United Kingdom · Investor

Advanced Propulsion Centre UK

Last cheque observed Jun 2026; 32 cheques on record.

Deploying nowGovernment

Pre-seedSeedSeries AAutomotiveLow CarbonNet Zero

Deploying now
55%of best year6cheques in 12 months, 32 on record
Since the last cheque153days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$8.0MRounds led0 of 32Sole investor13 roundsMostly inUnited Kingdom, 90%
Pitch Advanced Propulsion Centre UK

Advanced Propulsion Centre UK highlights

  1. 01

    6 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Grant and Venture: 77% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 13 rounds, median $11M

What they do

The Advanced Propulsion Centre collaborates with UK government, the automotive industry and academia to accelerate the industrialisation of technologies, supporting the transition to deliver net-zero emission vehicles.From their own website
Type
Government
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
AutomotiveLow CarbonNet Zero
Based in
Coventry, United Kingdom
Cold pitches
Accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first32 appearances

  1. 2026

    5 rounds

  2. Jun
    CNH IndustrialDebt · GB$600MSole investor
  3. May
    ConstelliumSecondary · FR$143MSole investor
  4. Apr
    AltiliumGrant · GB · Ventureburn$25MWith 3 others
  5. Apr
    Integrals PowerVenture · GBUndisclosedWith 2 others
  6. Apr
    AgratasGrant · GB$509MSole investor
  7. 2025

    9 rounds

  8. Nov
    CNH IndustrialDebt · GB$577MSole investor
  9. Oct
    FuuseVenture · GB$8.0MWith 2 others
  10. Sept
    Cornish LithiumVenture · GB$47MWith 2 others
  11. Sept
    MaevingSeries A · GB$11MWith 4 others
  12. Sept
    OXLiDGrant · GB$718KSole investor
  13. Jul
    Ionic TechnologiesGrant · GB$11MWith 1 other
  14. Mar
    HV SystemsVenture · GB$39MWith 1 other
  15. Feb
    LiNa EnergyGrant · GB$327KSole investor
  16. Jan
    Hydrogen Vehicle SystemsVentureUndisclosedSole investor
  17. 2024

    4 rounds

  18. Nov
    Watercycle TechnologiesSeries A · GB$5.6MWith 1 other
  19. Sept
    ConstelliumGrant · FR$145MSole investor
  20. Aug
    OX DeliversGrant · GB$66KWith 1 other
  21. May
    UlemcoVenture · GB$6.3MWith 3 others
  22. 2023

    6 rounds

  23. Sept
    ViritechVenture · GBUndisclosedWith 2 others
  24. Jul
    AMTE PowerDebt · GB$1.3MSole investor
  25. May
    AutoNeuraGrant · GB$213KWith 2 others
  26. May
    Bramble EnergyGrant · GB$16MWith 2 others
  27. May
    InfyosGrant · GB$213KWith 4 others
  28. May
    StreetDroneGrant · GB$213KSole investor
  29. 2022

    3 rounds

  30. Dec
    Electrified AutomationGrant · GB$7.4MSole investor
  31. Sept
    British LithiumGrant · GB$2.0MWith 1 other
  32. Aug
    TevvaVenture · GBUndisclosedWith 1 other
  33. 2021

    3 rounds

  34. Dec
    ePropelledSeries A · US$15MSole investor
  35. Oct
    Spark EV TechnologySeed · GB$343KSole investor
  36. Mar
    Arcola EnergyGrant$2.1MWith 1 other
  37. 2018

    1 round

  38. Nov
    Hyperdrive InnovationGB · Chroniclelive$8.6MWith 4 others
  39. 2017

    1 round

  40. Aug
    Dearman technologiesVentureUndisclosedWith 1 other

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The team

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Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Advanced Propulsion Centre UK. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Advanced Propulsion Centre UK put money into.

Quick answers about Advanced Propulsion Centre UK

What does Advanced Propulsion Centre UK invest in?

Advanced Propulsion Centre UK invests most often at Grant and Venture (77% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Automotive, Low Carbon and Net Zero.

How active is Advanced Propulsion Centre UK?

32 investments on record, 6 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jun 2026.

What has Advanced Propulsion Centre UK invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: CNH Industrial (Debt, Jun 2026), Constellium (Secondary, May 2026) and Altilium (Grant, Apr 2026).

How big are Advanced Propulsion Centre UK's cheques?

The median round it joins is $8.0M.

Does Advanced Propulsion Centre UK lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 32 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Advanced Propulsion Centre UK invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (90%) and France (7%).

Is Advanced Propulsion Centre UK investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 6 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Advanced Propulsion Centre UK invest alongside?

Most often Innovate UK (8 rounds together), Crowdcube (3 rounds together) and UK government (3 rounds together).

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