financial services", "investment banking tools" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "finance", "function": "London generative-AI tool that does research and document tasks for people working in finance, such as deal teams.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/eilla-ai-seed-20231109", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14201306", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14201306/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/eilla-ai-seed-20231109", "quotes": [ "London-based Eilla AI, a generative AI tool for those working in finance" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14201306", "quotes": [ "EILLA AI LTD\" \"Active\" \"28 June 2022" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14201306/officers", "quotes": [ "LAZAROV, Nikola Lachezarov\" \"Director\" \"Appointed\" \"3 February 2023" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Eleven Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Fuel Ventures" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-609", "name": "Harriet", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2023-12-07", "status_detail": "Latest position found is its launch and £1.2m round reported on 7 December 2023; no Companies House entry was matched by name.", "one_line": "London AI assistant that answers staff HR requests, such as payslips and holiday booking, inside Slack.", "description": "Harriet is an AI tool designed to automate HR processes; it works as an assistant inside companies' Slack channels, handling requests such as payslips and time off. In December 2023 UKTN reported its launch with £1.2m led by Concept Ventures, with Notion Capital, Frontline Ventures and Portfolio Ventures, and named Cecily Motley and David Buxton as co-founders. 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In January 2024 UKTN reported a US$2.7m pre-Series A round led by ACF Investors with Nauta Capital and Ascension Ventures, and named Abhishek Sen as co-founder and chief executive. Companies House lists NumberEight Technologies Ltd (formerly Numero Eight Ltd), incorporated on 29 November 2016, as active, with Abhishek Sen a director since incorporation; its registered office is in Norwich.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10502650", "registered_office": "Bankside 300 Peachman Way, Broadland Business Park, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom, NR7 0LB", "incorporated": "2016-11-29", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10502650", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10502650", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Abhishek Sen", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director from 2016-11-29", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10502650/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 2700000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2024-01-11", "detail": "pre-Series A led by ACF Investors (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 2700000 USD 2024-01-11 — pre-Series A led by ACF Investors (single source)", "amount_gbp": 2123643, "fx_rate": 1.2714, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2714 per £ on 2024-01-11", "fx_date": "2024-01-11", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$2.7m", "gbp_txt": "£2.1m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "advertising technology" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "London company whose AI reads phone sensor data to tell advertisers what users are doing, without cookies.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/numbereight-cookieless-targeted-ads-funding-20240111", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10502650", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10502650/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/numbereight-cookieless-targeted-ads-funding-20240111", "quotes": [ "Based in London, NumberEight has developed an AI tool to detect the behaviour of device users for advertisers" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10502650", "quotes": [ "NUMBEREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES LTD\" \"Active\" \"29 November 2016\" \"NUMERO EIGHT LTD. 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also https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/stanhope-ai-co-founded-irish-woman-raises-8m-funding-investment (trade)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/stanhope-ai-co-founded-irish-woman-raises-8m-funding-investment", "quotes": [ "Our approach doesn't just process words, it understands context, uncertainty and physical reality." ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "AI development and training" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "software" } ], "div_label": "Software and tools", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-043", "name": "UCL Technology Fund", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-043", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-032", "name": "MMC Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-032", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-032", "name": "MMC Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-032", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-032", "name": "MMC Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-032", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "spun_out_of", "name": "University College London" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Creator Fund" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Rosalyn Moran" } ], "degree": 2, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-LAB-10011", "BIZ-SU-OTH-729" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-611", "name": "Vente AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists Vente AI Ltd as active (checked 29 October 2026).", "one_line": "London start-up whose AI model scans for likely hiring needs so recruitment firms know whom to pitch.", "description": "Vente AI automates business development for recruiters, using a lead analysis model to spot likely opportunities. In November 2024 UKTN reported a £500,000 pre-seed round led by Antler, about six months after launch, and named Cameron Briggs as co-founder and chief executive. Companies House lists Vente AI Ltd, incorporated on 6 April 2024, as active, with Cameron James Briggs a director since incorporation.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "15621102", "registered_office": "Collective Auction Rooms, 5-7 Buck Street, London, England, NW1 8NJ", "incorporated": "2024-04-06", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "15621102", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15621102", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (NW1 8NJ)", "postcode": "NW1 8NJ", "lat": 51.540737, "lng": -0.143102, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Camden", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Cameron Briggs", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director from 2024-04-06", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15621102/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 500000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2024-11-28", "detail": "pre-seed led by Antler (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 500000 GBP 2024-11-28 — pre-seed led by Antler (single source)", "amount_gbp": 500000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£500,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "recruitment", "sales automation" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "London start-up whose AI model scans for likely hiring needs so recruitment firms know whom to pitch.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/vente-ai-recruitment-raises-500k-in-six-months-20241128", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15621102", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15621102/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/vente-ai-recruitment-raises-500k-in-six-months-20241128", "quotes": [ "Vente AI has developed a lead analysis model to automate sales processes" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15621102", "quotes": [ "VENTE AI LTD\" \"Active\" \"6 April 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15621102/officers", "quotes": [ "BRIGGS, Cameron James\" \"Active; Director\" \"6 April 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (NW1 8NJ)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Cameron Briggs" } ], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-TAL-193" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-607", "name": "Cogna", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists Cogna Ltd as active; co-founder Lars Mennen resigned as a director on 12 November 2025.", "one_line": "London software firm that uses AI to build custom business applications for each client.", "description": "Cogna is a software-as-a-service company that uses AI to create customised software applications. In March 2024 tech.eu reported a £3.76m round led by Hoxton Ventures with Notion Capital and Octopus First Cheque Fund, and named Ben Peters as chief executive, who co-founded the company with Lars Mennen in 2023. Companies House lists Cogna Ltd, incorporated on 8 May 2023, as active, with Benedict Peters a director since incorporation; Lars Robert Monica Mennen resigned as a director on 12 November 2025. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] programme / links: member_of: Tech Nation Upscale 2026 (cohort announced 21 Sep 2026)", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14854153", "registered_office": "Lg02 Chancery House, 53-64 Chancery Lane, London, England, WC2A 1QS", "incorporated": "2023-05-08", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14854153", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14854153", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "COGNA LTD", "ch_status_r6": "Active" }, "place": { "text": "London (WC2A 1QS)", "postcode": "WC2A 1QS", "lat": 51.517486, "lng": -0.112915, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "City of London", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Ben Peters", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director from 2023-05-08 (listed as Benedict Peters)", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14854153/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 3760000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2024-03-07", "detail": "led by Hoxton Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 3760000 GBP 2024-03-07 — led by Hoxton Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 3760000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£3.8m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation", "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "custom business software" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "custom business software", "function": "London software firm that uses AI to build custom business applications for each client.", "affiliation": "Software and tools", "sources": [ "https://tech.eu/2024/03/07/cognas-ai-powered-saas/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14854153", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14854153/officers", "https://technation.io/upscale-2026-cohort-announcement/" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://tech.eu/2024/03/07/cognas-ai-powered-saas/", "quotes": [ "Cogna is a SaaS company using AI to create highly customised software applications", "raised £3.76 million" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14854153", "quotes": [ "COGNA LTD\" \"Active\" \"8 May 2023" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14854153/officers", "quotes": [ "PETERS, Benedict\" \"Director\" \"8 May 2023\"; \"MENNEN, Lars Robert Monica\" \"Resigned on\" \"12 November 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://technation.io/upscale-2026-cohort-announcement/", "quotes": [ "An AI platform for physical industries" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation", "Natural language applications" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "software" } ], "div_label": "Software and tools", "location": "London (WC2A 1QS)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Notion Capital" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Ben Peters" } ], "degree": 2, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-INV-201", "BIZ-INV-203" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-604", "name": "AlphaLoops", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists AlphaLoops Ltd as active (checked 29 October 2026).", "one_line": "London start-up building AI agents that run back-office operations for investment firms.", "description": "AlphaLoops is developing AI agents that automate investment management operations, which it calls an agentic operating system for investment firms. In April 2025 UKTN reported a £440,000 UK Smart Grant from Innovate UK and named Eric Personne as founder and chief executive. Companies House lists AlphaLoops Ltd (formerly Agentise Solutions Ltd), incorporated on 12 December 2023, as active, with Eric Michel Christian Personne a director since incorporation.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "15346667", "registered_office": "20 Wenlock Road, London, England, N1 7GU", "incorporated": "2023-12-12", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "15346667", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15346667", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Eric Personne", "role": "founder and chief executive; director from 2023-12-12", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15346667/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "grant", "amount": 440000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2025-04-03", "detail": "UK Smart Grant, Innovate UK (single source)", "raw": "grant: 440000 GBP 2025-04-03 — UK Smart Grant, Innovate UK (single source)", "amount_gbp": 440000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£440,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "investment management operations" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "finance", "function": "London start-up building AI agents that run back-office operations for investment firms.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/artificial-intelligence/ai-for-investment-firms-alphaloops-lands-440k-grant-20250403", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15346667", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15346667/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/artificial-intelligence/ai-for-investment-firms-alphaloops-lands-440k-grant-20250403", "quotes": [ "developing AI agents that will automate investment management operations", "London-based AlphaLoops" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15346667", "quotes": [ "ALPHALOOPS LTD\" \"Active\" \"12 December 2023\" \"AGENTISE SOLUTIONS LTD (12 Dec 2023 - 18 Feb 2024)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15346667/officers", "quotes": [ "PERSONNE, Eric Michel Christian\" \"Active\" \"Director\" \"12 December 2023" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Innovate UK" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Eric Personne" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-606", "name": "Apoha", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-06-03", "status_detail": "Announced a US$36m round led by Singular on 3 June 2026; Companies House lists Apoha Limited as active.", "one_line": "London company building a data layer on how molecules and materials behave, for AI used in the physical world.", "description": "Apoha is building a data layer on how matter, molecules and materials behave, which it calls liquid state intelligence, for AI that works in the physical world. On 3 June 2026 UKTN reported a US$36m round led by Singular, with Draper Associates and seed investors Redalpine, Seedcamp, Wilbe and Nucleus, plus Innovate UK grant funding, and named Shamit Shrivastava as chief executive and co-founder. Companies House lists Apoha Limited, incorporated on 19 April 2021, as active, with Shamit Shrivastava a director since incorporation.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "13344316", "registered_office": "Nw Works Units 8 & 9, 135 Salusbury Rd, London, United Kingdom, NW6 6RJ", "incorporated": "2021-04-19", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "13344316", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13344316", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (NW6 6RJ)", "postcode": "NW6 6RJ", "lat": 51.540487, "lng": -0.207948, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Brent", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Shamit Shrivastava", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director from 2021-04-19", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13344316/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 36000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2026-06-03", "detail": "led by Singular (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 36000000 USD 2026-06-03 — led by Singular (single source)", "amount_gbp": 26791695, "fx_rate": 1.3437, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3437 per £ on 2026-06-03", "fx_date": "2026-06-03", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$36m", "gbp_txt": "£26.8m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI development and training", "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "materials", "chemistry data" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "industry", "function": "London company building a data layer on how molecules and materials behave, for AI used in the physical world.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/deep-tech/ai-deep-tech-firm-apoha-secures-26-7m-20260603", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13344316", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13344316/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/deep-tech/ai-deep-tech-firm-apoha-secures-26-7m-20260603", "quotes": [ "London-based deep tech Apoha has raised $36m (£26.7m) to build on its new data layer" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13344316", "quotes": [ "APOHA LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"19 April 2021\" \"72110" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13344316/officers", "quotes": [ "SHRIVASTAVA, Shamit\" \"Role Active\" \"Director\" \"19 April 2021" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI development and training", "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (NW6 6RJ)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Singular" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Draper Associates" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Innovate UK" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Shamit Shrivastava" } ], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-INV-202" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-603", "name": "Camera Intelligence", "bucket": "co", "status": "Active — Active proposal to strike off", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Companies House, checked 31 October 2026: CAMERA INTELLIGENCE LIMITED (16670465), Company status: Active — Active proposal to strike off. Closed a US$2m seed campaign including £550,000 from Digital Catapult, reported 2 September 2025.", "one_line": "London start-up making a camera with an AI assistant and automatic editing software that works through a phone.", "description": "Camera Intelligence is an AI photography start-up building a camera with a Micro Four Thirds sensor, an AI assistant that works through a smartphone, and automated editing software. In September 2025 UKTN reported that it had raised US$2m in a seed campaign, including £550,000 from Digital Catapult, with Betaworks, F4 Fund and others. Companies House lists Camera Intelligence Limited, incorporated on 26 August 2025 at Camden Collective, London. The chief executive named in the article does not match the one director listed, so no person is named here. 