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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. 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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. 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UKTN reported a £72.24m Series D led by Lightspeed Venture Partners on 16 February 2021, with Battery Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Scale Venture Partners and Silicon Valley Bank Capital; Matthew Scullion was chief executive. Earlier UKTN reports cover US$20m (2018) and US$35m Series C (2019) rounds. Its AI products were not verified because matillion.com was refused by the fetch tool; it is recorded as a data-infrastructure company that serves AI work. 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Companies House records Intel Research And Development UK Limited as its controlling owner, with 75% or more of shares and votes, from 30 June 2022, when an earlier individual controller ceased. Its registered office has moved to Intel's UK address in Salford. The task's leads place it in Edinburgh and describe it as a maker of SYCL and oneAPI programming tools; codeplay.com was refused by the fetch tool, so its product and location are not verified in this session. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] Companies House (read 30 October 2026): Active — proposal to strike off; filing overdue; strike-off proposed [Places Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] Alex's Places file (line 61, tile 06) places this in Edinburgh; region set to Scotland. The file gives no source; not re-researched.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "04567874", "registered_office": "2 New Bailey, 6 Stanley Street, Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, M3 5GS", "incorporated": "2002-10-21", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "Intel (via Intel Research And Development UK Limited)", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "04567874", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04567874", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "CODEPLAY SOFTWARE LIMITED", "ch_status_r6": "Active — proposal to strike off" }, "place": { "text": "Edinburgh (Alex's Places file; not verified)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "Scotland" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI infrastructure", "AI development and training" ], "sectors": [ "developer tools and coding agents", "compilers", "programming tools for chips (lead)" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "developer tools and coding agents", "function": "Software company now owned by Intel; the lead says it builds compilers and tools that let AI and other programs run on many kinds of chip (not verified here).", "affiliation": "Software and tools", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04567874", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04567874/persons-with-significant-control" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04567874", "quotes": [ "CODEPLAY SOFTWARE LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"2 New Bailey, 6 Stanley Street, Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, M3 5GS\" \"21 October 2002" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04567874/persons-with-significant-control", "quotes": [ "Intel Research And Development Uk Limited\" \"30 June 2022\" \"Ownership of shares – 75% or more" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI infrastructure", "AI development and training" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "developer tools and coding agents", "div": "developer-tools-and-coding-agents" } ], "div_label": "Developer tools and coding agents", "location": "Edinburgh (Alex's Places file; not verified)", "status_group": "acquired", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "acquired_by", "name": "Intel" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-040", "name": "Secondmind", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Secondmind Limited is active; 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. 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its UK company is Cord Technologies Limited. It sells a data platform for training AI, covering data management, curation and annotation, and now aims it at \"physical AI\" such as robotics and autonomous vehicles. It says it works with more than 300 AI teams. On 26 February 2026 it announced a US$60m Series C led by Wellington Management, with Y Combinator, CRV, N47, Crane Venture Partners and Harpoon Ventures, and new investors Bright Pixel Capital and Isomer Capital; total funding is US$110m. The release was datelined San Francisco. 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Companies House shows DIFFBLUE LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes an AI agent that writes unit tests for Java code automatically, so developers do not have to write the tests by hand.", "description": "Diffblue was founded by researchers from the University of Oxford; its UK company, Diffblue Limited, was incorporated in January 2016. It sells software that writes unit tests for Java programs without human input, which it now calls an agent, and markets it for modernising older business software. Peter Schrammel is co-founder and chief technology officer. Its releases name AlbionVC, Parkwalk, IP Group and Citi as investors. In March 2025 it announced a £1m Innovate UK grant through the ITEA GENIUS project on generative AI for software development. Its releases are datelined Oxford; its registered office is in London. 