$55.0M
The Oxford spinout secured backing from a group of healthcare investors to scale its EchoGo heart disease detection technology.
"Hospitals already possess the data; they just lack the tools to unlock its full diagnostic potential."
Portfolio
15
companies
AUM
£1.4T
under management
By category
- FinTech£275M
- BioTech£78.0M
- TransportTech£49.9M
- CleanTech£45.4M
- AI/ML£41.6M
- Other£103M
By location
- London£330M
- Bristol£125M
- Oxford£50.4M
- United Kingdom£49.9M
- Newcastle upon Tyne£23.0M
- Other£14.0M
Portfolio companies
AE
Advanced Electric Machines
Advanced Electric Machines builds sustainable electric motors for commercial and passenger vehicles.
BP
Brill Power
Brill Power develops intelligent battery management systems to improve energy storage and vehicle performance.
Care Sourcer
Care Sourcer provides a comparison and matching platform for older people care.
Congenica
Congenica provides software that accelerates genomic data analysis for personalised medicine.
Current Health
Enterprise remote care management platform for home-based patient monitoring.
CyberSmart
CyberSmart provides automated cybersecurity and compliance technology for small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Hometree
Hometree provides residential energy services and home cover solutions.
Moneyhub
Moneyhub provides data, intelligence and payments technology for financial services.
Moneyhub Financial Technology
Moneyhub develops open finance and open data software for corporate clients.
Onto
Onto provides all-inclusive electric car subscriptions for drivers seeking flexibility.
PQShield
PQShield builds quantum-resistant cryptographic solutions for the global technology supply chain.
Sero Technologies
Sero Technologies builds digital tools and services to decarbonise residential housing.
Smart
Smart provides digital retirement technology for workplace pensions and savers.
Ultromics
Ultromics develops artificial intelligence tools to detect hidden heart disease.
Vaarst
Vaarst provides cloud managed robotics and autonomy for marine industries.
Team
Chris Knight
CEO, Legal & General Retail Retirement
Chris brings regulatory and financial services experience from the Financial Conduct Authority and Legal & General. He serves as associate director at the NHS Business Services Authority.
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Jessica McCreadie
Investment Director of Health & Care
JB
John Bromley
Managing Director - Clean Energy Strategy
John brings clean energy and climate investment experience from his role at Legal & General.
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Lauren Kemp
Senior Communications Manager
Lauren brings extensive corporate communications and PR experience from roles at Legal & General, London Central Portfolio, and Freud Communications.
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Faye Bennett
Senior PR Manager
WP
Wian Pieterse
Fintech MD
Wian brings financial services and corporate development experience from senior roles at Legal & General, LV=, and HSBC. He currently serves as Group M&A Director at Legal & General.
LinkedInRecent investments
£29.0M
Addition led the Series B round with participation from Chevron Technology Ventures, Legal & General, Braavos Capital, and Oxford Science Enterprises.
"As we approach the culmination of the NIST project, we expect newly-ratified standards to help drive rapid adoption of PQC across the technology supply chain. Led by an industry-leading team with decades of experience, PQShield has quickly established itself as a leading authority in post-quantum cryptography for hardware and software. We are excited to see the business continue to build on its existing commercial success and further enhance its efforts in protecting our digital future."
£23.0M
Legal & General Capital and Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital co-led the Series A round to support manufacturing expansion and international growth.
"Today’s funding announcement clears our path to sustainable growth for years to come. It is a vote of confidence from the market in our vision, our technical capabilities and our mission to rid EV motors of harmful and problematic materials. Everyone at AEM and our new partners are excited for the role we are now able to play in making the electric vehicle sector truly sustainable."
$46.0M
The round was led by 2150 and Energy Impact Partners alongside Legal & General Capital.
"This funding round and acquisition of BeWarm marks a significant new chapter for Hometree, enabling us to deliver on our long-held vision of building the leading residential energy efficiency platform across Europe. The recent energy crisis has shown that we can’t remain reliant on foreign gas to heat and power our homes, and Hometree has a key role to play in helping homeowners transition to a more safe, stable and affordable energy system."
£12.8M
Oxx led the Series B round with participation from institutional and returning investors to fund product development and global expansion.
"Once again, we were blown away by the interest we received from investors, but as we carve our niche in the market, we remain steadfast in being selective of shareholders whose values and ambition align closely with our own. In spite of the economic downturn, we are encouraged that some of Europe’s most reputable investors believe in, and are keen to financially support, CyberSmart’s mission to protect and empower the underserved SME market against cybercrime. More importantly, we are delighted that they trust us to deliver on that vision, and I look forward to seeing how much we can accomplish in the year ahead."
