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Pre-prototype. Pre-revenue. Fully specified.

Origin C is at the digital-twin stage, with the bench rig to follow from March 2027. There is no working prototype. Every performance figure on this site is a design target until a bench test says otherwise. Three UK patent applications are planned.

What exists is the plan, written in full before any metal is cut: the hardware specification, the software specification, the machine-safety and site-safety assurance plans, the commercial strategy, the manufacturing economics and the operations plan. Phase 0, September 2026 to March 2027, ends at a gate with two technical criteria, and no bench rig or rover is built until both are met: a mortar pump sustaining more than 60 kg per minute targetROADMAP-EXECUTION section 6.0.1, item 6, and the Phase 0 gate, and a digital twin that places 10,000 bricksROADMAP-EXECUTION section 6.0.1, item 3, and the Phase 0 gate with zero timing violations.

Stage
Digital twin; bench rig from Month 6
Working prototype
None
Incorporated
2 September 2026, England and Wales
Based
County Durham
Team
One engineer
Patents
Three UK applications planned

The round

£300,000, planned for Months 6 to 12.

An SEIS/EIS round of £300,000 is planned for Months 6 to 12 of the company's life, March to September 2027: £250,000 under SEIS, the maximum a company may raise under the scheme, and £50,000 under EIS.

It funds the workshop and the bench rig from Month 6 and the parts for the first prototype from Month 10. HMRC advance assurance will be applied for in Phase 0, and no investor money is taken before it is in hand.

Round total, planned
£300,000
Under SEIS, the scheme maximum
£250,000
Under EIS
£50,000
Months, March to September 2027
6 to 12

Source: SEIS/EIS advance assurance application, section 2.1; funding plan, section 5.1.

Nothing on this site is an offer of shares, or an invitation or inducement to invest. It describes the company's work and plans.

Use of funds

What the round buys.

Qualifying trade expenditure: SEIS money spent within three years of issue, EIS money within two. Six of its categories are published here; line amounts are shared with investors and not published.

  1. Workshop

    An industrial unit with three-phase power: lease and fit-out, from Month 6.

  2. Bench rig

    A fixed frame carrying a linear rail, a servo axis, the gripper assembly, the mortar pump and the sensors.

  3. Prototype parts

    Chassis steel, aluminium extrusion, pneumatics and fasteners for the first Alpha rover, from Month 10.

  4. Patents

    Attorney and filing fees for the UK and international patent applications.

  5. Software and simulation

    Compute for the digital twin, AI subscriptions, self-hosted source control and telemetry servers.

  6. Legal and compliance

    Company secretary, accounts, SEIS and EIS compliance and solicitor fees.

Non-dilutive routes

Two Innovate UK routes, run in parallel.

Neither route is dilutive. No more than two grant or contract applications are live at any one time, and both are prepared during Phase 0.

Innovate UK Contracts for Innovation
Challenge-led: a fully funded procurement of research and development, bid against the first relevant published brief.
Innovate UK Growth Catalyst
A grant that must name a committed private investor alongside it, so the application is filed once the round has its lead.

Roadmap

Six gates in 36 months.

Month 0 is September 2026. Each phase ends at a gate fixed in advance, together with what happens if it is missed. The first gate falls in March 2027; the form beneath it sends you the result on the day.

  1. Phase 0 Current

    Months 0 to 6 Sep 2026 to Mar 2027

    Digital twin and mortar pump bench test.

    Gate

    • Pump above 60 kg per minute targetROADMAP-EXECUTION section 6, Phase 0 Go/No-Go Gate, Mortar Flow, sustained.
    • 10,000 bricksROADMAP-EXECUTION section 6, Phase 0 Go/No-Go Gate, Digital Twin simulated with zero timing violations.

  2. Phase 1

    Months 6 to 12 Mar 2027 to Sep 2027

    Bench rig and the 100-brick test.

    Gate

    • 95% of 100 bricks within plus or minus 2 mm targetROADMAP-EXECUTION section 6, Phase 1 Go/No-Go Gate, Bench Accuracy.

  3. Phase 2

    Months 12 to 18 Sep 2027 to Mar 2028

    Two Alpha rovers and a warehouse wall.

    Gate

    • 600 bricks an hour targetROADMAP-EXECUTION section 6, Phase 2 Go/No-Go Gate, Integration.
    • Safety stop under 50 ms targetROADMAP-EXECUTION section 6, Phase 2 Go/No-Go Gate, Safety.

  4. Phase 3

    Months 18 to 24 Mar 2028 to Sep 2028

    Three Beta units on a developer's test plot.

    Gate

    • 1,200 bricks an hour targetROADMAP-EXECUTION section 6, Phase 3 Go/No-Go Gate, Throughput, sustained for two hours.

  5. Phase 4

    Months 24 to 30 Sep 2028 to Mar 2029

    FPGA motor control and ten pilot units, CE marked.

    Gate

    • Declaration of Conformity signed.

  6. Phase 5

    Months 30 to 36 Mar 2029 to Sep 2029

    50-unit production batch and UK rollout.

    Gate

    • At least three repeat customers signed.

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Nothing on this site is an offer of shares, or an invitation or inducement to invest. It describes the company's work and plans.