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The big ones

• A material world CuspAI announced £335m Series B led by Kleiner Perkins and NEA to design new semiconductor, energy and advanced manufacturing materials

• Little robots Humanoid unlocked £114m Series A led by Prime Movers Lab to deploy humanoid robots across industrial manufacturing and logistics

• Weed fighters Moa Technology secured £22m Series C led by Oxford Science Enterprises and Supernova to help farmers protect their harvests from crop-killing weeds‌

• My Arrakis. My Dune. Arrakis raised a £22m Series A led by Blossom Capital to install AI agents into industrial companies’ mission-critical operations​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‌‌​‍‌​​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌​​‍​‌‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‍​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​​‌​‌‍‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‍​‍‌‌​‍‌‌​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍​‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌

Best of the rest

• Premium Tinnies MOTH secured £11m in funding led by Puma Growth Partners to accelerate rollout of its premium canned cocktails

• You might want this breath test TidalSense announced £14m in funding from VCs to roll out AI-driven breath test for lung disease

• Warmer (and richer) for winter Furbnow landed a £2.5m seed round led by Future Planet Capital to scale platform for home energy-efficiency retrofits

• Plant-based thermals Ponda secured a £2.4m grant led by DEFRA to scale plant-based insulation and restore UK wetlands

• Northern marketers PolyBox raised £700k in funding to automate data reporting in real-time for marketing teams

⌄ Full breakdown below ⌄

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• LaunchLemonade secured a £350k pre-seed led by Spring Syndicate and Ventures Together for its no-code AI agent platform

• Corvera raised £1.5m in funding led by Firstminute Capital to automate supply chains for consumer goods brands

• Elyos AI landed a £10m Series A led by Blackbird Ventures to build AI agents for trade business ops

⌛ 12 months ago

• Modern Baker raised £2.4m Series A led by Adjuvo to scale nutrient-dense ultra-processed foods like SUPERLOAF

• Spaceflux unlocked a £5.4m seed round led by UKI2S, Foresight and Blackfinch to scale global satellite tracking network

• Magentic emerged from stealth with £4m seed led by Sequoia Capital to drive AI savings across global supply chain

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Now hiring

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• Humanoid: Advanced industrial robots hiring across all departments

• CuspAI: AI materials discovery platform hiring engineers and researchers

• ManaMind: QA agents for gaming hiring across ops and engineering

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The big ones

• Nationalising GPUs Valarian raised a £37m Series A round led by NEA to provide sovereign control over AI workloads

• Money moving at Velocity announced £28m Series A led by Dragonfly and FirstMark for stablecoin treasury and settlement infrastructure‌‌

• You are the weakest link Risk Ledger unlocked £24m Series B led by Axiom Equity to deliver network-first supply chain security platform‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‌‌​‍‌​​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌​​‍​‌‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‍​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​​‌​‌‍‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‍​‍‌‌​‍‌‌​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍​‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌

Best of the rest

• Bad news for QA Meticulous raised £11m in funding from Chemistry to automatically generate and maintain test suites for engineering organisations

• Greasing the cogs Gridcog secured £7m in a Series A round led by ABB for its energy flexibility modelling platform

• UK’s sense of direction Silicon Microgravity secured £6m led by West Hill Capital for UK-built semiconductor sensors used in defence and space navigation

• Cementing seeds Prolo landed a £4.2m seed round led by Triple Point Ventures to modernise procurement for SME construction firms

• Down to the foundations Saible raised £2.9m from investors for fintech software that pays every tier of a construction supply chain

• Your dentist was guessing BeCertain secured a £1.7m pre-seed round led by Sure Valley Ventures for AI software that helps dentists interpret X-rays

⌄ Full breakdown below ⌄

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Ionech announced a £2m seed round from Elbow Beach to generate clean energy from ambient air

• Cyb3r Operations landed £4m in funding led by Octopus Ventures to give firms visibility into third-party cyber risk

• Haiqu raised an £8m seed round led by Primary Venture Partners to cut the cost of running quantum applications

⌛ 12 months ago

• Inyanga Marine raised £3.7m from The FSE Group and others to advance tidal energy demonstrator

• Opper AI unlocked £2.2m pre-seed from Luminar Ventures, Emblem and Greens Ventures to launch task completion API for AI developers

• Inntelo AI secured £500k pre-seed round led by Haatch to scale AI concierge for hotels

Next events

⏰ Tonight: Founders Table: Class of H1 2026 with NatWest — A dinner to celebrate the founders who raised in H1

Now hiring

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• DeliveranceAI: Agentic operating system hiring across all departments

• Rowden: Engineering comms systems for defence hiring across all departments

• Gonini: Fulfilment-as-a-service platform hiring across ops and engineering

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The big ones

• No captain needed Kraken Technology Group unlocked £130m Series B round led by DTCP for its uncrewed surface vessels and maritime defence platforms

• Standing ovation Leo Cancer Care landed £50m Series D led by Yu Galaxy for its upright imaging and radiotherapy platform​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‌‌​‍‌​​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌​​‍​‌‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‍​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​​‌​‌‍‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‍​‍‌‌​‍‌‌​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍​‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌

