NVentures
NVIDIA's corporate venture capital arm, making its first UK investment via Orbital Industries' $50m Series B.
NVentures is Nvidia's corporate venture capital arm, which made its first UK deeptech investment on 28 May 2026 by joining Orbital Industries' $50 million Series B alongside European fund Plural, with no British investor in the round.
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NVentures is Nvidia's corporate venture capital Arm, investing in AI infrastructure, generative AI, autonomous systems and sustainable computing on the parent company's behalf rather than through Nvidia's core chip business. It joined Orbital Industries' $50 million Series B on 28 May 2026, its first confirmed entry into UK deeptech, backing a London firm founded by ex-DeepMind researchers alongside European fund Plural; no UK investor took part in the round.
The vehicle operates as a distinct investment Arm from Nvidia's hardware and platform business, though its cheques function as a signal of ecosystem compatibility for the companies it backs. Orbital had already taken NVentures money before this round, making the Series B a follow-on rather than a first approach. For compute-intensive deeptech firms, an NVentures investment carries weight beyond the capital itself: it points toward eventual integration with Nvidia's own hardware stack.