Accelerate Cambridge Ventures Hall of Fame

Since 2013, we have helped hundreds of entrepreneurs turn an idea into a business, and we are very proud of their many achievements. Here are some of our Accelerate Cambridge ventures that have been most successful in securing funds from investors.

Venture Funds raised Industry
bit.bio logo.

bit.bio

bit.bio is a synthetic biology company providing human cells for research, drug discovery and cell therapy.

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£154m

Healthcare, pharma, biotech

Nuclera logo.

Nuclera

Nuclera is a US and UK-based biotechnology company driven by the mission to better human health by making proteins accessible.

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£111.1

Healthcare, pharma, biotech

Healx logo.

Healx

Healx is a social enterprise passionate about finding new therapeutic solutions to cure patients with rare diseases.

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£103.4m

Healthcare, pharma, biotech

Speechmatics logo.

Speechmatics

Speechmatics provides cloud-based speech recognition services that convert speech-to-text.

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£60.1m

Technology

VocalIQ logo.

VocalIQ

VocalIQ was formed in March 2011 to exploit technology developed by the Spoken Dialogue Systems Group at University of Cambridge, UK.

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£49.5m

Computing, data, software

Cytora logo.

Cytora

Cytora is the configurable platform that enables commercial insurers to create digital workflows by digitising, evaluating and routing risks.

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£31.6m

Risk management

PostEra logo.

PostEra

PostEra is the first company to algorithmically complete the ‘design-make-test’ cycle of drug discovery.

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£20.8m

Healthcare, pharma, biotech

Better Origin logo.

Better Origin

Better Origin sets out to transform food waste into sustainable products with the help of insects.

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£19.2m

ESG, climate action

Hummingbird Technologies logo.

Hummingbird Technologies

Hummingbird Technologies is an artificial intelligence SaaS platform that provides actionable intelligence to farmers and agri-businesses at key decision-making times in the growing season.

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£16.5m

Engineering

Cambridge Spark logo.

Cambridge Spark Ltd

We are an education technology company that enables corporate and government organisations to achieve their business goals by educating their workforce with critical data transformation skills to succeed in the AI era.

£13.62m

Software, AI, data and digital platforms

PharmEnable logo.

PharmEnable

PharmEnable explores new areas of chemical space that no one else is currently searching to enable the development of vital new medicines.

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£12.2m

Healthcare, pharma, biotech

Dogtooth Technologies logo.

Dogtooth Technologies

Dogtooth Technologies is a Cambridge-based technology start-up that sells smart robots for harvesting soft fruits such as strawberries and raspberries.

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£11.8m

Agritech

Sano Genetics logo.

Sano Genetics

Sano’s patient finding and engagement services enable researchers to deliver precision medicine clinical trials at increased speed and lower cost.

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£11.8m

Healthcare, pharma, biotech

Cambridge BioTech logo.

Cambridge BioTech

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£10m

Life sciences, healthcare and biotech

FA-Bio logo.

FA-Bio

FA-Bio provides game-changing bio-products for agriculture that can replace chemical inputs.

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£9.5m

Agriculture

Antiverse logo.

Antiverse

Antiverse is developing a revolutionary technology to predict antibody drug hits in a single day rather than in months through the traditional methods.

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£8.83m

Pharmaceutical

Charco Neurotech logo.

Charco Neurotech

Charco Neurotech developed CUE1, a focused vibrotactile stimulation device for people with Parkinson’s.

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£8.7m

Healthcare, pharma, biotech

KisanHub-Arjun Technology Ventures logo.

KisanHub-Arjun Technology Ventures

KisanHub Agri-Food Supply Chain software helps producer groups to transform their supply chain and improve margins with greater visibility and data driven insights.

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£7.3m

Agriculture

Cambridge Cancer Genomics logo.

Cambridge Cancer Genomics

Cambridge Cancer Genomics developed precision oncology solutions to transform the way cancer patients are treated.

