Radar · High Tech in Scotland
Best High Tech Companies in Scotland, United Kingdom
The 197 best High Tech companies in Scotland, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Current health.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
197companies tracked
$473.6Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
77have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · HIGH TECH × SCOTLAND
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
222kcombined LinkedIn audience
51%of audience held by top 3
10companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best High Tech companies in Scotland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Current health Provider of a wearable device for remote vital sign monitoring | $79M | 61 mo ago | 1 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+31 | Top 10M | 22 patents Wearable health monitoring devices focusing on respiration rate estimation and vital sign tracking. | 1 job opening |
| 2 | Nemaura Medical Provider of an AI-based blood-glucose monitoring system | $38M | 64 mo ago | 37 | — | WordPressPleskMySQL+20 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 3 | M Squared Developer of light-sheet microscopy systems for multiple business verticals | $31M | 66 mo ago | 110 | Vinor Zukhubaia Co-Founder | BootstrapApache HTTP ServerGoogle Ads+13 | Top 10M | 10 patents AI-driven secure access control hardware and blockchain-based identity verification solutions. | — |
| 4 | NCTech Imaging 360 degree camera for spherical immersive images | $24M | 62 mo ago | 42 42 → 65 (+55%) · sector median +55% | Neil Tocher Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+28 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 5 | Shot Scope Provider of wearable devices for golf performance tracking 53Tech top 23%Customers top 25%Funding top 30%Moat top 37% All 12 signals ▾Techtop 23% Customerstop 25% Fundingtop 30% Moattop 37% Patentstop 45% Partnerstop 45% Innovationtop 46% Producttop 46% Growthtop 49% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 21% Tech: 57 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Azure, Cloudflare Customers: Play-Store rating 4.52★ across 2,091 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +21% in 6 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $23M | 22 mo ago | 18 | — | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+38 | Top 500k | 12 patents Wearable golf swing and shot distance measurement sensors and analytics | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 6 | Aveni Provider of NLP based platform for performing customer conversation analytics | $20M | 22 mo ago | 27 | Joseph Twigg Chief Executive Officer | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+35 | Top 10M | — | 2 job openings |
| 7 | WeeWorld Provider of an avatar-based virtual world for social gaming | $16M | — | 38 | Michael Kinsella Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+8 | Top 50M | 3 patents Mobile messaging platforms and portable user account data management | — |
| 8 | Atto Transaction data platform for businesses | $15M | 39 mo ago | 37 37 → 36 (-3%) · sector median +55% | Robert Knight CEO | WebflowGSAPAzure+23 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 9 | Sensewhere Provider of hyper-local and indoor positioning solutions | $13M | 117 mo ago | 12 | — | — | — | 78 patents Indoor electromagnetic signal localization and positioning for mobile devices. | — |
| 10 | Utopi Provider of SaaS platform to manage smart buildings 35Funding top 36%Tech bottom 49%Talent bottom 49%Market bottom 42% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 36% Techbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 42% Productbottom 40% Newsbottom 32% Globalbottom 32% Funding: Raised $13.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) Tech: 23 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $13M | 11 mo ago | 52 | Jonathan Burridge Founder & CEO | WordPressZohoMySQL+20 | Top 50M | — | 2 launchs |
| 11 | Ace Aquatec Provides acoustic marine mammal deterrents and humane electrical fish stunning equipment 48AI top 15%Patents top 35%Innovation top 37%Funding top 37% All 11 signals ▾AItop 15% Patentstop 35% Innovationtop 37% Fundingtop 37% Moattop 38% Talenttop 38% Growthbottom 42% Globalbottom 40% Marketbottom 37% Techbottom 27% Newsbottom 21% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Patents: 32 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 13 filings since 2022 vs 13 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $12M | 13 mo ago | 21 | Annette Carter Founder | — | — | 32 patents Aquaculture monitoring and biomass estimation using imaging and sensor systems | 1 award |
| 12 | Synaptec ODeveloper of optical fiber-based sensors to measure voltage and current | $12M | 28 mo ago | 26 26 → 42 (+62%) · sector median +55% | Paweł Niewczas Founder And R&D Director | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | Top 10M | 30 patents Synchronized multi-phase sensor modules and signal conditioning for precise phasor measurement. | 1 job opening |
| 13 | Integrated Graphene Provider of 3D graphene foam | $12M | 47 mo ago | 25 25 → 55 (+120%) · sector median +55% | Marco Caffio Co-Founder & CSO | — | — | 30 patents Graphene and laser‑induced carbon nanostructures for energy‑harvesting and heating devices | 1 job opening · 1 launch |
