The best Deeptech companies in London
Robotics, space, chips and hard science companies turning research into products.
Fastest growing (4)
- CloudNC$128M
AI software (CAM Assist) that automates CNC machining programming, toolpath generation and quoting for machine shops.
Manufacturing AI · Tower Hamlets - SatVu£60M
Builds thermal-imaging satellites that show heat and activity at sites like factories, data centres and energy plants.
Thermal Earth Observation · Lambeth - Isembard$59M
Network of software-run factories making precision parts for aerospace, defence and energy companies.
Advanced Manufacturing · Southwark - Automata
Robotic lab automation platform that runs life-science experiments end to end for pharma and biotech labs.
Lab Automation · Islington
Up and coming (24)
- CORE POWER$85M
Develops nuclear propulsion and floating nuclear power technology for commercial shipping and coastal energy.
Maritime nuclear · Hounslow - Sensat$65M
Sensat builds a geospatial digital twin platform that lets infrastructure teams plan and manage large construction and utility projects.
Infrastructure digital twins · Hackney - Apoha$36M
Builds AI models and lab measurement tech that read how molecules behave, for pharma, food and materials.
Molecular AI · Brent - Flexciton£21M
Planning and scheduling software that helps semiconductor fabs decide which wafers run on which tools and when.
Semiconductor software · Hackney - BeyondMath$18.5M
Foundational AI model of physics that runs engineering simulations in minutes for aerospace, automotive and data centre design.
Generative Physics AI · Camden - Plumerai$17M+
Licensable tiny AI software that runs people, vehicle and face detection directly on smart cameras.
Edge AI · Southwark - FabricNano$16M
FabricNano engineers and immobilises enzymes on scalable supports for cell-free biomanufacturing and biocatalysis.
Biomanufacturing · Camden - StandardX$13.3M
Building an isotope refinery on a compact particle accelerator for medical, industrial and fusion isotopes.
Isotope Production · Lambeth - Sen£7M
Sen operates cameras in orbit and streams live ultra high definition video of Earth from space.
Space video · Islington - Vaire Computing$4.5M
Designs reversible-computing chips that recover and recycle most of the energy used in computation to cut power use for AI workloads.
Reversible computing chips · City of London - Twig£3M
Twig combines AI models with an automated wet lab to develop biofermented alternatives to chemicals and consumer ingredients.
Synthetic biology · Camden - MatNex£2M
Uses AI and quantum-mechanics simulation to design new materials, starting with magnets free of rare earths.
Materials discovery · Islington - BioOrbit
Builds autonomous units that crystallise biologic cancer drugs in microgravity to enable injectable versions.
In-Space Manufacturing · Islington - Blue Skies Space
Runs its own small science satellites and sells the data to universities by subscription.
Space Science Data · Islington - Circuit Mind
AI electronics design platform that turns hardware architectures into verified schematics and bills of materials.
Electronics design AI · Southwark - Crypto Quantique
Makes chip-level security (PUF roots of trust) and the QuarkLink platform to secure connected IoT devices.
IoT Chip Security · Southwark - Foundational
Foundational runs automated satellite laser ranging ground stations, retroreflectors and a data platform to track satellites and debris precisely.
Space tracking · Westminster - Lodestar Space
Building autonomous AI to guide satellites that protect high-value assets in orbit.
Space Autonomy · Southwark - Multus
Multus uses AI and lab automation to design cell-specific culture media for advanced therapies, biologics and cultivated meat.
Cell culture media · Hammersmith and Fulham - Q-Bot
Installs underfloor insulation by spraying foam beneath suspended timber and concrete floors, using robots or by hand through small openings in the floor.
Construction robotics · Wandsworth - Reelables
Reelables makes printable, battery-powered smart labels that track the location of shipments, cargo and inventory.
IoT tracking · City of London - Shadow Robot Company
Designs and manufactures dexterous robot hands and teleoperation systems used in robotics research.
Robotic hands · Camden - V-Nova
V-Nova develops and licenses video compression technology, including the MPEG-5 LCEVC standard, for streaming services, broadcasters and device makers.
Video compression · Westminster - XYZ Reality
Makes an engineering-grade AR headset and platform that lets builders check work against design models on site.
Construction AR · Islington
Also in Deeptech (7)
Companies whose main sector is another one, but whose work clearly overlaps Deeptech. Not counted in the 28 above. How sectors work
- Wayve$2.5B
Builds end-to-end AI driving software that lets cars drive themselves without detailed maps.
alsoin this sector, main sectorAIAutonomous driving · Islington - PhysicsX$487M
Physics AI platform that helps engineers in aerospace, auto and energy design and test products faster.
alsoin this sector, main sectorAIIndustrial engineering AI · Hackney - Fractile$235M
Designs AI inference chips that run large models much faster and cheaper than today's GPUs.
alsoin this sector, main sectorAIAI inference chips · Camden - Polaron$8M+
Imperial College spinout using AI to analyse and design advanced materials such as EV battery electrodes.
alsoin this sector, main sectorAIAI for materials science · Hackney - Humanoid
Builds industrial humanoid robots for factories and warehouses, headquartered in London.
alsoin this sector, main sectorAIHumanoid robotics · Camden - Oriole Networks
Builds PRISM, a pure photonic switching network that speeds up AI data centres and cuts energy use.
alsoin this sector, main sectorAIPhotonic Networking · Islington - Spaceflux£9M
Tracks satellites and debris from low Earth orbit to GEO using its own telescope network and AI platform.
alsoin this sector, main sectorDefenceSpace Domain Awareness · Islington
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