Deeptech Hub
From concept to global category leadership, we back visionary founders solving the world’s hardest problems.
2005
First AlbionVC deeptech investment
30+
Companies backed with exits to Anthropic, Siemens and Oracle
$800m
Follow on funding raised by our deeptech startups
$150m
Funds dedicated to frontier technologies
What we do
We back frontier technologies solving the world’s hardest problems
Deeptech Investing
We back the founders behind world-class research. Working alongside the UK and Europe’s leading universities, we help commercialise breakthrough science across compute, AI and life sciences, pairing long-term capital with deep sector know-how, reimagining the future of what’s possible.
Market Map
Our bi-annual market map spotlights high-growth UK startups across deeptech and the Future of Compute, highlighting the trends shaping the future.
Deeptech. Decoded.
At AlbionVC, deeptech isn’t a category, it’s a conversation. Through Deeptech Mash, our VC investor duo, Dave and Seb, bring an informal yet incisive quarterly take on everything from university spinouts and emerging technologies to the innovations grabbing headlines.
Market intelligence
Research & Expertise
Our market maps and research reports offer a deeper understanding of the UK’s deeptech landscape — from quantum computing to AI infrastructure.
Deeptech & Future of Compute Report 2025
- Larger, fewer deals reshaping deeptech — with nearly 40% of Future of Compute investments now exceeding £10M
- Quantum computing leading the surge — attracting the largest rounds and anchoring UK tech leadership
- University spinouts powering the ecosystem — with Oxford, Cambridge, and London institutions at the core of innovation
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Network
Connected to the frontier of global innovation
We operate at the intersection of frontier research and global technology platforms — connecting our founders with the organisations shaping the future of deeptech. We build relationships that matter, enabling technical collaboration, early access to cutting-edge technologies, and clear commercial pathways with some of the world’s most influential technology companies.
Video series
Deeptech Mash
Deeptech Mash is a quarterly informal fireside chat with our investors Dave & Seb, reflecting on all things emerging tech, university spinouts, innovation and grabbing headlines. Watch for a unique take on all things deeptech.
In the press
AlbionVC’s deeptech thought leadership featured in the Financial Times, LBC, Sifted, and leading industry publications.
Universities should not be greedy with technology spin-offs | FT
Dave Grimm, Partner at AlbionVC, chats to John Gapper, Financial Times, on the opportunities that commercialising research presents, on the back of our very successful partnership with UCL.
Britain must build its own computing power or risk becoming an AI colony | David Grimm on LBC
AlbionVC partner David Grimm’s opinion piece in LBC on Made-in-Britain compute
European AI predictions for 2026 | Sifted
In Sifted’s latest 2026 AI Predictions, AlbionVC Investment Director, Sebastian Hunte, and Stanhope AI CEO, Rosalyn Moran, shared their outlook on why the AI landscape is entering a new phase.
“The UK is emerging as a global leader in deeptech, particularly in quantum computing — now among the fastest-scaling sectors. The rapid growth in larger deal sizes showcases the UK’s potential to build a sovereign deeptech ecosystem.”
Dave Grimm, Partner, AlbionVC
Our companies
Investing at the frontier of AI, quantum, and beyond.
Building the future of deeptech?
Whether you’re a founder, investor or ecosystem partner — we’d love to connect.