| 14 | WRLD Provider of a 3D mapping platform | $12M | 123 mo ago | 11 | Benjamin Rosemberg Co-CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Boundary Provider of alarm systems for intruders and burglar detection | $11M | 60 mo ago | 11 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Speech Graphics Provider of speech-driven 3D facial animation software | $10M | 51 mo ago | 42 42 → 55 (+31%) · sector median +55% | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+27 | Top 10M | — | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 17 | CelluComp Manufacturer of nano-fibers for paint & coatings | $9M | 123 mo ago | 6 | — | — | — | 97 patents Cellulose nanocomposites and citric‑acid‑modified paperboard for advanced material applications | — |
| 18 | Malted Provider of specialised intelligence solutions for the financial services sector | $9M | 25 mo ago | — | Carlos G. Co-Founder & CTO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+12 | Top 50M | — | 3 job openings |
| 19 | Silent Herdsman Beylikdüzü Escort: Providing discreet, elite escort services in Istanbul | $9M | 146 mo ago | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | CSignum Platform providing IoT-enabled monitoring solutions for aquaculture 24Funding top 38%Patents top 47%Moat bottom 49%Talent bottom 49% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 38% Patentstop 47% Moatbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Innovationbottom 46% Techbottom 42% Globalbottom 40% Marketbottom 29% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $8.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Patents: 8 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 4 filings since 2022 vs 4 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $8M | 13 mo ago | 23 23 → 28 (+22%) · sector median +55% | Chris Brooks Chief Executive Officer | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+18 | Top 50M | 8 patents Underwater acoustic communication, navigation, and flow monitoring for mobile devices | — |
| 21 | Krucial Provider of communication infrastructure services | $8M | 33 mo ago | 12 | Allan Cannon CEO and Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Ceres Holographics Provider of a digital holographic mastering and replication solution | $7M | 40 mo ago | 18 18 → 20 (+11%) · sector median +55% | Ian Redmond Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | 3 patents Manufacturing and display of reflection holograms for optical imaging applications. | — |
| 23 | Novosound Provider of ultra-sound sensors for pipeline monitoring | $6M | 78 mo ago | 35 35 → 34 (-3%) · sector median +55% | Dave Hughes Co-Founder & CTO | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | Top 10M | 63 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | 1 expansion |
| 24 | Machines With Vision Precision localization solutions for autonomous driving, railways, and robotics | $5M | 50 mo ago | 10 10 → 24 (+140%) · sector median +55% | Anthony Ashbrook Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 6 patents Event-camera ground-surface vehicle localization for autonomous navigation | 1 award |
| 25 | Neurolabs Provider of computer vision-powered object recognition solutions for retail industry | $5M | 13 mo ago | 5 | — | WebflowSentryWistia+20 | Top 10M | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch |
| 26 | Touchlab Manufacturer of electronic tactile sensor skins for robotic sensory feedback | $5M | 47 mo ago | 8 | Zaki Hussein Founder & CEO | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+15 | Top 10M | 7 patents Compliant tri‑axial force sensing for precise tactile/haptic measurement in robotics and wearables. | 1 partnership |
| 27 | Ryboquin Provider of gene therapy and technologies for cancer | $5M | 107 mo ago | 3 | — | — | — | 21 patents Lipid-based carriers for intracellular delivery of biologically active compounds. | — |
| 28 | Cuantec Developer of biopolymer-based degradable packing materials | $5M | 52 mo ago | 13 | Cait Murray-Green CEO | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+13 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 29 | BioLiberty Provider of robotic assistance glove for handling hand weakness | $4M | 30 mo ago | 4 | — | — | — | 11 patents Soft robotic assistive devices for medical rehabilitation and assistive technology | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 30 | Phase Vision Optical metrology Equipments - 3D scanners | $4M | 172 mo ago | 11 | Ralph Weir CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Skyrora Manufacturer of 3D-printed launch vehicles for small payloads | $4M | 62 mo ago | 44 44 → 83 (+89%) · sector median +55% | Volodymyr Levykin Founder and CEO | WordPressProton MailMicrosoft 365+12 | Top 5M | 8 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 32 | BTP Decentralized infrastructure for application development | $3M | 62 mo ago | 6 | Hugh Sutherland Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Kingdom Garden Provider of robotic lawn mowing solution for large terrains | $3M | 27 mo ago | 6 | Joan Kangro Founder & CEO | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesCloudflare Turnstile+9 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 34 | Global Surface Intelligence Developer of analytics platform for precision agriculture and earth observation | $3M | 43 mo ago | 15 | — | — | — | 10 patents Satellite remote sensing analytics with ML for Earth observation and greenhouse‑gas monitoring | — |
