UK Startups

AdagioVR

Virtual-reality programmes for stress, trauma and emotional regulation for individuals, employers and healthcare.

• Healthtech

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Affiniti AI

AI co-therapist that keeps talking-therapy clients engaged between sessions and gives clinicians insights.

• Healthtech
• London

AgileRL

Reinforcement learning platform that post-trains open models into specialised agents for enterprise tasks.

• AI & Data
• Seed
• London

AI Mention Tracker

Tracks how often brands are named in answers from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI, and suggests fixes to gain mentions.

• Marketing & Adtech
• London

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aiRaiz

AI-assisted capital raising platform connecting alternative fund managers with institutional investors.

• Fintech
• London

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Airspection

Long-endurance drones that fly from shore to inspect offshore wind turbines and other remote infrastructure.

• Hardware & Robotics
• Glasgow

Aistetic

AI platform that turns product photos into marketplace-ready listings for resellers.

• E-commerce & Retail
• Oxford

Alterist

Marketplace and London concept store for upcycled fashion from independent designers.

• E-commerce & Retail
• London

AlveoGene

Developing inhaled gene therapies for rare respiratory diseases such as alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

• Biotech & Life Sciences
• Seed
• Oxford

Analogue Insight

Fabless semiconductor company developing analog and mixed-signal IP and custom silicon.

• Deeptech
• Bootstrapped
• London

Anomaly AI

AI data analysis workspace that turns large spreadsheets and business data into verifiable dashboards and reports.

• AI & Data
• London

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Anzen Technology Systems

London software company offering post-quantum-safe cloud data storage built on its patented ASR technology.

• Cybersecurity
• London

Aquark Technologies

Southampton company building miniaturised cold-atom quantum hardware for timing, sensing and navigation.

• Deeptech
• Seed

AquilaX

AI application-security platform that runs parallel code scanners and filters false positives for DevSecOps teams.

• Cybersecurity
• London

Arcadium

Browser-based 3D house design software for creating floor plans, room layouts and AI-generated interior visualisations.

• Proptech

AtoA Online Business Payments App

Payment gateway letting UK businesses accept Pay by Bank and card payments online, in store and via links, QR codes and terminals.

• Fintech
• Seed
• London

Avarrai

AI execution intelligence for institutional capital markets, starting with fixed income.

• Fintech
• Pre-seed
• London

Bakkali

Online Middle Eastern grocery store delivering halal meat and pantry staples across the UK.

• E-commerce & Retail
• London

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Barra

Configurable website toolbar that combines navigation, calls to action, offers, feedback, chat and consent tools into a single bar.

• Marketing & Adtech
• London

BarsGripsRings

Maker of the BGR, a portable 3-in-1 calisthenics training system.

• Consumer
• Glasgow

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beEmbedded

Edinburgh maker of modular embedded audio test hardware, starting with the beHydra analyser.

• Hardware & Robotics
• Edinburgh

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Biiah

Platform that measures and reports the human impact of arts, culture and community programmes.

• SaaS & B2B
• Cambridge

BioBright

Autonomous sensors and a subscription data platform for environmental monitoring at ports and marinas.

• Climate & Energy

Biographica

AI and rapid experimentation to design improved plant traits for the seed industry.

• Food & Agritech
• Seed
• London

Bluepear

Monitoring platform that detects affiliates and competitors bidding on a brand's search terms.

• Marketing & Adtech

Boone

Nutrition app that analyses meals from photos, barcodes and receipts, with optional DNA insights.

• Healthtech

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Breathe Battery Technologies

Physics-based battery software that improves charging speed, range and lifetime for device and EV makers.

• Climate & Energy
• Series B+
• London

Bridl

Online marketplace and concierge service for buying and selling sport horses.

• E-commerce & Retail
• London

Canveo

AI contract review and negotiation platform that runs B2B contracting from CRM to e-signature.

