Best High Tech Companies in Wales, United Kingdom
The 76 best High Tech companies in Wales, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Mypinpad.
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.
Ranked: Best High Tech companies in Wales
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mypinpad Payment security solutions via PIN authentication | $32M | 36 mo ago | 53 53 → 51 (-4%) | Barry Levett CEO | WordPressNode.jsPHP+31 | Top 50M | 136 patents Secure authentication and virtual keypad input technologies for touch-screen devices | 1 launch |
| 2 | Haydale Developer of functionalised graphene and nanomaterial additives for various applications 45News top 16%Funding top 21%Product top 24%Patents top 32% All 11 signals ▾Newstop 16% Fundingtop 21% Producttop 24% Patentstop 32% Partnerstop 42% Moattop 42% Growthtop 45% Globalbottom 49% Marketbottom 48% Innovationbottom 48% Techbottom 32% News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 21 tracked, 9 types) · +133% YoY Funding: Raised $23.8M across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 11 yrs (0.9/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $24M | 5 mo ago | 54 54 → 30 (-44%) | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | Top 10M | 16 patents Advanced nanomaterial-enabled rubber composite manufacturing and waste recycling processes. | — |
| 3 | QLM Provider of quantum sensing technology for natural gas leak detection 24Talent top 34%Funding top 42%News top 45%Tech top 47% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 34% Fundingtop 42% Newstop 45% Techtop 47% Moattop 48% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 21% Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 · 2 named leaders on record Funding: Raised $18.9M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $19M | 7 mo ago | 11 | Xiao Ai Co-founder and CTO | Node.jsBootstrapVue.js+12 | Top 50M | — | 1 launch |
| 4 | Antiverse Developer of computational platform for de novo design of antibody therapeutics 48AI top 30%Tech top 32%Talent top 34%Funding top 39% All 8 signals ▾AItop 30% Techtop 32% Talenttop 34% Fundingtop 39% Moattop 48% Newsbottom 41% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 22% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: machine learning Tech: 35 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $10M | 3 mo ago | 7 | Murat Tunaboylu Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+19 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 5 | W2 Global Data Provider of data KYC or AML and other data services to financial institutions and other sectors | $10M | 91 mo ago | 32 | — | — | — | 5 patents Geospatial data aggregation and database indexing/storage technologies | — |
| 6 | MyHealthChecked Provider of an online platform to order diagnostic test kits sample collection swab for Covid-19 detection | $8M | 86 mo ago | 21 | Penny Mccormick CEO | SanitySentryZendesk+23 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 7 | IntelAgent AI based virtual assistant platform for customer support and engagement | $5M | 36 mo ago | 9 | Paul Shepherd Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Wbb AI based solutions for public sector organizations | $4M | 36 mo ago | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Touch Biometrix Provider of fingerprint-based biometric systems | $4M | 49 mo ago | 1 | — | — | — | 59 patents Biometric skin-contact touch sensors for human‑computer interaction and pointing devices. | — |
| 10 | Perpetuus Advanced Materials Develops and manufactures garphene at industrial scale | $4M | 28 mo ago | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | LSN Diffusion 3D printing metal powders developer | $2M | 88 mo ago | 101 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Deer Technology Provider of meter reading solutions for commercial applications | $2M | 61 mo ago | 11 11 → 7 (-36%) | Garry Jackson Co-Founder | — | — | — | 3 launchs |
| 13 | Loc.ai Provider of infrastructure for shifting artificial intelligence inference to edge devices | $1M | 2 mo ago | — | Saif Al-Ibadi Co-Founder & Head of Enterprise Programs | Radix UIYouTubeReact+10 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 14 | Route Konnect Provider of IoT-based smart road solutions | $1M | 49 mo ago | 6 | Mohamed Binesmael Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Drone Evolution Operator of drone services for surveying, inspection, and promotional imagery | $1M | 19 mo ago | 10 | Toby Townrow Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | Top 50M | 10 patents Tethered UAV power delivery systems and payload transport mechanisms for small drones | — |
| 16 | Tendertec Provider of AI-powered ambient sensing for independent living and care support | $1M | 24 mo ago | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Afon Technology Provider of non-invasive blood glucose monitoring device 22Growth top 35%Funding top 48%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 37% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 37% Techbottom 27% Marketbottom 22% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $709k across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $709K | 13 mo ago | 9 | Sabih Chaudhry CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | Top 10M | — | 1 launch |
