IQ Capital Partners

IQ Capital Partners is a Cambridge- and London-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies in the UK, with a focus on deep tech, AI and machine learning, IoT, cybersecurity, SaaS and PaaS, data analytics, life sciences and other technology driven sectors. It typically invests between £0.3 million and £5 million upfront, with follow-on capacity up to about £30 million per company, and supports rounds with equity, debt and convertible instruments. The firm generally does not lead rounds, instead co-investing with angel investors from networks such as the Great Eastern Investment Forum, and it often seeks to appoint a board member at portfolio companies. IQ Capital operates across the UK, including Cambridge, Oxford and Bristol, and targets both early local ventures and opportunities in less developed areas in the East of England. Founded in 2003, it maintains a presence in Cambridge and London.

Kerry Baldwin

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Max Bautin

Managing Partner

Jordan Billiald

Associate

Daniel Carew

Principal

Kushaal Desai

Associate

George Glatz

Principal

Simon Hirtzel

General Partner and COO

Archie Judd

Associate

Archie Muirhead

Analyst

Andrew Phillipps Ph.D

Venture Partner

Mason Sinclair

Principal

Mason Sinclair

Principal

Jo Slota-Newson

Principal

John Snyder

Venture Partner

Edward Stacey

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Alex Wilson

Analyst

Past deals in London

BMLL Technologies

Series B in 2024
BMLL Technologies is an independent provider of Level 3 historical market data and analytics for sophisticated participants in global capital markets. The company offers a cloud-based data science platform that provides researchers and traders with immediate, harmonised Level 3 data plus Level 2 and Level 1 data, along with pre- and post-trade analytics in a scalable compute environment, without the need to purchase or curate data. Based in London and founded in 2014 at the University of Cambridge, BMLL serves banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, global exchange groups and academic institutions, enabling order book simulation, back-testing, trading research, market behavior analysis, risk measurement, and compliance testing across equities, futures, and ETFs.

Aibuild

Series A in 2023
Ai Build Limited is a London-based company specializing in artificial intelligence and robotic technologies for large-scale additive manufacturing. Established in 2015, the firm provides a comprehensive solution that includes cloud-based software, robotic extruders, and specialized enclosures to facilitate autonomous 3D printing of large products. Their technology allows factories to produce complex parts and structures using recycled materials, enhancing efficiency while minimizing waste and costs. Ai Build supports various industries, including aerospace, automotive, marine, construction, and energy, by offering continuous infrastructure and technical support throughout the subscription period. The company's mission is to transform manufacturing into a more sustainable and accessible process, empowering the factories of the future with innovative solutions for on-demand production.

CyberSmart

Series B in 2023
CyberSmart Ltd., established in 2016 and headquartered in London, specializes in designing and developing automated compliance software platforms. The company offers a suite of products, including Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, GDPR Ready, CyberSmart Platform, and certOS, which help businesses identify, secure, and certify security incidents. Its cloud-based dashboard manages the compliance process, while desktop applications deployed across networks monitor compliance status and detect non-conformities. Additionally, CyberSmart provides ongoing protection through regular security checks and cyber insurance coverage, targeting small to medium-sized businesses seeking to mitigate cyber threats and navigate evolving regulations.

Apperio

Venture Round in 2023
Apperio Limited is a London-based company that specializes in legal spend management software. Established in 2011 and formerly known as Legal Tender Limited, Apperio provides a platform that enables businesses to gain real-time visibility into their legal expenditures. By integrating directly with law firms' practice management systems, the platform automatically gathers and structures data, presenting it in a clear format for analysis. This empowers in-house legal teams to manage their spending effectively and promotes a collaborative relationship with external counsel. Apperio's services encompass a wide variety of legal areas, including corporate, commercial, dispute resolution, and intellectual property, among others. The company’s innovative approach ensures clients have complete cost certainty and can make informed decisions regarding their legal services.

BMLL Technologies

Series B in 2022
BMLL Technologies is an independent provider of Level 3 historical market data and analytics for sophisticated participants in global capital markets. The company offers a cloud-based data science platform that provides researchers and traders with immediate, harmonised Level 3 data plus Level 2 and Level 1 data, along with pre- and post-trade analytics in a scalable compute environment, without the need to purchase or curate data. Based in London and founded in 2014 at the University of Cambridge, BMLL serves banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, global exchange groups and academic institutions, enabling order book simulation, back-testing, trading research, market behavior analysis, risk measurement, and compliance testing across equities, futures, and ETFs.

causaLens

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2017, causaLens Ltd. specializes in developing predictive software using machine learning, AI, and time-series data. Its flagship product, CLPU (causaLens Predictive Unit), cleans data in real-time and adapts to changing environments. The company serves industries such as energy, asset management, food production, insurance, healthcare, and logistics.

