Will Wells

AI Founder turned frontier tech VC

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 36 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2025
VC🌍 United Kingdom20+ investmentsInvested this year
36
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Sep 2025
The Web Knowledge Layer for AI Agents.
Investor & Advisor
May 2025
Proxima Fusion is Europes leading fusion company, building the first generation of stellarator fusion power plants.
Investor & Advisor
May 2025
Vocca handles your calls, automates appointment scheduling and note all your inquiries down. Our proprietary conversational AI speaks directly on the phone to your patients and answer to all their typical questions in natural language. They will never have to type on their keyboad or waiting countless minutes ever again. Were entering a new age, where it should be easy to contact your clinics and send your message without waiting with Vocca it works 24/7. We focus on helping clinics and medical centers with handling their calls so they dont have to spend on external services ever again. Feel free to contact us eliott@vocca.ai
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May 2025
Were building the digital infrastructure layer for Europes €1.8 trillion construction industry - starting with making tendering 10x faster. Construction drives 13% of global GDP with $130B+ TAM, yet operates with last centurys tools. At Scalera, were changing that. Backed by Speedinvest and Firstminute Capital ($1.5B+ AUM), and 150+ Unicorn Founders, our AI platform connects contractors and suppliers in seconds, not hours, creating a seamless flow from tender to offer to build. Every construction project starts with tendering - a manual, error-prone process that wastes countless hours. Suppliers struggle with complex tenders. Contractors juggle endless RFQs. Knowledge walks out the door when experts retire. Scalera automates the entire workflow. Upload a tender, extract materials instantly, match products automatically, generate offers in seconds. What used to take days now takes minutes. Proven Results: - Processing €4B+ in tender volume - Serving 110+ forward-thinking companies - Dominating 65% of the Swiss market - Saving 80%+ of processing time Every building in Zurich could have materials that flowed through Scalera. Thats our vision – not just software, but the foundation for how Europe builds. Join us in building Europes future → scalera.ai
Investor & Advisor
Mar 2025
Base is building the future of American power. The grid is the largest, most complex machine in the world. But it’s aging, struggling to keep up with today’s demand, and is unprepared for our electrified future. Base is modernizing the grid as the first engineering-led, technology-driven power company. We’re deploying a nationwide network of distributed batteries that strengthens critical infrastructure and saves Americans money. Our team of engineers, operators, creatives, technicians, and electricians design and deploy systems at speed. If you want to tackle the problem that will define this century and shape the future of American energy, now is the time. Join us.
Investor & Advisor
2025
Based in Bristol, UK, Astral Systems was founded in 2021. Our Multi-State Fusion (MSF) reactor is a versatile, compact, and cost-effective solution for on-demand neutron production. We leverage cutting-edge fusion discoveries out of NASA and are continually advancing the effectiveness of our MSF technology. We offer high-flux neutron sources for decentralised and scale medical isotope production, nuclear power applications, and much more. Our first Mk1 product is now available for order with a fusion neutron performance that has a 10x higher output and over 10x longer lifetime than any compact neutron source on the planet.
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2025
cylib GmbH is a research-based company for holistic battery recycling enabling the green energy transition by ensuring the supply of sustainable raw materials for the battery industry. cylibs proprietary end-to-end recycling process is characterized by an efficient, resource- and climate-friendly recovery of all raw materials in a battery, including lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt and manganese from battery packs, production scraps, or micromobility batteries. Founded in 2022 in Aachen, Germany, the company builds on nearly a decade of research by the founding team. cylib was founded by Dr. Lilian Schwich (Co-CEO), Paul Sabarny (Chief of Special Operations), and Dr. Gideon Schwich (Co-CEO), with the mission to create a true circular economy.
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2025
We want to create a world where anyone can access the renewable energy they need, forever. We wont stop until thats done. In 2021 our team set out to revolutionise the way renewable energy is bought, sold and powered. We created Renewable Energy Direct (RED) to help any business bypass Big Energy and Big Energy prices. Our energy transactions platform uniquely matches businesses to multiple renewable energy generators at the right time, optimised to drive fairer prices for all and 100% traceability. Were passionate and beyond proud to be powering some of the UKs most exciting and fast-growing businesses in sport, hospitality and manufacturing, and to be saving more than £3.5 million in transaction costs so far (while putting more money back into the hands of renewable generators every time). Join tem and power the renewable energy movement from your doorstep. A bright RED future is ahead of us.
