Invest in the Future ofArtificial Intelligence
Neural River is the UK's only AI-focused startup incubator. As such, it represents a unique opportunity to invest in this innovative technology which is rapidly changing how people interact with businesses, and how they find information.
Connecting AI talent with investors
We hire outstanding AI talent from academic and industry backgrounds, to create the next generation of AI products, and then incubate these startups, while carefully curating the founder teams.
Young talented AI resources are often key for creating ideas, but it is essential that experienced business people help them structure a business to sell these products in the real world.
Expert Team Building
Curated founder teams for success
How We Build AI Success Stories
Attract the best AI talent
- Developers have 1 day a week to work on ideas
- Increases to 2.5 days once the idea is approved
- Balance of time is spent on revenue-earning customer projects
Build prototype and raise SEIS/EIS investment
- Management team receives 40% of the shareholding
- Product is "spun out" into a separate company
- NR gets 60% and multiple bets in the AI arms race
Neural River provides income-generating support
- AI development resource
- Support from central legal, finance, operations and management mentoring resources
Our Investment Fund
We are currently open for investment of up to £1m
Key Features
- EIS compatible
- Focus on Capital Gain over P&L
- Invest in a portfolio of AI startups
- Multiple AI technology areas
- Proven incubation business model
- We manage the curation of startup teams
Investment Projections
Based on £1m EIS investment in year 3 and 10 spin outs over 5 years
Neural River
- £1m annual revenue, anticipated market value £10m+
- Broad portfolio of AI investments
- Opportunity to work with UK's brightest AI talent
- £1m investment fund (25% of Neural River) = £2.5m+
Spinouts
- Total NR value in year 5 projected at £6.5m
- Investment fund value (25% of that) = £1.6m
- Highly conservative - assumes none of the spinouts takes off
Highly conservative forecast return on £1m invested
Experienced Leadership in a $600 Billion Market
Expert Leadership
Our leadership team has a wealth of experience in building and exiting startups, coupled with senior leadership experience in global technology companies such as Google and IBM.
Massive Market Opportunity
AI represents a $600 billion market in 2025, projected to rise to $3.6 trillion in 10 years. The most important shift in technology since smartphones.
We actively partner with these organisations and with key UK universities to ensure we attract and retain the best AI talent in the market. Neural River represents an incredible opportunity to build a portfolio of AI investments across multiple sectors.