Directory

CyberSmart

ScaleupCybersecurityBritish

Automated compliance and SME cybersecurity platform (CyberSmart Active Protect); provides continuous device assessment against Cyber Essentials and other standards, certification and breach protection.

Cydea

StartupCybersecurityBritish

Cyber risk quantification (GRC) platform that models real-world scenarios and expresses cyber risk in financial/monetary terms for board-level decision-making, plus advisory services.

Cyera

ScaleupCybersecurityAIForeign

Cyera is an AI-native data security platform that helps enterprises discover, classify, govern, and protect sensitive data across cloud, SaaS, on-prem, and AI environments.

Cynomi

StartupCybersecurityForeign

MSSPs leverage Cynomi’s Security Growth platform to provide full cybersecurity services at scale - without scaling their existing resources.

Cyntegra

StartupCybersecurityBritish

Cyber resilience and ransomware recovery platform enabling fast, local, complete restoration of devices and systems after ransomware, malware or software failure.

CyrusOne

CorporateReal EstateForeign

CyrusOne is a global data centre developer and operator that designs, builds and operates large-scale colocation, hyperscale and AI-focused data centre facilities for major enterprises across North America, EMEA and APAC.

Cytix

StartupCybersecurityAIBritish

Cytix is the security decision layer for a world where software development never stops.

Cytospire Therapeutics

StartupBiotech & Life SciencesDeep TechBritish

Biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class pan-gamma delta T cell engagers for solid tumours; lead programme CYT-X300 targets EGFR-positive cancers.

D.E. Shaw

PEFinanceAIVCForeign

The D. E. Shaw Group is a global investment and technology development firm founded in 1988, managing more than $60 billion in investment capital. The firm operates across quantitative and systematic hedge fund strategies, private equity, and a venture and growth equity arm (D. E. Shaw Ventures) that backs companies in the post-seed and growth equity stages. It has offices across North America, Europe, and Asia, including a London office in Marylebone.

D2 Fund

VCSaaSBritish

London-based early-stage VC backing capital-efficient B2B software startups in the UK and Europe with investments up to £2M.

D2L

CorporateEdtechForeign

Created by D2L, Brightspace is the best LMS software for online learning and teaching. Discover how our online learning platform for schools and companies can help your organization today.

DBR Investment Group

CorporateReal EstateBritish

DBR Investment Group is a UK property investment and development company specialising in residential developments, ranging from boutique apartment schemes to larger builds. Based in Bolton and established in 2017, the firm sources underperforming commercial properties for conversion into residential units across England and Wales, and structures investment opportunities using private capital.

DBT

GovernmentOtherBritish

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is a UK ministerial department established in February 2023 through the merger of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for International Trade. It supports UK businesses to invest, grow, and export, with a global commercial reach extending into over 100 countries.

DEScycle

StartupClimateBritish

London deep tech company recovering critical metals from e-waste using eco-friendly Deep Eutectic Solvents via distributed, modular ionometallurgy units.

DITTO Daily

StartupBiotech & Life SciencesDeep TechBritish

Science-led menstrual health supplement brand; 'Cycle Supplement' with 10 evidence-based ingredients and beadlet-in-oil delivery tech targeting PMS/PMDD symptoms.

DLA Piper

Professional ServicesLegalForeign

DLA Piper is one of the world's largest law firms, operating across more than 40 countries in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. Founded in 2005 through the merger of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, Piper Rudnick, and DLA, the firm employs over 4,200 attorneys. It advises on arbitration, banking, corporate finance, employment, energy, intellectual property, and mergers and acquisitions.

DN Capital

VCFinanceAIBritish

Global early-stage VC firm founded in 2000, investing in Software, AI, Fintech and Consumer Internet at Seed to Series B across Europe and North America.

DRW Venture Capital

VCFinanceSaaSForeign

DRW Venture Capital is the venture arm of DRW, a principal trading firm headquartered in Chicago, investing in financial technology and enterprise technology companies from early-stage through to pre-IPO. It takes an active, value-adding approach and typically makes first investments of $1 million to $5 million or more.

DSIT

GovernmentAIAI SafetyBritish

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is a UK ministerial department established in February 2023, created to accelerate innovation and ensure that new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK. It oversees science, research, digital infrastructure and technology policy, supported by 12 agencies and public bodies including the UK Space Agency, UK Research and Innovation, and the AI Security Institute.

DST Global

VCConsumerMediaPEBritish

DST Global is one of the world's leading internet investment firms, founded in 2009 and registered in the Cayman Islands, with offices in London, Menlo Park, New York, and Hong Kong. It invests in late-stage, high-growth internet companies worldwide through minority non-controlling stakes, with a portfolio that includes Facebook, Spotify, Alibaba, Snapchat, and ByteDance.

DSW Angels

VCSaaSConsumerBritish

DSW Angels (trading as DSW Ventures) is a UK-based angel network and early-stage venture capital firm that invests in regional technology start-ups across the UK. It is part of DSW Capital plc and invests under SEIS and EIS tax reliefs on behalf of high-net-worth angels, family offices, and British Business Investments, with cheques ranging from £100,000 to £3 million.

DXC Technology

CorporateOtherForeign

DXC is a leading enterprise technology and innovation partner delivering software, services, and solutions for global enterprises and public sector organizations.

DaltonTx

StartupBiotech & Life SciencesAIBritish

Adaptive, AI-enabled drug discovery platform for small molecules and biologics, designed to integrate into pharma, biotech and CRO workflows across disease areas.

Dandy

ScaleupBiotech & Life SciencesDeep TechForeign

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