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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": "news publishing", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "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. Whether this was the main trading company (the business dates from 2008) was not confirmed; WPP still used the Satalia name in a 2025 case study listed in search results, which was not opened.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "12303234", "registered_office": "Sea Containers House, 18 Upper Ground, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9GL", "incorporated": "2019-11-07", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "WPP plc", "headcount": "more than 80 (2021-08-23, WPP release)", "ch_number_clean": "12303234", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12303234", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (SE1 9GL)", "postcode": "SE1 9GL", "lat": 51.507728, "lng": -0.105047, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Southwark", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Daniel Hulme", "role": "founder and chief executive; WPP chief AI officer from 2021", "from": "2008", "source": "https://www.wpp.com/en/news/2021/08/wpp-acquires-leading-ai-technology-company-satalia" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation", "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "advertising and marketing", "optimisation" ], "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 and optimisation company bought by advertising group WPP to build AI tools for its clients.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.wpp.com/en/news/2021/08/wpp-acquires-leading-ai-technology-company-satalia", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12303234" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.wpp.com/en/news/2021/08/wpp-acquires-leading-ai-technology-company-satalia", "quotes": [ "WPP today announces that it has acquired Satalia", "employs more than 80 people across multiple markets in Europe", "will join Wunderman Thompson Commerce" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12303234", "quotes": [ "SATALIA LIMITED\" \"Dissolved\" \"Dissolved on 4 August 2026\" \"Incorporated on 7 November 2019" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation", "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "advertising and marketing", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "London (SE1 9GL)", "status_group": "acquired", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "acquired_by", "name": "WPP plc" }, { "kind": "part_of", "name": "Wunderman Thompson Commerce" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Daniel Hulme" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-036", "name": "Audio Analytic", "bucket": "co", "status": "acquired", "status_date": "2022-11-09", "status_detail": "Reported in November 2022 to have been bought by Meta; its UK company Audio Analytic Limited was dissolved on 20 May 2026.", "one_line": "Cambridge developer of software that lets devices recognise sounds such as smoke alarms or a baby crying.", "description": "Audio Analytic was a Cambridge sound-recognition developer. Its \"ai3\" software let device makers, chip makers and AI service providers build products that recognise sounds such as smoke alarms and a baby's cry. It had raised about US$25m. Tech.eu reported on 9 November 2022, citing The Telegraph, that Meta had acquired the company; no price was given and no Meta release was opened. Companies House shows Audio Analytic Limited (06673834), incorporated 15 August 2008, dissolved on 20 May 2026.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "06673834", "registered_office": "2 Quayside, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB5 8AB", "incorporated": "2008-08-15", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "Meta Platforms, Inc.", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "06673834", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06673834", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Cambridge (CB5 8AB)", "postcode": "CB5 8AB", "lat": 52.209941, "lng": 0.117535, "region": "England: East of England", "admin_district": "Cambridge", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "consumer devices", "audio" ], "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 → Meta Platforms, Inc. (CH PSC from 31 October 2022; remove \"(reported)\")" }, { "from": "Companies House check, 29 Oct 2026", "field": "status", "text": "status → keep acquired (2022), and add status_detail: the UK company was wound up solvently from 2 October 2023 and dissolved on 20 May 2026 (reason: CH)" } ], "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Cambridge developer of software that lets devices recognise sounds such as smoke alarms or a baby crying.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://tech.eu/2022/11/09/meta-acquires-audio-analytic/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06673834", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06673834/persons-with-significant-control", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06673834/filing-history" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://tech.eu/2022/11/09/meta-acquires-audio-analytic/", "quotes": [ "Meta has reportedly acquired", "Cambridge-based sound recognition developer" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06673834", "quotes": [ "AUDIO ANALYTIC LIMITED\" \"Dissolved\" \"Dissolved on 20 May 2026\" \"Incorporated on 15 August 2008" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06673834/persons-with-significant-control", "quotes": [ "Meta Platforms, Inc.\" \"Us Corporation\" \"Delaware", "Ownership of shares – 75% or more\" (notified 31 October 2022)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06673834/filing-history", "quotes": [ "Final Gazette dissolved following liquidation\" (20 May 2026)", "Special resolution to wind up on 2023-10-02", "Declaration of solvency" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "consumer devices", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "Cambridge (CB5 8AB)", "status_group": "acquired", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "acquired_by", "name": "Meta Platforms (reported)" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-037", "name": "Lumirithmic", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Latest event opened is a Euronews report of 18 August 2022; the company had closed two seed rounds by July 2022. 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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": "visual effects", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "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-038", "name": "Kythera AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2023-11-20", "status_detail": "Launched a surface-navigation plug-in for Unreal Engine on 20 November 2023; no later event opened.", "one_line": "Edinburgh maker of software that controls how characters in video games move and behave.", "description": "Kythera AI is \"a middleware developer specializing in AI for video games\", based in Edinburgh. 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Companies House shows OBRIZUM GROUP LTD. as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Cambridge company whose learning platform uses AI to adapt training and tests to each learner.", "description": "Obrizum is a Cambridge \"data-driven upskilling platform that uses AI to analyse performance data\", adjusting instruction to each trainee. In November 2022 it raised a £9.5m Series A from investors including Guinness Ventures, Beaubridge, Juno Capital Partners, Qatar Science and Tech Holdings and Celeres Ventures, taking total funding to about £14m. Chibeza Agley is named as co-founder. In February 2024 it launched AI training tools for military staff with BAE Systems. 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Its blog link now redirects to confirm.com, which could not be opened. Companies House shows LEARNING POOL LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Derry/Londonderry online training company that bought an AI skills-management platform in 2022.", "description": "Learning Pool is a Derry-based online training provider. Marlin Equity Partners bought out Carlyle Cardinal Ireland in June 2021, in a deal the Irish News reported valued the business at about £150m. Revenue rose 45% to £32m in the year to 30 April 2022 and staff grew to more than 402. In October 2022 it bought People Analytix, described as \"an AI-based employee skills management platform\". AI is a named product line through that acquisition only; its own learning platform was not described as AI on the pages opened. 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Its main asset was an AI styling and personalisation algorithm. On 30 November 2022 Marks & Spencer announced it had bought Thread's intellectual property, \"including the source code and algorithms\", and was hiring 30 former staff after Thread's administration. O'Neill joined M&S as senior head of product. M&S expected personalisation to bring more than £100m of annualised extra revenue. The price was not stated. 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Companies House shows NETACEA LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Manchester company using machine learning to detect automated bots attacking websites, apps and APIs.", "description": "Netacea is \"a machine learning-based bot detection startup\" based in Manchester. Its platform runs on websites, apps and APIs and reads user behaviour to spot automated threats. It raised £9m in February 2022 to fund US expansion and £4.5m from Mercia Asset Management in October 2023, when Mercia held 34.2%. Mick Bradley, formerly chief revenue officer at Virtuozzo, became chief executive. Netacea Limited (11566936) and three related group companies are registered at the same Manchester address. 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Its chief executive is Rohini Gupta. In July 2026 it published a five-pillar framework to help financial institutions comply with the UK AI Adoption Plan. FinregE Limited (11139011) was incorporated on 8 January 2018 and is registered at One Canada Square, London. It is named in the FCA AI programme lists in the earlier file; the cohort and date were not re-checked here. 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ThoughtRiver Limited (10007469) was incorporated on 16 February 2016 and is registered at Cambridge Research Park, Waterbeach; its company page would not open, so its current status was not confirmed.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10007469", "registered_office": "Building 1000 Cambridge Research Park, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England, CB25 9PD", "incorporated": "2016-02-16", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "majority holder Duncan Anthony Painter", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10007469", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10007469", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire (CB25 9PD)", "postcode": "CB25 9PD", "lat": 52.289315, "lng": 0.173328, "region": "England: East of England", "admin_district": "South Cambridgeshire", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 10000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2020-09-08", "detail": "Series A led by Octopus Ventures", "raw": "funding_round: 10000000 USD 2020-09-08 — Series A led by Octopus Ventures", "amount_gbp": 7678722, "fx_rate": 1.3023, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3023 per £ on 2020-09-08", "fx_date": "2020-09-08", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$10m", "gbp_txt": "£7.7m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "legal services", "contracts" ], "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 → majority holder Duncan Anthony Painter (CH PSC, \"Ownership of shares – More than 50% but less than 75%\", notified 27 March 2024); 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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. The UK company is still listed as active, with its registered office at Techspace, Commercial Road, London.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10990604", "registered_office": "Deep Render At Techspace, 38-40 Commercial Road, London, E1 1LN", "incorporated": "2017-10-02", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "InterDigital, Inc.", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10990604", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10990604", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (E1 1LN)", "postcode": "E1 1LN", "lat": 51.514816, "lng": -0.069326, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Tower Hamlets", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Sebastjan Cizel", "role": "Head of Engineering", "from": null, "source": "https://www.tvbeurope.com/business/deep-render-acquired-by-interdigital-inc" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI development and training" ], "sectors": [ "video compression", "media technology" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-deep-render", "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Built software that compresses video and images using machine learning rather than conventional codecs; bought by the US research and licensing firm InterDigital in 2025.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.tvbeurope.com/business/deep-render-acquired-by-interdigital-inc", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10990604" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.tvbeurope.com/business/deep-render-acquired-by-interdigital-inc", "quotes": [ "October 30, 2025", "pioneered the use of AI in video and image compression", "AI-based video coding portfolio will be added to InterDigital's own video portfolio" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10990604", "quotes": [ "DEEP RENDER LTD\" \"Deep Render At Techspace, 38-40 Commercial Road, London, E1 1LN\" \"Active\" \"2 October 2017\" \"BINARYCITY LIMITED (02 Oct 2017 - 30 May 2018)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI development and training" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "video compression", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "London (E1 1LN)", "status_group": "acquired", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "acquired_by", "name": "InterDigital, Inc." } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-002", "name": "Papercup", "bucket": "co", "status": "wound_down", "status_date": "2025-06-26", "status_detail": "RWS announced on 26 June 2025 that it had acquired the intellectual property behind Papercup's AI dubbing technology; the company, Papercup Technologies Limited, is now in liquidation with FRP Advisory as its registered office.", "one_line": "Made software that dubbed video into other languages with synthetic voices checked by human editors; sold its technology to RWS in 2025 and is in liquidation.", "description": "Papercup Technologies Limited was incorporated in London on 4 December 2017. It raised a US$20m Series A led by Octopus Ventures in June 2022. It built AI dubbing that combined voice synthesis, a library of AI voices and editing tools used by human language specialists to adjust the output. On 26 June 2025 RWS, the UK-listed language services group based in Maidenhead, announced it had acquired the intellectual property behind the technology; no price was published. Companies House now lists the company as in liquidation, with its registered office care of FRP Advisory in the City of London. 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(CH PSC from 21 January 2022; remove \"(reported)\")" }, { "from": "Companies House check, 29 Oct 2026", "field": "status_detail", "text": "status_detail → add: Apple Inc. became the PSC on 21 January 2022, replacing founder Dr Siavash Haroun Mahdavi; the UK company was dissolved on 7 January 2025 (reason: CH)" } ], "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-ai-music", "type": "Companies", "category": "creative", "function": "Used AI to generate personalised and adaptive music that changes to suit a listener or a use; reported bought by Apple in 2022.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.macrumors.com/2022/02/07/apple-acquires-ai-music", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10733886/persons-with-significant-control", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10733886" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.macrumors.com/2022/02/07/apple-acquires-ai-music", "quotes": [ "UK-based AI Music company", "uses artificial intelligence to generate personalized soundtracks and adaptive music", "reports Bloomberg" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10733886/persons-with-significant-control", "quotes": [ "Apple Inc.\" \"Public Corporation\" \"California", "Ownership of shares – 75% or more\" (notified 21 January 2022); \"Dr Siavash Haroun Mahdavi\" ceased \"21 January 2022" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10733886", "quotes": [ "AI MUSIC LIMITED\" \"280 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4AG\" \"Dissolved on 7 January 2025\" \"Incorporated on 21 April 2017\" \"AI MUSIC RIPPLE LIMITED" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI development and training" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "music", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": null, "status_group": "acquired", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "acquired_by", "id": "BIZ-BIG-032", "name": "Apple (UK)", "page": "big-tech", "href": "../big-tech/#org=BIZ-BIG-032", "page_label": "Big tech in the UK" } ], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-009", "name": "Bronze", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2024-11-19", "status_detail": "Latest dated event found: TechCrunch reported on 19 November 2024 that Bronze had bought Chroma, with all Chroma stock converted to Bronze stock and terms undisclosed.", "one_line": "Makes AI tools that let musicians release a track as a generative, interactive or personalised piece that changes each time it is played.", "description": "Bronze is a London audio technology company founded by record producer Lex Dromgoole and composer Gwilym Gold. 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The latest officer changes found were the appointments of Amit Ravi Kapur (5 November 2024) and Oliver Plunkett (26 November 2024) as directors, and a director's resignation on 19 March 2025.", "one_line": "Film technology company whose software changes actors' mouth movements on screen so that dubbed dialogue in another language matches the picture.", "description": "Flawless Holdings Limited was incorporated in London on 14 May 2020 by Scott Mann, a film director, and Nick Lynes. Variety (12 July 2024) described it as an AI-driven filmmaking studio whose TrueSync technology maps actors' faces onto translated dialogue, and reported a joint venture with XYZ Films and Tea Shop Productions to buy foreign-language film rights, starting with \"UFO Sweden\". Variety also reported that the company was founded with scientists Christian Theobalt, Pablo Garrido and Hyeongwoo Kim. 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UKTN gave its market value that day as £18.1m.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11155663", "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": "plc", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11155663", "from_round2": true, "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11155663", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (WC2B 5DG)", "postcode": "WC2B 5DG", "lat": 51.515959, "lng": -0.120862, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Camden", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Ewan Collinge", "role": "CEO and founder", "from": "2018", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/cykel-ai-launches-two-more-ai-digital-workers-after-success-of-lucy-20241211" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "recruitment", "sales", "productivity" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": [ { "from": "Companies House check, 29 Oct 2026", "field": "status_detail", "text": "status_detail → add Companies House name history: MUSTANG ENERGY PLC (17 Jan 2018 – 1 Jul 2024); CYKEL AI PLC (1 Jul 2024 – 12 Jan 2026); DEFI DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION UK PLC (12 Jan 2026 – 13 Jul 2026); CYKEL AI PLC again since 13 July 2026. 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Visa completed the purchase on 19 December 2024 and placed it in its Risk and Identity Solutions unit. The UK company, incorporated in November 2005, is active, with its registered office now at Visa's London address, 1 Sheldon Square. Visa's release gives the founding year as 2008, while the company was incorporated in 2005. 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It is recorded here under a risk heading only because the brief directs it; its natural home is the Safety and assurance page, and the lead researcher may move it there. Thoma Bravo's all-cash acquisition, announced on 26 April 2024 and valuing the company at about US$5.3bn, completed on 1 October 2024, when the scheme of arrangement became effective. Thoma Bravo calls it \"a global leader in AI for cybersecurity\". Footnote: Companies House also lists DARKTRACE HOLDINGS LIMITED, company number 08562035 (Active, incorporated 10 June 2013, named DARKTRACE LIMITED until 29 March 2021). Its person with significant control is Darktrace Limited (13264637), which holds 75% or more of its shares. Darktrace Limited 13264637 was named DARKTRACE PLC from 30 March 2021 to 9 October 2024, and its own person with significant control is Darktrace Bidco Limited (15667075). Source: Companies House, checked 31 Oct 2026.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "13264637", "registered_office": "Maurice Wilkes Building, St John's Innovation Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB4 0DS", "incorporated": "2021-03-12", "legal_form": "Private limited Company", "owner_or_acquirer": "Thoma Bravo", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "13264637", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13264637", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Cambridge", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: East of England" }, "people": [ { "name": "Adam Towns", "role": "Chief Financial and Operating Officer (from CFO, Dataiku)", "from": "2026-10-13", "source": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/13/3379872/0/en/darktrace-names-three-senior-executives-to-strengthen-finance-revenue-and-customer-leadership.html", "round4": true }, { "name": "Michael (Mike) McGuinness", "role": "Chief Revenue Officer (from Chief Commercial Officer, Quickbase)", "from": "2026-10-13", "source": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/13/3379872/0/en/darktrace-names-three-senior-executives-to-strengthen-finance-revenue-and-customer-leadership.html", "round4": true }, { "name": "Beth Shea", "role": "Chief Customer Officer (from Chief Customer Officer, Snyk)", "from": "2026-10-13", "source": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/13/3379872/0/en/darktrace-names-three-senior-executives-to-strengthen-finance-revenue-and-customer-leadership.html", "round4": true }, { "name": "Issy Richards", "role": "Chief Product Officer (from Interim SVP Product, Darktrace; earlier Ocado Technology and Faculty AI)", "from": "2026-10-22", "source": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/22/3386504/0/en/darktrace-strengthens-product-and-technology-leadership-with-new-executive-appointments.html", "round4": true }, { "name": "Stephen Pickman", "role": "Chief Technology Officer (from SVP Engineering, Darktrace), succeeding co-founder Jack Stockdale, who moved to a part-time role", "from": "2026-10-22", "source": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/22/3386504/0/en/darktrace-strengthens-product-and-technology-leadership-with-new-executive-appointments.html", "round4": true }, { "name": "Max Heinemeyer", "role": "Chief Product Officer (promoted from VP of Cyber Innovation)", "from": "2022-07-19", "source": "https://www.darktrace.com/news/management-changes", "round4": true }, { "name": "David Walden", "role": "Chief People Officer (from people roles at Capital One, AOL, T. 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A UK company exists but was incorporated in 2025, after the business started; UK headquarters is still not confirmed by a primary page. Keep uk_status flagged for checking." } ], "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "finance", "function": "Software that brings transaction monitoring, watchlist screening and investigations for financial-crime compliance into one AI system.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/flagright-raises-9-3m-to-boost-ai-system-for-financial-crime-compliance-20260618", "https://www.uktech.news/funding/uk-tech-funding-roundup-conduct-flagright-20260619", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16218625", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=flagright" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/flagright-raises-9-3m-to-boost-ai-system-for-financial-crime-compliance-20260618", "quotes": [ "an AI operating system for financial crime compliance", "$12.5m (£9.3m)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/funding/uk-tech-funding-roundup-conduct-flagright-20260619", "quotes": [ "Flagright, £9.3m, Series A, London, \"AI operating system for financial crime compliance" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16218625", "quotes": [ "FLAGRIGHT LTD", "167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London, England, W1W 5PF", "Active", "30 January 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=flagright", "quotes": [ "FLAGRIGHT LTD", "16218625", "Incorporated on 30 January 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": true } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "financial crime", "div": "finance" } ], "div_label": "Finance", "location": "London (per UKTN round-up)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2106", "name": "Frontline", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2106", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2106", "name": "Frontline", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2106", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2133", "name": "Infinity Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2133", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2133", "name": "Infinity Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2133", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2228", "name": "Sella Direct Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2228", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2228", "name": "Sella Direct Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2228", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2264", "name": "Y Combinator", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2264", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2264", "name": "Y Combinator", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2264", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Infinity Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Y Combinator" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-014", "name": "Tractable", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Latest press release 6 May 2026 (partnership with the insurer Foyer), after renewing its Covéa partnership on 1 April 2026. 