# UKI2S: UKI2S, formally the Rainbow Seed Fund, is an investment fund backed by the government, providing seed funding to science \& technology start\-ups and SMEs

> Investing in innovations that transform our future\. WE’RE IMPACT\-FIRST\. WE THRIVE ON RISK\. WE TAKE THE LEAD\. We’re UKI2S\. One of the largest pre\-seed\+ funds in the UK with £150m AUM\. We bet on businesses with big ambitions

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## Pages
- [Home](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/)
- [About](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/about/)
- [Terms and Conditions](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/)
- [Portfolio](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/portfolio/)
- [Knowledge Assets](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/investment-areas/knowledge-assets/)

## Posts
- [Agilent increases its investment in HALO X\-ray technologies validation of HALO’s advanced security screening technology](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/agilent-increases-its-investment-in-halo-x-ray-technologies-validation-of-halos-advanced-security-screening-technology/): HALO X\-ray Technologies \(HALO\), the pioneering X\-ray detection technology company, announces that it has completed a funding round led by Agilent Technologies Inc, with both UKI2S and MEIF following their previous investments\. 
- [SMG secures £6m to strengthen UK sovereign semiconductor capability](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/smg-secures-6m-to-strengthen-uk-sovereign-semiconductor-capability/): UKI2S \(managed by Future Planet Capital\) has backed Silicon Microgravity Limited \(SMG\) with £6m alongside lead investor West Hill Capital, to scale UK MEMS semiconductor manufacturing for defence, space and sensing applications\.
- [Revolver Therapeutics secures a £572k funding boost to inhibit transcription factor drug targets for cancer](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/revolver-therapeutics-secures-a-572k-funding-boost-to-inhibit-transcription-factor-drug-targets-for-cancer/): Revolver Therapeutics has secured a further £572k funding round led by QantX, with follow\-on investment from UKI2S \(managed by Future Planet Capital\) and the University of Bath, to advance peptide therapies targeting 'undruggable' cancer transcription factors\.
- [Meet the A2I cohort \- Emulate: turning research into a real\-world product](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/meet-the-a2i-cohort-emulate-turning-research-into-a-real-world-product/): Barbara Draghi, co\-founder of Emulate, on how the A2I Boot Camp is helping her and her MHRA colleagues turn a synthetic data platform into an investment\-ready spin\-out\.
- [Optera funding fuels UK hub for space domain awareness](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/optera-raises-3m-uk-hub-space-domain-awareness/): UKI2S leads a £3m round into Optera, a neuromorphic sensing company establishing its UK headquarters to deliver next\-generation space domain awareness for civil and national security programmes\.

## Case Studies
- [Resurrect Bio](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/case-study/resurrect-bio/)
- [Spotlight Pathology](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/case-study/spotlight-pathology/)
- [Cytotrait](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/case-study/cytotrait/)
- [Ternary Therapeutics](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/case-study/ternary-therapeutics/)
- [iFAST Diagnostics](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/case-study/uki2s-portfolio-company-ifast-diagnostics-awarded-ukca-mark-for-ultra-rapid-antibiotic-testing/)

## Portfolio Companies
- [Operta](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/portfolio-company/operta/)
- [QuberTech Limited](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/portfolio-company/qubertech-limited/)
- [K3 Metrology](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/portfolio-company/k3-metrology/)
- [Cytotrait](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/portfolio-company/cytotrait/)
- [Spotlight Pathology](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/portfolio-company/spotlight-pathology/)

## Team
- [Nick Bassett](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/uki2s-team/nick-bassett/)
- [Shruti Iyengar](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/uki2s-team/shruti-iyengar/)
- [Tony Raven](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/uki2s-team/dr-tony-raven-finstp-miod/)
- [Sam Martin](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/uki2s-team/sam-martin/)
- [Thomas Storey](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/uki2s-team/thomas-storey/)

## Categories
- [Archive](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/category/archive/)
- [Engineering Biology](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/category/engineering-biology/)
- [Partner Innovation](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/category/partner-innovation/)
- [Advice](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/category/advice/)
- [Fund Updates](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/category/fund-updates/)

## Investment Areas
- [Engineering Biology](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/investment-area/engineering-biology/)
- [Partner Innovation](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/investment-area/partner-innovation/)
- [Defence \& Security](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/investment-area/defence-security/)
- [Fusion](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/investment-area/fusion/)
- [Knowledge Assets](https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/investment-area/knowledge-assets/)

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