IQ Capital
Cambridge-based deep-tech VC; recurring investor across UK quantum, battery, and AI rounds.
On 6 May 2026, IQ Capital joined Symbotic's lead round in Nyobolt's Series C alongside Latitude, Scania Invest and CBMM, pushing the Cambridge battery spinout past a $1bn valuation.
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Timeline for IQ Capital
Led StirlingX's Series A
UK Startups and Innovation: StirlingX raises GBP15m for defence dataMentioned in: Astral raises GBP23m for cancer isotopes
UK Startups and Innovationco-led the IMU Biosciences £40m Series A
UK Startups and Innovation: IMU raises £40m to read bloodParticipated in Nyobolt £44m Series C alongside strategic lead Symbotic
UK Startups and Innovation: Nyobolt hits £1bn on Symbotic-led Series CBackground
IQ Capital is a Cambridge deep-tech venture capital firm.
It was one of four co-investors in Nyobolt's Series c, announced 6 May 2026. Symbotic, the Nasdaq-listed AI robotics company whose warehouse automation systems run for Walmart, led the £44m round; Latitude, Scania Invest and CBMM also participated. The raise valued the Cambridge University spinout, founded in 2019, at $1bn. Nyobolt's anode materials enable a 0-80% charge in under five minutes at twenty times the energy density of supercapacitors, and revenue is reported to have grown five times year-on-year.
The round also showed where that chemistry earns its keep. Nyobolt is selling to operators of 24/7 robot fleets, from warehouse automation and physical AI platforms to data-centre edge infrastructure, for whom a conventional multi-hour charging stop is not an option.