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": "insurance claims", "div": "finance" } ], "div_label": "Finance", "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-LEG-008", "name": "Garfield.Law", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority on 6 May 2025 as the first AI-driven law firm it had approved. Companies House shows GARFIELD.LAW LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "An AI-run law firm, regulated by the SRA, that takes small businesses through debt recovery and small-claims cases.", "description": "Garfield.Law was set up by Philip Young, a City litigator, and Daniel Long, a quantum physicist. Its system, built on a large language model, can run a small-claims debt case from first letter to trial, with the client approving each step; its entry product is a £2 \"polite chaser\" letter. The SRA authorised it on 6 May 2025 to provide regulated legal services in England and Wales. Its company, Garfield.Law Limited, was incorporated in May 2023 with a registered office in Royal Tunbridge Wells.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14848790", "registered_office": "Pantiles Chambers, 85 High Street, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, TN1 1XP", "incorporated": "2023-05-05", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14848790", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14848790", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Royal Tunbridge Wells (TN1 1XP)", "postcode": "TN1 1XP", "lat": 51.127216, "lng": 0.260089, "region": "England: South East", "admin_district": "Tunbridge Wells", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Philip Young", "role": "Co-founder, solicitor", "from": null, "source": "https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news-focus/in-depth-worlds-first-ai-law-firm-targets-high-street-practices/5123234.article" }, { "name": "Daniel Long", "role": "Co-founder", "from": null, "source": null } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "legal", "debt recovery", "small claims" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-garfield-ai", "type": "Companies", "category": "legal", "function": "An AI-run law firm, regulated by the SRA, that takes small businesses through debt recovery and small-claims cases.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.solicitorsjournal.com/sjarticle/sra-approves-first-ai-driven-law-firm", "https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news-focus/in-depth-worlds-first-ai-law-firm-targets-high-street-practices/5123234.article", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=garfield.law", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14848790" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.solicitorsjournal.com/sjarticle/sra-approves-first-ai-driven-law-firm", "quotes": [ "6 May 2025", "we cannot afford to pull up the drawbridge on innovations that could have big public benefits" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news-focus/in-depth-worlds-first-ai-law-firm-targets-high-street-practices/5123234.article", "quotes": [ "polite chaser\" (Garfield's £2 entry letter; the article describes its LLM-based system running a small-claims debt case)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=garfield.law", "quotes": [ "GARFIELD.LAW LIMITED\" 14848790 \"Pantiles Chambers, 85 High Street, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, TN1 1XP" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14848790", "quotes": [ "GARFIELD.LAW LIMITED | Company number 14848790 | Active" ], "accessed": "2026-10-31", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "legal", "div": "legal" } ], "div_label": "Legal", "location": "Royal Tunbridge Wells (TN1 1XP)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "supplies_government", "id": "GOV-REG-205", "name": "Solicitors Regulation Authority authorises Garfield.Law, the first AI-based law firm (6 May 2025)", "page": "government", "href": "../../government/regulators/other-regulators/#org=GOV-REG-205", "page_label": "UK Government AI Universe" } ], "label_links": [], "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. Companies House shows CLEO AI LTD. as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "A chatbot app that connects to a user's bank account and gives budgeting advice, savings nudges and small cash advances, mainly to US users.", "description": "Cleo was founded in London in January 2016 by Barney Hussey-Yeo, its chief executive; the UK company, Cleo AI Ltd, was incorporated in November 2015. It calls itself \"The world's first AI financial assistant\". Its own page lists a US$2.8m seed (2017), US$10m Series A (2018), US$44m Series B led by EQT Ventures (2020) and US$80m Series C led by Sofina (2022). TechCrunch reported in 2020 that 96% of its 4 million registered users were in the US. It integrated GPT models in November 2022 and launched Cleo 3.0, with voice, in July 2025. 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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The leads file described a US$35m Series A in 2017 led by Accel and PTB Ventures, but no source for that could be opened in this session, so it is not recorded as a fact.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "07277719", "registered_office": "138 Cheapside 2nd Floor, London, England, EC2V 6BJ", "incorporated": "2010-06-08", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "07277719", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07277719", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (EC2V 6BJ)", "postcode": "EC2V 6BJ", "lat": 51.51452, "lng": -0.095771, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "City of London", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance", "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "identity", "authentication", "fraud" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-callsign", "type": "Companies", "category": "finance", "function": "Software that checks who is logging in to a bank or other service by analysing how they type, swipe and move (per earlier research; not re-verified).", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07277719", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07277719" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07277719", "quotes": [ "CALLSIGN LTD.\" \"Active\" \"138 Cheapside 2nd Floor, London, England, EC2V 6BJ\" \"8 June 2010\" \"E-ELIGIBILITY VENTURES LTD" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07277719", "quotes": [ "CALLSIGN LTD.", "Active", "62012 - Business and domestic software development", "accounts for the period to 31 December 2025 \"due by 31 December 2026" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance", "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "identity", "div": "finance" } ], "div_label": "Finance", "location": "London (EC2V 6BJ)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-019", "name": "Ravelin", "bucket": "co", "status": "acquired", "status_date": "2025-02-21", "status_detail": "Companies House lists Ravelin Technology Ltd as active; no news since 2020 was opened in this session.", "one_line": "Fraud-detection software that scores online payments and accounts so merchants can decide which orders to accept (per earlier research; not re-verified).", "description": "Ravelin Technology Ltd was incorporated in October 2014 with a registered office at 168-172 Old Street, London, and data processing as its business. Funding rounds in the leads file (seed 2015, Series B 2018, £16.4m Series C 2020) rest on pages not opened in this session and are not recorded as facts.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "09273460", "registered_office": "Bentima House, 168-172 Old Street, London, England, EC1V 9BP", "incorporated": "2014-10-21", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "Worldpay International Group Limited", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "09273460", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09273460", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (EC1V 9BP)", "postcode": "EC1V 9BP", "lat": 51.525171, "lng": -0.09044, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Islington", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation", "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "fraud", "payments", "e-commerce" ], "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 → Worldpay International Group Limited (CH PSC, 75% or more of shares and votes, notified 21 February 2025) (reason: record has owner null and status active with no date; CH shows a change of control)" }, { "from": "Companies House check, 29 Oct 2026", "field": "status", "text": "status → acquired — status_date: 2025-02-21; status_detail → CH records Worldpay International Group Limited as owner of 75% or more of Ravelin Technology Ltd from 21 February 2025, when three new directors joined the board; Passion Capital's earlier stake is shown as ceased. 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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. 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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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It is recorded here because it is the main route by which UK finance AI start-ups test products with the regulator; firms named in its cohorts include Aveni and Napier AI.", "uk_status": "not_applicable", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": "Financial Conduct Authority", "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": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation", "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "financial regulation" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Schemes, programmes and AI lines", "category": "finance", "function": "The Financial Conduct Authority's programme for working with firms on AI, including test environments, live testing, events and consultations.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/innovation/ai-lab" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/innovation/ai-lab", "quotes": [ "provides a pathway for the FCA, firms and wider stakeholders", "First published: 13/10/2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation", "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "financial regulation", "div": "finance" } ], "div_label": "Finance", "location": "London", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "partner_of", "id": "BIZ-BIG-014", "name": "NVIDIA (UK)", "page": "big-tech", "href": "../big-tech/#org=BIZ-BIG-014", "page_label": "Big tech in the UK" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "part_of", "name": "Government: Financial Conduct Authority" }, { "kind": "partner_of", "name": "Monetary Authority of Singapore" } ], "degree": 3, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-FIN-034", "BIZ-SU-FIN-035", "BIZ-SU-FIN-039" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-034", "name": "FCA AI Live Testing", "bucket": "prog", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-04-21", "status_detail": "Second cohort of eight firms announced 21 April 2026, after a first cohort of seven announced 3 December 2025.", "one_line": "An FCA service that lets financial firms test AI systems in live markets with regulatory support and technical help from Advai.", "description": "AI Live Testing was announced on 3 December 2025 as \"the first of its kind in the financial sector\", giving firms ready to use AI in live markets support from the FCA's regulatory team and from Advai, a UK AI assurance company. 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No previous names shown; the link to Orbital is still not confirmed on a company page. 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No later page was opened. Companies House shows PEPTONE LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Protein-engineering software company that uses AI and physics-based computing to help design medicines.", "description": "Peptone Ltd was incorporated in April 2018. UKTN reported in January 2021 that it builds a \"Protein Engineering Operating System (PeOS)\" and \"uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and quantum computing\" to make drug discovery faster. Its US$2.5m seed round was led by Hoxton Ventures, with Novartis's investment arm, Founders Factory and angel investors. Dr Kamil Tamiola is founder and chief executive. The article said it was building a supercomputing stack in Switzerland. Its registered office is in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire; the operating head office was not confirmed. [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] offices: Bellinzona (Switzerland); Mansfield (UK); San Francisco (USA) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] Listed on Labs (Protein design): models the physics of disordered proteins with AI; PepTron-o structure model with NVIDIA (2025-06-12)", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11296080", "registered_office": "Cromwell House, 68, West Gate, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, NG18 1RR", "incorporated": "6 April 2018", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11296080", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11296080", "ch_note": null, "ch_name": "PEPTONE LTD", "legal_name": "PEPTONE LTD", "status_registry": "Active", "sic_codes": [ "72110 R&D on biotechnology" ] }, "place": { "text": "null (registered office NG18 1RR)", "postcode": "NG18 1RR", "lat": 53.146328, "lng": -1.198982, "region": null, "admin_district": "Mansfield", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Dr Kamil Tamiola", "role": "Founder and CEO", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/uk-biotech-peptone-funding-for-faster-drug-discovery-20210108" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 2500000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2021-01-08", "detail": "seed led by Hoxton Ventures; 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Companies House shows Skin Analytics Ltd active on 29 October 2026. Companies House shows SKIN ANALYTICS LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes DERM, AI software that analyses images of skin lesions to tell cancerous, pre-cancerous and harmless ones apart for the NHS.", "description": "Skin Analytics Ltd was incorporated in January 2012. Its product DERM analyses images of skin lesions. On 16 June 2021 the Department of Health and Social Care named it among Phase 4 winners of the NHS AI in Health and Care Award, for expanding trials of DERM in \"distinguishing between cancerous, pre-cancerous and benign lesions\". Its registered office is in Cambridge (an accountant's address); its operating office was not confirmed. No funding or people page was opened in this session. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] funding: Case study states a £15M Series B round [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] recognition: British Data Awards AI Company of the Year 2025 [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] regulatory: DERM approved by NICE for triage on urgent suspected skin cancer pathway", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "07919560", "registered_office": "Pem, Salisbury House, 2-3 Salisbury Villas, Cambridge, England, CB1 2LA", "incorporated": "2012-01-23", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "07919560", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07919560", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "null (registered office CB1 2LA)", "postcode": "CB1 2LA", "lat": 52.194995, "lng": 0.134061, "region": null, "admin_district": "Cambridge", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": { "maker": "Skin Analytics", "launched": null, "what_it_does": "DERM, AI analysis of skin lesion images for skin cancer triage" }, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "dermatology", "skin cancer", "diagnostics" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "health", "function": "Makes DERM, AI software that analyses images of skin lesions to tell cancerous, pre-cancerous and harmless ones apart for the NHS.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/36-million-boost-for-ai-technologies-to-revolutionise-nhs-care", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07919560", "https://sbrihealthcare.co.uk/nhs-cancer-programme/case-studies/skin-analytics" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/36-million-boost-for-ai-technologies-to-revolutionise-nhs-care", "quotes": [ "Expanding trials of the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in the analysis of images of skin lesions", "distinguishing between cancerous, pre-cancerous and benign lesions\" (dated 16 June 2021)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07919560", "quotes": [ "SKIN ANALYTICS LTD\" \"Active\" \"23 January 2012" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://sbrihealthcare.co.uk/nhs-cancer-programme/case-studies/skin-analytics", "quotes": [ "Raised £15M series B investment round" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "dermatology", "div": "health" } ], "div_label": "Health", "location": "null (registered office CB1 2LA)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "supplies_government", "name": "Government: NHS AI in Health and Care Award (round 2, Phase 4, 2021)" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-HLT-067", "name": "Behold.ai", "bucket": "co", "status": "wound_down", "status_date": "2025-01-21", "status_detail": "A court order to wind up Behold.AI Technologies Limited was filed on 21 January 2025 and a liquidator appointed on 26 March 2025; the company was still in liquidation on 29 October 2026, with a progress report filed 26 May 2026.", "one_line": "Made AI that read chest X-rays to speed up diagnosis of suspected lung cancer; the company is now in compulsory liquidation.", "description": "Behold.AI Technologies Limited was incorporated in August 2017. On 16 June 2021 it was named among Phase 4 winners of the NHS AI in Health and Care Award for real-world testing of an AI algorithm on chest X-rays \"to fast-track the diagnosis of suspected lung cancer\". Companies House records a court winding-up order (filed 21 January 2025), appointment of a liquidator (filed 26 March 2025), a move of registered office to Brighton in April 2025 and a progress report in a winding up by the court (26 May 2026). The liquidator's name was not read, as the insolvency page would not open.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10903206", "registered_office": "68 Ship Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1AE", "incorporated": "2017-08-07", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10903206", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10903206", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": null, "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": null }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "radiology", "chest X-ray", "lung cancer" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "health", "function": "Made AI that read chest X-rays to speed up diagnosis of suspected lung cancer; the company is now in compulsory liquidation.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/36-million-boost-for-ai-technologies-to-revolutionise-nhs-care", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10903206", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10903206/filing-history" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/36-million-boost-for-ai-technologies-to-revolutionise-nhs-care", "quotes": [ "Real-world testing of an AI (artificial intelligence) algorithm to fast-track the diagnosis of suspected lung cancer\" (dated 16 June 2021)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10903206", "quotes": [ "BEHOLD.AI TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED\" \"Liquidation\" \"7 August 2017" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10903206/filing-history", "quotes": [ "Order of court\" to wind up (21 Jan 2025)", "Appointment of a liquidator\" (26 Mar 2025)", "Progress report in a winding up by the court\" (26 May 2026)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "radiology", "div": "health" } ], "div_label": "Health", "location": null, "status_group": "wound_down", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "supplies_government", "name": "Government: NHS AI in Health and Care Award (round 2, Phase 4, 2021)" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-HLT-068", "name": "Mendelian", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Awarded £1,430,848 in the third round of the AI in Health and Care Awards, announced 3 March 2023; the only Companies House match, Mendelian Ltd, is active. Companies House shows MENDELIAN LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Digital health start-up whose software searches electronic health records for signs of rare diseases to help doctors reach a diagnosis.", "description": "On 3 March 2023 the government named Mendelian Limited among nine winners of nearly £16m in the third round of the AI in Health and Care Awards, with £1,430,848. GOV.UK describes it as a digital health start-up \"capturing disease features from electronic health records\" and matching patients against published diagnostic criteria for hundreds of rare diseases. The only Companies House match is Mendelian Ltd, incorporated April 2015, registered in New Malden, Surrey; the link between the two rests on the name only. No funding or people page was opened. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] programme: MendelScan NHS AI Award phase 3 winner", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "09570139", "registered_office": "86 Burlington Road, New Malden, Surrey, England, KT3 4NT", "incorporated": "2015-04-30", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "09570139", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09570139", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": null, "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": null }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "grant", "amount": 1430848, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2023-03-03", "detail": "AI in Health and Care Award, round 3", "raw": "grant: 1430848 GBP 2023-03-03 — AI in Health and Care Award, round 3", "amount_gbp": 1430848, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£1.4m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation", "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "rare disease", "diagnosis", "health records" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "health", "function": "Digital health start-up whose software searches electronic health records for signs of rare diseases to help doctors reach a diagnosis.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-of-patients-to-benefit-from-quicker-diagnosis-more-accurate-tests-from-ground-breaking-ai-research", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09570139", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09570139", "https://transform.england.nhs.uk/ai-lab/ai-lab-programmes/ai-health-and-care-award/ai-health-and-care-award-winners" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-of-patients-to-benefit-from-quicker-diagnosis-more-accurate-tests-from-ground-breaking-ai-research", "quotes": [ "Mendelian Limited (£1,430,848)", "capturing disease features from electronic health records\" (dated 3 March 2023)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09570139", "quotes": [ "MENDELIAN LTD\" \"Active\" \"30 April 2015" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09570139", "quotes": [ "MENDELIAN LTD", "Active", "30 April 2015", "62020 - Information technology consultancy activities" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://transform.england.nhs.uk/ai-lab/ai-lab-programmes/ai-health-and-care-award/ai-health-and-care-award-winners", "quotes": [ "MendelScan uses AI to diagnose rare diseases" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Knowledge generation", "Natural language applications" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "rare disease", "div": "health" } ], "div_label": "Health", "location": null, "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "supplies_government", "name": "Government: NHS AI in Health and Care Award (round 3, 2023)" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-HLT-069", "name": "Oxford Cancer Biomarkers", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Awarded £1,475,357 in the third round of the AI in Health and Care Awards, announced 3 March 2023; no later page opened. Companies House shows OXFORD CANCER BIOMARKERS LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Uses AI to find biomarkers that help doctors personalise care for people with bowel (colorectal) cancer.", "description": "On 3 March 2023 the government named Oxford Cancer Biomarkers Limited among winners of the third round of the AI in Health and Care Awards, with £1,475,357. GOV.UK says it uses AI \"to identify biomarkers\" that may signal predisposition to disease, to help clinicians personalise care for patients with colorectal cancer. Companies House and university spin-out status were not checked (fetch limit reached). 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Companies House shows CARISTO DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes CaRi-HEART, which uses AI on heart scans to detect inflammation linked to heart attack risk.", "description": "Caristo Diagnostics Ltd was named on 16 June 2021 among Phase 3 winners in the second round of the NHS AI in Health and Care Award for CaRi-HEART, which uses AI \"to detect the invisible signatures of inflammation in the heart\". Its Companies House record, head office and any university origin were not checked in this session (fetch limit reached). 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Whether it is a University of Dundee spin-out was not confirmed on a page opened; Companies House was not checked.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": "ltd", "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": "Scotland" }, "people": [ { "name": "Debbie Wake", "role": "Co-founder", "from": "2017", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/edinburgh-ai-companies-ready-to-slay-in-2021-20210226" }, { "name": "Scott Cunningham", "role": "Co-founder", "from": "2017", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/edinburgh-ai-companies-ready-to-slay-in-2021-20210226" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": { "maker": "MyWay Digital Health", "launched": null, "what_it_does": "MyDiabetes IQ, AI prediction of diabetes complications and treatment choices" }, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "diabetes", "chronic disease" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "health", "function": "Scottish digital health company testing an AI tool that predicts diabetes complications and helps choose treatment.