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    Martlet

    Cambridge, United KingdomFounded 2011

    Martlet (formerly Martlet Capital) is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Cambridge, UK, providing patient capital to deep tech and life sciences B2B startups. Its operational business was acquired by EMV Capital in 2024 and it now operates as EMV Capital's Cambridge-based early-stage investment practice.

    Their most common stage is series-a (48% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $7.5M (across 17 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    26

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Dr. Ilian Iliev

    Dr. Ilian Iliev

    Director

    Tom Hall

    Tom Hall

    Investment Director

    Robert Marshall

    Robert Marshall

    Non-Executive Chairman

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    31 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    AllFocal Optics logoAllFocal OpticsSeed—Nov 2024
    Infinitopes logoInfinitopesSeed$16MApr 2024
    OctaiPipe logoOctaiPipeSeries A—Jan 2024
    Spotta logoSpottaGrowth—Dec 2023
    NunaBio logoNunaBioSeed—Apr 2023
    Robok logoRobokGrowth$2.1MJan 2023
    DDeepTech RecyclingUnknown—Jan 2023
    Robok logoRobokGrowth$2.1MJan 2023
    Porotech logoPorotechSeries A$20MJan 2021
    Nu Quantum logoNu QuantumSeed—Oct 2020
    Flusso logoFlussoSeries A$5.7MJun 2020
    Flusso logoFlussoSeries A$5.7MJun 2020
    Flusso logoFlussoSeries A$5.7MJun 2020
    Flusso logoFlussoSeries A$5.7MJan 2020
    Rovco logoRovcoSeries A—Jan 2020
    Audio Analytic logoAudio AnalyticSeries B$12MJan 2019
    Audio Analytic logoAudio AnalyticSeries B$12MJan 2019
    UNDO logoUNDOSeries A$3.3MJan 2016
    Audio Analytic logoAudio AnalyticSeries A$5.5MJan 2014
    Audio Analytic logoAudio AnalyticSeries A—Jan 2014
    Pencil Biosciences logoPencil BiosciencesSeed——
    Robok logoRobokSeries A$2.1M—
    Closed Loop Medicine logoClosed Loop MedicineSeries A——
    Spotta logoSpottaSeed$1M—
    Poro Technologies logoPoro TechnologiesSeed——
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    Last updated: 7 October 2026