| 18 | Seren Photonics Manufacturer of substrate | $704K | 98 mo ago | 3 | Godfrey Ainsworth Chairman & CEO | — | — | 50 patents Enabling semi‑polar crystal substrates for high‑efficiency LED and photonic device fabrication. | — |
| 19 | Hybrisan Developer of nanotechnology based antimicrobial fibers | $607K | 73 mo ago | 3 | Ken Foard CEO | — | — | 5 patents Peptide-based pharmaceutical compositions and formulations | — |
| 20 | Revader Provider of mobile surveillance cameras | $500K | 125 mo ago | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Geosho White label products for mapping and location data analyzing | $382K | 185 mo ago | 2 | Paul Sandham MD & Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Academy of Robotics Developer of autonomous systems for logistics, delivery, and transport solutions | $381K | 62 mo ago | 2 | William Sachiti Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Virtus Tech Developer of a platform offering VR-based tools to create digital training tours | $350K | 45 mo ago | 5 | Robin Davies Co-Founder | — | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 24 | Irresistible Materials Manufacturer of nanomaterials for lithography applications | $285K | 77 mo ago | 9 | — | — | — | 4 patents Advanced EUV lithography photoresist chemistries using methanofullerene additives | — |
| 25 | BrandLab360 Provider of e-commerce consulting services | $165K | 121 mo ago | 24 | Dan Connell Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | ZoVolt Wireless ECG Sensor Manufacturers | $146K | 152 mo ago | 3 | Tibor Pardi Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Frontgrid Develop adventure leisure & virtual reality attractions | $131K | 87 mo ago | 5 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+33 | Top 10M | 7 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | 1 launch · 3 expansions |
Top 12 High Tech companies in Wales
#1
Public · Swansea, Wales · founded 2010 · 54 employees$23.8Mraised▾
Developer of functionalised graphene and nanomaterial additives for various applications. They offer functionalisation processes that enhance material properties. These materials improve strength, durability, thermal conductivity, and electrical performance. The company's products are used in elastomers, rubber technology, graphene inks, and heating systems.
- Jan 2026Post IPO$7.7M
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)—
- Feb 2023Grant (prize money)$312.5K
- Aug 2022Post IPO$5.9M
#2
Series A · Cardiff, Wales · founded 2017 · 7 employees$10.1Mraised▾
Developer of computational platform for de novo design of antibody therapeutics. The platform combines machine learning techniques and cell line engineering for challenging targets. It facilitates design for drug targets, including G-protein coupled receptors and ion channels. The technology enables movement from target identification to functional antibody.
- Mar 2026Series A$9.3M
- Oct 2024Seed$4.6M
- Mar 2023Seed$3M
- Mar 2021Seed$1.9M
#3
Series A · Newport, Wales · founded 2017 · 11 employees$18.9Mraised▾
Provider of quantum sensing technology for natural gas leak detection. It allows users to detect gas from wellheads and pipeline transportation activities. It can also be used with a drone. It has applications in oil and gas, industrial, biogas, and agricultural emission monitoring systems.
- Nov 2025Series A$4.6M
- Aug 2022Series A$14.6M
- Apr 2021Seed$4.3M
#4
Seed · Cardiff, Wales · founded 2025$1.4Mraised▾
Provider of infrastructure for shifting artificial intelligence inference to edge devices. It offers tools to move inference from cloud application programming interfaces to end-user devices. The infrastructure is application agnostic and provides a replacement for cloud application programming interfaces. It allows users to migrate existing code. The infrastructure facilitates data processing where it is generated, removing cloud dependencies. It ensures compliance with data requirements.
- Apr 2026Seed$1.4M
#5
Seed · Chepstow, Wales · founded 2015 · 9 employees$709.2Kraised▾
Provider of non-invasive blood glucose monitoring device. The features of the patented device are high and low glucose warnings, continuous monitoring, personalized health trends, and others.
- May 2025Grant (prize money)$2.7M
- 2023Grant (prize money)$2.7M
- Feb 2023Grant (prize money)$2.6M
- Nov 2022Seed$709.2K
#6
Series C · Cardiff, Wales · founded 2012 · 53 employees$32.1Mraised▾
myPinPad provides the ability to securely collect and manage PINs on smart phones, and tablets to help authenticate transactions. The myPINpad Authentication Service enables consumers to use their regular card PIN for secure authentication at checkout. The convenience of using PIN authentication rather than alternative password entry minimises transaction abandonment. The platform can be used for multiple services as authenticating digital payments, issuing/managing PIN services, authenticating mPoS payments, cardless ATM withdrawals, mobile commerce and payment acceptance devices.
- Jun 2023Series C$13M
- Oct 2018Series B$19.1M
#7
Seed · Caerphilly, Wales · founded 2018 · 10 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Operator of drone services for surveying, inspection, and promotional imagery. They provide aerial photography, videography, thermal inspections, and 3D modeling. Services extend to industries including construction, utilities, security, and facilities management. Tethered drone systems are available for extended operation and traffic monitoring.