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On 8 May 2026 UKTN reported a US$9m seed investment from Visionaries, Firstminute Capital, Sequel and Illusian, with angels from HubSpot, ElevenLabs and Supercell, and described it as London-based; it named Aymeric Zhuo as a co-founder. The Companies House search for \"codewords\" failed twice and a search for \"code words\" returned no match. [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts: Began as AI research lab Agemo (neurosymbolic reasoning); product agent \"Cody\" builds and runs automations; angels incl. 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In March 2025 UKTN reported a £350,000 UK Smart Grant, delivered by Innovate UK, to build what it called the first fully automated, AI-driven CRM for hospitality, using data such as purchases, timing and weather to guide pricing and marketing. The article named Tsewang Wangkang and Fryderyk Szydlowski as co-founders. Companies House lists Embargo Lifestyle Limited, incorporated on 4 July 2016, as active, with Fryderyk Szydlowski a director since 18 February 2019; Tsewang Wangkang was a director from 2016 to 2 April 2026. 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Companies House shows FLOWLA LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "London start-up whose AI automates work for business-to-business sales and customer-success teams.", "description": "Flowla, founded in 2023, builds AI automation tools for sales and customer success teams. On 27 January 2026 UKTN reported a US$2.5m seed round led by Revo Capital, with AI Startup Factory, Turkiye Development Fund, APY Ventures and angels, described it as London-based and named Erdem Gelal as co-founder and chief executive. Companies House lists Flowla Ltd, incorporated on 13 April 2022, as active, with Erdem Gelal its only director since incorporation. 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Companies House lists Kaizan Ltd, incorporated on 15 December 2020 in London, as active; Alicia Grace Taylor and Stephen Reed Collins were appointed directors on 11 May 2026, which ties this company to the round.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "13082820", "registered_office": "189 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, England, WC2H 8JR", "incorporated": "2020-12-15", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "13082820", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13082820", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (WC2H 8JR)", "postcode": "WC2H 8JR", "lat": 51.515225, "lng": -0.127263, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Camden", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 2500000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2026-05-11", "detail": "led by Pembroke VCT (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 2500000 GBP 2026-05-11 — led by Pembroke VCT (single source)", "amount_gbp": 2500000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£2.5m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "professional services", "client management" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "AI platform that reads client emails, calls and chats to warn service firms of at-risk clients and chances to sell more.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/kaizan-raises-2-5m-to-boost-its-ai-client-management-platform-20260511", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13082820", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13082820/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/kaizan-raises-2-5m-to-boost-its-ai-client-management-platform-20260511", "quotes": [ "Kaizan has raised £2.5m to develop its AI platform that helps client-centric firms detect client risk" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13082820", "quotes": [ "KAIZAN LTD\" \"Active\" \"15 December 2020\" \"62012" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13082820/officers", "quotes": [ "TAYLOR, Alicia Grace\" Director appointed \"11 May 2026" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (WC2H 8JR)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2198", "name": "Pembroke VCT", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2198", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2198", "name": "Pembroke VCT", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2198", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2260", "name": "Velocity Capital", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2260", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2260", "name": "Velocity Capital", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2260", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Pembroke VCT" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Velocity Capital" } ], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-OTH-806" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-618", "name": "Merx", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2025-03-13", "status_detail": "Raised £1m pre-seed led by VentureFriends, reported 13 March 2025; no Companies House entry could be tied to it.", "one_line": "London start-up whose conversational AI lets brands sell to and talk with customers over WhatsApp and other messaging apps.", "description": "Merx develops a conversational AI tool for brand communications, letting companies reach customers over WhatsApp and other messaging apps. In March 2025 UKTN reported a £1m pre-seed round led by VentureFriends with Ascension, described it as London-based and quoted co-founder Pietro Cammerini. Companies House lists several companies named Merx; the active Merx Ltd (15587414, Bristol) has no officer of that name, so no match was made. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] member_of (check same entity): \"Merx Digital Solutions Ltd (SmartDrops)\" is in FCA Supercharged Sandbox cohort 2 (from 13 July 2026); confirm it is the same Merx before merging", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": null, "companies_house_url": null, "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 1000000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2025-03-13", "detail": "pre-seed led by VentureFriends", "raw": "funding_round: 1000000 GBP 2025-03-13 — pre-seed led by VentureFriends", "amount_gbp": 1000000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£1m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "e-commerce", "customer messaging" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "London start-up whose conversational AI lets brands sell to and talk with customers over WhatsApp and other messaging apps.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/merx-conversational-ai-raises-1m-20250313", "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/innovation/supercharged-sandbox" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/merx-conversational-ai-raises-1m-20250313", "quotes": [ "Merx, the developer of a conversational AI tool for brand communications, has raised £1m" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/innovation/supercharged-sandbox", "quotes": [ "We selected 21 organisations to take part in the second cohort." ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "VentureFriends" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Ascension" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-605", "name": "Model ML", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-08-11", "status_detail": "HSBC Asset Management invested an undisclosed sum, reported 11 August 2026; Companies House lists ModelML Limited as active.", "one_line": "AI software that automates multi-step finance work such as research, due diligence, modelling and client documents.", "description": "Model ML, founded in 2023, builds vertical AI software that automates multi-step workflows in finance, such as research, due diligence, financial modelling and client document generation. On 11 August 2026 UKTN reported an investment of undisclosed size from HSBC Asset Management's venture strategy and named Chaz Englander as co-founder and chief executive; the article does not give a head office. Companies House lists ModelML Limited, incorporated on 31 January 2024 in London, as active, with one director, Arnie Simon Englander; a sister company, ModelML Europe Ltd, was incorporated in June 2025. The match rests on the name and the shared surname.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "15457118", "registered_office": "124 City Road, London, England, EC1V 2NX", "incorporated": "2024-01-31", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "15457118", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15457118", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (registered office) (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "financial services" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "finance", "function": "AI software that automates multi-step finance work such as research, due diligence, modelling and client documents.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/fintech/hsbc-model-ml-investment-20260811", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15457118", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15457118/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/fintech/hsbc-model-ml-investment-20260811", "quotes": [ "develops vertical AI software designed to automate complex, multi-step workflows", "Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15457118", "quotes": [ "MODELML LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"31 January 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15457118/officers", "quotes": [ "ENGLANDER, Arnie Simon\" Role Active Director, appointed 31 January 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "Natural language applications" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (registered office) (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "HSBC Asset Management" } ], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-EST-059" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-613", "name": "NavLive", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised £4m (£3.3m seed plus £700,000 Innovate UK grant), reported 29 May 2025; Companies House lists NavLive Limited as active. Companies House shows NAVLIVE LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Handheld AI scanners that walk through a building and produce accurate 2D and 3D site drawings.", "description": "NavLive makes AI scanning devices; its handheld model scans buildings and generates site drawings for architects, developers and construction firms. It was developed by robotics academics at the University of Oxford and operates from London and Oxford. In May 2025 UKTN reported a £3.3m seed round led by Oxford Science Enterprises, with SOSV, Oxford Capital Partners and others, plus a £700,000 Innovate UK grant, and named Chris Davison as chief executive. Companies House lists NavLive Limited, incorporated on 29 June 2022, as active; its officers page would not open.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14203536", "registered_office": "Navlive Wework, Buckingham Palace Road, London, England, SW1W 9SH", "incorporated": "2022-06-29", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14203536", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14203536", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London and Oxford (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 3300000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2025-05-29", "detail": "seed led by Oxford Science Enterprises (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 3300000 GBP 2025-05-29 — seed led by Oxford Science Enterprises (single source)", "amount_gbp": 3300000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£3.3m", "gbp_txt": "" }, { "kind": "grant", "amount": 700000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2025-05-29", "detail": "Innovate UK (single source)", "raw": "grant: 700000 GBP 2025-05-29 — Innovate UK (single source)", "amount_gbp": 700000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£700,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "construction", "building surveying" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "industry", "function": "Handheld AI scanners that walk through a building and produce accurate 2D and 3D site drawings.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/proptech/ai-architecture-startup-navlive-secures-4m-round-20250529", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14203536" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/proptech/ai-architecture-startup-navlive-secures-4m-round-20250529", "quotes": [ "The funding for NavLive came via a £3.3m seed investment combined with a £700,000 grant from Innovate UK.", "Developed by academics in robotics research at the University of Oxford" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14203536", "quotes": [ "NAVLIVE LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"29 June 2022" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London and Oxford (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "linked from: funds", "id": "BIZ-INV-007", "name": "Oxford Science Enterprises", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-007", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-007", "name": "Oxford Science Enterprises", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-007", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "SOSV" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Innovate UK" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-610", "name": "Nia", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2025-05-07", "status_detail": "Closed a US$850,000 pre-seed round led by LocalGlobe, reported 7 May 2025; no Companies House entry was matched (the name is too common to search).", "one_line": "AI assistant for software engineers that they can query through an API, Slack or the Cursor editor.", "description": "Nia is an AI teammate for engineers, queried through an API, Slack or Cursor; in May 2025 it was in beta. UKTN reported a US$850,000 pre-seed round led by LocalGlobe and named Arlan Rakhmetzhanov as founder, saying he had moved to London. 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Companies House shows RALIO LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "London start-up building a payments layer with identity checks and limits so AI agents can pay for things safely.", "description": "Ralio is a payments platform built for AI agents, providing guardrails, identity verification and audit trails for agent-driven transactions. On 14 April 2026 UKTN reported an oversubscribed £1.8m pre-seed round led by Sure Valley Ventures, with Seed X, Plug and Play, Antler and others, said the money would grow its engineering team in London, and named Ghali Bennani Laafiret as co-founder and chief executive. Companies House lists Ralio Ltd, incorporated on 27 June 2025 in Spitalfields, London, as active, with Ghali Bennani Laafiret a director since incorporation. 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Companies House still lists Rossum Ltd as active and shows no change of controlling shareholder.", "one_line": "Document-processing software that uses AI to read invoices and other business documents; bought by Coupa in 2026.", "description": "Rossum sells intelligent document processing software. On 13 May 2026 BusinessCloud reported that Coupa, a San Francisco spend-management platform, had acquired the London-based AI firm; it said Rossum was founded by three former AI students from Prague and raised £72m in 2021. Companies House lists Rossum Ltd, incorporated in London on 16 January 2017, as active; its first persons with significant control were Tomáš Gogár, Petr Baudiš and Tomáš Tunys, and since 2021 it has stated it has no registrable controller. Coupa's own release was not opened, and how much of Rossum's engineering is in Prague was not checked. 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On 22 October 2025 UKTN reported a US$15m Series A led by Singular, with Shapers, Y Combinator and Zeno Ventures, and named Amal Jolly as chief executive; the article does not give a location. 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On 3 November 2025 UKTN reported US$4.1m of new investment led by Elkstone Ventures, after largely self-funding, called it London-based and named Stephen Dowling as founder and chief executive. A Companies House search for \"trialview\" returned no results, so the UK legal entity was not found.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": null, "companies_house_url": null, "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 4100000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2025-11-03", "detail": "led by Elkstone Ventures", "raw": "funding_round: 4100000 USD 2025-11-03 — led by Elkstone Ventures", "amount_gbp": 3118819, "fx_rate": 1.3146, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3146 per £ on 2025-11-03", "fx_date": "2025-11-03", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$4.1m", "gbp_txt": "£3.1m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "litigation", "legal technology" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "legal", "function": "Litigation software that uses AI to scan case documents and help legal teams find, organise and present evidence.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/legal/trialview-secures-3m-investment-20251103" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/legal/trialview-secures-3m-investment-20251103", "quotes": [ "has secured a $4.1m (£3.1m) investment", "The London-based firm" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2087", "name": "Elkstone Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2087", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2087", "name": "Elkstone Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2087", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Elkstone Ventures" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-701", "name": "Fluidly", "bucket": "co", "status": "dissolved", "status_date": "2025-11-08", "status_detail": "Companies House shows Fluidly Limited dissolved on 8 November 2025, with its registered office at an insolvency practitioner's address (Leonard Curtis House).", "one_line": "Software that used machine learning to forecast cash flow for small and medium-sized businesses.", "description": "London fintech that built cash-flow forecasting software for small firms, drawing on their bank and accounting data. TechCrunch reported a £5 million Series A in November 2018 led by Nyca Partners, with Octopus Ventures and Anthemis taking part. Caroline Plumb was named as co-founder and chief executive. Companies House records the company as dissolved on 8 November 2025. 