Recently Funded Series C Startups in the United Kingdom
Updated Oct 2026
FundedIQ tracks 116 funded Series C startups in the United Kingdom (UK), with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Series C startup funding landscape in the United Kingdom, along with the 100 most recently funded Series C startups in the United Kingdom.
The median disclosed round is $60M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $40M and $136M. Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology hold the most companies by sector. London and Cambridge hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Series C startups in the United Kingdom closed 38 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 26 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $5.6B in disclosed capital.
Capital flows through London and Cambridge via institutional backers. Frequent appearances by Index Venture and Accel indicate a preference for scalable software models over niche plays. These companies possess substantial staff sizes, which implies a shift from product development toward aggressive market expansion. Approaching these firms means dealing with established corporate structures and professionalized procurement processes.
Series C funded startup statistics in the United Kingdom
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026. Investors appearing most often across the United Kingdom funding rounds: Alumni Ventures, Business Growth Fund, Catalio Capital Management, Insight Partners.
100 most recently funded Series C startups in the United Kingdom
100 of 116Ordered 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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Series C startup funding trends in the United Kingdom
Funding activity
Series C startups in the United Kingdom closed 38 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 26 of them in the last 12, adding up to $5.6B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $60M, with the middle half running from $40M to $136M. 37 of 38 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology hold the most companies, led by Financial Services at 21. The most common headcount band across the segment is 101-250.
Investors
Alumni Ventures, Business Growth Fund and Catalio Capital Management appear most often across funded Series C startups in the United Kingdom on record.
Industries with the most funded Series C startups in the United Kingdom
Sector counts across all 116 tracked companies in the United Kingdom. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded Series C startups located in the United Kingdom?
Where funded Series C startups in the United Kingdom are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in Series C startups in the United Kingdom
The investors named most often across funded Series C startups in the United Kingdom.
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.
About the FundedIQ Series C startup funding data in the United Kingdom
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 116 funded Series C startups in the United Kingdom 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 38 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Series C startups in the United Kingdom is dated Sep 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 Series C startups are there in the United Kingdom?
FundedIQ tracks 116 funded Series C startups in the United Kingdom. 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 Series C startups in the United Kingdom raised?
Series C startups in the United Kingdom tracked by FundedIQ have raised $5.6B in disclosed capital across 38 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 26 rounds in the last 12 months. 37 of those 38 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded Series C startups in the United Kingdom?
Financial Services has the most, with 21 companies, followed by Artificial Intelligence (18), Biotechnology (13) and Commerce and Shopping (13). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded Series C startups in the United Kingdom?
London leads with 74 companies, then Cambridge (13), Oxford (6) and Bristol (2).
Which investors back the most Series C startups in the United Kingdom?
Alumni Ventures, Business Growth Fund, Catalio Capital Management and Insight Partners appear most often across funded Series C startups in the United Kingdom 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 Series C startups in the United Kingdom?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $60M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $40M and $136M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the Series C startup funding data in the United Kingdom 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 Series C startups in the United Kingdom is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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