- Nov 2024Seed$1.1M
- Oct 2018Seed$232.7K
#8
Seed · Ammanford, Wales · founded 2015 · 14 employees$3.8Mraised▾
Perpetuus Advanced Materials develops and manufactures graphene at industrial scale. The company uses a proprietary computer-controlled DBD plasma reactor which has a theoretical production capacity of producing 140 tonnes of functionalised graphene per annum. The current production capacity of the company is 27 tonnes per year. The company has formed a joint venture with Gwent Group Ltd that works on the development of graphene-based sensor material. The company has signed an agreement with companies like Heraeus, G24, and Cientifica for developing new graphene-based products. The company signed a license agreement with Japan's Graphene Platform (GPC) which will allow GPC to produce graphene using their DBD plasma reactor.
- Feb 2024Seed$314.6K
- Sep 2022Seed$536.1K
- Nov 2019Seed$139.6K
- Jul 2019Seed$124.6K
#9
Seed · Cardiff, Wales · founded 2017 · 9 employees$4.6Mraised▾
AI based virtual assistant platform for customer support and engagement. It applies artificial intelligence to the conversational data for automating answers, performing tasks, identifying sales opportunities, routing calls to appropriate agents, profiling look a like customers, and proposing next actions. It is equipped with in chat analytics engine for tracking the sentiment and personality traits of a consumer to deliver appropriate responses and actions.
- Jun 2023Seed$771.3K
- Aug 2022Seed$596.5K
- Dec 2021Seed$1.5M
- Jun 2018Seed$1.4M
#10
Seed · Cardiff, Wales · founded 2018 · 9 employees$4.2Mraised▾
We Build Bots is a technology company that develops artificial intelligence based solutions specifically for public sector organizations. Its product line includes Intelagent, Tickit, and Triage. Intelagenta is a customer service solution that provides support through chat and voice bots. Tickit is an internal facing IT help desk assistant that can answer frequent questions related to IT support. Triage is a mailbox automation tool that redirect emails to the correct department and recipient, and claims to learns the organisation's structure with every email it analyses.
- Jun 2023Seed$771.3K
- Aug 2022Seed$596.5K
- Dec 2021Seed$1.5M
- Dec 2019Seed$410.9K
#11
Seed · Cardiff, Wales · founded 2017 · 2 employees$1Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered ambient sensing for independent living and care support. It offers a platform for fall prevention, activity monitoring, and care assessments using thermal sensor technology. The platform supports care providers, housing organizations, families, and researchers with insights into individual wellbeing and daily living activities. It also provides a community-building app to encourage physical activity and social engagement.
- Jun 2024Seed$561.3K
- 2022Grant (prize money)$1.9M
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$278.7K
- 2019Grant (prize money)—
#12
Acquired · Cardiff, Wales · founded 2011 · 32 employees$10Mraised▾
W2 Global Data is a provider of structured international data, software, and services, helping clients to make decisions about the people and organizations they are interacting with through web-based online screening tools. Its product range includes SAVI, a real time AML and customer due diligence tracker KYCchecker, enabling real-time ID verification of consumer and corporate customers around the globe AMLchecker enabling verification of UK customers in line with the latest EU Money Laundering Directive, BSMART, enables to stay up to date by continuously cross-referencing database against a number of datasets and Liveboat, a stand-alone, completely self-sufficient KYC service that runs autonomously from any of our other services, even operating from a disparate, ring-fenced remote hosting centre. Apart from financial institutions, they also provide services to retail, security, real estate and few other sectors.
- Oct 2018Series A$4M
- Jul 2018Series A$1.7M
- Apr 2017Series A—
- Dec 2015Seed$861.6K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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Funding & growth over time
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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.
- University of Glasgow85
- University of Cambridge62
- University of Southampton52
- Imperial College London51
- University College London44
- Integrated circuit23→43
- Photonics16→35
- Fabrication1→13
- CMOS18→29
- Scalability2→12
- Fabrication2→11
- Photonics10→18
- Reliability (semiconductor)11→18
- Transistor16→23
- MOSFET3→9
- Integrated circuit9→24
- Electronic circuit7→14
- Power (physics)3→7
- Electronics4→8
- Coupling (piping)1→5
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.
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.
- Advanced RISC MACH225
- SPTS Technologies177
- ST Microelectronics RES & DEV119
- Cambridge Display TECH97
- Nanoco Technologies84
- Flexenable69
- Plessey Semiconductors67
- Cirrus Logic INT Semiconductor62
Common questions
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