# TaiSan funding: rounds and investors > TaiSan has raised $7.9M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include EIT InnoEnergy, Heartfelt Capital and Innovate UK. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/taisan (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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 summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$7.9M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources **$1.7M** Pre-seed **$6.2M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $6.2M Jul 2026 - **Step-up i:** 3.6× - **Investors:** 4 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 **$1.7M** Pre-seed **$6.2M** Seed - **First round:** Pre-seed, $1.7M - **Biggest round:** $6.2M - **Between rounds:** 2 years ## The rounds - **Jul 2026** Seed **$6.2M** *1 new* *2 returning* [EIT InnoEnergy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innoenergy) [Mercia Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mercia-ventures) [Heartfelt Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heartfelt) Source recorded - **Jul 2024** Pre-seed **$1.7M** *3 new* [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) [EIT InnoEnergy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innoenergy) [Heartfelt Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heartfelt) Source recorded ## Founders and team From TaiSan's own website: 1 founder, 8 on the team. **Sanzhar Taizhan** Founder & CEO - **Ainur Zhumasheva** COO & HR - **Anna Teyssot** Director - **Deepak Pitrola** Director - **Jonas Nordlund** Director - **Mike Doswell** Director - **Raqeeb Rabbani** Lab Manager & Data Analyst - **Shubham Jaipuria** Investment Manager at Mercia Ventures. - **Tony Harper** Chairman Advisers *Andrew 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-seed** 2024 **Seed** 2026 [EIT InnoEnergy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innoenergy) [Heartfelt Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heartfelt) [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) [Mercia Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mercia-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [EIT InnoEnergy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innoenergy) VC firm **2** rounds [Heartfelt Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heartfelt) VC firm **2** rounds [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) 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=taisan). ## 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. [AFI Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/afi-ventures-by-ventech) VC firm Per its own site [Adeline Arts and Science](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adeline-arts-and-science) Family office Per its own site ## Quick answers about TaiSan ### Who invested in TaiSan? TaiSan's investors include EIT InnoEnergy, Heartfelt Capital, Innovate UK and Mercia Asset Management. ### How much has TaiSan raised? TaiSan has raised $7.9M across 2 rounds since 2024. ### When did TaiSan last raise? TaiSan's most recent round was a Seed of $6.2M in Jul 2026. ### What was TaiSan's biggest round? Its most recent round, $6.2M in Jul 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed TaiSan first? TaiSan's first round on record, in Jul 2024, was backed by Innovate UK, EIT InnoEnergy and Heartfelt Capital. ### What stage is TaiSan at? TaiSan's latest named round is a Seed, in Jul 2026. ### Where is TaiSan based? TaiSan is based in the United Kingdom. ## Companies like TaiSan In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Go Eve** $6.1M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/go-eve)[**Rightcharge** $1.4M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/rightcharge)[**TOGL Energy** $1.1M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/togl-energy)[**Breathe Battery Technologies** $132M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/breathe-battery-technologies)[**Nyobolt** $155M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/nyobolt)[**Holdson** $2.8M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/holdson) ## 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