£25.0M
The round was co-led by Eclipse, Balderton and SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
"We are making larger investments in high growth companies like Wayve to support the UK’s most promising businesses to start, scale, and stay in the UK."
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Microsoft
CorporateMicrosoft for Startups is committed to driving positive social transformation using 21st century technology.
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- AI/ML£3.3B
- LegalTech£4.1M
- ConsumerTech£800K
By location
- Cambridge£3.3B
- London£4.9M
Portfolio companies
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Kano
Kano produces buildable and modular educational computers for young learners.
LawAdvisor Ventures
LawAdvisor Ventures develops software to streamline legal operations and collaboration.
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Wayve
Wayve builds end-to-end artificial intelligence software for autonomous vehicles.
Team
Jordan Chrysafidis
General Manager, Worldwide Education Device Sales
Jordan has spent two decades at Microsoft, holding senior sales, marketing, and programme management roles across corporate accounts, original equipment manufacturer partnerships, and education device sales.
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Adris Ahmed
Channel Lead, Device Partner Solution Sales
Adris brings enterprise partnership and channel management experience from various roles at Microsoft. He also serves as a mentor at Microsoft for Startups.
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Amali de Alwis
UK Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
Amali brings startup, venture capital, and social impact experience from roles including UK Managing Director at Microsoft for Startups and board positions at the Raspberry Pi Foundation and abrdn. She currently serves as an honorary fellow and advisor across technology and sustainability organisations.
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Andrew Macadam
Global Field Lead
Jason Barnwell
General Manager and Associate General Counsel
Jason serves as Chief Product Officer at Agiloft, following a tenure as the company's Chief Legal Officer. His background includes legal and product leadership roles, alongside advisory positions across technology and venture firms.
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Jon Flynn
Managing Director of Microsoft Sports
Jon brings senior experience from Microsoft, Google, and Fox Entertainment.
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Dominik Wee
Corporate Vice President of Manufacturing and Mobility
Dominik brings enterprise experience from senior roles at Microsoft and Google, alongside a decade as a partner at McKinsey & Company.
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$2.0B
Microsoft and SoftBank are in talks to back the autonomous vehicle developer in a deal that could value the company at $8bn.
$1.0B
The Series C round will accelerate the company work with global automotive manufacturers and support integration onto the Uber network.
£837M
The financing round was led by SoftBank with participation from NVIDIA and Microsoft to launch embodied AI products for vehicles.
"At Wayve, our vision is to develop autonomous technology that not only becomes a reality in millions of vehicles but also earns people's trust by seamlessly integrating into their everyday lives to unlock extraordinary value. This significant funding milestone highlights our team's unwavering conviction that Embodied AI will address the long-standing challenges the industry has faced in scaling this technology to everyone, everywhere. Our collaboration with SoftBank, NVIDIA, and Microsoft will help advance our mission to redefine driving with AI at the core. This investment will enable us to develop and launch our first Embodied AI products for the automotive industry, empowering OEMs to provide consumers with trustworthy and beneficial automated driving experiences."
£4.1M
The financing round was backed by prominent legal and technology figures including Ralph Baxter.
"the sheer velocity and rate of change facing today’s legal departments has created new challenges requiring new age thinking. LawAdvisor is addressing these challenges with its remarkably innovative tools. Tools that offer organizations the opportunity of achieving operational excellence"