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Lottie

StartupBiotech & Life SciencesConsumerBritish

Marketplace and software platform helping families find and fund elderly care homes and home care, plus B2B tools for care providers (Found, Seniorcare).

Lough Shore Investments

VCSaaSFinanceBritish

Lough Shore Investments is a Belfast-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that backs high-potential management teams in Northern Ireland and Ireland, focusing on seed and early-stage investments in technology, logistics, and financial services. The firm aims to bring portfolio companies to exit or IPO, with notable investments including Options Technology and SendMyBag.

Lovable London

CommunityOtherForeign

Lovable London is a community for people across the city turning ideas and everyday problems into working products with Lovable.

Love Ventures

VCFinanceProptechBritish

Love Ventures is a UK EIS fund backing ambitious founders in Fintech, Future of Work, and Consumertech. Explore our thesis, portfolio, and team.

Low Carbon Innovation Fund

VCClimateGrantmakerBritish

The Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF) is a co-investment fund launched in 2010 worth over £100 million supporting SMEs in the East of England that develop environmentally beneficial technologies, products or services. It is operated as a partnership between the University of East Anglia, Turquoise International, and Norfolk County Council, backed initially by the European Regional Development Fund and later by UK Government, with its third iteration (LCIF3) currently active.

Lucida AI

StartupEdtechAIForeign

Practice speaking English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German and Arabic with an AI tutor that gives instant feedback on pronunciation, grammar and fluency.

Ludgate Environmental Fund

PEClimateVCBritish

Ludgate Environmental Fund is a Jersey-domiciled closed-ended investment company that was listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange from 2007, managed by Ludgate Investments Ltd in London. The fund exclusively invested growth capital in environmentally sustainable companies with a focus on e-mobility, energy transition, and decarbonisation; the AIM listing was cancelled in 2017 and the fund entered an orderly wind-down, though Ludgate Investments Ltd continues as an FCA-regulated investment manager in the cleantech space.

Luffy AI

StartupAIDeep TechBritish

Builds an adaptive neural control layer for physical AI systems, giving robots, drones, motors and industrial equipment real-time, self-tuning control without recalibration.

Lune & Wild

StartupConsumerBritish

UK organic baby and children's food brand offering chef-crafted, paediatric dietitian-developed frozen meals and snacks delivered to home.

Lyceum Capital

PEOtherSaaSBritish

Lyceum Capital is an independent mid-market private equity firm based in London that invests between £10m and £65m of equity in mid-sized UK businesses, partnering with entrepreneurial management teams to unlock growth. The firm specialises in technology and business services companies and has acquired over 125 businesses since its formation around 1999–2000, with approximately £800m in total capital raised across three funds.

Lychee

CommunityOtherForeign

Startup socials, events and communities for people building ambitious things. Built for startup people by startup people.

Lyrasense

StartupSpaceAIBritish

Agentic-AI platform that lets users build, deploy and operate satellite-powered geospatial applications via natural language, no code required.

Lúnasa Space

StartupSpaceDeep TechBritish

In-space transportation startup building a reusable orbital transfer vehicle (VIA) for last-mile satellite delivery, orbit-raising and life extension.

M&G Investments

PEFinanceAIBritish

Global asset manager founded in 1931 investing across public and private markets, including growth-stage companies via its Catalyst strategy.

M-KOPA

ScaleupFinanceBritish

Unlocking financial progress with M-KOPA smart devices

M-Spin

StartupClimateBritish

Advanced materials manufacturer making ultra-high-surface-area metallic/ceramic nanofibre meshes for electrolysers, fuel cells and batteries.

M7 Structura

VCProptechSaaSBritish

M7 Structura is a pan-European venture capital firm dedicated to real estate technology, investing in revenue-generating PropTech companies at seed to Series A stage with initial cheques of £250k–£3m. The firm was established in 2019 in partnership with M7 Real Estate, a European asset manager with approximately €4.7 billion in AUM.

MDOTM

ScaleupFinanceAIBritish

MDOTM helps Asset Managers make AI-driven investment decisions across the US, UK, and the EU. MDOTM's AI platform offers portfolio optimisation and insights for your asset allocation.

MDX Enterprise Development Hub

Incubator / AcceleratorOtherAcademiaBritish

The Enterprise Development Hub (EDH) at Middlesex University is a university-wide initiative for students, alumni and staff who wish to start or grow a business, become self-employed or act more entrepreneurially. It provides workshops, seminars, mentoring, events and access to the MDXcelerator sprint programme offering seed funding and masterclasses with business leaders. The hub is hosted by the Middlesex University Business School at the Hendon campus in north-west London.

MHRA

GovernmentBiotech & Life SciencesDeep TechBritish

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the UK executive agency, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care, responsible for regulating medicines, medical devices, and blood components for transfusion. Established in 2003, it ensures that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe for use by the public.

MMC Ventures

VCAIBiotech & Life SciencesBritish

London-based early-stage venture capital firm investing in AI, data, fintech, and health tech companies at Seed and Series A across Europe.

MSDUK Innovation Challenge

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsOtherGrantmakerIncubator / AcceleratorBritish

The MSDUK Innovation Challenge is an annual programme run by Minority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK), the UK's leading supplier diversity organisation founded in 2006. The Challenge supports ethnic minority-owned businesses across the UK and Europe to showcase innovative products and services to global corporates and investors, offering cash prizes and corporate mentoring; since its founding MSDUK has worked with over 3,000 ethnic minority businesses and more than 120 Fortune 500 firms, generating over £800 million in business for ethnic minority enterprises.

MSIF

VCFinanceGrantmakerBritish

The Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF) is a Liverpool-based alternative finance provider that has invested over £151 million into more than 1,690 small and medium-sized businesses since its establishment in 1996. It operates through four funds — the Liverpool Seed Fund, MSIF Small Firms Fund, MSIF Mezzanine Fund, and MSIF Venture Fund — providing finance ranging from £3,000 to over £2 million. Investments are managed by its subsidiary River Capital and focus predominantly on the Liverpool City Region and broader North West England.

MTC

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsDeep TechBritish

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is a leading UK research and technology organisation at the forefront of manufacturing innovation, founded in 2010 and operating as one of seven centres within the High Value Manufacturing Catapult supported by Innovate UK. It employs over 600 engineers and scientists across sites in Coventry, Liverpool, and Oxford, engaging in thousands of commercial projects each year. The MTC bridges the gap between academia and industry across sectors including aerospace, automotive, defence, and digital manufacturing.