• Legaltech
• Pre-seed
• London

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Carbon Glance

Software that automates EU CBAM reporting and forecasts carbon costs for importers and manufacturers.

• Climate & Energy
• Remote / UK-wide

CareOS

Care management software for UK home care, supported living, care homes, children's homes and care staffing agencies, with AI rota matching.

• Healthtech
• Bristol

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Certchain

AI workforce compliance platform giving construction workers verified digital skills passports.

• HR & Future of Work
• Seed
• Glasgow

Cognitive Business

AI software for monitoring and optimising operations and maintenance of energy assets.

• Climate & Energy
• London

Composo

Evaluation platform that scores and monitors the quality of AI agents and LLM applications.

• AI & Data
• Pre-seed
• London

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ConsoneAI

AI platform predicting drug and chemical toxicity to reduce animal testing.

• Biotech & Life Sciences
• Pre-seed
• Leeds

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Conveyo

Fixed-price conveyancing with real-time tracking, combining lawyers and automation.

• Proptech
• Pre-seed
• London

Cooled Motors

Develops magnet-free electric motors and add-on motor cooling systems that cut reliance on rare-earth materials in EVs and other uses.

• Hardware & Robotics
• Nottingham

CoProxy

Proxy network offering residential, mobile and datacentre IPs for web data collection.

• SaaS & B2B
• London

CourseApp

Online course builder for coaches that uses automated reminders and progress tracking to keep students on track to completion.

• Edtech

Critical Cloud

Managed cloud, observability and AI runtime operations for business-critical software, delivered on Datadog

• SaaS & B2B
• Pre-seed
• Cardiff

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Crystal Roof

Neighbourhood data platform helping home buyers and renters compare areas across Great Britain.

• Proptech
• London

Data Dumpling

AI agents that map target accounts, buying committees and intent signals for B2B SaaS go-to-market teams.

• Marketing & Adtech
• London

Deedty

Software for UK buy-to-let landlords combining a deal calculator, address research packs, portfolio management and bookkeeping.

• Proptech

DEScycle

Modular, low-energy metals recovery plants that turn waste streams into critical metal supply.

• Climate & Energy
• London

Dwellow

Home energy upgrade company that designs and installs heat pumps, solar, batteries and boilers.

• Climate & Energy

Echo Zero

Marketplace of AI trading agents that trade users' own wallets across crypto, stocks, gold and FX, with trades recorded on-chain

• Fintech
• London

Ecomstation ai

AI tool that turns a single product photo into studio-style e-commerce images, with background removal, upscaling and templates

• AI & Data
• London

EcothermiQ

Solar-powered passive system that heats, cools and ventilates buildings without grid energy.

• Climate & Energy
• London

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Efestos

AI software that helps the construction sector assess and reuse reclaimed structural steel.

• Proptech
• London

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Enara

AI-powered social commerce platform that matches brands with creators to sell through TikTok Shop.

• E-commerce & Retail
• London

Enbodie

Smartphone app that scans users' skin, eyes and pulse and grades everyday products against their own biology for safety.

• Healthtech
• London

Entropyst

Electrified reactor technology that converts methane and ammonia into clean hydrogen and carbon materials.

• Climate & Energy
• Glasgow

Envisionit Deep AI

Independent monitoring, validation and governance of AI tools used in medical imaging.

• Healthtech

FindChow

UK delivery service for chef-made African and Afro-Caribbean meals and frozen proteins.

• Food & Agritech

Fire3D

AI-assisted software for designing BS 5839 compliant fire alarm systems, with coverage checks, drawings, zone plans and quotes.

• SaaS & B2B

FLEXR

AI-vision movement assessments run on any smart device to cut injury risk.

• Healthtech

Furbnow

Independent home energy experts who plan whole-house retrofit and energy-efficiency upgrades.

• Climate & Energy
• Birmingham

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Fuwment

AI-powered migration guidance platform helping people plan and complete moves to the UK.

• Manchester

GambitBio

Developing low-cost, saliva-based lateral flow tests for at-home early cancer screening.

