153 investors have funded 41 Native AI in Software Development companies head-officed in London, across 233 rounds (Mar 2015 – Mar 2026). They are ranked by how many London companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In London" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 3 | 5 | 3 | Jan 2024 | 5,648 |
| 2 | Amadeus Capital | London, United Kingdom | SeedSeries ASeries B | 2 | 7 | 4 | Jul 2025 | 139 |
| 3 | Seedcamp | London, United Kingdom | SeedSeries A | 2 | 4 | — | May 2025 | 386 |
| 4 | IQ Capital | Cambridge, United Kingdom | SeedSeries A | 2 | 4 | 2 | May 2025 | 99 |
| 5 | Google Ventures | Mountain View, United States | Series ASeed | 2 | 3 | 2 | Aug 2025 | 736 |
| 6 | Coatue | New York City, United States | Seed | 2 | 3 | 3 | Jun 2024 | 312 |
| 7 | Entrepreneur First | London, United Kingdom | SeedSeries A | 2 | 3 | — | Jun 2022 | 292 |
| 8 | LocalGlobe | London, United Kingdom | Series ASeed | 2 | 3 | 2 | Nov 2022 | 208 |
| 9 | Cherry Ventures | Berlin, Germany | Series ASeed | 2 | 3 | 2 | Aug 2025 | 131 |
| 10 | Lakestar | Zurich, Switzerland | SeedSeries A | 2 | 3 | 1 | Dec 2024 | 134 |
| 11 | Zetta Venture Partners | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 2 | 3 | 2 | Jul 2025 | 53 |
| 12 | Crane Venture Partners | London, United Kingdom | Series ASeed | 2 | 3 | 1 | Nov 2021 | 62 |
| 13 | Mercuri | London, United Kingdom | SeedSeries A | 2 | 3 | 2 | Jun 2024 | 39 |
| 14 | Techstars | New York City, United States | Seed | 2 | 2 | 2 | Jun 2023 | 3,580 |
| 15 | Soma Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 2 | 2 | 2 | Aug 2024 | 333 |
| 16 | Forward Partners | London, United Kingdom | Series ASeed | 2 | 2 | — | Jan 2024 | 50 |
| 17 | Passion Capital | London, United Kingdom | SeedSeries ASeries B | 1 | 5 | 2 | Jul 2020 | 87 |
| 18 | Dawn Capital | London, United Kingdom | Series BSeries CSeries D | 1 | 4 | 1 | Mar 2023 | 82 |
| 19 | British Patient Capital | Sheffield, United Kingdom | Series E+Series CSeries D | 1 | 4 | — | Mar 2025 | 33 |
| 20 | HSBC | London, United Kingdom | Series CSeries DSeries E+ | 1 | 3 | — | Mar 2023 | 145 |
| 21 | AlbionVC | London, United Kingdom | Series CSeries DSeries E+ | 1 | 3 | — | Mar 2023 | 78 |
| 22 | Abn Amro | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Series CSeries DSeries E+ | 1 | 3 | — | Mar 2023 | 72 |
| 23 | Playfair Capital | London, United Kingdom | SeedSeries ASeries B | 1 | 3 | 1 | Sep 2018 | 50 |
| 24 | Evolution Equity Partners | New York City, United States | Series CSeries DSeries E+ | 1 | 3 | 1 | Mar 2023 | 54 |
| 25 | Sequoia Capital | Menlo Park, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 2 | Oct 2024 | 1,568 |
| 26 | Lightspeed Venture Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | 2 | Jun 2024 | 860 |
| 27 | Partech Partners | Paris, France | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Oct 2024 | 351 |
| 28 | Speedinvest | Vienna, Austria | Seed | 1 | 2 | — | Jan 2022 | 322 |
| 29 | Warburg Pincus | New York City, United States | Series DSeries E+ | 1 | 2 | 1 | Mar 2023 | 331 |
| 30 | Boldstart Ventures | Miami, United States | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Nov 2024 | 89 |
| 31 | NVIDIA | Santa Clara, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | — | Mar 2026 | 121 |
| 32 | BDMI | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2022 | 105 |
| 33 | Sound Ventures | United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2024 | 116 |
| 34 | Accenture | Dublin, Ireland | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jul 2020 | 109 |
| 35 | Flint Capital | Palo Alto, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sep 2020 | 41 |
| 36 | Albion Capital Group | London, United Kingdom | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jul 2018 | 41 |
| 37 | Nokia | Espoo, Finland | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | — | Mar 2026 | 32 |
| 38 | Point72 | Stamford, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | — | Mar 2026 | 34 |
| 39 | BNY Mellon | New York City, United States (Usa) | Series DSeries E+ | 1 | 2 | — | Mar 2023 | 23 |
| 40 | SuperSeed | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Oct 2025 | 23 |
| 41 | Toscafund Asset Management | London, United Kingdom | Series C | 1 | 2 | 2 | Apr 2023 | 15 |
| 42 | HSBC | London, United Kingdom | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jul 2018 | 17 |
| 43 | Dell | Round Rock, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | — | Mar 2026 | 19 |
| 44 | OSV | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2024 | 7 |