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/36-million-boost-for-ai-technologies-to-revolutionise-nhs-care", "https://www.uktech.news/news/edinburgh-ai-companies-ready-to-slay-in-2021-20210226" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/36-million-boost-for-ai-technologies-to-revolutionise-nhs-care", "quotes": [ "MyWay Digital health is testing an AI (artificial intelligence) tool for predicting diabetes complications and treatment\" (dated 16 June 2021)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/news/edinburgh-ai-companies-ready-to-slay-in-2021-20210226", "quotes": [ "intends to transform chronic disease outcomes all over the world with data-driven and cost-effective digital solutions\" (founders Debbie Wake, Scott Cunningham; founded 2017)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Knowledge generation", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "diabetes", "div": "health" } ], "div_label": "Health", "location": null, "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "supplies_government", "name": "Government: NHS AI in Health and Care Award (round 2, Phase 2, 2021)" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-HLT-073", "name": "Storm ID", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Named on 16 June 2021 among Phase 3 winners of the NHS AI in Health and Care Award for the Lenus COPD Management Service; no later page opened. Companies House shows STORM (ID) LTD. as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Runs Lenus, a service using AI on patients' daily monitoring and wearable data to help people with COPD manage their lung condition.", "description": "Storm ID Ltd was named on 16 June 2021 among Phase 3 winners of the second round of the NHS AI in Health and Care Award for the Lenus COPD Management Service, which introduces prevention and self-management for people with COPD \"using AI (artificial intelligence)\" to analyse output from daily monitoring and wearable devices. Its Companies House record and head office were not checked in this session; whether health is its main business was not confirmed.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "SC216070", "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "SC216070", "from_round2": true, "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC216070", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Edinburgh (EH6 7BG)", "postcode": "EH6 7BG", "lat": 55.97483, "lng": -3.166772, "region": "Scotland", "admin_district": "City of Edinburgh", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": { "maker": "Storm ID", "launched": null, "what_it_does": "Lenus COPD Management Service, AI on remote monitoring data for COPD patients" }, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "respiratory disease", "remote monitoring" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": [ { "from": "Companies House check, 29 Oct 2026", "field": "place", "text": "place → Edinburgh (EH6 7BG) — region: Scotland (was null), subject to the check above" } ], "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "health", "function": "Runs Lenus, a service using AI on patients' daily monitoring and wearable data to help people with COPD manage their lung condition.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/36-million-boost-for-ai-technologies-to-revolutionise-nhs-care", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=Storm+ID+Limited", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC216070" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/36-million-boost-for-ai-technologies-to-revolutionise-nhs-care", "quotes": [ "Introducing prevention and self-management to people with COPD lung disorder, using AI (artificial intelligence)", "analyse output from patients’ daily monitoring and wearable devices\" (dated 16 June 2021)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=Storm+ID+Limited", "quotes": [ "STORM (ID) LTD.\" \"SC216070\" \"Incorporated on 22 February 2001\" \"Leith Assembly Rooms, 43 Constitution Street, Edinburgh, EH6 7BG" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC216070", "quotes": [ "STORM (ID) LTD. | Company number SC216070 | Active" ], "accessed": "2026-10-31", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "respiratory disease", "div": "health" } ], "div_label": "Health", "location": "Edinburgh (EH6 7BG)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "supplies_government", "name": "Government: NHS AI in Health and Care Award (round 2, Phase 3, 2021)" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-HLT-074", "name": "CyberLiver", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Named on 16 June 2021 among Phase 1 winners of the NHS AI in Health and Care Award for CirrhoCare; no later page opened. Companies House shows CYBERLIVER LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Developing CirrhoCare, which proposes using AI to examine outcomes for patients with liver cirrhosis.", "description": "Cyberliver Ltd was named on 16 June 2021 among Phase 1 winners of the second round of the NHS AI in Health and Care Award. GOV.UK says \"CyberLiver proposes using AI (artificial intelligence) to examine the outcomes for patients with cirrhosis\" through its CirrhoCare project. Companies House, head office and people were not checked in this session. 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Its chief executive Don Dhaliwal had claimed a \"landmark\" £500m funding offer from an unnamed private equity firm; a UKTN investigation in June 2024 raised doubts about the offer and reported unpaid staff. On 10 February 2025 UKTN reported that the company had appointed liquidators from Begbies Traynor as it wound down. The UKTN article does not use the word AI; it is listed for autonomous driving. 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On 18 September 2024 UKTN reported that Oxa, which develops software for autonomous vehicles, had acquired it; Oxa declined to disclose the fee. UKTN noted Companies House filings showing around £166,000 in assets in 2023. The article does not use the word AI. Its Companies House record was not opened in this session. 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This suggests Oxa bought the business or assets rather than the company; the record should keep the Oxa acquisition in status_detail but show the company as dissolved." }, { "from": "Companies House check, 29 Oct 2026", "field": "company.ch_number", "text": "company.ch_number → 10808853" } ], "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "industry", "function": "Oxford start-up working on self-driving vehicles for industrial logistics such as ports and fulfilment centres; bought by Oxa in 2024.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/oxa-self-driving-industrial-logistics-streetdrone-20240918", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10808853", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10808853/insolvency", "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/make-it-british-supporting-sovereign-uk-supply-chain-for-connected-and-automated-mobility" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/oxa-self-driving-industrial-logistics-streetdrone-20240918", "quotes": [ "the acquisition of StreetDrone", "an Oxford-based startup that specialises in industrial logistics", "Oxa declined to disclose the acquisition fee\" (dated 18 September 2024)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10808853", "quotes": [ "STREETDRONE LIMITED", "Dissolved", "10 June 2026", "8 June 2017", "C/O Kre Corporate Recovery Limited" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10808853/insolvency", "quotes": [ "Members voluntary liquidation", "Commencement of winding up\" \"12 September 2024", "Due to be dissolved on\" \"10 June 2026" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/make-it-british-supporting-sovereign-uk-supply-chain-for-connected-and-automated-mobility", "quotes": [ "fully redundant, fail-operational Drive-by-Wire technology platform" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "autonomous vehicles", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "location": "Oxford", "status_group": "dissolved", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 2, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-IND-001" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-043", "name": "Polaron", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised US$8m (£5.85m) led by Racine2, reported 4 February 2026. 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. 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no later page opened, so status on 29 October 2026 is unconfirmed. Companies House shows GRID EDGE LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Birmingham spin-out from Aston University whose AI software links to building controls to cut energy use.", "description": "Grid Edge was formed as a spin-out from Aston University and is based in Birmingham. UKTN describes its product, Edge2X, as \"cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) software that integrates with building controls to optimise energy use\", building digital twins of buildings. In December 2021 it raised £2m from bp Ventures, Goldacre (part of the Noé Group) and Aston University, after US$256,000 in seed funding. Tom Anderson is co-founder. Companies House was not checked. 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Companies House shows SPACE INTELLIGENCE LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Edinburgh company that analyses satellite data with AI to give governments and large companies information on land and forests.", "description": "Space Intelligence was founded in 2018 by Murray Collins and Ed Mitchard, according to a UKTN list of Edinburgh AI start-ups (February 2021), which says it is \"innovating in AI satellite data analytics in order to provide essential information to governments and large companies\". Funding, Companies House record and current status were not checked in this session.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "SC595836", "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "SC595836", "from_round2": true, "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC595836", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Edinburgh (per UKTN list)", "postcode": "EH2 4LH", "lat": 55.952144, "lng": -3.20398, "region": "Scotland", "admin_district": "City of Edinburgh", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Murray Collins", "role": "Co-founder", "from": "2018", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/edinburgh-ai-companies-ready-to-slay-in-2021-20210226" }, { "name": "Ed Mitchard", "role": "Co-founder", "from": "2018", "source": null } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems", "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "satellite data", "nature and carbon", "climate" ], "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": "Edinburgh company that analyses satellite data with AI to give governments and large companies information on land and forests.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/news/edinburgh-ai-companies-ready-to-slay-in-2021-20210226", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC595836", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC595836/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/news/edinburgh-ai-companies-ready-to-slay-in-2021-20210226", "quotes": [ "innovating in AI satellite data analytics in order to provide essential information to governments and large companies\" (founders Murray Collins, Ed Mitchard; founded 2018)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC595836", "quotes": [ "SPACE INTELLIGENCE LTD\" \"Henry Duncan House, 120 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 4LH\" \"Active\" \"1 May 2018" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC595836/officers", "quotes": [ "COLLINS, Murray, Dr\" and \"MITCHARD, Edward, Dr\" Directors \"1 May 2018" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems", "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "satellite data", "div": "energy" } ], "div_label": "Energy", "location": "Edinburgh (per UKTN list)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-HLT-001", "name": "Babylon Health", "bucket": "co", "status": "wound_down", "status_date": "2023-08-30", "status_detail": "Babylon Group Holdings Limited and Babylon Partners Limited went into administration with Alvarez & Marsal in late August 2023, and the administrators sold UK businesses and assets to eMed Healthcare UK Limited; 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. The former Babylon Partners Limited is now named BPL Realisations Limited and remains in administration.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "08493276", "registered_office": "Suite 3 Avery House, 69 North Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN41 1DH (administrators' address)", "incorporated": "2013-04-17", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "eMed Healthcare UK Limited (bought UK businesses and assets)", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "08493276", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08493276", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": null, "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "valuation_reported", "amount": 4200000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2021", "detail": "at New York Stock Exchange listing (as reported by UKTN; year only)", "raw": "valuation_reported: 4200000000 USD 2021 — at New York Stock Exchange listing (as reported by UKTN; year only)", "amount_gbp": 3077148509, "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$4.20bn", "gbp_txt": "£3.08bn" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "digital primary care", "symptom checking", "triage" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-babylon-health", "type": "Companies", "category": "health", "function": "Digital GP and AI symptom-checker company that collapsed into administration in August 2023; its UK business was sold to eMed.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://htn.co.uk/2023/08/31/digital-first-care-company-babylon-puts-two-divisions-into-administration/", "https://pharmaphorum.com/news/two-babylon-health-divisions-have-been-sold-emed", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08493276", "https://www.uktech.news/medtech/babylon-health-administration-20230831", "https://www.uktech.news/medtech/babylon-delist-from-new-york-20230626" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://htn.co.uk/2023/08/31/digital-first-care-company-babylon-puts-two-divisions-into-administration/", "quotes": [ "acting as administrators over Babylon Group Holdings Limited and subsidiary Babylon Partners Limited", "has secured the future of the Babylon UK operations\" (dated 31 August 2023)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://pharmaphorum.com/news/two-babylon-health-divisions-have-been-sold-emed", "quotes": [ "two of the company's divisions have been sold to US digital health business eMed", "will not be included in the sale of the UK businesses\" (dated 5 September 2023)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08493276", "quotes": [ "BPL REALISATIONS LIMITED\" \"BABYLON PARTNERS LIMITED (17 Apr 2013 to 13 Sep 2023)\" \"In Administration" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/medtech/babylon-health-administration-20230831", "quotes": [ "It has sold its clinical services business, which includes GP at Hand, to US health tech company eMed Healthcare.\" \"It was valued at $4.2bn when it listed on the New York Stock Exchange" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/medtech/babylon-delist-from-new-york-20230626", "quotes": [ "Babylon has agreed to delist itself from the New York Stock Exchange to become a private company again.\" (dated 26 June 2023)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "digital primary care", "div": "health" } ], "div_label": "Health", "location": null, "status_group": "wound_down", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "acquired_by", "name": "eMed Healthcare UK Limited (UK businesses and assets, out of administration)" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-HLT-002", "name": "BenevolentAI", "bucket": "co", "status": "merged", "status_date": "2025-03-12", "status_detail": "On 12 March 2025 BenevolentAI merged into Osaka Holdings S.à r.l., which took the BenevolentAI name, and its shares were delisted from Euronext Amsterdam with effect from 13 March 2025; the UK operating company BenevolentAI Limited is active.", "one_line": "London company that uses AI to find drug targets and develop its own medicines; taken private and delisted from Amsterdam in March 2025.", "description": "BenevolentAI describes itself as working on AI-driven drug discovery. Its UK company was incorporated in September 2015 and is registered at Maple Street, London. Sifted reported in 2022 that it used its approach to identify a rheumatoid arthritis drug that could also treat Covid-19. After listing on Euronext Amsterdam, shareholders approved a merger into Osaka Holdings S.à r.l. on 12 March 2025; the merged company converted to an S.A. and took the BenevolentAI name, and the shares were delisted. Ken Mulvany is Executive Chairman.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "09781806", "registered_office": "4-8 Maple Street, London, United Kingdom, W1T 5HD", "incorporated": "2015-09-17", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "Osaka Holdings S.à r.l. (renamed BenevolentAI S.A.)", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "09781806", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09781806", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "4-8 Maple Street, London (W1T 5HD)", "postcode": "W1T 5HD", "lat": 51.522903, "lng": -0.137341, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Camden", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Ken Mulvany", "role": "Executive Chairman", "from": null, "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250312584164/en" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "drug discovery" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-benevolentai", "type": "Companies", "category": "health", "function": "London company that uses AI to find drug targets and develop its own medicines; taken private and delisted from Amsterdam in March 2025.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250312584164/en", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09781806", "https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-drug-discovery-startups" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250312584164/en", "quotes": [ "Effective immediately, BenevolentAI has merged into Osaka Holdings S.à r.l.", "BenevolentAI shares will be delisted from Euronext Amsterdam effective 13 March 2025.", "Executive Chairman of BenevolentAI" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09781806", "quotes": [ "BENEVOLENTAI LIMITED\" \"4-8 Maple Street, London, United Kingdom, W1T 5HD\" \"Active\" \"17 September 2015" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-drug-discovery-startups", "quotes": [ "BenevolentAI used a similar approach two years ago to identify a rheumatoid arthritis drug that could also treat Covid-19.\" (c. 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The first drug discovered with AI to enter clinical trials was found by Exscientia. In November 2024 Recursion announced on 20 November 2024 that the combination was complete, that Exscientia was a wholly owned subsidiary and that its Nasdaq ADSs would be delisted; Recursion lists the Oxford area and London among its primary offices. Companies House shows the holding company changed from a plc to a limited company on 16 December 2024. 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Its product, Mammography Intelligent Assessment (Mia), is an AI platform for breast screening that flags possible cancers on mammograms. In October 2024 DeepHealth, part of RadNet, announced it had acquired the London-based company; the price was not disclosed. 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Companies House shows DEEPX HEALTH LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes AI software that analyses close-up images of skin lesions to identify the type of lesion.", "description": "The MHRA lists DeepX Health UK Ltd as developer of DeepXAI, which analyses dermoscopic images of skin lesions to identify lesion types; it was selected for the simulation strand of AI Airlock Phase 2 in October 2025. Companies House lists DeepX Health Limited (incorporated November 2019, registered at Discovery Park, Sandwich, Kent); whether this is the same company is not confirmed, as the names differ. 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MHRA selected it for Phase 2 of the AI Airlock (multi-environment strand) in October 2025; MHRA said tools in that cohort could cut bowel cancer test times from weeks to minutes. Pahini Pandya was recorded as founder and chief executive in an earlier pass, but that page was not reopened. Companies House record could not be opened in this session. 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Companies House shows TORTUS AI LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Makes an AI assistant that listens to consultations and drafts clinical notes for doctors to check.", "description": "MHRA describes TORTUS as an evolving clinical AI assistant designed to support healthcare professionals, and selected it for Phase 2 of the AI Airlock in October 2025, in the strand on AI-powered clinical note-taking. TORTUS was founded in 2022 by a cardiologist and a machine learning engineer; Dom Pimenta is a co-founder. Its OSLER platform records clinician–patient conversations and drafts documents for clinicians to sign off. In February 2024 the London start-up raised US$4.2m (£3.3m) led by Khosla Ventures. Companies House lists TORTUS AI Ltd, incorporated in November 2022 and registered in east London. An earlier pass recorded a nine-site London evaluation led by Great Ormond Street Hospital (September 2025); that page could not be reopened in this session. 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Companies House shows KUANO LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Cambridge start-up combining AI and quantum simulation of enzymes to design drugs.", "description": "Kuano was co-founded in 2020 by Jarryl D'Oyley, Parminder Ruprah, David Wright and Vid Stojevic, who is chief executive. Its quantum simulation platform lets scientists view enzymes in their dynamic state, and it uses AI to estimate the ideal form of a drug. In September 2023 Mercia Ventures led a £1.8m seed round. Companies House record not confirmed. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] LABS: Combines quantum simulation of enzymes with AI tools to design drugs that target specific enzymes. 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In November 2022 UKTN described it as \"a robotic kitchen automation startup\" whose products were a robotic arm that serves personalised dishes and an automated fryer; Barney Wragg was chief executive and co-founder. Companies House shows administration from 28 July 2023 with RSM's Gordon Thomson and Damian Webb, then a creditors' voluntary liquidation from 30 July 2024. The search listing shows the company dissolved on 3 September 2026. A separate Ocado Ventures (Karakuri) Limited exists, suggesting Ocado held an investment, which this pass did not confirm.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11228129", "registered_office": "RSM Restructuring Advisory LLP, 25 Farringdon Street, London, EC4A 4AB", "incorporated": "2018-02-27", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11228129", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11228129", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Barney Wragg", "role": "CEO and co-founder (2022)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/founder-interviews/karakuri-founder-20221104" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "food service", "robotics" ], "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": "Made robotic kitchen equipment, including a robotic serving arm and an automated fryer, for canteens and restaurants; closed through administration and liquidation.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11228129/insolvency", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=karakuri", "https://www.uktech.news/news/founder-interviews/karakuri-founder-20221104" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11228129/insolvency", "quotes": [ "Administration started 28 July 2023; Creditors' voluntary liquidation, winding-up commenced 30 July 2024; \"Due to be dissolved: 3 September 2026" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=karakuri", "quotes": [ "KARAKURI LTD\" \"11228129\" \"Dissolved on 3 September 2026" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/news/founder-interviews/karakuri-founder-20221104", "quotes": [ "a robotic kitchen automation startup", "CEO and co-founder" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "food service", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "location": "London", "status_group": "wound_down", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-023", "name": "Humanising Autonomy", "bucket": "co", "status": "dissolved", "status_date": "2025-12-19", "status_detail": "Entered administration on 28 March 2025 (ended 19 September 2025) and was dissolved on 19 December 2025, per Companies House.", "one_line": "Built computer-vision software to predict what pedestrians and cyclists would do next, for vehicle and video-safety systems; dissolved in December 2025.", "description": "Humanising Autonomy Ltd was incorporated in July 2017. The earlier Package 1 pass (sources not re-opened in this session) described it as a London company building behaviour-prediction AI for vehicles and video telematics, backed by Anthemis and others. Companies House shows administration from 28 March 2025 to 19 September 2025, with practitioners Richard Paul James Goodwin and Roderick Graham Butcher of 79 Caroline Street, Birmingham, and dissolution on 19 December 2025. No news report of the administration was opened. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] alumni_of / deal: Digital Catapult Machine Intelligence Garage alumnus; MIG report records a $5.3m seed round (date not given) [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] partnership: Partner in Nissan-led CCAV project evolvAD (£2.3m)", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10847889", "registered_office": "79 Caroline Street, Birmingham, B3 1UP", "incorporated": "2017-07-03", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10847889", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10847889", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (per Package 1, not re-verified)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "autonomous vehicles", "road safety", "computer vision" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-humanising-autonomy", "type": "Companies", "category": "industry", "function": "Built computer-vision software to predict what pedestrians and cyclists would do next, for vehicle and video-safety systems; dissolved in December 2025.