| 35 | Interface Polymers Compatibility and surface functionality solutions for the polyolefin industry | $3M | 37 mo ago | 13 | Phil Smith Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+12 | Top 50M | 32 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 36 | PlayerData Provider of GPS-based wearables to track performance for multiple sports 6Tech top 44%Moat top 45%Talent top 45%Product bottom 48% All 11 signals ▾Techtop 44% Moattop 45% Talenttop 45% Productbottom 48% Fundingbottom 43% Globalbottom 40% Patentsbottom 39% Newsbottom 22% Marketbottom 19% Innovationbottom 10% Fin. healthbottom 2% Tech: 29 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 3 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 6/100 | $2M | 16 mo ago | 14 | Roy Hotrabhvanon Co-Founder & CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowSentry+26 | Top 5M | 3 patents Wearable sensor technology for sports balls and smart garments | — |
| 37 | Edixomed Manufacturer of nitric oxide dressings for chronic diabetic wound healing | $2M | 109 mo ago | 5 | Chris Wood Founder | — | — | 35 patents Wound dressing technologies and transdermal drug delivery systems. | — |
| 38 | Earth Blox Provider of a cloud and satellite-based location intelligence platform | $2M | 2 mo ago | 11 11 → 27 (+145%) · sector median +55% | Ben Butchart Co-Founder & Head of Development Earth Blox | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+19 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 39 | Topolytics Data visualization and analytics platform for the waste management industry | $2M | 39 mo ago | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | Reactec Provider of wearable devices and cloud-based analytics for workplace risk prevention | $2M | 71 mo ago | 38 38 → 42 (+11%) · sector median +55% | Jacqui Mclaughlin CEO | PHPBootstraptoastr+21 | Top 10M | 49 patents Industrial vibration monitoring and safety-distance apparatus for rotating machinery | — |
| 41 | PPS Tactile sensing systems for contact pressure sensing | $2M | 64 mo ago | 12 12 → 24 (+100%) · sector median +55% | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+27 | Top 5M | 3 patents Vascular access guidance devices for percutaneous arterial cannulation | 1 launch · 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 42 | Changingday Provider of a VR-based solution to treat autistic people | $945K | 61 mo ago | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 43 | Crover Developer of robotic system for monitoring and managing stored grain | $831K | 31 mo ago | 22 22 → 15 (-32%) · sector median +55% | Lorenzo Conti Founder & Managing Director | DudaYouTubeNginx+20 | Top 50M | 23 patents Robotic locomotion and propulsion systems for granular terrain (sand, soil) | — |
| 44 | Robotical Developer of bipedal walking robot that helps in learning | $381K | 35 mo ago | 10 10 → 17 (+70%) · sector median +55% | — | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+34 | Top 5M | 5 patents Robotic leg mechanisms for locomotion and terrain adaptation | — |
| 45 | Konversable Developer of AI chatbot solutions with multi-channel integration and media features | $380K | 19 mo ago | 10 | — | BootstrapApache HTTP Servercore-js+15 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 46 | Danu Robotics AI-controlled robotic waste sorting systems | $376K | 24 mo ago | — | Xiaoyan Ma Founder & CEO | WixSentryBootstrap+12 | Top 50M | 7 patents Autonomous robotic picking and sorting systems for warehouse and e‑commerce fulfillment | — |
| 47 | Kore Digital Mining Blockchain-based Bitcoin mining platform | $250K | 26 mo ago | — | Derek Nisbet Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 48 | Brain Fit First AI-powered platform and wearable neurotechnology for improving brain fitness and performance | $183K | 32 mo ago | — | Mathew Norbury Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 49 | Airspection Provider of remote infrastructure inspection and logistics via unmanned aerial vehicles | $126K | 2 mo ago | — | Chris Fowler Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | 2 patents Design, control, and operation of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) | — |
Top 12 High Tech companies in Scotland
#1
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2019 · 11 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2019 · 11 employees
Provider of a cloud and satellite-based location intelligence platform. Its offering includes land classification tools, geographical change detectors, data ser comparison tools, time-series analytic tools, and no-code drag-and-drop interface tools. It is applicable for risk modeling for insurnace, fire detection, carbon monitoring, environment monitoring, climate change analytics, and forest protection.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 4.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A$8M
- Jun 2022Seed$1.8M
Founders & team
Investors
Archangels, PXN Ventures, Scottish Enterprise, Archangel, ESA, Tech Nation
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
