Deep tech startups in the United Kingdom that raised money in the last 12 months
31 deep tech startups based in the United Kingdom announced or filed 40 venture rounds in the last 12 months, $454M of it stated. 14 of the rounds came in the last 90 days. The largest: OQC (Venture round · $330.2M), Universal Quantum (Series A · $100M) and Frontier Computing (Pre-seed · $10M). 7 of these startups are hiring now, with 173 open roles.
The newest rounds
| Startup | Round | Date | Open roles |
|---|---|---|---|
 Universal Quantum | Series A · $100M | 8 Oct 2026 | 31 |
 Ellison Institute of Technology | Venture roundregistry filing | 24 Sep 2026 | 68 |
 Frontier Computing | Pre-seed · $10M | 14 Sep 2026 | – |
 Woven Bio | Venture roundregistry filing | 6 Sep 2026 | – |
 Ponda | Equity crowdfunding · $1.7M | 28 Aug 2026 | – |
 Riverlane | Venture roundregistry filing | 27 Aug 2026 | 36 |
 IVFmicro | Venture roundregistry filing | 26 Aug 2026 | – |
 Paragraf | Venture roundregistry filing | 26 Aug 2026 | 4 |
 Csignum | Venture round · $761kregistry filing | 24 Aug 2026 | – |
 Genomics England | Venture roundregistry filing | 24 Aug 2026 | 5 |
 Plastometrex | Venture roundregistry filing | 18 Aug 2026 | – |
 ORCA Computing | Venture roundregistry filing | 18 Aug 2026 | – |
 Nexeon Ltd. | Venture roundregistry filing | 17 Aug 2026 | – |
 Nuada | Venture roundregistry filing | 17 Aug 2026 | 3 |
 Mach42IP Group | Venture round · $8.9M | 21 Jul 2026 | – |
 Redoxion | Venture roundregistry filing | 19 Jun 2026 | – |
 QFX | Venture roundregistry filing | 12 Jun 2026 | – |
 OQC | Venture round · $330.2M | 2 Jun 2026 | 26 |
 NatureMetrics | Venture roundregistry filing | 2 Jun 2026 | – |
 Frazer-Nash Consultancy | Venture roundregistry filing | 28 May 2026 | – |
 Online Oceans | Venture roundregistry filing | 9 Apr 2026 | – |
 Lumino Technologies | Venture roundregistry filing | 8 Apr 2026 | – |
| Paragraf | Venture roundregistry filing | 7 Apr 2026 | 4 |
 Utonomy | Venture roundregistry filing | 2 Apr 2026 | – |
| ORCA Computing | Venture roundregistry filing | 17 Mar 2026 | – |
| IVFmicro | Venture roundregistry filing | 12 Mar 2026 | – |
| Ellison Institute of Technology | Venture roundregistry filing | 11 Mar 2026 | 68 |
 Groundwaves | Venture roundregistry filing | 9 Mar 2026 | – |
| Nexeon Ltd. | Venture roundregistry filing | 5 Mar 2026 | – |
 Jellagen | Venture roundregistry filing | 20 Feb 2026 | – |
 Sero Energy | Venture roundregistry filing | 16 Feb 2026 | – |
 ICOMAT | Venture roundregistry filing | 16 Feb 2026 | – |
 Seloxium | Venture roundregistry filing | 11 Feb 2026 | – |
| Genomics England | Venture roundregistry filing | 30 Jan 2026 | 5 |
| Riverlane | Venture roundregistry filing | 20 Jan 2026 | 36 |
| Nuada | Venture roundregistry filing | 14 Jan 2026 | 3 |
 tepeo | Venture roundregistry filing | 9 Jan 2026 | – |
 Applied Quantum Computing | Venture roundregistry filing | 22 Dec 2025 | – |
 Eclipse Power | Venture roundregistry filing | 8 Dec 2025 | – |
| Ponda | Seed · $2.4M | 24 Nov 2025 | – |
The largest rounds
| Startup | Round | Date | Open roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| OQC | Venture round · $330.2M | 2 Jun 2026 | 26 |
| Universal Quantum | Series A · $100M | 8 Oct 2026 | 31 |
| Frontier Computing | Pre-seed · $10M | 14 Sep 2026 | – |
| Mach42IP Group | Venture round · $8.9M | 21 Jul 2026 | – |
| Ponda | Seed · $2.4M | 24 Nov 2025 | – |
| Ponda | Equity crowdfunding · $1.7M | 28 Aug 2026 | – |
| Csignum | Venture round · $761kregistry filing | 24 Aug 2026 | – |
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Which deep tech startups in the United Kingdom raised money recently?
31 deep tech startups based in the United Kingdom announced or filed 40 venture rounds in the last 12 months, $454M of it stated. 14 of the rounds came in the last 90 days. The largest: OQC (Venture round · $330.2M), Universal Quantum (Series A · $100M) and Frontier Computing (Pre-seed · $10M). 7 of these startups are hiring now, with 173 open roles.
Where do these rounds come from?
From the startups' own announcements and the press, from SEC Form D filings in the United States and from the share allotments company registers publish (a filing is marked as one in the list). One round per startup, type and week; amounts as stated, in US dollars.
Are these startups hiring?
7 of the 31 startups have open roles on their own careers boards right now, 173 roles in all; each count links to them.