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10847889", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10847889/insolvency", "https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Machine_Intelligence_Garage_Impact_Report-2021-1.pdf", "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/make-it-british-supporting-sovereign-uk-supply-chain-for-connected-and-automated-mobility" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10847889", "quotes": [ "HUMANISING AUTONOMY LTD\" \"Dissolved\" \"19 December 2025\" \"3 July 2017" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10847889/insolvency", "quotes": [ "In administration\" \"28 March 2025\" \"19 September 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Machine_Intelligence_Garage_Impact_Report-2021-1.pdf", "quotes": [ "technology defines how autonomous systems interact with people" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/make-it-british-supporting-sovereign-uk-supply-chain-for-connected-and-automated-mobility", "quotes": [ "develop an AV capable of safely driving in residential, urban, and rural environments" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "autonomous vehicles", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "location": "London (per Package 1, not re-verified)", "status_group": "dissolved", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-024", "name": "nPlan", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists nPlan Limited as active at 68 Hanbury Street, London; no dated news page was opened in this session.", "one_line": "Uses machine learning trained on past construction schedules to forecast delays and risk on large projects (description from Package 1, not re-opened).", "description": "nPlan Limited was incorporated in London on 2 November 2017 and is active on the Companies House register. The earlier Package 1 pass described it as a company using machine learning on historical construction schedules to forecast delays and risks, founded by Dev Amratia and Alan Mosca and backed by GV and LocalGlobe in a 2021 round; those sources could not be re-opened in this session, so the description and funding are carried as unverified leads.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11043916", "registered_office": "Nplan 68 Hanbury Street, Hanbury Street, London, England, E1 5JL", "incorporated": "2017-11-02", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11043916", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11043916", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (E1 5JL)", "postcode": "E1 5JL", "lat": 51.520172, "lng": -0.070742, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Tower Hamlets", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "construction", "infrastructure", "project risk" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-nplan", "type": "Companies", "category": "industry", "function": "Uses machine learning trained on past construction schedules to forecast delays and risk on large projects (description from Package 1, not re-opened).", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11043916" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11043916", "quotes": [ "NPLAN LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"2 November 2017\" \"62012 - Business and domestic software development" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Knowledge generation", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "construction", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "location": "London (E1 5JL)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "linked from: partner_of", "id": "BIZ-NET-2085", "name": "Machine Learning Paper Club with nPlan", "page": "networks", "href": "../networks/#org=BIZ-NET-2085", "page_label": "Networks and media" } ], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-025", "name": "Flexciton", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists Flexciton Limited as active at Curtain Road, London; no dated news page was opened in this session.", "one_line": "Sells AI and optimisation software that schedules work inside semiconductor factories (description from Package 1, not re-opened).", "description": "Flexciton Limited was incorporated in London on 17 May 2016 and is active on the Companies House register. The earlier Package 1 pass described it as scheduling software for semiconductor fabs, founded by Jamie Potter and Dennis Xenos, with a £15m Series A in 2021 and customers including Seagate, Renesas and Microchip; those sources were not re-opened in this session. [Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Chips and hardware: AI-powered wafer fab scheduling and semiconductor manufacturing optimisation software deployed in global fabs (including Seagate and Infineon; backed by Chip-design/manufacturing VCs).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10184111", "registered_office": "141-145 Curtain Road, Floor 2, London, England, EC2A 3BX", "incorporated": "2016-05-17", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10184111", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10184111", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (EC2A 3BX)", "postcode": "EC2A 3BX", "lat": 51.526216, "lng": -0.080636, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Hackney", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "semiconductors", "manufacturing scheduling" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": "biz-flexciton", "type": "Companies", "category": "industry", "function": "Sells AI and optimisation software that schedules work inside semiconductor factories (description from Package 1, not re-opened).", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10184111" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10184111", "quotes": [ "FLEXCITON LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"17 May 2016" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "semiconductors", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "location": "London (EC2A 3BX)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-026", "name": "Monumo", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists Monumo Limited as active at the University of Warwick Science Park, Coventry; no dated news page was opened in this session.", "one_line": "Uses AI-driven simulation to design electric motors for vehicle makers (description from Package 1, not re-opened).", "description": "Monumo Limited was incorporated on 19 July 2018 as EM2020, became EM21 in 2019 and Monumo in July 2021. 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[Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Listed on Labs (Engineering simulation): Cambridge and Coventry company (founded 2021) using AI and machine learning to redesign the electric motor, running millions of simulations a day; founder and chief executive Dominic Vergine [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] founded: 2021; Cambridge and Coventry [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] founders: Dominic Vergine — founder (CEO as of 2024-02-23; formerly VP sustainability at Arm) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] chief_executive: Jarek Rzepecki — \"recently appointed\" CEO (as of 2026-04-07) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] models_released: Anser — proprietary AI engine (new record BIZ-LAB-12022) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] Jarek Rzepecki, earlier its CTO, is reported as chief executive (UKTN, 7 April 2026; trade, one source).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11472121", "registered_office": "Unit 1, Sovereign Court 1, University Of Warwick Science Park, Sir William Lyons Road, Coventry, England, CV4 7EZ", "incorporated": "19 July 2018", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11472121", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11472121", "ch_note": null, "ch_name": "MONUMO LIMITED", "legal_name": "MONUMO LIMITED", "status_registry": "Active", "sic_codes": [ "71121 Engineering design; 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Companies House search shows Modulous Limited (11523631) dissolved on 20 August 2025, care of Opus Restructuring LLP, and two project companies dissolved in February 2025. A separate company formerly named Modulous Technologies Ltd, incorporated in January 2024, is now called Gnanomat Ltd. 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In August 2021 UKTN reported £2.5m raised in total, including US$2.4m with the Green Angel Syndicate. Companies House search lists Qualis Flow Limited, incorporated 30 May 2018, at Workspace, The Frames, Phipp Street, London, with no dissolution shown. No later news was opened.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11388757", "registered_office": "Fr. 108, Workspace, The Frames, 1 Phipp Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 4PS", "incorporated": "2018-05-30", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11388757", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11388757", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (EC2A 4PS)", "postcode": "EC2A 4PS", "lat": 51.523557, "lng": -0.081915, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Hackney", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Brittany Harris", "role": "Co-founder", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/uk-contech-startups-reinventing-industry-20210812" }, { "name": "Jade Cohen", "role": "Co-founder", "from": null, "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 2400000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2021", "detail": "with Green Angel Syndicate (total raised £2.5m)", "raw": "funding_round: 2400000 USD 2021 — with Green Angel Syndicate (total raised £2.5m)", "amount_gbp": 1758371, "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$2.4m", "gbp_txt": "£1.8m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems", "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "construction", "environmental monitoring" ], "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": "Uses machine learning to track materials, waste and environmental risk on construction sites.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/news/uk-contech-startups-reinventing-industry-20210812", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=qualis+flow", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11388757/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/news/uk-contech-startups-reinventing-industry-20210812", "quotes": [ "AI-based platform", "Qflow", "Green Angel Syndicate" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=qualis+flow", "quotes": [ "QUALIS FLOW LIMITED\" \"11388757\" \"30 May 2018" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11388757/officers", "quotes": [ "COHEN, Jade\" and \"HARRIS, Brittany\" Directors appointed \"30 May 2018\" (active)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems", "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "construction", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "location": "London (EC2A 4PS)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "linked from: founded_by", "id": "BIZ-TAL-2239", "name": "Brittany Harris", "page": "talent", "href": "../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-2239", "page_label": "Talent" }, { "kind": "linked from: works_at", "id": "BIZ-TAL-2239", "name": "Brittany Harris", "page": "talent", "href": "../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-2239", "page_label": "Talent" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Green Angel Syndicate" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-036", "name": "Hypervine", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-29", "status_detail": "Companies House search lists Hypervine Limited (SC596608, incorporated 9 May 2018) without a dissolved status; a related Hypervine Technologies Ltd was dissolved on 9 December 2025.", "one_line": "Uses AI and satellite imagery to track people, materials, machines and emissions on construction and mining sites.", "description": "Hypervine is a Glasgow company founded by Paul Duddy. In August 2021 UKTN said it had developed a tool to track people, materials, machines and carbon emissions on construction and mining sites using AI and blockchain, working with the European Space Agency on satellite imagery. Companies House search lists Hypervine Limited, incorporated in Scotland on 9 May 2018, care of Lindsays in Glasgow, with no dissolution shown; Hypervine Technologies Ltd (SC847122) was dissolved on 9 December 2025. Current trading was not confirmed.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "SC596608", "registered_office": "C/O Lindsays, 100 Queen Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G1 3DN", "incorporated": "2018-05-09", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "SC596608", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC596608", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Glasgow (G1 3DN)", "postcode": "G1 3DN", "lat": 55.859634, "lng": -4.251694, "region": "Scotland", "admin_district": "Glasgow City", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Paul Duddy", "role": "Founder", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/uk-contech-startups-reinventing-industry-20210812" } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "construction", "mining", "emissions tracking" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": [ { "from": "Companies House check, 29 Oct 2026", "field": "status_detail", "text": "status_detail → \"Companies House published a First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off on 27 October 2026 (accounts overdue; last accounts filed were to 31 May 2024); the action was suspended on 29 October 2026. 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Companies House shows BioBeats Group Ltd (formerly Mindful Sound Ltd), incorporated on 3 August 2011, with Huma Therapeutics Limited as person with significant control from 9 April 2020, and dissolved on 27 August 2024.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "07727135", "registered_office": "13th Floor Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, England, SW1P 4QP", "incorporated": "2011-08-03", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "Huma Therapeutics Limited (from 2020-04-09)", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "07727135", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07727135", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (registered office) (SW1P 4QP)", "postcode": "SW1P 4QP", "lat": 51.491984, "lng": -0.125882, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Westminster", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "mental health", "digital health" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "health", "function": "Mental-health AI start-up, bought by the London digital-health firm Huma in 2020 and later dissolved.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/15/medopad-rebrands-as-huma-acquires-biobeats-and-tlt-to-expand-its-biomarker-platform/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07727135", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07727135/persons-with-significant-control" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/15/medopad-rebrands-as-huma-acquires-biobeats-and-tlt-to-expand-its-biomarker-platform/", "quotes": [ "the mental health-focused BioBeats", "AI startups" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07727135", "quotes": [ "BIOBEATS GROUP LTD\" \"Dissolved\" \"27 August 2024\" \"3 August 2011\" \"MINDFUL SOUND LTD (03 Aug 2011 - 25 Feb 2016)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07727135/persons-with-significant-control", "quotes": [ "Huma Therapeutics Limited\" \"Notified on\" \"9 April 2020" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "mental health", "div": "health" } ], "div_label": "Health", "location": "London (registered office) (SW1P 4QP)", "status_group": "dissolved", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-HLT-801" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-602", "name": "Sova Assessment", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists Sova Assessment Limited as active; founder Alan Bourne resigned as a director on 31 January 2024.", "one_line": "Online platform that uses AI to assess job candidates for employers.", "description": "Sova Assessment sells a mobile-friendly digital platform that uses AI to assess job candidates, including psychometric tests. 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. Alan Bourne resigned as a director on 31 January 2024.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "09593533", "registered_office": "Camburgh House, 27 New Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3DN", "incorporated": "2015-05-15", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "09593533", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09593533", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (head office, per 2022 source) (CT1 3DN registered office)", "postcode": "CT1 3DN", "lat": 51.274656, "lng": 1.088672, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Canterbury", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Alan Bourne", "role": "founder (2015) and chief executive (2022 source); director 2015-05-15 to 2024-01-31", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09593533/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 9000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2022-02-07", "detail": "growth round led by Octopus Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 9000000 USD 2022-02-07 — growth round led by Octopus Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 6651885, "fx_rate": 1.353, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.353 per £ on 2022-02-07", "fx_date": "2022-02-07", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$9m", "gbp_txt": "£6.7m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "recruitment", "HR 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": "Online platform that uses AI to assess job candidates for employers.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/recruitment/sova-assessment-funding-20220207", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09593533", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09593533/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/recruitment/sova-assessment-funding-20220207", "quotes": [ "a mobile-friendly digital platform that uses AI to assess job candidates", "headquartered in London", "$9m (£6.6m)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09593533", "quotes": [ "SOVA ASSESSMENT LIMITED\" \"Camburgh House, 27 New Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3DN\" \"Active\" \"15 May 2015\" \"62012" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09593533/officers", "quotes": [ "Resigned\" \"Director\" \"Appointed on\" \"15 May 2015\" \"Resigned on\" \"31 January 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "recruitment", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (head office, per 2022 source) (CT1 3DN registered office)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-201", "name": "Octopus Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-201", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Alan Bourne" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-LEG-601", "name": "RegGenome (Regulatory Genome Development Ltd)", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists Regulatory Genome Development Ltd as active, registered in Cambridge (checked 29 October 2026).", "one_line": "Cambridge University spin-out that uses machine learning to turn regulations into structured, machine-readable data.", "description": "RegGenome uses machine learning to \"sequence\" regulatory content into a machine-readable format, offered through a data repository for regulators and businesses. It was spun out of the University of Cambridge's regulatory genome project in December 2020. In April 2022 UKTN reported a US$6m seed round led by Evolution Equity Partners, with AlbionVC, Cambridge Enterprise and Mastercard; it named Professor Robert Wardrop as executive chairman. Companies House lists Regulatory Genome Development Ltd, incorporated on 7 September 2020, as active, registered in Cambridge. 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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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In July 2022 UKTN reported a US$5m round led by Faber, with Microsoft's venture fund (M12) among others, and said the company was based in Oxford and Porto. It named Luis Valente as co-founder and chief executive. 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Its earlier £1.7m round was led by 24Haymarket with MMC Ventures in 2019. Tom Gatten was named as chief executive. The article does not give a city. 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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). AI is named in the brand but its role in the product is not described on the pages opened.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "09569094", "registered_office": "16th 1 Westfield Avenue, Stratford, E20 1HZ", "incorporated": "2015-04-30", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "Grafton Capital (reported 2022-10-07)", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "09569094", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09569094", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "brand management", "advertising" ], "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": "Brand software that let companies plan, test and track advertising campaigns using consumer data; its main UK company is in liquidation.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/news/proquo-ai-grafton-capital-20221007", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09569094", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09569094/insolvency", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=proquo" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/news/proquo-ai-grafton-capital-20221007", "quotes": [ "plan, test, monitor and review advertising campaigns" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09569094", "quotes": [ "PROQUO AI LIMITED\" \"Liquidation\" \"30 April 2015\" \"TRANSGRESSIVEX LIMITED (16 May 2015 - 02 Oct 2019)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09569094/insolvency", "quotes": [ "Compulsory liquidation", "Commencement of winding up: 3 August 2023", "In administration", "5 August 2022" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=proquo", "quotes": [ "BRAND TRACTION LIMITED\" (previous name \"PROQUO AI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED\")" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "brand management", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "wound_down", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "acquired_by", "name": "Grafton Capital" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-603", "name": "ToffeeX (formerly TOffeeAM)", "bucket": "co", "status": "renamed", "status_date": "2023-12-01", "status_detail": "Companies House shows TOffeeAM Limited renamed ToffeeX Limited on 1 December 2023; the company is active.", "one_line": "London software that designs engineering parts, including 3D-printed ones, for firms such as Boeing and Rolls-Royce.", "description": "TOffeeAM makes software that engineering firms use to design parts, including additive-manufacturing parts; UKTN's page describes it as AI-powered fuel efficiency software, with users including Boeing and Rolls-Royce. 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. 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In November 2022 UKTN reported a £6.5m Series A from YFM, Maven, Triple Point Ventures, the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund and Manchester Tech Trust angels, and named Dan Jamieson as founder and chief executive. 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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": "fire safety", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "British Design Fund" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-607", "name": "Loopin", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House officers page for Loopin SaaS Ltd shows directors appointed as recently as 8 January 2026; chief executive Ben Williams resigned as a director on 17 September 2025. The company page itself would not open, so status was not read.", "one_line": "Bristol software that lets managers follow staff progress, with a generative-AI coach that gives advice.", "description": "Loopin is a workplace management tool in which employees share progress updates and a generative AI coach offers advice to managers. In April 2023 UKTN reported that the Bristol company had raised £1.6m from angel investors, quoted chief executive Ben Williams and named Antony Thompson as co-founder. Companies House lists Loopin SaaS Ltd, incorporated on 23 May 2018 with a Bristol address; its officers page shows Antony Charles Thompson a director since 23 May 2018 and Benjamin James Sutton Williams a director from 2018 until 17 September 2025.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11379033", "registered_office": "101 Victoria Street, Bristol, Somerset, England, BS1 6PU (from search listing)", "incorporated": "2018-05-23", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11379033", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11379033", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Bristol (BS1 6PU)", "postcode": "BS1 6PU", "lat": 51.450857, "lng": -2.586966, "region": "England: South West", "admin_district": "Bristol, City of", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Antony Thompson", "role": "co-founder; director from 2018-05-23", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11379033/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 1600000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2023-04-17", "detail": "from angel investors (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 1600000 GBP 2023-04-17 — from angel investors (single source)", "amount_gbp": 1600000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£1.6m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "workplace management", "HR 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": "Bristol software that lets managers follow staff progress, with a generative-AI coach that gives advice.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/loopin-raises-1-6m-20230417", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=loopin", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11379033/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/loopin-raises-1-6m-20230417", "quotes": [ "Loopin, a Bristol-based workplace management startup using generative AI", "has raised £1.6m from angel investors" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=loopin", "quotes": [ "LOOPIN SAAS LTD\" \"11379033\" \"Incorporated on 23 May 2018\" \"101 Victoria Street, Bristol, Somerset, England, BS1 6PU" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11379033/officers", "quotes": [ "THOMPSON, Antony Charles\" Director appointed 23 May 2018; \"WILLIAMS, Benjamin James Sutton\" \"Resigned on\" \"17 September 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "workplace management", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "Bristol (BS1 6PU)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Antony Thompson" } ], "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. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] deal (major_contract): Contract with UK Power Networks for wide-area grid optimisation (reported 4 Nov 2025); earlier Energy Launchpad cohort (Mar 2020) as Smart Power Networks [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] former name: Smart Power Networks (SMPnet), Energy Launchpad cohort 2 Mar 2020", "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 and Glasgow (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 1400000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2023-05-02", "detail": "seed led by Marathon Venture Capital", "raw": "funding_round: 1400000 USD 2023-05-02 — seed led by Marathon Venture Capital", "amount_gbp": 1122514, "fx_rate": 1.2472, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2472 per £ on 2023-05-02", "fx_date": "2023-05-02", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$1.4m", "gbp_txt": "£1.1m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "electricity grids", "energy 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": "energy", "function": "London and Glasgow start-up writing AI software to control electricity grids and microgrids.