#2
Seed · Hamilton, Scotland · founded 2019 · 52 employees$13Mraised▾
Seed · Hamilton, Scotland · founded 2019 · 52 employees
Provider of SaaS platform to manage smart buildings. It offers a data integration platform that aggregates operational and environmental data of buildings from IoT sensors and other digital systems, analyses and compares with benchmark performance to measure asset performance. Its features include remote monitoring and real-time analytics.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 35how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 36%Tech
bottom 49%Talent
bottom 49%Market
bottom 42%Product
bottom 40%News
bottom 32%Funding: Raised $13.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Jun 2025)
Tech: 23 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Http/3
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2025Conventional Debt$6.8M
- Mar 2023Conventional Debt$6.2M
- May 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
The Scottish National Investment Bank, ASK4, Scottish Enterprise
Tech stack
All In One SeoCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesCore-JsFont Awesome
#3
Series A · Dundee, Scotland · founded 2007 · 21 employees$12.4Mraised▾
Series A · Dundee, Scotland · founded 2007 · 21 employees
Ace Aquatec provides acoustic marine mammal deterrents and humane electrical fish stunning equipment. The company develops an acoustic predator deterrent using transducer technology. The product portfolio of the company includes predator control, electric stunning, biomass measurement, ea lice removal, etc. It uses the time-of-flight 3D cameras to develop equipment biomass measurement to measure the biomass of fish.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 15%Patents
top 35%Innovation
top 37%Funding
top 37%Moat
top 38%Talent
top 38%AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Patents: 32 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 13 filings since 2022 vs 13 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Innovation: 32 patents (top 37% of patent-holders) · 13 filings since 2022 vs 13 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers — 2.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2025Series A$8.5M
- May 2025Conventional Debt$2.8M
- Jun 2023Series A—
- Jun 2022Grant (prize money)$1.3M
Founders & team
Investors
Aqua Spark, Earth Capital, EIC Fund, Scottish Enterprise, Stolt-Nielsen, Chroma Ventures
Tech stack
Concrete CmsPhpBootstrapNginxSlickJquery
#4
Acquired · Bathgate, Scotland · founded 2020 · 23 employees$8Mraised▾
Acquired · Bathgate, Scotland · founded 2020 · 23 employees
Platform providing IoT-enabled monitoring solutions for aquaculture. It allows fish and seafood farms to track water quality, temperature, and other critical parameters in real time. The platform supports data collection, analysis, and reporting to optimize farm productivity and sustainability.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 24how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 38%Patents
top 47%Moat
bottom 49%Talent
bottom 49%Innovation
bottom 46%Tech
bottom 42%Funding: Raised $8.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Apr 2025)
Patents: 8 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 4 filings since 2022 vs 4 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2024
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 1/10 · IP moat: 8 patents
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Apr 2025Series A$8M
Founders & team
Investors
Archangels, Par Equity, Scottish Enterprise, British Business Bank, Raptor Group, Deep Future
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag Manager
#5
Series B · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2014 · 18 employees$23.3Mraised▾
Series B · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2014 · 18 employees
Shot Scope provides golf performance tracking technology. It provides a wearable wristband that tracks activity and performance. It automatically collecting statistical data as a golfer plays. Features: club used for each shot, the distance each shot travels, the total number of shots, number of shots on each hole, fairways, greens in regulation, number of putts, putts per hole, and down percentage.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 23%Customers
top 25%Funding
top 30%Moat
top 37%Patents
top 45%Partners
top 45%Tech: 57 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Azure, Cloudflare · Devops: Envoy
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.52★ across 2,091 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +21% in 6 mo
Funding: Raised $23.3M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 11 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series B (Jul 2024)
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jul 2024Conventional Debt$1.9M
- Jul 2024Series B$8.5M
- Jul 2023Series A—
- Dec 2022Series A$3.3M
Investors
Equity Gap, Old College Capital, Scottish Enterprise, The University of Edinburgh, Growthdeck, Guinness Global Investors
Tech stack
AosAzureBabelBootstrapCart FunctionalityCivic
#6
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2018 · 5 employees$4.9Mraised▾
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2018 · 5 employees
