Monthly roundup · United Kingdom · August 2026
Monthly roundup · United Kingdom · August 2026Startup funding in the United Kingdom, August 2026: Olix's $312M Growth leads 24 rounds
We read 24 equity rounds raised in the United Kingdom and announced in August 2026, raising $1.5B between them: 11% of the rounds we read worldwide that month and 6% of the money. The largest was Olix's $312M Growth, led by Fundomo. The median seed round was $4.5M, against $3.2M over the last twelve months in the United Kingdom; at Series A it was $38M.
Equity rounds24raised in the United Kingdom, 21 with an amount
Raised$1.5Bacross those rounds
Lead named58%of rounds say who led
Share of the world11%of rounds; 6% of the money
The biggest rounds
- 1
OlixGrowth · led by Fundomo$312M - 2
Cambridge AerospaceSeries C · led by DFJ$300M - 3
Scan.comGrowth · led by Noteus Partners$220M - 4KKraken TechnologySeries B · led by DTCP$175M
- 5
GeoPuraSeries A$113M - 6
CallosumSeed · led by Atomico$100M - 7
Stability AISeries B$76M - 8
Redx PharmaSeries A$59M - 9
AdaptyvSeries A · led by Highland Europe$40M - 10
VelocitySeries A · led by FirstMark, Dragonfly Capital Partners$38M
Day by day
Equity rounds raised in the United Kingdom and announced each day of August. The busiest day was 4 August, with 3.
1 August31 August
By stage, against the year
Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: the United Kingdom's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the worldwide one.
In what
- AI6
- Defence Tech4
- Logistics4
- Robotics3
- Cleantech2
- Climate Tech2
- Biotech2
- Aerospace & Space2
AI was the busiest sector in the United Kingdom.
Against the world
- Rounds, the United Kingdom24
- Rounds, worldwide220
- Raised, the United Kingdom$1.5B
- Raised, worldwide$25B
93 roundsUnited States→
12 roundsAustralia→
9 roundsCanada→
8 roundsIndia→
8 roundsBrazil→
5 roundsChina→