Best of the rest

• Second-hand fashion on Fleek raised £19m Series B led by Burda Principal Investments to build AI infrastructure for the secondhand clothing supply chain

• Robot farmers Dogtooth Technologies secured £14m in funding from VCs to scale autonomous robotic crop harvesting

• Mind-of-its-own motor Luffy AI landed £8.1m Series A led by BGF to build neuroplastic AI stack for industrial motor control

• Mini current affairs Pixel-Flo raised a £5.3m seed round led by Northern Gritstone to tackle critical bottleneck in MicroLED manufacturing

• Salt ba(e)tteries TaiSan unlocked £4.7m in funding led by Eos Advisory and Mercia Ventures for solid-state sodium-ion batteries

• Keeping it cool Gyre Energy secured £1m pre-seed funding for its AI-driven thermal energy storage platform for industrial cooling

⌄ Full breakdown below ⌄

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Biographica raised £7m in funding led by Faber VC to accelerate the creation of climate-resilient crop varieties

• Bloemteknik secured £2.5m in funding led by Foresight Group to scale its autonomous LED lighting system for commercial growers

• CLIQ raised seven-figure funding round led by Artesian to scale real-world social media platform

⌛ 12 months ago

• Pimloc raised £3.7m in funding led by Amadeus Capital Partners and Edge Ventures to scale AI video redaction platform

• Lab Thread landed £750k in funding from Mercia Ventures to launch all-in-one lab data management platform

• Quorso secured funding from Summit Partners to expand intelligent retail operations platform

Next events

⏰ Tomorrow: Breakfast for the community-builder-community – For the folk running communities, initiatives and projects that orbit UK VC Sign up on Luma

⏰ Tues 21 July: Soapbox Labs: Preparing for Exit with Sage — A breakfast panel for founders & CFOs who have an exit on the horizon Sign up on Luma

⏰ Tues 21 July: Founders Table: Class of H1 2026 with NatWest — A dinner to celebrate the founders who raises in H1 Sign up on Luma

Now hiring

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• Apoha: Platform measuring molecule behaviour hiring engineers

• Axle Energy: Virtual power plant software platform hiring across all departments

• Fleek: B2B marketplace for second-hand fashion hiring across all departments

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The big ones

• Critical infra thinking 1001 raised £22m Series A led by Lux Capital to build AI system for critical infrastructure operators

• Magnetic attraction Gaussion unlocked £21m led by BGF and AlbionVC to enable rapid battery pack charging with external magnetic field‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‌‌​‍‌​​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌​​‍​‌‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‍​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​​‌​‌‍‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‍​‍‌‌​‍‌‌​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍​‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌

Best of the rest

• Guarders of the grid StirlingX landed £15m Series A led by Ventura Capital and Rokos Capital Management to build sovereign data intelligence platform for critical infra

• What did Claude say? geoSurge raised a £9m seed round led by AlbionVC to help brands shape how they’re represented inside AI systems

• Mind your language Lucida AI secured £5.3m in a seed round led by Velocity Capital for its speech-to-speech AI platform for language coaching

• Brainwave moment Neuronostics raised £3m in funding led by Empirical Ventures and The FSE Group for platform that diagnoses epilepsy from brain activity recordings

• Paving the way for speech Saltroad raised £1.5m in funding led by Techstart Ventures to build an AI-enabled speech and language therapy workforce

• Building watts next Build secured backing from Index Ventures to accelerate data centre infrastructure development

⌄ Full breakdown below ⌄

Dry powder

• Osney Capital closed Fund I at £60m to back early-stage founders in UK cybersecurity

• Tapestry VC launched £60m Fund III to back repeat founders across Europe and North America

• Ruya Ventures closed £40m Solo GP fund to back deep tech founders

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• GIN E-bikes raised £200k in funding from Toloka.vc to expand its PLUTO electric bike subscription service across London

• MAIA Technology secured £4m Series A from Molten Ventures to deliver modern portfolio management to hedge funds

• AgileRL landed a £6m seed round led by Fusion Fund to speed up reinforcement learning for training AI models

⌛ 12 months ago

• Inclutech landed £400k in funding from Innovation Ulster and Clarendon to develop safety platform for high-risk victims

• MediShout unlocked £6.5m Series A led by Heal Capital to digitise hospital-supplier infrastructure

• AssetCool raised £10m Series A led by Energy Impact Partners to scale robotic grid upgrade technology globally

Next events

⏰ Tues 14 July: Breakfast for the community-builder-community – For the folk running communities, initiatives and projects that orbit UK VC Sign up on Luma

⏰ Tues 21 July: Soapbox Labs: Preparing for Exit with Sage — A breakfast panel for founders & CFOs who have an exit on the horizon Sign up on Luma

⏰ Tues 21 July: Founders Table: Class of H1 2026 with Natwest — A dinner to celebrate the founders who raises in H1 Sign up on Luma

Now hiring

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• Calibre: Building AI infra for auditors hiring across engineering and audit

