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Hardware startups in the United Kingdom that raised money in the last 12 months

25 hardware startups based in the United Kingdom announced or filed 42 venture rounds in the last 12 months, $1.4B of it stated. 10 of the rounds came in the last 90 days. The largest: Fractile (Series C · $732.8M), OQC (Venture round · $330.2M) and Salience Labs (Series B · $125M). 11 of these startups are hiring now, with 253 open roles.

Venture rounds of the last 12 monthsRebuilt 7 Nov 2026
rounds in 12 months
42
startups
25
stated
$1.4B
open roles at them
253

The newest rounds

StartupRoundDateOpen roles
FractileSeries C · $732.8M29 Oct 202624
Salience LabsBullhound CapitalSeries B · $125M14 Oct 20268
Universal QuantumSeries A · $100M8 Oct 202631
FractileVenture roundregistry filing30 Sep 202624
EvolitoVenture roundregistry filing25 Sep 202636
EarSwitch™Venture roundregistry filing23 Sep 2026–
PlumeraiVenture roundregistry filing16 Sep 20264
ManholeMetricsVenture roundregistry filing8 Sep 2026–
Cambridge GaN DevicesVenture roundregistry filing4 Sep 2026–
ORCA ComputingVenture roundregistry filing18 Aug 2026–
Archangel LightworksVenture roundregistry filing7 Aug 20269
Hartley UltrafastVenture roundregistry filing30 Jul 2026–
OpsydiaVenture roundregistry filing29 Jul 20261
OptalysysVenture roundregistry filing22 Jul 20262
Skylark LasersVenture roundregistry filing8 Jul 2026–
Nu QuantumVenture roundregistry filing30 Jun 20268
QFXVenture roundregistry filing12 Jun 2026–
Salience LabsVenture roundregistry filing9 Jun 20268
OQCVenture round · $330.2M2 Jun 202626
Crypto QuantiqueVenture roundregistry filing29 May 2026–
ManholeMetricsVenture roundregistry filing8 May 2026–
EarSwitch™Venture roundregistry filing24 Apr 2026–
Archangel LightworksSeries A · $12.7M13 Apr 20269
Archangel LightworksVenture roundregistry filing7 Apr 20269
ORCA ComputingVenture roundregistry filing17 Mar 2026–
Spirax GroupVenture roundregistry filing11 Mar 2026104
GroundwavesVenture roundregistry filing9 Mar 2026–
Gold Standard PhantomsVenture roundregistry filing9 Mar 2026–
PlumeraiVenture roundregistry filing6 Mar 20264
Salience LabsVenture roundregistry filing2 Mar 20268
Nu QuantumVenture roundregistry filing17 Feb 20268
Crypto QuantiqueVenture roundregistry filing10 Feb 2026–
GardinVenture roundregistry filing6 Feb 2026–
LumiAIres LtdVenture roundregistry filing30 Jan 2026–
ManholeMetricsVenture roundregistry filing24 Jan 2026–
OptalysysSeries A · $29.2M21 Jan 20262
FractileVenture roundregistry filing14 Jan 202624
AntennawareVenture roundregistry filing19 Dec 2025–
EarSwitch™Venture roundregistry filing11 Dec 2025–
Nu QuantumSeries A · $60M9 Dec 20258
PlumeraiVenture roundregistry filing3 Dec 20254
Phlux TechnologyVenture roundregistry filing18 Nov 2025–

The largest rounds

StartupRoundDateOpen roles
FractileSeries C · $732.8M29 Oct 202624
OQCVenture round · $330.2M2 Jun 202626
Salience LabsBullhound CapitalSeries B · $125M14 Oct 20268
Universal QuantumSeries A · $100M8 Oct 202631
Nu QuantumSeries A · $60M9 Dec 20258
OptalysysSeries A · $29.2M21 Jan 20262
Archangel LightworksSeries A · $12.7M13 Apr 20269

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Questions

Which hardware startups in the United Kingdom raised money recently?

25 hardware startups based in the United Kingdom announced or filed 42 venture rounds in the last 12 months, $1.4B of it stated. 10 of the rounds came in the last 90 days. The largest: Fractile (Series C · $732.8M), OQC (Venture round · $330.2M) and Salience Labs (Series B · $125M). 11 of these startups are hiring now, with 253 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?

11 of the 25 startups have open roles on their own careers boards right now, 253 roles in all; each count links to them.

Source: announcements, SEC Form D filings and company registers, 6,276 rounds in 12 monthsUpdated 7 Nov 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0