# Innovate UK's Manufacturing Investments: 11 Startups in Its Portfolio (2026)

> The 11 Manufacturing startups Innovate UK has backed, by stage: $16M raised between them. From the rounds we track; updated nightly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/innovate-uk-manufacturing-portfolio (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

## Stage not reported

6

- [Scintam Engineering](https://millionrounds.com/company/scintam-engineering)
- [Actuation Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/actuation-lab)
- [FAC Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/fac-technology)
- [Ultima Forma](https://millionrounds.com/company/ultima-forma)
- [Futraheat](https://millionrounds.com/company/futraheat)
- [Hypetex](https://millionrounds.com/company/hypetex)

## Pre-seed and seed

5

- [Kubos Semiconductors](https://millionrounds.com/company/kubos-semiconductors)
- [Fuse Diagnostics](https://millionrounds.com/company/fuse-diagnostics)
- [Siloton](https://millionrounds.com/company/siloton)
- [Ascension](https://millionrounds.com/company/ascension)
- [KAMIM Technologies LTD](https://millionrounds.com/company/kamim-technologies-ltd)

## Segment by segment

### Stage not reported

6 startups · $2.6M raised

- [**Scintam Engineering**](https://millionrounds.com/company/scintam-engineering) Scintam Engineering is an engineering company based in Nottingham, UK, founded in 2021. United Kingdom $1.1M
- [**Actuation Lab**](https://millionrounds.com/company/actuation-lab) Vision: Increasing the sustainability of every mechanised industry. United Kingdom $760K
- [**FAC Technology**](https://millionrounds.com/company/fac-technology) FAC Technology built state-of-the-art research and development capabilities, cultivated collaborative contacts, and assembled. United Kingdom $354K
- [**Ultima Forma**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ultima-forma) Ultima Forma is developing a revolutionary manufacturing process capable of producing complex 3D multi-material components. United Kingdom $150K
- [**Futraheat**](https://millionrounds.com/company/futraheat) Futraheat is a pioneer in the revolutionary TurboClaw high temperature heat pump technology. United Kingdom $141K
- [**Hypetex**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hypetex) Hypetex manufactures coloured carbon fibre using sustainable colourisation materials. United Kingdom $139K

### Pre-seed and seed

5 startups · $14M raised

- [**Kubos Semiconductors**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kubos-semiconductors) Kubos Semiconductors is a UK-based company founded in 2017, located in Cambridge. United Kingdom $4.7M
- [**Fuse Diagnostics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/fuse-diagnostics) Fuse Diagnostics is a UK-based diagnostics company founded in 2022, headquartered in Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire. United Kingdom $4.5M
- [**Siloton**](https://millionrounds.com/company/siloton) Siloton specialises in miniaturised optical technology for medical imaging, using quantum photonic chips and OCT to detect and mon United Kingdom $2.7M
- [**Ascension**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ascension) Ascension is a UK-based technology company focused on sustainable methods for recovering critical minerals from volcanic rocks. United Kingdom $1.4M
- [**KAMIM Technologies LTD**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kamim-technologies-ltd) KAMIM 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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