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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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It uses AI to generate and optimise marketing copy for brands. In August 2018 it raised a US$4m Series A led by Albion Capital, with Next Fifteen and Galvanise Capital, when Parry Malm was co-founder and chief executive. 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In February 2022 UKTN reported a US$9m growth round led by Octopus Ventures and said the company was headquartered in London, with offices in Dubai and Melbourne; Alan Bourne founded it in 2015 and was then chief executive. Companies House lists Sova Assessment Limited (formerly Bourne Talent Consulting Limited), incorporated on 15 May 2015, as active, with a registered office in Canterbury. 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In December 2023 UKTN reported its launch with £1.2m led by Concept Ventures, with Notion Capital, Frontline Ventures and Portfolio Ventures, and named Cecily Motley and David Buxton as co-founders. 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In January 2024 UKTN reported a US$2.7m pre-Series A round led by ACF Investors with Nauta Capital and Ascension Ventures, and named Abhishek Sen as co-founder and chief executive. Companies House lists NumberEight Technologies Ltd (formerly Numero Eight Ltd), incorporated on 29 November 2016, as active, with Abhishek Sen a director since incorporation; its registered office is in Norwich.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10502650", "registered_office": "Bankside 300 Peachman Way, Broadland Business Park, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom, NR7 0LB", "incorporated": "2016-11-29", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10502650", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10502650", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Abhishek Sen", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director from 2016-11-29", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10502650/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 2700000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2024-01-11", "detail": "pre-Series A led by ACF Investors (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 2700000 USD 2024-01-11 — pre-Series A led by ACF Investors (single source)", "amount_gbp": 2123643, "fx_rate": 1.2714, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2714 per £ on 2024-01-11", "fx_date": "2024-01-11", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$2.7m", "gbp_txt": "£2.1m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "advertising technology" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "London company whose AI reads phone sensor data to tell advertisers what users are doing, without cookies.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/numbereight-cookieless-targeted-ads-funding-20240111", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10502650", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10502650/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/numbereight-cookieless-targeted-ads-funding-20240111", "quotes": [ "Based in London, NumberEight has developed an AI tool to detect the behaviour of device users for advertisers" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10502650", "quotes": [ "NUMBEREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES LTD\" \"Active\" \"29 November 2016\" \"NUMERO EIGHT LTD. (29 Nov 2016 - 17 Apr 2019)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10502650/officers", "quotes": [ "SEN, Abhishek, Mr.\" Director, appointed 29 November 2016" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems", "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "advertising technology", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "ACF Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Nauta Capital" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Ascension Ventures" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Abhishek Sen" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-611", "name": "Vente AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House lists Vente AI Ltd as active (checked 29 October 2026).", "one_line": "London start-up whose AI model scans for likely hiring needs so recruitment firms know whom to pitch.", "description": "Vente AI automates business development for recruiters, using a lead analysis model to spot likely opportunities. In November 2024 UKTN reported a £500,000 pre-seed round led by Antler, about six months after launch, and named Cameron Briggs as co-founder and chief executive. Companies House lists Vente AI Ltd, incorporated on 6 April 2024, as active, with Cameron James Briggs a director since incorporation.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "15621102", "registered_office": "Collective Auction Rooms, 5-7 Buck Street, London, England, NW1 8NJ", "incorporated": "2024-04-06", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "15621102", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15621102", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (NW1 8NJ)", "postcode": "NW1 8NJ", "lat": 51.540737, "lng": -0.143102, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Camden", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Cameron Briggs", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director from 2024-04-06", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15621102/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 500000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2024-11-28", "detail": "pre-seed led by Antler (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 500000 GBP 2024-11-28 — pre-seed led by Antler (single source)", "amount_gbp": 500000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£500,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "recruitment", "sales automation" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "London start-up whose AI model scans for likely hiring needs so recruitment firms know whom to pitch.