• Healthtech
• Oxford

Garden Furniture Hub

Online retailer of outdoor furniture, including synthetic rattan, aluminium and rope dining and lounge sets, based in Romford

• E-commerce & Retail

GetZero

Green skills training and AI career guidance to help people into net zero jobs.

• Edtech
• London

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Glox Therapeutics

Developing engineered protein bacteriocins as precision antibiotics against drug-resistant bacteria.

• Biotech & Life Sciences
• Seed
• Glasgow

Goldilock

Hardware that physically disconnects and reconnects networks on demand to contain cyber attacks.

• Cybersecurity
• Seed
• London

Greena World

Software helping hotels and restaurants assess and communicate their sustainability.

• Travel & Hospitality
• London

Greenworkx

Mobile-first training platform building competence in retrofit and green-skills workforces.

• Edtech
• Pre-seed
• London

Gyre Energy

AI and thermal energy storage platform that cuts cooling costs for cold stores and other cooling-heavy sites.

• Climate & Energy
• Pre-seed
• London

Happaning

Turns fan-shot event footage into multi-view, sponsor-ready content using its ViiVid technology.

• Marketing & Adtech
• London

Havona

Post-trade platform that digitises trade documents such as bills of lading as legally valid electronic records.

• Fintech
• Pre-seed
• London

Holiwise

AI-powered travel agency building personalised luxury trips with a members' concierge.

• Travel & Hospitality
• Pre-seed
• London

Humanicer

Web tool that rewrites text produced by AI chatbots so it reads more naturally, with scoring, paraphrasing and translation features.

• AI & Data
• London

Hylark

Community platform that gives organisations a structured space for member networks, with feeds, profiles, chat and admin tools.

• SaaS & B2B
• London

iatroX

AI platform offering clinicians a guideline-based clinical reference and helping medical students prepare for licensing exams

• Healthtech
• London

Ignota Labs

AI-driven company that rescues promising drugs halted by safety problems.

• Biotech & Life Sciences
• Seed
• Cambridge

IMPOSSIBREW

Alcohol-free beer brewed with a proprietary blend of functional ingredients intended to help drinkers relax without alcohol

• Food & Agritech
• London

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InfraFund

Platform for tokenised investment in renewable energy projects, letting communities co-own local clean energy.

• Climate & Energy
• London

IONATE

Hybrid intelligent transformers and control software for grids and data centres.

• Climate & Energy
• Series A
• Edinburgh

IPG Energy

Fuel-flexible flameless generator designed to replace diesel gensets.

• Climate & Energy

JCS Pet Travel

Pet relocation service that arranges international air transport for pets moving to or from the UK, including crates, paperwork and delivery.

• Travel & Hospitality
• London

Jspreadsheet

JavaScript spreadsheet and data grid component with Excel-style formulas for web applications.

• SaaS & B2B
• London

Karri

Screen-free voice messenger with GPS for children aged 4-12, controlled from a parent app.

• Consumer
• London

Kavaken

AI agents that handle operational issues across wind, solar and battery assets.

• Climate & Energy
• Seed
• Newcastle

Kaya

Competitor ad intelligence platform showing what rivals run in their ads and the strategy behind them.

• Marketing & Adtech
• Seed
• London

KIT-AR

Augmented reality and AI software that guides manufacturing workers to cut assembly errors and quality costs.

• SaaS & B2B
• Seed
• London

Kompass

Goal-setting and outcomes platform for neurological and healthcare rehabilitation teams.

• Healthtech
• Liverpool

LAYBL

Insurtech building verified, time-stamped records of household contents for high-net-worth insurance.

• Insurtech
• Remote / UK-wide

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Level2

No-code platform for traders to build, test and deploy systematic trading strategies.

• Fintech
• London

Lilli

Proactive home-care monitoring that spots changes in daily routines so people can live independently for longer.

• Healthtech
• London

Lingly

Vocational English training platform helping UK employability providers get jobseekers into work.

