Top 100

Focal's W24 Top 100

The top 100 companies out of 2,100 applicants for our W24 Demo Day, as voted for by our VC partners. Register here to watch the top 20-30 companies from this list pitch at Demo Day.
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Vouchsafe

Customer verification and onboarding platform that works for everyone

Total raised:
£1 - £150k
98

Valla

Valla uses GenAI to unlock the £22bn UK legal claims market

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

Toothfairy

We connect patients to a dentist for more affordable and convenient dental treatments.

Total raised:
£3m+
98

Innerworks

Innerworks invisibly verifies humanity and identity through unique behavioural biometrics.

Total raised:
£1m - £2m
98

Checkstep

AI content moderation and compliance solutions for UGC

Total raised:
£3m+
98

Findly

Enable enterprises to make 100x faster decisions than using Power BI.

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

Ryft

Ryft empowers digital platforms to become their own payment processors

Total raised:
£1m - £2m
98

KAIKAKU

Building tech-enabled restaurant chains with robotics and AI

Total raised:
£2m - £3m
98

Sede

AI copilot for engineer onboarding

Total raised:
£0
98

Lumina

AI-powered ERP for small and mid-sized businesses

Total raised:
£0
98

Tonic Health

Tackling the ultra-processed food industry’s biggest problem head on; lack of nutrition.

Total raised:
£1m - £2m
98

Hulk Bio

Hulk Bio is creating cell-based human milk when breastfeeding isn't possible.

Total raised:
£0
98

Beem

Beem is the proactive interface for the next generation of human-computer interaction

Total raised:
£0
98

Ovom Care

Ovom Care redefines reproductive care, enabling everyone to build a family.

Total raised:
£3m+
98

OnePlusOne

Partnerships Intelligence Platform that unlocks revenue through partnerships.

Total raised:
£1m - £2m
98

Joltsynsor

We do infrastructure predictive maintenance through AI and simulation.

Total raised:
£1 - £150k
98

Primer

AI co-pilot for professional stock analysts, delivering insights on earnings events in minutes

Total raised:
£150k - £250k
98

Jigcar

AI-driven logistics & stock optimisation for the automotive retail industry.

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

4Point AI

We build geophysical AI/ML for the mining industry.

Total raised:
£150k - £250k
98

Amply

Holistic FinOps platform for SMEs

Total raised:
£250k - £500k
98

TextMine

Structured data for enterprise documents

Total raised:
£3m+
98

Kewano

Autonomous ERP for manufacturing companies

Total raised:
£0
98

Scion

AI copilot for investor relations

Total raised:
£0
98

Honu AI

We are pioneering a new 'cognitive' layer in the tech stack that sits on top of company data

Total raised:
£2m - £3m
98

Grafterr

Hospitality technology & Fintech platform

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

Asimovo

RoboDevOps platform for building smarter robotics

Total raised:
£250k - £500k
98

Querio

Enabling people to work with data by meeting them at their technical level.

Total raised:
£150k - £250k
98

LiveLink AI

Turns long videos into viral clips - the first step to building a fully automated video editor

Total raised:
£2m - £3m
98

Plux AI

Automates the extraction and analysis of complex, unstructured financial data for financial professionals

Total raised:
£0
98

Vocal Image

AI-powered communication coach that helps users unlock their full speaking potential

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

Phrasly

One stop shop for generative AI writing.

Total raised:
£0
98

Wonnda

Connecting consumer brands with vetted suppliers to outsource the manufacturing of their product lines

Total raised:
£1m - £2m
98

Claimit

Manages and automates the process of claiming what e-commerce brands are owed from the couriers

Total raised:
£250k - £500k
98

ScienceMachine

AI Data Analyst' for Drug Discovery

Total raised:
£0
98

Aspect Health

A service for women’s metabolic health with an initial focus on PCOS

Total raised:
£2m - £3m
98

Charter.ai

AI data analytics for management consultants

Total raised:
£1 - £150k
98

Supercycle

The 'Stripe' for Circular Economy.

Total raised:
£250k - £500k
98

Esgrid

AI-powered supply chain sustainability platform for midcap enterprises

Total raised:
£250k - £500k
98

Jsonify

AI "data agent" you can send out to the internet to retrieve any data you want

Total raised:
£250k - £500k
98

Extracellular

Bioprocessing partner for the sustainable bioeconomy

Total raised:
£1m - £2m
98

MartyAI

Brick-and-mortar retail retargeting and personalization

Total raised:
£0
98

Jenesys AI

A global bookkeeper reducing human tasks by 65%

Total raised:
£1m - £2m
98

Raus

Raus is the European category leader for bespoke, experiential outdoor hospitality.

Total raised:
£3m+
98

Morphiq

Creative agent that (re)generates digital ad creative from first party data for brands and agencies.

Total raised:
£1 - £150k
98

Claro AI

AI knowledge infrastructure for enterprises

Total raised:
£1 - £150k
98

CTRL ENERGY

Building the first batterie that you'll never throw away

Total raised:
£1 - £150k
98

inicio

inicio solve the global challenge of data integration and automation with clinical systems.

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

3fin

ERP for E-commerce Merchants

Total raised:
£250k - £500k
98

Banani

AI-powered design teammate

Total raised:
£1 - £150k
98

AutoCrash

Helping insurers save millions by using AI and 3D to detect insurance fraud

Total raised:
£0
98

AI Layman

AI-powered agent revolutionizing the $480B automotive maintenance and repair industry.

Total raised:
£0
98

Kadoa

Kadoa automates unstructured data workflows with AI.

