Mark Boost Invests £500k in Jake Elsley’s Cloud Workstation Startup, Computle
At a glance
This article covers the August 2025 pre-seed funding round for London-based cloud workstation platform Computle, founded in 2020 by Jake Elsley.
What does Computle do?
Why is Computle useful?
How much did Computle raise?
Who invested in Computle?
The pre-seed round was led by technology entrepreneur Mark Boost, founder of Civo, ServerChoice, and Defense.com, who invested £500,000 for a minority stake. The funding brings Computle’s total capital raised to £700,000 and will support its global expansion across creative, architecture, and engineering markets.
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Who founded Computle?
Jake Elsley, Founder & CEO of Computle, launched the company in 2020 to streamline high-performance computing for the architecture, engineering, and construction industries. By building in-house hardware and forging manufacturing partnerships in Asia, he created an ISV-certified workstation platform that is more scalable, cost-effective, and sustainable than traditional setups. His background includes senior technical roles at Microsoft, NHS Property Services, and Legal & General.
Where is Computle based?
What sector is Computle in?
Computle operates in the high-performance cloud workstation sector, a fast-growing segment of the cloud computing market driven by demand from design, engineering, VFX, and other compute-intensive industries. As firms shift away from expensive on-premise hardware, subscription-based remote workstations offer scalable performance, global access, and enterprise-grade security without the capital costs or maintenance burden. With advances in GPU virtualisation, low-latency networking, and secure cloud infrastructure, the sector is increasingly enabling fully remote creative and technical workflows at a fraction of the traditional cost.
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