Neurolabs provides AI-based object recognition solutions for retail industry. The solution uses computer vision and deep learning techniques to recognize products for automating shelf management tasks, and uses synthetically generated data to develop object recognition models or train deep learning models. Also offers AI detectors that offer product recognition for grocery retail
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 2.3% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Product Engineer
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2025Series A$7.8M
- May 2022Seed$3.2M
- Jul 2020Seed$1.4M
- 2019Seed$50K
Investors
Fast Track Malmo, Techstart Ventures, 7percent Ventures, Id4 ventures, Lunar Ventures, LAUNCHUB
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#7
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2018 · 27 employees$19.7Mraised▾
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2018 · 27 employees
Provider of NLP based platform for performing customer conversation analytics. Platform can act as your company’s ‘central nervous system,’ automatically mining every interaction for valuable information to drive improvements in multiple areas of your business
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 31k LinkedIn followers — 13.9% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Strategic Partnerships Lead, Lead Software Engineer
Funding rounds
- Jul 2024Series A$14.2M
- Jun 2022Series A$3.4M
- Jun 2021Series A$1.5M
- Jun 2020Seed$651.6K
Founders & team
Investors
Puma Private Equity, Par Equity, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, Tricapital, Scottish Enterprise
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAnime.JsApple Icloud MailCdnjs
#8
Seed · Glasgow, Scotland · founded 2022$126Kraised▾
Seed · Glasgow, Scotland · founded 2022
Provider of remote infrastructure inspection and logistics via unmanned aerial vehicles. The company delivers inspection services to inaccessible infrastructure using long endurance drones. These drones are operated from safe locations, reducing risks associated with on-site personnel. The company focuses on providing efficient and reliable data acquisition for critical infrastructure sectors.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Lead Remote Pilot (UAS / UAV / Drone), Test and Development Engineer (Aero Mechanical)
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Seed—
- Feb 2024Grant (prize money)$126K
Founders & team
Investors
Net Zero Technology Centre, Stac
#9
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2017 · 14 employees$2.3Mraised▾
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2017 · 14 employees
Provider of GPS-based wearables to track performance for multiple sports. It offers a GPS tracking and analytics platform for individual athletes and teams to understand their performance. It provides users with access to key insights, training metrics and match performance data.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 6how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 44%Moat
top 45%Talent
top 45%Product
bottom 48%Funding
bottom 43%Global
bottom 40%Tech: 29 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Observability: Microsoft Clarity, Sentry
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 3 patents
Talent: 2 named leaders on record
Audience (LinkedIn): 8k LinkedIn followers — 3.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Jan 2025Series A—
- Apr 2021Series A$2.3M
Founders & team
Investors
Hiro Capital, Accelerate Ventures, FC Partners
#10
Series A · Glasgow, Scotland · founded 2014 · 26 employees$12.4Mraised▾
Series A · Glasgow, Scotland · founded 2014 · 26 employees
ODeveloper of optical fiber-based sensors to measure voltage and current. Its sensors use existing fiber-optic infrastructure. It enables the measurement of voltage, current, temperature, and vibration via remote non-powered sensors, all interrogated via optical fibers connected to the interrogator, and sending the data to a point that reduces the need for data communication systems.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 2.3% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Trainee Technician, Sales Manager
Funding rounds
- Feb 2024Series A$8.2M
- Sep 2022Series A—
- Jul 2019Series A—
- May 2019Series A$3.8M
Founders & team
Investors
Equity Gap, Anderson Strathern, Foresight Group, Europa, Foresight Williams, Megger
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementDiviGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGravity Forms
#11
Seed · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2023$8.8Mraised▾
Seed · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2023
Provider of specialised intelligence solutions for the financial services sector. It offers technology designed for financial services, uncovering signals that generic artificial intelligence misses. The technology distills intelligence into insights faster, more efficiently, and more securely. It analyses customer interactions in real time, across calls, chats, emails, and more. The company builds specialised small language models for financial services. The technology creates models that deliver lower cost, faster insights, and enterprise-grade security.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +3 · hiring: Senior Engineer, Staff Engineer
