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Investing in UK Innovation

Telarik backs early-stage, revenue-generating companies with strong intellectual property and the potential for substantial growth.

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8Companies backed
2Exits
£50k–150kTypical funding
£100k+Revenue we look for
S.01 / Our focus

What we back

We invest in businesses that create enabling technologies – the fundamental innovations, equipment, and methods that other industries build on. The four themes below guide our focus, but we also consider businesses beyond them where strong intellectual property, commercial traction, and growth potential align with our experience. Wherever we invest, we add value by committing time, expertise, and capital, helping founders plan for growth, raise follow-on funds, and develop corporate strategy.

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Industrial Technology

Advanced manufacturing, sensing hardware, industrial automation, and engineered systems that improve how industry makes, measures, and controls products and processes.

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Clean Technology & Energy

Technologies that improve energy efficiency, reduce emissions, and support cleaner power generation, storage, and grid infrastructure.

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Integrated Technologies

Combining hardware, software, data platforms, and connectivity to help businesses and industrial systems operate, integrate, and scale.

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Sensory & Diagnostic

Technologies that detect, measure, and analyse physical or biological conditions, supporting industrial monitoring, healthcare diagnostics, and better decision-making.

S.02 / Our criteria

What we look for

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    Founding Team

    A resilient founding team with the vision, experience and capability to run and scale the business.

  2. A glowing microchip on a pedestal under a glass bell jar.
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    Intellectual Property

    Robust Intellectual Property Rights establishing a strong defensible moat.

  3. Rows of identical small black devices receding into darkness.
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    Product Traction

    Market-tested products. Ready to scale. We require at least £100,000 in contracted and recurring revenue.

S.03 / Portfolio

Companies we've backed

We invest across multiple funding rounds, actively co-investing and making follow-on investments alongside institutional investors. Our track record spans early commercialisation through to successful trade exits.

Cellesce Sensory & DiagnosticExitAcquired by Molecular Devices, a Danaher company
The Cellesce team on a staircase in a laboratory building.
Technology for growing organoids at scale for drug discovery.
Recognition
  • Acquired by Molecular Devices (Danaher) in December 2022 for its patient-derived organoid technology. Development Bank of Wales ↗
  • Molecular Devices: “adds proprietary patient-derived organoid technology with acquisition of Cellesce.” Molecular Devices ↗
  • Won an Innovate UK award with Cardiff University to grow organoids at scale for breast cancer research. MediWales ↗
cellesce.com ↗
Settld Integrated TechnologiesExitAcquired by The Estate Registry (Phillips & Cohen Associates)
Settld banner: two people reviewing paperwork at a table, with the line “A simple, secure solution to end-of-life admin”.
Digital services that simplify death notifications and bereavement administration.
In their words
“When a loved one dies, Settld takes care of the stressful admin.”
Recognition
  • Rated 4.0 out of 5 (“Great”) from 64 reviews. “The team at Settld made a difficult time so much easier.” Trustpilot ↗
  • Ranked 25th in the Startups 100 2024, for “cutting days or hours of the process into mere minutes.” Startups.co.uk ↗
  • Chosen by Starling Bank to support customers with end-of-life admin. Financial IT ↗
settld.care ↗
Wayland Additive Industrial TechnologyElectron-beam metal additive manufacturing systems for industrial production.
The Wayland Additive team outside the company’s production building.
In their words
“Wayland Additive exists to make eBeam additive manufacturing more effective and accessible to industry”
Recognition
  • Fraunhofer IFAM Dresden installed a Calibur3 in 2025: “a major step forward” for its additive manufacturing research. Fraunhofer IFAM ↗
  • Raised £4.6m in 2023, with Metrea Discovery joining existing investors. 3D Printing Industry ↗
waylandadditive.com ↗
8power Industrial Technology Sensory & DiagnosticLong-life, self-powered wireless sensors for monitoring industrial equipment.
An 8power wireless sensor fitted to an industrial electric motor.
In their words
“Robust wireless sensors for remote condition monitoring of industrial assets.”
Recognition
  • Named a Gartner Cool Vendor in IoT Thingification (2020). 8power ↗
  • Its condition-monitoring project with Severn Trent was Highly Commended at the Water Industry Awards (2020). 8power ↗
  • Trials on the Forth Road Bridge showed the technology works in live conditions. The Engineer ↗
8power.com ↗
ANB Sensors Sensory & Diagnostic Clean Technology & EnergyCalibration-free pH sensors for water quality and industrial monitoring.
An ANB Sensors calibration-free pH sensor held in a hand, with its packaging behind.
Recognition
anbsensors.com ↗
AirEx Clean Technology & Energy Integrated TechnologiesSmart ventilation controls that reduce heat loss in buildings.
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In their words
“Keeping homes warm with smart airflow control.”
Recognition
airex.tech ↗
Novai Sensory & DiagnosticRetinal imaging technology and analysis for identifying cellular disease activity in eye disease research.
Novai receiving an award on stage at the OBN Awards 2023.
In their words
“A leading UK MedTech company fighting blindness and disability with pioneering DARC technology”
Recognition
  • Winner, Tech Nation Rising Stars 2024; OBN Best MedTech Startup 2023; Rebel Award, UK StartUp Awards 2023. Novai ↗
  • 2026 study: DARC predicted where macular atrophy would grow better than three established OCT biomarkers. News-Medical ↗
novai.co.uk ↗
NearSt Integrated TechnologiesTechnology that makes local shop inventory visible to online shoppers.
Two members of the NearSt team beside a single hanging light bulb.
In their words
“The leading in-store inventory feed platform for retail. Connect your products to Google, Meta and more.”
Recognition
  • Partnered with Google to show local shop stock in search. Google: it helps “make it as easy to shop locally as it is online.” FashionUnited ↗
  • Doubled a Londis store’s Google visibility, boosting footfall and sales. Asian Trader ↗
  • Raised £2m to drive sales onto the high street. UKTN ↗
near.st ↗
S.04 / Team

