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New Fund

Silicon Roundabout Ventures is now investing from its 2nd fund, as announced in the July-August 2026 fund bulletin.

Silicon Roundabout Ventures launches Fund II

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Haiqu launched HaiquOS Academic Program (free for academic labs) and Enterprise Program. Joint work with Quanscient compressed quantum circuit depth by 3x on IBM hardware for Navier-Stokes simulation.

Haiqu launches HaiquOS Academic and Enterprise programs

Silicon Roundabout

blog.siliconroundabout.venturesAUG 4, 2026

AUG 4, 2026

Milestone

Swisspod unveiled AERYS 2 prototype (twice as long, twice as heavy as AERYS 1), received USPTO patent for supersonic electromagnetic propulsion, applied for US Federal hyperloop grants, and CEO Denis Tudor nominated as American Swiss Young Leader 2026.

Swisspod unveils AERYS 2 prototype and receives USPTO patent

Silicon Roundabout

blog.siliconroundabout.venturesAUG 4, 2026

AUG 4, 2026

Milestone

Hop Aero came out of stealth, joined Y Combinator, and announced a US Air Force contract for hypersonic cargo delivery systems.

Hop Aero emerges from stealth, joins Y Combinator, secures US Air Force contract

Silicon Roundabout

blog.siliconroundabout.venturesAUG 4, 2026

AUG 4, 2026

Milestone

France selected BLAZE counter-drone system following competitive evaluation by French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA). France becomes fourth European operator after Latvia, Belgium, and Estonia. Also signed MoUs with Alpine Eagle and EM&E Group at Eurosatory.

Origin Robotics BLAZE adopted by France as fourth European nation

Silicon Roundabout

blog.siliconroundabout.venturesAUG 4, 2026

AUG 4, 2026

Milestone

Nu Quantum announced partnership with Atom Computing to explore modular approaches to neutral-atom quantum computing, bringing together Atom's neutral-atom quantum computers and Nu Quantum's quantum networking technology.

Nu Quantum partners with Atom Computing for quantum networking

Silicon Roundabout

blog.siliconroundabout.venturesAUG 4, 2026

AUG 4, 2026

Milestone

Archangel Lightworks successfully demonstrated data transfer between TERRA-M Optical Ground Station and a LEO satellite using U.S. Space Development Agency laser communication standard. Multi-day field trial in the Mediterranean.

Archangel Lightworks demonstrates TERRA-M laser data transfer with LEO satellite

Silicon Roundabout

blog.siliconroundabout.venturesAUG 4, 2026

AUG 4, 2026

Investment

Participated in Cnuic Technologies' $3M pre-seed round led by Tensor Ventures and Blank Space Ventures. Cnuic is an Edinburgh-based startup developing optical lithography systems for photonic chip manufacturing.

Cnuic Technologies

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tech.euAPR 28, 2026

APR 28, 2026

Investment

Led Cellbricks' €10M seed round for 3D-bioprinted tissue implants and organ replacement.

Cellbricks Therapeutics

Cellbricks Therapeutics Silicon Roundabout

techfundingnews.comMAR 25, 2026

MAR 25, 2026

Team Change

Natalia joins Silicon Roundabout Ventures as Head of Community and Operations. She previously scaled a tech community in the CEE region and was an executive at Sigma Square in Oslo.

Natalia joins as Head of Community and Operations

Silicon Roundabout

blog.siliconroundabout.venturesJAN 2026

JAN 2026

Essay

GP Francesco Perticarari argues value is migrating from software/AI hype back to the Physical Layer — Next-Gen Computing, Energy Transition, and Strategic Resilience (Defence/Space) — as general-purpose computing hits physics limits for ML workloads.

Welcome to 2026 & Why Hardware Rules Software

Silicon Roundabout

blog.siliconroundabout.venturesJAN 2026

JAN 2026

Exit

Portfolio company ENIAN exited.

ENIAN

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pitchbook.comOCT 2025

OCT 2025

News

Fund II officially launching after Fund I closure at £5.05M with 18+ companies backed.

Fund II launching soon

Silicon Roundabout

blog.siliconroundabout.venturesJUL 25, 2025

JUL 25, 2025

Silicon Roundabout Activity

Silicon Roundabout Ventures is now investing from its 2nd fund, as announced in the July-August 2026 fund bulletin.

Monthly LP bulletin with thesis essay on portfolio companies moving from selling products to defining infrastructure layers others build on, covering space communications, quantum networking, air defence, and government policy integration.

Haiqu launched HaiquOS Academic Program (free for academic labs) and Enterprise Program. Joint work with Quanscient compressed quantum circuit depth by 3x on IBM hardware for Navier-Stokes simulation.

Swisspod unveiled AERYS 2 prototype (twice as long, twice as heavy as AERYS 1), received USPTO patent for supersonic electromagnetic propulsion, applied for US Federal hyperloop grants, and CEO Denis Tudor nominated as American Swiss Young Leader 2026.

Hop Aero came out of stealth, joined Y Combinator, and announced a US Air Force contract for hypersonic cargo delivery systems.

France selected BLAZE counter-drone system following competitive evaluation by French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA). France becomes fourth European operator after Latvia, Belgium, and Estonia. Also signed MoUs with Alpine Eagle and EM&E Group at Eurosatory.

Nu Quantum announced partnership with Atom Computing to explore modular approaches to neutral-atom quantum computing, bringing together Atom's neutral-atom quantum computers and Nu Quantum's quantum networking technology.

Archangel Lightworks successfully demonstrated data transfer between TERRA-M Optical Ground Station and a LEO satellite using U.S. Space Development Agency laser communication standard. Multi-day field trial in the Mediterranean.

Participated in Cnuic Technologies' $3M pre-seed round led by Tensor Ventures and Blank Space Ventures. Cnuic is an Edinburgh-based startup developing optical lithography systems for photonic chip manufacturing.

Led Cellbricks' €10M seed round for 3D-bioprinted tissue implants and organ replacement.

Natalia joins Silicon Roundabout Ventures as Head of Community and Operations. She previously scaled a tech community in the CEE region and was an executive at Sigma Square in Oslo.

GP Francesco Perticarari argues value is migrating from software/AI hype back to the Physical Layer — Next-Gen Computing, Energy Transition, and Strategic Resilience (Defence/Space) — as general-purpose computing hits physics limits for ML workloads.

Portfolio company ENIAN exited.

Fund II officially launching after Fund I closure at £5.05M with 18+ companies backed.