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NEX Health Intelligence

StartupBiotech & Life SciencesAIBritish

Imperial College London spin-out building an AI infection intelligence platform that predicts drug-resistant infection spread in hospitals from patient contact-network data.

NEXT by Yodlee Interactive

Incubator / AcceleratorFinanceForeign

NEXT by Yodlee Interactive was a fintech incubator and accelerator programme launched in August 2013 by Yodlee Interactive, described as the first financial technology incubator in Silicon Valley. The programme provided startups with $20,000 in funding, six months of free access to Yodlee's financial data API, dedicated technical support, and a series of bootcamps and Demo Day events. The programme later evolved into the Envestnet | Yodlee Launchpad following Yodlee's acquisition by Envestnet.

NICE

CorporateSaaSAIForeign

Discover NiCE’s AI customer service automation solutions to improve CX and boost efficiency. Transform your customer interactions today!

NIHR

GovernmentBiotech & Life SciencesDeep TechGrantmakerBritish

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is the UK government's principal funder of clinical, public health, social care and translational research, funded by the Department of Health and Social Care. Established in 2006, it funds and enables world-class health and care research across England through a network of biomedical research centres, applied research collaborations and clinical research facilities.

NPIF II – PXN Equity Finance

VCOtherAIBritish

Government-backed £100m equity fund under the British Business Bank's NPIF II programme, managed by PXN Ventures to invest up to £5m per business in Northern England.

NPL

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsDeep TechAcademiaBritish

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK's National Metrology Institute, responsible for maintaining national primary measurement standards and providing measurement science, calibration, testing and consultancy services to industry and government. Founded in 1900, it operates across acoustics, biosciences, communications, engineering, quantum research and many other scientific domains.

NSLondon

StartupOtherBritish

NSLondon

NVIDIA

CorporateAISaaSForeign

NVIDIA designs and manufactures graphics processing units (GPUs), system-on-chip units, and AI computing hardware and software. The company is a global leader in accelerated computing, supplying chips and platforms that underpin modern AI model training and inference. It serves markets spanning data centres, autonomous vehicles, professional visualisation, and gaming.

NW Brown Ventures

VCOtherBritish

NW Brown Ventures was the venture capital investment arm of NW Brown & Co, a Cambridge-based wealth management and financial advisory firm founded in 1974. The venture arm made a small number of early-stage investments in UK technology and life sciences companies, with its last recorded investment in 2008. The parent company, NW Brown & Co, was acquired by Brown Shipley in 2019 and the venture arm appears to have been dormant for many years prior.

NX Hub

Incubator / AcceleratorMediaAcademiaCoworkingBritish

NX Hub is the entrepreneurship and innovation initiative of Goldsmiths, University of London, based in New Cross, operating with a digital-first approach to deliver workshops and events for local entrepreneurs. It supports business start-up and growth through the Creative Business Exchange, a programme of workshops and networking events for creative businesses in Lewisham, as well as a local entrepreneur network for collaboration and learning. Its particular focus is on the creative and digital economy and underrepresented founders in the Lewisham area.

Naked Energy

ScaleupClimateBritish

High-performance solar thermal and solar PVT systems for commercial and industrial heat decarbonisation. Decarbonise heat with proven renewable technology.

Napier AI

ScaleupFinanceAIBritish

AI-powered anti-financial-crime and AML compliance platform serving banks, payments firms and asset managers; trusted by over 100 institutions globally including HSBC and Starling Bank. Received a majority growth investment from Marlin Equity Partners in February 2025.

Nasdaq Ventures

CorporateFinanceAIForeign

Corporate venture capital arm of Nasdaq, investing in fintech, blockchain, AI, and data analytics startups globally from seed to late stage.

National Wealth Fund

GovernmentClimateDeep TechPEBritish

Financing growth, powering change – £27.8bn for transformational UK projects

Nationwide

CorporateFinanceProptechVCBritish

Nationwide Building Society is the world's largest building society and a British mutual financial institution providing retail banking services including mortgages, savings, current accounts, and insurance. Through its venture arm NBS Ventures, Nationwide invests in fintech, data, cyber-security, regtech, and proptech startups at seed to Series A stage to support its strategic roadmap and benefit its members. The organisation is owned by its members rather than shareholders.

Navan

CorporateSaaSFinanceForeign

Streamline your corporate travel management and expense processes in one app. Save time, gain efficiency, and reduce costs with this powerful, all-in-one solution.

Navro

ScaleupFinanceBritish

Payments curation platform letting multinational businesses move money globally via a single API, curating the optimal rails, routes and compliance for every payment; holds EMI licences from the FCA and the Central Bank of Ireland. Formerly known as Paytrix.

Neara

ScaleupClimateSaaSForeign

Digital twins for power grids

Neat

ScaleupOtherForeign

Discover Neat's state-of-the-art video conferencing equipment designed for seamless hybrid work. Connect effortlessly with crystal-clear audio and video, easy setup, and robust support for Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

Nebius

CorporateAIForeign

Build and scale faster on the purpose-built AI cloud, engineered from silicon to API.

Neko Health

ScaleupBiotech & Life SciencesDeep TechForeign

The Neko Health Scan checks your heart, skin, blood, and metabolic health in one hour, with results explained by a clinician. Clinics across the UK.

Neo4j

ScaleupSaaSAIForeign

Connect data as it's stored with Neo4j. Perform powerful, complex queries at scale and speed with our graph data platform.

Neptune Investment Management

PEFinanceBritish

Neptune Investment Management was an independent UK-based active fund manager founded in 2002 in Hammersmith, West London, offering a range of global, income, regional, and emerging market funds. The firm was acquired by Liontrust Asset Management in October 2019, with all Neptune funds subsequently rebranded under the Liontrust name and its investment team absorbed as the Liontrust Global Equity team. Neptune no longer exists as an independent entity.

Nesta

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsOtherGrantmakerBritish

Nesta is a UK research and innovation foundation and registered charity that designs, tests, and scales solutions to major societal challenges. Originally launched in 1998 as a government body funded by a National Lottery endowment, it became an independent charity in 2012 and works across areas including early childhood development, public health, and climate action. It combines applied research, policy development, venture building, and impact investment to drive systemic change.