Winners 

2019

The total amount raised to date by #21toWatch alumni has reached more than £710 million

In 2024, we highlighted that the Top 21 had collectively raised £110 million in a single year. In 2025, that number surged by 42%, with alumni raising over £183 million – bringing the total amount raised to date to more than £710 million (excluding CMR Surgical private equity, and undisclosed deals).

 Full #21toWatch List


Name Synopisis People, Company, Thing Longlist Shortlist Top.21

10to8

Company

1Spatial

Company

8power

Company

Inotec AMD ltd

Thing

Overstream Clean

Thing

Above Surveying

Company

Acacia Pharma

Company

Activinsights

Thing

Adelina Chalmers

People

Agrimetics

Company

AI:MMO

Thing

Alan Cowley

People

Alexander Patto

People

Alexis Mather

People

Algorithm to detect arthritis

Thing

Alviol

Company

Atelerix

Thing

ANB Sensors

Company

Andrew Sandham

People

Aqdot

Company

Arcus Global

Company

Arecor

Company

ARIC Platform

Thing

Artios Pharma

Company

Audio Analytic

Company

Aveillant

Company

Avvinity

Company

Axol Bioscience

Company

Azuri Technologies

Company

Bean IoT

Thing

Ultrasoc

Thing

Berenice Smith

People

bio-bean

Company

BIOS

Company

Biosceptre

Company

Blighter Surveillance Systems

Company

Cambioscience

Company

Cambridge Epigenetix

Company

Cambridge Glyoscience

Company

Cambridge Graphene Ltd

Company

Cambridge InnoVision

Company

Cambridge Launchpad

Thing

Cambridge Nanotherm

Company

Cambridge Nexus

Company

Cambridge Picture Company

Company

Cambridge Touch Technologies

Company

Check4Cancer

Thing

Undo

Thing

Charlotte Steggall

People

Chronomics

Company

Ciaron Dunne

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