Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Ossprey Security develops cybersecurity technology aimed at helping organisations build safely at AI speed. The company is based in London. Following an oversubscribed pre-seed raise of $2.65 million, Ossprey plans to accelerate product development and grow its engineering and commercial teams. It also intends to expand its reach internationally using the new capital. The article does not disclose revenue, user metrics, or a company valuation. The funding round was led by Episode 1 Ventures with participation from Osney Capital and Octopus Ventures.

Led · Seed · Jul 2026

Founded in 2025 and based in Ancoats, Manchester, Strand Intelligence develops a platform that automates Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) investigations across cloud and endpoint environments. The company says its platform can deliver investigations up to five times faster by taking heavy investigation work off human analysts. Strand was co-founded by Will Poole and Oli Fletcher, who developed the idea while next-door neighbours. Following the £1m seed raise led by Osney Capital, Strand plans to accelerate hiring and product development. Management has outlined expansion plans into the south of England and then into EMEA and North America. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the reporting.

Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Ossprey builds a platform that continuously scans open-source packages for malware and malicious code before those components reach production environments. The technology is designed to enable development teams to secure software without slowing engineering workflows. The company was founded by Nate Dunning and David Read in response to increasing supply chain attacks and the faster pace of development driven by AI coding assistants. Ossprey highlights that around 90% of enterprise software relies on open-source components and that attackers increasingly embed malicious code within trusted packages. The startup targets enterprise organisations building software at scale and plans to expand across the UK, Europe and North America while preparing for a larger funding round.

Led · Seed · Feb 2026

Overmind is a London-based startup developing a platform that gives organisations real-time visibility into AI agents, allowing teams to detect deviations and intervene during live operation. The system logs agent behaviour, flags anomalies, and can automatically apply reinforcement learning to improve performance and reliability over time. Founded by Tyler Edwards (CEO), Akhat Rakishev (CTO), and Sam Brunt (CRO), the company targets regulated industries such as legal, healthcare, and fintech where compliance and data-protection requirements are strict. Overmind’s technology addresses adversarial inputs, data-integrity threats, and other security risks that emerge when autonomous agents run without constant human oversight. The newly raised seed funds will be used to expand the technical team, accelerate product development, and scale go-to-market activities. No operating metrics such as revenue or user counts have been disclosed.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2026

Refute builds an artificial-intelligence platform that identifies early signals of coordinated online manipulation and supplies near real-time intelligence and response recommendations. The system is used by both public-sector and commercial customers, particularly those in higher-risk sectors such as elections and mining, to strengthen resilience against increasingly sophisticated influence operations. In recent European elections, the platform uncovered more than 32,500 inauthentic TikTok videos aimed at expatriate communities, while 40 percent of monitored mining-sector sites showed signs of misleading or inauthentic activity. Having emerged from stealth with a pre-seed round in 2024, the company is now expanding its technology and client base. The newly secured seed capital will fund further product development and broaden engagement with governments and enterprises facing hybrid warfare and reputational threats. Financially, Refute has raised at least two rounds (pre-seed and seed) to date, with the latest £5 million injection supporting continued growth and R&D.