Soho & Covent Garden is home to 54 of London's best tech companies, led by AI (16).
Soho, Covent Garden and the Strand, the West End's media and creative core.
- AI16
- Fintech10
- Other10
- Health7
- Climate5
- Crypto3
- Quantum1
- Defence1
- Deeptech1
AI(16)
- ElevenLabs$781M
AI voice company making realistic speech, voice cloning and voice agents, with its main hub in London.
Voice AI · Well known - Tractable$185M
Computer vision AI that assesses car and property damage from photos to speed up insurance claims.
Insurance Computer Vision · Well known - Darktrace
Darktrace sells AI-based cybersecurity software that detects and responds to threats across networks, email and cloud.
Cybersecurity · Well known - Sona$100M+
AI platform running scheduling, HR and payroll for frontline businesses in hospitality, retail and care.
Workforce Management · Fastest growing - Conduct$60M+
AI that helps IT teams understand, change and migrate complex enterprise systems like SAP.
Enterprise Software AI · Fastest growing - Qargo$54M
AI-powered cloud transport management system that automates planning, admin and invoicing for hauliers and forwarders.
Transport Management · Fastest growing - SurrealDB$44M
Multi-model database built for AI agents and applications, available open source and as SurrealDB Cloud.
AI-Native Database · Fastest growing - Fifth Dimension$40M+
AI analyst for real estate and real asset investors that speeds up underwriting and reporting.
Real asset investing AI · Fastest growing - 1001$39M
AI decision platform that models operations at ports, airports, energy and manufacturing sites and recommends or executes actions for operators.
Industrial AI · Fastest growing - Recraft
Generative AI image and design tool with its own model, letting designers and marketers create on-brand images, vectors and illustrations with style controls.
Generative design · Fastest growing - MAGIC AI$20M
Makes an AI fitness mirror that uses computer vision to track form, count reps and coach workouts at home.
Connected Fitness · Up and coming - Electric Twin$14M
AI synthetic audiences that simulate how real customers and populations respond, used for market research.
Synthetic Audiences · Up and coming - AI Score$6.4M
Governance platform that helps companies control risk, cost and use of AI tools and agents.
AI Governance · Up and coming - Wondercraft$3M
AI studio that lets teams create on-brand videos, podcasts and audio from text using AI voices, music and visuals.
Generative AI Video · Up and coming - DigitalGenius
DigitalGenius provides an AI agent that resolves pre- and post-purchase customer questions for ecommerce brands.
Customer service AI · Up and coming - Flawless
Generative AI tools for film and TV that sync dialogue and edit performances, used by major studios.
Generative AI For Film · Up and coming
Fintech(10)
- OakNorth
Bank that lends to growing mid-sized businesses in the UK and US.
SME lending bank · Well known - TradingView
Web platform for financial charting, market data and trading ideas used by retail and professional traders.
Charting platform · Well known - Velocity$48M
Stablecoin payments and treasury platform that lets banks, payment firms and businesses settle money instantly.
Stablecoin payments · Fastest growing - Bound$31M
Platform that helps businesses and VC funds see currency exposure and automate FX hedging.
FX risk management · Fastest growing - Creditspring
Subscription credit service giving UK members interest-free loans for a fixed membership fee instead of interest.
Consumer Credit · Fastest growing - General Index€27M
General Index publishes technology-driven price benchmarks for energy and commodity markets such as crude oil, natural gas and refined products.
Commodity benchmarks · Up and coming - Fero
Formerly Ferovinum. Platform giving drinks producers inventory-backed working capital, trading tools and global logistics.
Inventory Finance · Up and coming - G-Research
Quantitative research and technology firm that uses machine learning and large datasets to predict movements in global financial markets.
Quant research · Up and coming - Mintago
Employee benefits platform for UK employers covering salary sacrifice, pensions, financial coaching and health perks.