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In May 2021 UKTN described it as an \"AI-powered software platform\" and reported that a further £2.2 million took its seed round to £4.6 million, led by ArcTern Ventures. Companies House shows the company was incorporated as Newco Emitwise Limited in October 2019, became Emitwise Limited in March 2020 and was renamed THEDX LIMITED on 20 August 2025. The reason for the rename, and whether the Emitwise product continues under another owner, was not found.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "12290905", "registered_office": "Camburgh House, 27 New Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom, CT1 3DN", "incorporated": "2019-10-31", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "12290905", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12290905", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (as published in 2021; lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 4600000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2021-05-28", "detail": "seed round total after a further £2.2 million, led by ArcTern Ventures (single source; the UKTN entry header says £5M)", "raw": "funding_round: 4600000 GBP 2021-05-28 — seed round total after a further £2.2 million, led by ArcTern Ventures (single source; the UKTN entry header says £5M)", "amount_gbp": 4600000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£4.6m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "climate", "carbon accounting" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "energy", "function": "Software that measures and reports companies' carbon emissions.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/news/uk-tech-funding-rounds-may-2021-20210528", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12290905" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/news/uk-tech-funding-rounds-may-2021-20210528", "quotes": [ "London-based AI-powered software platform Emitwise empowers businesses to measure, report automatically,", "received a further £2.2 million that took its seed funding round to £4.6 million" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12290905", "quotes": [ "THEDX LIMITED", "Active", "EMITWISE LIMITED 12 Mar 2020 - 20 Aug 2025", "NEWCO EMITWISE LIMITED 31 Oct 2019 - 12 Mar 2020" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (as published in 2021; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "renamed", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "ArcTern Ventures" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-701", "name": "Bloomsbury AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "dissolved", "status_date": "2025-11-26", "status_detail": "Team joined Facebook in July 2018 (TechCrunch); Companies House shows Bloomsbury AI Limited dissolved on 26 November 2025.", "one_line": "London natural-language-processing start-up whose team joined Facebook in 2018.", "description": "London start-up working on natural language processing. On 3 July 2018 Facebook confirmed that the Bloomsbury AI team would join the company; TechCrunch reported Facebook was paying between $23 million and $30 million, which Facebook did not disclose. Sebastian Riedel was named as co-founder and head of research. Companies House holds two related companies: Bloomsbury AI Limited (10580892, incorporated January 2017) and an older company first called Bloomsbury AI Limited (09528151, renamed Blemundsbury AI Limited in January 2017). Both are dissolved (26 November 2025 and 1 October 2025). 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TechCrunch reported in May 2021 that Tessian, \"which uses AI to fight social engineering\", raised $65 million. Companies House shows the company was incorporated in January 2013 as Recipicheck Limited, traded as Quiver Software and CheckRecipient, and took the Tessian name in June 2018. Its registered office is now in Mildenhall, Suffolk; earlier person-with-significant-control filings gave a Featherstone Street, London address. Any later sale was not confirmed from a page opened in this pass.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "08358482", "registered_office": "Unit A 82 James Carter Road, Mildenhall, Bury St. Edmunds, England, IP28 7DE", "incorporated": "2013-01-14", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "08358482", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08358482", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (earlier PSC address 19-23 Featherstone Street, EC1Y 8SL; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "EC1Y 8SL", "lat": 51.524466, "lng": -0.089157, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Islington", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 65000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2021-05-25", "detail": "round reported by TechCrunch headline (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 65000000 USD 2021-05-25 — round reported by TechCrunch headline (single source)", "amount_gbp": 45991651, "fx_rate": 1.4133, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.4133 per £ on 2021-05-25", "fx_date": "2021-05-25", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$65m", "gbp_txt": "£46m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "cyber security", "e-mail security" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "E-mail security software that uses AI to stop staff sending data to the wrong people and falling for social engineering.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://techcrunch.com/tag/darktrace/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08358482" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/tag/darktrace/", "quotes": [ "Security startup Tessian, which uses AI to fight social engineering, trousers $65M" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08358482", "quotes": [ "TESSIAN LIMITED", "Active", "Incorporated on 14 January 2013", "CHECKRECIPIENT LIMITED 08 Aug 2016 - 20 Jun 2018" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (earlier PSC address 19-23 Featherstone Street, EC1Y 8SL; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-703", "name": "Fabula AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "dissolved", "status_date": "2026-02-17", "status_detail": "Acquired by Twitter in June 2019 (TechCrunch); Companies House shows Fabula AI Limited dissolved on 17 February 2026.", "one_line": "London deep-learning start-up that used patterns of social spread to detect false news; bought by Twitter in 2019.", "description": "London start-up that applied deep learning to how stories spread on social networks, to spot \"fake news\" (TechCrunch, February 2019). TechCrunch reported on 3 June 2019 that Twitter had acquired it. Companies House shows Fabula AI Limited, incorporated April 2018, with a registered office at 20 Air Street, London, dissolved on 17 February 2026.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11320356", "registered_office": "1st Floor 20 Air Street, London, United Kingdom, W1B 5AN", "incorporated": "2018-04-20", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "Twitter (2019, per TechCrunch)", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11320356", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11320356", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (W1B 5AN; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "W1B 5AN", "lat": 51.510762, "lng": -0.136698, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Westminster", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "social media", "misinformation detection" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "London deep-learning start-up that used patterns of social spread to detect false news; bought by Twitter in 2019.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://techcrunch.com/tag/fabula-ai/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11320356" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/tag/fabula-ai/", "quotes": [ "Twitter bags deep learning talent behind London startup, Fabula AI", "Fabula AI is using social spread to spot 'fake news'" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11320356", "quotes": [ "FABULA AI LIMITED", "Dissolved", "Incorporated on 20 April 2018", "Dissolved on 17 February 2026" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (W1B 5AN; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "dissolved", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "acquired_by", "name": "Twitter" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-704", "name": "Actable AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "dissolved", "status_date": "2024-10-22", "status_detail": "Companies House shows Actable AI Technologies Ltd dissolved on 22 October 2024; the match to the start-up rests on name and founding year only.", "one_line": "No-code tools for running AI analysis on spreadsheet data.", "description": "London start-up founded in 2020 by Armen Poghosyan and Trung Huynh that built no-code AI analytics for spreadsheets. UKTN reported a $1.2 million pre-seed round in February 2022 led by Begin Capital. Companies House holds Actable AI Technologies Ltd (incorporated 13 June 2020, dissolved 22 October 2024) and an older Actable AI Ltd (11337152, dissolved 15 February 2022). The officer list would not open, so the link between the start-up and either company is not confirmed.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "12669336", "registered_office": "PO Box 4385, 12669336 - Companies House Default Address, Cardiff, CF14 8LH", "incorporated": "2020-06-13", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "12669336", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12669336", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Armen Poghosyan", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (2022)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/big-data/actable-ai-funding-20220208" }, { "name": "Trung Huynh", "role": "co-founder (2022)", "from": null, "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 1200000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2022-02-08", "detail": "pre-seed led by Begin Capital (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 1200000 USD 2022-02-08 — pre-seed led by Begin Capital (single source)", "amount_gbp": 885413, "fx_rate": 1.3553, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3553 per £ on 2022-02-08", "fx_date": "2022-02-08", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$1.2m", "gbp_txt": "£885,413" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "data analytics" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "No-code tools for running AI analysis on spreadsheet data.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/big-data/actable-ai-funding-20220208", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12669336" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/big-data/actable-ai-funding-20220208", "quotes": [ "London-based no-code startup Actable AI", "developed a platform that aims to make data analytics more accessible" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12669336", "quotes": [ "ACTABLE AI TECHNOLOGIES LTD", "Dissolved", "Incorporated on 13 June 2020", "Dissolved on 22 October 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (lat/lng null)", "status_group": "dissolved", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Begin Capital" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Charlotte Street Capital" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-701", "name": "Gensyn", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Gensyn Limited active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "A network that pools idle graphics processors around the world so developers can train machine-learning models more cheaply.", "description": "London company building a distributed network that pays owners of idle GPUs to supply computing power for training deep-learning models, as an alternative to cloud providers. UKTN reported a $6.5 million seed round in March 2022 led by Eden Block, after a $1.1 million pre-seed in 2021. Companies House lists Harry Grieve and Benjamin Fielding as directors since incorporation in May 2020. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] links / place: portfolio_of: Entrepreneur First; place London [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] hq: London (England: London); what it does: A decentralised network for training machine-learning models. It links spare GPUs around the world, pays their owners, and uses cryptography to check the work, as a cheaper alternative to cloud providers.; status now: Active per existing record; no 2025–2026 page opened this round.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "12601008", "registered_office": "International House, 64 Nile Street, London, England, N1 7SR", "incorporated": "2020-05-13", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "12601008", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12601008", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "GENSYN LIMITED", "ch_status_r6": "Active" }, "place": { "text": "London (N1 7SR; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "N1 7SR", "lat": 51.529269, "lng": -0.088062, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Hackney", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Harry Grieve", "role": "co-founder; director since 2020-05-13", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/gensyn-ai-startup-funding-20220321 and https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12601008/officers" }, { "name": "Harry Grieve", "role": "Co-founder", "from": "null", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/gensyn-series-a-20230612", "round4": true }, { "name": "Ben Fielding", "role": "Co-founder", "from": "null", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/gensyn-series-a-20230612", "round4": true } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 6500000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2022-03-21", "detail": "seed led by Eden Block (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 6500000 USD 2022-03-21 — seed led by Eden Block (single source)", "amount_gbp": 4923496, "fx_rate": 1.3202, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3202 per £ on 2022-03-21", "fx_date": "2022-03-21", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$6.5m", "gbp_txt": "£4.9m" }, { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 1100000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2021", "detail": "pre-seed led by 7percent Ventures and Counterview Capital (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 1100000 USD 2021 — pre-seed led by 7percent Ventures and Counterview Capital (single source)", "amount_gbp": 805920, "fx_rate": 1.3649, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3649 per £ on 2020-12-31", "fx_date": "2020-12-31", "fx_note": "year only given: rate for 1 January", "txt": "US$1.1m", "gbp_txt": "£805,920" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI infrastructure", "AI development and training" ], "sectors": [ "compute", "machine-learning infrastructure" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "compute", "function": "A network that pools idle graphics processors around the world so developers can train machine-learning models more cheaply.", "affiliation": "Software and tools", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/gensyn-ai-startup-funding-20220321", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12601008", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12601008/officers", "https://www.joinef.com/portfolio/", "https://www.uktech.news/ai/gensyn-series-a-20230612", "https://www.uktech.news/tech-hubs/the-south-east-of-england/london/andreessen-horowitz-london-20230612" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/gensyn-ai-startup-funding-20220321", "quotes": [ "London-based AI company Gensyn has closed a $6.5m (£4.92m) seed round", "harvests the computing power of idle GPUs" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12601008", "quotes": [ "GENSYN LIMITED", "Active", "Incorporated on 13 May 2020", "62012 - 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UKTN reported a $15 million (£12 million) Series A led by Element Ventures, with Fuel Ventures taking part. Sam Glasswell was named as chief executive and co-founder. Companies House searches for \"arbolus\" and \"arbolus technologies\" returned no matching company, so the UK legal entity is not confirmed.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": null, "companies_house_url": null, "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Sam Glasswell", "role": "chief executive and co-founder (2022)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/arbolus-digitise-offline-knowledge-20220428" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 15000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2022-04-28", "detail": "Series A led by Element Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 15000000 USD 2022-04-28 — Series A led by Element Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 12058847, "fx_rate": 1.2439, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2439 per £ on 2022-04-28", "fx_date": "2022-04-28", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$15m", "gbp_txt": "£12.1m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "expert networks", "research services" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "Uses AI to turn experts' offline knowledge into searchable data for businesses.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/arbolus-digitise-offline-knowledge-20220428" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/arbolus-digitise-offline-knowledge-20220428", "quotes": [ "a startup using artificial intelligence (AI) to digitise offline data", "London-headquartered company" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Element Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Fuel Ventures" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-702", "name": "OpenDialog", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows OpenDialog AI Limited active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "A platform for designing and running chat-based AI assistants without writing code.", "description": "London company, co-founded in 2019 by Terry Walby, Dean Chapman and Dr Ronald Ashri, whose conversational AI platform lets users design, develop and deploy conversations between people and machines. UKTN reported a $5 million (£4 million) first seed round in May 2022. Companies House shows OpenDialog AI Limited, incorporated February 2022, active, with Ashri, Chapman and Walby among its directors. 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UKTN reported a $16.5 million (£13.5 million) Series A in August 2022 led by Kennet Partners. 