2026
Why we backed SymbeIn enterprise sales, the hardest meeting is the one the salesperson never attends. A buyer can love a product and still struggle to convince their colleagues it’s worth the investment. Symbe helps sellers and buyers build that business case together, and more than 2,000 companies have already used it.Read more →
Nettle raises $4.8m to scale the AI workspace for loss control globallySVV has invested in Nettle, the AI workspace for commercial insurance Loss Control. Nettle’s $4.8M Seed round will support its US and European expansion as it scales technology helping insurers complete risk inspections 5x faster.Read more →
SVV joins the University of Edinburgh AI Accelerator as Investor in ResidenceSVV has joined the University of Edinburgh’s AI Accelerator as an Investor in Residence, supporting the current cohort of AI-driven companies with investor insight, commercial guidance and access to the wider venture ecosystem.Read more →
Souk raises $1.6m to wake up the inactive 80% of B2B partner programmes with AISouk, the British tech startup building an AI Partner Manager to power go-to-market partnerships, has today announced a $1.6 million pre-seed funding round.Read more →
Barry Downes named in the Business Post's Connected 100Congratulations to our Managing Partner, Barry Downes, on his inclusion in the Business Post's Connected 100, Connected's list of the most influential people in Irish tech.Read more →
University spin-out BeCertain raises £1.7m to bring clinical-grade AI to dental diagnosticsBeCertain, a spinout from King’s and the University of Surrey, has secured £1.7 million in a pre-seed investment round led by specialist AI VC SVV.Read more →
SVV open-sources the AI workflows powering its investment teamSVV has launched AgenticInvestor.org, a free open-source platform giving the wider investor community access to the agent-based workflows SVV has built and refined across its own investment operations.Read more →
GovTech Xylo raises £2.8m to give planning officers their week backXylo - backed by SVV - deploys AI agents to handle the admin, not the judgement - helping councils process 40% more applications per officer each month, with greater accuracy.Read more →
CameraMatics secures up to €49m in growth fundingSVV portfolio company Cameramatics closes c.€49m from Blume Equity, ISIF and Goodbody following strong revenue growth and major enterprise contract winsRead more →
ManaMind Secures $1.5 Million to Build the Autonomous Testing Layer for GamingManaMind, the autonomous game testing company, has closed a $1.5 million pre-seed round led by AI specialist VC SVV (Sure Valley Ventures).Read more →
Audrey AI Raises $1.8m (€1.5m) to Scale AI Platform for Financial AuditingAudrey AI, the Dublin-based startup building AI purpose-built for financial auditors, has closed a $1.8 million pre-seed funding round led by SVV.Read more →
Ralio Raises $2.5M In Europe’s Largest Agentic Payments Funding RoundRalio, the payments platform for AI agents, has announced a $2.5 million pre-seed funding round. The investment marks the largest agentic payments round in Europe to date.Read more →
Captur Raises $6M US Seed Round to Solve AI's Last-Mile ProblemCaptur, AI infra for enterprise mobile-apps that instantly verifies user-submitted photos for accuracy, has announced a $6 million US seed round led by Rally Ventures, with participation from SVV (Sure Valley Ventures).Read more →
Mirror Partners with NVIDIA to Bring Encrypted AI to Regulated SectorsMirror is moving encrypted AI from research theory into full production deployment with Nvidia - the leading AI infrastructure provider - processing sensitive information without ever decrypting it.Read more →
Overpath Raises €1.6M to Build the AI Sales Execution Layer for Revenue TeamsOverpath, the AI sales execution platform for revenue teams, announced it has raised €1.6 million in preseed funding. The round was led by Elkstone Ventures, with participation from AI Specialist Investor, SVV.Read more →
2025
Vizgard - a UK leader in AI security - selected by the prestigious NATO Tech AllianceVizgard, the AI visual autonomy company, has been selected for NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic 2026 cohort — one of the most competitive defence tech programmes in the world.Read more →
Mirror Security Raises $2.5M to Scale Its Breakthrough Encryption Platform for AI SecurityMirror Security, a cybersecurity company spun out of University College Dublin, has raised $2.5 million funding to scale its breakthrough encryption platform for AI Security. The round was led by SVV and Atlantic Bridge.Read more →
