Britain’s Answer to Flying Cars and £70m in Fresh Funds for London-based Startups

Oct 26, 2026

Self-driving quantum QuantrolOx unlocked a £10m Series A round led by IW Capital for software that automates quantum computer operations
Heli take-off Skyfly Technologies landed a £7.5m seed round led by HICO Investment Group for hybrid-electric vertical takeoff aircraft

AI scrubbing in XRlabs raises a £6.5m seed round led by Playground Global to embed AI Surgical Intelligence into operating rooms
Consumer-ops Opply secured a £5.5m seed round led by Chalfen Ventures to run AI operating system for consumer brands
Tooling up indie brokers Atlian raised a £600k pre-seed round led by Fuel Ventures to build software for UK’s independent construction insurance brokers
Jamming session CHAOS secured a £1m pre-seed round led by Bridford Group to build unified space for music creators to collaborate and create
Bot quote of the day Marrow lands a £1.5m pre-seed round led by Insurtech Gateway to let AI assistants safely quote insurance services

The FSE Group launched Future London Growth Fund with £70m to provide loans to London scale-ups overlooked by traditional lenders

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Rivan raised £25m in funding led by IQ Capital to produce synthetic natural gas using renewable energy
Cerca Magnetics unlocked a £3.8m Series A led by Guinness Ventures for wearable quantum brain scanner
Arrival raised £500k pre-seed round led by Fuel Ventures for one-stop payment platform for private renters

Wonder Studios secured £9m seed round led by Atomico to scale its AI-native entertainment studio
Milvus Advanced landed £5m seed round led by Hoxton Ventures to recreate rare metals using sustainable nanoalloy technology
Rightcharge secured £1.6m seed round led by Soulmates Ventures to simplify EV charging data for Europe’s fleets

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

Fuse Energy: UK’s fastest growing energy startup hiring across all departments
Scarlet: Medical AI-certification body hiring across sales, engineering and more
Fractile: AI chip and systems startup hiring across various engineering roles

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