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UKI2S
Venture capital · London, United Kingdom · Europe
UKI2S is a publicly funded, privately managed national seed investment fund in the UK that invests in early-stage businesses and spinouts. It backs companies in defence and security, engineering biology, fusion, knowledge assets, partner innovation and space, and supports them with mentoring, recruitment and further fundraising.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsdefencesecurityengineering biologyfusionspaceimpact investing
Your fit with UKI2S
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Or find every investor that fitsUKI2S lists 65 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 19 funding rounds, 6 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 77% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (35%), Healthcare & Biotech (23%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (18%). 93% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Future Planet Capital, East X Ventures and Creative Destruction Lab.
Counts come from funding rounds that name UKI2S, 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 UKI2S' whole history. Rounds on record name 18 companies; its own site lists 65. 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 | 77% |
| Series A | 24% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
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 | 2 | 1 |
| '25 | 3 | 2 |
| '26 | 14 | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 89th | 65 companies |
| Recent activity | 97th | 14 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 82th | 77% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 90th | 18% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 64th | 35% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 59th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 35% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 23% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 18% | 7% |
| Education | 8% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
| Consumer | 2% | 3% |
| Food & Agriculture | 2% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Future Planet Capital | 52 |
| East X Ventures | 6 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 5 |
| Mercia Ventures | 4 |
| Northern Gritstone | 4 |
| Oxford Technology Management | 4 |
| o2h Ventures | 4 |
| Angel CoFund | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6397%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company23%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Future Planet Capital
Compare UKI2S 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 UKI2S| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 23 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 20 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 6 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Series A | |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 20 May 2026 | Seed Led |
Round details for UKI2S
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in UKI2S' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
65 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adamo Foods is a deeptech food company developing a completely new generation of meat alternatives, using a new proprietary fermentation technology. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Antiverse discovers biologics for challenging targets in medicine using generative AI | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aquark Technologies builds and delivers miniaturised cold atom quantum hardware to enhance accuracy, precision, and stability in critical industry operations. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| ArkVax develops glycoconjugate vaccines for animal health | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Ascension sources metals from volcanic rock using a process that respects the environment and communities. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Astut develops and provides Explorative AI for high-stakes decision making. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Atelerix preserves and transports fresh cells, tissues, and blood without cryopreservation using its hypothermic gel technology | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Atheras Analytics provides artificial intelligence solutions to secure satellite networks | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Bitrobius Genetics is developing Gentrafix, a technology capable of delivering DNA to every cell where it is needed to treat genetic diseases | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| CamGene develops RNA-based medicines for hearing loss | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| CryogenX develops portable body cooling technology for heatstroke | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Cytotrait focuses on the development of novel traits for food and agriculture. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| The company provides an AI decision intelligence platform for solving complex challenges with uncertainty quantification. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company specializes in electrospinning for medical devices, from feasibility to full-scale manufacturing. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| ExactTrak provides cyber protection software and systems to secure devices and data from attacks and human errors. | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Fusion Energy Partners is a consultancy that assists with the implementation of fusion power | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides X-ray diffraction screening technology and systems for aviation, customs, and borders applications. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Jul 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Helix Geospace develops and manufactures antennas and systems for resilient and precise Position, Navigation, and Timing applications. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Hexigone develops and provides corrosion inhibitors for coatings, including the Intelli-ion product. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Jun 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| HonuWorx is developing the enabling architecture for persistent subsea robotics operations without surface ships | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 12 Jun 2024
- Companies checked
- 65
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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