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/vente-ai-recruitment-raises-500k-in-six-months-20241128", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15621102", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15621102/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/vente-ai-recruitment-raises-500k-in-six-months-20241128", "quotes": [ "Vente AI has developed a lead analysis model to automate sales processes" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15621102", "quotes": [ "VENTE AI LTD\" \"Active\" \"6 April 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15621102/officers", "quotes": [ "BRIGGS, Cameron James\" \"Active; Director\" \"6 April 2024" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "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-OTH-612", "name": "Decima2", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised £480,000 pre-seed (equity plus grant), reported 5 February 2026; Companies House lists Decima2 Ltd as active. 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-OTH-614", "name": "Flowla", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-10-31", "status_detail": "Raised a US$2.5m seed round led by Revo Capital, reported 27 January 2026; Companies House lists Flowla Ltd as active. 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. The deal is already in the ledger as DEAL-LC-070.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14045909", "registered_office": "Flat 15 Chesterfield House, 1b King Henry's Road, London, England, NW3 3QP", "incorporated": "2022-04-13", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14045909", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14045909", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Erdem Gelal", "role": "co-founder and chief executive; director from 2022-04-13", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14045909/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 2500000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2026-01-27", "detail": "seed led by Revo Capital (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 2500000 USD 2026-01-27 — seed led by Revo Capital (single source)", "amount_gbp": 1818050, "fx_rate": 1.3751, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3751 per £ on 2026-01-27", "fx_date": "2026-01-27", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$2.5m", "gbp_txt": "£1.8m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Autonomous and agent systems", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "sales software" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "London start-up whose AI automates work for business-to-business sales and customer-success teams.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/flowla-ai-b2b-sales-funding-20260127", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14045909", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14045909/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/flowla-ai-b2b-sales-funding-20260127", "quotes": [ "has announced a $2.5m (£1.8m) seed investment round.", "London-based startup" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14045909", "quotes": [ "FLOWLA LTD\" \"Active\" \"13 April 2022" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14045909/officers", "quotes": [ "GELAL, Erdem\" \"Director\" \"Active\" \"13 April 2022" ], "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": "sales software", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Revo Capital" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Erdem Gelal" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-615", "name": "geoSurge", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": "2026-07-03", "status_detail": "Raised a US$12m seed round led by AlbionVC, reported 3 July 2026; Companies House lists geoSurge Limited as active.", "one_line": "London software that lets brands track and shape how AI chatbots such as ChatGPT describe them.", "description": "geoSurge sells software that lets businesses monitor and influence how generative AI tools portray their brands, working on the models' underlying data, which it calls LLM optimisation. On 3 July 2026 UKTN reported a US$12m oversubscribed seed round led by AlbionVC, with Play Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Passion Capital and others, and named Francisco Vigo as chief executive and co-founder. 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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. 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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. Companies House lists Serve First CX Ltd (formerly One Dev House Ltd), incorporated on 12 April 2019 in Milton Keynes, as active, with Erol Ayvaz a director since incorporation.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11941879", "registered_office": "100 Avebury Boulevard, Milton Keynes, England, MK9 1FH", "incorporated": "2019-04-12", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11941879", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11941879", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Milton Keynes (MK9 1FH)", "postcode": "MK9 1FH", "lat": 52.032747, "lng": -0.770378, "region": "England: South East", "admin_district": "Milton Keynes", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Erol Ayvaz", "role": "founder; director from 2019-04-12", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11941879/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 5000000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2026-04-10", "detail": "Pembroke VCT and Midlands Engine Investment Fund (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 5000000 GBP 2026-04-10 — Pembroke VCT and Midlands Engine Investment Fund (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": [ "Natural language applications", "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "customer experience", "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": "Milton Keynes platform that uses AI to turn customer surveys, reviews and mystery shopping into advice for service teams.