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Best High Tech Companies in Liverpool, United Kingdom

The 35 best High Tech companies in Liverpool, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: vTime.

35companies tracked
$11.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
13have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · HIGH TECH × LIVERPOOL

Our analysis of 67 High Tech companies

$59.6b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

67companies analysed
89%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
7unicorns
2018median founding year

Ranked: Best High Tech companies in Liverpool

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1vTime
Provider of a mobile VR social network platform
$8M101 mo agoSeries AMartin Kenwright
Founder
2015Node.jsGSAPVue.js+14——
2Videosign
SaaS-based platform offering video conferencing solutions
$2M53 mo agoSeedSteven Tallant
CEO
2019———
3Insight Surgery
Provider of customized surgical services and products for workflow management
32Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Moat top 48%Tech bottom 48%
All 7 signals ▾
Growthtop 35%
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 48%
Techbottom 48%
Fundingbottom 41%
Globalbottom 30%
Marketbottom 26%
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100
$1M16 mo agoSeries APaul Fotheringham
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
2015WordPressMySQLPHP+15—1 job opening
4PIN-IoT
Provider of mobile asset tracking solutions for waste industry
$547K66 mo agoSeedChris Strutt
Founder
2018———
5K-Safe
Application for emergency notification & alerts
$185K76 mo agoSeed—2015—44 patents
Safety and impact detection systems for loading dock barriers and pharmaceutical injectables
—
6bitbaby
Provider of a wearable baby health monitoring device for expectant mothers
$130K83 mo agoSeed—2019WordPress Block EditorDiviCart Functionality+23——
7SwapBots
Provider of augmented reality game toys for children
$100K123 mo agoSeedJohn Keefe
Co-Founder
2015—9 patents
Interactive augmented-reality toys for consumer entertainment
—
8SenseAI
Developer of AI-driven electron microscopy solutions for enhanced imaging and analysis
—12 mo agoSeedJack Wells
Co-Founder & Lead Developer
2023WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+29—1 partnership

Top 12 High Tech companies in Liverpool

#1
Series A · Liverpool, England · founded 2015 · 11 employees
$1.5Mraised
▾

Provider of customized surgical services and products for workflow management. The company has developed a cloud-based digital technology called 'WebInsight Surgery' that can transmit sterilizable surgical instructions and anatomical models, receive patient images, and digitally plan and visualize surgeries. They also provide a selection of digital services and products that assist with patient outcomes and point-of-care solutions.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 32how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 35%
Talent
top 38%
Moat
top 48%
Tech
bottom 48%
Funding
bottom 41%
Global
bottom 30%
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers — 42.6% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Biomedical Engineer, 3D Print Technician
Funding rounds
  • May 2025Series A$2.5M
  • Mar 2020Series A$1.5M
  • Jan 2018Series A$678.1K
  • 2016Seed—
Founders & team
Paul FotheringhamFounder and Chief Technology OfficerHenry PinchbeckCEO
Investors
Fenwall Investments, Nodenza Venture Partners
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAutomatic.CssBricksComplianzGoogle AnalyticsHttp/3
#2
Series A · Liverpool, England · founded 2015 · 37 employees
$7.6Mraised
▾

Provider of a mobile VR social network platform. Users can interact with people around the globe in virtual landscapes in VR, share music and video files on the platform. Users have the choice to customize their avatar's appearance and form social circles and meet-ups.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 17.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2018Series A$7.6M
Founders & team
Martin KenwrightFounder
Investors
Deepbridge Capital, Merseyside Special Investment Fund, Kin Capital, Estera Trust, Tricor Group
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCdnjsCloudflare
#3
Seed · Liverpool, England · founded 2019 · 8 employees
$1.5Mraised
▾

SaaS-based platform offering video conferencing solutions. The platform offers software that enables members to contact customers through video. It allows members to use facial recognition and biometrics to identify the clients and meet with clients on video conferencing. It also offers e-signing solutions. The software leverages artificial intelligence technology.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2022Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Steven TallantCEO
Investors
Moonstone, SuiteBox Solutions, Van Ginkel Holdings
#4
Seed · Liverpool, England · founded 2018 · 15 employees
$546.9Kraised
▾

