Top recently funded startups in United Kingdom, week of 2026-11-02

$40.0M · Seed · Technology, Information and Media · United Kingdom

Machenta | 47 followers on LinkedIn. Instant Robot Learning.

“🚨 BREAKING: Machenta just raised $40M in seed funding, the largest robotics seed round ever raised in the UK. 🇬🇧 Founded by Edward Johns, Vitalis Vosylius and the team that spent years developing this concept at Imperial College London.”

Investors: Creandum, Union Square Ventures.

$5.0M · Seed · Technology, Information and Media · United Kingdom

Metris is the AI-native system of record for the grid. Every asset, every data point, recorded accurately in real time.

“In energy software, the features are easy to copy. What is hard to copy is the plumbing. London-based Metris Energy has raised a $5M seed round, led by PT1 Ventures, Octopus Ventures, AENU and Blackfinch Ventures, bringing total funding to $7.5M.”