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Companies House shows MIND FOUNDRY LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "An Oxford University spin-out that makes AI software to turn sensor data into findings people can trust, now sold mainly for defence and security.", "description": "Mind Foundry Limited was incorporated in November 2015 and describes itself as \"an Oxford University AI company\". Package 1 recorded it as co-founded by Oxford professors Stephen Roberts and Michael Osborne and first sold to insurers; those pages were not re-opened. Its own site now says it \"helps organisations turn complex sensor data into trusted insight\", and its newsroom is dominated by defence items, including a Royal Navy contract with Saab UK funded through the Defence and Security Accelerator. Its head office is Ewert House, Oxford. Companies House shows Parkwalk Advisors and Oxford Science Enterprises Holdings II as significant shareholders from 27 January 2026. It may fit the defence or assurance pages better. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] SAFETY & ASSURANCE: Oxford University spin-out building AI for defence and insurance; in the LASR AI supply-chain security cohort and a government assurance case study. [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] founded: 2016 (UKTN 2021); hq: Oxford (England: South East); what it does: An Oxford University spin-out building AI systems for public-sector and private-sector organisations.; status now: Active per existing record; no 2025–2026 page opened this round. [Round 8, 30 Oct 2026] Listed by the Services and skills file as an Oxford AI consultancy (row B10-050); under the file's own rule (over 50% of revenue from licensed products goes to the producer category) it stays in Software and is not cross-listed. (Services and skills file, row B10-050, line 930.) 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Its product, Genie, is an AI \"Artificial Developer\" that can \"solve bugs, build features, refactor code\". In August 2024 it raised US$2.5m from SOMA and Uphonest with Lakestar and Focal. Tech.eu calls it a UK start-up \"based between San Francisco and London\". No Companies House record was found under the name Cosine, so its UK company is not confirmed. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] LABS: British AI lab building its own advanced models and coding agents; given UK AIRR compute through Sovereign AI. [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] public compute: AIRR compute from the Sovereign AI Unit (2026-04-16); co-founder Yang Li [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts: Selected as one of the first partners in the UK's £500m Sovereign AI programme; awarded 500,000 GPU hours on Isambard-AI via AIRR; platform supports 38+ languages incl. Fortran, COBOL, Ada, Verilog; can run fully inside a customer's infrastructure offline; works with UK defence primes and CNI operators (unnamed) (2026-04-17) [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] total_funding: $8m raised in total; investors named Lakestar, SOMA Capital, Gaingels; Sovereign AI Fund's venture arm has an option to join the next round (2026-04-17) [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] headcount / products: Team size 12 (YC profile, 2026-10); YC Winter 2023; products Cosine 3.0, Cosine CLI, Genie; five open roles in London [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] founders: Alistair Pullen — CEO and co-founder; Yang Li — COO and co-founder; founded 2022 [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] founded: 2022 (UKTN); hq: null (UKTN does not state); what it does: Builds Genie, an AI coding agent (\"Artificial Developer\") that fixes bugs, builds features and refactors code alone or alongside human developers. Backed by Y Combinator.; usage or revenue as published: 30% on the SWE-Bench coding benchmark (company claim) — 2024-08-13 — UKTN; status now: Active per existing record; no 2025–2026 page opened this round. 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It built a platform for \"causal AI\", which models why things happen in data rather than only predicting them, and in September 2024 launched an AI agent platform for decision-making. Package 1 recorded a US$45m Series A in January 2022 co-led by Dorilton Ventures and Molten Ventures; those pages were not re-opened. No Companies House record was found under the name causaLens, so its legal entity is not confirmed. [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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Administration began 10 March 2025 (Companies House).", "one_line": "Makes software that generates artificial training images, using games technology, for companies building AI that sees.", "description": "Mindtech is a Sheffield company led by chief executive Steve Harris. Its platform, Chameleon, creates synthetic images and labels them automatically, so that computer-vision systems can be trained without collecting and labelling real footage. In March 2022 it raised US$3.7m (£2.8m) led by Appen, a supplier of AI training data, and later raised £4.4m in a round led by Edge with Mercia Ventures and the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund. Its UK company, Mindtech Global Limited (incorporated 30 August 2017), moved its registered office from Sheffield to London in October 2023 and is now in administration: a creditors' meeting result was filed on 15 May 2025, the administration was extended on 9 March 2026, and the latest administrator's progress report was filed on 29 September 2026. The date administration began could not be read (the insolvency page would not open). \"wound_down\" is used as the nearest status; the business may have been sold by the administrators, which was not checked. 