Top 147 Cambridge Startups UK (Free List)

Find the fastest growing Cambridge companies in the UK.

Top 147 Cambridge Startups UK (Free List)

Find the fastest growing cambridge companies in the UK.

1 Explore 147 startups from Cambridge and their founders, who have collectively raised £4.54B.

2 Easily sort, filter, and compare the UK's top startups — customise the list to your needs.

3 Discover top startups for investment, B2B sales, partnerships, hiring, and industry connections.

Startups: 147 / 2,796

Date	Startup	Funding	Location	Founder 1	Founder 2
04/02/2026	Sparxell Sparxell produces plant-based pigments built from cellulose photonic struct...	US$32,000,000	Cambridge	Dr Benjamin Droguet
13/01/2026	bit.bio bit.bio supplies ioCells, off-the-shelf human cell products produced by cel...	£40,000,000	Cambridge	Przemek Obloj
13/01/2026	Nuclera Nuclera's eProtein Discovery is a benchtop platform that uses microfluidics...	£8,910,000 US$12,000,000	Cambridge	Dr Michael Chen	Dr Jonathan Milner
13/01/2026	Axol Bioscience Axol Bioscience supplies iPSC-derived cells, reagents and specialist servic...	£2,080,000 US$2,800,000	Cambridge	Liam Taylor	Oliver Richardson
12/01/2026	OutSee Nomaly is an AI platform that analyses genomics to identify candidate biolo...	£2,500,000	Cambridge	Dr Julian Gough
08/01/2026	Redgate Software Redgate Software provides a platform for database management and automation...		Cambridge	Neil Davidson	Simon Galbraith
17/12/2025	Miniswap Miniswap is a specialist e-commerce marketplace for tabletop wargaming mini...	£2,610,000 US$3,500,000	Cambridge	Will Hanna	Zak Singh
17/12/2025	Cellular Origins Constellation is a modular manufacturing platform that integrates third par...	£29,800,000 US$40,000,000	Cambridge	Edwin Stone
17/12/2025	PolyAI PolyAI provides a conversational AI platform and tooling for building voice...	£64,000,000	Cambridge	Nikola Mrkšić
17/12/2025	A&B Smart Materials A&B Smart Materials makes a biodegradable, biobased superabsorbent polymer ...	£1,500,000	Cambridge	Amaury van Trappen de Buggenoms	Dr. Benjamin White
10/12/2025	Matta Matta supplies a hardware and software system of cameras, integration servi...	£11,000,000	Cambridge	Douglas Brion	Sebastian Pattinson
10/12/2025	Kodiaq Technologies An organic electrolyte chemistry for flow batteries that replaces metal-bas...	£850,000	Cambridge	Professor Oren Scherman	Dr Kamil Sokolowski
27/11/2025	StirlingX StirlingX provides integrated drone hardware and software for resilient com...	£8,320,000 US$11,000,000	Cambridge	Dean Jones
17/11/2025	Artios Artios develops targeted cancer therapies that inhibit the DNA damage respo...	£87,390,000 US$115,000,000	Cambridge	Mike Andriole
13/11/2025	T-Therapeutics The product is TCR-CD3 bispecifics, engineered drug candidates that link tu...	£24,380,000 US$32,000,000	Cambridge	Theodora Harold	Graziano Seghezzi
06/11/2025	Cambridge Photon Technology A photon-multiplier module that attaches to standard solar panels and conve...	£1,560,000	Cambridge	Dr Claudio Marinelli
30/10/2025	PACT Oval is a roll-to-roll collagen-based material designed as a substitute for...	£15,140,000 US$20,000,000	Cambridge	Dr Yudí Ding
24/10/2025	Immaterial Monolithic metal-organic frameworks (m-MOFs) are dense, macroscopic materia...	£13,500,000	Cambridge	Mohammed Khan	Professor David Fairen-Jimenez
20/10/2025	Cyclana Bio A whole tissue-based platform that builds functional disease models from me...	£5,000,000	Cambridge	Dr. Léa Wenger	Prof. Kevin Chalut
15/10/2025	Mission Therapeutics MTX325 is a small-molecule therapeutic that inhibits the mitochondrial enzy...	£9,990,000 US$13,300,000	Cambridge	Dr Anker Lundemose	Dr Sarah J Fritchley
07/10/2025	Owlstone Medical A home test kit that uses inhaled synthetic sensors and portable devices to...	£36,450,000 US$49,100,000	Cambridge	Billy Boyle
01/10/2025	Athernal Bio Athernal Bio develops targeted immunotherapies to treat high‑risk clonal ha...	£3,500,000	Cambridge	Nirupa Desai, MD, PhD	Ieuan Walker, MD
30/09/2025	NoBACZ NoBACZ produces a liquid bandage for veterinary wound care in livestock and...	£4,800,000	Cambridge	Dr Jonathan Powell	Dr Nuno Faria
24/09/2025	Trismik Trismik offers an AI evaluation platform that uses adaptive testing to map ...	£2,200,000	Cambridge	Nigel Collier	Rebekka Mikkola
17/09/2025	Enhanced Genomics A multi-omics platform that maps disease-associated genetic variants in thr...	£13,930,000 US$19,000,000	Cambridge	Dietrich Stephan
17/09/2025	Hiverge Hiverge provides the Hive, a platform that discovers and adapts algorithms ...	£3,660,000 US$5,000,000	Cambridge	Alhussein Fawzi	Bernardino Romera-Paredes
11/09/2025	CuspAI CuspAI is an AI company accelerating the discovery of breakthrough material...	£73,870,000 US$100,000,000	Cambridge	Max Welling	Chad Edwards
04/09/2025	Quantinuum Helios is a cloud accessible quantum computer provided by Quantinuum as har...	£444,580,000 US$600,000,000	Cambridge	Rajeeb Hazra
03/09/2025	Xampla Xampla secures £10,450,000 to tackle plastic pollution with innovative plan...	£10,450,000 US$14,000,000	Cambridge	Marc Rodríguez Garcia	Alexandra French
01/09/2025	Cyted Health Cyted Health secures $44 million (£33 million) in Series B funding, advanci...	£33,000,000	Cambridge	Marcel Gehrung

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You can connect with fast-growing Cambridge startups with the full list of recently funded startups from the UK.

Cambridge startup insights

Cambridge is one of Europe’s strongest tech and science ecosystems, with world-leading activity across biotech, AI, semiconductors, advanced materials and deep research. The city consistently produces funded startups with global ambitions.

Startups in Cambridge are typically research-led, technical and IP-heavy, benefiting from the university, science parks and specialist deeptech investors.

Snapshot of the Cambridge landscape

Global hub for biotech, AI, deeptech and advanced materials
Strong ties to university research and world-class laboratories
Funding ranges from seed deeptech to major Series A and B rounds
Investors include specialist deeptech VCs and corporate research groups
High density of spinouts and scientific founders

Use this page to explore Cambridge’s leading startups, with profiles covering websites, investors and recent funding.

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Angel Investors In Cambridge

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Investor Name	Investor Type	Location
Kamilla Spark	Angel Investor	Cambridge
Stephanie Aldridge	Angel Investor	Cambridge
Professor Steve Young	Angel Investor	Cambridge
Adil Mohammed	Angel Investor	Cambridge
David Ford	Angel Investor	Cambridge

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Top 147 Cambridge Startups UK (Free List)

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