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/energy/smpnet-seed-20230502", "https://es.catapult.org.uk/insight/our-impact-empowering-innovators-advancing-ai-building-a-greener-energy-future/", "https://es.catapult.org.uk/news/six-digital-smes-join-isp/" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/energy/smpnet-seed-20230502", "quotes": [ "London and Glasgow-based SMPnet is developing software to control power grids using AI.", "$1.4m (£1.1m)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://es.catapult.org.uk/insight/our-impact-empowering-innovators-advancing-ai-building-a-greener-energy-future/", "quotes": [ "major contract with UK Power Networks for wide-area grid optimisation" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://es.catapult.org.uk/news/six-digital-smes-join-isp/", "quotes": [ "an all-in-a-box solution for creating a flexible and secure electricity grid." ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "electricity grids", "div": "energy" } ], "div_label": "Energy", "location": "London and Glasgow (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Marathon Venture Capital" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-601", "name": "SphereTrax", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists SphereTrax Limited as active (checked 29 October 2026).", "one_line": "Hereford start-up running an AI-based music licensing platform for film, advertising and games makers.", "description": "SphereTrax runs an AI-based music licensing platform that helps filmmakers, advertising agencies and game developers find music, with artists keeping up to 75% of royalties. In June 2023 UKTN reported a £100,000 equity round led by Fintage House, after a £250,000 round from Jenson Funding Partners in March 2023, and described the company as Hereford-based. Companies House lists SphereTrax Limited, incorporated on 5 May 2022, as active, with a registered office in Hitchin. The founder named in the article (Sefi Carmel) does not appear under that name on the officers page, so no person is listed here.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14087534", "registered_office": "3 The Chapmans, Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, SG5 2TS", "incorporated": "2022-05-05", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14087534", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14087534", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Hereford (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: West Midlands" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 100000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2023-06-20", "detail": "equity round led by Fintage House (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 100000 GBP 2023-06-20 — equity round led by Fintage House (single source)", "amount_gbp": 100000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£100,000", "gbp_txt": "" }, { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 250000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2023-03", "detail": "from Jenson Funding Partners (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 250000 GBP 2023-03 — 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": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "music licensing" ], "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": "Hereford start-up running an AI-based music licensing platform for film, advertising and games makers.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/music-licensing-platform-spheretrax-raises-100k-20230620", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14087534" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/music-licensing-platform-spheretrax-raises-100k-20230620", "quotes": [ "an AI-based music licensing platform", "Hereford-based startup" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14087534", "quotes": [ "SPHERETRAX LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"5 May 2022\" \"58290 - Other software publishing" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "music licensing", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "Hereford (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Fintage House" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Jenson Funding Partners" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-CRE-602", "name": "Scriptic", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists Scriptic Ltd (renamed from Electric Noir Studios Limited on 26 May 2023) as active.", "one_line": "London studio making interactive dramas for phones and creative tools that use generative AI.", "description": "Scriptic develops interactive mobile entertainment, which it calls phone-first shows, and creative applications for generative AI. 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": "interactive entertainment", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "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": "freight and logistics", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "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": "workplace learning", "div": "education" } ], "div_label": "Education", "location": "London (EC1V 7DY)", "status_group": "renamed", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-206", "name": "firstminute capital", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-206", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Ada Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Notion Capital" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Husayn Kassai" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "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": "sales automation", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "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, 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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": "recruitment", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (NW1 8NJ)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-TAL-193", "name": "Antler UK", "page": "talent", "href": "../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-193", "page_label": "Talent" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Cameron Briggs" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-LEG-602", "name": "Safe Sign Technologies", "bucket": "co", "status": "dissolved", "status_date": "2025-12-23", "status_detail": "Bought by Thomson Reuters (reported 22 August 2024; Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited became controlling shareholder on 12 August 2024); the company was dissolved on 23 December 2025.", "one_line": "Cambridge start-up that trained AI language models to give legal advice; bought by Thomson Reuters in 2024.", "description": "Safe Sign Technologies, founded in 2022 in Cambridge, trained large language models for the legal sector. On 22 August 2024 UKTN reported that Thomson Reuters had acquired it for an undisclosed sum, naming co-founders Alexander Kardos-Nyheim and Dr Jonathan Schwarz. Companies House shows Safe Sign Technologies Limited, incorporated on 15 February 2022, with Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited as person with significant control from 12 August 2024 (replacing Alexander Samuel Kardos-Nyheim), and dissolved on 23 December 2025 at Thomson Reuters' Canary Wharf address. [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] status_change: Now part of TR Labs Foundational Research at Thomson Reuters (BIZ-LAB-6004); co-founder Jonathan Schwarz is Head of Foundational Research; team grew from 15 to 50 people (12 Dec 2025) [Labs Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Listed on Labs (Corporate research labs) [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] status_now: Absorbed into one integrated research organisation within TR Labs, now called Foundational Research (2025-12-12); acquired 2024 as TR's first pre-revenue acquisition [Labs Round 8, 31 Oct 2026] founders: Dr Jonathan Schwarz — co-founder; Alexander Kardos-Nyheim — former Founder & CEO", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "13916044", "registered_office": "Five Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, England, E14 5AQ", "incorporated": "2022-02-15", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited (from 2024-08-12)", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "13916044", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13916044", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Cambridge (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: East of England" }, "people": [ { "name": "Alexander Kardos-Nyheim", "role": "Co-founder", "from": "2022", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/thomson-reuters-acquires-uk-ai-startup-20240822", "round4": true } ], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "AI development and training" ], "sectors": [ "legal services" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "legal", "function": "Cambridge start-up that trained AI language models to give legal advice; bought by Thomson Reuters in 2024.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/thomson-reuters-acquires-uk-ai-startup-20240822", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13916044", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13916044/persons-with-significant-control", "https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/innovation/from-startup-vision-to-ai-breakthrough-one-year-with-safe-sign/", "https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/innovation/how-we-built-thomson/" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/thomson-reuters-acquires-uk-ai-startup-20240822", "quotes": [ "Founded in 2022, Safe Sign Technologies is training AI models to provide legal advice.", "The companies did not disclose the acquisition cost." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13916044", "quotes": [ "SAFE SIGN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED\" \"Dissolved\" \"23 December 2025\" \"15 February 2022" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13916044/persons-with-significant-control", "quotes": [ "Thomson Reuters (Professional) Uk Limited\" \"Notified on\" \"12 August 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/innovation/from-startup-vision-to-ai-breakthrough-one-year-with-safe-sign/", "quotes": [ "co-founder of Safe Sign and now Head of Foundational Research within TR Labs" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/innovation/how-we-built-thomson/", "quotes": [ "former Founder & CEO of Safe Sign Technologies, acquired by Thomson Reuters" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "AI development and training" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "legal services", "div": "legal" } ], "div_label": "Legal", "location": "Cambridge (null)", "status_group": "dissolved", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "linked from: merged_into", "id": "BIZ-LAB-6004", "name": "TR Labs Foundational Research, London hub (Thomson Reuters)", "page": "labs", "href": "../labs/#org=BIZ-LAB-6004", "page_label": "Labs" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "acquired_by", "name": "Thomson Reuters" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "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": "investment management operations", "div": "finance" } ], "div_label": "Finance", "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": "materials", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "location": "London (NW6 6RJ)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-202", "name": "Seedcamp", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-202", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "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": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-607", "name": "Bindbridge", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised US$3.8m from Speedinvest and Nucleus Capital, reported 3 March 2026; Companies House lists Bindbridge Ltd as active. Companies House shows BINDBRIDGE LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Cambridge start-up using an AI platform to design \"molecular glue\" chemicals for new herbicides and crop protection.", "description": "Bindbridge, founded in 2025, uses an AI platform called BRIDGE to design agricultural molecular glues for new herbicides and crop-protection products. On 3 March 2026 UKTN reported a US$3.8m investment from Speedinvest and Nucleus Capital and named George Crane as co-founder and chief executive. Companies House lists Bindbridge Ltd, incorporated on 27 September 2024 near Cambridge, as active, with George Crane a director since 22 March 2025.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "15984313", "registered_office": "Barn 4, Park Farm, Villa Road, Impington, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, CB24 9NZ", "incorporated": "2024-09-27", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "15984313", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15984313", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Cambridge (CB24 9NZ)", "postcode": "CB24 9NZ", "lat": 52.242895, "lng": 0.107561, "region": "England: East of England", "admin_district": "South Cambridgeshire", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "George Crane", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director from 2025-03-22", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15984313/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 3800000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2026-03-03", "detail": "Speedinvest and Nucleus Capital (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 3800000 USD 2026-03-03 — Speedinvest and Nucleus Capital (single source)", "amount_gbp": 2856713, "fx_rate": 1.3302, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3302 per £ on 2026-03-03", "fx_date": "2026-03-03", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$3.8m", "gbp_txt": "£2.9m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "agriculture", "crop protection chemistry" ], "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": "Cambridge start-up using an AI platform to design \"molecular glue\" chemicals for new herbicides and crop protection.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/agtech/ai-crop-protection-startup-secures-new-funding-20260303", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15984313", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15984313/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/agtech/ai-crop-protection-startup-secures-new-funding-20260303", "quotes": [ "called BRIDGE", "Cambridge-based company", "has secured a $3.8m (£2.8m) investment." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15984313", "quotes": [ "BINDBRIDGE LTD\" \"Active\" \"27 September 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15984313/officers", "quotes": [ "CRANE, George\" \"Active Director\" \"Appointed on\" \"22 March 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "agriculture", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "location": "Cambridge (CB24 9NZ)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Speedinvest" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Nucleus Capital" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "George Crane" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "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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Companies House shows DECIMA2 LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Oxford start-up using causal models and generative AI to show which paid marketing channels actually drive a firm's growth.", "description": "Decima2 applies causal modelling and generative AI to show businesses which paid marketing channels drive growth, and continually adjusts Google Ads and landing pages. In February 2026 BusinessCloud reported £480,000 of pre-seed funding (£335,000 equity and £125,000 equity-free grant) from Haatch and Y Combinator partner Nicolas Dessaigne, and called it an Oxford AI start-up. Companies House lists Decima2 Ltd, incorporated on 3 December 2023 with an Oxford registered office, as active.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "15324456", "registered_office": "3 Kings Meadow Osney Mead, Ferry Hinksey Road, Oxford, England, OX2 0DP", "incorporated": "2023-12-03", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "15324456", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15324456", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Oxford (OX2 0DP)", "postcode": "OX2 0DP", "lat": 51.748456, "lng": -1.277503, "region": "England: South East", "admin_district": "Oxford", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 335000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2026-02-05", "detail": "pre-seed equity, Haatch and Nicolas Dessaigne (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 335000 GBP 2026-02-05 — pre-seed equity, Haatch and Nicolas Dessaigne (single source)", "amount_gbp": 335000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£335,000", "gbp_txt": "" }, { "kind": "grant", "amount": 125000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2026-02-05", "detail": "equity-free grant support (single source)", "raw": "grant: 125000 GBP 2026-02-05 — equity-free grant support (single source)", "amount_gbp": 125000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£125,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation", "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "marketing analytics" ], "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": "Oxford start-up using causal models and generative AI to show which paid marketing channels actually drive a firm's growth.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://businesscloud.co.uk/live-blog/decima2-secures-funding-from-haatch-and-y-combinator-partner/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15324456" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://businesscloud.co.uk/live-blog/decima2-secures-funding-from-haatch-and-y-combinator-partner/", "quotes": [ "the round includes £335,000 in equity investment and £125,000 in equity-free grant support", "Oxford AI startup Decima2" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15324456", "quotes": [ "DECIMA2 LTD\" \"Active\" \"3 December 2023" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation", "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "marketing analytics", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "Oxford (OX2 0DP)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Haatch" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-613", "name": "Embargo", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Awarded a £350,000 UK Smart Grant to build an AI-driven CRM (reported 26 March 2025); Companies House lists Embargo Lifestyle Limited as active; co-founder Tsewang Wangkang resigned as a director on 2 April 2026.", "one_line": "London loyalty and ordering platform for small hospitality firms, building its own AI system to automate customer marketing.", "description": "Embargo runs a CRM, loyalty and ordering platform used by over 2,000 hospitality small businesses. 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. AI is a named product line in development, not its main revenue.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10261303", "registered_office": "Work.Life, Kings House, 174 Hammersmith Road, London, United Kingdom, W6 7JP", "incorporated": "2016-07-04", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10261303", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10261303", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (W6 7JP)", "postcode": "W6 7JP", "lat": 51.493446, "lng": -0.217948, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Hammersmith and Fulham", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Fryderyk Szydlowski", "role": "co-founder; director from 2019-02-18", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10261303/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "grant", "amount": 350000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2025-03-26", "detail": "UK Smart Grant, Innovate UK (single source)", "raw": "grant: 350000 GBP 2025-03-26 — UK Smart Grant, Innovate UK (single source)", "amount_gbp": 350000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£350,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "hospitality", "customer loyalty" ], "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 loyalty and ordering platform for small hospitality firms, building its own AI system to automate customer marketing.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/embargo-receives-350k-government-grant-to-build-ai-hospitality-crm-20250326", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10261303", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10261303/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/embargo-receives-350k-government-grant-to-build-ai-hospitality-crm-20250326", "quotes": [ "The UK government has awarded a £350,000 grant to hospitality tech firm Embargo", "London-based startup" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10261303", "quotes": [ "EMBARGO LIFESTYLE LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"4 July 2016" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10261303/officers", "quotes": [ "SZYDLOWSKI, Fryderyk\" Director appointed 18 February 2019; \"WANGKANG, Tsewang\" Resigned 2 April 2026" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "hospitality", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (W6 7JP)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Innovate UK" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-608", "name": "Fieldwork Robotics", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Announced £3m led by Elbow Beach Capital for farm trials on 7 April 2026; Companies House company page would not open, but its officers page lists David Fulton as an active director. Companies House shows FIELDWORK ROBOTICS LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Cambridge company building autonomous robots that pick raspberries.", "description": "Fieldwork Robotics, based in Cambridge, develops autonomous raspberry-harvesting robots. On 7 April 2026 UKTN reported £3m of funding, led by existing investor Elbow Beach Capital, for trials and adoption on real farms, and named David Fulton as chief executive. The article does not use the word AI; the robots fall under the DSIT domain of autonomous systems. Companies House lists Fieldwork Robotics Limited, incorporated on 17 October 2016 with a registered office in Exmouth; its officers page shows David Brian Fulton a director since 18 July 2023. 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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 Magentic AI Ltd (15852800, London, incorporated 23 July 2024) and Magentic Labs Limited (16015377, London, incorporated 14 October 2024), but neither could be tied to this business from the information available.", "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": 18000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2026-09", "detail": "per tech.eu recap of 2026-09-21", "raw": "funding_round: 18000000 USD 2026-09 — per tech.eu recap of 2026-09-21", "amount_gbp": 13295908, "fx_rate": 1.3538, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3538 per £ on 2026-09-01", "fx_date": "2026-09-01", "fx_note": "month only given: rate for the 1st", "txt": "US$18m", "gbp_txt": "£13.3m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "industrial operations" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "industry", "function": "UK start-up building AI agents to run industrial operations.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://tech.eu/2026/09/21/european-tech-weekly-recap-over-eur17b-invested-across-70-deals" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://tech.eu/2026/09/21/european-tech-weekly-recap-over-eur17b-invested-across-70-deals", "quotes": [ "UK: Magentic raises $18M to automate industrial operations with AI agents" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "industrial operations", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "location": null, "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "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": "e-commerce", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "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. 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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": "construction", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "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-SU-DEF-602", "name": "Occam", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised £2.6m pre-seed led by Presto Tech Horizons and Antler, reported 11 February 2026; Companies House lists Occam Industries Ltd (formerly Cakeshop AI Limited) as active, with co-founder Guiam Edward Wainwright a director. Companies House shows OCCAM INDUSTRIES LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "UK defence start-up writing autonomy software so drones can fly missions without GPS or constant human control.", "description": "Occam, founded in 2025, develops autonomous AI drones being tested with the Ukrainian military; its systems run on autonomous software rather than continuous human control. In February 2026 UKTN reported a £2.6m pre-seed round led by Presto Tech Horizons and Antler, with the Freedom Fund and TYR.vc, and named Gui Wainwright as co-founder and chief executive. Companies House lists Occam Industries Ltd, incorporated on 12 June 2025 as Cakeshop AI Limited and renamed in August 2025, as active, with Guiam Edward Wainwright a director since incorporation. The match rests on the name, the 2025 founding and the director's surname.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "16515234", "registered_office": "128 City Road, London, England, EC1V 2NX", "incorporated": "2025-06-12", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "16515234", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16515234", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": null, "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": null }, "people": [ { "name": "Gui Wainwright", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director from 2025-06-12 (listed as Guiam Edward Wainwright)", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16515234/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 2600000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2026-02-11", "detail": "pre-seed led by Presto Tech Horizons and Antler (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 2600000 GBP 2026-02-11 — pre-seed led by Presto Tech Horizons and Antler (single source)", "amount_gbp": 2600000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£2.6m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "defence", "drones" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "defence", "function": "UK defence start-up writing autonomy software so drones can fly missions without GPS or constant human control.