• Edtech
• London

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LinkGevity

AI-driven longevity biotech developing first-in-class anti-necrotic drugs, starting with kidney disease.

• Biotech & Life Sciences
• Cambridge

Liquify

Invoice financing platform giving SME exporters, especially in Africa, fast cash flow.

• Fintech
• London

Marvellous Babysitting

App for booking Norland-trained and vetted nannies for flexible, ad hoc childcare.

• Consumer
• London

Mater-AI

Uses AI and physics-based modelling to discover efficient, non-toxic thermoelectric materials.

• Deeptech
• Pre-seed

MEAVO Office Phone Booths

Sells soundproof phone booths, focus pods and meeting pods for open-plan offices and flexible workspaces.

• London

Medwise.ai

AI clinical search and medical information platform used by NHS clinicians.

• Healthtech
• Seed
• Leeds

Milky Plant

Countertop machine that makes fresh plant-based milk at home in minutes.

• Consumer
• London

Moonbility

Real-time simulation of how disruption ripples across public transport networks.

• Mobility
• Birmingham

Multiples

Valuation multiples platform offering public comps, M&A deal multiples and VC round data for bankers and investors.

• Fintech
• London

MusiqMesh

AI-powered workflow platform for music publishers, labels and composers.

• Media & Gaming
• Pre-seed
• London

MyEdSpace

Online school offering live KS2 to A-level lessons for UK students.

• Edtech
• Series A
• London

NANOncolytics

Nanoparticle encapsulation of oncolytic viruses for systemic cancer therapy.

• Biotech & Life Sciences
• Sheffield

Natural Building Systems

Prefabricated hemp-based modular building systems for low-carbon construction.

• Climate & Energy

NEDIO

Pomodoro-style focus timer with built-in music for developers, with goal setting, progress notes and AI weekly reviews.

• SaaS & B2B
• London

NeuCurrent

AI-powered customer retention platform for mid-market retailers.

• Marketing & Adtech
• London

Oku Markets

Currency accounts, international payments and FX risk management for businesses and private clients.

• Fintech
• London

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Omega

Business-in-a-box platform for global entrepreneurs: UK company formation, multi-currency accounts and payments.

• Fintech
• London

Open Power

Helps small generators and businesses export and sell surplus electricity to the grid.

• Climate & Energy
• Manchester

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Opsyte

Hospitality management platform for rotas, time and attendance, cash-ups, invoices and P&L reporting.

• SaaS & B2B

O

Ownmates

Global social networking app with real-time message translation, video calls and in-app payments.

• Consumer
• London

O

OxValue.AI

AI-powered valuation platform for early-stage technologies and tech-rich startups.

• Fintech
• Oxford

Papcup

At-home HPV test using menstrual blood as a non-invasive alternative to the smear test.

• Healthtech
• London

Papercare

AI-assisted year-end accounts software for UK accountancy practices, from ledger import through review to a signable accounts pack

• Fintech
• London

Patronum – Your Google Workspace Manager

Software that automates Google Workspace administration, including user onboarding, email signatures, file sharing clean-up and backups.

• SaaS & B2B

P

Peppasync

Working-capital visibility software for build-to-order manufacturers and their finance teams.

• Fintech
• Birmingham

P

Performit Live

Interactive AI and live-performer characters for shopping centres, attractions and retail venues.

• AI & Data

Petals

AI-driven analytics platform that unifies business data and lets non-technical staff query and visualise it without a data team.

• AI & Data
• Cardiff

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Petiole

AI tools for plant phenotyping and crop quality control used in agriculture and forestry.

• Food & Agritech
• Pre-seed

PF Nexus

Deal-flow platform connecting renewable energy projects with investors and lenders.

• Climate & Energy
• Seed
• London

PharmaFootpath

Market intelligence platform that brings together global drug prices, suppliers, registrations and shortage data for pharmaceutical buyers.

