About Calibrate
Calibrate is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. It is primarily based out of London, United Kingdom. As of Jan 2018, Calibrate has invested in 6 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United Kingdom based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Food and Agriculture Tech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of KisanHub Overall, Calibrate portfolio has seen 1 acquisition, namely Replan. A lot of funds co-invest with Calibrate, with names like Kimera sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Calibrate has team of 5 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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Seed & Series A
Portfolio Acquisitions
Calibrate's List of Top Investments
Calibrate has a portfolio of 6 companies. Their most notable investments are in Cygnetise and Funding Xchange.Their portfolio spans across and United Kingdom. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Food and Agriculture Tech, Enterprise Infrastructure and 8 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Calibrate:_1580720843856.png?format=webp&height=120&width=120){kind=logo}
Provider of an online marketplace for business loans. It provides a single application which can enable borrowers apply for business loans to multiple lenders. It offers various financing products such as business cash, unsecured business loans, secured business loans, overdrafts, invoice finance, merchant funding, and more. It also offers customised indicative quote that allows comparing multiple options to finance your business.
Key facts about Funding Xchange
Developer of blockchain AI and privacy systems for regulated industries. Services include strategy development, roadmapping, smart contract design, and independent code auditing. The firm integrates digital asset infrastructure into existing systems and provides ongoing technical support. Additional offerings include the creation of privacy-enabled wallets and embedded wallet infrastructure for applications. The work spans various sectors including finance, energy, logistics, and telecommunications.
Key facts about Applied Blockchain
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on May 31, 2025
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $2.5M
- Employee Count: 65 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Shell, Centrecourt Asset Management and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 20, 2020, $*****
3. KisanHub
KisanHub provides a cloud-based farm management software. The integrated software platform has the capability to aggregate public and private data for enabling farmers to make informed decisions about their everyday operations. It uses satellite and sensor data to provide insights.
Key facts about KisanHub
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Cambridge (United Kingdom)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $11.5M
- Employee Count: 12 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Seraphim, IQ Capital and 30 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 18, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Cygnetise
Provides an authorized signatory management platform built on blockchain technology. It allows users to manage ASLs, maintain an audit trail, helps to reduce the risk of fraud, facilitates business continuity, and contributes to ESG by digitizing the process of authorized signatory management.
Key facts about Cygnetise
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $7.81M
- Employee Count: 18 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: 1414 Ventures, Massive and 51 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Sep 24, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Replan
Provider of AI & web-based supply chain planning solutions. The company offers supply chain production planning and resilience solutions. The software synchronizes and optimizes planning, and helps in managing supply inventories. It has features like scenario modeling, creating production wheels, process automation, etc. It caters to industries like food and beverages, chemicals, fashion, retail, etc.
Key facts about Replan
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $2.6M
- Employee Count: 12 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: PV, Hoxton Ventures and 33 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Apr 13, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Calibrate's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Its most recent first time investment was in KisanHub.Calibrate's Investments by Stage
Calibrate has made 3 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.11M and 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $2.09M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
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Seed | 3 |
Series A | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Calibrate's Investments by Sector
Calibrate has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Financial Services and Blockchain - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 6 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 5 Tech companies, 3 Saas companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
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Consumer | 2 |
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
FinTech | 2 |
Financial Services | 2 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 1 |
Others | 9 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Calibrate's Investments by Geography
Calibrate has made most investments in United Kingdom (5).Calibrate's recent investments
Calibrate has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Calibrate:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jan 03, 2018 | United Kingdom | Seed | 2858 | [+1] | |
Nov 02, 2017 | United Kingdom | Series A | 1186 | ||
Oct 30, 2017 | United Kingdom | Seed | 5614 | ||
2017 | United Kingdom | Seed | 7833 | ||
Jan 31, 2017 | United Kingdom | Series A | 7317 | - |
Acquired companies in Calibrate's Portfolio
1 company from Calibrate's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Replan in Dec 2024 by Demand Chain AI for $*****.Here are Calibrate's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 04, 2024 | - | - | 8736 |
Team profile of Calibrate
Calibrate has a team of 5 members including 2 Partners located in United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates. Calibrate's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Calibrate
Over the past 9 years, 31 investors have co-invested in Calibrate's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Calibrate: Notion Capital, Niab and 12 others have invested in rounds before Calibrate. There is 1 company where Notion Capital has invested before Calibrate and 1 company where Niab has invested before Calibrate.
- Top Co-investors of Calibrate: 4 investors entered a company along with Calibrate. These include investors like Kimera (1 company).
- Invested after Calibrate: A total of 13 investors have invested in Calibrate's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Barclays (1 company), Downing (1 company) and Gresham House Ventures (1 company).
Recent News related to Calibrate
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Shell & BP Consortium Purchases Stake in Applied BlockchainDisruptor Daily•Jan 25, 2018•Applied Blockchain, Shell, Calibrate
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Cambridge-based AgriTech startup KisanHub nabs £1.75mUKTN•Jan 22, 2018•KisanHub, Notion, IQ Capital, Calibrate and 1 other
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Blockchain Startup Applied Blockchain Secures Funding From Oil Giant Shell TradingBlock Tribune•Jan 19, 2018•Applied Blockchain, Shell, Calibrate
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Shell funds start-up Applied Blockchain to develop blockchain tech for energy sectoryouroilandgasnews.com•Jan 19, 2018•Applied Blockchain, Shell, Calibrate
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Applied Blockchain secures investments from Shell Trading International Ltd and Calibrate PartnersPrivate Equity Wire•Jan 18, 2018•Applied Blockchain, Shell, Calibrate
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