Portfolio
6
companies
Cera
Cera provides digital-first home healthcare and nursing services.
Graphcore
Graphcore develops specialized processors designed for artificial intelligence workloads.
Luminance
Luminance builds artificial intelligence technology to automate and manage enterprise contract lifecycles.
Multiverse
Multiverse provides workforce training and AI adoption infrastructure for corporate clients.
Wayve
Wayve builds end-to-end artificial intelligence software for autonomous vehicles.
tem
tem provides AI-native infrastructure to modernise and simplify energy transactions for businesses.
Tim Creed
Head of Private Equity Investments
Michael Mclean
Head of Private Equity Technology Investments
Michael brings private equity and venture capital investment experience from Schroders, Millennium Technology Value Partners, and Institutional Venture Partners. He previously worked as a product manager at Zynga and an analyst at JPMorgan.
LinkedInThe strategic funding round values the workforce transformation company at $2.1bn.
"There are companies who desperately need the benefits AI can bring. There are AI companies. What has been missing is the layer that bridges the two. This investment marks the moment Multiverse defines that category, and takes it across Europe. Getting outcomes from AI and unlocking productivity is not just a technology problem. It is a people problem. We exist to solve it,"
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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The oversubscribed round included participation from Hitachi Ventures, Voyager Ventures, and Schroders Capital, alongside existing investors.
"Energy underpins every industry in the world, and yet no one has succeeded in course-correcting the fundamentally flawed way the markets work. For decades, the industry has tried to patch over the costly inefficiency of energy transactions with new utility brands and new promises. The real opportunity in energy looks a lot like what fintech did to banking: rebuild the core infrastructure, then let innovation explode on top of it."
Point72 Private Investments led the round to support global expansion and research initiatives.
"We know this market well and strongly believe in the power of next-generation AI to revolutionise contracting processes across the enterprise. We are excited to back Luminance as it continues building a specialist and trusted technology that has already been adopted by many of the world’s largest organizations. Their team, strategy and vision positions them well to win this market."
The financing round was led by Kairos HQ alongside Schroders Capital and other backers to expand at-home patient care capacity.
"Since Cera’s launch in November 2016 the company has scaled at an unprecedented rate for the sector, benefiting countless lives, and proving the need for technology-powered improvement in healthcare. Receiving such significant financial backing during this period of global economic volatility, is testament to the strength of Cera’s business model, our innovation, and our commitment to revolutionising healthcare. We’re now in pole position to be able to use our unique technology to expand what we do for patients across the world who are in need of care, while relieving pressures on public services."