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/defence-tech/occam-ai-drone-ukraine-funding-20260211", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16515234", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16515234/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/defence-tech/occam-ai-drone-ukraine-funding-20260211", "quotes": [ "has raised a £2.6m investment", "developing AI autonomous drones being tested with the Ukrainian military" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16515234", "quotes": [ "OCCAM INDUSTRIES LTD\" \"Active\" \"12 June 2025\" \"CAKESHOP AI LIMITED\", \"12 Jun 2025 - 21 Aug 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16515234/officers", "quotes": [ "WAINWRIGHT, Guiam Edward\" Director, Active, appointed 12 June 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "defence", "div": "defence" } ], "div_label": "Defence", "location": null, "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-TAL-193", "name": "Antler UK", "page": "talent", "href": "../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-193", "page_label": "Talent" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Presto Tech Horizons" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Gui Wainwright" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-DEF-603", "name": "Online Oceans", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised £4m led by Seraphim Space, reported 30 April 2026; Companies House lists Online Oceans Robotics Limited as active. Companies House shows ONLINE OCEANS ROBOTICS LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Christchurch company building uncrewed surface boats and fleet software for naval and maritime-security patrols.", "description": "Online Oceans builds autonomous surface vessels and fleet software for defence and maritime security, including anti-submarine work, protecting undersea infrastructure, border control and stopping smuggling. On 30 April 2026 UKTN reported £4m led by Seraphim Space, with Peter Rive, the Quantum Systems founders and Koro Capital, described it as Christchurch-based and named George Morton as its head. The article does not mention AI; the record rests on the DSIT autonomous-systems domain. Companies House lists Online Oceans Robotics Limited, incorporated on 17 November 2023, as active, with George Matthew Morton a director since incorporation. 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Companies House shows OUTPOST TECHNOLOGIES LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "London start-up whose AI engine applies tax and customs rules so online merchants can sell across borders.", "description": "Outpost helps merchants sell internationally: its AI engine applies tax and customs rules, and it runs local entities for payments. On 11 March 2026 UKTN reported a US$17.5m Series A led by Ribbit, with Better Tomorrow Ventures and angels, and named Will Mahon-Heap, a former Revolut employee, as founder and chief executive; the article gives no head office. Companies House lists Outpost Technologies Ltd, incorporated on 18 June 2021 as Little Goat Labs Ltd and renamed on 5 August 2024, as active, registered in London, with William Bryan Gladstone Mahon-Heap as director and person with significant control since 2021. 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Companies House lists Hyperr Ltd, incorporated on 1 December 2020, as active, with its registered office \"C/O Saturn, 48 Artillery Lane, London\" and Amal Jolly a director since incorporation; this is taken to be Saturn's legal entity.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "13053787", "registered_office": "Hyperr Ltd, C/O Saturn, 48 Artillery Lane, London, Greater London, England, E1 7LS", "incorporated": "2020-12-01", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "13053787", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13053787", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (E1 7LS)", "postcode": "E1 7LS", "lat": 51.518345, "lng": -0.078286, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "City of London", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Amal Jolly", "role": "chief executive; director from 2020-12-01", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13053787/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 15000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2025-10-22", "detail": "Series A led by Singular (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 15000000 USD 2025-10-22 — Series A led by Singular (single source)", "amount_gbp": 11231748, "fx_rate": 1.3355, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3355 per £ on 2025-10-22", "fx_date": "2025-10-22", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$15m", "gbp_txt": "£11.2m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation", "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "financial advice", "wealth management" ], "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 whose AI does the paperwork behind financial advice, to make advice cheaper.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/funding/saturn-ai-financial-series-a-20251022", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13053787", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13053787/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/funding/saturn-ai-financial-series-a-20251022", "quotes": [ "has announced a $15m (£11.25m) Series A round" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13053787", "quotes": [ "HYPERR LTD\" \"Hyperr Ltd, C/O Saturn, 48 Artillery Lane, London\" \"Active\" \"1 December 2020" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13053787/officers", "quotes": [ "Amal Jolly, Director (Active), appointed 1 December 2020" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation", "Natural language applications" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "financial advice", "div": "finance" } ], "div_label": "Finance", "location": "London (E1 7LS)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Singular" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Y Combinator" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-614", "name": "ScrubMarine", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised US$1m from PXN Ventures, SFC Capital and angels, reported 24 December 2025; Companies House lists ScrubMarine Limited as active. Companies House shows SCRUBMARINE LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Robots that inspect and clean ships' hulls and other underwater structures on their own, replacing divers.", "description": "ScrubMarine is a British deep-tech firm developing autonomous robotic systems for maritime inspection and maintenance, to replace manual and often dangerous work. In December 2025 UKTN reported US$1m from PXN Ventures, SFC Capital and angels, said it is based between Edinburgh and the Lake District, and quoted co-founder Rohith Devanathan. The article stresses autonomy but does not mention AI. Companies House lists ScrubMarine Limited, incorporated on 28 November 2023 in Whitehaven, Cumbria, as active, with Rohith Devanathan a director since 2 October 2024. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] investor: SFC Capital portfolio company (listed as Scrubmarine)", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "15312999", "registered_office": "Unit 13c Sneckyeat Industrial Estate, Whitehaven, Cumbria, England, CA28 8PF", "incorporated": "2023-11-28", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "15312999", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15312999", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Whitehaven, Cumbria (CA28 8PF)", "postcode": "CA28 8PF", "lat": 54.531466, "lng": -3.560798, "region": "England: North West", "admin_district": "Cumberland", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Rohith Devanathan", "role": "co-founder; director from 2024-10-02", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15312999/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 1000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2025-12-24", "detail": "PXN Ventures, SFC Capital, angels (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 1000000 USD 2025-12-24 — PXN Ventures, SFC Capital, angels (single source)", "amount_gbp": 740357, "fx_rate": 1.3507, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3507 per £ on 2025-12-24", "fx_date": "2025-12-24", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$1m", "gbp_txt": "£740,357" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "maritime", "subsea inspection" ], "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": "Robots that inspect and clean ships' hulls and other underwater structures on their own, replacing divers.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/deep-tech/scrubmarine-robotics-funding-20251224", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15312999", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15312999/officers", "https://portal.sfccapital.com/" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/deep-tech/scrubmarine-robotics-funding-20251224", "quotes": [ "a British deep tech firm developing autonomous robotic systems for maritime inspections and maintenance", "has raised $1m (£740,000)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15312999", "quotes": [ "SCRUBMARINE LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"28 November 2023" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15312999/officers", "quotes": [ "DEVANATHAN, Rohith\" \"Role Active\" \"Director\" \"2 October 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://portal.sfccapital.com/", "quotes": [ "From steel to seafloor – building robotic systems that clean, inspect & maintain" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "maritime", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "location": "Whitehaven, Cumbria (CA28 8PF)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "PXN Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "SFC Capital" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Rohith Devanathan" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-620", "name": "Serve First", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised £5m from Pembroke VCT and the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, reported 10 April 2026; Companies House lists Serve First CX Ltd as active. Companies House shows SERVE FIRST CX LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Milton Keynes platform that uses AI to turn customer surveys, reviews and mystery shopping into advice for service teams.", "description": "Serve First runs an AI customer-experience and performance-management platform that gathers feedback from in-store surveys, online reviews and mystery shopping and turns it into insights for service teams. On 10 April 2026 UKTN reported a £5m investment from Pembroke VCT and the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (managed by Mercia Ventures) and named Erol Ayvaz as founder. 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On 19 February 2026 UKTN reported a US$23m Series A led by Lightspeed Ventures, with EQT Ventures, General Catalyst and S16VC, following a US$12m seed, and named Albert Malikov as its leader. The article does not say where Stacks is based. Companies House lists an Albert Raifovich Malikov with one appointment at a London address, but the company was not identified.", "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": 23000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2026-02-19", "detail": "Series A led by Lightspeed Ventures", "raw": "funding_round: 23000000 USD 2026-02-19 — Series A led by Lightspeed Ventures", "amount_gbp": 17095288, "fx_rate": 1.3454, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3454 per £ on 2026-02-19", "fx_date": "2026-02-19", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$23m", "gbp_txt": "£17.1m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "corporate finance", "accounting" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "finance", "function": "AI agents that pull together a large company's finance data and automate routine back-office accounting.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/fintech/stacks-ai-finance-series-a-20260219" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/fintech/stacks-ai-finance-series-a-20260219", "quotes": [ "Stacks, an agentic platform for enterprise finance, has raised a $23m (£17m) Series A funding round." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "corporate finance", "div": "finance" } ], "div_label": "Finance", "location": null, "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-067", "name": "EQT Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-067", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-038", "name": "General Catalyst", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-038", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Lightspeed Ventures" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-LEG-603", "name": "TrialView", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2025-11-03", "status_detail": "Raised US$4.1m led by Elkstone Ventures, reported 3 November 2025; Companies House returned no company named TrialView.", "one_line": "Litigation software that uses AI to scan case documents and help legal teams find, organise and present evidence.", "description": "TrialView is a litigation platform for preparing, managing and presenting legal cases; it uses AI to scan documents so legal teams can find and organise key evidence. 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": "litigation", "div": "legal" } ], "div_label": "Legal", "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-611", "name": "Vigilant AI.ai", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2025-11-04", "status_detail": "Raised £585,000 pre-seed led by Haatch, reported 4 November 2025; Companies House lists Vigilant AI2 Ltd, Derby, as active.", "one_line": "Derby start-up building generative-AI \"teammates\" that work inside banks', insurers' and fintechs' regulated processes.", "description": "Vigilant AI.ai builds AI teammates for regulated businesses, embedding generative AI into workflows at banks, fintechs and insurers. On 4 November 2025 UKTN reported £585,000 of pre-seed funding led by Haatch, with the East Midlands Combined County Authority and British Business Bank, described it as Derby-headquartered, and named Mike Anyfantakis as co-founder and chief product officer. Companies House lists Vigilant AI2 Ltd, incorporated on 21 November 2024 at Pride Park, Derby, as active, with Michael Anyfantakis and Mark Stephen Wood as directors.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "16093045", "registered_office": "1 Pride Place, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8QR", "incorporated": "2024-11-21", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "16093045", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16093045", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Derby (DE24 8QR)", "postcode": "DE24 8QR", "lat": 52.913692, "lng": -1.454374, "region": "England: East Midlands", "admin_district": "Derby", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Mike Anyfantakis", "role": "co-founder and chief product officer; director from 2024-11-21", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16093045/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 585000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2025-11-04", "detail": "pre-seed led by Haatch (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 585000 GBP 2025-11-04 — pre-seed led by Haatch (single source)", "amount_gbp": 585000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£585,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "financial services", "compliance" ], "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": "Derby start-up building generative-AI \"teammates\" that work inside banks', insurers' and fintechs' regulated processes.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/funding/derby-based-vigilant-ai-ai-secures-585k-pre-seed-investment-20251104", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16093045", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16093045/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/funding/derby-based-vigilant-ai-ai-secures-585k-pre-seed-investment-20251104", "quotes": [ "has raised £585k in pre-seed funding led by early-stage VC Haatch.", "Derby-headquartered" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16093045", "quotes": [ "VIGILANT AI2 LTD\" \"Active\" \"21 November 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16093045/officers", "quotes": [ "ANYFANTAKIS, Michael\" Director (Active), appointed 21 November 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "financial services", "div": "finance" } ], "div_label": "Finance", "location": "Derby (DE24 8QR)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-002", "name": "British Business Bank", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-002", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Haatch" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Mike Anyfantakis" } ], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-OTH-408" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-DEF-604", "name": "Whitespace", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised a £10m Series A from Beach Equity and White Cloud, reported 28 November 2025; Companies House lists Whitespace Global Limited (Belfast) as active. Companies House shows WHITESPACE GLOBAL LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Belfast company selling an AI operating system that defence and national-security bodies run on their own systems.", "description": "Whitespace specialises in sovereign AI, providing its operating system to defence and national security organisations. On 28 November 2025 UKTN reported a £10m Series A backed by Beach Equity and White Cloud, said it is based in Belfast and named Paul Jenkinson as chief executive. Companies House lists Whitespace Global Limited (NI642645), incorporated on 9 December 2016 in Belfast, as active, with Paul Niall Jenkinson a director since incorporation; two new directors joined in November 2025.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "NI642645", "registered_office": "The Linenhall, 3rd Floor, Linenhall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8BG", "incorporated": "2016-12-09", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "NI642645", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI642645", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Belfast (BT2 8BG)", "postcode": "BT2 8BG", "lat": 54.593963, "lng": -5.92947, "region": "Northern Ireland", "admin_district": "Belfast", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Paul Jenkinson", "role": "chief executive; director from 2016-12-09", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI642645/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 10000000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2025-11-28", "detail": "Series A, Beach Equity and White Cloud (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 10000000 GBP 2025-11-28 — Series A, Beach Equity and White Cloud (single source)", "amount_gbp": 10000000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£10m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation", "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "defence", "national security" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": "BIZ-SU-DEF-401", "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "defence", "function": "Belfast company selling an AI operating system that defence and national-security bodies run on their own systems.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/belfast-sovereign-ai-firm-raises-10m-series-a-20251128", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI642645", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI642645/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/belfast-sovereign-ai-firm-raises-10m-series-a-20251128", "quotes": [ "Whitespace, an AI software solutions provider based in Belfast has secured a £10m Series A investment." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI642645", "quotes": [ "WHITESPACE GLOBAL LIMITED\" \"Active\" \"9 December 2016" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI642645/officers", "quotes": [ "JENKINSON, Paul Niall\" Director, appointed 9 December 2016" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation", "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "defence", "div": "defence" } ], "div_label": "Defence", "location": "Belfast (BT2 8BG)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Beach Equity" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "White Cloud" } ], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-DEF-401" ] }, { "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. What happened to the product before dissolution was not found in this pass.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10402874", "registered_office": "Leonard Curtis House Elms Square, Bury New Road, Whitefield, Greater Manchester, M45 7TA", "incorporated": "2016-09-30", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10402874", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10402874", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (postcode not on a primary page; lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Caroline Plumb", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (as of 2018)", "from": null, "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/13/fluidly/" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 5000000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2018-11-13", "detail": "Series A led by Nyca Partners (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 5000000 GBP 2018-11-13 — Series A led by Nyca Partners (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" ], "sectors": [ "finance", "small 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": "finance", "function": "Software that used machine learning to forecast cash flow for small and medium-sized businesses.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/13/fluidly/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10402874" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/13/fluidly/", "quotes": [ "it has built machine learning-based technology to predict and optimize the future cash flows for SMEs" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10402874", "quotes": [ "FLUIDLY LIMITED", "Dissolved", "Incorporated on 30 September 2016", "Dissolved on 8 November 2025", "62012 - Business and domestic software development" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "finance", "div": "finance" } ], "div_label": "Finance", "location": "London (postcode not on a primary page; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "dissolved", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-201", "name": "Octopus Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-201", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Nyca Partners" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Anthemis" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-ENR-701", "name": "Emitwise", "bucket": "co", "status": "renamed", "status_date": "2025-08-20", "status_detail": "Companies House shows Emitwise Limited renamed THEDX LIMITED on 20 August 2025; the company is active with a Canterbury registered office.", "one_line": "Software that measures and reports companies' carbon emissions.", "description": "London carbon-accounting software company. 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": "climate", "div": "energy" } ], "div_label": "Energy", "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). [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] alumni_of: Digital Catapult Machine Intelligence Garage first cohort, January 2018", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10580892", "registered_office": "21 Highfield Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2JS", "incorporated": "2017-01-24", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "Facebook (team acquisition, 2018, per TechCrunch)", "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10580892", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10580892", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Sebastian Riedel", "role": "co-founder and head of research (2018)", "from": null, "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/03/facebook-confirms-bloomsbury-ai-acquisition/ (Companies House lists RIEDEL, Sebastian Robert, Dr as a director of 09528151 from 7 April 2015 to 1 May 2016)" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "acquisition_price", "amount": null, "currency": null, "date": null, "detail": null, "raw": "acquisition_price: reported 23000000–30000000 USD 2018-07-03 — TechCrunch report; Facebook did not disclose terms (single source)", "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": [ "natural language processing" ], "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 natural-language-processing start-up whose team joined Facebook in 2018.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/03/facebook-confirms-bloomsbury-ai-acquisition/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10580892", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09528151", "https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/about/press-releases/post/first-cohort-of-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning-startups-accepted-onto-machine-intelligence-garage-programme/" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/03/facebook-confirms-bloomsbury-ai-acquisition/", "quotes": [ "Facebook announced this morning that the London-based team at Bloomsbury AI will be joining the company.", "is paying between $23 and $30 million" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10580892", "quotes": [ "BLOOMSBURY AI LIMITED", "Dissolved", "Incorporated on 24 January 2017", "Dissolved on 26 November 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09528151", "quotes": [ "BLEMUNDSBURY AI LIMITED", "Dissolved on 1 October 2025", "BLOOMSBURY AI LIMITED 07 Apr 2015 - 13 Jan 2017" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/about/press-releases/post/first-cohort-of-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning-startups-accepted-onto-machine-intelligence-garage-programme/", "quotes": [ "the natural language processing startup Bloomsbury AI" ], "accessed": "2026-10-30", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "natural language processing", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (lat/lng null)", "status_group": "dissolved", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "acquired_by", "name": "Facebook (Meta)" }, { "kind": "alumni_of", "name": "Digital Catapult Machine Intelligence Garage first cohort, January 2018" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-702", "name": "Tessian", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Tessian Limited active on 29 October 2026; ownership change after 2021 was not checked from a primary page in this pass.", "one_line": "E-mail security software that uses AI to stop staff sending data to the wrong people and falling for social engineering.", "description": "E-mail security company. 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": "cyber security", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "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": "social media", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "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": "data analytics", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "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-SU-CRE-701", "name": "LifeScore", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows LifeScore Limited active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "Software that builds music that adapts as it plays, assembled by AI from recorded layers.", "description": "Wiltshire music-technology company founded in 2016 by Philip Sheppard, Ian Drew and Chris Walch. It makes \"adaptive music assembled by AI in multiple layers\". UKTN reported an £11 million Series A in March 2022 led by Octopus Ventures, with Warner Music Group taking part. Companies House shows the company active with a Salisbury registered office; Philip Sheppard resigned as a director on 15 December 2023 and Ian Drew remains a director.