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Velocys

Oxford, United Kingdom · Founded 2001 · Privately Held (backing)

Developer of a sustainable fuel technology designed to enable the production of clean, low-carbon synthetic fuels from various carbon sources. Velocys is based in Oxford, United Kingdom and was founded in 2001. It was valued at $40 million at a buyout in Jan 2024, the last priced event on record. It has raised $170 million across 1 recorded round; the latest was a $2 million seed round in Mar 2014.

PMV mark · valuation
$40.0M
Oct 2026
Priced at
a buyout
Jan 2024
Total raised
$170.5M
Last round
Seed Round
Mar 2014

Velocys key facts

as of Oct 2026
  • Developer of a sustainable fuel technology designed to enable the production of clean, low-carbon synthetic fuels from various carbon sources.
  • Velocys is valued at approximately $40.0M as of Oct 2026, set at a buyout, Jan 2024; nothing has traded since, per PrivateMarketView’s mark.
  • It has raised $170.5M across 1 recorded rounds; the latest was Seed Round ($2.0M) in Mar 2014.
  • Notable investors include Lightrock, Carbon Direct Capital Management, GenZero, Ahren Innovation Capital, Kibo Capital Partners.
  • Velocys has filed 1 Form D with the SEC, most recently Mar 2014 ($2.0M sold to 1 investors).
  • Status: Privately Held (backing).
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$40.0M

Valued at $40.0M at a buyout, Jan 2024. Nothing has traded since.

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Velocys funding rounds

1 rounds
Mar 2014Seed Round$2.0MSEC filing▮
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Velocys valuation

Velocys was valued at $40 million at a buyout in Jan 2024. That is the last priced event on record: no secondary trade or institutional fund mark has moved the figure since.

How much has Velocys raised?

Velocys has raised $170 million in total; 1 of its rounds is on record. The largest on record was a $2 million seed round in Mar 2014.

Velocys has filed 1 Form D with the SEC, most recently in Mar 2014 ($2 million sold to 1 investor).

Velocys investors

5 investors are on record for Velocys, including Lightrock, Carbon Direct Capital Management, GenZero and Ahren Innovation Capital. The seed round in Mar 2014 drew 1 investor.

About Velocys

Developer of a sustainable fuel technology designed to enable the production of clean, low-carbon synthetic fuels from various carbon sources. The company offers proprietary Fischer-Tropsch reactors and catalysts, enabling industries such as aviation and heavy transport to adopt drop-in fuels with reduced lifecycle carbon emissions.

Sector
Information Technology
HQ
Oxford, United Kingdom
Founded
2001
Employees
69
Ownership
Privately Held (backing)

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