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Innovate UK's Manufacturing portfolio
Innovate UK has backed 11 Manufacturing startups in rounds we track, $16M between them, shown by the stage each has reached. The best-funded is Cellular Origins.
Funding by segment
- Stage not reported$2.6M6
- Pre-seed and seed$14M5
Where they are based
- United Kingdom10$16M
- Nigeria1$372K
United Kingdom
NigeriaFounded
3 without a founding year on record.
Total raised
- Under $1M6
- $1M to $10M5
- $10M to $50M0
- $50M to $250M0
- $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.
8 of 11 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 Kingdom10
- Nigeria1
Startups by country, 2 countries in all.
Segment by segment
Stage not reported
6 startups · $2.6M raised
Scintam EngineeringScintam Engineering is an engineering company based in Nottingham, UK, founded in 2021.United Kingdom$1.1M
Actuation LabVision: Increasing the sustainability of every mechanised industry.United Kingdom$760K
FAC TechnologyFAC Technology built state-of-the-art research and development capabilities, cultivated collaborative contacts, and assembled.United Kingdom$354K
Ultima FormaUltima Forma is developing a revolutionary manufacturing process capable of producing complex 3D multi-material components.United Kingdom$150K
FutraheatFutraheat is a pioneer in the revolutionary TurboClaw high temperature heat pump technology.United Kingdom$141K
HypetexHypetex manufactures coloured carbon fibre using sustainable colourisation materials.United Kingdom$139K
Pre-seed and seed
5 startups · $14M raised
Kubos SemiconductorsKubos Semiconductors is a UK-based company founded in 2017, located in Cambridge.United Kingdom$4.7M
Fuse DiagnosticsFuse Diagnostics is a UK-based diagnostics company founded in 2022, headquartered in Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire.United Kingdom$4.5M
SilotonSiloton specialises in miniaturised optical technology for medical imaging, using quantum photonic chips and OCT to detect and monUnited Kingdom$2.7M
AscensionAscension is a UK-based technology company focused on sustainable methods for recovering critical minerals from volcanic rocks.United Kingdom$1.4M
KAMIM Technologies LTDKAMIM Technologies Ltd is an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) company based in Lagos, Nigeria, established in 2020.Nigeria$372K
How this map is made. Every startup here works in Manufacturing and has raised money in a round we track that names Innovate UK as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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