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10402385", "registered_office": "Crown Chambers, Bridge Street, Salisbury, England, SP1 2LZ", "incorporated": "2016-09-29", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10402385", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10402385", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Salisbury, Wiltshire (SP1 2LZ; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "SP1 2LZ", "lat": 51.068827, "lng": -1.797793, "region": "England: South West", "admin_district": "Wiltshire", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Ian Drew", "role": "co-founder; director since 2016-11-12", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10402385/officers" }, { "name": "Philip Sheppard", "role": "co-founder; director 2016-09-29 to 2023-12-15", "from": "same source", "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 11000000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2022-03-07", "detail": "Series A led by Octopus Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 11000000 GBP 2022-03-07 — Series A led by Octopus Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 11000000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£11m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "sectors": [ "music", "creative industries" ], "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 builds music that adapts as it plays, assembled by AI from recorded layers.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/ai-lifescore-scoops-funding-20220307", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10402385", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10402385/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/ai-lifescore-scoops-funding-20220307", "quotes": [ "LifeScore, an AI-based music technology company has raised £11m", "adaptive music assembled by AI in multiple layers" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10402385", "quotes": [ "LIFESCORE LIMITED", "Active", "Incorporated on 29 September 2016" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10402385/officers", "quotes": [ "DREW, Ian", "Director", "12 November 2016", "SHEPPARD, Philip David", "Resigned on 15 December 2023" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Knowledge generation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "music", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "Salisbury, Wiltshire (SP1 2LZ; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-201", "name": "Octopus Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-201", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Warner Music Group" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-705", "name": "Arbolus", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Status as of 2022 only (UKTN); no Companies House entry named Arbolus was found, so current status is unconfirmed.", "one_line": "Uses AI to turn experts' offline knowledge into searchable data for businesses.", "description": "Company that UKTN described in April 2022 as London-headquartered, with offices in Barcelona, New York and New Delhi, using artificial intelligence to digitise offline expert knowledge. 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": "expert networks", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "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-SU-IND-701", "name": "Opteran", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Opteran Technologies Limited active on 29 October 2026; David Rajan, named as chief executive in 2022, resigned as a director on 24 May 2025.", "one_line": "Autonomy software for robots and machines, modelled on how insect brains navigate.", "description": "University of Sheffield spin-out that emulates insect brain processes to give machines autonomy. UKTN reported $12 million (£9.77 million) in June 2022, led by Join Capital with IQ Capital, Northern Gritstone, Seraphim, Episode 1 and Schauenburg Ventures. David Rajan was then chief executive. Companies House shows the company incorporated in March 2020 with its registered office in Sheffield; Rajan ceased to be a director on 24 May 2025, and several new directors were appointed in 2026.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "12494709", "registered_office": "The Innovation Centre, 217 Portobello, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, S1 4DP", "incorporated": "2020-03-03", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "12494709", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12494709", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Sheffield (S1 4DP; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "S1 4DP", "lat": 53.381062, "lng": -1.481137, "region": "England: Yorkshire and the Humber", "admin_district": "Sheffield", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "David Rajan", "role": "chief executive (2022); director 2020-03-03 to 2025-05-24", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12494709/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 12000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2022-06-24", "detail": "led by Join Capital (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 12000000 USD 2022-06-24 — led by Join Capital (single source)", "amount_gbp": 9765625, "fx_rate": 1.2288, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2288 per £ on 2022-06-24", "fx_date": "2022-06-24", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$12m", "gbp_txt": "£9.8m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "robotics", "autonomy" ], "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": "Autonomy software for robots and machines, modelled on how insect brains navigate.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/sheffield-spinout-opteran-insect-ai-20220624", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12494709", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12494709/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/sheffield-spinout-opteran-insect-ai-20220624", "quotes": [ "The Sheffield-based firm has a unique approach to autonomous machinery", "David Rajan, CEO, Opteran" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12494709", "quotes": [ "OPTERAN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED", "Active", "Incorporated on 3 March 2020" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12494709/officers", "quotes": [ "RAJAN, David", "Director", "3 March 2020", "24 May 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "robotics", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "location": "Sheffield (S1 4DP; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-051", "name": "Northern Gritstone", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-051", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "spun_out_of", "name": "University of Sheffield" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Join Capital" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "IQ Capital" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Seraphim" } ], "degree": 2, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-IND-402", "BIZ-SU-IND-503" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-HLT-701", "name": "CardiaTec", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows CardiaTec Biosciences Ltd active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "Uses AI on large heart-disease datasets to find new targets for drugs.", "description": "Cambridge company founded at the University of Cambridge that is building a target discovery platform using AI to analyse large-scale cardiovascular data. UKTN reported a £1.4 million pre-seed round in July 2022 led by Laidlaw Scholars Ventures and APEX Ventures, with Cambridge Enterprise taking part. Raphael Peralta was named as chief executive and is a director at Companies House. 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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 £37.5 million Series A in October 2022 led by M Ventures, with Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer Ventures, British Patient Capital and Oxford Science Enterprises. Dr Danuta Jeziorska was then chief executive and co-founder; Companies House shows she resigned as a director on 19 April 2024. The company is active with its registered office on Botley Road, Oxford. 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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. 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UKTN reported £3 million in seed funding in December 2022 led by Sure Valley Ventures, with Dan Kramer named as chief executive. 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UKTN reported in January 2023 that Bayer had acquired it for an undisclosed sum, with Ben Panter as founder and chief executive. Companies House records Bayer Plc as owning 75% or more from 9 February 2023. On 1 October 2026 Bayer Plc ceased to be the person with significant control and Blackford Analysis Holdings, Inc. was notified as the new controlling owner; what this transaction was (for example a sale by Bayer) was not found on a page opened in this pass.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "SC380297", "registered_office": "160 Causewayside, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 1PR", "incorporated": "2010-06-14", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": "Blackford Analysis Holdings, Inc. 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UKTN reported a $10 million (£8.3 million) Series B in February 2023 led by WAVE Equity Partners, naming Rick Haythornthwaite as co-founder and chairman. Companies House shows QiO Technologies Ltd, incorporated December 2014, active, with its registered office in Egham, Surrey.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "09368431", "registered_office": "One, High Street, Egham, United Kingdom, TW20 9HJ", "incorporated": "2014-12-29", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "09368431", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09368431", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Hampshire (as published; registered office Egham TW20 9HJ; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "TW20 9HJ", "lat": 51.433052, "lng": -0.542041, "region": "England: South East", "admin_district": "Runnymede", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "null (Rick Haythornthwaite named as co-founder and chairman by UKTN; not checked against the officer list)", "role": null, "from": null, "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 10000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2023-02-16", "detail": "Series B led by WAVE Equity Partners (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 10000000 USD 2023-02-16 — Series B led by WAVE Equity Partners (single source)", "amount_gbp": 8325701, "fx_rate": 1.2011, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2011 per £ on 2023-02-16", "fx_date": "2023-02-16", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$10m", "gbp_txt": "£8.3m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "industry", "energy efficiency", "data centres" ], "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": "AI software that helps factories, data centres and telecoms firms run equipment with less energy and lower emissions.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/qio-series-b-20230216", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09368431" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/qio-series-b-20230216", "quotes": [ "Hampshire-headquartered QiO’s AI tools are used by industrial firms, data centres and telecoms", "AI startup QiO Technologies has closed $10m (£8.3m) in a Series B round" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09368431", "quotes": [ "QIO TECHNOLOGIES LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 29 December 2014" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "industry", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "location": "Hampshire (as published; registered office Egham TW20 9HJ; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "WAVE Equity Partners" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-703", "name": "Permia Sensing", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Permia Sensing Limited active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "Acoustic sensors and AI that listen inside palm trees for red palm weevil pests and alert farmers.", "description": "Imperial College London spin-out that uses an acoustic sensor and artificial intelligence to listen for red palm weevils, alerting farmers and tracking tree health. 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": "agriculture", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "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": "finance", "div": "finance" } ], "div_label": "Finance", "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-IND-704", "name": "Productive Machines", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Productive Machines Ltd active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "AI software that builds a digital twin of a milling machine to cut vibration damage in metal machining.", "description": "Rotherham company, a University of Sheffield spin-out, whose AI software creates a digital twin of machinery in action to reduce damage caused by vibration in metal milling. UKTN reported £2.2 million of seed funding in April 2023 led by the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund, with NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, ACT Venture Partners and Fuel Ventures. Dr Erdem Ozturk is chief executive and founder, and a director since September 2019. 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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. 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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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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. 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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 in July 2024 that it listed on the Aquis Stock Exchange under the ticker INT, raising £5 million with an initial market value of £15.4 million; Tom Clayton was chief executive and co-founder with Keith Smith. 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UKTN described it in July 2024 as an AI-powered search and recommendation platform whose models analyse fashion items, and reported a £2.2 million pre-seed round from angels including Boardwave, Founders Capital and the WITSEND community. Peppiatt and Daniel were named as co-chief executives. Companies House shows Hey Savi Limited, incorporated October 2023 as Be More Savi Limited and renamed in April 2025, active, with a London registered office. 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Its AI platform lets architects turn text prompts and sketches into realistic visualisations. UKTN reported an £855,000 pre-seed round in July 2024 led by Concept Ventures, with Ascension Ventures and Baobab Ventures. Companies House lists Gendo Technology Ltd (incorporated December 2022, London) as active; a separate Gendo Limited was dissolved in March 2025.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14526185", "registered_office": "131 Finsbury Pavement, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 1NT", "incorporated": "2022-12-07", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14526185", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14526185", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "George Proud", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (2024)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/gendo-architectural-visualisations-startup-funding-20240703" }, { "name": "Will Jones", "role": "co-founder (2024)", "from": null, "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 855000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2024-07-03", "detail": "pre-seed led by Concept Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 855000 GBP 2024-07-03 — pre-seed led by Concept Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 855000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£855,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Knowledge generation", "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "architecture", "design" ], "confidence": "single_source", "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 turns architects' text prompts and sketches into realistic building visualisations.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/gendo-architectural-visualisations-startup-funding-20240703", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14526185" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/gendo-architectural-visualisations-startup-funding-20240703", "quotes": [ "an artificial intelligence (AI) platform used by architects to turn text prompts and sketches into realistic visualisations" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14526185", "quotes": [ "GENDO TECHNOLOGY LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 7 December 2022" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Knowledge generation", "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "architecture", "div": "creative" } ], "div_label": "Creative", "location": "London (lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Concept Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Ascension Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Baobab Ventures" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-715", "name": "Anemo Labs", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Anemo Labs Limited (named Odorpi Limited until 27 October 2025) active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "Building smell sensing for AI, so machines can detect and identify odours.", "description": "UK start-up that tech.eu reported in September 2026 had raised £700,000 \"to give AI a sense of smell\". No investors or people were named in the source. Companies House shows Anemo Labs Limited, incorporated January 2025 as Odorpi Limited and renamed in October 2025, active, with SIC codes for software development and natural-sciences research and a London registered office.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "16206738", "registered_office": "167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London, England, W1W 5PF", "incorporated": "2025-01-24", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "16206738", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16206738", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (registered office; lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 700000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2026-09", "detail": "amount from tech.eu weekly recap (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 700000 GBP 2026-09 — amount from tech.eu weekly recap (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": [ "sensing", "machine olfaction" ], "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": "Building smell sensing for AI, so machines can detect and identify odours.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://tech.eu/2026/09/14/european-tech-weekly-recap-over-eur39b-invested-across-70-deals", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16206738" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://tech.eu/2026/09/14/european-tech-weekly-recap-over-eur39b-invested-across-70-deals", "quotes": [ "£700,000 to give AI a sense of smell" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16206738", "quotes": [ "ANEMO LABS LIMITED", "Active", "Incorporated on 24 January 2025", "ODORPI LIMITED" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "sensing", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (registered office; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-716", "name": "Arcube", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Arcube Limited, an Isle of Man company, with an active UK establishment in Manchester opened on 26 March 2024.", "one_line": "AI platform that helps airlines sell more add-ons and build customer loyalty.", "description": "Manchester-headquartered company founded by University of Manchester graduates Prithveesh Reddy and Harvey Lowe. Its platform uses artificial intelligence to boost loyalty and ancillary revenue for airlines. UKTN reported a £1.2 million seed round in January 2025 from Fuel Ventures and Oxford Capital Partners. Companies House records Arcube Limited as an overseas company incorporated in the Isle of Man (registration 135098C), with a UK establishment at the Renold Building, Manchester, since March 2024. The Isle of Man is outside the UK; the record is kept because UKTN gives Manchester as the headquarters.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "FC041571", "registered_office": "Angel Falls, Strang Road, Union Mills, Isle of Man (overseas); UK establishment Renold Building 81 Sackville Street Manchester, M1 3NJ", "incorporated": null, "legal_form": "overseas company (Isle of Man private limited)", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "FC041571", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/FC041571", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Manchester (M1 3NJ; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "M1 3NJ", "lat": 53.47486, "lng": -2.235143, "region": "England: North West", "admin_district": "Manchester", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Prithveesh Reddy", "role": "co-founder (2025)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/funding/uk-tech-funding-roundup-this-weeks-deals-from-synthesia-to-oh-20250117" }, { "name": "Harvey Lowe", "role": "co-founder (2025)", "from": null, "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 1200000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2025-01-17", "detail": "seed from Fuel Ventures and Oxford Capital Partners (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 1200000 GBP 2025-01-17 — seed from Fuel Ventures and Oxford Capital Partners (single source)", "amount_gbp": 1200000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£1.2m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "aviation", "travel retail" ], "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 helps airlines sell more add-ons and build customer loyalty.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/funding/uk-tech-funding-roundup-this-weeks-deals-from-synthesia-to-oh-20250117", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/FC041571" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/funding/uk-tech-funding-roundup-this-weeks-deals-from-synthesia-to-oh-20250117", "quotes": [ "the Arcube platform leverages artificial intelligence to boost loyalty and ancillary revenue for airlines." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/FC041571", "quotes": [ "ARCUBE LIMITED", "Active", "Overseas company", "ISLE OF MAN", "First UK establishment opened 26 March 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "aviation", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "Manchester (M1 3NJ; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Fuel Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Oxford Capital Partners" }, { "kind": "alumni_of", "name": "University of Manchester" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-717", "name": "BidScript", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows BidScript Ltd active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "AI software that helps businesses find, qualify, write and submit tenders.", "description": "Manchester-based AI tender-management start-up launched by Henry Brogan and Tyler McCarthy while at university. It helps businesses find, qualify, manage, write and submit bids. BusinessCloud reported in July 2026 that it raised $800,000, taking total pre-seed funding past $1 million, with follow-on money from PXN Equity Finance (Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II) and new investment from SFC Capital. 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UKTN reported a £7 million round in December 2025 led by Pembroke VCT, with 212, Active Partners, Velocity and TIBAS Ventures. Hakan Yurdakul was named as chief executive and co-founder and Kerem Turgay as chief technology officer and co-founder. 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UKTN reported a $12 million (£8.8 million) round in September 2025 led by Prosus Ventures, with Google's STV AI Fund and others, and said its AI teams work in London, New York and Riyadh; Abed Kasaji was named as co-founder and chief executive. Companies House shows Anecdote AI Ltd, incorporated June 2022, active, with Abedulazez Kasaji as sole director. 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On 29 October 2026 tech.eu reported that it had acquired Jenni AI, an AI-native writing platform it said is used by more than 8 million students and researchers in 189 countries; terms were not disclosed and Jenni AI keeps its brand, team and pricing. Stephen Leicht was named as Digital Science's chief executive. Companies House shows Digital Science & Research Solutions Limited active, with Holtzbrinck Science & Technology Limited owning 75% or more. 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BusinessCloud reported a £415,000 pre-seed investment from DSW Ventures in March 2025, naming Tom Gardner (chief executive) and Craig Sumner as founders. Companies House shows Fireflai Group Limited, incorporated July 2023 in Manchester, active, with Gardner a director since incorporation; Sumner was a director from June 2024 to July 2026. 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Companies House shows Greyparrot.ai Ltd, incorporated November 2018, active, with a registered office in Bermondsey, London.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11706258", "registered_office": "100 Drummond Road, Almond Studios 401, London, United Kingdom, SE16 4DG", "incorporated": "2018-11-30", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11706258", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11706258", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (SE16 4DG; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "SE16 4DG", "lat": 51.493965, "lng": -0.061909, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Southwark", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 27000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2026", "detail": "Series B, reported in tech.eu recap of 2026-08-03 (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 27000000 USD 2026 — Series B, reported in tech.eu recap of 2026-08-03 (single source)", "amount_gbp": 20072857, "fx_rate": 1.3451, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3451 per £ on 2025-12-31", "fx_date": "2025-12-31", "fx_note": "year only given: rate for 1 January", "txt": "US$27m", "gbp_txt": "£20.1m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "recycling", "waste", "circular economy" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": "BIZ-SU-IND-602", "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "energy", "function": "Cameras and computer-vision AI that identify and measure materials on recycling-plant conveyor belts.