| 45 | Aker ASA | Oslo, Norway | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 2 | Mar 2026 | 4 |
| 46 | Sandton Capital Partners | New York City, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sep 2025 | 5 |
| 47 | Irregular Expressions | New York City, United States | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | — | Oct 2024 | 4 |
| 48 | Accel | Palo Alto, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2024 | 1,133 |
| 49 | Index Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2024 | 639 |
| 50 | Greycroft | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2024 | 452 |
| 51 | Atlas Venture | Cambridge, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2024 | 302 |
| 52 | Startupbootcamp | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2018 | 500 |
| 53 | Fidelity Investments | Boston, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2025 | 358 |
| 54 | Octopus Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2022 | 300 |
| 55 | Animoca Brands | Kowloon, China | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2021 | 320 |
| 56 | GIC | Singapore, Singapore | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2023 | 256 |
| 57 | Mubadala | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2021 | 167 |
| 58 | Microsoft | Redmond, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2025 | 173 |
| 59 | .406 Ventures | Boston, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2024 | 89 |
| 60 | Redalpine | Zurich, Switzerland | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2025 | 85 |
| 61 | Founders Factory | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2018 | 164 |
| 62 | Paladin Capital | Washington, DC, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2021 | 99 |
| 63 | RevTech Labs | Charlotte, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2017 | 147 |
| 64 | Connect Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2016 | 110 |
| 65 | Pioneer Fund | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2022 | 138 |
| 66 | Molten Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2020 | 82 |
| 67 | Wayra | Madrid, Spain | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2021 | 117 |
| 68 | Borderless Capital | Miami, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2021 | 118 |
| 69 | UBS | Zurich, Switzerland | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | May 2025 | 104 |
| 70 | Acequia Capital | Seattle, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2019 | 115 |
| 71 | Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan | Toronto, Canada | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2025 | 101 |
| 72 | Atlantic Bridge | Dublin, Ireland | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2024 | 78 |
| 73 | T Capital | Hamburg, Germany | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2025 | 91 |
| 74 | Citadel | Chicago, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2026 | 99 |
| 75 | LAUNCHUB | Sofia, Bulgaria | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2022 | 83 |
| 76 | Oxford Capital | Oxford, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2024 | 60 |
| 77 | Lenovo | Hong Kong, China | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2026 | 85 |
| 78 | Sands Capital | Arlington, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2022 | 71 |
| 79 | UpHonest Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2024 | 92 |
| 80 | Haatch | Stamford, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2024 | 75 |
| 81 | 7percent Ventures | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2022 | 56 | |
| 82 | Updata Partners | Washington, DC, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2022 | 68 |
| 83 | Downing | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2019 | 68 |
| 84 | Mundi Ventures | Madrid, Spain | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2020 | 59 |
| 85 | Sands Capital Ventures | Arlington, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2020 | 61 |
| 86 | MS&AD Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2020 | 63 |
| 87 | Telefonica | Madrid, Spain | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2021 | 66 |
| 88 | Deepbridge Capital | Chester, United Kingdom | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2017 | 52 |
| 89 | G Squared | Chicago, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2025 | 48 |
| 90 | Root Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2020 | 38 |
| 91 | Forward Ventures | San Diego, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2019 | 35 |
| 92 | Moonfire | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2022 | 40 |