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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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no later event verified in this session. 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. 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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. 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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). 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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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Companies House shows GRADIENT LABS LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Builds AI agents that answer and resolve customer service queries for financial companies, taking actions on customers' accounts.", "description": "Gradient Labs is a London company founded by Dimitri Masin, formerly vice president of data science, financial crime and fraud at Monzo, with Neal Lathia and Danai Antoniou, both former Monzo machine learning engineers. It builds customer service agents based on large language models that, it says, can resolve up to 80% of queries. UKTN reported a £2.8m seed round led by LocalGlobe with Puzzle Ventures and angels including Tom Blomfield on 21 August 2024. Gradient Labs Limited was incorporated on 12 May 2023. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] SOFTWARE & TOOLS: London start-up building an operating system of AI agents that take over manual, repetitive work. 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"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=gradient+labs", "quotes": [ "GRADIENT LABS LIMITED\" \"14864752\" \"Incorporated on 12 May 2023\" \"10 Holmesdale Road, London, United Kingdom, N6 5TQ" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14864752", "quotes": [ "GRADIENT LABS LIMITED", "10 Holmesdale Road, London, United Kingdom, N6 5TQ", "Active", "12 May 2023" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://businesscloud.co.uk/news/high-profile-angels-join-gradient-labs-seed-round/", "quotes": [ "Gradient Labs has raised £2.8 million seed funding to build an operating system of artificial intelligence agents" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://tech.eu/2026/06/01/gradient-labs-raises-fresh-13m/", "quotes": [ "led by new investors Octopus Ventures and CommerzVentures" 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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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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 March 2024 UKTN reported a £2.3m seed round led by the UCL Technology Fund, with Creator Fund, MMC Ventures, Moonfire Ventures and Rockmount Capital, and named Professor Rosalyn Moran as chief executive and co-founder. Companies House lists Stanhope AI Ltd, incorporated on 16 March 2021, as active, with Dr Rosalyn Jackie Moran a director since incorporation. 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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": "agents and automation", "div": "agents-and-automation" } ], "div_label": "Agents and automation", "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": "same_as", "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-729", "name": "Stanhope AI", "page": "startups", "href": "../startups/#org=BIZ-SU-OTH-729", "page_label": "Start-ups" }, { "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" }, { "kind": "linked from: made_by", "id": "BIZ-LAB-10011", "name": "Real World Model (Stanhope AI)", "page": "labs", "href": "../labs/#org=BIZ-LAB-10011", "page_label": "Labs" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "spun_out_of", "name": "University College London" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Creator Fund" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Rosalyn Moran" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-607", "name": "Cogna", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists Cogna Ltd as active; 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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. 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The entry names no city, investors or people. A Companies House search for \"expanse\" returned 73 companies, none of which could be tied to this business from the information available. 