FNA

Venture Round in 2021
Founded in London in 2013, FNA is a deep technology analytics company specializing in financial system services. Its platform enables financial institutions to map and monitor complex financial networks, simulate operational and financial risks, and uncover hidden connections in large datasets.

CyberSmart

Series A in 2021
CyberSmart Ltd., established in 2016 and headquartered in London, specializes in designing and developing automated compliance software platforms. The company offers a suite of products, including Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, GDPR Ready, CyberSmart Platform, and certOS, which help businesses identify, secure, and certify security incidents. Its cloud-based dashboard manages the compliance process, while desktop applications deployed across networks monitor compliance status and detect non-conformities. Additionally, CyberSmart provides ongoing protection through regular security checks and cyber insurance coverage, targeting small to medium-sized businesses seeking to mitigate cyber threats and navigate evolving regulations.

Divido

Series B in 2021
Divido is a global white-label consumer lending platform that enables financial institutions and multinational retailers to offer finance options at the point-of-purchase. Its omnichannel platform, available online, in-store, and via mobile across multiple countries through one integration, helps partners improve customer experience and increase conversion rates.

Pangaea Data

Venture Round in 2021
Pangaea Data Limited is a technology company based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in developing machine learning-based software for the biopharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. Founded in 2017, the company focuses on optimizing drug discovery and development by leveraging data from electronic health records and unstructured clinical notes. Its software solutions aim to identify patient cohorts based on specific clinical characteristics and symptoms, enhancing the relevance and utility of scientific and clinical data in these industries. Pangaea Data Limited was previously known as Pangaea Group Limited until it rebranded in May 2018.

BMLL Technologies

Venture Round in 2020
BMLL Technologies is an independent provider of Level 3 historical market data and analytics for sophisticated participants in global capital markets. The company offers a cloud-based data science platform that provides researchers and traders with immediate, harmonised Level 3 data plus Level 2 and Level 1 data, along with pre- and post-trade analytics in a scalable compute environment, without the need to purchase or curate data. Based in London and founded in 2014 at the University of Cambridge, BMLL serves banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, global exchange groups and academic institutions, enabling order book simulation, back-testing, trading research, market behavior analysis, risk measurement, and compliance testing across equities, futures, and ETFs.

CyberSmart

Series A in 2020
CyberSmart Ltd., established in 2016 and headquartered in London, specializes in designing and developing automated compliance software platforms. The company offers a suite of products, including Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, GDPR Ready, CyberSmart Platform, and certOS, which help businesses identify, secure, and certify security incidents. Its cloud-based dashboard manages the compliance process, while desktop applications deployed across networks monitor compliance status and detect non-conformities. Additionally, CyberSmart provides ongoing protection through regular security checks and cyber insurance coverage, targeting small to medium-sized businesses seeking to mitigate cyber threats and navigate evolving regulations.

Privitar

Series C in 2020
Privitar Ltd. is an enterprise software company specializing in privacy-preserving data mining and advanced data anonymization solutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, the company serves a diverse global client base across North America, Europe, and Asia. Privitar's product suite includes Privitar Publisher, which allows organizations to securely manage and audit data access, and Privitar Lens, which facilitates the creation of privacy-preserving APIs for reporting and analytics. Additionally, its SecureLink system focuses on data de-identification, while the Privitar Data Privacy Platform enhances data utilization while safeguarding sensitive information. The company's technologies enable clients to analyze potentially sensitive data in compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CPRA, and HIPAA, thereby fostering data-driven innovation and maintaining customer privacy across various sectors, including finance, healthcare, telecommunications, and marketing.