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/serve-first-ai-funding-20260410", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11941879", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11941879/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/serve-first-ai-funding-20260410", "quotes": [ "has secured an investment of £5m.", "has developed an AI customer experience and performance management platform" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11941879", "quotes": [ "SERVE FIRST CX LTD\" \"Active\" \"12 April 2019\" \"ONE DEV HOUSE LTD (12 Apr 2019 - 18 Nov 2019)" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11941879/officers", "quotes": [ "AYVAZ, Erol\" \"Role Active\" \"Director\" \"Appointed on 12 April 2019" ], "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 experience", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "Milton Keynes (MK9 1FH)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [ { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2177", "name": "Midlands Engine Investment Fund", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2177", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2177", "name": "Midlands Engine Investment Fund", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2177", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "linked from: portfolio_of", "id": "BIZ-INV-2198", "name": "Pembroke VCT", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2198", "page_label": "Investors" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "id": "BIZ-INV-2198", "name": "Pembroke VCT", "page": "investors", "href": "../../investors/#org=BIZ-INV-2198", "page_label": "Investors" } ], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Pembroke VCT" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Midlands Engine Investment Fund" }, { "kind": "founded_by", "name": "Erol Ayvaz" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-701", "name": "Bloomsbury AI", "bucket": "co", "status": "dissolved", "status_date": "2025-11-26", "status_detail": "Team joined Facebook in July 2018 (TechCrunch); Companies House shows Bloomsbury AI Limited dissolved on 26 November 2025.", "one_line": "London natural-language-processing start-up whose team joined Facebook in 2018.", "description": "London start-up working on natural language processing. On 3 July 2018 Facebook confirmed that the Bloomsbury AI team would join the company; TechCrunch reported Facebook was paying between $23 million and $30 million, which Facebook did not disclose. Sebastian Riedel was named as co-founder and head of research. Companies House holds two related companies: Bloomsbury AI Limited (10580892, incorporated January 2017) and an older company first called Bloomsbury AI Limited (09528151, renamed Blemundsbury AI Limited in January 2017). Both are dissolved (26 November 2025 and 1 October 2025). 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TechCrunch reported in May 2021 that Tessian, \"which uses AI to fight social engineering\", raised $65 million. Companies House shows the company was incorporated in January 2013 as Recipicheck Limited, traded as Quiver Software and CheckRecipient, and took the Tessian name in June 2018. Its registered office is now in Mildenhall, Suffolk; earlier person-with-significant-control filings gave a Featherstone Street, London address. Any later sale was not confirmed from a page opened in this pass.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "08358482", "registered_office": "Unit A 82 James Carter Road, Mildenhall, Bury St. Edmunds, England, IP28 7DE", "incorporated": "2013-01-14", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "08358482", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08358482", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (earlier PSC address 19-23 Featherstone Street, EC1Y 8SL; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "EC1Y 8SL", "lat": 51.524466, "lng": -0.089157, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Islington", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 65000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2021-05-25", "detail": "round reported by TechCrunch headline (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 65000000 USD 2021-05-25 — round reported by TechCrunch headline (single source)", "amount_gbp": 45991651, "fx_rate": 1.4133, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.4133 per £ on 2021-05-25", "fx_date": "2021-05-25", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$65m", "gbp_txt": "£46m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "sectors": [ "cyber security", "e-mail security" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "E-mail security software that uses AI to stop staff sending data to the wrong people and falling for social engineering.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://techcrunch.com/tag/darktrace/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08358482" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/tag/darktrace/", "quotes": [ "Security startup Tessian, which uses AI to fight social engineering, trousers $65M" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08358482", "quotes": [ "TESSIAN LIMITED", "Active", "Incorporated on 14 January 2013", "CHECKRECIPIENT LIMITED 08 Aug 2016 - 20 Jun 2018" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI security and assurance" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "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-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-OTH-706", "name": "Jiminny", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Jiminny Holdings Limited active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "Software that records, transcribes and analyses sales calls with AI.", "description": "London company whose \"conversational intelligence\" software uses AI to transcribe and analyse sales conversations; it also has offices in the United States and Bulgaria. UKTN reported a $16.5 million (£13.5 million) Series A in August 2022 led by Kennet Partners. Tom Lavery is chief executive and founder, and a director at Companies House since July 2018.