Funded Artificial Intelligence Startups in Oxford
Disclosed funding amounts in Oxford AI skew heavily toward a single outlier: Oxbotica’s $140M round (2023-01-10) is well above the next-largest disclosed a…
Disclosed funding amounts in Oxford AI skew heavily toward a single outlier: Oxbotica’s $140M round (2023-01-10) is well above the next-largest disclosed amounts, which include Ultromics at $33M (2021-08-16) and Optellum at $14M (2022-09-27). At the smaller end, the lowest disclosed amount is Ribbit.ai’s $100K (2022-03-15), creating a wide disclosed range across these 11 rows.
The timing is also clustered near the middle of the window shown: four rounds fall between 2022-09-27 and 2023-12-05 (Optellum $14M; Ribbit.ai $100K; Uncrowd $4M; Exscientia $2M). Stage/category documentation is uneven: 2 of 11 entries are “undisclosed” or “Venture - Series Unknown” (Salience Labs on 2025-10-03; Uncrowd on 2021-11-22), while the listing otherwise names specific rounds (e.g., Brainomix Series C on 2026-02-24 through Ultromics Series B on 2021-08-16).
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Frequently asked
What’s the largest disclosed Oxford AI round in this list, and how far ahead is it of the rest?
Oxbotica’s disclosed $140M (2023-01-10) is the only disclosed round above $50M here; the next-largest disclosed amounts are Ultromics at $33M (2021-08-16) and Optellum at $14M (2022-09-27).
Do the rounds concentrate in a specific date window rather than spreading evenly across 2021–2026?
Yes. Four rounds land between 2022-09-27 and 2023-12-05 (Optellum $14M; Ribbit.ai $100K; Exscientia $2M; Machine Discovery $6M on 2023-09-26), rather than an even cadence from 2021-08-16 through 2026-02-24.
Are there outliers besides the largest round, such as unusually small disclosed funding?
Ribbit.ai’s $100K (2022-03-15) is the smallest disclosed amount in these 11 rows, sitting below several multi-million rounds like Optellum’s $14M (2022-09-27) and Exscientia’s $2M (2023-12-05).
How much of this Oxford AI funding is missing stage clarity via “Series Unknown” or “undisclosed”?
2 of 11 entries are explicitly not amount/stage-clear: Salience Labs (2025-10-03) is “Venture - Series Unknown” with an “undisclosed” amount, and Uncrowd (2021-11-22) is “Venture - Series Unknown” with a disclosed $4M. Additionally, several entries use “Series Unknown” (e.g., Diffblue on 2024-10-30 at $6M; Exscientia on 2023-12-05 at $2M).
Which stages appear most often among disclosed rounds in this Oxford AI set?
Among named stages, Series C shows up twice (Brainomix $7M on 2026-02-24; Oxbotica $140M on 2023-01-10). Seed also appears twice (Allia $2M on 2025-06-18; Machine Discovery $6M on 2023-09-26), while Series A appears twice (Optellum $14M on 2022-09-27; Ribbit.ai $100K on 2022-03-15).
Which entries are closest to “now” in this listing, and what does that imply about the recent funding mix?
The most recent date shown is 2026-02-24 (Brainomix, Series C, $7M). In the following 90-day-ish window, Salience Labs on 2025-10-03 is “Venture - Series Unknown” with an undisclosed amount, and Allia on 2025-06-18 is Seed at $2M, so the latest cluster combines one disclosed Series C amount ($7M) with limited disclosed-stage detail.
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