United Kingdom · Investor

Sovereign AI

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 4 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $13M, Oct 2026Government

Pre-seedSeedSeries ACompute_infrastructureFoundation_modelsHealth_life_sciences

Deploying now
100%of best year2cheques in 12 months, 4 on record
Since the last cheque39days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$620MCheque size, as they say$1.3M – $13MRounds led1 of 4Sole investor1 rounds
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Sovereign AI highlights

  1. 01

    2 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series C: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median undisclosed

What they do

Britain's Sovereign Venture Fund dedicated to scaling British AI startups.From their own website
Type
Government
Cheque size
$1.3M – $13M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
Compute_infrastructureFoundation_modelsHealth_life_sciences
Based in
United Kingdom
Cold pitches
Accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first4 appearances

  1. 2026

    2 rounds

  2. Sept
    Basecamp ResearchSeries C · GB · Ventureburn$140MWith 17 others
  3. Apr
    Ineffable IntelligenceSeed · GB · TechCrunch$1.1BWith 9 others
  4. Undated

    2 rounds

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    Isomorphic LabsGB · Firms' own news pagesUndisclosedSole investor
  6. -

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named

GWGregory WrightExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
KNKnut Nicolai SandCEO OF THE MANAGERiFiling they signed

We also hold 2 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

5 of 5 we have independently watched raise

Basecamp-researchCallosumCuspIneffableIsomorphiclabs

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Sovereign AI put money into.

On podcasts

4 episodes naming Sovereign AI in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

Mentioned in

Quick answers about Sovereign AI

What does Sovereign AI invest in?

Sovereign AI invests most often at Seed and Series C (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Compute_infrastructure, Foundation_models and Health_life_sciences.

How active is Sovereign AI?

4 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

What has Sovereign AI invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Basecamp Research (Series C, Sept 2026) and Ineffable Intelligence (Seed, Apr 2026).

How big are Sovereign AI's cheques?

The median round it joins is $620M. It says it writes cheques of $1.3M to $13M.

Is Sovereign AI investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Sovereign AI invest alongside?

Most often British Business Bank (2 rounds together) and NVIDIA (2 rounds together).

What kind of investor is Sovereign AI?

Sovereign AI is a government based in United Kingdom.

Has Sovereign AI raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Oct 2026, reporting $13M raised.

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