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Old College Capital

Old College Capital is a university or college in Scotland.

What they do

“Old College Capital: the University of Edinburgh’s venture investment fund.”

In its own words, on edinburgh-innovations.ed.ac.uk/venture-investment

In plain speak

They invest money in new businesses on behalf of the University of Edinburgh.

In the news

Student startup SolarSub raises £1.3m for solar panel technology

Edinburgh Innovations · 24 Sep 2026 · also Silicon Scotland

Edinburgh spin-out SeaWarm secures funding

Midlothian Science Zone · 30 Sep 2025 · also Equity Gap

Dialysis pioneer Invizius raises almost £1m

Scottish Financial Review · 23 Sep 2024

Exergy3 raises £1 million pre-seed funding

Midlothian Science Zone · 12 Sep 2024

In Scottish tech

Rounds named in: 15, 2 Feb 2024 to 18 Sep 2026
Companies: 14
Disclosed: £48.1m across 15 rounds, the whole round each time
Typical round: £2.2m, the middle disclosed round
Sectors: Life sciences 8 · Energy 3 · Environment 2 · Agritech 1 · Quantum 1

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Forge Minerals

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Rhizocore Technologies

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SeaWarm

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Rounds it was named in

Singular Photonics raises $2.15 million (about £1.59m at $1.35 to the pound, Sep 2026)

18 Sep 2026 · Seed · Edinburgh Innovations · Singular Photonics · with ACF Investors, Wren Capital, Cambridge Angels, Scottish Enterprise, Quantum Exponential, Old College Capital · the round · Scottish tech funding, September 2026

Exergy3 raises €11.4 million (about £9.83m at €1.16 to the pound, Apr 2026)

21 Apr 2026 · Seed · EU-Startups · Exergy3 · with Axeleo Capital, Bayern Kapital, Kibo Invest, Scottish Enterprise, Zero Carbon Capital, Old College Capital · the round · Scottish tech funding, April 2026

Bioliberty raises £6.2m

3 Apr 2026 · Series A · DIGIT · Bioliberty · with Scottish National Investment Bank, Archangels, Eos Advisory, Old College Capital, Hanna Capital SEZC, Conduit Connect · the round · Scottish tech funding, April 2026

BIOCAPTIVA raises £1.58m

9 Mar 2026 · Tech.eu · BIOCAPTIVA · with Archangels, Old College Capital, BBI, Scottish Enterprise, EverQuest Capital Partners · the round · Scottish tech funding, March 2026

Carbogenics raises $3 million (about £2.22m at $1.35 to the pound, Feb 2026)

13 Feb 2026 · Growth · Bioenergy Insight · Carbogenics · with Dangerous Ventures, Green Angel Ventures, Scottish Enterprise, Old College Capital, Innovate UK, New Mexico Gas, New Mexico Government Economic Development Department · the round · Scottish tech funding, February 2026

Forge Minerals raises £1m

27 Jan 2026 · Pre-seed · Scottish Enterprise · Forge Minerals · with Sustainable Ventures, The Conduit Impact Fund, Old College Capital, One Planet Capital, Kappika Ventures, Scottish Enterprise · the round · Scottish tech funding, January 2026

Rhizocore Technologies raises £4.5m

20 Nov 2025 · Growth · Kibo Invest · Rhizocore Technologies · with The First Thirty, Scottish Enterprise, The Grosvenor Estate, Sand River, Generation-Re, Kibo Invest, John Thomson, Old College Capital · the round · Scottish tech funding, November 2025

SeaWarm raises £550k

19 Nov 2025 · Seed · Ukbaa · SeaWarm · with Equity Gap, Scottish Enterprise, Old College Capital · the round · Scottish tech funding, November 2025

SeaWarm raises £550k

30 Sep 2025 · Seed · Insider · SeaWarm · with Equity Gap, Scottish Enterprise, Old College Capital · the round · Scottish tech funding, September 2025

uFraction8 raises £3.4m

3 Mar 2025 · Series A · Scottish Enterprise · uFraction8 · with Foresight Group, Old College Capital, Scottish Enterprise, Alwyn Capital, Thia Ventures, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development · the round · Scottish tech funding, March 2025

Concinnity Genetics raises $3M+ (about £2.37m at $1.265 to the pound, Dec 2024)

17 Dec 2024 · Seed · VentureBANC · Concinnity Genetics · with Eos Advisory, Scottish Enterprise, Old College Capital, Maven Capital Partners · the round · Scottish tech funding, December 2024

Invizius raises £950k

23 Sep 2024 · Growth · Scottish Financial News · Invizius · with Mercia Ventures, Calculus Capital, Syensqo, Old College Capital, Scottish Enterprise · the round · Scottish tech funding, September 2024

OGI Bio raises £650k

18 Jun 2024 · Seed · Scottish Financial News · OGI Bio · with TRICAPITAL Angels, Scottish Enterprise, Merleview, Apollo, Old College Capital · the round · Scottish tech funding, June 2024

Wobble Genomics raises €9.9 million (about £8.46m at €1.17 to the pound, Mar 2024)

7 Mar 2024 · Series A · EU-Startups · Wobble Genomics · with Mercia Ventures, BGF, IQ Capital, EOS Advisors, Old College Capital · the round · Scottish tech funding, March 2024

Carcinotech raises £4.2m

2 Feb 2024 · Growth · Pharmaceutical Technology · Carcinotech · with Eos Advisory, Maven Capital Partners, Scottish Enterprise, Old College Capital, InvestingWomen Angels, TRICAPITAL, SIS Ventures · the round · Scottish tech funding, February 2024