Oxford AI Startup Astut Raises £1.6m to Solve Unprecedented Crises Without Historical DataAstut, the AI spinout from the University of Oxford’s mathematics department, has announced growth investment co-led by SVV and East X Ventures to help organisations navigate unprecedented crises.Read more →
SVV Leads Investment in Elelem: Pioneering the Future of Brand Visibility in AI-First SearchSVV has invested in Elelem, a category-defining Generative Search Analytics platform that's reimagining how brands navigate and dominate the seismic shift from traditional search to AI-powered discovery.Read more →
Literal Labs raises £4.6M round to develop energy-efficient logic-based AI worldwideLiteral Labs, the logic-based AI algorithm company led by ex-Arm VP Noel Hurley, today announces that it has raised £4.6M ($6.2M USD) in pre-seed funding to develop fast, efficient, and explainable AI.Read more →
Momntum Launches Next-Generation Customer Relationship Platform, Eyes Global Market GrowthMomntum, the pioneering fully integrated AI Customer Relationship Platform, today announced its official launch, introducing a breakthrough technology set to transform how businesses engage with customers at scale.Read more →
Capably, the Intelligent Automation Platform, Raises $4M to Lead the Next Wave of Agentic AI AutomationCapably, the Intelligent Automation platform, has raised $4 million from Boost, Concept & SVV to help businesses delegate work to AI across their organizations.Read more →
Inephany raises $2.2M pre-seed round to automate and optimise AI model trainingInephany has announced a $2.2M pre-seed funding round to accelerate development of its AI-powered optimisation platform, which promises to revolutionise how neural networks—including Large Language Models (LLMs)—are trained and fine-tuned.Read more →
SVV Announces Successful Exit of Getvisibility to Global Security Giant ForcepointSure Valley Ventures (SVV), the specialist AI VC, is excited to announce that its Fund 1 portfolio company Getvisibility, a leading AI data security company, has been acquired in a cash sale by global security leader, Forcepoint.Read more →
RETìníZE Secures Landmark £1.6 Million Investment with Joint Backing from QUBIS and Innovation UlsterRETìníZE, a pioneering creative technology software company based in Northern Ireland, is delighted to announce the close of a £1.3 million equity funding round, supplemented by a further £300,000 in grant funding.Read more →
Vizgard Secures £1.5M to Enhance Defence and Public Safety using Proprietary Distributed AI TechnologyVizgard, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) software company, has secured £1.5 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by Sure Valley Ventures (SVV), with participation from Midwich Ignite and Focal.Read more →
2024
AI data analytics firm helping to prevent trespassing on railway lines raises £4.5mPurple Transform – an AI data analytics business that helps to identify and prevent incidents such as theft, trespass and antisocial behaviour on railway lines – has raised £4.5m in a funding round led by Mercia Ventures via the Midlands Engine Investment Fund II and backed by Sure Valley Ventures.Read more →
Stylus secures investment to take the ‘work’ out of ‘paperwork’ in schoolsStylus, the startup set to revolutionise teacher workloads with its AI-powered marking and feedback, has raised £500,000 in a recent funding round.Read more →
PHINXT Robotics Secures £2 Million to Enable Robotics Automation at ScalePHINXT Robotics, an AI-led robotics software company, has secured £2 million in an oversubscribed funding round, led by Sure Valley Ventures with participation from Ada Ventures, Heartfelt and Atlas Ventures. PHINXT has developed a decentralised edge AI software solution to enable robotics automation at any scale.Read more →
Infinite Reality Acquires Landvault, a Sure Valley Ventures portfolio company, for $450 MillionInfinite Reality (iR), an innovation company powering the next generation of digital media and ecommerce through AI and immersive technologies, has acquired Landvault, a Sure Valley Ventures (SVV) portfolio company, for $450 million.Read more →
Vortex IQ Secures $1 Million to Propel E-Commerce into the AI-Driven FutureVortex IQ, an innovative AI-powered automation platform for e-commerce, has completed a $1 million funding round, led by AI VC Sure Valley Ventures, with participation from Techstars, the most active pre-seed investor in the world.Read more →
Ittybit Secures £1.5m Oversubscribed Funding Round to Revolutionise Media File ManagementIttybit, a pioneering developer tools company, has announced the successful closure of a £1.5m oversubscribed funding round, led by Mercuri and Sure Valley Ventures. This investment will enable Ittybit to further its mission of making world-class AI-led media pipelines accessible to developers worldwide.Read more →
