Fundraising FoxInnovate UK Investor Partnerships
Government fundSwindon · Pre-Seed–Series A · 1 people tracked
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Investment thesis
As the UK's national innovation agency, Innovate UK backs the country's most promising deep tech businesses across the UK's priority sectors. It provides funding, expert support and connections designed to help innovative companies start, scale and stay in the UK. Funding is delivered through competitive opportunities and challenge funds, often in collaboration with co-funders such as government bodies and Ofgem. The agency targets innovative businesses ready to scale, aiming to turn breakthrough ideas into large industrial companies and to improve lives and livelihoods across the UK.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 5 of 13 portfolio companiesDeep Tech ×3GovTech ×3AI & Machine Learning ×2Cleantech ×2Digital Health ×2Impact & Social Good ×2AgTech ×1Circular Economy ×1
HQs:United Kingdom×3
Investments · 13 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path
Carbon Cell is a team of designers, engineers, and scientists developing sustainable materials aimed at reducing plastic use and carbon emissions.
Circular EconomyCleantechClimate TechDeep TechNew Materials
Elizabeth Lee(CEO)inEden Harrison(COO)inOri Blich(CPO)in
Co-investorsCarbon13Counteract OneCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Green Angel VenturesOne Planet CapitalCounteract+1 more
Provides the Government Experience Cloud (GXC) and Destination Experience Cloud (DXC) platforms, which offer AI-driven, data-based tools and services for public sector digital experiences.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechSaaS
Innovate UK is a government-backed community platform that connects investors, innovators, industries, institutes, and government bodies to fund and scale solutions in emerging technologies and innovation sectors.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningCleantechDeep TechDigital HealthGovTechImpact & Social GoodQuantum Computing
Co-investors1818 Venture CapitalAmplify PartnersAngel Academe
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is a UK public body that invests over £9 billion of public money each year into research and innovation across disciplines including the arts, humanities, social sciences, biological and environmental sciences, physics and engineering.
GovTechImpact & Social Good
Co-investorsFuture Planet CapitalSFC Capital
Papcup develops a non-invasive cervical screening platform using electrochemical biosensing technology to provide faster, more accessible diagnostics.
Deep TechDigital HealthFemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesLondon, GB
Sanziana Foia(Founder and CEO)in
Co-investorsInnovate UK
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AlgaenicEllyfeGenScan AIGran LabInfi-texPHIRA-ScienceProMaterialValaya
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Innovate UK Investor Partnerships made?
- Innovate UK Investor Partnerships has 13 tracked investments.
- What stage does Innovate UK Investor Partnerships invest at?
- Innovate UK Investor Partnerships invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Innovate UK Investor Partnerships focus on?
- Innovate UK Investor Partnerships focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Circular Economy, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Digital Health, Energy, Healthtech, New Materials, Quantum Computing, Robotics.
- Where is Innovate UK Investor Partnerships located?
- Innovate UK Investor Partnerships is headquartered in Swindon, GB.
- Who does Innovate UK Investor Partnerships co-invest with?
- Innovate UK Investor Partnerships most often shares deals with 1818 Venture Capital, Amplify Partners, Counteract One, among 10 tracked co-investors.
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