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Recently Funded Startups in Edinburgh

Updated Sep 2026

There are 20 funded startups in Edinburgh in the FundedIQ database, each with its funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Edinburgh, along with the 20 most recently funded startups there.

Startups in Edinburgh closed 20 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 18 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $6.4B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $2.1M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $535K and $14M. Artificial Intelligence, Agriculture and Farming and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies by sector. Edinburgh and Leith hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in Edinburgh.

Artificial Intelligence leads the local funding activity, followed by Agriculture and Farming. Local capital stays concentrated within the city center. Small teams dominate the headcount distribution. The recurring presence of institutional investors indicates a preference for scalable tech over niche services. This creates a predictable environment for those targeting early stage ventures with professional backing.

Edinburgh funded startup statistics

Funded startups in Edinburgh
20
tracked in the database
Funding rounds, last 12 months
18
20 over 24 months
Disclosed capital raised, 24 months
$6.4B
19 of 20 rounds disclosed an amount
Median round size
$2.1M
middle half $535K to $14M

Most recent funding round on record: Aug 2026.

20 most recently funded startups in Edinburgh

20 shown

Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.

W
Edinburgh, City of · Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Wordsmith AI develops artificial intelligence software for in-house legal teams, helping them manage legal…
Series B ·
$14M
R
Ruffians
Edinburgh, City of · Commerce and Shopping
Ruffians is a men's grooming products shop that provides hair cream and clay, shampoos, conditioners,…
Series Unknown ·
Undisclosed
F
Edinburgh, City of · Financial Services
Frontier IP Group plc is an AIM listed UK based specialist asset management group whose focus and purpose is…
Series Unknown ·
$5.9B
S
Edinburgh, United Kingdom · Information Technology
Stamp Free operates as a digital postage stamp company that provides postage solutions. The company provides…
Series Unknown ·
$1.4M
E
Edinburgh, United Kingdom · Other
B2B Entertainment Technology
Seed ·
$3.5M
S
Edinburgh, United Kingdom · Artificial Intelligence (AI)
SymphoMe is an innovative music education platform designed to revolutionise the way music is taught and…
Series Unknown ·
$140k
E
Queensferry, United Kingdom · Energy
Exergy3 is a company focused on energy storage that aims to enhance energy efficiency and lower carbon…
Seed ·
$14M
E
Edinburgh, City of · Data and Analytics
Earth Blox provides a platform for analyzing geospatial data through a visual interface for environmental and…
Series A ·
$8.0M
H
Edinburgh, City of · Commerce and Shopping
Hosel's objective is to make golf more cheap, sustainable, and accessible by unlocking the value of used…
Pre-Seed ·
$670k
B
Edinburgh, City of · Health Care
BioCaptiva develops liquid biopsy technology devices to diagnose and monitoring to detect cancers.
Series Unknown ·
$2.1M
R
Edinburgh, City of · Energy
Red Rock Renewables is a European energy company based in Scotland with three wind farm projects currently…
Series Unknown ·
$83M
S
Leith, City of · Apps
Swurf is a developer of an app that links hosts and spaces with remote workers.
Series Unknown ·
$270k
D
Edinburgh, City of · Media and Entertainment
They love the word good. It’s rich in meaning and application. Things can be good in themselves, designed…
Series Unknown ·
$50k
S
Edinburgh, City of · Artificial Intelligence (AI)
SynapseDx is an AI driven company that offers infrastructure for organizations to safely deploy AI at scale.
Seed ·
$400k
L
Edinburgh, City of · Media and Entertainment
LS Productions is a production service company for photo and film campaigns.
Series Unknown ·
$1.1M
S
Edinburgh, City of · Financial Services
Sigma Capital Group plc is an AIM listed UK based specialist asset management group whose principal business…
Series Unknown ·
$354M
S
Edinburgh, City of · Agriculture and Farming
Helping grow more trees more sustainably.
Series Unknown ·
$40k
B
Penicuik, United Kingdom · Biotechnology
Biotangents develops next-generation molecular diagnostic assays and point-of-care devices for the detection…
Series Unknown ·
$2.9M
S
Newbridge, United Kingdom · Consumer Electronics
Skylark is a leading-edge photonics company specializing in the development and production of CW single…
Series Unknown ·
$3.0M
S
Leith, United Kingdom · Agriculture and Farming
Swift Anchors provides anchoring systems for offshore marine activities such as floating wind, wave, tidal,…
Series Unknown ·
$490k

Industries with the most funded startups in Edinburgh

Sector counts across all 20 tracked companies in Edinburgh. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.

Where are funded startups located in Edinburgh?

Where funded startups in Edinburgh are based, by the city on the company record.

City
Funded startups
Edinburgh
15
Leith
2
Newbridge
1
Penicuik
1
Queensferry
1

Funding stages in Edinburgh

How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Edinburgh break down by stage.

Stage
Rounds, last 24 months

A further 12 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.

About the FundedIQ Edinburgh startup funding data

FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.

Figures on this page cover the 20 funded startups in Edinburgh currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (1 of 20 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Edinburgh is dated Aug 2026.

The table above shows the 20 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.

Frequently asked questions

How many funded startups are there in Edinburgh?

FundedIQ tracks 20 funded startups in Edinburgh. This page lists the 20 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.

How much funding have startups in Edinburgh raised?

Startups in Edinburgh tracked by FundedIQ have raised $6.4B in disclosed capital across 20 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 18 rounds in the last 12 months. 19 of those 20 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.

What industries have the most funded startups in Edinburgh?

Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 3 companies, followed by Agriculture and Farming (2), Commerce and Shopping (2) and Energy (2). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.

Which cities have the most funded startups in Edinburgh?

Edinburgh leads with 15 companies, then Leith (2), Newbridge (1) and Penicuik (1).

What is a typical funding round size for startups in Edinburgh?

The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $2.1M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $535K and $14M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.

What is the most common funding stage for startups in Edinburgh?

Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 3 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Pre-Seed (2) and Series B (2). A further 12 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.

How often is the Edinburgh startup funding data updated?

The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in Edinburgh is dated Aug 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.

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