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£7.2m

Healthcare, pharma, biotech

CellCraft.

CellCraft

Cellcraft is a Cambridge-based, B2B, AI-native start-up building the AI & Automation systems to unlock and power bio-manufacturing, which includes biopharma (including vaccines), fermentation, cultivated meat, cell therapies, etc.

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£5.948m

Climate, sustainability, energy and agritech

MediaGamma/Nozzle AI logo.

MediaGamma/Nozzle ai

MediaGamma is transforming the way digital media is valued, traded, and measured.

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£5.8m

Arts, entertainment, media

Spotta logo.

Spotta

Spotta intends to be the world leader in smart pest detection.

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£5.1m

Agriculture

Prosoma logo.

Prosoma

Prosoma is developing a comprehensive digital therapeutics programme, designed exclusively for cancer patients, including CBT, RBT, mindfulness, relaxation and breathing therapies.

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£4.7m

Healthcare, pharma, biotech

Polysolar logo.

Polysolar

Polysolar produces window glass that generates electricity.

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£4.6m

Construction, engineering

Edozo logo.

Edozo

Edozo is an online community for commercial property professionals who wish to share high quality comparable evidence.

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£4.6m

Real estate

52North logo.

52North

52 North was launched to develop a transformative new medical device, NeutroCheck, presenting tangible efficiencies in patient care and healthcare resource, both financial and human.

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£4.3m

Healthcare, pharma, biotech

Satavia logo.

Satavia

Satavia is an analytics and visualisation company that develops bespoke environmental awareness solutions for all segments of the aviation market.

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£4.06m

Automotive, aerospace

Neutreeno logo.

Neutreeno

Neutreeno provides a one-click software solution to e-commerce brands looking take immediate steps to decarbonise their processes.

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£3.81m

Climate, sustainability, energy and agritech

Spirea logo.

Spirea

Spirea is developing the next generation of antibody drug conjugate cancer therapeutics.

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£2.9m

Healthcare, pharma, biotech

PBD Biotech Ltd logo.

PBD Biotech Ltd

PBD Biotech aims to drive innovation in the novel use of phages, such as Actiphage, for TB screening and drug management.

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£2.82m

Life sciences, healthcare and biotech

Outfield logo.

Outfield

Outfield is providing farmers with access to new drone technologies.

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£2.69m

Software, AI, data and digital platforms

Syrona Health logo.

Syrona Health

Syrona Health, a non-invasive, rapid diagnostic tool helps women better manage their own reproductive health.

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£2.6m

Healthcare, pharma, biotech

Kalium Health logo.

Kalium Health

Kalium Health is developing the world’s first blood potassium test suitable for home use.

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£2.5m

Healthcare, pharma, biotech

Qureight logo.

Qureight

Qureight combines technology and life sciences to generate new knowledge and transform the way we use clinical data.

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£2.5m

Healthcare, pharma, biotech

Upfront Diagnostics logo.

Upfront diagnostics LTD

Upfront Diagnostics has discovered and validated novel blood biomarkers for the detection of stroke patients suffering from a large vessel occlusion.

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£2.5m

Healthcare, pharma, biotech

Vector Bioscience.

Vector Bioscience

Vector Bioscience Cambridge works with enhanced and targeted treatments for cancer.

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£2.47m

Life sciences, healthcare and biotech

Omnisent logo.

Omnisent

At Omnisent, by pairing ultra-low power sonic devices with a large acoustic model (LAM) trained on non-speech audio, we turn sound into real-time intelligence.

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£2.2m

Engineering, manufacturing and hardware

Medwise.

Medwise

Medwise.ai is the Google for doctors, saving doctors 2 minutes per query in 10 minutes’ GP consultation.

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£2.185m

Software, AI, data and digital platforms

CodiKoat.

CodiKoat

CodiKoat has developed the world’s first anti-viral surface coating that blends electricity and chemistry to provide simple, immediate and long-lasting protection against microbes and viruses, including COVID-19.