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10999438", "registered_office": "3rd Floor 86-90 Paul Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 4NE", "incorporated": "2017-10-06", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10999438", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10999438", "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": "Tom Lavery", "role": "founder and chief executive (2022); director since 2018-07-10", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10999438/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 16500000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2022-08-11", "detail": "Series A led by Kennet Partners (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 16500000 USD 2022-08-11 — Series A led by Kennet Partners (single source)", "amount_gbp": 13495829, "fx_rate": 1.2226, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2226 per £ on 2022-08-11", "fx_date": "2022-08-11", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$16.5m", "gbp_txt": "£13.5m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "sales software" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "Software that records, transcribes and analyses sales calls with AI.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/jiminny-series-a-funding-20220811", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10999438", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10999438/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/jiminny-series-a-funding-20220811", "quotes": [ "Jiminny's “conversational intelligence” software uses AI to transcribe and analyse sales conversations with customers." ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10999438", "quotes": [ "JIMINNY HOLDINGS LIMITED", "Active", "Incorporated on 6 October 2017", "SALUS HOMES (KENT) LIMITED" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10999438/officers", "quotes": [ "LAVERY, Thomas Paul", "Director", "10 July 2018" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "sales software", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (EC2A 4NE; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Kennet Partners" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-707", "name": "Vestico", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Vestico Ltd. active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "Lets online shoppers see clothes and beauty products on images of people with similar bodies, and recommends items with AI.", "description": "London fashion-technology company founded in 2020 by Maia Sasania, Benedikt Hirmer and Maddie Forman. Shoppers use it to visualise fashion and beauty products on images of people physically similar to them. UKTN reported a £250,000 investment from Jenson Funding Partners in November 2022. Companies House shows Vestico Ltd., incorporated July 2020, active, with Sasania and Hirmer as directors.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "12733210", "registered_office": "Covent Garden, 71-75 Shelton Street, London, England, WC2H 9JQ", "incorporated": "2020-07-10", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "12733210", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12733210", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Maia Sasania", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (2022); director since 2020-07-10", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12733210/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 250000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2022-11-17", "detail": "investment from Jenson Funding Partners (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 250000 GBP 2022-11-17 — investment from Jenson Funding Partners (single source)", "amount_gbp": 250000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£250,000", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "sectors": [ "fashion", "e-commerce" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "Lets online shoppers see clothes and beauty products on images of people with similar bodies, and recommends items with AI.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/fashion-tech/vestico-investment-20221117", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12733210", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12733210/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/fashion-tech/vestico-investment-20221117", "quotes": [ "London-based artificial intelligence fashion startup Vestico", "Maia Sasania, co-founder and CEO at Vestico" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12733210", "quotes": [ "VESTICO LTD.", "Active", "Incorporated on 10 July 2020" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12733210/officers", "quotes": [ "SASANIA, Maia", "Director", "10 July 2020" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Perceptual systems" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "fashion", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Jenson Funding Partners" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-708", "name": "Jaid", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Status as of December 2022 only (UKTN); the Companies House company called Jaid Limited is an unrelated Newcastle accommodation business, so the start-up's legal entity was not found.", "one_line": "AI software that reads a firm's internal and external communications and automates sales and client-service tasks.", "description": "London start-up that collects data from a business's communications and organises it to automate work in sales and client services. UKTN reported £3 million in seed funding in December 2022 led by Sure Valley Ventures, with Dan Kramer named as chief executive. 