Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest London startup funding rounds during the month of February. I have included some additional information as well such as industry, founding year, brief funding description, founders, total funding raised, to further the analysis of the state of venture capital in London. For the purposes of this analysis, only equity funding rounds were considered.
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5. Ziflow $20.0M
Round: Series A
Description: Ziflow is a SaaS company that builds smart tools for creative production teams. Founded by Anthony Welgemoed and Mat Atkinson in 2015, Ziflow has now raised a total of $28.3M in total equity funding and is backed by Companyon Ventures, Riverside Acceleration Capital, and Sidecar Angels.
Investors in the round: Companyon Ventures, Riverside Acceleration Capital
Industry: Marketing, Marketing Automation, SaaS, Software
Founders: Anthony Welgemoed, Mat Atkinson
Founding year: 2015
Total equity funding raised: $28.3M
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4. Metomic €18.9M
Round: Series A
Description: Metomic protects sensitive data in SaaS applications Founded by Benjamin van Enckevort and Richard Vibert in 2018, Metomic has now raised a total of $25.8M in total equity funding and is backed by Resonance, Entrepreneur First, LocalGlobe, Evolution Equity Partners, and Jeremy Yap.
Investors in the round: Connect Ventures, Evolution Equity Partners, Resonance
Industry: Developer APIs, Information Services, Information Technology, Privacy, Software
Founders: Benjamin van Enckevort, Richard Vibert
Founding year: 2018
Total equity funding raised: $25.8M
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3. Flock €35.9M
Round: Series B
Description: Flock building the world’s first fully digital insurance company for connected and autonomous commercial vehicles. Founded by Antton Pena and Ed Leon Klinger in 2015, Flock has now raised a total of $59.1M in total equity funding and is backed by Foresight Ventures, Plug and Play, Innovate UK, Anthemis Group, and Social Capital.
Investors in the round: Anthemis Group, CommerzVentures, Dig Ventures, Foresight Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Social Capital
Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, FinTech, Fleet Management, Insurance, InsurTech, Software
Founders: Antton Pena, Ed Leon Klinger
Founding year: 2015
Total equity funding raised: $59.1M
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2. DRONAMICS $40.0M
Round: Seed
Description: DRONAMICS develops unmanned aerial systems for shipping commercial and special cargo applications. Founded by Konstantin Rangelov and Svilen Rangelov in 2014, DRONAMICS has now raised a total of $57.0M in total equity funding and is backed by SeedBlink, Speedinvest, Founders Factory, European Commission, and Eleven Ventures.
Investors in the round: Eleven Ventures, Founders Factory, SeedBlink, Speedinvest, Strategic Development Fund
Industry: Aerospace, Drones, Logistics, Shipping
Founders: Konstantin Rangelov, Svilen Rangelov
Founding year: 2014
Total equity funding raised: $57.0M
London TechWatch’s exclusive coverage of this round: Dronamics Raises $40M for its Autonomous Drone Delivery Airline That Makes Same-Day Shipments a Reality Across All of Europe
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1. Quantum Motion £42.0M
Round: Series B
Description: Quantum Motion is building a universal quantum computer in Silicon, using CMOS compatible processes. Founded by John Morton and Simon Benjamin in 2017, Quantum Motion has now raised a total of £50.0M in total equity funding and is backed by IP Group, Oxford Science Enterprises, British Business Bank, Octopus Ventures, and Inkef.
Investors in the round: British Patient Capital, Inkef, IP Group, National Security Strategic Investment Fund, Octopus Ventures, Oxford Science Enterprises, Parkwalk Advisors, Porsche Automobil Holding, Robert Bosch Venture Capital
Industry: Electronics, Hardware, Quantum Computing
Founders: John Morton, Simon Benjamin
Founding year: 2017
Total equity funding raised: £50.0M
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