# Phare Labs funding: rounds and investors > Phare Labs has raised $169K across 2 rounds since 2023. Investors include Techstars and British Design Fund. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/phare-labs (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Phare Labs* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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. Hardware & Electronics Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$169K** raised across 2 rounds since 2023, from 2 sources - **Latest round:** Venture Jul 2025 - **Biggest round:** $169K Round · Feb 2023 - **Investors:** 2 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. 2023 2024 2025 **$169K** Round **?** Venture - **First round:** Round, $169K - **Biggest round:** $169K - **Between rounds:** 2.4 years ## The rounds - **Jul 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [British Design Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/british-design-fund) Source recorded SEC filing: $1.5M sold, first sale Jun 2024 - **Feb 2023** Round **$169K** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet ## Funding filed with regulators Phare Labs filed one raise, $169K in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors. - Feb 2023 **$169K** 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. **Round** 2023 **Venture** 2025 [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [British Design Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/british-design-fund) ## Everyone who backed them [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **1** round [British Design Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/british-design-fund) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=phare-labs). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Phare Labs 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. [Sterling Road](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sterling-road) VC firm Per its own site [Clearance Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clearance-venture-partners) Corporate VC Per its own site ## Quick answers about Phare Labs ### Who invested in Phare Labs? Phare Labs's investors include Techstars and British Design Fund. ### How much has Phare Labs raised? Phare Labs has raised $169K across 2 rounds since 2023. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Phare Labs last raise? Phare Labs's most recent round was a Venture in Jul 2025. ### What was Phare Labs's biggest round? Phare Labs's largest round on record is $169K, in Feb 2023. ### Who backed Phare Labs first? Phare Labs's first round on record, in Jul 2025, was backed by Techstars and British Design Fund. ### What stage is Phare Labs at? Phare Labs's latest named round is a Venture, in Jul 2025. ### Where is Phare Labs based? Phare Labs is based in the United Kingdom. ## Companies like Phare Labs In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**mOm Incubators** $191M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mom-incubators)[**Living Optics** $61M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/living-optics)[**Foundational** $19M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/foundational)[**Flow Engineering** $73M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/flow-engineering)[**SCI Semiconductor** $13M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/sci-semiconductor)[**Finchetto** $4.0M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/finchetto) ## 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