• PhysicsX: AI-native engineering platform hiring across GTM and ops

• Isometric: AI industrial certification platform hiring across all departments

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The hottest jobs from venture-backed UK startups

By Jesse Heasman

Full breakdown

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The big ones

• Winter jacket RQ Bio raised a £86m Series A led by Frazier Life Sciences to develop long-acting antibody protection against seasonal influenza‌

• AI crash course Partly landed £40m Series B led by DST Global Partners for its AI foundation model for the automotive repair supply chain​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌

• What audit? Isometric secured £30m in a Series A led by AVP to automate industrial certification with AI agents‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‌‌​‍‌​​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌​​‍​‌‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‍​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​​‌​‌‍‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‍​‍‌‌​‍‌‌​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍​‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌

Best of the rest

• Nuclear medicine Astral Systems unlocked £23m Series A led by Mercia Ventures to develop medical isotopes with multi-state fusion technology

• Electrifying the middle man Superlight secured £16m Series A led by Engine Ventures and 2150 to manufacture electric commercial vehicles for middle mile logistics

• Macros for pets Omni Pet raised £11m in funding led by IW Capital for veterinary-grade protein nutrition for dogs

• Brain’s spring clean TRIMTECH Therapeutics landed an £11m seed extension led by JJDC and BGF to degrade toxic proteins linked to neurodegenerative diseases

• Clocking in the frontline HR Duo unlocked £1.4m in funding led by Puma Growth Partners to build workforce management platform for frontline-heavy SMEs

⌄ Full breakdown below ⌄

Dry powder

• Seedcamp raised £240m across two funds to back European founders building the next global startups

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Nodu landed £1m pre-seed from Digital Space Ventures to deliver stablecoin infrastructure for banks and fintechs

⌛ 12 months ago

• Pimentae raised £1.5m led by FIGR Ventures to expand premium tequila brand across UK and Europe

• Elyndra secured £1.1m led by Outward VC to scale AI platform for the social care sector

• Our Rainwater landed funding from SFC Capital to scale data-driven rainwater management platform

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Now hiring

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• Bite: Automating structural engineering hiring across ops and engineering

• Labcycle: Recycling contaminated laboratory plastics hiring across GTM and ops

• Scope: Workflow software for industrial inspection hiring across all departments

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The big ones

• All systems go Conduct unlocked £45m Series A led by Index Ventures and ICONIQ to accelerate transformation of enterprise software systems

• Ctrl + Z Undo raised £28m in funding from Elsewhere Partners to help AI agents find the root cause of bugs in complex codebases‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‌‌​‍‌​​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌​​‍​‌‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‍​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​​‌​‌‍‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‍​‍‌‌​‍‌‌​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍​‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌

Best of the rest

• Banking on Cloud 9 Monument Technology secured £18m in a seed round for its end-to-end cloud banking platform

• Killing the clipboards Frontier Health raised a £12m seed round led by Atomico to deploy AI admin support across NHS care pathways

• Fighting fincrime Flagright landed a £9.5m Series A led by Infinity Ventures to expand AI operating system for crime compliance

• Spacewatch Optera unlocked £3m in funding led by Future Planet Capital to track fast-moving objects in space with neuromorphic sensors

• Crunch time Spoon Cereals secured £1.5m led by Finance Yorkshire for its taste-led granola brand

⌄ Full breakdown below ⌄

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• IVFmicro landed £3.5m in pre-seed funding led by Northern Gritstone to improve IVF success rates

• Iconic secured a £10m seed round co-led by Kindred and Northzone to help build voice-driven, interactive gaming worlds

• Ankar landed a £15m Series A led by Atomico to shift how companies generate and protect patents

⌛ 12 months ago

• Glyde raised £450k pre-seed round led by Fuel Ventures to simplify global FX for businesses and freelancers

• Candid Hospitality secured £785k in funding from Mercia and Haatch to reinvent hospitality recruitment

• Build Concierge unlocked a £3.8m seed round from private investors for customer engagement platform targeting property and trade

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• Audiostack: Agentic audio production platform hiring senior engineers

• Forest: UK e-bike company hiring across marketing and sales

• Adfin: Automated payment infra. platform hiring across GTM and engineering

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The big ones

• The physics model PhysicsX announced its £225m Series C led by Temasek to accelerate physics AI for deep tech manufacturing‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‌‌​‍‌​​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌​​‍​‌‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‍​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​​‌​‌‍‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‍​‍‌‌​‍‌‌​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍​‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌

Best of the rest

• New order for NewOrbit raised £14m in a Series A led by Voyager Ventures to build the first commercial satellites for very low Earth orbit

• Private engine room Capsa AI secured £14m Series A led by TX Ventures and Pivot Investment Partners to build the AI operating system for private capital

• The shield is still up! Space Forge landed £10m from ESA to develop reusable heat shield for return of space-manufactured materials

• Tapping out Spotless Water unlocked £6.4m in funding led by YFM Equity Partners for its UK-wide network of pure water refill stations

