Sector portfolio · VC firm · United Kingdom
Episode 1's AI portfolio
Episode 1 has backed 13 AI startups in rounds we track, $248M between them, shown by the stage each has reached. The best-funded is Fluidstack.
Funding by segment
- Pre-seed and seed$75M7
- Series A$93M3
- Stage not reported$79M3
Where they are based
- United Kingdom11$237M
- United States1$9.4M
- Germany1$1.2M
United Kingdom
United States
GermanyFounded
3 without a founding year on record.
Total raised
- Under $1M1
- $1M to $10M6
- $10M to $50M4
- $50M to $250M2
- $250M to $1B0
- $1B and over0
Each dot is a startup: the year it was founded across, the total it has raised up (each line is ten times the one below). Pick a segment to pick it out.
9 of 13 startups shown; the rest have no founding year or amount on record.
- 1 to 2
- 3 to 7
- 8 to 24
- 25 to 99
- 100 and more
- United Kingdom11
- United States1
- Germany1
Startups by country, 3 countries in all.
Segment by segment
Pre-seed and seed
7 startups · $75M raised
- MManticUnited Kingdom$29M
OpteranOpteran is a UK-based autonomy software company that specializes in creating Natural Intelligence by reverse-engineering the brainUnited Kingdom$12M
Sable BioSable Bio is a London-based AI startup focused on enhancing drug safety assessment for pharmaceutical and biotech companies.United Kingdom$9.8M
RefuteRefute is a London-based technology startup founded in 2024 that offers an AI-powered threat intelligence platform designed to detUnited Kingdom$9.7M
Bubble RoboticsBubble Robotics is an ocean robotics company specializing in autonomous surface and subsea systems for offshore monitoring and inspection.United States$9.4M- VVeridueUnited Kingdom$4.0M
PandasAIPandasAI is an open-source platform that provides AI agents for data analysis.Germany$1.2M
Series A
3 startups · $93M raised
- JJJack & JillUnited Kingdom$60M
PerchPeekPerchPeek is a London-based relocation management company founded in 2017.United Kingdom$18M
RevEng.AIRevEng.AI is a London-based cybersecurity and AI company that specializes in building an AI-powered binary intelligence platform fUnited Kingdom$15M
Stage not reported
3 startups · $79M raised
Digital SurgeryDigital Surgery is a privately-held pioneer in surgical artificial intelligence (AI), data and analytics, and digital education anUnited Kingdom$70M
SteliaStelia, a London-based scale-up, is revolutionizing AI infrastructure with its groundbreaking data mobility platform.United Kingdom$8.2M
Dragonfly Technology LimitedReshaping businesses in the age of AI, with access to the world's most comprehensive dataset on software and toolsUnited Kingdom$955K
How this map is made. Every startup here works in AI and has raised money in a round we track that names Episode 1 as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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