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01.11.2025
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Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions
The Fund at a glance
Star Bots Fund is a private investment vehicle focused on Applied Intelligence, the fusion of robotics, autonomy, and AI.
We're investing in the most promising early growth stage companies solving global economic problems through intelligent automation - from energy infrastructure to defence, logistics to manufacturing.
AI-native companies solving real productivity problems are no longer theoretical, they’re inevitable.
Star Bots Fund exists to back those building the next generation of intelligent tools, right as the market tips in their favour.
We're investing in the most promising early growth stage companies solving global economic problems through intelligent automation - from energy infrastructure to defence, logistics to manufacturing.
AI-native companies solving real productivity problems are no longer theoretical, they’re inevitable.
Star Bots Fund exists to back those building the next generation of intelligent tools, right as the market tips in their favour.
Target Fund Size:
£60 million
Star Bots Fund is raising £60 million to invest in the most promising applied intelligence companies emerging from the UK and Europe.
This capital will support businesses with real commercial traction, helping them scale from cutting edge innovators to global category leaders.
We are targeting a small number of high conviction investments, with capital reserved for strategic follow on rounds.
Target Return: 20%+ IRR
We are targeting a fund-level internal rate of return (IRR) of 20% or higher.
Our model is built around a concentrated portfolio of breakout opportunities, each with the potential to deliver 10x returns.
The team’s domain expertise and early pipeline access allow us to identify companies before they reach mainstream investor radars, increasing our ability to back winners early and scale our advantage over time.
Deployment Period:
30 Months
Capital will be deployed over a 30 month investment window, allowing us to be both patient and opportunistic. This ensures we can back the right teams at the right moments, when capital has maximum strategic impact. It also aligns with a macro environment where founder quality and capital efficiency matter more than ever.
Focus:
Late Seed / Series A Applied Intelligence
Our focus is on late seed and Series A companies applying AI, robotics, and automation to real world problems, especially where productivity gaps are driving urgent demand for scalable solutions.
These companies sit at the intersection of deep tech and commercial readiness, offering transformative potential with a clear path to revenue growth.
What we invest in
We back late seed and Series A applied intelligence companies that turn real world productivity gaps into scalable products with repeatable revenue.
We don’t do pure research, consumer apps, or cap-ex heavy hardware without a software roadmap.
Systems and Platforms
This is where ideas become machines that do useful work. The focus is on autonomy, perception, and human in the loop systems that operate outside the lab, handle messy reality, and deliver value from day one. Modular hardware paired with software led roadmaps turns early units into repeatable revenue and creates a clear path to category leadership.
Enablers and Economics
We look for edge AI, efficient compute, power, and sensing that improve uptime, safety, and cost, plus data moats and clear unit economics that drive fast payback and repeatable sales. These enablers compound advantage across many platforms.
Founders building applied intelligence
We invest in systems that do useful work and in enablers that lift performance, safety, and cost across many platforms.
Beyond capital we help with customers, round structure, senior hires, and new markets. Send a concise deck with product, traction, unit economics, team, and roadmap.
Designed for outperformance in the era of intelligent automation
Star Bots Fund is structured to deliver outsized returns from a focused portfolio of early growth stage robotics and AI companies.
Privileged Access to Future Category Leaders
We benefit from a pipeline cultivated over 7 years through the British Robotics Funds with exposure to 50+ vetted companies.
This proprietary access means we see deals earlier, with clearer data and stronger founder relationships than the broader market.
Strategic Insight, Not Just Capital
Unlike traditional VCs, we’ve often worked directly with companies long before investment.
Our team brings domain-specific guidance in robotics, legal structuring, and deep-tech growth, offering more than capital, we offer trajectory support. Founders value our input, not just our investment.
Flexible, High-Leverage Structuring
We deploy capital through a smart blend of primary equity, secondary purchases, and warrant instruments, allowing us to optimise entry points and maximise upside.
This approach gives us access to fast-moving deals without compromising on return profiles or governance quality.
Clear Exit Pathways with 10x+ Potential
We target businesses that are on track for IPOs, trade sales, or later-stage secondary liquidity, with strong fundamentals and growing market demand.
Our return model is built on a concentrated portfolio of high-conviction bets, each with the potential to return 10x or more.
The team behind Star Bots Fund
Led by Dominic Keen with Alex Pejacsevich, Ian Wallis and Jake Ronay, we bring deep robotics expertise, venture investing and growth finance in one group.
The team blends Britbots access with disciplined underwriting and structuring from early growth through pre IPO and exit.
Explore the bios, roles and how we govern the fund.
The team blends Britbots access with disciplined underwriting and structuring from early growth through pre IPO and exit.
Explore the bios, roles and how we govern the fund.
Why now?
Global productivity growth is declining and technology must now do what labour and resources no longer can.
We invest in the companies solving three compounding crises:
Labour and Margin Pressure
Workforces are scarce and ageing while safety and compliance costs rise. With margins tightening, boards are buying automation for measurable ROI, not pilots - pushing deployment into core operations.
Edge AI Is Deployment Ready
On-device models, efficient compute and modern sensing cut latency, energy use and cloud dependence. Systems now perform reliably outside the lab, including GPS-denied and unstructured environments.
Software defined machines
Modular hardware paired with software-first roadmaps enables rapid iteration, over-the-air updates and service layers that extend value after install. This makes rollouts repeatable and scalable.
Data Moats and Policy Tailwinds
Every deployment generates proprietary real-world datasets that strengthen models and defensibility. Reshoring, security and infrastructure agendas are accelerating automation timelines across sectors.
Breakthrough companies shaping the new paradigm of productivity
The Star Bots Fund draws on a curated pipeline of standout ventures sourced through the British Robotics Funds. Each company demonstrates real-world traction, technical depth, and the potential to become a global leader in its category.
Shown for strategy context only. Inclusion is not a confirmation of investment and remains subject to diligence, availability, and approvals.
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For Founders
You’re building applied intelligence with paid pilots, repeatable use cases and a clear path to scale. We help with customers, round design, unit economics and senior hiring so you can deploy faster with strong governance.
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For Qualified Investors
You want exposure to intelligent machines that lift productivity across the real economy with clear routes to value creation. We offer a disciplined strategy, concentrated positions and transparent reporting within a Guernsey PIF structure.
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Star Bots Fund is promoted in the UK by FAIR Advisers Limited (FRN: 948164) and in Guernsey by Star Tech NG (Guernsey) Limited.
This website does not constitute an offer to the public and is not approved under s.21 FSMA 2000. Investing involves a risk of capital loss.
Star Bots Fund is promoted in the UK by FAIR Advisers Limited (FRN: 948164) and in Guernsey by Star Tech NG (Guernsey) Limited.
This website does not constitute an offer to the public and is not approved under s.21 FSMA 2000. Investing involves a risk of capital loss.