Funding rounds
- May 2024Seed$7.5M
- Aug 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Hoxton Ventures, Creator Fund
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailFramer SitesGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag Manager
#12
Acquired · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2014 · 1 employees$79.1Mraised▾
Acquired · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2014 · 1 employees
Provider of a wearable device for remote vital sign monitoring. The device is used for continuous patient vital signs, respiration rate, and oxygen saturation monitoring. The app tracks the data from the device to analyze and identify at-risk patients. The app sends alerts to the healthcare providers in case of a risk for intervention by providing access to the patient data in real-time.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 52k LinkedIn followers — 23.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Senior Firmware Engineer
Funding rounds
- Apr 2021Series B$43M
- Jun 2020Series A$4.2M
- Dec 2019Series A$11.5M
- Jul 2018Series A$8M
Investors
Par Equity, Scottish Enterprise, LRVHealth, OSF HealthCare, Elements Health Ventures, MMC Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebotCore-Js
Funding & investor landscape
$473.6Mtotal disclosed funding
73companies funded
177disclosed rounds
3rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Gov7 rounds
Notable founders
Ben Butchart
Co-Founder & Head of Development Earth Blox · Earth Blox
Lain Woodhouse
Co-Founder · Earth Blox
Jonathan Burridge
Founder & CEO · Utopi
Annette Carter
Founder · Ace Aquatec
Nathan Carter
CEO · Ace Aquatec
Chris Brooks
Chief Executive Officer · CSignum
Joseph Twigg
Chief Executive Officer · Aveni
Chris Fowler
Co-Founder & CTO · Airspection
Matthew Mclean
Co-Founder & CEO & Managing Director · Airspection
Roy Hotrabhvanon
Co-Founder & CEO · PlayerData
Hayden Ball
Co-Founder & CTO · PlayerData
Paweł Niewczas
Founder And R&D Director · Synaptec
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 SIGNALS · United Kingdom
How research on Semiconductors is moving in the United Kingdom
A read on the academic research around Semiconductors — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,207 United Kingdom-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 31% → 55% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- University of Glasgow85
- University of Cambridge62
- University of Southampton52
- Imperial College London51
- University College London44
leading researchers
Saqib Khursheed · Vasilis F. Pavlidis · Andreas Demosthenous · Martin Kuball · Daniele Rossi · Sang Lam · Zhao Wang · Krishna C. Balram
▲
Breakthroughs453 · 38%
▲ 34%→42% share
▲1.2× share momentum1 median citations52% since 2021mostly methods-led
Integrated circuit breakthroughs are surging — UK papers nearly doubled from 23 to 43 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Integrated circuit23→43
- Photonics16→35
- Fabrication1→13
- CMOS18→29
- Scalability2→12
Newly emergingKey (lock) 0→11 · Thermal 0→7 · Robustness (evolution) 0→6
Landmark Integrated Compact Optical Vortex Beam Emitters · 928 cites
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Advancements472 · 39%
▼ 43%→34% share
▼0.8× share momentum2 median citations40% since 2021mostly methods-led
Transistor advancement research is intensifying — UK semiconductor papers rose from 16 to 23.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Fabrication2→11
- Photonics10→18
- Reliability (semiconductor)11→18
- Transistor16→23
- MOSFET3→9
Newly emergingDoping 0→5
Landmark Nanoplasmonic waveguides: towards applications in integrated nanophotonic circuits · 636 cites
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Concerns138 · 11%
▼ 12%→11% share
▼0.9× share momentum1 median citations45% since 2021mostly empirical
Integrated circuit concerns are escalating — UK risk papers nearly tripled from 9 to 24.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Integrated circuit9→24
- Electronic circuit7→14
- Power (physics)3→7
- Electronics4→8
- Coupling (piping)1→5
Landmark First-principles calculations of charge carrier mobility and conductivity in bulk semiconductors and two-dimensional mat · 306 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United Kingdom
Where semiconductors is researched across United Kingdom
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
London119 · +0.55
Glasgow115 · +0.59
Cambridge62 · +0.62
Oxford58 · +0.59
Manchester45 · +0.61
Bristol44 · +0.55
Edinburgh38 · +0.58
Birmingham10 · +0.66
PATENT SIGNAL · United Kingdom
Who's filing semiconductors patents in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom semiconductors patent filing is cooling — 1,854 filings from 1,025 assignees (2016–2025), led by Advanced RISC MACH, SPTS Technologies, ST Microelectronics RES & DEV; annual filings 166→105.
1,854 filings1,025 assigneespeak 240/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Advanced RISC MACH225
- SPTS Technologies177
- ST Microelectronics RES & DEV119
- Cambridge Display TECH98
- Nanoco Technologies84
- Flexenable69
- Plessey Semiconductors67
- Cirrus Logic INT Semiconductor62
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