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UKTN reported a US$850,000 pre-seed round led by LocalGlobe and named Arlan Rakhmetzhanov as founder, saying he had moved to London. The article does not state where the company is headquartered, and the legal company name 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 (founder's base per source) (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 850000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2025-05-07", "detail": "pre-seed led by LocalGlobe", "raw": "funding_round: 850000 USD 2025-05-07 — pre-seed led by LocalGlobe", "amount_gbp": 635942, "fx_rate": 1.3366, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3366 per £ on 2025-05-07", "fx_date": "2025-05-07", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$850,000", "gbp_txt": "£635,942" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "developer tools and coding agents", "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": "developer tools and coding agents", "function": "AI assistant for software engineers that they can query through an API, Slack or the Cursor editor.", "affiliation": "Software and tools", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/ai-startup-founded-by-18-year-old-nia-closes-localglobe-led-round-20250507" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/ai-startup-founded-by-18-year-old-nia-closes-localglobe-led-round-20250507", "quotes": [ "an AI teammate for engineers", "has closed an $850,000 (£637,000) pre-seed round." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "developer tools and coding agents", "div": "developer-tools-and-coding-agents" } ], "div_label": "Developer tools and coding agents", "location": "London (founder's base per source) (null)", "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": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-611", "name": "Noxus", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2025-02-11", "status_detail": "Raised £1.2m pre-seed led by SFC Capital, reported 11 February 2025; no Companies House entry could be tied to it.", "one_line": "London start-up selling an \"AI operating system\" that lets businesses set up teams of AI agents to handle repetitive work under human guidance.", "description": "Noxus provides what it calls an AI operating system, which helps businesses set up AI teams to take on repetitive tasks and complex workflows under human guidance. 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A Companies House search for \"perceptron\" returned 14 companies, none of which could be tied to this business.", "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": null, "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": null }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 6500000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2026-08", "detail": "per tech.eu recap of 2026-08-03", "raw": "funding_round: 6500000 USD 2026-08 — per tech.eu recap of 2026-08-03", "amount_gbp": 4830200, "fx_rate": 1.3457, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3457 per £ on 2026-07-31", "fx_date": "2026-07-31", "fx_note": "month only given: rate for the 1st", "txt": "US$6.5m", "gbp_txt": "£4.8m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI development and training" ], "sectors": [ "AI training data" ], "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 training data", "function": "UK start-up building a decentralised network for gathering AI training data.", "affiliation": "Software and tools", "sources": [ "https://tech.eu/2026/08/03/european-tech-weekly-recap-eur878m-in-weekly-deals-and-key-trends-from-h1-2026/" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://tech.eu/2026/08/03/european-tech-weekly-recap-eur878m-in-weekly-deals-and-key-trends-from-h1-2026/", "quotes": [ "UK: Perceptron raises $6.5M to build decentralised AI data network" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI development and training" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "AI training data", "div": "companies" } ], "div_label": "Companies", "location": null, "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-613", "name": "Prevalent AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-08-24", "status_detail": "Secured a US$22m growth investment to scale its enterprise AI platform, per tech.eu's recap of 24 August 2026; Companies House lists Prevalent AI Limited as active.", "one_line": "London company selling an AI software platform to large organisations.", "description": "tech.eu's weekly recap of 24 August 2026 listed \"UK: Prevalent AI secures $22M growth investment to scale enterprise AI platform\", without naming investors or a city. Companies House lists Prevalent AI Limited, incorporated on 7 February 2017, as active, with a London registered office and seven directors, two of them appointed in late 2025 (Gautam Mittal, 2 October 2025; Ryan Anderson, 12 December 2025). The match rests on the name. [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] founded: null (\"Founded by alumni of GCHQ\"; page description refers to a \"nine-year history\"); hq: London (England: London); what it does: An \"AI-powered data fabric\" for security and risk teams. It cleans and links scattered company data into a single knowledge graph that the customer controls; clients include banks, telecoms firms and insurers.; status now: Active; London security-data company that raised its first outside capital, £16.1m, in August 2026.