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UKTN reported a seed round reaching $2.8 million (£2.4 million) in September 2022, co-led by Merus Capital and GoHub, with Felix Laumann named as founder and chief executive. Companies House shows the UK company NeuralSpace Ltd, with Laumann as a director from February 2019, dissolved on 29 November 2025, and a US company, NeuralSpace, Inc. (Delaware), with a UK establishment in Redhill. Whether the business continues through the US company was not confirmed. 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Shoppers use it to visualise fashion and beauty products on images of people physically similar to them. UKTN reported a £250,000 investment from Jenson Funding Partners in November 2022. Companies House shows Vestico Ltd., incorporated July 2020, active, with Sasania and Hirmer as directors.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "12733210", "registered_office": "Covent Garden, 71-75 Shelton Street, London, England, WC2H 9JQ", "incorporated": "2020-07-10", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "12733210", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12733210", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Maia Sasania", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (2022); director since 2020-07-10", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12733210/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 250000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2022-11-17", "detail": "investment from Jenson Funding Partners (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 250000 GBP 2022-11-17 — investment from Jenson Funding Partners (single source)", "amount_gbp": 250000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£250,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "fashion", "e-commerce" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "Lets online shoppers see clothes and beauty products on images of people with similar bodies, and recommends items with AI.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/fashion-tech/vestico-investment-20221117", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12733210", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12733210/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/fashion-tech/vestico-investment-20221117", "quotes": [ "London-based artificial intelligence fashion startup Vestico", "Maia Sasania, co-founder and CEO at Vestico" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12733210", "quotes": [ "VESTICO LTD.", "Active", "Incorporated on 10 July 2020" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12733210/officers", "quotes": [ "SASANIA, Maia", "Director", "10 July 2020" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Jenson Funding Partners" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-708", "name": "Jaid", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Status as of December 2022 only (UKTN); the Companies House company called Jaid Limited is an unrelated Newcastle accommodation business, so the start-up's legal entity was not found.", "one_line": "AI software that reads a firm's internal and external communications and automates sales and client-service tasks.", "description": "London start-up that collects data from a business's communications and organises it to automate work in sales and client services. UKTN reported £3 million in seed funding in December 2022 led by Sure Valley Ventures, with Dan Kramer named as chief executive. The only Companies House match, Jaid Limited (10096521), has SIC code 55900 (other accommodation) and officers unrelated to the start-up, so no company number is recorded.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": null, "companies_house_url": null, "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Dan Kramer", "role": "chief executive (2022)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/jaid-seed-20221214" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 3000000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2022-12-14", "detail": "seed led by Sure Valley Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 3000000 GBP 2022-12-14 — seed led by Sure Valley Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 3000000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£3m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "workflow automation" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "AI software that reads a firm's internal and external communications and automates sales and client-service tasks.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/jaid-seed-20221214" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/jaid-seed-20221214", "quotes": [ "London-based AI workflow startup Jaid", "£3m in seed funding led by UK early-stage software investor Sure Valley Ventures" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Sure Valley Ventures" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-704", "name": "Instill AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "in_liquidation", "status_date": "2026-10-05", "status_detail": "Members' voluntary liquidation (a solvent winding-up) from 5 October 2026, per Companies House.", "one_line": "Open tools that turn images, video, audio and text into structured data that AI applications can use.", "description": "London company founded in 2020 by chief executive Ping-Lin Chang and chief operating officer Xiaofei Du. It builds tools to analyse unstructured data such as images, videos, audio and text. UKTN reported a $3.6 million seed round in February 2023 led by RTP Global, with Lunar Ventures and Hive Ventures. Companies House lists Chang as a director since June 2020 and Du since December 2022; the registered office is in Oldbury, West Midlands. 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UKTN reported a £250,000 pre-seed investment from Jenson Funding Partners in March 2023, supporting trials on Sri Lankan plantations; Efrem de Paiva was named as chief executive. Companies House shows the company, incorporated January 2021, active, with a London registered office and SIC code 01610 (support activities for crop production). De Paiva does not appear in the officer list.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "13160460", "registered_office": "Apt 16 1 Long Street, London, England, E2 8GS", "incorporated": "2021-01-27", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "13160460", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13160460", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (registered office E2 8GS; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "E2 8GS", "lat": 51.529077, "lng": -0.076363, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Hackney", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Efrem de Paiva", "role": "chief executive (2023; not a listed officer)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/permia-sensing-pre-seed-20230330" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 250000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2023-03-30", "detail": "pre-seed from Jenson Funding Partners (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 250000 GBP 2023-03-30 — pre-seed from Jenson Funding Partners (single source)", "amount_gbp": 250000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£250,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "agriculture", "pest detection" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "industry", "function": "Acoustic sensors and AI that listen inside palm trees for red palm weevil pests and alert farmers.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/permia-sensing-pre-seed-20230330", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13160460" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/permia-sensing-pre-seed-20230330", "quotes": [ "The Imperial College London spinout uses an acoustic sensor and artificial intelligence", "to listen for the sounds of red palm weevils" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13160460", "quotes": [ "PERMIA SENSING LIMITED", "Active", "Incorporated on 27 January 2021", "01610 - Support activities for crop production" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (registered office E2 8GS; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "spun_out_of", "name": "Imperial College London" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Jenson Funding Partners" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-702", "name": "Abound", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Fintern Ltd (Abound's former name, per UKTN) active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "Consumer lender that uses open banking data and AI to judge whether people can afford a loan.", "description": "London consumer lender, previously called Fintern, that uses open banking and AI to build a fuller view of a borrower's finances and set loan rates. UKTN reported in March 2023 that it raised £500 million in debt and equity, from Citi and Waterfall Asset Management (debt) and K3 Ventures, GSR Ventures and Hambro Perks (equity), taking total funding to £570 million. Gerald Chappell was named as chief executive and co-founder. Companies House shows Fintern Ltd, incorporated February 2020, active, with SIC codes for software and consumer credit, and Chappell as a director since July 2020. Diversified business: AI is named in its lending model.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "12472034", "registered_office": "3rd Floor 86-90 Paul Street, London, England, EC2A 4NE", "incorporated": "2020-02-19", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "12472034", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12472034", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (EC2A 4NE; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "EC2A 4NE", "lat": 51.525617, "lng": -0.083602, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Hackney", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Gerald Chappell", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (2023); director since 2020-07-08", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12472034/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 500000000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2023-03-07", "detail": "debt and equity combined; debt from Citi and Waterfall Asset Management (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 500000000 GBP 2023-03-07 — debt and equity combined; debt from Citi and Waterfall Asset Management (single source)", "amount_gbp": 500000000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£500m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "finance", "consumer lending", "open banking" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "finance", "function": "Consumer lender that uses open banking data and AI to judge whether people can afford a loan.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/fintech/abound-funding-20230307", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12472034", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12472034/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/fintech/abound-funding-20230307", "quotes": [ "Using open banking technology and AI, Abound says it gets a “holistic” view of a person’s finances", "Previously called Fintern" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12472034", "quotes": [ "FINTERN LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 19 February 2020", "64921 - Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12472034/officers", "quotes": [ "CHAPPELL, Gerald", "Director", "8 July 2020" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (EC2A 4NE; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Citi" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Waterfall Asset Management" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "K3 Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "GSR Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Hambro Perks" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-703", "name": "Filament", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Filament Consultancy Group Ltd active on 29 October 2026; the match rests on the founding year and on Phil Westcott being a director.", "one_line": "Syfter, an AI platform that helps private equity firms build their own data and deal-sourcing systems.", "description": "London company founded in 2016 that built Syfter, a platform for private equity firms to grow their in-house data infrastructure. UKTN reported £2.85 million in an Enterprise Investment Scheme round led by Wealth Club in May 2023, naming Phil Westcott as co-founder and chief executive. Companies House shows Filament Consultancy Group Ltd, incorporated May 2016, active, with Philip Andrew Westcott a director since May 2017.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10180537", "registered_office": "1 King William Street, London, England, EC4N 7AF", "incorporated": "2016-05-16", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10180537", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10180537", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Phil Westcott", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (2023); director since 2017-05-01", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10180537/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 2850000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2023-05-09", "detail": "EIS round led by Wealth Club (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 2850000 GBP 2023-05-09 — EIS round led by Wealth Club (single source)", "amount_gbp": 2850000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£2.9m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "finance", "private equity data" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "finance", "function": "Syfter, an AI platform that helps private equity firms build their own data and deal-sourcing systems.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/filament-funding-20230509", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10180537", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10180537/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/filament-funding-20230509", "quotes": [ "AI-powered investment intelligence startup Filament", "Phil Westcott, co-founder and CEO of Filament" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10180537", "quotes": [ "FILAMENT CONSULTANCY GROUP LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 16 May 2016" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10180537/officers", "quotes": [ "WESTCOTT, Philip Andrew", "Director", "1 May 2017" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Wealth Club" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-709", "name": "Upp.AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Status as of June 2023 (UKTN). 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UKTN reported a £2.8 million seed round in July 2023 with Redseed VC, Monte Carlo Capital and Altair. Alisa Patotskaya is founder and chief executive, and the company's only director at Companies House. 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UKTN reported $22.3 million (£17.2 million) from Blossom Capital in July 2023, naming Sean Williams as founder and chief executive. Companies House shows AutogenAI Ltd, incorporated February 2022, active, with Williams a director since incorporation; Blossom Capital founder Ophelia Brown was a director from February 2024 to June 2026. 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It says it processes one second of video in under a minute and creates editable layers (\"splines\") for visual-effects artists. UKTN reported a £400,000 pre-seed round in August 2023 led by Dasein Capital, with Spatial Capital and Look AI Ventures, naming founders Jake Laver, Gary Palmer and Richie Murray and Palmer as chief executive. Companies House shows Electric Sheep Technologies Ltd, incorporated September 2018 as Reknology Ltd and renamed in February 2024, with all three founders as directors.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11576602", "registered_office": "14 Church View, Upminster, England, RM14 2QX", "incorporated": "2018-09-19", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11576602", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11576602", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (as published; lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Gary Palmer", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (2023); director since 2018-09-19", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11576602/officers" }, { "name": "Jake Laver", "role": "co-founder; director since 2019-12-01", "from": "same source", "source": null }, { "name": "Richie Murray", "role": "co-founder; director since 2023-03-28", "from": "same source", "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 400000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2023-08-17", "detail": "pre-seed led by Dasein Capital (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 400000 GBP 2023-08-17 — pre-seed led by Dasein Capital (single source)", "amount_gbp": 400000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£400,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "visual effects", "film and television" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "AI that removes the need for green screens by separating people from backgrounds in video for visual-effects artists.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/electric-sheep-pre-seed-20230817", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11576602", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11576602/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/electric-sheep-pre-seed-20230817", "quotes": [ "a startup looking to replace green screens with AI", "Gary Palmer, CEO of Electric Sheep" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11576602", "quotes": [ "ELECTRIC SHEEP TECHNOLOGIES LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 19 September 2018", "REKNOLOGY LTD" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11576602/officers", "quotes": [ "LAVER, Jake William Anthony", "MURRAY, Richard Rowan", "PALMER, Gary William" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (as published; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Dasein Capital" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Spatial Capital" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Look AI Ventures" } ], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-CRE-804" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-711", "name": "Shop Circle", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Shop Circle Ltd active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "Buys and runs a suite of AI-powered apps that online shops use for content, referrals, shipping and restock alerts.", "description": "London company offering a suite of AI-powered e-commerce software tools for online brands. UKTN reported $120 million (£96.1 million) of Series A debt and equity in September 2023, led by 645 Ventures and 3VC, with QED Investors and NfX. Luca Cartechini is chief executive and co-founder and Gian Maria Gramondi chief operating officer and co-founder; both are directors of Shop Circle Ltd since April 2021.