# Isembard funding: rounds and investors

> Isembard has raised $59M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Notion Capital, Union Square Ventures and IQ Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Isembard*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 16 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.

Aerospace & Space AI Defence Tech Energy

Raised 8 months ago

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Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026

**$59M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$9.3M** Seed **$50M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $50M Mar 2026
- **Led by:** Union Square Ventures
- **Step-up i:** 5.4×
- **Investors:** 16 (2 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.

2026

**$9.3M** Seed

**$50M** Series A

- **First round:** Seed, $9.3M
- **Biggest round:** $50M
- **Between rounds:** 11 months

## The rounds

- **Mar 2026** Series A **$50M** *7 new* *1 returning* [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) Lead [Notion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notion-capital) [IQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iq-capital) [Tamarack Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tamarack-global-2) [CIV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/civ) [Alex Bouaziz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alex-bouaziz) [Andrei Danescu](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrei-danescu) [Matt Briers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matt-briers) Reported by Ventureburn
- **Apr 2025** Seed **$9.3M** *9 new* [Notion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notion-capital) Lead [201 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/201-ventures) [Andreas Klinger](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreas-klinger) [Basis Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basis-capital) [Fund Forward](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fund-forward) [Joshua Western](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-western) [Material Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/material-ventures) [NP-Hard Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/np-hard-ventures) [Neverlift Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neverlift-ventures) Reported by TechCrunch

## Funding filed with regulators

Isembard filed 2 raises, $40M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Mar 2026 **$35M** UK share allotment
- Mar 2025 **$5.2M** UK share allotment

## 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.

**Seed** 2025 **Series A** 2026 [Notion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notion-capital) L [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) L [IQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iq-capital) [Tamarack Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tamarack-global-2) [CIV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/civ) [Alex Bouaziz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alex-bouaziz) [201 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/201-ventures) [Andreas Klinger](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreas-klinger) [Andrei Danescu](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrei-danescu) [Basis Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basis-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Notion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notion-capital) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1

[Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[IQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iq-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Tamarack Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tamarack-global-2) VC firm **1** round

[CIV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/civ) Venture studio **1** round

[Alex Bouaziz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alex-bouaziz) VC firm **1** round

[201 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/201-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Andreas Klinger](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreas-klinger) Micro VC **1** round

[Andrei Danescu](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrei-danescu) Angel **1** round

[Basis Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basis-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Fund Forward](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fund-forward) VC firm **1** round

[Joshua Western](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-western) VC firm **1** round

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

[Matt Briers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matt-briers) Angel **1** round

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

[NP-Hard Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/np-hard-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Isembard 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.

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

[Foreword Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foreword-fund) VC firm Per its own site

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

[Foreword VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foreword-vc) Investor Per its own site

## Quick answers about Isembard

### Who invested in Isembard?

Isembard's investors include Notion Capital, Union Square Ventures, IQ Capital, Tamarack Global and CIV, and 11 more on record. Union Square Ventures led its latest round.

### How much has Isembard raised?

Isembard has raised $59M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Isembard last raise?

Isembard's most recent round was a Series A of $50M in Mar 2026, led by Union Square Ventures.

### What was Isembard's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $50M in Mar 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Isembard first?

Isembard's first round on record, in Apr 2025, was backed by Notion Capital, 201 Ventures and Andreas Klinger and 6 others.

### What stage is Isembard at?

Isembard's latest named round is a Series A, in Mar 2026.

### Where is Isembard based?

Isembard is based in the United Kingdom.

### Who led Isembard's rounds?

Notion Capital led the Seed in 2025; Union Square Ventures led the Series A in 2026.

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