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10605045", "registered_office": "Dwf Law Llp, 20 Fenchurch Street, London, United Kingdom, EC3M 3AG", "incorporated": "2017-02-07", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10605045", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10605045", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "PREVALENT AI LIMITED", "ch_status_r6": "Active" }, "place": { "text": "London (registered office) (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Paul Stokes", "role": "Co-founder and CEO", "from": "null", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/cybersecurity/prevalent-ai-secures-16-1m-to-accelerate-ai-context-engine-20260824", "round4": true } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 22000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2026-08", "detail": "growth investment, per tech.eu recap of 2026-08-24 (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 22000000 USD 2026-08 — growth investment, per tech.eu recap of 2026-08-24 (single source)", "amount_gbp": 16348369, "fx_rate": 1.3457, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3457 per £ on 2026-07-31", "fx_date": "2026-07-31", "fx_note": "month only given: rate for the 1st", "txt": "US$22m", "gbp_txt": "£16.3m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "enterprise software" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "enterprise software", "function": "London company selling an AI software platform to large organisations.", "affiliation": "Software and tools", "sources": [ "https://tech.eu/2026/08/24/european-tech-weekly-recap-more-than-45-tech-funding-deals-worth-over-eur28b/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10605045", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10605045/officers", "https://www.uktech.news/cybersecurity/prevalent-ai-secures-16-1m-to-accelerate-ai-context-engine-20260824" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://tech.eu/2026/08/24/european-tech-weekly-recap-more-than-45-tech-funding-deals-worth-over-eur28b/", "quotes": [ "UK: Prevalent AI secures $22M growth investment to scale enterprise AI platform" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10605045", "quotes": [ "PREVALENT AI LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"7 February 2017" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10605045/officers", "quotes": [ "seven active directors incl. \"MITTAL, Gautam\" appointed 2 October 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/cybersecurity/prevalent-ai-secures-16-1m-to-accelerate-ai-context-engine-20260824", "quotes": [ "(trade) — \"the first primary capital raised by the firm" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "enterprise software", "div": "companies" } ], "div_label": "Companies", "location": "London (registered office) (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-614", "name": "Rightbrain AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised £3m led by the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II, reported 19 May 2026; Companies House lists Rightbrain AI Ltd as active. Companies House shows RIGHTBRAIN AI LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Newcastle platform that lets service firms such as agencies and recruiters build and run AI agents on models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.", "description": "Rightbrain AI helps business-to-business service firms, such as marketing agencies, recruiters and professional-services firms, build and run AI agents, connecting models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google with tools such as CRMs and Google Workspace. On 19 May 2026 UKTN reported £3m led by the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II through PXN Equity Finance, with Salica, NYDIG and angels, and named Peter Cheyne as co-founder. Companies House lists Rightbrain AI Ltd, incorporated on 26 June 2023 in Gosforth, Newcastle, as active, with Peter John Scollay Cheyne a director since incorporation.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14960427", "registered_office": "The Grainger Suite, Dobson House, Regent Centre, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, NE3 3PF", "incorporated": "2023-06-26", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14960427", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14960427", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "RIGHTBRAIN AI LTD", "ch_status_r6": "Active" }, "place": { "text": "Newcastle (NE3 3PF)", "postcode": "NE3 3PF", "lat": 55.011201, "lng": -1.623643, "region": "England: North East", "admin_district": "Newcastle upon Tyne", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Peter Cheyne", "role": "co-founder; director from 2023-06-26", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14960427/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 3000000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2026-05-19", "detail": "led by Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 3000000 GBP 2026-05-19 — led by Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (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": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "professional services", "agent platforms" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "professional services", "function": "Newcastle platform that lets service firms such as agencies and recruiters build and run AI agents on models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.", "affiliation": "Software and tools", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/rightbrain-secures-3m-to-help-service-businesses-become-ai-native-20260519", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14960427", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14960427/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/rightbrain-secures-3m-to-help-service-businesses-become-ai-native-20260519", "quotes": [ "Newcastle-based Rightbrain AI has raised £3m" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14960427", "quotes": [ "RIGHTBRAIN AI LTD\" \"Active\" \"26 June 2023" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14960427/officers", "quotes": [ "CHEYNE, Peter John Scollay\" \"Role Active\" \"Director\" \"26 June 2023" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "professional services", "div": "companies" } ], "div_label": "Companies", "location": "Newcastle (NE3 3PF)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Salica" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Peter Cheyne" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-615", "name": "Rossum", "bucket": "co", "status": "acquired", "status_date": "2026-05-13", "status_detail": "BusinessCloud reported on 13 May 2026 that Coupa, the San Francisco spend-management company, had bought Rossum; price not given. 