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "13338218", "registered_office": "One Kingdom Street, Paddington Central, London, United Kingdom, W2 6BD", "incorporated": "2021-04-15", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "13338218", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13338218", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (W2 6BD; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "W2 6BD", "lat": 51.519112, "lng": -0.181704, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Westminster", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Luca Cartechini", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (2023); director since 2021-04-15", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13338218/officers" }, { "name": "Gian Maria Gramondi", "role": "co-founder and chief operating officer (2023); director since 2021-04-15", "from": "same source", "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 120000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2023-09-08", "detail": "Series A, debt and equity, led by 645 Ventures and 3VC (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 120000000 USD 2023-09-08 — Series A, debt and equity, led by 645 Ventures and 3VC (single source)", "amount_gbp": 96115338, "fx_rate": 1.2485, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2485 per £ on 2023-09-08", "fx_date": "2023-09-08", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$120m", "gbp_txt": "£96.1m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "e-commerce software" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "Buys and runs a suite of AI-powered apps that online shops use for content, referrals, shipping and restock alerts.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ecommerce/shop-circle-series-a-20230908", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13338218", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13338218/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ecommerce/shop-circle-series-a-20230908", "quotes": [ "Shop Circle has bagged $120m (£96.1m) in Series A debt and equity funding for its AI-powered ecommerce software tools." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13338218", "quotes": [ "SHOP CIRCLE LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 15 April 2021" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13338218/officers", "quotes": [ "CARTECHINI, Luca, Mr.", "Director", "15 April 2021" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (W2 6BD; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "645 Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "3VC" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "QED Investors" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-705", "name": "Captur", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House search lists Captur Limited as incorporated (not dissolved) on 29 October 2026; the company page itself would not open.", "one_line": "Lets businesses build their own image-recognition checks that run on a smartphone camera.", "description": "London company founded by Charlotte Bax that lets businesses use a smartphone camera for bespoke image recognition, running AI on the device and trained on the customer's own images. UKTN reported £2.2 million of seed funding in October 2023 led by Sure Valley Ventures, with MMC Ventures and Ascension Ventures, taking total funding to £3.5 million. Companies House lists Captur Limited (incorporated 5 February 2019) with Charlotte Bianca Bax as a director since incorporation. 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UKTN reported $2.1 million (£1.7 million) in November 2023 led by Quadri Ventures, with Second Century Ventures, and said its headquarters moved to the UK after the round; it has offices in London and New York. 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UKTN reported a $5 million (£3.92 million) seed round in December 2023 led by Accel, including an earlier $1 million pre-seed, with firstminute capital, Kima Ventures and Seedcamp. Ben Hacking was named as co-founder and chief executive. Companies House searches for \"arcane ai\" and \"arcane technologies\" returned no company that could be linked to it.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": null, "companies_house_url": null, "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Ben Hacking", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (2023)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/accel-ai-marketing-startup-arcane-20231215" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 5000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2023-12-15", "detail": "seed led by Accel, including an earlier $1 million pre-seed (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 5000000 USD 2023-12-15 — seed led by Accel, including an earlier $1 million pre-seed (single source)", "amount_gbp": 3937318, "fx_rate": 1.2699, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2699 per £ on 2023-12-15", "fx_date": "2023-12-15", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$5m", "gbp_txt": "£3.9m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "marketing software" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "An AI assistant that brings a company's marketing tools for social, e-mail and content into one place and automates routine tasks.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/accel-ai-marketing-startup-arcane-20231215" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/accel-ai-marketing-startup-arcane-20231215", "quotes": [ "Arcane says it has created an AI 'co-pilot' that automates mundane tasks in the background.", "The London-based company" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-033", "name": "Accel", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-033", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [], "degree": 2, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-INV-202", "BIZ-INV-206" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-ENR-702", "name": "Mondra", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House search lists Mondra Global Limited as incorporated (not dissolved) on 29 October 2026; the company page would not open.", "one_line": "Software that records and shares environmental data across food supply chains, using AI-built digital twins, to cut emissions.", "description": "London food supply-chain decarbonisation platform that records, monitors and shares environmental data and, per UKTN, uses AI to create digital twins of food supply chains. UKTN reported £3.6 million of pre-Series A funding in February 2024 from 7 Generation Ventures, AlbionVC, GC Foodtech Ventures and others, quoting founder Jason Barrett. Companies House lists Mondra Global Limited (incorporated 26 February 2020) with Jason Kenneth Barrett as a director since incorporation.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "12485878", "registered_office": "C/O Dmh Stallard Llp Fetter Yard, Barnards Inn, 86 Fetter Lane, London, England, EC4A 1EN (search listing)", "incorporated": "2020-02-26", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "12485878", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12485878", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Jason Barrett", "role": "founder (2024); director since 2020-02-26", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12485878/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 3600000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2024-02-28", "detail": "pre-Series A (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 3600000 GBP 2024-02-28 — pre-Series A (single source)", "amount_gbp": 3600000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£3.6m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "food", "climate", "supply chain" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "energy", "function": "Software that records and shares environmental data across food supply chains, using AI-built digital twins, to cut emissions.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/foodtech/mondra-food-supply-chain-funding-20240228", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=mondra", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12485878/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/foodtech/mondra-food-supply-chain-funding-20240228", "quotes": [ "The company uses AI to create digital twins of food supply chains", "a London-based food supply chain decarbonisation platform" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=mondra", "quotes": [ "MONDRA GLOBAL LIMITED", "12485878", "Incorporated on 26 February 2020" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12485878/officers", "quotes": [ "BARRETT, Jason Kenneth", "Director", "26 February 2020" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "7 Generation Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "AlbionVC" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "GC Foodtech Ventures" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-ENR-703", "name": "Sorted", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Status as of April 2024 only (UKTN); the legal entity was not identified at Companies House.", "one_line": "Computer vision, spectroscopy and AI-guided lasers that show workers which waste items to pick out for recycling.", "description": "London start-up that uses computer vision and spectroscopy to identify recyclable items at waste facilities, then lasers controlled by AI to guide human pickers. UKTN reported a £1.65 million seed round in April 2024 led by Pi Labs, with Archipelago Ventures, Circular Plastics Accelerator, Conduit Connect and Antler. Co-founders named were Arthur Goujon (chief technology officer) and Luis Espinosa. The company's legal name was not given and a Companies House search did not identify it.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": null, "companies_house_url": null, "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Arthur Goujon", "role": "co-founder and chief technology officer (2024)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/climate-tech/sorted-ai-lasers-recyclable-materials-20240424" }, { "name": "Luis Espinosa", "role": "co-founder (2024)", "from": null, "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 1650000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2024-04-24", "detail": "seed led by Pi Labs (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 1650000 GBP 2024-04-24 — seed led by Pi Labs (single source)", "amount_gbp": 1650000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£1.6m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "recycling", "waste" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "energy", "function": "Computer vision, spectroscopy and AI-guided lasers that show workers which waste items to pick out for recycling.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/climate-tech/sorted-ai-lasers-recyclable-materials-20240424" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/climate-tech/sorted-ai-lasers-recyclable-materials-20240424", "quotes": [ "A London-based startup using lasers and AI to spot recyclable materials", "uses computer vision and spectroscopy" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Companies", "div": "startups" } ], "div_label": "Start-ups", "location": "London (lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Pi Labs" } ], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-TAL-193" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-704", "name": "Exactly.ai", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Status as of May 2024 only (UKTN); no matching Companies House company was found.", "one_line": "Lets illustrators and artists train generative image models on their own work.", "description": "London start-up that allows artists to create generative AI models based on their own work. UKTN reported a £3.4 million seed round in May 2024 led by Speedinvest, with InReach Ventures, Cornerstone VC and GuruDev Capital, naming Tonia Samsonova as founder and chief executive. A Companies House search for \"exactly ai\" returned no company that could be linked to it. 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UKTN reported a £10.3 million round in May 2026 led by Headline, naming Chris Donnelly as founder. Companies House shows Searchable Limited, incorporated July 2025 as Clicker AI Limited and renamed in August 2025, active, with Christopher Donnelly as its sole director. 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UKTN's round-up of 30 May 2025 listed a £9.65 million seed round from Earlybird Venture Capital, Speedinvest and angels; founders were not named. 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The company was not identified at Companies House; Phoebe AI Limited (13071116, Abingdon) has unrelated directors.", "one_line": "AI agents that watch live software systems, diagnose problems as they appear and propose code fixes.", "description": "Phoebe is a London agentic AI start-up founded by Matt Henderson and James Summerfield, formerly chief executive and chief innovation officer of Stripe Europe. Its AI agents monitor live system data, diagnose issues and generate code and infrastructure changes, acting as an \"immune system\" for software. UKTN reported a $17m (£12.6m) round in August 2025 co-led by Google Ventures and Cherry Ventures. Its legal entity was not identified. 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Companies House shows UNARIC LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Buys and combines Salesforce add-on software into a suite of AI-powered applications and agents.", "description": "Unaric is a London software company that acquires Salesforce independent software vendors to build a suite of AI-powered Salesforce applications, turning fragmented apps into integrated AI agents. tech.eu reported in October 2025 that it had acquired US-based DESelect, and that it had raised $35m to date from LocalGlobe, Concentric, FJ Labs and Atempo Growth. The founding team includes Peter Lindholm, James Gasteen, Moritz Birke and Neil Crawford. 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BIZ-DC-001 Nscale" }, { "source": "BIZ-CLD-030", "target": "BIZ-DC-001", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-CLD-030 links: part_of → BIZ-DC-001 Nscale" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-024", "target": "BIZ-DC-001", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-024 links: part_of → BIZ-DC-001 Nscale" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-030", "target": "BIZ-BIG-039", "kind": "supplies", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-030 links: supplies → Groq" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-032", "target": "BIZ-DC-030", "kind": "buys_from", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-032 links: buys_from → BIZ-DC-030 Equinix" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-033", "target": "BIZ-DC-032", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-033 links: part_of → BIZ-DC-032" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-033", "target": "BIZ-DC-030", "kind": "buys_from", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-033 links: buys_from → BIZ-DC-030" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-045", "target": "BIZ-DC-049", "kind": "buys_from", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-045 links: buys_from → Global Switch (BIZ-DC-049)" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-047", "target": "BIZ-DC-049", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-047 links: part_of → BIZ-DC-049" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-047", "target": "BIZ-DC-045", "kind": "supplies", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-047 links: supplies → BIZ-DC-045" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-049", "target": "BIZ-DC-045", "kind": "supplies", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-049 links: supplies → BIZ-DC-045 CoreWeave" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-001", "target": "BIZ-BIG-001", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-001 links: partner_of → OpenAI (Stargate UK, paused)" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-077", "target": "BIZ-BIG-016", "kind": "buys_from", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-077 links: buys_from → Palantir" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-077", "target": "BIZ-BIG-036", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-077 links: partner_of → Databricks" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-078", "target": "BIZ-SU-IND-010", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-078 links: partner_of → Sensat (investee)" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-079", "target": "BIZ-BIG-021", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-079 links: partner_of → Nebius" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-088", "target": "BIZ-BIG-026", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-088 links: partner_of → Salesforce" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-001", "target": "BIZ-BIG-008", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-001 links: partner_of → Mistral AI" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-009", "target": "BIZ-EST-010", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-009 links: partner_of → BIZ-EST-010" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-009", "target": "BIZ-EST-011", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-009 links: partner_of → BIZ-EST-011" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-009", "target": "BIZ-EST-012", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-009 links: partner_of → BIZ-EST-012" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-009", "target": "BIZ-EST-013", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-009 links: partner_of → BIZ-EST-013" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-010", "target": "BIZ-EST-009", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-010 links: part_of → BIZ-EST-009" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-011", "target": "BIZ-EST-009", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-011 links: part_of → BIZ-EST-009" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-011", "target": "BIZ-BIG-004", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-011 links: partner_of → Anthropic" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-012", "target": "BIZ-EST-009", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-012 links: part_of → BIZ-EST-009" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-012", "target": "BIZ-BIG-001", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-012 links: partner_of → OpenAI" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-013", "target": "BIZ-EST-009", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-013 links: part_of → BIZ-EST-009" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-036", "target": "BIZ-BIG-001", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-036 links: partner_of → OpenAI (ChatGPT app store)" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-043", "target": "BIZ-BIG-011", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-043 links: partner_of → Google" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-043", "target": "BIZ-BIG-001", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-043 links: partner_of → OpenAI" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-045", "target": "BIZ-EST-043", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-045 links: part_of → BIZ-EST-043" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-059", "target": "BIZ-EST-009", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-059 links: part_of → BIZ-EST-009" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-059", "target": "BIZ-SU-FIN-605", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-059 links: partner_of → Model ML" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-066", "target": "BIZ-SVC-002", "kind": "buys_from", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-066 links: buys_from → Accenture" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-072", "target": "BIZ-TAL-190", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-072 links: partner_of → Founders Factory" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-012", "target": "BIZ-SU-LEG-001", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-012 links: funds → Robin AI (BIZ-SU-LEG-001; BPC release)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-012", "target": "BIZ-LAB-023", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-012 links: funds → Mantic (BIZ-LAB-023; recorded on Labs page)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-014", "target": "BIZ-SW-021", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-014 links: funds → Granola (BIZ-SW-021; UKTN)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-014", "target": "BIZ-LAB-014", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-014 links: funds → Inherent (BIZ-LAB-014; tech.eu)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-026", "target": "BIZ-LAB-009", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-026 links: funds → Latent Labs (BIZ-LAB-009; company release)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-026", "target": "BIZ-CHIP-005", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-026 links: funds → Fractile (BIZ-CHIP-005; recorded on Chips page)" }, { "source": "BIZ-BIG-046", "target": "BIZ-BIG-039", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-BIG-046 links: part_of → BIZ-BIG-039 (Groq UK)" }, { "source": "BIZ-BIG-046", "target": "BIZ-DC-030", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-BIG-046 links: partner_of → Equinix" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-009", "target": "BIZ-INV-026", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-009 links: funded_by → Kindred Capital" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-009", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "alumni_of", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-009 links: alumni_of → BIZ-LAB-001 (founder)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-013", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "alumni_of", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-013 links: alumni_of → BIZ-LAB-001 (co-founder)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-014", "target": "BIZ-INV-014", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-014 links: funded_by → Index Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-014", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "alumni_of", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-014 links: alumni_of → BIZ-LAB-001 (three co-founders)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-015", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "alumni_of", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-015 links: alumni_of → BIZ-LAB-001 (founder)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-019", "target": "BIZ-INV-201", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-019 links: funded_by → Octopus Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-020", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "alumni_of", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-020 links: alumni_of → BIZ-LAB-001 (founders)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-021", "target": "BIZ-BIG-026", "kind": "acquired_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-021 links: acquired_by → Salesforce" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-023", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "alumni_of", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-023 links: alumni_of → BIZ-LAB-001 (co-founder)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-001", "target": "BIZ-NET-019", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-001 links: partner_of → BIZ-NET-019 (Ada Lovelace Institute, founding partner 2018)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-002", "target": "BIZ-NET-030", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-002 links: part_of → BIZ-NET-030 (runs Pitch in Whitehall)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-003", "target": "BIZ-NET-004", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-003 links: partner_of → BIZ-NET-004 (Tech Nation; brand acquired April 2023)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-003", "target": "BIZ-SVC-002", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-003 links: partner_of → Accenture (AI for Growth)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-004", "target": "BIZ-NET-003", "kind": "acquired_by", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-004 links: acquired_by → BIZ-NET-003 (Founders Forum Group)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-004", "target": "BIZ-NET-029", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-004 links: part_of → BIZ-NET-029 (London AI Hub)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-005", "target": "BIZ-NET-006", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-005 links: partner_of → BIZ-NET-006 (AI Summit London)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-005", "target": "BIZ-NET-004", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-005 links: partner_of → BIZ-NET-004 (Tech Nation)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-006", "target": "BIZ-NET-005", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-006 links: partner_of → BIZ-NET-005 (London Tech Week)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-008", "target": "BIZ-NET-009", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-008 links: partner_of → BIZ-NET-009 (RAAIS)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-008", "target": "BIZ-NET-010", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-008 links: partner_of → BIZ-NET-010 (London.AI)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-009", "target": "BIZ-NET-008", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-009 links: partner_of → BIZ-NET-008 (State of AI Report)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-010", "target": "BIZ-NET-008", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-010 links: partner_of → BIZ-NET-008 (State of AI Report)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-019", "target": "BIZ-NET-001", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-019 links: partner_of → BIZ-NET-001 (techUK)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-029", "target": "BIZ-NET-004", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-029 links: part_of → BIZ-NET-004 (Tech Nation)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-030", "target": "BIZ-NET-002", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-030 links: part_of → BIZ-NET-002 (Startup Coalition)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-031", "target": "BIZ-NET-014", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-031 links: partner_of → BIZ-NET-014 (AI UK, 2025 speaker)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SAFE-009", "target": "BIZ-SU-IND-028", "kind": "supplies", "evidence": "BIZ-SAFE-009 links: supplies → Beamery" }, { "source": "BIZ-SAFE-010", "target": "BIZ-SW-025", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-SAFE-010 links: same_as → BIZ-SW-025" }, { "source": "BIZ-SAFE-024", "target": "BIZ-SAFE-001", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SAFE-024 links: partner_of → BIZ-SAFE-001 (Apollo Research, hosted, 2024)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SAFE-025", "target": "BIZ-BIG-030", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SAFE-025 links: part_of → BIZ-BIG-030 (Faculty)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SAFE-025", "target": "BIZ-SVC-002", "kind": "acquired_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SAFE-025 links: acquired_by → Accenture" }, { "source": "BIZ-SAFE-025", "target": "BIZ-BIG-001", "kind": "supplies", "evidence": "BIZ-SAFE-025 links: supplies → OpenAI" }, { "source": "BIZ-SAFE-025", "target": "BIZ-BIG-004", "kind": "supplies", "evidence": "BIZ-SAFE-025 links: supplies → Anthropic" }, { "source": "BIZ-SAFE-025", "target": "BIZ-BIG-019", "kind": "supplies", "evidence": "BIZ-SAFE-025 links: supplies → Meta" }, { "source": "BIZ-SVC-001", "target": "BIZ-SVC-002", "kind": "acquired_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SVC-001 links: acquired_by → Accenture (BIZ-SVC-002)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SVC-001", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SVC-001 links: partner_of → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SVC-003", "target": "BIZ-SVC-002", "kind": "acquired_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SVC-003 links: acquired_by → Accenture (BIZ-SVC-002)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SVC-004", "target": "BIZ-SVC-002", "kind": "acquired_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SVC-004 links: acquired_by → Accenture (BIZ-SVC-002)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SVC-006", "target": "BIZ-SVC-002", "kind": "acquired_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SVC-006 links: acquired_by → Accenture (BIZ-SVC-002)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SVC-009", "target": "BIZ-SVC-008", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SVC-009 links: part_of → BIZ-SVC-008 Deloitte UK" }, { "source": "BIZ-SVC-010", "target": "BIZ-BIG-016", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SVC-010 links: partner_of → Palantir Technologies" }, { "source": "BIZ-SVC-011", "target": "BIZ-SVC-010", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SVC-011 links: part_of → BIZ-SVC-010 PwC UK" }, { "source": "BIZ-SVC-016", "target": "BIZ-BIG-036", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SVC-016 links: partner_of → Databricks" }, { "source": "BIZ-SVC-027", "target": "BIZ-BIG-004", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SVC-027 links: partner_of → Anthropic" }, { "source": "BIZ-SVC-027", "target": "BIZ-BIG-001", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SVC-027 links: partner_of → OpenAI" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-002", "target": "BIZ-INV-014", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-002 links: funded_by → Index Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-002", "target": "BIZ-BIG-004", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-002 links: partner_of → Anthropic (team hire, August 2025)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-006", "target": "BIZ-INV-014", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-006 links: funded_by → Index Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-008", "target": "BIZ-BIG-023", "kind": "acquired_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-008 links: acquired_by → CoreWeave" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-009", "target": "BIZ-SVC-002", "kind": "acquired_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-009 links: acquired_by → Accenture" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-017", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-017 links: funded_by → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-021", "target": "BIZ-INV-014", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-021 links: funded_by → Index Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-039", "target": "BIZ-SU-FIN-033", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-039 links: partner_of → BIZ-SU-FIN-033 FCA AI Lab" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-CRE-002", "target": "BIZ-INV-201", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-CRE-002 links: funded_by → Octopus Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-CRE-002", "target": "BIZ-TAL-187", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-CRE-002 links: funded_by → Entrepreneur First" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-CRE-015", "target": "BIZ-LAB-005", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-CRE-015 links: funded_by → BIZ-LAB-005 (ElevenLabs)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-CRE-026", "target": "BIZ-LAB-005", "kind": "buys_from", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-CRE-026 links: buys_from → BIZ-LAB-005 (ElevenLabs)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-CRE-028", "target": "BIZ-INV-014", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-CRE-028 links: funded_by → Index Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-011", "target": "BIZ-TAL-193", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-011 links: funded_by → Antler" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-LEG-001", "target": "BIZ-SU-LEG-002", "kind": "acquired_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-LEG-001 links: acquired_by → Scissero (managed-services team only, BIZ-SU-LEG-002)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-LEG-002", "target": "BIZ-SU-LEG-001", "kind": "buys_from", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-LEG-002 links: buys_from → Robin AI (BIZ-SU-LEG-001, managed-services team)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-LEG-007", "target": "BIZ-INV-012", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-LEG-007 links: funded_by → Episode 1 Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-008", "target": "BIZ-SU-FIN-032", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-008 links: partner_of → Sumsub" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-016", "target": "BIZ-SU-FIN-030", "kind": "supplies", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-016 links: supplies → Thirdfort (BIZ-SU-FIN-030)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-020", "target": "BIZ-INV-201", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-020 links: funded_by → Octopus Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-024", "target": "BIZ-TAL-193", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-024 links: funded_by → Antler" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-030", "target": "BIZ-SAFE-015", "kind": "buys_from", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-030 links: buys_from → iProov (BIZ-SU-FIN-016)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-032", "target": "BIZ-SU-FIN-008", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-032 links: partner_of → ComplyAdvantage (BIZ-SU-FIN-008)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-034", "target": "BIZ-SU-FIN-033", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-034 links: part_of → FCA AI Lab (BIZ-SU-FIN-033)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-034", "target": "BIZ-SAFE-004", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-034 links: partner_of → Advai" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-035", "target": "BIZ-SU-FIN-033", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-035 links: part_of → FCA AI Lab (BIZ-SU-FIN-033)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-035", "target": "BIZ-BIG-004", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-035 links: partner_of → Anthropic" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-LEG-009", "target": "BIZ-INV-201", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-LEG-009 links: funded_by → Octopus Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-LEG-011", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-LEG-011 links: funded_by → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-IND-039", "target": "BIZ-INV-008", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-IND-039 links: funded_by → IP Group (IP2IPO Services Limited is a corporate director)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-ENR-011", "target": "BIZ-INV-014", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-ENR-011 links: funded_by → Index Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-HLT-019", "target": "BIZ-TAL-193", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-HLT-019 links: funded_by → Antler" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-HLT-038", "target": "BIZ-INV-201", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-HLT-038 links: funded_by → Octopus Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-HLT-038", "target": "BIZ-INV-026", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-HLT-038 links: funded_by → Kindred Capital" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-HLT-049", "target": "BIZ-INV-012", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-HLT-049 links: funded_by → Episode 1 Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-HLT-049", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-HLT-049 links: funded_by → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-HLT-053", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "alumni_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-HLT-053 links: alumni_of → Google DeepMind (founders)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-HLT-060", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-HLT-060 links: funded_by → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-HLT-060", "target": "BIZ-INV-206", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-HLT-060 links: funded_by → firstminute capital" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-DEF-004", "target": "BIZ-TAL-187", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-DEF-004 links: funded_by → Entrepreneur First" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-IND-009", "target": "BIZ-INV-201", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-IND-009 links: funded_by → Octopus Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-IND-009", "target": "BIZ-TAL-187", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-IND-009 links: funded_by → Entrepreneur First" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-IND-018", "target": "BIZ-INV-206", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-IND-018 links: funded_by → firstminute capital" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-DEF-007", "target": "BIZ-TAL-187", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-DEF-007 links: funded_by → Entrepreneur First" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-IND-030", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-IND-030 links: funded_by → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-ENR-009", "target": "BIZ-SVC-008", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-ENR-009 links: funded_by → Deloitte" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-DEF-009", "target": "BIZ-INV-014", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-DEF-009 links: funded_by → Index Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-202", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "works_at", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-202 links: works_at → Google DeepMind" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-205", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "works_at", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-205 links: works_at → Google DeepMind" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-210", "target": "BIZ-LAB-003", "kind": "works_at", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-210 links: works_at → Wayve" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-211", "target": "BIZ-LAB-004", "kind": "works_at", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-211 links: works_at → Synthesia" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-214", "target": "BIZ-LAB-002", "kind": "works_at", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-214 links: works_at → Isomorphic Labs" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-215", "target": "BIZ-LAB-002", "kind": "works_at", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-215 links: works_at → Isomorphic Labs" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-231", "target": "BIZ-BIG-019", "kind": "works_at", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-231 links: works_at → Meta" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-232", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "works_at", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-232 links: works_at → Google DeepMind" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-234", "target": "BIZ-LAB-024", "kind": "works_at", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-234 links: works_at → Orbital Industries" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-235", "target": "BIZ-LAB-010", "kind": "works_at", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-235 links: works_at → Basecamp Research" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-236", "target": "BIZ-LAB-010", "kind": "works_at", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-236 links: works_at → Basecamp Research" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-237", "target": "BIZ-LAB-010", "kind": "works_at", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-237 links: works_at → Basecamp Research" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-187", "target": "BIZ-SU-CRE-004", "kind": "alumni_of", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-187 links: alumni_of → BIZ-SU-CRE-004 (Magic Pony Technology)" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-187", "target": "BIZ-SU-CRE-006", "kind": "alumni_of", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-187 links: alumni_of → BIZ-SU-CRE-006 (Sonantic)" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-187", "target": "BIZ-SU-DEF-004", "kind": "supplies", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-187 links: supplies → BIZ-SU-DEF-004 (Hadean, investor)" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-188", "target": "BIZ-TAL-194", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-188 links: partner_of → BIZ-TAL-194" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-190", "target": "BIZ-EST-072", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-190 links: partner_of → BIZ-EST-072 (Aviva and Founders Factory AI venture partnership)" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-191", "target": "BIZ-TAL-190", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-191 links: part_of → BIZ-TAL-190" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-192", "target": "BIZ-NET-010", "kind": "located_in", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-192 links: located_in → London" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-194", "target": "BIZ-TAL-188", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-194 links: partner_of → BIZ-TAL-188" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-195", "target": "BIZ-NET-003", "kind": "acquired_by", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-195 links: acquired_by → Founders Forum Group (2023-04-25)" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-196", "target": "BIZ-TAL-195", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-196 links: part_of → BIZ-TAL-195" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-197", "target": "BIZ-BIG-030", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-197 links: part_of → BIZ-BIG-030 (Faculty, acquired by Accenture)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-201", "target": "BIZ-SU-OTH-002", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-201 links: funds → Gradient Labs (BIZ-SU-OTH-002)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-201", "target": "BIZ-SU-LEG-009", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-201 links: funds → Definely (BIZ-SU-LEG-009)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-201", "target": "BIZ-SU-FIN-020", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-201 links: funds → Sprout.ai (BIZ-SU-FIN-020)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-201", "target": "BIZ-LAB-019", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-201 links: funds → Unlikely AI (BIZ-LAB-019)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-201", "target": "BIZ-SU-IND-817", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-201 links: funds → Vyntelligence (UK base not checked)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-202", "target": "BIZ-LAB-004", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-202 links: funds → Synthesia (BIZ-LAB-004)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-202", "target": "BIZ-CLD-002", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-202 links: funds → Fluidstack (BIZ-CLD-002)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-202", "target": "BIZ-SU-FIN-038", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-202 links: funds → Elliptic (BIZ-SU-FIN-038)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-202", "target": "BIZ-SU-HLT-060", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-202 links: funds → Lindus Health (BIZ-SU-HLT-060)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-202", "target": "BIZ-SU-IND-030", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-202 links: funds → Embedd (BIZ-SU-IND-030)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-202", "target": "BIZ-SU-FIN-601", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-202 links: funds → 9fin" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-206", "target": "BIZ-LAB-003", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-206 links: funds → Wayve (BIZ-LAB-003)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-206", "target": "BIZ-BIG-008", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-206 links: funds → Mistral AI (BIZ-BIG-008)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-206", "target": "BIZ-SW-021", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-206 links: funds → Granola (BIZ-SW-021)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-206", "target": "BIZ-SW-006", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-206 links: funds → Tessl (BIZ-SW-006)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-206", "target": "BIZ-SU-HLT-010", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-206 links: funds → Relation Therapeutics (BIZ-SU-HLT-010)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-206", "target": "BIZ-SU-HLT-060", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-206 links: funds → Lindus Health (BIZ-SU-HLT-060)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-206", "target": "BIZ-SU-IND-018", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-206 links: funds → Intropy (BIZ-SU-IND-018; DEAL-SU-IND-023)" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-313", "target": "BIZ-SW-805", "kind": "funds", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-313 links: funds → EvoluteIQ (new)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-HLT-601", "target": "BIZ-SU-HLT-801", "kind": "acquired_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-HLT-601 links: acquired_by → Huma (Huma Therapeutics Limited)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-602", "target": "BIZ-INV-201", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-602 links: funded_by → Octopus Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-601", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-601 links: funded_by → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-HLT-605", "target": "BIZ-TAL-190", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-HLT-605 links: funded_by → Founders Factory" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-606", "target": "BIZ-TAL-187", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-606 links: funded_by → Entrepreneur First" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-EDU-601", "target": "BIZ-INV-206", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-EDU-601 links: funded_by → Firstminute Capital" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-611", "target": "BIZ-TAL-193", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-611 links: funded_by → Antler" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-607", "target": "BIZ-INV-203", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-607 links: funded_by → Hoxton Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-607", "target": "BIZ-INV-201", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-607 links: funded_by → Octopus Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-IND-606", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-IND-606 links: funded_by → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-608", "target": "BIZ-INV-206", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-608 links: funded_by → Firstminute Capital" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-615", "target": "BIZ-INV-201", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-615 links: funded_by → Octopus Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-611", "target": "BIZ-TAL-193", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-611 links: funded_by → Antler" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-608", "target": "BIZ-TAL-193", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-608 links: funded_by → Antler" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-701", "target": "BIZ-INV-201", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-701 links: funded_by → Octopus Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-713", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-713 links: funded_by → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-713", "target": "BIZ-INV-206", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-713 links: funded_by → firstminute capital" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-ENR-703", "target": "BIZ-TAL-193", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-ENR-703 links: funded_by → Antler" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-706", "target": "BIZ-INV-014", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-706 links: funded_by → Index Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-722", "target": "BIZ-INV-201", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-722 links: funded_by → Octopus Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-731", "target": "BIZ-TAL-193", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-731 links: funded_by → Antler" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-801", "target": "BIZ-TAL-187", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-801 links: funded_by → Entrepreneur First" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-804", "target": "BIZ-BIG-011", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-804 links: funded_by → Google" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-806", "target": "BIZ-SU-LEG-801", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-806 links: funded_by → Jigsaw" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-812", "target": "BIZ-TAL-187", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-812 links: funded_by → Entrepreneur First" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-813", "target": "BIZ-INV-201", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-813 links: funded_by → Octopus Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-IND-810", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-IND-810 links: funded_by → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-LEG-802", "target": "BIZ-INV-014", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-LEG-802 links: funded_by → Index Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-805", "target": "BIZ-INV-313", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-805 links: funded_by → Baird Capital" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-CRE-805", "target": "BIZ-TAL-193", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-CRE-805 links: funded_by → Antler" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-027", "target": "BIZ-SU-HLT-062", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-027 links: same_as → Causaly" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-IND-601", "target": "BIZ-SU-IND-801", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-IND-601 links: same_as → CloudNC" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-045", "target": "BIZ-BIG-023", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-045 links: same_as → CoreWeave (UK)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-CRE-804", "target": "BIZ-SU-CRE-703", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-CRE-804 links: same_as → Electric Sheep" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-009", "target": "BIZ-BIG-030", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-009 links: same_as → Faculty (acquired by Accenture)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SVC-001", "target": "BIZ-BIG-030", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-SVC-001 links: same_as → Faculty (acquired by Accenture)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-ENR-704", "target": "BIZ-SU-IND-602", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-ENR-704 links: same_as → Greyparrot" }, { "source": "BIZ-BIG-039", "target": "BIZ-DC-032", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-BIG-039 links: same_as → Groq (UK data centre)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-032", "target": "BIZ-SU-DEF-004", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-032 links: same_as → Hadean" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-803", "target": "BIZ-SW-707", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-803 links: same_as → Human Native" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-HLT-503", "target": "BIZ-SU-HLT-804", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-HLT-503 links: same_as → Hypervision Surgical" }, { "source": "BIZ-SAFE-015", "target": "BIZ-SU-FIN-016", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-SAFE-015 links: same_as → iProov" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-806", "target": "BIZ-SU-OTH-617", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-806 links: same_as → Kaizan" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-006", "target": "BIZ-SU-CRE-034", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-006 links: same_as → Signal AI" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-605", "target": "BIZ-SU-OTH-729", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-605 links: same_as → Stanhope AI" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-OTH-819", "target": "BIZ-SU-ENR-602", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-OTH-819 links: same_as → Treefera" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-004", "target": "BIZ-TAL-195", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-004 links: same_as → BIZ-TAL-195" }, { "source": "BIZ-CLD-004", "target": "BIZ-CLD-012", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-CLD-004 links: same_as → BIZ-CLD-012" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-001", "target": "BIZ-CLD-029", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-001 links: same_as → BIZ-CLD-029" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-001", "target": "BIZ-CLD-030", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-001 links: same_as → BIZ-CLD-030" }, { "source": "BIZ-EST-087", "target": "BIZ-SVC-007", "kind": "same_as", "evidence": "BIZ-EST-087 links: same_as → BIZ-SVC-007" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-2016", "target": "BIZ-BIG-019", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-2016 links: part_of → Meta" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-2023", "target": "BIZ-BIG-001", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-2023 links: part_of → OpenAI" }, { "source": "BIZ-BIG-2029", "target": "BIZ-BIG-011", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-BIG-2029 links: part_of → Google (UK)" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-030", "target": "BIZ-DC-2001", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-030 links: operates → Equinix LD3, Coronation Road, London" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-030", "target": "BIZ-DC-2006", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-030 links: operates → Equinix LD8, Docklands, London" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-030", "target": "BIZ-DC-2007", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-030 links: operates → Equinix LD9, Powergate Business Park, London" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2015", "target": "BIZ-DC-2016", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2015 links: operates → Telehouse North, London Docklands" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2015", "target": "BIZ-DC-2017", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2015 links: operates → Telehouse North Two, London Docklands" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2015", "target": "BIZ-DC-2018", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2015 links: operates → Telehouse East, London Docklands" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2015", "target": "BIZ-DC-2019", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2015 links: operates → Telehouse West, London Docklands" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2015", "target": "BIZ-DC-2020", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2015 links: operates → Telehouse South, Blackwall Yard, London" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2015", "target": "BIZ-DC-2021", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2015 links: operates → Telehouse West Two, London Docklands" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2022", "target": "BIZ-DC-2023", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2022 links: operates → VIRTUS LONDON1, Enfield" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2022", "target": "BIZ-DC-2024", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2022 