Privitar

Series C in 2020
Privitar Ltd. is an enterprise software company specializing in privacy-preserving data mining and advanced data anonymization solutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, the company serves a diverse global client base across North America, Europe, and Asia. Privitar's product suite includes Privitar Publisher, which allows organizations to securely manage and audit data access, and Privitar Lens, which facilitates the creation of privacy-preserving APIs for reporting and analytics. Additionally, its SecureLink system focuses on data de-identification, while the Privitar Data Privacy Platform enhances data utilization while safeguarding sensitive information. The company's technologies enable clients to analyze potentially sensitive data in compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CPRA, and HIPAA, thereby fostering data-driven innovation and maintaining customer privacy across various sectors, including finance, healthcare, telecommunications, and marketing.

Synthesized

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in London in 2017, Synthesized Ltd. specializes in secure data infrastructure for businesses. Its software uses advanced machine learning and information security techniques to generate synthetic datasets that mimic the structure of original data without revealing individual data points, ensuring compliance with regulations like GDPR.

Concirrus

Series B in 2020
Concirrus operates a cloud platform that connects diverse data sources and devices, transforming businesses by managing and organizing information from connected products and machines. It offers custom solutions, pre-built applications in asset security, fleet management, smart energy, and patient monitoring, along with an incident monitoring center for theft recovery and securing high-value assets. Serving global clients across healthcare, security, mining, insurance, and other sectors, Concirrus empowers organizations to make data-driven decisions through its intelligence platform Quest.

FNA

Series A in 2019
Founded in London in 2013, FNA is a deep technology analytics company specializing in financial system services. Its platform enables financial institutions to map and monitor complex financial networks, simulate operational and financial risks, and uncover hidden connections in large datasets.

CyberSmart

Venture Round in 2019
CyberSmart Ltd., established in 2016 and headquartered in London, specializes in designing and developing automated compliance software platforms. The company offers a suite of products, including Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, GDPR Ready, CyberSmart Platform, and certOS, which help businesses identify, secure, and certify security incidents. Its cloud-based dashboard manages the compliance process, while desktop applications deployed across networks monitor compliance status and detect non-conformities. Additionally, CyberSmart provides ongoing protection through regular security checks and cyber insurance coverage, targeting small to medium-sized businesses seeking to mitigate cyber threats and navigate evolving regulations.

Privitar

Series B in 2019
Privitar Ltd. is an enterprise software company specializing in privacy-preserving data mining and advanced data anonymization solutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, the company serves a diverse global client base across North America, Europe, and Asia. Privitar's product suite includes Privitar Publisher, which allows organizations to securely manage and audit data access, and Privitar Lens, which facilitates the creation of privacy-preserving APIs for reporting and analytics. Additionally, its SecureLink system focuses on data de-identification, while the Privitar Data Privacy Platform enhances data utilization while safeguarding sensitive information. The company's technologies enable clients to analyze potentially sensitive data in compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CPRA, and HIPAA, thereby fostering data-driven innovation and maintaining customer privacy across various sectors, including finance, healthcare, telecommunications, and marketing.

causaLens

Series A in 2019
Founded in 2017, causaLens Ltd. specializes in developing predictive software using machine learning, AI, and time-series data. Its flagship product, CLPU (causaLens Predictive Unit), cleans data in real-time and adapts to changing environments. The company serves industries such as energy, asset management, food production, insurance, healthcare, and logistics.

Wluper

Seed Round in 2018
Wluper Ltd. is a London-based company that has developed an advanced voice-based conversational AI platform focused on navigation and transportation. Founded in 2016, Wluper's product enables intuitive journey planning through a conversational interface, utilizing natural language processing and machine learning technologies. The platform features core components such as deep learning, recurrent neural networks, and speech recognition, allowing users to obtain information and plan journeys in a natural language format. By leveraging these advanced capabilities, Wluper aims to enhance user experiences and provide organizations with tools to improve workforce engagement and operational efficiency.

Concirrus

Venture Round in 2018
Concirrus operates a cloud platform that connects diverse data sources and devices, transforming businesses by managing and organizing information from connected products and machines. It offers custom solutions, pre-built applications in asset security, fleet management, smart energy, and patient monitoring, along with an incident monitoring center for theft recovery and securing high-value assets. Serving global clients across healthcare, security, mining, insurance, and other sectors, Concirrus empowers organizations to make data-driven decisions through its intelligence platform Quest.