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. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] links: portfolio_of: Seedcamp", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10564783", "registered_office": "71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, England, WC2H 9JQ", "incorporated": "2017-01-16", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "Coupa (reported 2026-05-13)", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10564783", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10564783", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "ROSSUM LTD", "ch_status_r6": "Active" }, "place": { "text": "London (registered office) (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "search, knowledge and document AI", "document processing", "accounts payable" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "search, knowledge and document AI", "function": "Document-processing software that uses AI to read invoices and other business documents; bought by Coupa in 2026.", "affiliation": "Software and tools", "sources": [ "https://businesscloud.co.uk/live-blog/san-franciscos-coupa-swoops-for-uk-ai-firm-rossum/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10564783", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10564783/persons-with-significant-control", "https://seedcamp.com/our-companies/" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://businesscloud.co.uk/live-blog/san-franciscos-coupa-swoops-for-uk-ai-firm-rossum/", "quotes": [ "A San Francisco FinTech has swooped for London-based AI firm Rossum." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10564783", "quotes": [ "ROSSUM LTD\" \"Active\" \"16 January 2017\" \"62012" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10564783/persons-with-significant-control", "quotes": [ "Mr Tomáš Gogár\" \"Notified on: 16 January 2017\"; statement notified 12 February 2021 of no registrable person" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://seedcamp.com/our-companies/", "quotes": [ "Automating data extraction from documents with AI to create a world without manual data entry" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "search, knowledge and document AI", "div": "search-knowledge-and-document-ai" } ], "div_label": "Search, knowledge and document AI", "location": "London (registered office) (null)", "status_group": "acquired", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-202", "name": "Seedcamp", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-202", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-202", "name": "Seedcamp", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-202", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "acquired_by", "name": "Coupa" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-616", "name": "SurrealDB", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Extended its Series A with US$23m, reported 17 February 2026; Companies House lists SurrealDB Ltd as active. Companies House shows SURREALDB LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Database software that stores tables, graphs, vectors and other data in one system, built for AI applications.", "description": "SurrealDB is what UKTN calls a multi-model AI-native database company; its SurrealDB 3.0 release combines relational, graph, vector and key-value data with real-time features in one product. On 17 February 2026 UKTN reported a US$23m extension of its Series A from Chalfen Ventures and Begin Capital, with existing investors FirstMark and Georgian, and named Tobie Morgan Hitchcock as chief executive; the article gives no location. Companies House lists SurrealDB Ltd, incorporated on 10 September 2021 in Altrincham, Cheshire, as active, with Tobie Marcus John Morgan Hitchcock a director since incorporation. [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] funding_history: Initial Series A £14.8m (2024); Series A extension $23m / £17m with new investors Chalfen Ventures and Begin Capital, existing FirstMark and Georgian (2026-02) [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] ceo: Tobie Morgan Hitchcock — chief executive (2026-02) [Round 6, 30 Oct 2026] key_facts: Series A totals $38m after $23m extension; $44m raised in total; 2.3 million downloads, 31,000 GitHub stars, 1,000+ forks (2026-02); trading address Oxford Street, London; registered address Altrincham, Cheshire [Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] founded: 2022 (UKTN roundup, 2026-02-20); hq: London (England: London) — UKTN roundup 2026-02-20; what it does: A database that holds many kinds of data in one system — tables, documents, graphs, time series, vectors for AI search, maps and key-value pairs — with real-time updates.; status now: Active; extended its Series A in February 2026.