Employee Benefits · Up and coming - Paysend
Cross-border payments platform for sending money to cards, accounts and wallets in 170+ countries, with APIs for businesses.
Cross-border payments · Up and coming
Other(10)
- HiBob$760M
HR platform called Bob that helps mid-size and multinational companies manage people, payroll and performance.
HR Software · Well known - Claranet
Claranet provides managed network, hosting, cloud, application and cyber security services to businesses in Europe and Brazil.
Managed IT and cloud · Well known - Playstack
Publishes indie video games, including Balatro and Abiotic Factor, across PC, console and mobile.
Games publishing · Fastest growing - Zeelo
Zeelo runs software and a network of contracted coaches and buses to provide shared commuter and school transport for employers and schools.
Transport software · Fastest growing - Red Sift$69.8M
Cybersecurity platform for email authentication (DMARC, BIMI), brand impersonation and certificate protection.
Email Security · Up and coming - Digital Reality Corp$45M
Scans building interiors with LiDAR and AI to produce verified floor plans, measured surveys and digital twins for real estate (formerly Pupil).
Proptech · Up and coming - MishiPay£13.5M
Self-checkout kiosks, mobile POS and scan-and-go apps that let shoppers pay without queuing in physical stores.
Retail checkout · Up and coming - CybaVerse€7.4M
CybaVerse sells CybaOps, a SaaS platform for SMEs and managed service providers that combines threat detection, compliance, security testing and security operations.
Cybersecurity · Up and coming - Ravio
Compensation benchmarking and pay management platform using real-time salary data shared by European tech companies.
Compensation Data · Up and coming - YASO
Platform that handles payments, logistics, compliance and storefronts for consumer brands selling into China.
China e-commerce · Up and coming
Health(7)
- Compass Pathways
Compass Pathways is developing COMP360 psilocybin treatment for treatment-resistant depression.
Psychedelic medicine · Fastest growing - Scan.com
Marketplace and booking infrastructure connecting patients, payers and providers with imaging centres in the UK and US.
Medical Imaging · Fastest growing - Airfinity
Airfinity sells AI forecasting and intelligence on infectious and cardiometabolic disease to pharma companies, governments and health bodies.
Health forecasting · Up and coming - Anima Health
Care platform for GP practices that combines online consultations with triage, scheduling, document processing and an AI scribe.
Primary care software · Up and coming - Fertifa
Provides employers with reproductive health benefits covering fertility, menopause, men's health and neurodiversity, including clinical consultations, testing and treatment financing.
Reproductive health benefits · Up and coming - JAAQ
Clinically reviewed mental health video content that enterprises and insurers embed in their own platforms.
Mental Health Content · Up and coming - Peppy
Employer-paid health app giving staff expert support for menopause, fertility, pregnancy, early parenthood and men's health.
Employee Health Benefits · Up and coming
Climate(5)
- Kraken
Operating system software that utilities use to run billing, customer service and energy assets.
Utility software · Well known - Octopus Energy
Renewable-focused gas and electricity supplier and Britain's largest household energy supplier.
Energy supplier · Well known - Zenobē£1.4B
Zenobe builds and runs grid-scale battery storage and provides charging, batteries and software to electrify bus and truck fleets.
Battery storage · Fastest growing - Sunsave
UK solar and battery subscription that removes the upfront cost of home solar for households.
Home Solar · Fastest growing - Ohme
Smart home EV chargers and app that charge cars when power is cheapest and greenest.
Smart EV charging · Up and coming
Crypto(3)
- Copper
Institutional crypto custody, collateral and off-exchange settlement (ClearLoop) provider.
Crypto custody · Fastest growing - Archax$36.5M
FCA-regulated London exchange, broker and custodian for tokenised real-world assets such as money market funds and bonds.
Tokenisation exchange · Up and coming - Trilitech
London research and development hub building core protocol and apps on the Tezos blockchain.
Tezos R&D · Up and coming
Quantum(1)
Defence(1)
Deeptech(1)
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