Startup funding in United Kingdom, 2026

United Kingdom, in numbers

200 rounds on record · 196 with a disclosed amount

Rounds by stage

Seed 37%

Series A 21%

Pre-seed 16%

Growth 9%

Series B 7%

Capital by year

€247,270,000

2025

€12,591,291,200

2026

Share of rounds

Seed

37%

Series A

21%

Pre-seed

16%

Growth

9%

Series B

7%

Series C

6%

Series D+

1%

Angel

1%

Debt

1%

Grant

1%

Bridge

1%

Source: Sesamers round tracker · full data desk →

Largest rounds tracked

Disclosed rounds only · EUR-converted at desk rates

Company	Round	Sector	Lead	Amount
CuspAI United Kingdom	Undisclosed	Advanced Materials	-	€393.2M
CMR Surgical United Kingdom	Undisclosed	Unclassified	Stryker	€358.1M
Open Cosmos United Kingdom	Undisclosed	Space tech	Lightrock, ETF Partners (company release says led by European investors; SatNews reports the pair led)	€300M
OMass Therapeutics United Kingdom	Series C	Unclassified	Bain Capital Life Sciences, Forbion, Novo Holdings	€276.1M
OLIX United Kingdom	Undisclosed	Industry	-	€270.5M
Cambridge Aerospace United Kingdom	Series C	Counter-UAS	-	€261.2M

What we have written

17 stories on United Kingdom

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Oct XRlabs raises $8.4M seed to put surgical AI in every operating room A practising neurosurgeon raised $8.4M from Playground Global to make the operating room's machines work as… News 19
Oct CoComply raises £1.9M to govern the hidden contractor workforce Mercia's NPIF II leads a £1.9M round into CoComply, the Alderley Park platform that finds workers… News 19
Oct Unravel Health raises £2.5M pre-seed for at-home hormone testing London's Unravel Health has closed a £2.5M pre-seed co-led by Conduit EIS Impact Fund and Wrightwood.… News 18
Oct Microbiotica raises £36M Series C for precision microbiome medicines British Business Bank leads a £36M first close for Cambridge's Microbiotica, with Tencent back in, to… News 15
Oct Salience Labs raises $125M Series B to wire AI clusters with light Bullhound Capital leads an oversubscribed $125M Series B into Oxford's Salience Labs, with AMD Ventures and… News

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Startups in United Kingdom

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Who invests here

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Mercia Ventures Series A–Series B

Led 6 of 6 rounds tracked in United Kingdom. Mercia Ventures is the venture capital arm of Mercia Asset Management, investing…

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PXN Ventures Pre-seed–Seed · Climate

Led 4 of 5 rounds tracked in United Kingdom. PXN Ventures is a venture capital firm with about 670 million pounds…

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IQ Capital Seed–Series A · Deep tech

Led 3 of 4 rounds tracked in United Kingdom. IQ Capital is a London-based venture capital firm investing in European deep…

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The United Kingdom calendar · 37 tracked

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Nov Insurance Innovators Summit 2026 Summit · London, United Kingdom 2 days 09
Nov Brazen (Bristol Technology Festival) 2026 Festival · Bristol, United Kingdom · 6300 5 days 19
Nov DIGIT Expo 2026 Tradeshow · Edinburgh, United Kingdom 01
Dec FinTech Connect 2026 Conference · London, United Kingdom 2 days 01
Feb Finovate Europe 2027 Conference · London, United Kingdom 03
Feb AI & Big Data Expo Global 2027 Tradeshow · London, United Kingdom · 7000 2 days

Programs in United Kingdom

Open calls first

Cambridge Tech Week – Innovation Alley 2026 Startup zone

A stand in the curated Innovation Alley showcase at Cambridge's Guildhall and Corn Exchange on 16-17 September, alongside 80+ AI, MedTech, HealthTech, ClimateTech and advanced-engineering companies, plus automatic entry into the CamTechWeek Pitch Competition, where five selected companies pitch on the main Corn Exchange stage to an eminent panel of investors and industry leaders and get national and international media exposure. Stands cost GBP 350 + VAT for startups and GBP 1,500 + VAT for scaleups. · None

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Google for Startups Immersion EMEA 2026 Accelerator

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Ultra Long Duration Energy Storage Project Development Studies (Relaunch) 2026 Grant

Share of £3M (£350k-£700k per project) · None