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "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/11706258" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://tech.eu/2026/08/03/european-tech-weekly-recap-eur878m-in-weekly-deals-and-key-trends-from-h1-2026/", "quotes": [ "Greyparrot secures $27M Series B to scale AI waste intelligence for the circular economy" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11706258", "quotes": [ "GREYPARROT.AI LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 30 November 2018" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "recycling", "div": "energy" } ], "div_label": "Energy", "location": "London (SE16 4DG; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-IND-602" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-721", "name": "Mapify", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Mapify Limited active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "A visual, AI-driven tool that replaces spreadsheets for tracking assets and logistics.", "description": "Edinburgh start-up, co-founded in 2025 by chief executive Hamish Geddes and chief product and technology officer Selby Cary, building a visual, AI-driven productivity tool to replace spreadsheet systems in logistics and asset management. The Scotsman reported in October 2025 that it was the only Scottish start-up in a £1.7 million Antler investment pool. Companies House shows Mapify Limited, incorporated April 2025 in Edinburgh, active, with Geddes and Cary as directors.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "SC846227", "registered_office": "Suite 2 Ground Floor, Orchard Brae House, 30 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH4 2HS", "incorporated": "2025-04-24", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "SC846227", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC846227", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Edinburgh (EH4 2HS; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "EH4 2HS", "lat": 55.955366, "lng": -3.223507, "region": "Scotland", "admin_district": "City of Edinburgh", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Hamish Geddes", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (2025); director since 2025-04-24", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC846227/officers" }, { "name": "Selby Cary", "role": "co-founder and chief product and technology officer (2025); director since 2025-04-24", "from": "same source", "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "note", "amount": null, "currency": null, "date": null, "detail": null, "raw": "null (share of a £1.7 million Antler pool; Mapify's own amount not stated)", "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": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "logistics", "asset 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": "A visual, AI-driven tool that replaces spreadsheets for tracking assets and logistics.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.scotsman.com/business/fast-growing-ai-powered-edinburgh-platform-to-share-in-ps17-million-funding-pool-5344131", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC846227", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC846227/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.scotsman.com/business/fast-growing-ai-powered-edinburgh-platform-to-share-in-ps17-million-funding-pool-5344131", "quotes": [ "Mapify is the only Scottish start-up included in Antler’s £1.7m investment", "visual, AI-driven productivity tool" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC846227", "quotes": [ "MAPIFY LIMITED", "Active", "Incorporated on 24 April 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC846227/officers", "quotes": [ "CARY, Selby John Robert", "GEDDES, Hamish Cathcart", "24 April 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "logistics", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "Edinburgh (EH4 2HS; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-TAL-193", "name": "Antler UK", "page": "talent", "href": "../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-193", "page_label": "Talent" } ], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-FIN-705", "name": "Meshed", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Status as of August 2025 only (UKTN); no Companies House company with its named officers was found.", "one_line": "An insurance broker run on AI agents that gather quotes and chase insurers, leaving human brokers to handle clients.", "description": "Self-described as the UK's first AI-native insurance broker, Meshed deploys AI agents to handle broker tasks such as getting quotes and chasing insurers. UKTN reported a £950,000 pre-seed round in August 2025 from Haatch and Founders Factory, naming Mark Costello as chief executive and Jake Wells as co-founder and chief operating officer. Two Companies House companies called Meshed Ltd were checked and neither lists Costello or Wells as officers, so the legal entity is unconfirmed.", "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": [ { "name": "Mark Costello", "role": "chief executive (2025)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/insurtech/uks-first-ai-insurance-broker-raises-950000-20250818" }, { "name": "Jake Wells", "role": "co-founder and chief operating officer (2025)", "from": null, "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 950000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2025-08-18", "detail": "pre-seed from Haatch and Founders Factory (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 950000 GBP 2025-08-18 — pre-seed from Haatch and Founders Factory (single source)", "amount_gbp": 950000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£950,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "insurance broking" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "finance", "function": "An insurance broker run on AI agents that gather quotes and chase insurers, leaving human brokers to handle clients.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/insurtech/uks-first-ai-insurance-broker-raises-950000-20250818" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/insurtech/uks-first-ai-insurance-broker-raises-950000-20250818", "quotes": [ "self-described as the UK's first AI-native insurance broker", "has closed its pre-seed funding round, pulling in £950,000." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "insurance broking", "div": "finance" } ], "div_label": "Finance", "location": null, "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-TAL-190", "name": "Founders Factory", "page": "talent", "href": "../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-190", "page_label": "Talent" }, { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2119", "name": "Haatch", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2119", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2119", "name": "Haatch", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2119", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-TAL-190", "name": "Founders Factory", "page": "talent", "href": "../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-190", "page_label": "Talent" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-TAL-190", "name": "Founders Factory", "page": "talent", "href": "../talent/#org=BIZ-TAL-190", "page_label": "Talent" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Haatch" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-722", "name": "Monq", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Monq Ltd active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "A multi-agent AI system that helps companies negotiate large supplier contracts.", "description": "Start-up founded to automate the manual work in high-value supplier contracts, using a multi-agent AI system built on large-language-model reasoning, contract intelligence and behavioural science. UKTN reported in November 2025 that it emerged from stealth with $3 million (£2.3 million) led by Outward VC, with Octopus Ventures, Cornerstone VC and others. Yasin Bostancı is co-founder and chief executive and Duygu Gözeler Porchet co-founder. Companies House shows Monq Ltd, incorporated August 2025 in London, active, with both as directors.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "16635718", "registered_office": "167-169 Great Portland Street, London, England, W1W 5PF", "incorporated": "2025-08-07", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "16635718", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16635718", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (registered office; lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Yasin Bostancı", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (2025); director since 2025-08-07", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16635718/officers" }, { "name": "Duygu Gözeler Porchet", "role": "co-founder; director since 2025-08-07", "from": "same source", "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 3000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2025-11-26", "detail": "led by Outward VC (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 3000000 USD 2025-11-26 — led by Outward VC (single source)", "amount_gbp": 2268259, "fx_rate": 1.3226, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3226 per £ on 2025-11-26", "fx_date": "2025-11-26", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$3m", "gbp_txt": "£2.3m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "procurement", "contract negotiation" ], "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": "A multi-agent AI system that helps companies negotiate large supplier contracts.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/news/monq-emerges-from-stealth-revolut-alum-2m-20251126", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16635718", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16635718/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/news/monq-emerges-from-stealth-revolut-alum-2m-20251126", "quotes": [ "has emerged from stealth with $3m (£2.3m) in funding.", "Monq co-founder and chief executive Yasin Bostancı" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16635718", "quotes": [ "MONQ LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 7 August 2025" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16635718/officers", "quotes": [ "BOSTANCI, Yasin, Dr", "GOZELER PORCHET, Duygu", "7 August 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": "procurement", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (registered office; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-201", "name": "Octopus Ventures", "page": "investors", "href": "../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-201", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Outward VC" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Cornerstone VC" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-HLT-705", "name": "Ogma", "bucket": "co", "status": "acquired", "status_date": "2026-07", "status_detail": "tech.eu's recap of 6 July 2026 reported that Saltroad acquired the AI platform Ogma; no Companies House company for Ogma was identified.", "one_line": "AI platform for speech therapy for children, now owned by Saltroad.", "description": "UK AI platform for children's speech therapy. tech.eu's weekly recap of 6 July 2026 listed, under the UK, \"Saltroad raises £1.5M and acquires AI platform Ogma to scale speech therapy for children\"; the £1.5 million is Saltroad's raise, not a price for Ogma. No other details were given. Companies House searches found no Ogma company that could be linked to it; a Saltroad Ltd (NI709928, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, incorporated February 2024) exists, but the page opened does not confirm it is the buyer.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": null, "registered_office": null, "incorporated": null, "legal_form": null, "owner_or_acquirer": "Saltroad (2026, per tech.eu)", "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": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "health", "speech therapy", "children" ], "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": "AI platform for speech therapy for children, now owned by Saltroad.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://tech.eu/2026/07/06/european-tech-weekly-recap-more-than-55-tech-funding-deals-worth-over-eur16b/" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://tech.eu/2026/07/06/european-tech-weekly-recap-more-than-55-tech-funding-deals-worth-over-eur16b/", "quotes": [ "Saltroad raises £1.5M and acquires AI platform Ogma to scale speech therapy for children" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "health", "div": "health" } ], "div_label": "Health", "location": null, "status_group": "acquired", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "acquired_by", "name": "Saltroad" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-723", "name": "Opply", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Opply Ltd active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "An agentic AI platform that runs sourcing and supply-chain tasks for consumer packaged goods brands.", "description": "UK company whose agentic AI platform serves consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. tech.eu's recap of 26 October 2026 reported that Opply raised $7.5 million to expand the platform; investors were not named. Companies House shows Opply Ltd, incorporated August 2021, active, with a registered office on Princelet Street, London. 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UKTN reported $13 million (£9.8 million) of seed funding in November 2025 led by Headline, with C4 Ventures and Futury Capital, naming Konstantin von Büren as co-founder and co-chief executive. Companies House shows ProcureAI Ltd, incorporated April 2020, active, with von Büren (spelt Von Bueren) as a director since incorporation; the page flags an overdue confirmation statement.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "12564716", "registered_office": "2nd Floor Connaught House 1-3 Mount Street, Entrance Via Davies Street, London, W1K 3NB", "incorporated": "2020-04-20", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "12564716", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12564716", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (W1K 3NB; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "W1K 3NB", "lat": 51.510467, "lng": -0.14762, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Westminster", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Konstantin von Büren", "role": "co-founder and co-chief executive (2025); director since 2020-04-20", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12564716/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 13000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2025-11-27", "detail": "seed led by Headline (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 13000000 USD 2025-11-27 — seed led by Headline (single source)", "amount_gbp": 9809840, "fx_rate": 1.3252, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3252 per £ on 2025-11-27", "fx_date": "2025-11-27", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$13m", "gbp_txt": "£9.8m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "procurement", "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": "other", "function": "AI agents that run procurement and supply-chain tasks on top of a company's existing data.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/procure-ai-9-8m-seed-round-20251127", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12564716", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12564716/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/procure-ai-9-8m-seed-round-20251127", "quotes": [ "has raised $13m (£9.8m) in seed funding", "AI-native procurement and supply chain management" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12564716", "quotes": [ "PROCUREAI LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 20 April 2020", "Confirmation statement overdue" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12564716/officers", "quotes": [ "VON BUEREN, Konstantin Peter Oliver", "Director", "20 April 2020" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "procurement", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (W1K 3NB; 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BusinessCloud reported in December 2025 that it was among eight businesses each receiving £200,000 from PXN's PraeSeed programme. 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UKTN's funding round-up of 10 January 2025 listed a £1 million UKRI grant. Companies House shows RoboK Limited, incorporated September 2017, active, at St John's Innovation Centre, Cambridge. 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UKTN's round-up of 10 January 2025 listed a £1.5 million pre-seed round from LDV Capital, Bek Ventures, Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company and angels. 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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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Companies House shows Kaizan Ltd, London, active.", "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; null; null)", "postcode": "WC2H 8JR", "lat": 51.515225, "lng": -0.127263, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Camden", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Glen Calvert", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director since 2020-12-15", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/kaizan-seed-funding-20220518" }, { "name": "Pravin Paratey", "role": "co-founder and chief technology officer; director since 2020-12-15", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/kaizan-seed-funding-20220518" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 1200000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2022-05", "detail": "pre-seed led by Jigsaw", "raw": "funding_round: 1200000 USD 2022-05 — pre-seed led by Jigsaw", "amount_gbp": 955718, "fx_rate": 1.2556, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2556 per £ on 2022-04-29", "fx_date": "2022-04-29", "fx_note": "month only given: rate for the 1st", "txt": "US$1.2m", "gbp_txt": "£955,718" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "customer success software" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": "BIZ-SU-OTH-617", "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "AI software that helps client-support and account teams keep clients happy and grow revenue.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/kaizan-seed-funding-20220518", "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-seed-funding-20220518", "quotes": [ "AI tech firm Kaizan has raised $1.2m in a pre-seed funding round led by Jigsaw", "Kaizan’s AI platform provides tools to client support teams" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13082820", "quotes": [ "KAIZAN LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 15 December 2020", "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/13082820/officers", "quotes": [ "Glen Francis Calvert", "Director", "15 December 2020", "Pravin Paratey", "Director", "15 December 2020" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "customer success software", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (WC2H 8JR; null; null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 2, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-SU-LEG-801", "BIZ-SU-OTH-617" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-IND-801", "name": "CloudNC", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-09", "status_detail": "tech.eu reported in September 2026 that CloudNC raised $20m to expand its AI software for precision manufacturing; Companies House shows it active.", "one_line": "Software that writes the machining programs for factory machines, so precision metal parts can be made without manual programming.", "description": "CloudNC, founded in London in 2015 and led by co-founder and chief executive Theo Saville, makes software that programs CNC machines to produce precision parts. UKTN reported a $45m (£36.7m) Series B in June 2022 led by Autodesk, with Lockheed Martin and £5m from British Patient Capital; that article did not use the word AI. tech.eu reported a further $20m in September 2026 \"to expand its AI software for precision manufacturing\". It also runs manufacturing in Essex.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "09821257", "registered_office": "1 Norton Folgate, London, United Kingdom, E1 6DB", "incorporated": "2015-10-13", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "09821257", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09821257", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (E1 6DB; null; null)", "postcode": "E1 6DB", "lat": 51.521304, "lng": -0.078363, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Tower Hamlets", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Theo Saville", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director since 2015-10-13", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/cloudnc-autonomous-part-manufacturing-series-b-20220621" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 45000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2022-06", "detail": "Series B led by Autodesk (reported as £36.7m)", "raw": "funding_round: 45000000 USD 2022-06 — Series B led by Autodesk (reported as £36.7m)", "amount_gbp": 36011524, "fx_rate": 1.2496, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2496 per £ on 2022-06-01", "fx_date": "2022-06-01", "fx_note": "month only given: rate for the 1st", "txt": "US$45m", "gbp_txt": "£36m" }, { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 20000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2026-09", "detail": "round reported by tech.eu, investors not named", "raw": "funding_round: 20000000 USD 2026-09 — round reported by tech.eu, investors not named", "amount_gbp": 14773231, "fx_rate": 1.3538, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3538 per £ on 2026-09-01", "fx_date": "2026-09-01", "fx_note": "month only given: rate for the 1st", "txt": "US$20m", "gbp_txt": "£14.8m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "manufacturing software", "precision engineering" ], "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": "Software that writes the machining programs for factory machines, so precision metal parts can be made without manual programming.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/cloudnc-autonomous-part-manufacturing-series-b-20220621", "https://tech.eu/2026/09/14/european-tech-weekly-recap-over-eur39b-invested-across-70-deals", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09821257", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09821257/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/cloudnc-autonomous-part-manufacturing-series-b-20220621", "quotes": [ "develops software for factories to autonomously create components", "The Series B funding round was led by US software company Autodesk" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://tech.eu/2026/09/14/european-tech-weekly-recap-over-eur39b-invested-across-70-deals", "quotes": [ "UK: CloudNC lands $20M to expand its AI software for precision manufacturing" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09821257", "quotes": [ "CLOUDNC LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 13 October 2015", "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/09821257/officers", "quotes": [ "Theo Valentine Saville", "Director", "13 October 2015" ], "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": "manufacturing software", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "location": "London (E1 6DB; 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Founders named by UKTN are Sam Al Mukhtar (chief executive) and William Hoyer Millar. UKTN reported an $8.5m (£7m) Series A led by AXA Ventures in July 2022, with TechNexus, Samaipata and Fuel Ventures. The company was called Manufacturing Source Ltd until May 2019.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10321594", "registered_office": "45 Vyner Street, London, England, E2 9DQ", "incorporated": "2016-08-09", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10321594", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10321594", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (E2 9DQ; null; null)", "postcode": "E2 9DQ", "lat": 51.534717, "lng": -0.055189, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Tower Hamlets", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Sam Al Mukhtar", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (as of 2022)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/geomiq-funding-digitise-manufacturing-supply-chains-20220726" }, { "name": "William Hoyer Millar", "role": "co-founder; director 2019-04-23 to 2023-07-10", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10321594/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 8500000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2022-07", "detail": "Series A led by AXA Ventures (reported as £7m)", "raw": "funding_round: 8500000 USD 2022-07 — Series A led by AXA Ventures (reported as £7m)", "amount_gbp": 7080383, "fx_rate": 1.2005, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2005 per £ on 2022-07-01", "fx_date": "2022-07-01", "fx_note": "month only given: rate for the 1st", "txt": "US$8.5m", "gbp_txt": "£7.1m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "manufacturing marketplace" ], "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": "Online marketplace that uses machine learning to match engineers' part designs with manufacturers able to make them.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/geomiq-funding-digitise-manufacturing-supply-chains-20220726", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10321594", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10321594/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/geomiq-funding-digitise-manufacturing-supply-chains-20220726", "quotes": [ "uses machine learning to match the job with partners", "The Series A round was led by AXA Ventures" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10321594", "quotes": [ "GEOMIQ LIMITED", "Active", "Incorporated on 9 August 2016", "MANUFACTURING SOURCE LTD 09 Aug 2016 - 10 May 2019" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10321594/officers", "quotes": [ "MILLAR, William Hoyer", "Director", "23 April 2019", "10 July 2023" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "manufacturing marketplace", "div": "industry" } ], "div_label": "Industry", "location": "London (E2 9DQ; null; null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "AXA Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Fuel Ventures" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-807", "name": "Built AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "Open", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Companies House, checked 31 October 2026: BUILT AI INC. 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Companies House shows VERBAFLO LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Conversational AI for residential lettings operators, automating enquiries, bookings, onboarding and resident contact.", "description": "VerbaFlo, founded in 2024 by Sayantan Biswas, is a real-estate platform built around conversational AI that automates leasing and operations and handles resident engagement across more than 40 use cases. UKTN reported a $7m (£5.24m) seed round in March 2026 led by Pi Labs, with Haatch, Navigate Ventures and Old College Capital; the UK is its home market, with expansion in Europe and the US. 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