Funded Startups in Cheshire
The 27 funded companies listed here span Cheshire from Chester to Alderley Park, with rounds dating from August 2020 through June 2025.
The 27 funded companies listed here span Cheshire from Chester to Alderley Park, with rounds dating from August 2020 through June 2025. Two sectors dominate by count: biotechnology, led by COMPASS Pathways' $150M round in January 2025 (Altrincham) and Pencil Biosciences' $7M Seed in September 2023 (Alderley Park), and financial services, represented by Insurevision.ai ($3M Seed, Northwich, March 2025) and Kingsway Asset Finance ($13M, Wilmslow, May 2023).
Chester accounts for the highest share of companies in this dataset, with eight entries ranging from Wejo's $16M post-IPO equity raise in July 2022 to AeroCloud Systems' undisclosed round in May 2021. The second-largest disclosed amount comes from Knutsford-based PortSwigger, which raised $112M in June 2024. Most entries carry a "Series Unknown" classification rather than a named stage, reflecting standard UK filing practice where round stage is not always disclosed publicly.
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Frequently asked
What are the largest disclosed rounds in this Cheshire dataset?
COMPASS Pathways (Altrincham, biotechnology) raised $150M in January 2025, followed by PortSwigger (Knutsford, information technology) at $112M in June 2024. Vita Group (Alderley Edge, real estate) is third at $66M, closed in December 2024.
Which Cheshire cities appear most often as company headquarters?
Chester is the most frequent location, with eight companies in this dataset including Bikmo, Tharimmune, iAM Compliant, Wejo, DebtStream, and AeroCloud Systems. Alderley Park, Altrincham, and Wilmslow each account for three companies.
Which sectors are most represented among recently funded Cheshire startups?
Biotechnology leads with six companies — COMPASS Pathways, Tharimmune, Cellsway, Pencil Biosciences, Blueberry Therapeutics, and Maxwellia. Financial services follows with five: Insurevision.ai, Bikmo, MUTUAL VISION, Kingsway Asset Finance, and MoneyPlus Group.
What round stages are most common in this dataset?
"Series Unknown" is the most common classification, covering the majority of entries. Six identifiable Seed rounds appear — Insurevision.ai, Embankment Group, Pencil Biosciences, Data Literacy Academy, DebtStream, and Travel Seen. Wejo (Chester) is the only company listed with a post-IPO equity round.
Is there a biotech concentration in any specific part of Cheshire?
The Alderley area shows the strongest biotech density: Pencil Biosciences in Alderley Park, Cellsway in Nether Alderley, Blueberry Therapeutics in Alderley Edge, and Maxwellia in Alderley. COMPASS Pathways (Altrincham) and Tharimmune (Chester) are the two biotech names outside that cluster.
How wide a time range does the funding activity shown here cover?
The earliest entry is Envair Technology (Middlewich, health care), which raised $2M in August 2020. The most recent is IMT Matcher (Tattenhall, health care), which closed an undisclosed round in June 2025 — a span of just under five years.
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