• Healthtech
• Cardiff

Pickles

Membership-based vet practice in London with unlimited consultations and an app.

• Consumer
• London

PocDoc

Smartphone-based rapid testing for cardiovascular, metabolic and renal health checks.

• Healthtech
• Seed
• Cambridge

PolicySnap

Car insurance comparison service in development, with a live tool that checks vehicle records for signs of modifications

• Insurtech
• London

Ponda

Biomaterials company making BioPuff insulation from bulrushes grown on rewetted wetlands.

• Climate & Energy
• Bristol

PragmaCharge

Electric-trucking-as-a-service: e-truck leasing, charging and fleet software at a fixed per-km rate.

• Climate & Energy
• London

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Prospectral

Compact multimodal imaging sensors that let machines identify materials, for computer vision.

• Deeptech
• Pre-seed
• Cambridge

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Prozymi Biolabs

Edinburgh biotech developing enzymes that neutralise the parts of gluten that trigger coeliac reactions.

• Food & Agritech
• Edinburgh

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Qeeper

Tech-enabled property maintenance service for homeowners, landlords and letting agents.

• Proptech
• London

Qualus

Developer of Sferes, a polymer-bead system that cuts water, chemical and energy use in leather tanning.

• Climate & Energy
• London

Recondition

Manchester adaptive fashion brand designing stylish, accessible clothing, starting with adaptive jeans.

• Consumer
• Manchester

Round Treasury

AI-assisted platform automating treasury, accounts payable and payroll for finance teams, putting idle business cash into yield-earning accounts.

• Fintech
• Seed
• London

RoverLead

AI sales agent that spots buyer-intent signals on LinkedIn and runs personalised outreach once the user approves it

• Marketing & Adtech
• Cambridge

sbomify

Platform to generate, manage and share software bills of materials and compliance documents.

• Cybersecurity
• Bristol

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Scan.com

Medical imaging network that books patients into accredited scan centres at transparent, fixed prices.

• Healthtech
• Series B+
• London

ScoutingStats

Football scouting platform combining player profiles and ratings with a match prediction model for scouts and bettors.

• Media & Gaming
• Manchester

SECQAI

Quantum-safe hardware security, including post-quantum Trusted Platform Modules.

• Cybersecurity
• London

Segura

Field-ready test kit that measures lead and copper in drinking water in under five minutes.

• Climate & Energy
• Oxford

Sentai

AI voice companion for older people living alone, with an app that keeps families informed.

• Healthtech
• London

SentryDock

Monitoring service that watches companies, topics and public sources and sends sourced alerts to people, team chat or AI agents.

• AI & Data

shaka

Embedded connectivity platform that lets brands offer their own branded eSIM mobile plans.

• SaaS & B2B
• Seed
• London

Shroozy

Independent studio making VR games and mixed-reality software that combines games, extended reality and AI

• Media & Gaming

SKULaunch

AI software that turns messy supplier product files into structured, enriched product data for distributors and retailers

• SaaS & B2B
• London

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SmartSaaS

AI business-management app that centralises SME data, reporting and project tracking with an in-app co-pilot.

• SaaS & B2B
• London

Social Fetch

API that returns live public profile, post, transcript and metrics data from 25 social media platforms as structured JSON.

• SaaS & B2B

Sorair Technologies

Drone automation platform for autonomous security patrols of large industrial sites.

• Hardware & Robotics

Sotera

Object-level contents risk modelling for insurers, MGAs and brokers.

• Insurtech
• London

Spike

File library for independent creators to store folders, share protected previews and sell downloads via a single link.

• SaaS & B2B
• London

Spliceor

University of Cambridge spin-out developing RNA trans-splicing gene therapies for aggressive cancers.

• Biotech & Life Sciences
• Cambridge

Squad AI

AI product management platform that analyses customer data and builds product roadmaps.

• SaaS & B2B
• Remote / UK-wide

Synkka

Ready-built shipping integrations that list carriers inside merchants' shipping software.

