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The commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge.


Recent investments

Seed
£4.5M

The seed financing was co-led by UKI2S and Cambridge Enterprise Ventures to support the commercial deployment of photonic chip designs.

"The team has spent the past few years building and experimentally validating our design technology – it’s exciting to have the resources to begin deploying it to solve real industry problems."
— James Lee, CEO
Series B
£29.0M

The funding round was led by Volta Energy Technologies with backing from CBMM, BGF, and Cambridge Enterprise Ventures.

"Our ambition is to deliver the best fast-charging batteries to unlock the electrification of heavy-duty vehicles. The investment from our partners Volta Energy Technologies, CBMM, BGF and Cambridge Enterprise Ventures cements our ambition to achieve full-scale commercialisation and full production volume."
— Jean de La Verpilliere, Chief Executive Officer
Pre-Seed
£2.5M

The pre-seed round was led by Tony Mallin of Star Capital to support platform development.

"WYA links people with their peers and strengthens the ability to keep contact with those that you’re out with, even when they’ve wandered away and phone signal is limited. Tamzin and the team have been a dream to work with, with a modern eye for developing customer and venue safety through their stunning app"
— James Slater
Seed
£1.8M

The funding extension was backed by new investor We Venture Capital alongside returning backers Nina Capital, Apex Ventures, and Cambridge Enterprise to prepare the firm for Series A.

"Zetta Genomics is already making a difference to patients as XetaBase empowers clinicians to make faster and more accurate diagnoses at scale. With this extension to our second seed funding round now finalised, we are scaling and innovating our technologies, and enhancing customer focus."
— Ignacio Medina, Founder and CEO
£1.7M

The investment round was led by Cambridge Enterprise with backing from a range of existing and new institutional and angel investors.

"I have been extremely impressed by the insights, data and detail we have gained from this cutting-edge technology. Furthermore, the responsiveness of all the RoboK team – from their CEO to engineers – to find rapid, practical, and innovative solutions has been superb. There are clearly huge opportunities for all UK ports to collaborate and benefit from what we have learned; without question we now run a safer operation thanks to RoboK’s technology and expertise"
— David Brown, Chief Executive