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 | |
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bit.bio bit.bio is a synthetic biology company providing human cells for research, drug discovery and cell therapy. View venture |
£154m | Healthcare, pharma, biotech |
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Nuclera Nuclera is a US and UK-based biotechnology company driven by the mission to better human health by making proteins accessible. View venture |
£111.1 | Healthcare, pharma, biotech |
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Healx Healx is a social enterprise passionate about finding new therapeutic solutions to cure patients with rare diseases. View venture |
£103.4m | Healthcare, pharma, biotech |
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Speechmatics Speechmatics provides cloud-based speech recognition services that convert speech-to-text. View venture |
£60.1m | Technology |
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VocalIQ VocalIQ was formed in March 2011 to exploit technology developed by the Spoken Dialogue Systems Group at University of Cambridge, UK. View venture |
£49.5m | Computing, data, software |
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Cytora Cytora is the configurable platform that enables commercial insurers to create digital workflows by digitising, evaluating and routing risks. View venture |
£31.6m | Risk management |
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PostEra PostEra is the first company to algorithmically complete the ‘design-make-test’ cycle of drug discovery. View venture |
£20.8m | Healthcare, pharma, biotech |
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Better Origin Better Origin sets out to transform food waste into sustainable products with the help of insects. View venture |
£19.2m | ESG, climate action |
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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. View venture |
£16.5m | Engineering |
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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 |
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PharmEnable PharmEnable explores new areas of chemical space that no one else is currently searching to enable the development of vital new medicines. View venture |
£12.2m | Healthcare, pharma, biotech |
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Dogtooth Technologies Dogtooth Technologies is a Cambridge-based technology start-up that sells smart robots for harvesting soft fruits such as strawberries and raspberries. View venture |
£11.8m | Agritech |
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Sano Genetics Sano’s patient finding and engagement services enable researchers to deliver precision medicine clinical trials at increased speed and lower cost. View venture |
£11.8m | Healthcare, pharma, biotech |
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Cambridge BioTech NA View venture |
£10m | Life sciences, healthcare and biotech |
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FA-Bio FA-Bio provides game-changing bio-products for agriculture that can replace chemical inputs. View venture |
£9.5m | Agriculture |
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Antiverse Antiverse is developing a revolutionary technology to predict antibody drug hits in a single day rather than in months through the traditional methods. View venture |
£8.83m | Pharmaceutical |
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Charco Neurotech Charco Neurotech developed CUE1, a focused vibrotactile stimulation device for people with Parkinson’s. View venture |
£8.7m | Healthcare, pharma, biotech |
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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. View venture |
£7.3m | Agriculture |
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Cambridge Cancer Genomics Cambridge Cancer Genomics developed precision oncology solutions to transform the way cancer patients are treated. View venture |
£7.2m | Healthcare, pharma, biotech |
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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. View venture |
£5.948m | Climate, sustainability, energy and agritech |
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MediaGamma/Nozzle ai MediaGamma is transforming the way digital media is valued, traded, and measured. View venture |
£5.8m | Arts, entertainment, media |
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Spotta Spotta intends to be the world leader in smart pest detection. View venture |
£5.1m | Agriculture |
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Prosoma Prosoma is developing a comprehensive digital therapeutics programme, designed exclusively for cancer patients, including CBT, RBT, mindfulness, relaxation and breathing therapies. View venture |
£4.7m | Healthcare, pharma, biotech |
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Polysolar Polysolar produces window glass that generates electricity. View venture |
£4.6m | Construction, engineering |
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Edozo Edozo is an online community for commercial property professionals who wish to share high quality comparable evidence. View venture |
£4.6m | Real estate |
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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. View venture |
£4.3m | Healthcare, pharma, biotech |
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Satavia Satavia is an analytics and visualisation company that develops bespoke environmental awareness solutions for all segments of the aviation market. View venture |
£4.06m | Automotive, aerospace |
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Neutreeno Neutreeno provides a one-click software solution to e-commerce brands looking take immediate steps to decarbonise their processes. View venture |
£3.81m | Climate, sustainability, energy and agritech |
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Spirea Spirea is developing the next generation of antibody drug conjugate cancer therapeutics. View venture |
£2.9m | Healthcare, pharma, biotech |
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PBD Biotech Ltd PBD Biotech aims to drive innovation in the novel use of phages, such as Actiphage, for TB screening and drug management. View venture |