Apperio

Series A in 2018
Apperio Limited is a London-based company that specializes in legal spend management software. Established in 2011 and formerly known as Legal Tender Limited, Apperio provides a platform that enables businesses to gain real-time visibility into their legal expenditures. By integrating directly with law firms' practice management systems, the platform automatically gathers and structures data, presenting it in a clear format for analysis. This empowers in-house legal teams to manage their spending effectively and promotes a collaborative relationship with external counsel. Apperio's services encompass a wide variety of legal areas, including corporate, commercial, dispute resolution, and intellectual property, among others. The company’s innovative approach ensures clients have complete cost certainty and can make informed decisions regarding their legal services.

BioBeats

Seed Round in 2018
BioBeats, established in 2012 and headquartered in London, specializes in digital health solutions for personal wellness. The company leverages artificial intelligence and real-time data from smartphones and wearables to tackle global mental health challenges. By fusing research from the University of Oxford, BioBeats creates AI products that track neurological and physiological correlates to psychological progress, predict disorder onset, and provide personalized support. Their psychological wellness application calculates a baseline wellbeing score and offers insights into stress responses, enabling users to identify harmful patterns and improve their overall mental health.

BMLL Technologies

Venture Round in 2017
BMLL Technologies is an independent provider of Level 3 historical market data and analytics for sophisticated participants in global capital markets. The company offers a cloud-based data science platform that provides researchers and traders with immediate, harmonised Level 3 data plus Level 2 and Level 1 data, along with pre- and post-trade analytics in a scalable compute environment, without the need to purchase or curate data. Based in London and founded in 2014 at the University of Cambridge, BMLL serves banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, global exchange groups and academic institutions, enabling order book simulation, back-testing, trading research, market behavior analysis, risk measurement, and compliance testing across equities, futures, and ETFs.

Privitar

Series A in 2017
Privitar Ltd. is an enterprise software company specializing in privacy-preserving data mining and advanced data anonymization solutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, the company serves a diverse global client base across North America, Europe, and Asia. Privitar's product suite includes Privitar Publisher, which allows organizations to securely manage and audit data access, and Privitar Lens, which facilitates the creation of privacy-preserving APIs for reporting and analytics. Additionally, its SecureLink system focuses on data de-identification, while the Privitar Data Privacy Platform enhances data utilization while safeguarding sensitive information. The company's technologies enable clients to analyze potentially sensitive data in compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CPRA, and HIPAA, thereby fostering data-driven innovation and maintaining customer privacy across various sectors, including finance, healthcare, telecommunications, and marketing.

Bloomsbury AI

Seed Round in 2017
Bloomsbury AI Limited was a London-based company that developed a language processing platform aimed at enabling users to create, utilize, and share text-understanding computer applications. Founded in April 2015 by a team of innovators, the company utilized artificial intelligence to automate expertise and facilitate data analytics through written dialog with computers. This approach allowed users to execute repetitive tasks more efficiently, mimicking the learning process of human apprentices. Bloomsbury AI's technology was designed to read background documents and learn from expert feedback, ultimately creating programs that could perform similar actions. The company, which aimed to streamline the interaction between users and technology, went into liquidation, and at one point was a subsidiary of Facebook, Inc.

Privitar

Seed Round in 2016
Privitar Ltd. is an enterprise software company specializing in privacy-preserving data mining and advanced data anonymization solutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, the company serves a diverse global client base across North America, Europe, and Asia. Privitar's product suite includes Privitar Publisher, which allows organizations to securely manage and audit data access, and Privitar Lens, which facilitates the creation of privacy-preserving APIs for reporting and analytics. Additionally, its SecureLink system focuses on data de-identification, while the Privitar Data Privacy Platform enhances data utilization while safeguarding sensitive information. The company's technologies enable clients to analyze potentially sensitive data in compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CPRA, and HIPAA, thereby fostering data-driven innovation and maintaining customer privacy across various sectors, including finance, healthcare, telecommunications, and marketing.

BioBeats

Seed Round in 2016
BioBeats, established in 2012 and headquartered in London, specializes in digital health solutions for personal wellness. The company leverages artificial intelligence and real-time data from smartphones and wearables to tackle global mental health challenges. By fusing research from the University of Oxford, BioBeats creates AI products that track neurological and physiological correlates to psychological progress, predict disorder onset, and provide personalized support. Their psychological wellness application calculates a baseline wellbeing score and offers insights into stress responses, enabling users to identify harmful patterns and improve their overall mental health.

