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July 25, 2022

UKI2S gets £37m top up to support British energy, defence, biology spinouts

The fund has 52 active portfolio companies that have attracted over £730m of later stage investment


Zosia Wanat

3 min read

Andrew Muir, Investment Director at Future Planet Capital Group and Fund Principal for UKI2S,

Publicly backed UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) is expanding its patient capital fund by £37m to support spinouts in fields like synthetic biology, fusion energy and defence. 

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Zosia Wanat

Zosia Wanat was a senior reporter at Sifted. She covered the CEE region and policy. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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