UK company record
Graphcore
AI accelerator chips (IPU) / semiconductor design
VerifiedCore UK
Snapshot
- UK location
- Bristol · South West
- Sector
- Deeptech / hardware
- Latest recorded round
- Series E
- Latest recorded amount
- $222M
- Date
- 2020-12-29
Legal-identity layer
Verified identity.
- Selected legal name
- GRAPHCORE LIMITED
- Company number
- 10185006
- Companies House status
- active
- Incorporated
- 2016-05-17
Investors
- Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC)Lead
- Samsung Catalyst FundParticipant
- Amadeus Capital PartnersParticipant
- C4 VenturesParticipant
- Draper EspritParticipant
- Foundation CapitalParticipant
- Pitango Venture CapitalParticipant
- AtomicoLead
- Individual AI figures: Demis Hassabis, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Pieter Abbeel, Scott Gray, Zoubin GhahramaniParticipant
- Sequoia CapitalLead
- Robert Bosch Venture CapitalParticipant
- Samsung Catalyst FundParticipant
- Dell Technologies CapitalParticipant
- Amadeus Capital PartnersParticipant
- AtomicoParticipant
- C4 VenturesParticipant
- Draper EspritParticipant
- Foundation CapitalParticipant
- Pitango Venture CapitalParticipant
- AtomicoLead
- Sofina (co-lead)Lead
- Merian Global InvestorsParticipant
- BMW iVenturesParticipant
- MicrosoftParticipant
- Mayfair Equity PartnersLead
- New: Baillie GiffordParticipant
- M&G Investments. Existing: Merian Chrysalis Investment CoParticipant
- Ahren Innovation CapitalParticipant
- Amadeus Capital PartnersParticipant
- SofinaParticipant
- Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan BoardLead
- Fidelity InternationalParticipant
- SchrodersParticipant
- Baillie GiffordParticipant
- Draper EspritParticipant
Current directors and active controllers
- MCELROY, Marcus WilliamCurrent director
- MIMURA, IppeiCurrent director
- ROSCOE, Jared PatrickCurrent director
- Softbank Group Corp.Active controller
- TOON, Nigel JurgenCurrent director
- ELMORE, William Bdirector
- HAUSER, Hermann Mariadirector
- JIANG, Hongquan, Drdirector
- KAZMI, Kirandirector
- KHALIQ, Siraj Rashiddirector
- KNOWLES, Simon Christiandirector
- KNOWLES, Simon Christiandirector
- MILLER, Matthew Craigdirector
- NIV, Eyal Zalmandirector
- OHS SECRETARIES LIMITEDcorporate-secretary
- RICHARDSON, David Jeffrey, Mr director
- SOHN, Young Kwondirector
Funding rows
- Series A$30M · 2016-10-31
- Series B$30M · 2017-07-20
- Series C$50M · 2017-11
- Series D$200M · 2018-12
- Series D extension$150M · 2020-02
- Series E$222M · 2020-12-29
Sources
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/graphcore-secures-30m-to-accelerate-artificial-intelligence-300353554.html
- https://www.orrick.com/en/News/2016/10/Orrick-Advises-Graphcore-in-30-Million-Dollar-Series-A-Funding-Round
- https://www.graphcore.ai/posts/graphcore-secures-30m-in-funding-to-accelerate-ai
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-20/u-k-chip-designer-graphcore-gets-30-million-to-fund-expansion
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphcore (cross-referenced against multiple aggregators
- no dedicated primary press release specifically for this round was located — flagged as a minor sourcing gap despite the round being widely and consistently reported)
- https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/graphcore-machine-intelligence-series-d-investment
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphcore
- https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/specialized-ai-chipmaker-graphcore-extends-series-d-round-with-150m-valued-at-1-95b/
- https://www.amadeuscapital.com/graphcore-secures-additional-150-million-in-new-capital-and-reports-fiscal-2019-business-highlights/
- https://www.graphcore.ai/posts/graphcore-secures-additional-150-million-in-new-capital
- https://www.otpp.com/en-ca/about-us/news-and-insights/2020/graphcore-raises-222-million-in-series-e-funding-round/
- https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/graphcore-raises-222-million-in-series-e-funding-round-888928852.html
- https://www.graphcore.ai/posts/graphcore-raises-222-million-in-series-e-funding-round
- https://www.orrick.com/en/News/2016/10/Orrick-Advises-Graphcore-in-30-Million-Dollar-Series-A-Funding-Round
- https://www.graphcore.ai/posts/graphcore-secures-30m-in-funding-to-accelerate-ai
- no dedicated primary press release specifically for this round was located — flagged as a minor sourcing gap despite the round being widely and consistently reported)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphcore
- https://www.amadeuscapital.com/graphcore-secures-additional-150-million-in-new-capital-and-reports-fiscal-2019-business-highlights/
- https://www.graphcore.ai/posts/graphcore-secures-additional-150-million-in-new-capital
- https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/graphcore-raises-222-million-in-series-e-funding-round-888928852.html
- https://www.graphcore.ai/posts/graphcore-raises-222-million-in-series-e-funding-round