Total raised:
£150k - £250k
98

Maverickfi

AI Copilot empowering banks to optimise balance sheet decisions before implementation

Total raised:
£0
98

Anathem

AI for front line workers in ‘high-stakes’ services

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

Instinctly

Using synthetic research to help businesses make better decisions, quickly.

Total raised:
£0
98

ClinBI

AI-powered activity-based costing tool for SMEs in Healthcare

Total raised:
£0
98

Trapi

Fixing the fragmented travel tech industry

Total raised:
£0
98

Dynamiq

Operating platform for Generative AI applications

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

LastMinute

Optimizing healthcare scheduling with AI.

Total raised:
£250k - £500k
98

Plot

A team of AI coaches to help people design careers true to who they really are.

Total raised:
£0
98

Valerie

Next gen healthcare for 1 billion women in peri/menopause

Total raised:
£0
98

Distillery

The automated early-stage data stack

Total raised:
£1 - £150k
98

Amutri

The fastest, easiest and most accessible 3D Visualisation platform on the market.

Total raised:
£1m - £2m
98

Planda

The data vertical for wealth management and financial wellbeing

Total raised:
£150k - £250k
98

Qneiform

Allows firms to understand their talent landscape for the first time.

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

Cominty AI

Plug-and-play AI agent that consolidates all data to enable knowledge workers to excel in daily tasks

Total raised:
£250k - £500k
98

xMap

Generative AI B2B platform turning fragmented data into real-time insight for data-driven decisions

Total raised:
£150k - £250k
98

Upli

Upli is food biotech transforming infant formula into a health superfood.

Total raised:
£0
98

Presentient Technologies

We're the first to predict in realtime if a clinical trial will fail or succeed.

Total raised:
£250k - £500k
98

4WALLS

An AI platform that replaces the need to hire a real estate agent.

Total raised:
£1 - £150k
98

LangWatch

Monitors quality of GenAI applications, safeguards from manipulative users, and iterates faster

Total raised:
£150k - £250k
98

Venderly

Supply Chain Operating System for Multi-channel E-commerce Brands

Total raised:
£250k - £500k
98

Vulcan

Vulcan enables professionals that plan home energy upgrades to give their clients better outcomes, with less effort.

Total raised:
£1 - £150k
98

Taskmole

Uncover manual tasks you can automate

Total raised:
£1 - £150k
98

Solence

Solence supports PCOS women health beyond the pill with tech-driven lifestyle medicine

Total raised:
£1 - £150k
98

Yokai Network

Data protection and secure communication for defence, government, industry 4.0, and enterprises.

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

Pally

Perplexity for your network

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

Manukai AG

Unlocking the value of data in metal machining

Total raised:
£250k - £500k
98

BoobyBiome

Leveraging breast milk microbiome research to improve infant health.

Total raised:
£1m - £2m
98

Homemove

Centralising the entire move into one place.

Total raised:
£1m - £2m
98

Selfr

BI platform that eliminates hallucinations, guaranteeing 100% accuracy for self-served BI.

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

Minimal

Allows logistics operators to rapidly scale efficient, decarbonised multi-modal logistics in cities.

Total raised:
£1m - £2m
98

Inntelo AI

GenAI to automate hotel operations

Total raised:
£0
98

Scalestack

Clay for the Enterprise, to ruthlessly prioritize your GTM efforts.

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

CRONO

The All-in-One Sales Platform for human sales teams powered by AI

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

Opto.bio

Neurotechnology for cancer treatment

Total raised:
£2m - £3m
98

ColumnsRows

AI for Market Research

Total raised:
£0
98

AasaanWill

Truly end-to-end affordable succession planning using technology.

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

GatlingX

Superhuman hackbots powered by the fastest and cheapest EVM implementation in the world

Total raised:
£1m - £2m
98

Echo AI

Echo guides customer support agents with real-time contextual answers and automates their after-call work.

Total raised:
£0
98

adclear.ai

Marketing Compliance Co-Pilot for Financial Products

Total raised:
£0
98

Xterna

We target cell surface RNA for drug delivery

Total raised:
£500k-1m
98

Midio

Speed up development through visual programming

Total raised:
£500k - £1m
98

Fusion

Fusion is the dedicated platform for private investors in Tech and Real Estate

Total raised:
£150k - £250k
98

Up

Up is a ticketing & content platform

Total raised:
£1 - £150k
98

Space DOTS

Surveying space environments for insights that drive safer, more efficient interplanetary growth.

Total raised:
£1m - £2m
98

Salesforge

Generate sales pipeline by sending a unique email either using AI co-pilot or autopilot mode

Total raised:
£250k - £500k
98

Bricks AI

Bricks AI is an AI-powered devtool that turns internal APIs into a fully-configured admin panel for CS and ops teams.

Total raised:
£0
98

Ellipsus

GitHub for writers

Total raised:
£1m - £2m
98

UNDO Carbon

We are pioneering carbon dioxide removal at scale through enhanced rock weathering

Total raised:
£3m+
98

Communion

the AI native spend management platform for growth teams

Total raised:
£1m - £2m
98

GreenFoods

Green Foods leverages generative AI to build trusted carbon credits tailored for sustainable foods.

Total raised:
£0
98

Willow

Helping businesses support families in honouring their loved ones by capturing their life stories

Total raised:
£0
98

Klea AI

A 3D AI language tutor on mobile

Total raised:
£3m+
98

Vortex IQ

Vortex IQ is an AI-powered Insights Implementation platform for eCommerce Websites

Total raised:
£500k - £1m