• Context is King Zaro raised £3.8m in a pre-seed round led by Cherry Ventures to build a unified AI platform so companies can own their context layer

• DIY taxes Record OS announced £1.8m in a pre-seed round led by Episode 1 to launch Self-Assessment and Making Tax Digital platform

• Training day BeatpulseLabs raised a £1.3m pre-seed round led by Araya Ventures and Lighthouse Ventures to build high-fidelity AI training datasets for enterprise AI

• TGIF Friday4:30 landed £335k in funding from Haatch for incident response software for food and drink brands

• Reporting from LTW: Deliverance AI launched from stealth with £4.5m ARR in 3 months

⌄ Full breakdown below ⌄

Dry powder

• Creator Fund closed £42m fund to back European scientific founders before they leave the lab

• UKI2S added £33m from UK Space Agency, MoD & UK Atomic Energy Authority to back sovereign deep-tech founders

• Carbon13 launched SEIS Fund X to back climate tech ventures across energy, AI and materials

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Gracia AI raised £1.3m in funding led by EWOR to power 4D technology across video production

• Conveyd secured £2.5m seed round led by Eka Ventures to automate the home-buying process

• Matta landed £11m seed round led by Lakestar to build industrial AI for smarter “sentient” factories

⌛ 12 months ago

• Anzen raised £1.1m pre-seed from Green Angel Ventures and Desai Ventures to scale solid-state home heat pump

• Perci Health secured £3m from UK venture funds and Macmillan Cancer Support to scale virtual cancer clinic

• Noah raised £16m seed from LocalGlobe and Felix Capital to build global stablecoin payments network

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Now hiring

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• Capsa AI: Transforming due diligence for PR hiring across engineering and GTM

• NewOrbit: Manufacturing satellites and hiring engineers and generalists

• PhysicsX: Physical AI company hiring across all departments

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The big ones

• Upgrading data centres OQC unlocked £260m in a Series C led by Bullhound Capital to deploy superconducting quantum computers in data-centre environments​​​​

• In-house rules Wordsmith raised £55m Series B from Highland Europe and Index Ventures to bring end-to-end operations platform to in-house legal teams

• Feeling vein? IMU Biosciences secured £40m Series A led by IQ Capital and Molten Ventures to decode the immune system with high-resolution blood analysis

• Under pressure Apoha landed £27m in funding led by Singular to measure how molecules and materials behave under real-world conditions

• Going, going, gone Tilt raised £20m in fresh funding led by TQ Ventures for auction app connecting buyers and sellers through live video‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‌‌​‍‌​​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌​​‍​‌‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‍​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​​‌​‌‍‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‍​‍‌‌​‍‌‌​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍​‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌

Best of the rest

• Literal machine learning Gigaton announced £20m Series A led by Plural to replace industrial control stack with self-learning AI software

• Funnel vision Airspeed raised a £15m Series A led by DN Capital to deploy autonomous AI agents across GTM workflows

• Bots for joints Flok Health landed £9.5m in a Series A led by Albion VC to deliver the first AI-operated physiotherapy clinic

• Plank you very much Circular11 secured £2.4m led by Vectr7 to turn hard-to-recycle plastic waste into composite lumber for construction

• Voice of the world AethexAI unlocked a £2.2m pre-seed round led by 4DX Ventures to scale end-to-end voice agents across enterprises in Africa and the Middle East

• The AI library Poindexter Labs landed a £2m seed round led by Episode 1 to supply frontier AI labs with expert STEM training data

• Before it goes rusty Hexigone raised £1.2m in funding led by Future Planet Capital to develop smart corrosion inhibitors that activate as metal begins to corrode

Edify on their £3m seed round led by Calculus to help quick service restaurants automate ordering, forecasting and back-of-house operations

⌄ Full breakdown below ⌄

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Mater-AI raised £1.5m pre-seed led by Twin Path Ventures to develop novel thermoelectric materials for clean energy applications

• Minitap landed £3m seed round co-led by Moxxie Ventures and Mercuri to speed up mobile app development with AI

• Curvestone AI secured a £3m seed round led by MTech Capital to bring reliable AI automation to regulated industries

⌛ 12 months ago

• AUAR secured £5.1m led by Planet A to scale robotic micro-factories for affordable timber housing

• Latent Technology raised £6m seed round led by AlbionVC and Spark to pioneer real-time generative animation

• Labrys unlocked £15m Series A led by Plural to support secure team coordination in high-risk environments

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• OQC: Pioneers for quantum-accelerate world hiring across engineers

• Outpost: Cross-border commerce platform hiring across all departments

• Wordsmith AI: Reducing space congestion hiring across engineering and GTM

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The big ones

• The AI skeleton Orbital Industries landed £37m Series B led by Plural to build data centre hardware with AI model​​​​

• Agent’s bodyguard Geordie raised a £22m Series A led by Balderton Capital to help enterprises monitor and govern autonomous AI agents‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‍​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​​‌​‌‍‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‍​‍‌‌​‍‌‌​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍​‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌

Best of the rest

• Bio-unity Perceptic raised a £9m seed round led by Accel to unify drug discovery and development on a single AI platform

