Top Startups in London
London's tech scene reaches new heights as Revolut and Nscale lead a record funding year. Explore the top 20 startups scaling in the UK capital.
- 01Financial Services • Lending and Investments•England$2BEquity
UK fintech super-app Revolut raised a $2B primary and secondary round at a $75B valuation; strategic international investors including Mubadala are considering stakes.
- 02Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•England$2BSeries C
AI infrastructure hyperscaler Nscale raised a $2 billion Series C round led by Aker ASA and 8090 Industries with participation from Astra Capital Management, Citadel, Dell, Jane Street, Lenovo, Linden Advisors, Nokia, NVIDIA, and Point72.
- 03Hardware • Information Technology•England$1.9BEquity
Global Technical Realty raised a $1.9 billion equity round—$1.5 billion from KKR and approximately $400 million from Oak Hill Capital—to scale its build-to-suit data-center platform.
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Energy • Financial Services•England$1.5BPrivate EquityRenewable energy developer Low Carbon secured roughly £1.1 billion (~$1.4 billion) of primary equity funding from CVC DIF, with follow-on capital from MassMutual, to accelerate its pan-European IPP expansion.
- 05Media and Entertainment • Sports•England$1.3BEquity
Sports streaming platform DAZN secured a £1 billion minority equity investment from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and raised an additional £587 million in equity from existing investor Access Industries.
- 06Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•England$1.2BSeries D
Wayve, an embodied-AI autonomous driving startup, raised a $1.2 billion Series D led by Eclipse, Balderton and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 with participation from Microsoft, NVIDIA, Uber and several global automakers.
- 07Software•England$1BEquity
AI utility-software spin-out Kraken raised a €850 million funding round led by D1 Capital Partners with Fidelity International, Durable Capital Partners, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Teachers’ Venture Growth) and existing Octopus Energy investors.
- 08Energy • Natural Resources•England$675.6MEquity
UK battery storage developer Eelpower Energy secured a £500M public‑private investment led by Equitix, joined by Aware Super and the UK National Wealth Fund (NWF), which committed up to £200M.
- 09Financial Services•England$650MEquity
Global wealth-tech firm FNZ secured a $650 million equity round from La Caisse, Generation Investment Management, CPP Investments, Motive Partners, and several major client investors.
- 10Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Financial Services•England$373MICO
Plasma, a stablecoin-focused Bitcoin sidechain, raised $373M in an oversubscribed public token sale; backers include Founders Fund, Framework Ventures, and Bitfinex.
- 11Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•England$289.2MEquity
Embodied-robotics startup Spirit AI raised nearly ¥2 billion ($290 million) across two back-to-back funding rounds from Yunfeng Capital, Chaos Investment, HongShan, Synstellation Capital, TCL Capital and other financial, strategic and state-linked investors.
- 12Advertising • Apps•England$250MEquity
Rezolve Ai, an AI-powered retail infrastructure provider, secured a $250 million growth funding round from undisclosed returning institutional investors and new long-term holders.
- 13Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•England$220MEquity
Photonic AI chip startup Olix raised a $220 million funding round led by Hummingbird Ventures.
- 14Consumer Electronics • Hardware•England$200MSeries C
Consumer tech startup Nothing raised a $200 million Series C round led by Tiger Global with participation from GV, Highland Europe, EQT, Latitude, I2BF, Tapestry, Nikhil Kamath and Qualcomm Ventures.
- 15Financial Services • Lending and Investments•England$200MSeries C
Moniepoint, a Nigerian business banking and payments platform, raised an over-US$200 million Series C led by Development Partners International’s ADP III with LeapFrog Investments, Lightrock, Alder Tree Investments, Google Africa Investment Fund, Visa, IFC, Proparco, Swedfund, and Verod Capital participating.
- 16Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Content and Publishing•England$200MSeries E
AI video training startup Synthesia raised a $200 million Series E led by GV with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Accel, NEA, NVentures, Air Street Capital, PSP Growth, Evantic and Hedosophia, alongside a structured employee secondary sale.
- 17Financial Services • Other•England$190MEquity
UK payments technology provider Dojo raised a $190M equity investment from Vitruvian Partners; J.P. Morgan acted as sole placement agent.
- 18Financial Services • Lending and Investments•England$175MEquity
BNPL startup Zilch secured over $175 million in combined equity and debt financing led by KKCG, with participation from BNF Capital and an expanded £100 million credit facility from Deutsche Bank.
- 19Energy • Sustainability•England$171.2MEquity
Highview Power, a long-duration energy storage startup, secured a £130 million capital raise from Scottish National Investment Bank, Centrica, Goldman Sachs, KIRKBI and Mosaic Capital.
- 20$170MSeries C
9fin, an AI-native platform for global debt markets, raised $170M in a Series C at a $1.3B valuation led by HarbourVest with participation from CPP Investments, Redalpine, Highland Europe, Spark Capital, and Seedcamp.