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "13615201", "registered_office": "3rd Floor 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, United Kingdom, WA14 2DT", "incorporated": "2021-09-10", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "13615201", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13615201", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "SURREALDB LTD", "ch_status_r6": "Active" }, "place": { "text": "Altrincham (registered office) (WA14 2DT)", "postcode": "WA14 2DT", "lat": 53.384157, "lng": -2.35191, "region": "England: North West", "admin_district": "Trafford", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Tobie Morgan Hitchcock", "role": "chief executive; 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Companies House lists Undo Limited as active.", "one_line": "Cambridge software that records a program's full run so AI coding agents can find the cause of bugs.", "description": "Undo, based in Cambridge, records a program's complete execution history so that AI coding agents can diagnose faults with runtime context, aiming at fully automated root-cause analysis. On 16 June 2026 UKTN reported a US$37m round led by Elsewhere Partners and named Greg Law as founder and chief executive. Companies House lists Undo Limited, incorporated on 28 June 2005, as active, registered in Cambridge, with Dr Gregory Edward Warwick Law a director since incorporation. Its AI-agent product is a named business line of a longer-standing debugging company (diversified). 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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. 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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 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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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 £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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[Round 6 profile, 30 Oct 2026] founded: 2022 (UKTN: \"launched in 2022\"); hq: London (England: London); what it does: Software for managed IT service providers that look after many small firms' Microsoft 365 accounts, letting them set, roll out, back up and restore security policies across all clients at once.; status now: Active per existing record; this round adds its 2024 and 2025 rounds.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14146319", "registered_office": "First Floor, Explore Richmond, 18-24 (Even) Paradise Road, Richmond, United Kingdom, TW9 1SR", "incorporated": "2022-06-01", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14146319", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14146319", "ch_note": null, "legal_name": "INFORCER LTD", "ch_status_r6": "Active" }, "place": { "text": "Richmond, London (TW9 1SR; null; null)", "postcode": "TW9 1SR", "lat": 51.460211, "lng": -0.302376, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": null, "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Jamie Daum", "role": "CEO", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/saas/inforcer-raises-26m-to-bridge-gap-between-msps-and-microsoft-20250723", "round4": true }, { "name": "Jamie Daum", "role": "Chief executive", "from": "null (in post 2025-07)", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/saas/inforcer-raises-26m-to-bridge-gap-between-msps-and-microsoft-20250723", "round4": true } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 50000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2026-08", "detail": "Series C, investors not named", "raw": "funding_round: 50000000 USD 2026-08 — Series C, investors not named", "amount_gbp": 37155384, "fx_rate": 1.3457, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3457 per £ on 2026-07-31", "fx_date": "2026-07-31", "fx_note": "month only given: rate for the 1st", "txt": "US$50m", "gbp_txt": "£37.2m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "IT security", "managed services" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "IT security", "function": "Security and management platform for managed IT service providers, described as an AI security platform.", "affiliation": "Software and tools", "sources": [ "https://tech.eu/2026/08/03/european-tech-weekly-recap-eur878m-in-weekly-deals-and-key-trends-from-h1-2026/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14146319", "https://www.uktech.news/saas/inforcer-raises-26m-to-bridge-gap-between-msps-and-microsoft-20250723" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://tech.eu/2026/08/03/european-tech-weekly-recap-eur878m-in-weekly-deals-and-key-trends-from-h1-2026/", "quotes": [ "UK: inforcer raises $50M Series C to scale AI security platform for MSPs" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14146319", "quotes": [ "INFORCER LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 1 June 2022", "62012" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/saas/inforcer-raises-26m-to-bridge-gap-between-msps-and-microsoft-20250723", "quotes": [ "(trade) — \"The new investment was led by Dawn Capital along with participation from Meritech Capital." ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "IT security", "div": "companies" } ], "div_label": "Companies", "location": "Richmond, London (TW9 1SR; null; null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SW-807", "name": "Mindset AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "UKTN reported a £4.3m round in April 2025; Companies House shows Mindset AI Ltd active, with Mercia's nominee on the board from 14 March 2025. 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