• Blue ocean territory Caudal Energy secured £4.3m in funding led by Oxford Science Enterprises and Empirical Ventures to develop predictable tidal power technology​​​​

• Brick by bin Mykor announced £4m in funding led by Clean Growth Fund for construction materials grown from agricultural and industrial waste‌

• A gift worth giving Go Swag closed £3.7m led by Mercia Ventures to help brands refresh their outdated corporate gifting

• The secret barrister Crimson landed a £1.9m seed round led by Y Combinator to expand its case intelligence platform built for litigation and arbitration teams

• Voice verification Voxmind secured £550k led by Ascension Ventures for on-device voice biometrics that authenticate users and detect deepfakes‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌​​‍‌‍​​​‍‌‍​‌​‌‍​‌​‍‌‌​‍‍‌‌​‍​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‌‍‌‍​‌​‍​​‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌​‌‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌

• AI deep dive Atheni raised £350k from angels to help organisations move beyond surface-level AI use

⌄ Full breakdown below ⌄

Dry powder

• Transition closed Fund II with £110m to back founders operating across hardware, software and deep tech

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Tyten raised £750k in funding led by Fuel Ventures and Concrete Ventures to transform repairs in facilities management

• Neuracore secured £2.2m in pre-seed funding led by Earlybird VC to streamline infrastructure for robotics teams

• StirlingX landed £8m seed round led by Rokos Capital Management to expand secure drone and data technology

⌛ 12 months ago

• SCI Semiconductor raised £2.5m in funding led by Mercia Ventures to build memory safe chips for cybersecurity

• Volteras closed £8m Series A led by Union Square Ventures to expand EV and energy data platform

• Stotles announced £10m Series A led by Headline and Acton to transform how companies win public sector contracts

Now hiring

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• Greenpixie: Integrator of cloud emissions data hiring across design and ops

• Fresha: Digital systems integrator hiring across all departments

• Spaceflux: Reducing space congestion hiring across ops and engineering

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The big ones

• Payment plumbing Primer announced £75m Series C led by Sofina for unified payments and finance infrastructure

• Complete circuit CircuitHub raised £21m from Plural to accelerate electronics production with automated manufacturing system

Best of the rest

• A world of payroll RemotePass announced £13m Series B led by EBRD VC for cross-border payroll and workforce management platform

• Bio shortcuts Imperagen secured a £5m seed round led by PXN Ventures to accelerate the process of enzyme engineering

• Decarbonising the stack Greenpixie unlocked £4.7m pre-Series A round led by VERBUND to help decarbonise cloud and AI infrastructure usage

• More than a weed QuberTech raised £3.4m from UKI2S and Sustainable Ventures for engineered dandelions that produce natural rubber

• Agents climbing the ladder Rightbrain landed £3m in funding led by PXN Ventures to help services businesses deploy AI agents

• The exclusive Infrawatch secured a £2.2m pre-seed round led by Outward VC and Triple Point to build internet infrastructure intelligence platform for cybersecurity teams

⌄ Full breakdown below ⌄

Dry powder

• Mouro Capital reached £300m close for its third fund to back startups at the intersection of finance and tech

• Macmillan Cancer Support launched Macmillan Ventures with £30 million for cancer care technology

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Sencillo secured £350k pre-seed led by Fuel Ventures to help families plan and fund rising education costs

• PolyModels Hub raised £7m Series A led by Molten Ventures and Marathon VC to help pharma teams improve drug development processes

• Condukt landed £7.5m in funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and MMC Ventures to automate fintech compliance checks

⌛ 12 months ago

• Persi raised £660k pre-seed led by Haatch and ESM to fix broken fashion personalisation with human-centred AI

• Signatur Biosciences secured £5m seed led by The Discovery Lab to decentralise breast cancer prognostic testing

• Converge landed £16m in funding led by ABN AMRO to scale AI platform cutting concrete emissions

Now hiring

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• Elliptic: Blockchain analytics platform hiring across various departments

• Rowden: Digital systems integrator hiring across engineering, sales and design

• Spaceflux: Reducing space congestion hiring across ops and engineering

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The big ones

• AI kills the lab coat Isomorphic Labs announced its £1.5bn Series B led by Thrive Capital for AI models that design new drug candidates

• Quicker thinking Fractile unlocked £160m from top VCs to deliver chips built to speed up AI inference workloads

• The card issue Paymentology announced £130m from Apis Partners and Aspirity Partners for cloud-based card issuing and payment processing infrastructure

• Useful HR training? Multiverse secured £52m led by Schroders Capital for AI and data upskilling platform for enterprise workforces

• Home-grown security tech Rowden landed £25m in funding from the National Wealth Fund to scale mission-critical national security technology

Best of the rest

• A cold investment Iceotope raised a £19m Series B led by Two Seas Capital and Barclays Climate Ventures for liquid cooling systems for AI data infrastructure

• Killing the invoice Adfin landed a £13m Series A led by Index Ventures for agentic business payments and cash management platform

• AI, behave White Circle raised £8m from leading industry angels for platform that monitors AI model behaviour

