Directory

Materials Nexus

ScaleupAIDefenceBritish

Deep-tech using AI plus quantum calculations to discover new materials; notably designed a rare-earth-free permanent magnet (MagNex) for EV motors.

Matoha

StartupAIClimateBritish

Manufactures handheld AI/NIR-spectroscopy material-identification scanners that identify plastics and textile composition in under a second for sorting and manufacturing QC.

Matta

StartupAIBritish

Industrial AI vision platform; AI agents detect defects, measure to micron accuracy, count parts and trace production in real time across factory lines.

McKenzie Intelligence Services

ScaleupSpaceBritish

Geospatial intelligence: fuses satellite, aerial and drone imagery with remote sensing to measure impact of natural and man-made catastrophes for insurers and government.

Meatly

StartupBiotech & Life SciencesConsumerBritish

Cultivated (lab-grown) meat company and first in Europe to receive approval to sell cultivated meat for pet food; building Europe's largest cultivated-meat bioreactor facility in London.

Mendelian

StartupBiotech & Life SciencesAIBritish

Clinical decision-support software (MendelScan) using AI case-finding to help GPs identify and diagnose rare disease patients earlier from primary-care records.

Meridian Growth Capital

VCSaaSAIBritish

Meridian Growth Capital is a Southampton-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2009. It invests between £50,000 and £500,000 in seed and early-stage companies, with a focus on technology, telecommunications, biotechnology, and media sectors. The firm takes minority stakes and backs proven management teams across the UK, with notable exits including Blis (4x) and loveholidays.

Messium

StartupSpaceAIBritish

Hyperspectral satellite and AI crop-growth models to measure crop nitrogen from space; precision-fertilisation system for wheat optimising nitrogen use and detecting nutrient deficiencies.

Metomic

ScaleupCybersecurityBritish

Metomic provides data security posture management (DSPM) and next-generation data loss prevention for SaaS and generative AI tools, offering agentless, API-based discovery, classification, and protection of sensitive data across platforms such as Slack, Google Workspace, and Jira.

Midven

VCSaaSAIBritish

Midven is a Birmingham-based venture capital fund manager, now operating as part of Future Planet Capital, that has been investing in early-stage, fast-growing SMEs in the West Midlands since 1993. The firm manages funds including the Midlands Engine Investment Fund and the West Midlands Co-Investment Fund, deploying up to £2m per investment into high-growth technology and SaaS businesses.

Mimica

ScaleupClimateConsumerBritish

Smart-packaging company producing Bump, a bio-reactive label or cap that deteriorates at the same rate as perishable food, giving consumers a tactile, real-time freshness indicator to reduce food waste.

Mimo

ScaleupFinanceBritish

B2B payments and financial management platform for small and medium-sized businesses and accountants, automating accounts payable and receivable, cash flow, foreign exchange, and bookkeeping.

Mindgard

StartupAI SafetyCybersecurityForeign

AI and LLM security platform offering dynamic application security testing for AI, automated red-teaming, threat detection, and runtime protection of machine learning models deployed in production.

Minerva Business Angels

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsOtherAIBritish

Minerva Business Angel Network is a not-for-profit angel investor network established in 1994 and based at the University of Warwick Science Park, matching high-growth technology startups in the Midlands with experienced private investors. The network operates ten investment groups across regions including the East Midlands, Thames Valley, West Midlands, and Yorkshire, and has supported over 100 companies to raise more than £63 million.

Minimum

StartupClimateSaaSBritish

Carbon accounting and management SaaS platform that gives organisations a single system of record for surfacing, calculating, and disclosing their emissions footprint, with integrations for enterprise reporting requirements.

MintNeuro

StartupBiotech & Life SciencesBritish

Imperial College London spin-out designing scalable, low-power semiconductor chips for minimally invasive neural implants, enabling sensing, stimulation, and on-chip signal processing for clinical applications including epilepsy, movement disorders, and urinary dysfunction.

Mission Zero Technologies

ScaleupClimateBritish

Developer of modular direct air capture (DAC) technology that manufactures and deploys DAC units for industries requiring CO2, including synthetic fuels, beverages, and industrial gas applications.

Modern Synthesis

ScaleupClimateBritish

Biomaterials company that grows a new class of materials from bacterial nanocellulose as sustainable alternatives to animal leather and plastic-based synthetic textiles, targeting fashion and apparel brands.

Modo Energy

ScaleupClimateAIBritish

AI-native data analytics SaaS for renewable energy and battery storage assets; benchmarks and forecasts revenues for grid-scale battery investors and operators.

Moley Robotics

StartupConsumerOtherBritish

Developer of consumer and commercial robotic kitchen systems featuring ceiling-mounted dual robotic arms that replicate chef movements to cook complete meals, marketed as the world's first fully robotic kitchen.

Mondra

StartupClimateAIBritish

AI-driven environmental-intelligence and life-cycle-assessment platform giving food manufacturers and retailers product-level carbon and Scope 3 emissions data.

Moonfire

VCAIGamingBritish

Moonfire is a London-based, technology-driven venture capital firm founded in 2019 that invests at pre-seed and seed stages in early-stage European startups. The firm uses proprietary machine-learning models to source and evaluate investment opportunities at scale, and focuses on five areas: security and infrastructure, work and knowledge, capital and finance, gaming and community, and health and wellbeing.

Mortar Works

StartupProptechBritish

Data and intelligence platform for housing services; builds the Tenancy Sustainment Tool enabling housing teams to run early-intervention pathways, reducing tenant evictions across the UK.

Moth Quantum

StartupQuantumConsumerBritish

Consumer-facing quantum computing company building quantum-powered applications for media, entertainment and creativity, including the Quantum Backrooms game and quantum audio tools running on live QPUs.