United Kingdom · Seed startup

Who invested in TaiSan

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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.

Automotive & EVs

Raised 4 months ago

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$7.9Mraised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

$1.7MPre-seed$6.2MSeed

Latest round: Seed, $6.2MJul 2026
Step-upi: 3.6×
Investors: 4

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20252026

$1.7MPre-seed$6.2MSeed

First round: Pre-seed, $1.7M
Biggest round: $6.2M
Between rounds: 2 years

The rounds

Jul 2026
Seed$6.2M1 new2 returning
Source recorded
Jul 2024
Pre-seed$1.7M3 new
Source recorded

Founders and team

From TaiSan's own website: 1 founder, 8 on the team.

Sanzhar TaizhanFounder & CEO

Ainur ZhumashevaCOO & HR
Anna TeyssotDirector
Deepak PitrolaDirector
Jonas NordlundDirector
Mike DoswellDirector
Raqeeb RabbaniLab Manager & Data Analyst
Shubham JaipuriaInvestment Manager at Mercia Ventures.
Tony HarperChairman

AdvisersAndrew Durkie

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-seed2024Seed2026

EIT InnoEnergy

Heartfelt Capital

Innovate UK

Mercia Asset Management

Everyone who backed them

EIT InnoEnergyVC firm2rounds

Heartfelt CapitalVC firm2rounds

Innovate UKVC firm1round

Mercia Asset ManagementVC firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list TaiSan 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.