Infrastructure is entering a new era, defined by digitisation, decarbonisation, and growing pressure to deliver critical projects faster, more efficiently, and more sustainably.
For founders building at the intersection of technology and infrastructure, this presents a generational opportunity, but also a structural challenge; access to customers, live environments and routes to scale.
We are launching Murphy Capital, a dedicated investment platform, to solve that problem.
Murphy Capital was established at a unique inflection point. With an £8.2bn order book, £1.6bn in annual revenue, and £412.4m net cash, Murphy has both the scale and the balance sheet to support long-term investment. We created Murphy Capital to connect that capability directly with the next generation of founders.
Murphy Capital invests in early-stage and growth-focused companies developing scalable solutions across the built environment, from AI-enabled construction technologies and digital delivery platforms to supply chain innovation, advanced materials, and Greentech.
More than a source of capital, Murphy Capital is committed to helping innovative businesses scale within live operational infrastructure environments.
Why now
The scale of infrastructure demand is growing rapidly. The UK government’s National Infrastructure Pipeline was recently valued at £718bn,[1] while McKinsey estimates that annual UK infrastructure spending will need to increase from £47bn to £73bn to meet government targets through to 2034.[2]
At the same time, infrastructure delivery is becoming more complex. Rising costs, labour and skills shortages, supply chain disruption, and increasing decarbonisation requirements are placing pressure on how projects are planned, delivered, and maintained.
Historically, infrastructure has arguably lagged behind many other industries in technology adoption. However, that is beginning to change, as technologies such as AI, automation, digital twins, and advanced materials move from experimentation towards deployment at scale. The technologies underpinning this transformation are already attracting significant and growing investor attention.
For instance, data from Beauhurst Insights reveals that robots and automation companies completed 388 equity deals in 2025, raising £2.97bn.[3] Yet for many founders, infrastructure remains a difficult market to access. Long procurement cycles, fragmented delivery environments, and limited opportunities for real-world deployment can make scaling even proven technologies challenging. Murphy Capital was created to bridge that gap.
Beyond capital
Traditional venture capital offers funding, but often limited access to the environments where infrastructure solutions can actually be proven and grown. For founders in this space, that gap between investment and deployment is one of the hardest problems to solve.
Murphy Capital was designed differently for this reason. Backed by Murphy, which has delivered complex infrastructure projects for more than 75 years across the UK, Ireland, North America, Australia and New Zealand, Murphy Capital combines investment with direct access to the environments where infrastructure technologies actually succeed: live projects, procurement functions, and delivery partnerships.
For founders, this means the ability to test, validate, and deploy solutions in real-world infrastructure environments from an early stage; not in pilots disconnected from commercial reality, but in live operational settings where performance can be demonstrated and measured.
Murphy Capital can act as a first or next customer, generating early revenue and genuine operational feedback for the companies we back. Through Murphy’s supply chain and client network, portfolio companies gain access to major infrastructure organisations that would otherwise take years to reach; relationships that can open doors to commercial adoption, partnership, and further routes to scale.
Investment focus
Our investment focus spans three Infratech verticals that reflect where we see the most significant technology opportunities:
- The Future of Construction focuses AI-driven planning, digital twins, AR/VR on site, and industrialised construction methods
- Supply Chain includes procurement productivity, asset management, workforce solutions, and next-generation materials
- Greentech centres on advanced materials, carbon tools, alternative fuels, and circular construction, where sustainability and commercial opportunity are increasingly aligned.
Across all three, we are looking for founders with strong leadership, differentiated propositions, and a clear path to deployment at scale.
[1] National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority, Infrastructure Pipeline update signals future workforce needs, 9 March 2026. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/infrastructure-pipeline-update-signals-future-workforce-needs
[2] McKinsey & Company, Impatient for infrastructure: four changes to improve UK project delivery, 12 March 2026. https://www.mckinsey.com/uk/our-insights/impatient-for-infrastructure-four-changes-to-improve-uk-project-delivery
[3] Beauhurst, The Deal 2026: Review of 2025 Equity Deals, January 2026, https://www.beauhurst.com/research/the-deal-2026/
Get in touch
If you are building a solution that can transform how infrastructure is delivered, and are looking for a partner with the network, expertise, and projects to help you scale, we would like to hear from you.
Submit a proposal at through our online Submission Form.