Investors / Kiko Ventures
Kiko Ventures
Corporate VC
Kiko Ventures is the cleantech investment arm of IP Group plc, providing patient capital to science-based startups. It invests from an early stage and continues funding companies through their growth journey.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingEducationAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordscleantechclimatecarbon capturehydrogenenergydeep tech
Your fit with Kiko Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsKiko Ventures lists 14 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (38%), Education (21%) and AI & Machine Learning (17%). 50% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Inven Capital, Oxford Science Enterprises and Aramco Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Kiko Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Kiko Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 14. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 50% |
| Growth | 50% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 36th | 14 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 85th | 14% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 70th | 38% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 38% | 7% |
| Education | 21% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 17% | 18% |
| Climate & Energy | 8% | 1% |
| Food & Agriculture | 4% | 3% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 4% | 3% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Inven Capital | 2 |
| Oxford Science Enterprises | 2 |
| Aramco Ventures | 1 |
| Aster | 1 |
| BGF | 1 |
| BayBG Venture Capital | 1 |
| Breakthrough Energy Ventures | 1 |
| Caesar Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers14100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Kiko Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Kiko Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Sept 2025 | Series B | |
| 1 Mar 2025 | Series C+ |
Round details for Kiko Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Kiko Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
14 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AirForestry develops autonomous electric drones that perform forest thinning from the air. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Alithic manufactures a carbon negative cement replacement | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Barocal develops and produces solid refrigerants for cooling and heating systems | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| C-Capture is a UK technology start-up that has a patented non-hazardous, non-amine solvent for low-energy CO₂ capture | Climate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| First Light Fusion is a company that aims to achieve commercial fusion energy using its FLARE fusion fuel system | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Hysata manufactures electrolysers for green hydrogen production | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Magnomatics develops and provides magnetic motor and generator technology | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Mantle8 explores and develops natural hydrogen resources using geology, geophysics, and geochemistry data. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Mixergy provides intelligent hot water solutions for homes, buildings and the grid | EducationReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Nexeon creates class-leading battery materials to realise a more sustainable world. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Oxa develops self-driving technology and services for industrial autonomy | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company converts CO₂ into fuels, chemicals and plastics | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| The company produces and sells smart thermostats and related products for controlling heating and energy usage in homes. | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides reusables for various industries such as festivals, events, brands, cities, restaurants, canteens, and stadiums. | Food & Agriculture | Mar 2025Series C+ | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- kiko.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 1 Mar 2025
- Companies checked
- 14
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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