• Bloomberg’s underdog PANTA unlocked a £3m seed round led by Fuel Ventures for cloud-based index creation and portfolio management software

• The grid’s flexible friend H2CHP announced £1.5m in funding from Northstar and Blackfinch for fuel-flexible generators built for changing power demands

⌄ Full breakdown below ⌄

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Aloudable raised a £270k pre-seed led by SFC Capital for its authentic text-to-podcast tool for businesses

• Adclear secured a £2.1m seed round led by Outward VC to automate compliance checks on finance marketing materials

• Spectral Compute landed a £4.5m seed round led by Costanoa to break “Nvidia Tax” with portable computing software

⌛ 12 months ago

• Carbon Cell secured £1.2m pre-seed led by Green Angel Ventures and Counteract to scale carbon-negative foam

• Martello raised £1.2m seed led by Fuel Ventures to transform environmental risk reporting in property transactions

• Space Forge unlocked £23m Series A led by NATO Innovation Fund to scale returnable satellite manufacturing platform

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The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• Multiverse: Workforce training platform hiring across various departments

• Fractile: Chip startup building inference hardware hiring engineers

• Isomorphic Labs: Drug discovery AI platform hiring across engineers and more

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The big ones

• Quantum on chips Quantum Motion announced its £120m Series C led by DCVC and Kembara to build silicon quantum computers using standard chip manufacturing

• Redirecting self-defence Cytospire Therapeutics secured £61m Series A led by 4BIO Capital for cancer therapies that activate the body’s immune cells

• Powering up Nyobolt raised £44m in funding led by Symbotic to build ultra-fast charging batteries for autonomous machines and data centres

Best of the rest

• Crypto interest OpenTrade unlocked £12.5m in funding led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital to power stablecoin yield products for neobanks and crypto platforms

• Startup encyclopedia Beauhurst secured £7m in funding from Palatine Growth Credit to expand private company data platform

• The founder’s agent CodeWords landed a £6.6m seed round led by Visionaries for AI agents that build and run business workflows automatically

• Doctor on demand Asterix Health raised a £2.1m pre-seed round led by Triple Point for remote GP workforce platform for NHS primary care

• Less power, more memory Quinas Technology announced funding from Malta Government Venture Capital for ultra-low power semiconductor memory technology

⌄ Full breakdown below ⌄

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Vigilant AI secured £600k pre-seed round led by Haatch to build AI teammates for regulated businesses

• ClearStake landed £1.5m seed round to solve gaming financial vulnerability checks and customer ID

• Cambridge Photon Technology raised £1.6m in funding led by Cambridge Enterprise to turn unused light into usable power

⌛ 12 months ago

• Doubleword raised £9m Series A led by Dawn Capital to make self-hosted AI inference effortless for enterprises

• Tended raised £2m led by Praetura Ventures to expand geofencing rail safety tech internationally

• Gardin unlocked a £3.4m seed round led by Navus to scale real-time photosynthesis sensor for precision agriculture

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Now hiring

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• Quantum Motion: Quantum computing startup hiring various engineering roles

• Runware: Media generation platform hiring across all departments

• Dex: Intelligent recruitment platform hiring across engineering and marketing

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The big ones

• Top of the class Ineffable Intelligence landed over £800m in a seed round led by Sequoia and Lightspeed to develop superintelligence with RL

• British Lime Forest secured £27m Series B extension from VC investors to expand shared e-bike services across London

• Robo-brickie All3 raised a £19m seed round led by RTP Global to automate construction with robotics

Best of the rest

• Drugs in low orbit BioOrbit landed a £9.8m seed round co-led by LocalGlobe and Breega to manufacture pharmaceutical drugs in space

• Drinking for clarity Neutonic secured £4.5m in funding from angels to scale functional drinks and supplement brand

• Find me an engineer Dex raised a £4m seed round led by Notion Capital to match companies with engineers using an intelligent recruiter

• See the sea Online Oceans announced £4m in funding led by Seraphim Space to build autonomous maritime surveillance fleets

• Let’s hear it auryx raised £1.5m pre-seed round led by Celero Ventures to turn ordinary earbuds into health monitors

• Agents in the lobby ManaMind secured a £1.1m pre-seed round led by SVV to develop autonomous QA agents for gaming

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Marleybones secured £2.5m funding led by TAW Ventures to redefine premium dog dining with its “Pantry Fresh” meals

• Tessaract raised £4.6m in funding led by Mercia Ventures to modernise law firm day-to-day operations

• PACT unlocked £15m Series A led by Forbion and HV Capital to scale sustainable collagen-based material

⌛ 12 months ago

• Etiq AI announced a £750k seed round led by GapMinder to scale AI debugging platform for data scientists

• Ceto raised a £3.6m seed round led by Dynamo Ventures to modernise maritime operations and risk with AI

• Arondite landed a £9m seed round led by Index Ventures to power safe human-machine collaboration in defence

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Now hiring

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• ManaMind: Autonomous gaming startup hiring engineers

