UK Innovation Zones

Investor · Cambridge and London

IQ Capital

Deep tech venture firm investing in research-intensive UK companies.

Investment profile

Stage

  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B

Investment type

  • Venture capital

Geographic mandate

UK & Europe

Typical cheque size is shown only where the investor publishes it. Where it is absent, it is not published rather than estimated.

Connected ecosystem

Companies in the same place and sectors

  • Arm

    Processor architecture and semiconductor IP company whose designs are licensed into the majority of the world's mobile devices.

  • Riverlane

    Builds the quantum error correction stack that quantum computers need to run useful workloads.

  • Nu Quantum

    Develops quantum networking hardware to connect quantum processors into larger systems.

  • Paragraf

    Manufactures graphene-based electronic devices using a contamination-free production process.

  • Nyobolt

    Develops fast-charging battery systems based on niobium tungsten oxide anode materials.

  • Congenica

    Clinical genomics software used to interpret genomic data in diagnostic settings.

  • AstraZeneca

    Global pharmaceutical company with its strategic research centre and headquarters in Cambridge.

  • Darktrace

    Cambridge-founded cyber security company applying machine learning to network defence, now under international private ownership.

  • Quantinuum

    Quantum computing company with significant Cambridge software and research operations within an international group.

Universities in Cambridge

Relevant proposed UKIZ missions

Listing does not imply participation. No investor here is a UKIZ participant unless stated on the UKIZ people page.

Proposed by UKIZ · not a government designation

Sources

  • Organisation's own published material

Last verified: 15 August 2026