PIN provides Internet of Things-enabled mobile asset tracking solutions for the waste industry. It includes applications in waste management, construction, plant hire, utilities, and other sectors with large fleets. It comprises low-power tracking devices that are attached to assets for enabling automated, real-time visibility. This data is sent to the companion cloud-based software leveraging cellular networks for being processed to provide users with analytics, reports, and alerts.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 18.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2021Seed$546.9K
  • Oct 2018Seed—
Founders & team
Chris StruttFounder
Investors
Startupbootcamp
#5
Seed · Liverpool, England · founded 2015 · 2 employees
$185.4Kraised
▾

Busby provides an application for emergency notification & alerts. The product monitors phone sensors to provide real-time incident detection & alerting. The features of the product include automatic detection, location tracking, emergency notifications, etc. The application is available for Android and iOS devices in the Google Play Store & Apple Store.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2020Seed$185.4K
Investors
Saltwater Ventures
Tech stack
WebflowJqueryGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#6
Seed · Liverpool, England · founded 2019 · 1 employees
$129.7Kraised
▾

Provider of a wearable baby health monitoring device for expectant mothers. The company has developed a wearable device that can be worn by pregnant women to monitor their baby's movements. The device is integrated with a software system that allows users to monitor using smartphones. The platform notifies users about the baby's movement provides health data and also allows users to maintain mood journals.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 202 LinkedIn followers — 2.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2019Seed$129.7K
Investors
Nova Growth Capital
#7
Seed · Liverpool, England · founded 2015
$100Kraised
▾

SwapBots provides augmented reality game toys for children to play. Enables users to scan the toys using a smartphone app for interacting with them in a superimposed environment. Claims to provide over 700 different bot combinations for the toys and enable users to engage in playing virtual explosive battles with friends.

Funding rounds
  • 2016Seed$100K
Founders & team
John KeefeCo-FounderAndy CooperCo-Founder
Investors
HAX
#8
Seed · Liverpool, England · founded 2023
—raised
▾

Developer of AI-driven electron microscopy solutions for enhanced imaging and analysis. It offers software integrating with existing electron microscopy hardware and software. The software facilitates faster data acquisition and reduces data volume without compromising fidelity. It provides solutions for industries including semiconductors, life sciences, and materials science.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 572 LinkedIn followers — 6.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 3 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. U-NANOTEC) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Seed—
Founders & team
Jack WellsCo-Founder & Lead DeveloperAlex RobinsonCo-FounderDaniel NichollsCo-Founder
Investors
University of Liverpool, Foresight Group, Sivananthan Laboratories, Wren Capital, Haatch, LYVA Labs
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementComplianzCore-JsElementorFont Awesome
#9
Seed · Liverpool, England · founded 2019 · 2 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of IT service suite solutions and geo spatial services

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2021Seed—
Investors
Techcelerate
#10
Deadpooled · Liverpool, England · founded 2006 · 2 employees
—raised
▾

Aquarate provides fluid intake monitoring devices for healthcare professionals. The company develops sensor-based utensil devices like AQi Tracker, AQi Mug, and AQi Cup to track the water consumption of the patients for better health management solutions. The collected data are transferred in real-time to the AQi Intake app for physicians to monitor their patient's hydration level. They also offer devices to measure the fluid output of the patients.

Funding rounds
  • 2018Seed—
Investors
Deepbridge Capital, Nova, Nova Growth Capital
#11
Funding Raised · Liverpool, England · founded 2016 · 10 employees
—raised
▾

App-based platform offering monitoring solutions for kids. The app provides health care information and also enables the parents to search for information for any health concern and receive advice or tips for treatment or prevention of health problems. The app enables parents to create a profile and monitor their child's growth. It also enables parents to find healthcare providers.