| 93 | Silversmith | Boston, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2020 | 46 |
| 94 | Sky | Isleworth, United Kingdom | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2022 | 26 |
| 95 | ProVenture | Trondheim, Norway | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2020 | 39 |
| 96 | Shine Capital | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2022 | 37 |
| 97 | Jane Street | New York City, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2026 | 36 |
| 98 | Martlet Capital | Cambridge, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2024 | 30 |
| 99 | TrueSight Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2022 | 25 |
| 100 | Sure Valley Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2024 | 24 |
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Native AI in Software Development companies head-officed in London that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nscale nscale.com |
21 | 27 | $35.8B | Series C Mar 2026 |
| Quantexa quantexa.com |
13 | 32 | $3.3B | Series E+ Mar 2025 |
| OctaiPipe octaipipe.ai |
11 | 12 | $27.3M | Seed Oct 2025 |
| Papercup papercup.com |
10 | 14 | $204.3M | Series A Jun 2022 |
| SigmaOS sigmaos.com |
9 | 10 | $32.1M | Seed Nov 2022 |
| Synthesized synthesized.io |
8 | 10 | $121.1M | Series A May 2025 |
| Virtuoso virtuoso.qa |
8 | 9 | $79.5M | Series A Nov 2021 |
| Ravelin Technology ravelin.com |
7 | 16 | $141.6M | Series C Jul 2020 |
| Mindgard mindgard.ai |
6 | 8 | $51.4M | Series A Dec 2024 |
| Pimloc pimloc.com |
6 | 10 | $51.1M | Seed Jul 2025 |
| Stability AI stability.ai |
5 | 9 | $728M | Seed Jun 2024 |
| Cosine cosine.sh |
5 | 5 | $10.1M | Seed Aug 2024 |
| Tessl tessl.io |
4 | 6 | $450M | Series A Nov 2024 |
| Meticulous meticulous.ai |
4 | 5 | $16.1M | Seed Jan 2024 |
| kare's karehq.com |
4 | 4 | $8M | Seed Nov 2016 |
| Ittybit ittybit.com |
4 | 4 | $7.7M | Seed Jun 2024 |
| BlackSwan Technologies blackswantechnologies.ai |
3 | 3 | $84M | Series A Oct 2020 |
| Maze mazehq.com |
3 | 4 | $80.4M | Series A Jun 2025 |
| iProov iproov.com |
3 | 3 | $72.2M | Series B Jan 2022 |
| VoxSmart voxsmart.com |
3 | 4 | $51.9M | Series C Apr 2023 |
| Pydantic pydantic.dev |
3 | 6 | $51.6M | Series A Oct 2024 |
| HASH hash.ai |
3 | 3 | $15M | Series A Jul 2024 |
| Sumsub sumsub.com |
3 | 4 | $12M | Series A Sep 2020 |
| reinfer reinfer.io |
3 | 4 | $10.6M | Series A Feb 2018 |
| Phoebe phoebe.ai |
2 | 2 | $34M | Seed Aug 2025 |
| Adadot adadot.com |
2 | 2 | $2M | Seed Apr 2022 |
| Fraud.com fraud.com |
2 | 2 | — | Seed Mar 2021 |
| CUDOS cudos.org |
2 | 2 | — | Seed Jun 2021 |
| Microblink microblink.com |
1 | 1 | $60M | Series A Dec 2020 |
| NexGen Cloud nexgencloud.com |
1 | 1 | $45M | Series A Apr 2025 |
| Shufti shuftipro.com |
1 | 1 | $20M | Series A Mar 2022 |
| Attraqt attraqt.com |
1 | 1 | $5M | Post-IPO Nov 2015 |
| My Voice myvoice.ai |
1 | 1 | $3.2M | Series A Oct 2020 |
| Civo civo.com |
1 | 1 | $2M | Seed Sep 2021 |
| Veriom veriom.io |
1 | 1 | $390K | Seed Feb 2024 |
| Saffe saffe.ai |
1 | 1 | $20K | Seed Jun 2017 |
| Affiniti.AI affiniti.ai |
1 | 1 | $20K | Seed Jun 2023 |
| Prognostic prognostic.io |
1 | 1 | $17.4K | Seed May 2018 |
| Stepsize stepsize.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jun 2016 |
| Nothreat nothreat.io |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Feb 2025 |
| Eyn eyn.vision |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Mar 2017 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Citadel | Nscale | Series C | $2B |
| Mar 2026 | Astra Capital Management | Nscale | Series C | $2B |
| Mar 2026 | Linden | Nscale | Series C | $2B |
| Mar 2026 | Lenovo | Nscale | Series C | $2B |
| Mar 2026 | Nokia | Nscale | Series C | $2B |
| Mar 2026 | Dell | Nscale | Series C | $2B |
| Mar 2026 | Nvidia | Nscale | Series C | $2B |
| Mar 2026 | Aker ASALED | Nscale | Series C | $2B |
| Mar 2026 | Jane Street | Nscale | Series C | $2B |
| Mar 2026 | Point72 | Nscale | Series C | $2B |
| Mar 2026 | 8090 IndustriesLED | Nscale | Series C | $2B |
| Oct 2025 | SuperSeed | OctaiPipe | Seed | — |
| Oct 2025 | Momenta | OctaiPipe | Seed | — |
| Oct 2025 | Atlas Ventures | OctaiPipe | Seed | — |
| Oct 2025 | Kyra Ventures | OctaiPipe | Seed | — |
| Sep 2025 | OpenAI | Nscale | Series B | $1.1B |
| Sep 2025 | Nokia | Nscale | Series B | $1.1B |
| Sep 2025 | Microsoft | Nscale | Series B | $1.1B |
| Sep 2025 | Fidelity Investments | Nscale | Series B | $1.1B |
| Sep 2025 | Dell | Nscale | Series B | $1.1B |
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