• Outpost: Cross-border commerce platform hiring across all departments

• All Things: UK-owned dairy brand hiring across sales and product

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The big ones

• Un-hackable software stack Cloudsmith announced £53m Series C led by TCV to control and secure the software supply chain

• Green gas Rivan raised £25m in funding led by IQ Capital to produce synthetic natural gas using renewable energy

Best of the rest

• Guilt-free heat for industry Exergy3 raised a £10m seed round led by Axeleo Capital to convert renewable power into industrial heat

• Smokeless surgeries Alesi Surgical secured £7m in funding led by IW Capital for surgical smoke removal technology

• Borrowing against wealth Firenze landed £6m in funding led by AlbionVC to build Lombard lending infrastructure for wealth management

• Unlocking recruitment sanity inploi announced £3m in funding from YFM Equity Partners to manage candidate volume with talent technology platform

• Private AI Locai raised a £1m pre-seed round led by Fuel Ventures to enable off-cloud AI inference

• Quantum problem-solving QMatter landed a £900k pre-seed round led by 55 North to compress complex quantum problems

Dry powder

• Passion closed Fund IV with £40 million to write first cheques for founders building in AI, fintech and risk

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Rightcharge secured £1.6m seed round led by Soulmates Ventures to simplify EV charging data for Europe’s fleets

• Wonder Studios landed £9m seed round led by Atomico to scale its AI-native entertainment studio

• Saturn raised £11m Series A led by Singular to make quality financial advice accessible by automating admin

⌛ 12 months ago

• WineFi secured £1.5m seed funding led by Coterie Holdings for fine wine investing platform

• Cloud Capital emerged from stealth with £6m from Backed and MiddleGame Ventures to help CFOs manage cloud infrastructure

• CSignum unlocked £6m Series A led by Archangels and Par Equity to scale underwater wireless IoT comms

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The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• Shop Circle: Driving B2B software innovation, hiring across departments

• Sokin: Global fintech company hiring across operations

• Runware: AI media generation platform hiring across departments

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The big ones

• Going the extra mile Wayve unlocked £44m Series D extension from VC investors to advance fully driverless tech platform

• Battery farming Altilium secured £19m in funding from UK Government for EV battery recycling facility

Best of the rest

• Interstellar lasers Archangel Lightworks raised £10m Series A led by Santander Alternative Investments for space-to-ground laser communications

• Banking on SMEs Wamo landed an £8.6m Series A led by 3TS Capital Partners to roll out SME financial operating platform across Europe

• The exclusive Round announced its £4.5m seed round led by Alstin Capital to unify finance into one command system

• Securing AI payments Ralio unlocked a £1.8m pre-seed round led by Sure Valley Ventures to provide safer infrastructure for agentic payments

• Jobs for GenZ urfuture secured a £1.7m seed round led by River Capital to rebuild entry-level hiring

• The hot stuff Ascension raised £1.7m in funding from UKI2S and Innovate UK to tap geothermal critical mineral reserves

• One for home moovers Openmoove landed £700k in funding led by Development Bank of Wales to streamline property transaction workflows

Dry powder

• UK Gov launched Sovereign AI with a £500 million fund to back UK AI startups in strategic technologies

• Eka Ventures closed new £80 million Fund II to back UK pre-seed and seed impact founders‌‍‍‌‌

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• ClaimSorted landed £10m seed round led by Atomico to transform insurance through its proprietary claims platform

• Ploy raised £2.5m led by Osney Capital to automate identity, governance and security for mid-market firms

• Allye Energy raised £1.9m seed round led by Elbow Beach to expand smart battery storage for off-grid applications

⌛ 12 months ago

• Mindset AI secured £4.3m led by Edge VC and Pembroke to expand embedded AI agents for SaaS

• Inephany raised £1.8m led by Amadeus to cut LLM training costs with breakthrough AI optimisation

• Hammer Missions landed £1.4m led by ACF Investors to expand AI drone inspection software into North America

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Now hiring

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• Keith: A human-agent law firm hiring for engineers

• Outpost: Cross-border commerce solution hiring across departments

• Narwhal Labs: Autonomous comms software hiring developers and GTM roles

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The big ones

• The FX Factor MillTech unlocked £45m in funding from Apax Digital Funds to automate FX hedging and cash investment operations​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‍‌​‍‌‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‍​‌​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌‌‍​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌

• Bristolian voice agents Narwhal Labs raised £20m from UK investors for autonomous enterprise comms platform

Best of the rest

• Bubblewrapped agents Trent AI launched from stealth with £10m seed round led by LocalGlobe and Cambridge Innovation Capital to provide layered security for AI agents

• The customer’s right Serve First secured £5m in funding from Pembroke VCT and Mercia Ventures to accelerate its CX and performance management platform

• Woke Willy Wonka Fermtech raised a £2.5m seed round led by Elbow Beach to scale production of sustainable cocoa alternative

• Harvesting returns Fieldwork Robotics secured £2.2m in funding led by Elbow Beach to develop raspberry harvesting robots

• Words of wisdom WholeSum landed a £250k pre-seed extension led by Love Ventures to help firms turn complex text into auditable insights

