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Caledonia Investments

PEOtherBritish

Caledonia Investments is a FTSE 250 self-managed investment trust company headquartered in London, incorporated in December 1928 and rooted in the Cayzer family's shipping business dating to the late 1800s. It is an equity investor with a diversified global portfolio spanning public companies, private capital, and funds, with a long-term compounding return philosophy. The Cayzer family retains a controlling shareholding of over 50%.

Callsign

ScaleupCybersecurityBritish

Digital identity, authentication and fraud-prevention platform using behavioural biometrics and machine learning to verify users and protect against account takeover and scams.

Cambridge Angels

VCOtherAIBritish

Cambridge Angels is a leading UK business angel network founded in 2001, comprising up to 65 invitation-only members who are predominantly successful exited entrepreneurs from tech and healthcare. The network invests in early-stage companies across the Cambridge ecosystem and beyond, providing smart capital alongside operational expertise, and charges no fees to founders for pitching or carry.

Cambridge Enterprise Ventures

VCOtherAIBritish

University of Cambridge's early-stage equity fund investing in spinouts and startups founded by Cambridge academics, students, graduates, and alumni since 1995.

Cambridge Innovation Capital

VCAISpaceBritish

Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) is a leading venture capital firm founded in 2013 with a privileged relationship with the University of Cambridge, acting as its preferred investor. CIC specialises in deep tech and life sciences companies at Series A stage and beyond, with approximately £0.6 billion in assets under management and access to over £3.2 billion in co-investment capital.

Carbon Clean

ScaleupClimateBritish

Industrial carbon-capture company manufacturing the CycloneCC modular, skid-mounted capture units for deployment in cement, steel, refinery and energy facilities worldwide.

Catapult Sports

ScaleupSaaSAIForeign

Catapult is a global sports technology company providing wearable tracking, athlete management, video analysis, and recruiting tools to over 5,500 elite teams across 40+ sports worldwide, with a London office in the City of London.

Centrica Innovations

VCClimateOtherBritish

Centrica Innovations is the corporate venture capital and innovation arm of Centrica plc, a FTSE 100 energy and services company, incorporated in September 2017. It invests in and partners with startups transforming energy, electric mobility, home services and distributed energy, with a committed fund of up to £100 million. The unit focuses on early-stage ventures that align with Centrica's strategic energy transition priorities.

Cera

CorporateBiotech & Life SciencesAIBritish

Digital-first home healthcare provider using AI to predict and prevent health deterioration, delivering tech-enabled care visits at home across the UK.

Channel 4 Ventures

VCConsumerMediaCorporateBritish

Channel 4 Ventures is the consumer venture capital arm of Channel 4, the UK public service broadcaster. It is the UK's largest media-for-equity fund, investing media budgets of £2m–£10m in high-growth consumer brands in exchange for equity, rather than deploying cash. The fund backs companies from seed to pre-IPO stage seeking to become UK household names.

Civica

CorporateSaaSBritish

Cloud software and digital solutions for the public sector, covering local government, health, education, housing and central government applications.

Cleo

ScaleupFinanceAIBritish

AI-powered money assistant app helping Gen Z budget, save and access credit through a chat-based interface; one of the UK's most widely used personal-finance applications.

Clyde Blowers Capital

PEOtherBritish

Clyde Blowers Capital is an independent mid-market private equity investment firm based in East Kilbride, Glasgow, Scotland, owned by its management team. The firm has led buyout investments since 1999, focusing on Western-headquartered engineering and industrial businesses across energy, utilities, renewables, and related sectors, having invested over £700 million across its history.

Code First Girls

CommunityEdtechOtherBritish

Code First Girls is the largest provider of free coding education to women globally, offering courses from introductory through to degree-level in software engineering, data science, and cybersecurity. Founded in 2012 by Alice Bentinck and Matthew Clifford and headquartered in London, the organisation also partners with employers on tech talent recruitment and workforce training, with over 300,000 free learning opportunities delivered.

CogX

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsAIOtherCommunityBritish

CogX is a global AI and transformational technology events and intelligence organisation founded in 2017, running multi-stage festivals, leadership summits, and awards programmes in London and Los Angeles. It also operates the CogX Insights research platform and a suite of newsletters covering AI, climate tech, deep tech, and capital allocation. The organisation addresses the question of how humanity can get the next decade of technological transformation right.

Colorintech

CommunityOtherBritish

Colorintech is an industry-backed London nonprofit founded in 2016 with a mission to make the tech economy accessible to everyone. With a community of over 60,000 members, it creates pathways into tech for underrepresented talent across university students, entrepreneurs, and mid-to-senior professionals, supported by partners including Google, Apple, and Netflix.

ComplyAdvantage

ScaleupFinanceCybersecurityBritish

AI-driven AML, sanctions screening, KYC and financial-crime risk detection platform serving 3,000+ enterprises across 75 countries.

Connect Ventures

VCAICybersecurityBritish

Connect Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2012, specialising in pre-seed and seed stage product-led companies across Europe. The firm operates as a partner-only, high-conviction team that leads or co-leads rounds of $500k to $5 million, investing across sectors including AI, cybersecurity, deep tech, data infrastructure, fintech, and health. Notable early investments include TrueLayer, which went on to become a unicorn.

Connected Places Catapult

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsProptechLogisticsBritish

Connected Places Catapult is the UK's innovation accelerator for transport, the built environment, cities and local growth, formed in April 2019 through the merger of the Future Cities Catapult and the Transport Systems Catapult. It provides innovation-as-a-service for public bodies, businesses and infrastructure providers, running technology demonstrators, SME accelerators and collaborative R&D programmes to drive sustainable and connected places.

Cooper Parry

Professional ServicesOtherBritish

Cooper Parry is a UK professional services firm offering audit, tax, wealth management, cyber, deals, and digital advisory services, positioning itself as 'The Rebels of Accountancy'. The firm has grown to nearly 2,000 people and serves private equity-backed businesses, growth companies, and large corporates across a range of sectors. It is the UK's largest accountancy B Corp, backed by Waterland Private Equity.

Copper

ScaleupFinanceBritish

Institutional digital-asset prime services and off-exchange settlement platform (ClearLoop) for crypto; provides prime brokerage, collateral management and settlement infrastructure for institutional counterparties without moving assets on-chain.

Cosine

ScaleupAIDefenceBritish

UK AI company developing Genie, an AI coding assistant; selected for the UK's £500M Sovereign AI programme and engaged with UK defence primes and critical national infrastructure providers.

Creative UK

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsMediaGamingGrantmakerBritish

Creative UK, formerly Creative England (founded 2010), is a not-for-profit independent network for the UK creative industries, formed in November 2021 following the merger of Creative England and the Creative Industries Federation. It supports, invests in, and champions creative businesses and talent across the United Kingdom, operating a £35 million investment fund for creative businesses alongside programmes spanning film, television, games, and digital media.

Curve

ScaleupFinanceConsumerBritish

Smart card and app that consolidates multiple bank cards into one, adding rewards and spend management.