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May 19, 2026

Exclusive: Index Ventures leads $20m round in AI inspection startup Scope

The workflow platform is targeting the $300bn testing, inspection and certification market


CEO Jonathan Low and CTO Jakob Cassiman. Credit: Andrew Urwin

Scope, a London-based startup building an AI workflow platform for industrial inspections, has raised $20m in a funding round led by Index Ventures.

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Maya Dharampal-Hornby

Maya Dharampal-Hornby is a reporter, covering UK tech for Sifted, based in London. She's also the producer of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast .

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