# Finchetto: Computer hardware, Frimley Green, United Kingdom

> Finchetto: To unlock the full potential of AI, we must make data centres more energy efficient. Based in Frimley Green, United Kingdom. Founded 2020.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/finchetto (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United Kingdom · [Computer hardware startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Finchetto

To unlock the full potential of AI, we must make data centres more energy efficient.

Funding reported Last round: Venture (Round not Specified)

Computer hardware Frimley Green, United Kingdom

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2020 6 years old
- **Team:** 15 11 to 50 people
- **Funding reported:** 2.9M as listed, currency not stated
- **Last round:** Venture (Round not Specified) Aug 2025

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Finchetto has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About Finchetto

To unlock the full potential of AI, we must make data centres more energy efficient.

Data centres consume 2% of all global electricity – and powering sufficient compute is the single greatest challenge for AI today. At Finchetto, we're on a mission to significantly reduce data centre energy use and accelerate cluster performance with the world's first fully-optical passive network switch. Network switches are the workhorses of every data centre. And they are power hungry, accounting for 20% of a data centre's total energy use. Compared to today's state-of-the-art switches, Finchetto reduces power requirement by up to 26x while reducing latency by up 40x. Super low power. Ultra low latency. Lightspeed packet switching. Massive throughput. Finchetto makes light work of AI.

## What company datasets say Finchetto raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **2.9M** in the source's currency

Last round **Venture (Round not Specified)**

Last round size **1.2M**

Last round date **Aug 2025**

## Funding filed with regulators

Finchetto filed 8 raises, $4.0M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Sept 2026 **$271K** UK share allotment
- Aug 2026 **$579K** UK share allotment
- Aug 2025 **$1.2M** UK share allotment
- Aug 2024 **$191K** UK share allotment
- Jul 2024 **$849K** UK share allotment
- Jun 2024 **$139K** UK share allotment
- Jun 2024 **$582K** UK share allotment
- Apr 2021 **$209K** UK share allotment

## Founders and team

From Finchetto's own website: 3 on the team.

- **Mark Rushworth** CEO
- **Michael Pearcey** CTO
- **Nick Ray** Chair

## On a portfolio page

Investors who name them

- [Deeptech Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deeptech-labs)

Each firm lists Finchetto on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

b2b

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- **Sector:** Computer hardware
- **Industry code:** NAICS 334111, 334290
- **Region:** England
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/finchetto)

## Computer hardware in United Kingdom

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