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£2.1m

Software, AI, data and digital platforms

iWarranty.

iWarranty

iWarranty is developing a cloud-based solution to eliminate the existing paper-based warranties and manual claim processes.

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£1.7m

Finance, property and professional services

Smartbell.

Smartbell

Smartbell offers a simple precision agriculture solution for livestock rearing and management.

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£1.23m

Engineering, manufacturing and hardware

Flit Bikes.

Flit Bikes

FLIT is developing a new electric bike that is designed from the ground up to make it convenient for more people to cycle in our increasingly congested and polluted cities.

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£1.2m

Engineering, manufacturing and hardware

SuperSharp.

Super-Sharp Space Systems

SuperSharp is an Earth-imaging company developing self-aligning unfolding space telescopes.

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£1.16m

Climate, sustainability, energy and agritech

CamBioScience logo.

CamBioScience

CamBioScience provides intensive training courses in breakthrough life science technologies for professionals in academia and industry.

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£1.1m

Software, AI, data and digital platforms

ACT Medical logo.

ACT Medical

ACT Medical are designing a first-in-class medical device to manage haemorrhage from penetrative trauma.

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£1.1m

Life sciences, healthcare and biotech

Swing Fitness logo.

Swing Fitness

Swing is a fittech start-up that provides pay-as-you-go free-weights and online classes in green spaces.

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£1.05m

Consumer, media, retail and wellbeing

Niume logo.

Niume

Niume is an interest-based social network that allows individuals to share their ideas in circles of like-minded people and find new things to love.

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£1.05m

Software, AI, data and digital platforms

Advanced Infrastructure logo.

Advanced Infrastructure

Advanced Infrastructure’s mission is to build powerful data platforms that help corporations emit less carbon.

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£0.7m

Climate, sustainability, energy and agritech

Revax logo.

Revax

Revax enhances professional service firms’ efficiency by using a custom large language model and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system to automate report drafting and streamline in-house knowledge access.

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£0.655m

Finance, property and professional services

Biiah logo.

Biiah

Biiah is an app that helps people find the power in their voice.

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£0.652m

Consumer, media, retail and wellbeing

AlgoDynamix logo.

AlgoDynamix

AlgoDynamix detects financial market anomalies that result in significant price disruptions.

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£0.55m

Finance, property and professional services

JustMilk logo.

JustMilk

JustMilk develops the Nipple Shield Delivery System (NSDS), a novel medical device with the potential to improve the safety, efficacy and access to life-saving medications, vitamins and nutrients to breastfeeding infants globally.

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£0.52m

Engineering, manufacturing and hardware

Mattalabs logo.

Mattalabs

Matta brings AI to every part of your factory operations: catching defects, measuring dimensions, counting parts, and tracking products from goods in through to the customer.

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£0.5m

Engineering, manufacturing and hardware

Ecozy logo.

Ecozy

Ecozy aimed to build a building management system to improve energy efficiency and comfort.

£0.476m

Consumer, media, retail and wellbeing

Simprints logo.

Simprints

Simprints is a social enterprise committed to improving the lives of the poor.

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£0.444m

Software, AI, data and digital platforms

MimiCrete logo.

MimiCrete

MimiCrete powers the smart infrastructure of tomorrow.

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£0.4m

Engineering, manufacturing and hardware

Consone AI logo.

Consone AI

Consone AI a disruptive technology platform targeting how decisions are made in the drug development process.

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£0.35m

Life sciences, healthcare and biotech

GeneAdviser logo.

GeneAdviser

GeneAdviser is an online genetic testing marketplace that puts rare disease patients in touch with clinical labs that can perform the sequencing and diagnostics.

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£0.35m

Software, AI, data and digital platforms

Antibody Supply Service logo.

Antibody Supply Service

Antibody Supply Service distributes protein research tools to life scientists.

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£0.34m

Life sciences, healthcare and biotech

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