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UCL Technology Fund

UCL Technology Fund

Venture Capital

The fund helps researchers across physical and life sciences scale globally, managed by AlbionVC in collaboration with UCL Business.

Portfolio

10

companies


Portfolio companies

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Oriole Networks

Oriole Networks builds optical networking technology to connect artificial intelligence chips and reduce energy consumption.

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Stanhope AI

Stanhope AI applies neuroscience research to build autonomous agentic AI models for real-world decision making.

Hazy

Hazy

Hazy provides synthetic data solutions that enable enterprises to utilise sensitive information securely.

Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies

Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies

Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies develops resistive random-access memory to enable smart devices.

Carbon Re

Carbon Re

Carbon Re builds artificial intelligence to decarbonise energy-intensive industries.

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Bramble Energy

Bramble Energy develops printed circuit board fuel cell technology for hydrogen power.

Phasecraft

Phasecraft

Phasecraft builds high efficiency quantum algorithms for material discovery and energy optimisation.

Nozzle.ai

Nozzle.ai

An eCommerce and advertising optimisation platform for Amazon.

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Echopoint Medical

Echopoint Medical develops optical sensing microcatheters for heart disease diagnosis.

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Astroscreen

Astroscreen builds technology to detect disinformation carriers and botnets on social networks.


Team

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David Grimm

Partner


Recent investments

Seed
£10.0M

The seed round was co-led by UCL Technology Fund, Clean Growth Fund, XTX Ventures, and Dorilton

"AI computational needs are increasing by 10 times every 18 months. This leads to distributed training and inference across large numbers of xPUs. Collective data movement across the servers in the data centre becomes a bottleneck which in turn limits the training and inference completion time. This requires a fundamental shift in the co-design of next generation networked systems."
— George Zervas, CTO
Seed
£2.3M

The seed round was led by UCL Technology Fund to support the development and practical application of the company technology.

"Our mission at Stanhope AI is to bridge the gap between neuroscience and artificial intelligence, creating a new generation of AI systems that can think, adapt, and decide like humans. We believe this technology will transform the capabilities of AI and robotics and make them more impactful in real-world scenarios. We trust the math and we’re delighted to have the backing of investors like UCL Technology Fund who deeply understand the science behind this technology and their support will be significant on our journey to revolutionise AI technology."
— Rosalyn Moran, CEO
Series A
$9.0M

The Series A round was led by Conviction with participation from numerous strategic and venture capital investors.

"The response from businesses to the capabilities of synthetic data has been huge. Enabling our customers to access and actually use their data unlocks real commercial value. Hazy has been working in the generative AI field since our inception in 2017 and we are excited to see where the space goes. This funding will solidify our position as the leading synthetic data provider for enterprises to unlock value through their data and enable us to explore the greater potential of generative AI to produce real results for businesses, with no privacy limitations."
— Harry Keen, Co-Founder and CEO
Series A
£7.0M

The funding round was led by Octopus Ventures with backing from IP Group and the UCL Technology Fund.

"We believe RRAM has the potential to become the backbone for the next generation of edge and IoT computers at a time when data hungry intelligent applications are becoming more and more prevalent"
— Mark Dickinson, CEO
Seed
£4.2M

The funding round was led by Planet A Ventures with participation from Clean Growth Fund, UCL Technology Fund, and Cambridge Enterprise.

"At a time of escalating fuel prices and increasing emphasis on CO2 reduction targets, there is an urgent need for action. Carbon Re is connecting the biggest challenge of our time – climate change – with the biggest opportunity – advances in AI. Our cement plant trials have demonstrated that Delta Zero can deliver dramatic CO2 savings on a near-live basis."
— Sherif Elsayed-Ali, CEO
Series B
£35.0M

HydrogenOne Capital Growth led the Series B round with support from IP Group, Parkwalk Advisors, BGF, and the UCL Technology Fund.

"Hydrogen, through its green production from electrolysis or its use in fuel cells to provide clean power, is critical for the transition to net zero. Bramble Energy brings a fundamentally different approach to these technologies, unlocking the deployment of hydrogen faster, more flexibly and at scale. We are delighted to contribute substantially to this significant funding round which will take Bramble to the next stage."
— Jamie Vollbracht, Partner, Cleantech
Seed
£1.4M

The seed round was led by UCL Technology Fund and IP Group to help fund memory device prototyping.

"Existing memory technologies, such as Flash, are reaching the limits of their capabilities – particularly in embedded systems such as those we need in IoT devices. Intrinsic’s memristor technology will transform next generation systems by combining high performance with ease of integration in digital CMOS. By basing our devices on silicon oxide, we ensure that they are as simple and as cheap to integrate with silicon-based electronics as it is possible to be."
— Tony Kenyon, Professor
Seed
£3.7M

LocalGlobe has led a £3.7m seed round for quantum software developer Phasecraft, with participation from Episode1 and previous backers.

"Already in the past two years quantum hardware has surpassed expectations, achieving milestones that seemed decades away. By pioneering new advances in quantum software, Phasecraft can take quantum theory from research to reality, faster. With new funding and supporters, we can be part of building the foundations of the quantum computing industry, making useful applications available quicker than ever thought."
— John Morton
Seed
£2.0M

The funding round was backed by Parkwalk Advisors, The Angel CoFund, and UCL Technology Fund to support team expansion and product development.

"This funding will help us reach new retailers and further support our existing clients in addressing the challenges and opportunities of selling and advertising in a competitive and fast-growing marketplace. The application of machine learning, and the fusion of transactional data with media data, brings brands huge advantage in the Amazon environment, extracting maximum commercial value and sales performance. Our platform is at the forefront of unlocking this potential for international retailers."
— Victor Malachard, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
Seed
£2.8M

The funding round was led by UCL Technology Fund, Parkwalk, and Innovate UK to support sensor development and clinical trials.

"Coronary heart disease is endemic worldwide but far too often the decision to implant a stent is based on sub-optimal information. Our technology addresses the ‘grey zone’ of patients where the requirement for a stent is currently difficult to determine. By using advanced optical sensing technology, we hope to significantly improve the accuracy of current treatments, saving healthcare costs and preventing unnecessary operations for patients that could be treated with medicines."
— Adrien Desjardins, Chief Technical Officer
Seed
£770K

The seed round was led by Speedinvest to support the development of disinformation detection technology.

"While I was building my previous start-up I saw at first-hand how biased, polarising news articles were shared and artificially amplified by vast numbers of fake accounts. This gave the stories high levels of exposure and authenticity they wouldn’t have had on their own."
— Ali Tehrani, CEO