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A Companies House company, UPP Technologies Ltd, has co-founder Ben White as a director, but its status was not read in this pass.", "one_line": "Software that uses AI and machine learning to help online retailers spend on adverts and improve product discovery.", "description": "London start-up providing software tools for e-commerce firms to improve sales and product discovery. UKTN reported $10 million of funding in June 2023 led by Bonfire Ventures (the headline gives £7.8 million) and quoted co-founder Ben White on the need for AI and machine learning in retail. Companies House lists UPP TECHNOLOGIES LTD (12261525, incorporated 14 October 2019, 4 Crown Place, London) with Benjamin Vincent St John White as a director since incorporation; the company page itself was not opened.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "12261525", "registered_office": "4 Crown Place, London, England, EC2A 4BT (search listing)", "incorporated": "2019-10-14", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "12261525", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12261525", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Ben White", "role": "co-founder (2023); director since 2019-10-14", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12261525/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 10000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2023-06-27", "detail": "led by Bonfire Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 10000000 USD 2023-06-27 — led by Bonfire Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 7845599, "fx_rate": 1.2746, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.2746 per £ on 2023-06-27", "fx_date": "2023-06-27", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$10m", "gbp_txt": "£7.8m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "AI implementation" ], "sectors": [ "e-commerce", "advertising" ], "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": "Software that uses AI and machine learning to help online retailers spend on adverts and improve product discovery.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ecommerce/upp-ai-ecommerce-funding-20230627", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12261525/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ecommerce/upp-ai-ecommerce-funding-20230627", "quotes": [ "Upp.AI, a London-based startup that provides software tools for ecommerce firms to improve sales and product discovery" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12261525/officers", "quotes": [ "UPP TECHNOLOGIES LTD", "WHITE, Benjamin Vincent St John", "Director", "14 October 2019" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "AI implementation" ], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "e-commerce", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Bonfire Ventures" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-710", "name": "AutogenAI", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows AutogenAI Ltd active on 29 October 2026.", "one_line": "Generative-AI software that drafts bids and tenders for organisations.", "description": "London procurement-software company whose bid-writing software uses generative AI to reduce the time organisations spend on bids and tenders. UKTN reported $22.3 million (£17.2 million) from Blossom Capital in July 2023, naming Sean Williams as founder and chief executive. Companies House shows AutogenAI Ltd, incorporated February 2022, active, with Williams a director since incorporation; Blossom Capital founder Ophelia Brown was a director from February 2024 to June 2026. 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It 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. Companies House lists Bolt Insight Limited (incorporated 11 May 2018) at the Metal Box Factory, London.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "11355973", "registered_office": "Unit 217 Metal Box Factory 30 Great Guildford Street, London, England, SE1 0HS (search listing)", "incorporated": "2018-05-11", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "11355973", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11355973", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (SE1 0HS; lat/lng null)", "postcode": "SE1 0HS", "lat": 51.504605, "lng": -0.097669, "region": "England: London", "admin_district": "Southwark", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Hakan Yurdakul", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (2025)", "from": null, "source": "https://www.uktech.news/funding/bolt-insight-closes-7m-round-for-its-ai-consumer-intelligence-platform-20251210" }, { "name": "Kerem Turgay", "role": "co-founder and chief technology officer (2025)", "from": null, "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 7000000, "currency": "GBP", "date": "2025-12-10", "detail": "led by Pembroke VCT (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 7000000 GBP 2025-12-10 — led by Pembroke VCT (single source)", "amount_gbp": 7000000, "fx_rate": 1.0, "fx_source": "as published (GBP)", "fx_note": "", "txt": "£7m", "gbp_txt": "" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications" ], "sectors": [ "market research" ], "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": "Market research for brands in which AI conducts and analyses consumer interviews.