# Exciting Instruments funding: rounds and investors

> Exciting Instruments has raised $5.0M across 1 round since 2024. Investors include Praetura Ventures and Northern Gritstone. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/exciting-instruments (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United Kingdom · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Exciting Instruments*

One round we have observed, with the 2 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Hardware & Electronics

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$5.0M** raised across 1 round since 2024, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $5.0M Nov 2024
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Nov 2024** Seed **$5.0M** [Praetura Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/praetura-ventures) [Northern Gritstone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northern-gritstone) Source recorded

## Funding filed with regulators

Exciting Instruments filed one raise, $5.1M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Nov 2024 **$5.1M** UK share allotment

## Founders and team

From Exciting Instruments's own website: 2 founders, 7 on the team.

**Tim Craggs** CEO & Co-founder

**Robert Bell** COO & Co-founder

- **Chris Toseland** Head of Assay Development
- **Elliot Steele** Principal Engineer
- **Jake Isaacs** Business Development Manager
- **John Baker** Non-Executive Director
- **Jonathan Rigby** Chair
- **Mahmoud Abdelhamid** Principal Scientist
- **Roman Renger** Business Development Manager

## Everyone who backed them

[Praetura Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/praetura-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Northern Gritstone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northern-gritstone) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Exciting Instruments

### Who invested in Exciting Instruments?

Exciting Instruments's investors include Praetura Ventures and Northern Gritstone.

### How much has Exciting Instruments raised?

Exciting Instruments has raised $5.0M across 1 round since 2024.

### When did Exciting Instruments last raise?

Exciting Instruments's most recent round was a Seed of $5.0M in Nov 2024.

### What was Exciting Instruments's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $5.0M in Nov 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Exciting Instruments first?

Exciting Instruments's first round on record, in Nov 2024, was backed by Praetura Ventures and Northern Gritstone.

### What stage is Exciting Instruments at?

Exciting Instruments's latest named round is a Seed, in Nov 2024.

### Where is Exciting Instruments based?

Exciting Instruments is based in the United Kingdom.

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