# Sovereign AI: portfolio, investments and team > Sovereign AI is a government based in United Kingdom. 4 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/sovereign-ai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Sovereign AI Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 4 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $13M, Oct 2026 Government Pre-seed Seed Series A Compute_infrastructure Foundation_models Health_life_sciences Follow Sovereign AI and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fsovereign-ai) Deploying now **100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record Since the last cheque **39** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$620M** Cheque size, as they say **$1.3M – $13M** Rounds led **1 of 4** Sole investor **1 rounds** Pitch Sovereign AI ## Sovereign AI highlights - 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Series C: 100% of its rounds - 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-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Compute_infrastructure Foundation_models Health_life_sciences - **Based in:** United Kingdom - **Cold pitches:** Accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances** - **2026** 2 rounds - **Sept** **[Basecamp Research](https://millionrounds.com/company/basecamp-research)** Series C · GB · Ventureburn **$140M** With 17 others - **Apr** **[Ineffable Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/ineffable-intelligence)** Seed · GB · TechCrunch **$1.1B** With 9 others - **Undated** 2 rounds - **-** **[Isomorphic Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/isomorphic-labs)** GB · Firms' own news pages **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **-** **[Ineffable Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/ineffable-intelligence)** GB · Firms' own news pages **Undisclosed** *Led* 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 registration **2 named** GW **Gregory Wright** Executive Officer i Filing they signed KN **Knut Nicolai Sand** CEO OF THE MANAGER i Filing 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-research](https://millionrounds.com/company/basecamp-research)[Callosum](https://millionrounds.com/company/callosum)[Cusp](https://millionrounds.com/company/cuspai)[Ineffable](https://millionrounds.com/company/ineffable-intelligence)[Isomorphiclabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/isomorphic-labs) 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. New fund on file **$13M** raised in Oct 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$620M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-** Led 1 of 4 rounds **25%** - **Said size:** $1.3M – $13M - **Sole investor:** 1 rounds - **Last cheque:** Sept 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *1* - Series C *1* - Pre-seed said *-* - Series A said *-* - Series B said *-* - Growth said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 Often in the room with - [British Business Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund) 2 - [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) 2 **Pitching Sovereign AI?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## 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. [**British Business Bank** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund)[**NVIDIA** Company **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) ## Recently backed The latest companies Sovereign AI put money into. [**Basecamp Research** $140M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/basecamp-research)[**Ineffable Intelligence** $1.1B · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/ineffable-intelligence)[**Isomorphic Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/isomorphic-labs) ## On podcasts 4 episodes naming Sovereign AI in the title, and 4 more that mention it. - [Startup Europe](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/sifted) 15 May 2026 · 39 min James Wise on why the Sovereign AI Unit criticism is wrong – and the one company he wishes he’d backed With [James Wise](https://millionrounds.com/person/james-wise) Mentions [Sovereign AI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sovereign-ai)[Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) Apple Podcasts - [TechSurge](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/techsurge) 19 Mar 2026 · 1h 1m Sovereign AI Stacks: The New Strategic National Resource Mentions [Sovereign AI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sovereign-ai) Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) 22 Jan 2026 · 2h 23m The State of AI: Rise of Reasoning, Surge in Chinese Open Source, Sovereign AI, How to Invest in AI Today | Nathan Benaich, Air Street Capital With [Nathan Benaich](https://millionrounds.com/person/nathan-benaich) Mentions [Air Street Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/air-street-capital)[Sovereign AI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sovereign-ai)[Street Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/street-capital) Apple PodcastsShow page - [The a16z Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/a16z) 24 May 2025 · 32 min Sovereign AI: Why Nations Are Building Their Own Models Mentions [Sovereign AI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sovereign-ai)[Anjney Midha](https://millionrounds.com/person/anjney-midha)[Guido Appenzeller](https://millionrounds.com/person/guido-appenzeller) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page ### Mentioned in - [The Neon Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/neon-show) 23 Oct 2026 · 1h 25m Ex-Meta VP: ChatGPT Is Just the Trailer for What’s Coming Next Apple Podcasts - [Transparent Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/transparent-vc) 7 Aug 2026 · 49 min Tribe Talkin' Ep 130: Venture Downunder. Canva To Zero? Founder-Not A CEO. Andromeda. Anti-Portfolio Goals. Sharts Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 18 Jun 2026 · 1h 25m 20VC: SpaceX Soars to $2.7TRN | Anthropic's Fable Banned by US Government | Wix and Adobe Hit All-Time Lows | Mistral Raising at $20BN and The Case for Sovereign Models | Fin Acquired by Salesforce for $3.6BN Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 8 Jun 2026 · 1h 7m 20VC: Nebius Co-Founder on AI Infrastructure Bubbles | The Real Impact of Open Source on OpenAI & Anthropic | How Price Elastic is Demand for Compute | Could Nebius Sell 10x More Compute If They Had It & more with Roman Chernin Apple PodcastsShow page ## 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. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=sovereign-ai) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=sovereign-ai)