# Refute funding: rounds and investors

> Refute has raised $9.7M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Notion Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners and Episode 1. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Refute*

2 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 9 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$9.7M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

**$2.9M** Pre-seed **$6.8M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $6.8M Feb 2026
- **Step-up i:** 2.3×
- **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.

2025 2026

**$2.9M** Pre-seed

**$6.8M** Seed

- **First round:** Pre-seed, $2.9M
- **Biggest round:** $6.8M
- **Between rounds:** 14 months

## The rounds

- **Feb 2026** Seed **$6.8M** *3 returning* [Notion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notion-capital) [Amadeus Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amadeus-capital-partners) [Episode 1](https://millionrounds.com/fund/episode-1) Source recorded
- **Dec 2024** Pre-seed **$2.9M** *5 new* [Notion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notion-capital) [Amadeus Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amadeus-capital-partners) [Charlie Songhurst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-songhurst) [Playfair Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playfair) [Episode 1](https://millionrounds.com/fund/episode-1) Source recorded

## 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.

**Pre-seed** 2024 **Seed** 2026 [Notion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notion-capital) [Amadeus Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amadeus-capital-partners) [Episode 1](https://millionrounds.com/fund/episode-1) [Charlie Songhurst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-songhurst) [Playfair Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playfair)

## Everyone who backed them

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

[Amadeus Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amadeus-capital-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Episode 1](https://millionrounds.com/fund/episode-1) VC firm **2** rounds

[Charlie Songhurst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-songhurst) VC firm **1** round

[Playfair Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playfair) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Refute 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.

[National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund-nssif) Corporate VC Per its own site

[T Bridge Venture Partners Ltd](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-bridge-venture-partners-ltd) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Refute

### Who invested in Refute?

Refute's investors include Notion Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, Episode 1, Charlie Songhurst and Playfair Capital.

### How much has Refute raised?

Refute has raised $9.7M across 2 rounds since 2024.

### When did Refute last raise?

Refute's most recent round was a Seed of $6.8M in Feb 2026.

### What was Refute's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $6.8M in Feb 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Refute first?

Refute's first round on record, in Dec 2024, was backed by Notion Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners and Charlie Songhurst and 2 others.

### What stage is Refute at?

Refute's latest named round is a Seed, in Feb 2026.

### Where is Refute based?

Refute is based in the United Kingdom.

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