• SaaS & B2B
• London

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TANIT

Supply-chain data and verification infrastructure for the transition to regenerative agriculture.

• Food & Agritech
• London

Tasklane

AI-powered property management platform for tasks, maintenance and compliance.

• Proptech
• London

Taught by Humans

Workplace learning platform that turns company knowledge into personalised, assessed training.

• Edtech
• Bristol

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Teacherbot

AI quiz and lesson-resource generator with live classroom games for teachers.

• Edtech
• Glasgow

Tellis

AI agents that enrich and optimise ecommerce product catalogues using real shopper signals.

• E-commerce & Retail
• Pre-seed
• London

Terrapin

Edinburgh fixed income data provider supplying bond reference and pricing data through modern APIs.

• Fintech
• Edinburgh

TORTUS

Clinical AI assistant that listens to consultations and writes notes, letters and codes into NHS records.

• Healthtech
• Seed
• London

Track Titan

AI coaching app for sim racing and track drivers, dubbed the 'Strava for motorsport'.

• Media & Gaming
• Seed
• London

Treeva

Compact wind turbines and hybrid renewable power for off-grid sites beside roads and railways.

• Climate & Energy
• Reading

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Tribes Capital

Platform that funds clean energy for African facilities and lets members learn and co-invest.

• Climate & Energy
• London

TRVLR

Travel-planning platform combining AI itineraries, creator-made guides and group trip planning.

• Travel & Hospitality
• London

Tutti Toot

Digital musical trumpet that turns airway clearance therapy for respiratory patients into a game.

• Healthtech

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Twikkie

Connected workforce and operations platform for managing people, workflows and processes.

• HR & Future of Work
• London

UGiftMe

Online platform for buying and sending digital gift cards and vouchers from 1,000+ brands, with a wallet to swap them.

• E-commerce & Retail
• London

Unbaggaged

On-demand luggage storage, transfer and delivery for travellers and hospitality partners across the UK.

• Travel & Hospitality

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UniteVerse

AI-powered app for discovering venues and planning safer, more inclusive nights out.

• Travel & Hospitality
• Manchester

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Untap Health

Wastewater monitoring system that detects infectious disease at a site before symptoms appear.

• Healthtech
• Pre-seed
• London

Uplift360

Advanced materials company recycling carbon fibre, aramids and body armour for reuse in defence.

• Deeptech
• Seed
• Bristol

Vairi

Friendship app that matches adults one at a time from a short interview, keeping names and photos hidden until both agree to reveal

• Consumer
• London

Venn Apps

Builds and manages custom-designed native mobile apps for brands that sell through Shopify, synced with their online store.

• E-commerce & Retail
• London

Ventur

AI agent that screens UK companies, directors and owners and returns a due diligence verdict.

• AI & Data
• London

Vibbl

Verbal feedback and AI report-writing platform that reduces marking workload for schools.

• Edtech

Vocavio

AI voice analytics that measure team communication performance in high-pressure training.

• AI & Data
• Bristol

Vortex IQ

AI agent workforce that finds and fixes revenue and operations issues for e-commerce stores.

• E-commerce & Retail
• Seed
• London

WellWired

Online AI lessons in plain English for older adults, with scam-safety guidance and a paid certificate course

• Edtech
• London

Wowzing

Personalised printed QR-code cards that let people share a private online profile and chat after meeting face to face.

• Consumer
• London

xWatts

AI energy management software cutting energy costs and emissions in complex commercial buildings.

• Climate & Energy
• Seed
• Cambridge

Your Cue

Wireless wearable vital-sign monitoring for neonatal intensive care and continuous patient monitoring.

• Healthtech
• London

Zinn Hub®

Online marketplace where buyers purchase fixed-price digital services or post projects for freelancers to bid on, with card and crypto payments.

• HR & Future of Work
• London

ZORB Security

Cambridge cyber security firm whose DataShield product tracks and controls where data leaves devices.

• Cybersecurity
• Cambridge