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IQ Capital Partners

https://www.iqcapital.vc
Last activity: 15.03.2026
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IQ Capital is a deep-tech​ early stage VC investing in UK companies capable of dominating global markets. We are particularly focused on disruptive algorithms in data science / analytics, fintech, IoT as well as embedded systems including research machines and robotics.

Many of our investments have a strong link to innovation originating in Cambridge and we have made 30+ new investments in the last three years. The IQ Capital team has achieved over 20 exits, to companies including M&A to Apple, Google, Facebook, Oracle and several IPOs.

We are currently investing up to £10m per company from our fourth fund and we are actively seeking Seed and Series A investments with rich deeptech IP at the core. We make follow-on investments into our outperformers of up to £30m via our Growth Fund.
Portfolio
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Persons
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Mentions
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Location: United Kingdom, England, Cambridge
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2006
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A; Series B; Grant

Portfolio 75

DateNameWebsiteTotal RaisedLocation
09.03.2026Isembardisembard.com$59.29MUnited Kin...
10.12.2025Nu Quantumnu-quantum.com$74.85MUnited Kin...
30.11.2025Gravis Rob...gravisrobotics.com$23MSwitzerlan...
06.10.2025Trogenixtrogenix.com$94.43MUnited Kin...
18.08.2025Vsimv-sim.co.uk$43MUnited Kin...
06.08.2025Alpine Eag...alpineeagle.com$10.95M-
01.01.2025ToffeeXtoffeex.com-United Kin...
01.01.2025Flinkflink.so$169.29KSwitzerlan...
01.01.2025Wobble Gen...wobblegenomics.com$12.51MUnited Kin...
01.01.2025Tagomicstagomics.com$8.48M-
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Persons 13

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-NikitaDehalInvestor R...linkedin.c...-
-AlexWilsonPrincipallinkedin.c...-
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Mentions in press and media 206

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15.03.2026Tropic Secures $105M: Gene-Edited Crops Reshape Global Food FutureTropic, a UK AgTech firm, raised $105 million in Series C funding. This capital boosts gene-edited tropical crop expansion. Forbion and Corteva co-led the round. The focus is disease-resistant bananas and climate-resilient rice. Tropic's GE...
15.03.2026Tropic: $105 Million Raised To Scale Gene-Edited Tropical Crops And Banana ProductionTropic, a UK-based agricultural biotechnology company developing gene-edited tropical crops, has raised $105 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round to accelerate global commercial expansion and scale production of its breakthro...
13.03.2026UK AgTech startup Tropic secures €91.3 million to bring gene-edited bananas and climate-resilient crops to marketTropic, a Norwich-based AgTech startup specialising in gene‑edited tropical crops, has announced the close of its oversubscribed €91.3 million ($105 million) Series C financing to accelerate the global scale-up of its banana and rice portfo...
10.03.2026Isembard Secures $50M to Revitalize Western Manufacturing CapacityUK startup Isembard secured $50M Series A. It automates high-precision manufacturing for aerospace, defense, robotics. MasonOS software powers its network of owned and franchised factories. Expansion targets Europe, US. The company addresse...
09.03.2026Industrial startup Isembard bags €43 million to scale software-powered factories for aerospace and energy sectorsLondon’s Isembard today announced that it has raised €43 million ($50 million) in Series A funding, less than 12 months after its Seed round in order to open 25 factories by the end of 2026, expand its engineering teams while launching into...
09.03.2026UK manufacturing startup Isembard secures $50MA UK startup which has developed software to automate the manufacturing of key component parts for industries, including space, defence and robotics, has raised $50m in a Series A funding round, less than 12 months after its $9m seed round....
09.03.2026Isembard: $50 Million Raised For AI-Powered Aerospace And Defense FactoriesIsembard has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate the rollout of AI-powered manufacturing facilities focused on high-precision components for aerospace, defense, energy, and robotics customers. The round was led by U...
03.02.2026UK Government Embraces Activist Investment, Fuels "Picking Winners" DebateThe UK government champions an activist investment strategy. Business Secretary Peter Kyle explicitly backs "picking winners." He defends state intervention through entities like the British Business Bank. Kyle views calculated ri...
24.01.2026Investor hits out at Peter Kyle for ‘picking winners’Business secretary Peter Kyle has come under fire over his admission the government would be “picking winners” across the UK economy. The former Gail’s and Pizza Express investor Luke Johnson hit out at Kyle’s “arrogance and equal measure” ...
20.01.2026British Business Bank invests £25M in Kraken TechnologiesThe UK government-backed British Business Bank (BBB) is taking a £25m stake in Kraken Technologies, the software entity being spun out of Octopus Energy, marking the bank's biggest ever direct investment into a private firm. Octopus Energy ...
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