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    UKI2S

    Manchester, United KingdomFounded 2002

    UKI2S is a national seed investment fund backing early-stage businesses and spinouts from the UK's publicly funded science and research base. It is publicly funded but privately managed by Future Planet Capital (Ventures) Limited, focusing on engineering biology, defence & security, fusion energy, and space.

    Their most common stage is seed (79% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $33.1M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    52

    Fund Size

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    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    6

    Team

    Alexander Leigh

    Alexander Leigh

    Investment Director Defence & Security

    Andrew Muir

    Andrew Muir

    Investment Director Seed and Fund Principal

    Hassan Mahmudul

    Hassan Mahmudul

    Portfolio Director

    Mark White

    Mark White

    Investment Director Fusion

    Oliver Sexton

    Oliver Sexton

    Investment Director Engineering Biology

    Sakura Holloway

    Sakura Holloway

    Investment Director Knowledge Assets

    Shruti Iyengar

    Shruti Iyengar

    Investment Director

    Thomas Storey

    Thomas Storey

    Senior Associate

    Tony Raven

    Tony Raven

    Chair of Board and Consultation Committee

    Alison Campbell

    Alison Campbell

    Betty Bonnardel

    Betty Bonnardel

    Dr Colin Story

    Dr Colin Story

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    58 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Luffy AI logoLuffy AISeries A—Jul 2026
    Revolver Therapeutics logoRevolver TherapeuticsSeed—Jul 2026
    RRevolverUnknown—Jul 2026
    Ternary Tx logoTernary TxSeed—Mar 2026
    Cytotrait logoCytotraitSeed—Jan 2026
    Optera logoOpteraUnknown—Jan 2026
    Ternary Therapeutics logoTernary TherapeuticsSeed—Jan 2026
    CamGene Therapeutics logoCamGene TherapeuticsSeed—Nov 2025
    Astut logoAstutSeed—Oct 2025
    Messium logoMessiumPre-Seed—Sep 2025
    SugaROx logoSugaROxSeed$1.2MAug 2025
    Spaceflux logoSpacefluxSeed—Jul 2025
    Laverock logoLaverockSeed—Jun 2025
    LLaverock TherapeuticsSeed—Jun 2025
    Sention Technologies logoSention TechnologiesSeed—May 2025
    Messium logoMessiumSeed—Jan 2025
    Sention Technologies logoSention TechnologiesSeed—Jan 2025
    iFAST logoiFASTSeed—Nov 2024
    Antiverse logoAntiverseSeed—Oct 2024
    SOLASTA Bio logoSOLASTA BioSeries A$14MSep 2024
    Mirico Ltd logoMirico LtdSeed$2MJun 2024
    Oxford Space Systems logoOxford Space SystemsSeed—Jan 2024
    Wave Photonics logoWave PhotonicsSeed$4.5MJan 2024
    Vector Photonics logoVector PhotonicsSeed—Jan 2024
    Adamo Foods logoAdamo FoodsSeed—Jan 2024
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026