# Kuano funding: rounds and investors > Kuano has raised $4.8M across 5 rounds since 2021. Investors include Innovate UK, Creative Destruction Lab and Ascension. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/kuano (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Kuano* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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 Raised 10 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$4.8M** raised across 5 rounds since 2021, from 5 sources **$416K** Round **$570K** Round **$2.2M** Seed **$1.3M** Round **$368K** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $368K Dec 2025 - **Biggest round:** $2.2M Seed · Sept 2023 - **Investors:** 5 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. 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$416K** Round **$570K** Round **$2.2M** Seed **$1.3M** Round **$368K** Round - **First round:** Round, $416K - **Biggest round:** $2.2M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 17 months ## The rounds - **Dec 2025** Round **$368K** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Feb 2025** Round **$1.3M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Sept 2023** Seed **$2.2M** *5 new* [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) [Ascension](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ascension) [ACF Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acf-investors) [Mercia Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mercia-ventures) Source recorded - **Dec 2022** Round **$570K** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Jun 2021** Round **$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 **$368K** UK share allotment - Feb 2025 **$636K** UK share allotment - Feb 2025 **$635K** UK share allotment - Aug 2023 **$1.1M** UK share allotment - Dec 2022 **$570K** UK share allotment - Jun 2021 **$416K** UK share allotment ## Founders and team From Kuano's own website: 10 on the team. - **Vid Stojevic** CEO - **David Wright** CTO - **Prof. Adrian Mulholland** Head of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry - **Andy Mulvaney** Non-Exec Director - **Antonio Benedetti** Executive Chairman - **Doug Best** Senior Quantum Scientist - **Prof. Andrew Green** Chair of Condensed Matter Physics - **Sunil Shah** Non-Exec Director - **Ted Witek** Board Member - **Vjeko Jadresic** Non-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. **Round** 2021 **Round** 2022 **Seed** 2023 **Round** 2025 **Round** 2025 [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) [Ascension](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ascension) [ACF Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acf-investors) [Mercia Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mercia-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) VC firm **1** round [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) Accelerator **1** round [Ascension](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ascension) VC firm **1** round [ACF Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acf-investors) VC firm **1** round [Mercia Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mercia-ventures) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=kuano). ## 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. [Meltwind Advisory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meltwind-advisory) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Kuano ### Who invested in Kuano? Kuano's investors include Innovate UK, Creative Destruction Lab, Ascension, ACF Investors and Mercia Asset Management. ### 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. ## Companies like Kuano In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Marrow** $2.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/marrow)[**Cognitive Credit** $64M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cognitive-credit)[**Opply** $23M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/opply)[**XRlabs** $8.4M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xrlabs)[**Salience Labs** $169M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/salience-labs)[**Affinity Labs** $3.2M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/affinity-labs) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app