InvestorUniverse research · Monthly
UK Funding Report September 2026
Generated from rounds tracked by the InvestorUniverse funding tracker. Figures include disclosed rounds only.
71Rounds+73% vs last month
£790.0mCapital raised-7% vs last month
£3.8mMedian round
10Investors active
Capital by sector
DeepTech£331.8m
HealthTech£162.8m
AI£94.9m
FinTech£90.6m
other£28.4m
Climate£26.6m
PropTech£20m
SaaS£13.3m
LegalTech£7.8m
Cybersecurity£5.4m
FoodTech£4.8m
EdTech£1.6m
Manufacturing & industrial£1m
E-commerce£1m
Rounds by stage
Growth13
Series A12
Seed25
Series B3
Pre-seed15
Grant3
Capital by region
London£339.8m
Elsewhere in the UK£321.4m
Scotland£48.6m
Manchester£20m
Leeds & Yorkshire£17.8m
North West£15m
Birmingham & Midlands£8.1m
Bristol & South West£7.2m
Cambridge£4.7m
North East£4.0m
South East£2.3m
Northern Ireland£1m
Most active investors
Innovate UK9 deals
British Business Bank6 deals
Mercia Ventures5 deals
Scottish Enterprise4 deals
PXN Ventures4 deals
Entrepreneurs First4 deals
SFC Capital4 deals
Ada Ventures3 deals
Northstar Ventures3 deals
Antler3 deals
Cite as: InvestorUniverse UK Funding Report, September 2026. Data: methodology.