£2.82m | Life sciences, healthcare and biotech |
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Outfield Outfield is providing farmers with access to new drone technologies. View venture |
£2.69m | Software, AI, data and digital platforms |
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Syrona Health Syrona Health, a non-invasive, rapid diagnostic tool helps women better manage their own reproductive health. View venture |
£2.6m | Healthcare, pharma, biotech |
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Kalium Health Kalium Health is developing the world’s first blood potassium test suitable for home use. View venture |
£2.5m | Healthcare, pharma, biotech |
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Qureight Qureight combines technology and life sciences to generate new knowledge and transform the way we use clinical data. View venture |
£2.5m | Healthcare, pharma, biotech |
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Upfront diagnostics LTD Upfront Diagnostics has discovered and validated novel blood biomarkers for the detection of stroke patients suffering from a large vessel occlusion. View venture |
£2.5m | Healthcare, pharma, biotech |
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Vector Bioscience Vector Bioscience Cambridge works with enhanced and targeted treatments for cancer. View venture |
£2.47m | Life sciences, healthcare and biotech |
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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. View venture |
£2.2m | Engineering, manufacturing and hardware |
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Medwise Medwise.ai is the Google for doctors, saving doctors 2 minutes per query in 10 minutes’ GP consultation. View venture |
£2.185m | Software, AI, data and digital platforms |
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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. View venture |
£2.1m | Software, AI, data and digital platforms |
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iWarranty iWarranty is developing a cloud-based solution to eliminate the existing paper-based warranties and manual claim processes. View venture |
£1.7m | Finance, property and professional services |
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Smartbell Smartbell offers a simple precision agriculture solution for livestock rearing and management. View venture |
£1.23m | Engineering, manufacturing and hardware |
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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. View venture |
£1.2m | Engineering, manufacturing and hardware |
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Super-Sharp Space Systems SuperSharp is an Earth-imaging company developing self-aligning unfolding space telescopes. View venture |
£1.16m | Climate, sustainability, energy and agritech |
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CamBioScience CamBioScience provides intensive training courses in breakthrough life science technologies for professionals in academia and industry. View venture |
£1.1m | Software, AI, data and digital platforms |
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ACT Medical ACT Medical are designing a first-in-class medical device to manage haemorrhage from penetrative trauma. View venture |
£1.1m | Life sciences, healthcare and biotech |
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Swing Fitness Swing is a fittech start-up that provides pay-as-you-go free-weights and online classes in green spaces. View venture |
£1.05m | Consumer, media, retail and wellbeing |
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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. View venture |
£1.05m | Software, AI, data and digital platforms |
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Advanced Infrastructure Advanced Infrastructure’s mission is to build powerful data platforms that help corporations emit less carbon. View venture |
£0.7m | Climate, sustainability, energy and agritech |
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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. View venture |
£0.655m | Finance, property and professional services |
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Biiah Biiah is an app that helps people find the power in their voice. View venture |
£0.652m | Consumer, media, retail and wellbeing |
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AlgoDynamix AlgoDynamix detects financial market anomalies that result in significant price disruptions. View venture |
£0.55m | Finance, property and professional services |
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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. View venture |
£0.52m | Engineering, manufacturing and hardware |
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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. View venture |
£0.5m | Engineering, manufacturing and hardware |
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Ecozy Ecozy aimed to build a building management system to improve energy efficiency and comfort. |
£0.476m | Consumer, media, retail and wellbeing |
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Simprints Simprints is a social enterprise committed to improving the lives of the poor. View venture |
£0.444m | Software, AI, data and digital platforms |
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MimiCrete MimiCrete powers the smart infrastructure of tomorrow. View venture |
£0.4m | Engineering, manufacturing and hardware |
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Consone AI Consone AI a disruptive technology platform targeting how decisions are made in the drug development process. View venture |
£0.35m | Life sciences, healthcare and biotech |
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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. View venture |
£0.35m | Software, AI, data and digital platforms |
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Antibody Supply Service Antibody Supply Service distributes protein research tools to life scientists. View venture |
£0.34m | Life sciences, healthcare and biotech |
































