Funding rounds
  • 2016Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Dave BurrowsFounder
Investors
EIT Health, NHS Innovation Accelerator
#12
Deadpooled · Liverpool, England · founded 2014
—raised
▾

Housahedron is a product developed by Phaide limited, developer of solutions for sensors. Housahedron solution consists of a range of environment sensors and processing systems for house monitoring. The data collected by sensors is displayed in real time as a 3d visualization on the user’s browser. Housahedron was a part of Startup Bootcamp batch of 2014.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2014Seed—
Founders & team
James PulverCo-Founder & Product ManagerJohn DonovanCo-Founder
Investors
Startupbootcamp

Funding & investor landscape

$11.5Mtotal disclosed funding
7companies funded
9disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Nova3 rounds
Nova Growth Capital3 rounds
Deepbridge Capital2 rounds
Startupbootcamp2 rounds
Blueray Capital1 rounds
EIT Health1 rounds
Estera Trust1 rounds
Fenwall Investments1 rounds
Foresight Group1 rounds
HAX1 rounds

Notable founders

Paul Fotheringham
Founder and Chief Technology Officer · Insight Surgery
Henry Pinchbeck
CEO · Insight Surgery
Martin Kenwright
Founder · vTime
Steven Tallant
CEO · Videosign
Chris Strutt
Founder · PIN-IoT
John Keefe
Co-Founder · SwapBots
Andy Cooper
Co-Founder · SwapBots
Jack Wells
Co-Founder & Lead Developer · SenseAI
Alex Robinson
Co-Founder · SenseAI
Dave Burrows
Founder · CATCH
James Pulver
Co-Founder & Product Manager · Housahedron
John Donovan
Co-Founder · Housahedron
Prism market signals · United Kingdom · country-scoped Prism corpus, 624,487 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of High Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN LIVERPOOL · Hardware

How research on Semiconductors in Liverpool is moving

A read on the academic research around Semiconductors in Liverpool — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 70 papers.

70 papers · stance +0.52 · 38% breakthrough · 14% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University47
  • University of Liverpool32
  • Liverpool John Moores University4
leading researchers
Sang Lam · Saqib Khursheed · Miao Cui · Zhao Wang · Ka Lok Man · Rui Yao
prism intelligence · tone & topics
86% positive · 0% critical tone
ElectronicsTelecommunicationsComputer ScienceMaterials ScienceBusinessHardware
▲ Breakthroughs24 · 34%
▼ 46%→28% share
▼0.6× share momentum2 median citations46% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (46%→28% of field), led by Electronic circuit.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Electronic circuit2→4
Newly emergingLogic gate 0→3 · CMOS 0→3
Landmark Hardware Trojan Detection on a PCB Through Differential Power Monitoring · 23 cites
◆ Advancements30 · 43%
▼ 46%→38% share
▼0.8× share momentum2 median citations50% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (46%→38% of field), led by Reliability (semiconductor).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Reliability (semiconductor)1→4
  • Optoelectronics2→4
Newly emergingSemiconductor device 0→3
Landmark All-GaN Power Integration: Devices to Functional Subcircuits and Converter ICs · 48 cites
▼ Concerns9 · 13%
▲ 8%→18% share
▲2.2× share momentum1 median citations78% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (8%→18% of field), led by Integrated circuit.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Integrated circuit1→3
Newly emergingSubstrate (aquarium) 0→4 · Coupling (piping) 0→4 · Substrate coupling 0→4
Landmark Impact of the Resistive Silicon Base Wafer on Substrate Coupling in Power Integrated Circuits in GaN-on-Si Technology · 3 cites

Common questions

How many High Tech companies are there in Liverpool, United Kingdom?
Radar tracks 35 indexable High Tech companies headquartered in Liverpool, United Kingdom that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by High Tech companies in Liverpool, United Kingdom?
The High Tech companies in Liverpool, United Kingdom on this list have raised a combined $11.5M in disclosed equity funding across 7 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded High Tech company in Liverpool, United Kingdom?
vTime is the highest-funded High Tech company in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with $7.6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many High Tech companies in Liverpool, United Kingdom are funded?
7 of the 35 High Tech companies in Liverpool, United Kingdom on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many High Tech unicorns are there in Liverpool, United Kingdom?
None of the High Tech companies in Liverpool, United Kingdom on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Liverpool, United Kingdom High Tech companies?
The most active investors in Liverpool, United Kingdom High Tech companies on this list include Nova, Nova Growth Capital, Deepbridge Capital, Startupbootcamp, Blueray Capital.
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