# Gyre Energy funding: rounds and investors

> Gyre Energy has raised $2.1M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Speedinvest. Every round with its source.

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

United Kingdom · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Gyre Energy*

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

Energy

Raised 4 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.1M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$772K** Pre-seed **$1.3M** Pre-seed

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $1.3M Jul 2026
- **Step-up i:** 1.7×
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2026

**$772K** Pre-seed

**$1.3M** Pre-seed

- **First round:** Pre-seed, $772K
- **Biggest round:** $1.3M
- **Between rounds:** 13 months

## The rounds

- **Jul 2026** Pre-seed **$1.3M** *1 new* [Speedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speedinvest) Source recorded
- **May 2025** Pre-seed **$772K** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet

## Funding filed with regulators

Gyre Energy filed one raise, $772K in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- May 2025 **$772K** UK share allotment

## Founders and team

From Gyre Energy's own website: 4 founders, 1 on the team.

**Dougald Coulson** Co-Founder and CEO

**Michael McKenna** Co-Founder and CTO

**Tom Gibson** Co-Founder and COO

**Vik Shirvaikar** Founding AI/ML Engineer

- **John O’Brien** Business Development Manager

## Everyone who backed them

[Speedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speedinvest) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Gyre Energy as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Koble](https://millionrounds.com/fund/koble) VC firm Per its own site

[Rule30](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rule30) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Gyre Energy

### Who invested in Gyre Energy?

Gyre Energy's investors include Speedinvest.

### How much has Gyre Energy raised?

Gyre Energy has raised $2.1M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Gyre Energy last raise?

Gyre Energy's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $1.3M in Jul 2026.

### What was Gyre Energy's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.3M in Jul 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Gyre Energy first?

Gyre Energy's first round on record, in Jul 2026, was backed by Speedinvest.

### What stage is Gyre Energy at?

Gyre Energy's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Jul 2026.

### Where is Gyre Energy based?

Gyre Energy is based in the United Kingdom.

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