🚀 FreshRaise UK — Sample List

Week of Feb 7-14, 2026 • 11 freshly funded UK startups

🔥 HOT 5 — Best Prospecting Opportunities

1. Olix — $220m Series A | London

UK's newest unicorn. 25-year-old founder James Dacombe building photonic AI chips to take on Nvidia. Scaling 70 → 200 employees across London, Bristol, Austin, SF, Toronto.

• 🚀 3x headcount growth planned THIS YEAR
• 🌍 Opening offices in 4 new locations
• 💰 $220m war chest • $1B+ valuation
• Target: HR/Talent, Office Mgrs, IT Procurement

Founder: James Dacombe

2. Electric Twin — £10m Seed | London

Founded by No.10's COVID response leaders. Angels include Marc Andreessen and Cal Henderson (Slack CTO). Building synthetic audiences for market research.

• 🎯 Atomico-led = aggressive growth expectations
• 📈 Already live with News UK, Lebara
• Target: Recruiters, Office/Facilities, Tech Sales

Founders: Dr Ben Warner, Alex Cooper

3. Optalysys — €26.4m Series A Ext | Leeds/Bristol

Government-backed (NSSIF) photonic computing company. Opening US office. Hiring 35 new staff. LightLocker product already in market.

• 🇺🇸 San Francisco expansion = US hiring