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Who invested in Kuano?
Kuano's investors include Innovate UK, Creative Destruction Lab, Ascension, ACF Investors and Mercia Asset Management.
2022202320242025
$416KRound$570KRound$2.2MSeed$1.3MRound$368KRound
United Kingdom · Seed startup
Who invested in Kuano
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$4.8Mraised across 5 rounds since 2021, from 5 sources
$416KRound$570KRound$2.2MSeed$1.3MRound$368KRound
- Latest round
- Round, $368KDec 2025
- Biggest round
- $2.2MSeed · Sept 2023
- Investors
- 5
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Round, $416K Jun 2021
- Biggest round
- $2.2M Seed · Sept 2023
- Usual gap between rounds
- 17 months the median of 4
The rounds
- Dec 2025Round$368K
No investor was named in the report.
Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
- Feb 2025Round$1.3M
No investor was named in the report.
Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
- Sept 2023Seed$2.2M5 new
Source recorded
- Dec 2022Round$570K
No investor was named in the report.
Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
- Jun 2021Round$416K
No investor was named in the report.
Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
Funding filed with regulators
Kuano filed 6 raises, $3.7M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.
- Dec 2025$368KUK share allotment
- Feb 2025$636KUK share allotment
- Feb 2025$635KUK share allotment
- Aug 2023$1.1MUK share allotment
- Dec 2022$570KUK share allotment
- Jun 2021$416KUK share allotment
Founders and team
From Kuano's own website: 10 on the team.
- Vid StojevicCEO
- David WrightCTO
- Prof. Adrian MulhollandHead of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Andy MulvaneyNon-Exec Director
- Antonio BenedettiExecutive Chairman
- Doug BestSenior Quantum Scientist
- Prof. Andrew GreenChair of Condensed Matter Physics
- Sunil ShahNon-Exec Director
- Ted WitekBoard Member
- Vjeko JadresicNon-Exec 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.
Round2021Round2022Seed2023Round2025Round2025
Innovate UK
Creative Destruction Lab
Ascension
ACF Investors
Mercia Asset Management
Innovate UKCreative Destruction LabAscensionACF InvestorsMercia Asset ManagementEveryone who backed them
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Also claim to have backed them
This firm lists Kuano as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.
Quick answers about Kuano
How much has Kuano raised?
Kuano has raised $4.8M across 5 rounds since 2021.
When did Kuano last raise?
Kuano's most recent round, $368K, was in Dec 2025.
What was Kuano's biggest round?
Kuano's largest round on record is $2.2M (Seed), in Sept 2023.
Who backed Kuano first?
Kuano's first round on record, in Sept 2023, was backed by Innovate UK, Creative Destruction Lab and Ascension and 2 others.
What stage is Kuano at?
Kuano's latest named round is a Seed, in Sept 2023.
Where is Kuano based?
Kuano is based in the United Kingdom.
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