Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Founded in 2025 by Dr Stuart Wilson and Daniel Camilleri, Kinematic Trees develops a robot-agnostic software integration layer that captures specialist robotics expertise in modular components which can be reused, combined and adapted across different hardware platforms. The platform is inspired by principles of natural intelligence and aims to make advanced robotics easier to deploy across sectors including manufacturing, healthcare, education and the creative industries. Kinematic Trees is engaged in both commercial activity with robotics providers and research into embodied artificial intelligence and cognitive architectures. The startup raised £585,000 in pre-seed funding to support product development, expand commercial and engineering teams, and pursue international deployment. The company plans to announce its first factory deployments and new partnerships during the second half of 2026.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2026

StirLight develops StirSense, a proprietary real-time process-monitoring and quality-assurance platform for friction stir welding, and also offers consulting and contract manufacturing services. The platform captures and analyses process-specific data to detect in-process anomalies and produce traceable quality records for each joint. The company serves R&D engineers and production teams in nuclear, aerospace, defence, automotive and energy sectors. StirLight has been trading since March 2024 and is already generating revenue from FSW services and contract manufacturing. Following the recent funding, the company plans pilot deployments with industrial partners, to hire engineering and data science talent, and to continue development of its core technology. The leadership team comprises co-founders Toby Savage-Yu (CEO), Dr Jeroen De Backer (CTO) and Dan Lord CEng (COO).