# Salience Labs

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/salience-labs

- Industry: Electronics
- Headquarters: Oxfordshire, UK
- Website: www.saliencelabs.ai
- Total disclosed funding: $167M
- Latest round: Series B (Oct 14, 2026)
- Investors on record: 18

## About

Based in Oxford, UK, Salience Labs Ltd. was founded in 2021 as a spin-off of the University of Oxford and the University of Münster is a developer of photonics-based multi-chip processors used to advance AI capabilities in a variety of industries. In September 2025, Salience Labs Ltd. raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from new investor Oman Investment Authority. Returning investors Oxford Sciences Enterprises and Cambridge Innovation Capital also participated in the round. Vaysh Kewada (CEO) and Johannes Feldmann (CTO) are the co-founders of the company. The company is developing an ultra-high-speed multi-chip processor that incorporates a photonics chip as well as standard electronics. The firm's technology can stack up to 64 vectors into a light beam. Salience Labs employs a multi-chip design, with photonic processing mapped on top of Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM). The company plans to utilize the September 2025 funding to grow its AI operations and develop technologies that improve global digital infrastructure.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Oct 14, 2026, $125M — Bullhound Capital, Applied Ventures, British Business Bank, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Hudson River Trading, Intel Capital, Oxford Science Enterprises, SBI Group, AMD Ventures, Silicon Catalyst Ventures
- Series A, Dec 13, 2024, $32M — Applied Ventures, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Oxford Sciences Enterprises, Silicon Catalyst, Braavos Investment Advisers, Strategic Investment Fund, ICM Global Fund
- Seed, May 12, 2022, $10M — Cambridge Innovation Capital, Oxford Sciences Enterprises, Oxford Investment Consultants, Silicon Catalyst, Deeptech Labs, Goh Family Office

## Investors

- Cambridge Innovation Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cambridge-innovation-capital) — Seed, Series A, Series B
- Oxford Sciences Enterprises (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/oxford-sciences-enterprises) — Seed, Series A
- Oxford Investment Consultants — Seed
- Silicon Catalyst (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/silicon-catalyst) — Seed, Series A
- Deeptech Labs (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/deeptech-labs) — Seed
- Goh Family Office — Seed
- Applied Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/applied-ventures) — Series A, Series B
- Braavos Investment Advisers (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/braavos-investment-advisers) — Series A
- Strategic Investment Fund — Series A
- ICM Global Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/icm-global-fund) — Series A
- Bullhound Capital — Series B
- British Business Bank (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/british-business-bank) — Series B
- Hudson River Trading — Series B
- Intel Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/intel-capital) — Series B
- Oxford Science Enterprises — Series B
- SBI Group — Series B
- AMD Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/amd-ventures) — Series B
- Silicon Catalyst Ventures — Series B