Recently Funded Startups in England
Updated Nov 2026
Funded startups in England number 2,993 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in England, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
The median disclosed round is $5.7M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.4M and $24M. Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies by sector. London and City Of London hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in England. Startups in England closed 986 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 497 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $46B in disclosed capital.
Financial Services and Artificial Intelligence dominate the mix, though Commerce and Shopping provide significant breadth. These sectors outweigh Apps and Information Technology. London remains the primary center for activity. Ada Ventures and Eka Ventures appear frequently. Filtering by these sub-sectors isolates the primary drivers of growth while separating general tech from specialized finance.
England funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Nov 2026. Investors appearing most often across England funding rounds: Active Partners, Episode 1, Innovate UK, Seedcamp, SFC Capital.
100 most recently funded startups in England
100 of 2,993Ordered 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.
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England startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in England closed 986 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 497 of them in the last 12, adding up to $46B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $5.7M, with the middle half running from $1.4M to $24M. 791 of 986 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies, led by Financial Services at 517. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Active Partners, Episode 1 and Innovate UK appear most often across funded startups in England on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in England
Sector counts across all 2,993 tracked companies in England. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded startups located in England?
Where funded startups in England are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in England startups
The investors named most often across funded startups in England.
Counts companies in this segment that name the firm as a backer. Investor names entered the pipeline in July 2026, so they cover the companies funded since.
Funding stages in England
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in England break down by stage.
A further 450 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ England 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 2,993 funded startups in England currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (195 of 986 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 England is dated Nov 2026.
The table above shows the 100 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 England?
FundedIQ tracks 2,993 funded startups in England. This page lists the 100 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 England raised?
Startups in England tracked by FundedIQ have raised $46B in disclosed capital across 986 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 497 rounds in the last 12 months. 791 of those 986 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in England?
Financial Services has the most, with 517 companies, followed by Artificial Intelligence (420), Commerce and Shopping (218) and Apps (161). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded startups in England?
London leads with 2,988 companies, then City Of London (4) and UK London (2).
Which investors back the most startups in England?
Active Partners, Episode 1, Innovate UK, Seedcamp and SFC Capital appear most often across funded startups in England in the FundedIQ dataset. The count is the number of tracked companies naming each firm as a backer, so it reflects the companies on record rather than every deal a firm has ever done.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in England?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $5.7M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.4M and $24M. 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 England?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 190 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Pre-Seed (131) and Series A (111). A further 450 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the England 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 England is dated Nov 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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