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/funding/bolt-insight-closes-7m-round-for-its-ai-consumer-intelligence-platform-20251210", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=bolt+insight" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/funding/bolt-insight-closes-7m-round-for-its-ai-consumer-intelligence-platform-20251210", "quotes": [ "the London-based market research company helping brands unlock consumer insights through AI-moderated research" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=bolt+insight", "quotes": [ "BOLT INSIGHT LIMITED", "11355973", "Incorporated on 11 May 2018" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false } ], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [ "Natural language applications" ], "one_source": false, "confidence_raw": "verified", "depts": [ { "dept": "market research", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (SE1 0HS; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "active", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Pembroke VCT" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Active Partners" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-719", "name": "Clarity (formerly Anecdote)", "bucket": "co", "status": "renamed", "status_date": "2025-09-16", "status_detail": "UKTN reported in September 2025 that the company had recently changed its name from Anecdote to Clarity; Companies House still shows Anecdote AI Ltd, active.", "one_line": "AI that analyses customer feedback and automates customer support, for regulated sectors such as finance and government.", "description": "Company founded in 2022 offering customer intelligence, agentic AI and customer-support automation products, aimed at regulated sectors such as financial services and government. 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. UKTN did not state the headquarters.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "14200767", "registered_office": "Waterside Cottage, Wellington Avenue, Virginia Water, England, GU25 4QU", "incorporated": "2022-06-28", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "14200767", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14200767", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "London (AI team; lat/lng null)", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [ { "name": "Abed Kasaji", "role": "co-founder and chief executive (2025); director since 2022-06-28 (as KASAJI, Abedulazez Moh'D Abedulazez)", "from": null, "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14200767/officers" } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 12000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2025-09-16", "detail": "led by Prosus Ventures (single source)", "raw": "funding_round: 12000000 USD 2025-09-16 — led by Prosus Ventures (single source)", "amount_gbp": 8786703, "fx_rate": 1.3657, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.3657 per £ on 2025-09-16", "fx_date": "2025-09-16", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$12m", "gbp_txt": "£8.8m" } ], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [ "Natural language applications", "Autonomous and agent systems" ], "sectors": [ "customer service", "financial services" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "other", "function": "AI that analyses customer feedback and automates customer support, for regulated sectors such as finance and government.", "affiliation": "Start-ups", "sources": [ "https://www.uktech.news/ai/ai-customer-service-platform-clarity-raises-9m-20250916", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14200767", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14200767/officers" ], "source_quotes": [ { "url": "https://www.uktech.news/ai/ai-customer-service-platform-clarity-raises-9m-20250916", "quotes": [ "Artificial intelligence-powered customer service platform Clarity has closed a $12m (£8.8m) funding round.", "recently changed its name from Anecdote" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": true, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14200767", "quotes": [ "ANECDOTE AI LTD", "Active", "Incorporated on 28 June 2022" ], "accessed": "2026-10-29", "trade": false, "amendment": false }, { "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14200767/officers", "quotes": [ "KASAJI, Abedulazez Moh'D Abedulazez", "Director", "28 June 2022" ], "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": "customer service", "div": "other" } ], "div_label": "Other", "location": "London (AI team; lat/lng null)", "status_group": "renamed", "ext_links": [], "label_links": [ { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Prosus Ventures" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "STV AI Fund" }, { "kind": "funded_by", "name": "Wamda Capital" } ], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-SU-OTH-720", "name": "Fireflai", "bucket": "co", "status": "active", "status_date": null, "status_detail": "Companies House shows Fireflai Group Limited active on 29 October 2026; co-founder Craig Sumner resigned as a director on 2 July 2026, and a subsidiary-named Fireflai Limited was dissolved on 24 December 2024.", "one_line": "AI software that cleans up and organises messy product data for retailers and suppliers.", "description": "Manchester software company that uses AI to fix chaotic and fragmented product data. 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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The Scotsman reported in October 2025 that it was the only Scottish start-up in a £1.7 million Antler investment pool. 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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. 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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 reported a £10.3 million round in May 2026 led by Headline, naming Chris Donnelly as founder. Companies House shows Searchable Limited, incorporated July 2025 as Clicker AI Limited and renamed in August 2025, active, with Christopher Donnelly as its sole director. 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UKTN's round-up of 30 May 2025 listed a £9.65 million seed round from Earlybird Venture Capital, Speedinvest and angels; founders were not named. 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UKTN reported $8 million (£5.8 million) in February 2026 led by Frontline Ventures, with Paladin Capital Group, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund, UCL Technology Fund and MMC Ventures, after a £2.3 million round in 2024. Prof Rosalyn Moran is co-founder and chief executive. 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