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2025
AllFocal Optics is at the forefront of nanophotonic innovation, specializing in the development of AllFocal Optical stacks—a breakthrough technology designed to accelerate the widespread adoption of XR devices. By addressing well-documented issues related to Vergence-Accommodation Conflict (VAC)—such as nausea, headaches, dizziness, and visual discomfort—our solution enhances user comfort for extended XR experiences. Engineered for seamless mass production, our optical technology is adaptable for integration with any screen type and across various XR applications, including Entertainment, Healthcare, Medical, Education, Research, Training & Simulation, Life Sciences, and Defense. Connect with us to learn more: contact@allfocaloptics.com.
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2025
Runware delivers AI-as-a-Service at 5–10x lower cost and with higher speed than competitors. Built for scale, the service has already powered 4 billion+ creations for +100K developers and +250M end-users worldwide. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in San Francisco, Runware is backed by Insight Partners and a16z.
Investor & Advisor
2025
High-performance dual-use composite littoral platforms for defence and commercial application in the maritime industry. Open architecture control and autonomous systems development. Rapid prototyping and scalable manufacturing capabilities. Advanced powertrain design and integration.
mid stageShipbuilding
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Jun 2024
Concentro is making project finance simpler for clean energy projects, with a focus on distributed generation. We help clean energy developers monetize tax credits by transferring them to corporate or individual buyers, helping them reduce their tax liability. We take a differentiated approach, taking care of the entire end-to-end process including diligence, insurance binding, and transaction management & advice, to ensure a seamless process for both buyers and sellers. We leverage AI and technology to make the process more efficient in the backend, while providing a white glove service for our clients.
Investor & Advisor
May 2024
While nature took billions of years to perfect molecules, we are harnessing AI to unlock trillion-dollar materials breakthroughs in months, not millennia. Our founding team is the most cited in the world, comprised of world-class researchers in AI, chemistry and engineering. Were on the cusp of the on-demand materials era. Join us.
Investor & Advisor
Jan 2024
Show the robot what to do, correct it where it fails, and adapt it as the process changes. R2 was founded by members of the team behind DeepMind Applied Robotics, where we worked on imitation learning, reinforcement learning and real-world robot manipulation. Our team combines research, product and hardware experience to make capable robots useful in the field. Built in London and Sydney.
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2025
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Sep 2025
The Web Knowledge Layer for AI Agents.
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Aug 2025
It takes more than capital to build real-world, cutting-edge technologies and companies that last. That’s why we commit the full power of our sector-focused investment teams and global network of customers, talent, top-tier follow-on investors, industry leaders, and experienced entrepreneurs to help you scale smarter and faster. With offices in London, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Munich, and Abu Dhabi, we are on the ground across EMEA, helping our portfolio companies own their local markets and expand globally. From pre-seed to exit, we partner with bold founders to build category-defining, lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Wayflyer (Ireland), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (US), GoStudent (Austria), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) – together. Speedinvest: The Power of More.
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May 2025
Proxima Fusion is Europes leading fusion company, building the first generation of stellarator fusion power plants.
Investor & Advisor
May 2025
Vocca handles your calls, automates appointment scheduling and note all your inquiries down. Our proprietary conversational AI speaks directly on the phone to your patients and answer to all their typical questions in natural language. They will never have to type on their keyboad or waiting countless minutes ever again. Were entering a new age, where it should be easy to contact your clinics and send your message without waiting with Vocca it works 24/7. We focus on helping clinics and medical centers with handling their calls so they dont have to spend on external services ever again. Feel free to contact us eliott@vocca.ai
Investor & Advisor
May 2025
Were building the digital infrastructure layer for Europes €1.8 trillion construction industry - starting with making tendering 10x faster. Construction drives 13% of global GDP with $130B+ TAM, yet operates with last centurys tools. At Scalera, were changing that. Backed by Speedinvest and Firstminute Capital ($1.5B+ AUM), and 150+ Unicorn Founders, our AI platform connects contractors and suppliers in seconds, not hours, creating a seamless flow from tender to offer to build. Every construction project starts with tendering - a manual, error-prone process that wastes countless hours. Suppliers struggle with complex tenders. Contractors juggle endless RFQs. Knowledge walks out the door when experts retire. Scalera automates the entire workflow. Upload a tender, extract materials instantly, match products automatically, generate offers in seconds. What used to take days now takes minutes. Proven Results: - Processing €4B+ in tender volume - Serving 110+ forward-thinking companies - Dominating 65% of the Swiss market - Saving 80%+ of processing time Every building in Zurich could have materials that flowed through Scalera. Thats our vision – not just software, but the foundation for how Europe builds. Join us in building Europes future → scalera.ai
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