Apperio

Seed Round in 2016
Apperio Limited is a London-based company that specializes in legal spend management software. Established in 2011 and formerly known as Legal Tender Limited, Apperio provides a platform that enables businesses to gain real-time visibility into their legal expenditures. By integrating directly with law firms' practice management systems, the platform automatically gathers and structures data, presenting it in a clear format for analysis. This empowers in-house legal teams to manage their spending effectively and promotes a collaborative relationship with external counsel. Apperio's services encompass a wide variety of legal areas, including corporate, commercial, dispute resolution, and intellectual property, among others. The company’s innovative approach ensures clients have complete cost certainty and can make informed decisions regarding their legal services.

Grapeshot

Series C in 2016
Grapeshot, established in 2002, is a software company specializing in contextual intelligence solutions for marketers and advertising agencies. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with global offices, it offers a platform that enables real-time targeting, data enrichment, and audience discovery. Grapeshot's key solutions include custom and predictive targeting, brand safety, GDPR compliance, campaign analytics, and audience segmentation. Serving brands, DSPs, media agencies, platforms, publishers, and trading desks, it empowers businesses to improve media efficiency, customer engagement, and brand perception. Post-acquisition by Oracle in 2018, Grapeshot continues to be recognized for its innovative tools, winning awards such as "Digiday's Best Publisher Tool" and "British Media Awards' Ad Provider of the Year."

Grapeshot

Venture Round in 2015
Grapeshot, established in 2002, is a software company specializing in contextual intelligence solutions for marketers and advertising agencies. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with global offices, it offers a platform that enables real-time targeting, data enrichment, and audience discovery. Grapeshot's key solutions include custom and predictive targeting, brand safety, GDPR compliance, campaign analytics, and audience segmentation. Serving brands, DSPs, media agencies, platforms, publishers, and trading desks, it empowers businesses to improve media efficiency, customer engagement, and brand perception. Post-acquisition by Oracle in 2018, Grapeshot continues to be recognized for its innovative tools, winning awards such as "Digiday's Best Publisher Tool" and "British Media Awards' Ad Provider of the Year."

Divido

Seed Round in 2015
Divido is a global white-label consumer lending platform that enables financial institutions and multinational retailers to offer finance options at the point-of-purchase. Its omnichannel platform, available online, in-store, and via mobile across multiple countries through one integration, helps partners improve customer experience and increase conversion rates.

BMLL Technologies

Seed Round in 2015
BMLL Technologies is an independent provider of Level 3 historical market data and analytics for sophisticated participants in global capital markets. The company offers a cloud-based data science platform that provides researchers and traders with immediate, harmonised Level 3 data plus Level 2 and Level 1 data, along with pre- and post-trade analytics in a scalable compute environment, without the need to purchase or curate data. Based in London and founded in 2014 at the University of Cambridge, BMLL serves banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, global exchange groups and academic institutions, enabling order book simulation, back-testing, trading research, market behavior analysis, risk measurement, and compliance testing across equities, futures, and ETFs.

Rosslyn Data Technologies

Venture Round in 2010
Rosslyn Analytics is a software company specializing in data analytics and management services, with a focus on providing organizations and government entities with dynamic data analysis and real-time decision-making capabilities. The company has developed the RAPid platform, a cloud-based solution that integrates data management and analytics in a single interface. This platform facilitates the preparation and management of "analytics-ready" data, enabling users to automate and accelerate data integration, cleansing, and enrichment from both internal and external sources. Customers can customize reports and dashboards more efficiently and cost-effectively than traditional methods allow. Rosslyn Analytics serves a diverse clientele, including notable organizations such as Xerox and Clifford Chance, helping them harness their data for improved decision-making and competitive advantage. Headquartered in the UK, the company operates in London and New York and maintains a global partner network that includes independent software vendors, systems integrators, and business intelligence consultants.

Grapeshot

Venture Round in 2009
Grapeshot, established in 2002, is a software company specializing in contextual intelligence solutions for marketers and advertising agencies. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with global offices, it offers a platform that enables real-time targeting, data enrichment, and audience discovery. Grapeshot's key solutions include custom and predictive targeting, brand safety, GDPR compliance, campaign analytics, and audience segmentation. Serving brands, DSPs, media agencies, platforms, publishers, and trading desks, it empowers businesses to improve media efficiency, customer engagement, and brand perception. Post-acquisition by Oracle in 2018, Grapeshot continues to be recognized for its innovative tools, winning awards such as "Digiday's Best Publisher Tool" and "British Media Awards' Ad Provider of the Year."
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