WakeUp Capital
2 Chester Gardens, Chester Road, Dublin 6, D06 E045, Ireland
Overview
WakeUp Capital is an early stage impact fund that backs European companies already shaping a better and brighter future.
- Total investments
- 6
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 4
- Active investors
- 4
Sector focus
- Financial Services
- Funding Platform
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Volteum
Participated · Seed · Jun 2026
Volteum offers a comprehensive daily operations platform that aggregates fleet data in one place, including charging schedules, battery health for EVs, proactive maintenance data and location tracking for all vehicle types. The platform leverages data manufacturers already collect, enabling newly integrated fleets to go live within 48 hours without vehicle downtime or hardware installation. It also provides long-term and individualized fleet electrification planning. Founded in 2022 and led by CEO Zsófia Tóth, Volteum serves customers across Europe such as Royal Mail, Bolt, Lex Autolease, Schneider Electric, OTP Bank, NG Bailey and Dundee City Council. The company has offices in London and Budapest and plans to use recent funding to expand throughout the UK, BeNeLux and DACH.
- Brighter Signals
Participated · Equity · May 2026
Brighter Signals builds flexible pressure and proximity sensors embedded in fabric-like materials that enable machines to detect touch, pressure and movement. Its technology targets automotive safety systems, industrial automation and robotics, and the company is engaged in more than a dozen proof-of-concept projects with automotive manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers. The startup recently raised €1.6 million in a financing package that combined venture backing from Wake Up Capital and ELOKON Ventures with regional innovation funding and a Eurostars grant. Proceeds will be used to expand product development, scale hardware and algorithms, and improve software and data-interpretation systems that convert sensor outputs into usable inputs for vehicles and robots. Brighter Signals says the funding will support expanding pilot programs and help move some projects toward larger commercial deployments over the next one to two years.
- Another Earth
Participated · Equity · Mar 2026
Another Earth develops a generative-AI and 3D-modeling platform that produces synthetic, fully labelled satellite imagery and geospatial datasets. By removing the need for costly real-world imagery and manual annotation, the system lets organisations train and test Earth observation algorithms more quickly and at lower cost. The technology is already being used with GeoTerra Image in Sub-Saharan Africa to track the environmental impact of mining and industrial operations, and the company has partnered with NovaTerra in Brazil to support deforestation monitoring, agricultural analysis, and climate-risk assessment. With its Synthetic Data Engine, Another Earth aims to move customers from reactive crisis response to proactive, predictive intervention across land, water, and infrastructure applications. The Vienna-based startup intends to deploy its platform across Latin America and Africa, concentrating on biodiversity monitoring, deforestation tracking, and broader environmental risk analysis. To date, it has secured €3.5 million in external funding to accelerate product deployment and international expansion.
- Sees.ai
Participated · Equity · Oct 2025
Founded in 2018, Chichester-based Sees.ai has built a software and control platform that lets industrial drones fly complex missions – including take-off and landing – without direct human input. Its system combines autonomous flight control, collision avoidance and full vehicle management, enabling routine BVLOS operations that replace expensive and risky helicopter inspections. The company is the first in the UK to receive Civil Aviation Authority approval for routine BVLOS flights and has already completed a world-first large-scale deployment with National Grid to inspect live power infrastructure. Sees.ai’s technology is also being applied to offshore wind, oil-and-gas methane monitoring, logistics and emergency response. With competitors such as Civ Robotics, Percepto and Cyberhawk, the startup positions its offering as safer, cheaper and lower-emission. Fresh funding brings total capital raised to at least £3.65 million, supporting expansion across the UK and Europe, added AI for predictive maintenance and new partnerships with utilities and infrastructure operators.
- Lumoview
Participated · Seed · Jun 2025
Lumoview develops rapid, precise building digitization technology centered on a portable LumoScanner device that captures detailed building data in just 2 seconds per room. Captured data is processed through its LumoCloud platform, which leverages AI to generate accurate 3D models, floor plans, and thermal analyses that integrate with standard architectural and building management software. The company was founded in 2019 by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Hoffschmidt, Dr.-Ing. Arne Tiddens, and Dr.-Ing. Silvan Siegrist as a spin-off from the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Lumoview holds a patented scanning technology and positions its solution to support energy-efficient renovations and optimized building management. The startup plans to use the newly raised funds to grow its team, further automate its building data capture solution, and scale operations across Europe. Financially, Lumoview secured a €3.0M seed financing in June 2025.