Beyond Capital

Our value extends far beyond the initial investment. We work closely alongside our portfolio companies to plan for growth, structure subsequent funding rounds, co-invest alongside institutional investors, and manage corporate strategy through to eventual trade sale or public listing.

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Josh Wong BFP, FCA

Chief Investment Officer & Co-Founder

Josh co-founded Telarik in 2015. He brings over 25 years of financial leadership and corporate finance experience, helping founders structure funding and plan for growth.

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Josh co-founded Telarik in 2015 alongside Robin to back high-potential UK tech startups across two investment cohorts. As Chief Investment Officer, he brings over 25 years of institutional financial leadership to the portfolio, translating deep structuring and corporate finance expertise into strategic guidance for scaling founders.

A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Josh’s career spans C-suite roles in investment management and multi-family offices, where he managed and deployed private client capital across Healthcare, CleanTech, PropTech, Infrastructure, and Alternative Investments. He previously held senior posts in Structured Finance and Real Estate Investment Banking at Barclays Capital across EMEA, after beginning his career with Deloitte.

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Robert Stubbs

Chief Operating Officer

Robert brings four decades of corporate finance and governance expertise. He helps founding teams structure capital raises, strengthen boards, and prepare for successful trade exits.

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As Chief Operating Officer, Robert draws on four decades of corporate finance and operational governance experience to support Telarik’s portfolio companies through growth, funding, and eventual exit.

His background includes roles at Schroders and Prudential-Bache, followed by responsibility for cross-border M&A and subsidiary public listings for a UK PLC. He subsequently led an independent corporate finance advisory practice dedicated to taking early-stage companies from inception through to the London AIM market. At Telarik, he brings this extensive transaction and board experience to corporate strategy, follow-on funding, board appointments, and the negotiation of trade sales or preparation for public listings.

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Portrait of Robin Wong.

Robin Wong

Chief AI & Product Officer & Co-Founder

Robin co-founded Telarik in 2015. He brings 25 years of product, customer experience and AI leadership, helping founders build products customers value and the operating models to scale them.

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Robin co-founded Telarik in 2015 alongside Josh. As Chief AI & Product Officer, he brings 25 years of product, customer experience and AI leadership to the portfolio, helping founders shape their products, adopt AI and build the operating models to scale.

Robin is VP of Customer Experience, EMEA at Bounteous, an AI services firm, where he advises C-suite teams and boards on AI and customer experience strategy. His career spans design and transformation leadership at BT Group, innovation projects with Google Creative Lab, and co-founding a machine-learning start-up. He also sits on company boards through Be the Business.

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