links: operates → VIRTUS LONDON2, Hayes" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2022", "target": "BIZ-DC-2027", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2022 links: operates → VIRTUS LONDON5, Stockley Park" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2022", "target": "BIZ-DC-2028", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2022 links: operates → VIRTUS LONDON6, Stockley Park" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2022", "target": "BIZ-DC-2029", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2022 links: operates → VIRTUS LONDON7, Stockley Park" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2022", "target": "BIZ-DC-2030", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2022 links: operates → VIRTUS LONDON8, Stockley Park" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2022", "target": "BIZ-DC-2035", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2022 links: operates → VIRTUS LONDON14, Stockley Park" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2093", "target": "BIZ-DC-2092", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2093 links: part_of → Colt DCS Hayes Digital Park (London Hayes Campus)" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2094", "target": "BIZ-DC-2092", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2094 links: part_of → Colt DCS Hayes Digital Park (London Hayes Campus)" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2095", "target": "BIZ-DC-2092", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2095 links: part_of → Colt DCS Hayes Digital Park (London Hayes Campus)" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2096", "target": "BIZ-DC-2092", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2096 links: part_of → Colt DCS Hayes Digital Park (London Hayes Campus)" }, { "source": "BIZ-DC-2097", "target": "BIZ-DC-2092", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-DC-2097 links: part_of → Colt DCS Hayes Digital Park (London Hayes Campus)" }, { "source": "BIZ-CLD-2068", "target": "BIZ-BIG-023", "kind": "operates", "evidence": "BIZ-CLD-2068 links: operates → CoreWeave (UK)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-2005", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-2005 links: portfolio_of → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-202", "target": "BIZ-SW-2005", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-202 links: funded_by → Source.dev" }, { "source": "BIZ-SAFE-2051", "target": "BIZ-SAFE-2050", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SAFE-2051 links: part_of → Arcadia Impact" }, { "source": "BIZ-SAFE-2052", "target": "BIZ-SAFE-2050", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SAFE-2052 links: part_of → Arcadia Impact" }, { "source": "BIZ-SAFE-2052", "target": "BIZ-SAFE-024", "kind": "located_in", "evidence": "BIZ-SAFE-2052 links: located_in → London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SAFE-2053", "target": "BIZ-SAFE-024", "kind": "located_in", "evidence": "BIZ-SAFE-2053 links: located_in → London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SAFE-2055", "target": "BIZ-SAFE-024", "kind": "located_in", "evidence": "BIZ-SAFE-2055 links: located_in → London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SAFE-2056", "target": "BIZ-SAFE-024", "kind": "located_in", "evidence": "BIZ-SAFE-2056 links: located_in → London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA)" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-2155", "target": "BIZ-LAB-004", "kind": "works_at", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-2155 links: works_at → Synthesia" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-2024", "target": "BIZ-NET-001", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-2024 links: part_of → techUK" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-2025", "target": "BIZ-NET-001", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-2025 links: part_of → techUK" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-2026", "target": "BIZ-NET-001", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-2026 links: part_of → techUK" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-2028", "target": "BIZ-NET-005", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-2028 links: part_of → London Tech Week" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-2029", "target": "BIZ-NET-2028", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-2029 links: part_of → LTW365 (London Tech Week)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-2030", "target": "BIZ-NET-2028", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-2030 links: part_of → LTW365 (London Tech Week)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-2031", "target": "BIZ-NET-2028", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-2031 links: part_of → LTW365 (London Tech Week)" }, { "source": "BIZ-NET-2085", "target": "BIZ-SU-IND-024", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-NET-2085 links: partner_of → nPlan" }, { "source": "BIZ-TAL-193", "target": "BIZ-SU-FIN-024", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-TAL-193 links: portfolio_of → Capsa AI" }, { "source": "BIZ-BIG-2028", "target": "BIZ-SU-HLT-044", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-BIG-2028 links: portfolio_of → Simple Life" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-HLT-044", "target": "BIZ-BIG-2028", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-HLT-044 links: funded_by → Liquidity (UK)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-017", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-017 links: portfolio_of → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-202", "target": "BIZ-SW-017", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-202 links: funded_by → Synthesized" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-615", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-615 links: portfolio_of → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-202", "target": "BIZ-SW-615", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-202 links: funded_by → Rossum" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-313", "target": "BIZ-SW-805", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-313 links: portfolio_of → EvoluteIQ" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-206", "target": "BIZ-SU-IND-018", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-206 links: portfolio_of → Intropy" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-014", "target": "BIZ-SU-CRE-028", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-014 links: portfolio_of → Marker" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-014", "target": "BIZ-SW-706", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-014 links: portfolio_of → Conduct" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-014", "target": "BIZ-SW-021", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-014 links: portfolio_of → Granola" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-014", "target": "BIZ-LAB-014", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-014 links: portfolio_of → Inherent" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-014", "target": "BIZ-SU-DEF-009", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-014 links: portfolio_of → Arondite" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-026", "target": "BIZ-CHIP-005", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-026 links: portfolio_of → Fractile" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-026", "target": "BIZ-LAB-009", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-026 links: portfolio_of → Latent Labs" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-201", "target": "BIZ-SU-OTH-615", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-201 links: portfolio_of → geoSurge" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-202", "target": "BIZ-SU-FIN-601", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-202 links: portfolio_of → 9fin" }, { "source": "BIZ-INV-202", "target": "BIZ-SU-FIN-012", "kind": "portfolio_of", "evidence": "BIZ-INV-202 links: portfolio_of → Fifth Dimension" }, { "source": "BIZ-SU-FIN-012", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SU-FIN-012 links: funded_by → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-CLD-6009", "target": "BIZ-CLD-6010", "kind": "part_of", "evidence": "BIZ-CLD-6009 links: part_of → ICICLE (BIZ-CLD-6010)" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-3017", "target": "BIZ-CLD-001", "kind": "buys_from", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-3017 links: buys_from → Civo" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-3018", "target": "BIZ-INV-014", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-3018 links: funded_by → Index Ventures" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-4009", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-4009 links: funded_by → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-5004", "target": "BIZ-TAL-187", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-5004 links: funded_by → Entrepreneur First" }, { "source": "BIZ-SW-6003", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-SW-6003 links: funded_by → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-3001", "target": "BIZ-LAB-013", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-3001 links: made_by → BIZ-LAB-013 Recursive Superintelligence" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-3002", "target": "BIZ-LAB-014", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-3002 links: made_by → BIZ-LAB-014 Inherent" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-3004", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-3004 links: made_by → BIZ-LAB-001 Google DeepMind" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-3005", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-3005 links: made_by → BIZ-LAB-001 Google DeepMind" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-3006", "target": "BIZ-CLD-001", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-3006 links: partner_of → BIZ-CLD-001 Civo" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-3008", "target": "BIZ-SW-014", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-3008 links: made_by → BIZ-SW-014 Cosine" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-4001", "target": "BIZ-INV-202", "kind": "funded_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-4001 links: funded_by → Seedcamp" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-6003", "target": "BIZ-LAB-6004", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-6003 links: partner_of → BIZ-LAB-6004" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-6004", "target": "BIZ-LAB-6003", "kind": "partner_of", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-6004 links: partner_of → BIZ-LAB-6003" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-10007", "target": "BIZ-LAB-017", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-10007 links: made_by → Prima Mente (BIZ-LAB-017)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14050", "target": "BIZ-LAB-017", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14050 links: made_by → Prima Mente (BIZ-LAB-017)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14079", "target": "BIZ-LAB-025", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14079 links: made_by → Applied Computing (BIZ-LAB-025)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-10011", "target": "BIZ-SW-605", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-10011 links: made_by → Stanhope AI (BIZ-SW-605)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-13012", "target": "BIZ-LAB-6003", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-13012 links: made_by → Frontier AI Research Lab (Thomson Reuters and Imperial College London) (BIZ-LAB-6003)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14001", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14001 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14002", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14002 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14003", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14003 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14004", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14004 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14005", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14005 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14006", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14006 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14007", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14007 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14008", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14008 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14009", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14009 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14010", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14010 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14011", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14011 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14012", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14012 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14013", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14013 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14014", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14014 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14015", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14015 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14016", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14016 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14017", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14017 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14018", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14018 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14019", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14019 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14020", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14020 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14022", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14022 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14023", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14023 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14024", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14024 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14025", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14025 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14026", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14026 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14027", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14027 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14028", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14028 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14036", "target": "BIZ-LAB-005", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14036 links: made_by → ElevenLabs (BIZ-LAB-005)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14037", "target": "BIZ-LAB-005", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14037 links: made_by → ElevenLabs (BIZ-LAB-005)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14038", "target": "BIZ-LAB-005", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14038 links: made_by → ElevenLabs (BIZ-LAB-005)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14039", "target": "BIZ-LAB-005", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14039 links: made_by → ElevenLabs (BIZ-LAB-005)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14040", "target": "BIZ-LAB-005", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14040 links: made_by → ElevenLabs (BIZ-LAB-005)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14041", "target": "BIZ-SU-CRE-801", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14041 links: made_by → Recraft (BIZ-SU-CRE-801)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14045", "target": "BIZ-SU-CRE-801", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14045 links: made_by → Recraft (BIZ-SU-CRE-801)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14051", "target": "BIZ-LAB-017", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14051 links: made_by → Prima Mente (BIZ-LAB-017)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14054", "target": "BIZ-LAB-020", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14054 links: made_by → Haiper (BIZ-LAB-020)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14055", "target": "BIZ-LAB-020", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14055 links: made_by → Haiper (BIZ-LAB-020)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14056", "target": "BIZ-LAB-020", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14056 links: made_by → Haiper (BIZ-LAB-020)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14072", "target": "BIZ-LAB-004", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14072 links: made_by → Synthesia (BIZ-LAB-004)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14073", "target": "BIZ-LAB-004", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14073 links: made_by → Synthesia (BIZ-LAB-004)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14074", "target": "BIZ-LAB-004", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14074 links: made_by → Synthesia (BIZ-LAB-004)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14075", "target": "BIZ-LAB-007", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14075 links: made_by → PolyAI (BIZ-LAB-007)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14076", "target": "BIZ-LAB-007", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14076 links: made_by → PolyAI (BIZ-LAB-007)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14077", "target": "BIZ-LAB-007", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14077 links: made_by → PolyAI (BIZ-LAB-007)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14078", "target": "BIZ-LAB-007", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14078 links: made_by → PolyAI (BIZ-LAB-007)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14083", "target": "BIZ-LAB-023", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14083 links: made_by → Mantic (BIZ-LAB-023)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14084", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14084 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14085", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14085 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14086", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14086 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14087", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14087 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" }, { "source": "BIZ-LAB-14088", "target": "BIZ-LAB-001", "kind": "made_by", "evidence": "BIZ-LAB-14088 links: made_by → Google DeepMind (BIZ-LAB-001)" } ], "placement_method": { 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