# Hadean funding: rounds and investors > Hadean has raised $9.3M across 3 rounds since 2019. Investors include Entrepreneur First, Draper Esprit and Alumni Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/hadean (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Hadean* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 8 investors 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. AI Defence Tech Raised 4 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$9.3M** raised across 3 rounds since 2019, from 3 sources **$9.2M** Round **$114K** Grant - **Latest round:** Grant, $114K Jul 2026 - **Biggest round:** $9.2M Round · Mar 2019 - **Investors:** 8 (1 led) 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. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 **$9.2M** Round **?** Round **$114K** Grant - **First round:** Round, $9.2M - **Biggest round:** $9.2M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 7 years [**Hadean** Artificial intelligence (AI) 1 / 15 Their pitch deck **Hadean's pitch deck, 15 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/hadean) ## The rounds - **Jul 2026** Grant **$114K** *3 new* *1 returning* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) [British Business Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund) Source recorded - **Mar 2026** Round **Amount undisclosed** *1 returning* [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) Reported by Entrepreneur First - **Mar 2019** Round **$9.2M** *5 new* [Draper Esprit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-esprit-plc) Lead [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) [Aster](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aster) London Venture Luminous Reported by Tech.eu ## Founders and team From Hadean's own website: 1 founder, 3 on the team. **Craig Beddis** CEO & Co-Founder - **Aidan Hobson Sayers** Chief Architect - **Charles Wedderburn** CFO - **Dawn Meyerriecks** CIA Science & Technology Director ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Round** 2019 **Round** 2026 **Grant** 2026 [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) [Draper Esprit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-esprit-plc) L [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) [British Business Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund) [Aster](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aster) London Venture Luminous ## Everyone who backed them [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) Accelerator **3** rounds [Draper Esprit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-esprit-plc) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) VC firm **1** round [British Business Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund) Corporate VC **1** round [Aster](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aster) Accelerator **1** round London Venture no record of our own yet **1** round Luminous no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=hadean). ## Also claim to have backed them These 9 firms list Hadean 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. [2050 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/2050-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Allied](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allied) VC firm Per its own site [Aken Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aken-capital) Private equity Per its own site [Aurum Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aurum-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Luminous Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminous-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Sanctor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sanctor-capital) VC firm Per its own site [TIRTA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tirta-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Twin Track Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twin-track-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [VU Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vu-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Hadean ### Who invested in Hadean? Hadean's investors include Entrepreneur First, Draper Esprit, Alumni Ventures, Tengxun Touzi and British Business Bank, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Hadean raised? Hadean has raised $9.3M across 3 rounds since 2019. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Hadean last raise? Hadean's most recent round was a Grant of $114K in Jul 2026. ### What was Hadean's biggest round? Hadean's largest round on record is $9.2M (Undisclosed round), in Mar 2019, led by Draper Esprit. ### Who backed Hadean first? Hadean's first round on record, in Mar 2019, was backed by Draper Esprit, Entrepreneur First and Aster and 2 others. ### What stage is Hadean at? Hadean's latest named round is a Grant, in Jul 2026. ### Where is Hadean based? Hadean is based in the United Kingdom. ### Who led Hadean's rounds? Draper Esprit led the Undisclosed round in 2019. ## Companies like Hadean In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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