The UK startup ecosystem saw a powerful funding wave this week, with 20 startups raising £120.9 million across AI infrastructure, healthtech, fintech, logistics, space, and decarbonisation. From agentic AI platforms to thermal-imaging satellites, investors backed both deep infrastructure and applied automation plays — signalling continued appetite for enterprise AI, regulated digital finance, and sovereign tech.
AI & Agentic Infrastructure Lead Big Rounds
Enterprise AI and infrastructure dominated headline raises.
FYLD secured £32M (led by Energy Impact Partners) to scale its video-based AI platform for frontline safety in infrastructure sectors and expand into the US.
SurrealDB closed a £17M Series A extension, accelerating adoption of its multi-model database built for AI agents with embedded memory and context graphs.
Toyo raised £3M seed funding to develop cloud-hosted AI agents that automate operational tasks for founders.
The clear theme: investors are funding both AI agents and the data infrastructure that powers them.
Fintech & Regulated Digital Payments Gain Momentum
Financial automation and blockchain-native settlement rails advanced in parallel.
Stacks landed £17M Series A (led by Lightspeed) to expand its AI-driven accounting automation platform.
Ubyx received strategic investment from AB Xelerate to build infrastructure for regulated stablecoins and cross-border settlement.
AI-led finance tooling and compliant digital money networks are evolving side-by-side.
Healthtech & Biotech Attract Steady Capital
From gene therapy manufacturing to regulatory automation, health innovation saw diversified backing:
Tozaro raised £6M to scale viral vector manufacturing for gene and cell therapies.
ClotProtect secured £1.2M to reduce preventable blood clot harm.
Nul closed a £733K seed round for its alcohol-reduction telehealth programme.
Klaris raised £880K to automate medical device regulatory documentation using AI.
Investors are backing the full stack — manufacturing, clinical tools, and regulatory tech.
Supply Chain, Marketplaces & Procurement Scale Up
Ecommerce enablement and logistics automation remained active:
Fulfilment.com secured £4M to expand its 3PL matching marketplace.
Advantiv raised £3.5M to scale procurement automation.
Made With Intent collected £2.4M to grow its AI-powered ecommerce personalisation platform.
Operational efficiency remains a core investor theme.
Space, Energy & Sovereign Infrastructure Rise
Strategic infrastructure funding signals geopolitical and climate priorities:
SatVu raised £30M (led by NATO Innovation Fund) to launch thermal-imaging satellites for defence and infrastructure monitoring.
GW Power-Safe secured £500K to expand public-sector decarbonisation projects.
Meaningful Planet closed seed funding to deploy carbon-neutral mobile connectivity solutions.
Hardtech and sovereign capabilities are increasingly central to UK venture strategy.