• Quantum-classic Qoro raised a £560k pre-seed round from investors to build the software layer for hybrid quantum computing

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Munro EV secures £2m follow-on from Elbow Beach to scale production of electric 4x4s for mining, defence and construction

• Dragonfly launches with £2.6m pre-seed led by Episode 1 for its tech companion to help firms build the right tech stack

• Sees.ai raises £3.7m from investors to scale autonomous aerial inspection tech for national infrastructure

⌛ 12 months ago

• Sagittal AI raises £1.7m pre-seed led by Twin Path Ventures to integrate AI into existing developer workflows

• Damisa raises £2.3m pre-seed led by Fuel Ventures to simplify secure cross-border stablecoin payments

• ‌Neuranics raises £6m seed led by Blackfinch Ventures to commercialise magnetic sensing for XR and wearables‌‌‌‌‍

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• 9fin: Debt market intelligence platform hiring across various departments

• Midnite: Sportsbook and casino platform hiring for across legal and product

• Outpost: Cross-border commerce solution hiring across departments

• Nu Quantum: Quantum computing startup hiring across all departments

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AI will redefine the credit markets, but only if it’s powered by proprietary data and embedded into how professionals actually work… Our ultimate goal is to be the only platform credit professionals ever need. This capital gets us there even faster.

Stephen Hunter, Co-founder & CEO of 9fin on its £130m Series C

The big ones

• See clearly now 9fin secured £130m Series C led by HarbourVest to build a clearer view of debt markets

• Tools of the trade Sona landed a £34m Series B led by N47 for workforce management software focused on frontline businesses

Best of the rest

• Spot on Lucida Medical secured £8.7m in funding led by IW Capital to detect early prostate cancer in scans with AI

• Celling the dream Semarion raised £2.9m in funding led by Parkwalk to accelerate cell-based drug discovery

• The consultant’s consultant Riplo landed a £2.3m pre-seed round led by Cherry Ventures to build an agentic operating system for consultants

• Smooth operator Rivulo raised a £375k pre-seed round led by SFC Capital for no-code automation for operations teams

• Banked it AccessPay secured majority investment from Accel-KKR for bank integration and payment automation software

Dry powder

• British Growth Partnership announced £200m for its inaugural fund to help channel pensions into UK startups‌ with commitments from Aegon UK, Cushon, M&G and the British Business Bank​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌

• Bootstrap4F closed Women backing Women fund of funds at £130 million to back female and mixed investment teams‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌​‍‌​​‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‍​‍‌​​‌‌​​​‌‍‌‌‍‌‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Aspia Space secured £2.3m in funding led by The FSE Group to expand AI-powered Earth observation platform

• Trig landed £4.5m seed round led by 20VC to build the AI platform for account management

• Paid raised £16m seed round led by Lightspeed to build the economic rails for the AI agent economy

⌛ 12 months ago

• POCKLA raised £1.6m seed round led by Venrex to scale AI-powered content strategy platform

• Grid Edge secured £2.8m led by Mercia Ventures to scale AI platform cutting energy costs and carbon emissions

• Phlux Technology landed £9m Series A led by BGF to expand infrared sensor tech for comms and sensing markets

Now hiring

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• NScale: Renewable energy company hiring across various departments

• Dwelly: Property management platform hiring across ops, HR and engineering

• Bound: Automated FX risk management hiring across regulation and ops

• Wayve: Autonomous driving startup hiring across departments

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When decision-making in alternative assets is opaque, risk doesn't disappear - it just becomes invisible until it isn't. As these markets grow more complex and more visible, institutions need to show not just what they decided, but how.

Yi Luo, Founder & CEO of Eunice on its £6m seed round

The big ones

• Total package Origin announced a £22m Series A+ led by Notion Capital for enterprise benefits intelligence platform

Best of the rest

• Activewear’s afterlife Epoch Biodesign raised £9m in funding from lululemon and leading VCs for enzymatic nylon recycling

• DD-Day Eunice announced £6m seed funding led by Moonfire Ventures and Speedinvest to become the DD infrastructure layer for alternative assets

• Emissions tracked Zevero raised £5m in funding from Spiral Capital, Gazelle Capital and Deep 30 for carbon management software

• Digital generosity TiPJAR banked £4.5m in funding from YFM Equity Partners for digital tip and service charge management platform

• Reliable robots Stateful Robotics raised a £3.6m pre-seed led by Amadeus Capital Partners and Oxford Science Enterprises to help robots operate reliably in the real world

• Your new lawyer Keith secured a £2m round led by BackedVC for for AI-native law firm automating conveyancing

• Sharpening the circular economy Allday Goods landed £765k in funding led by FIGR Ventures for kitchenware brand crafting pro knives from recycled plastic

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The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Veridox £1m in funding led by Outward VC to combat insurance fraud with intelligent document and image analysis

• Requesty £2m seed led by 20VC to provide secure multi-AI gateway for enterprise developers

• Trismik £2.2m pre-seed led by Twin Path Ventures to launch tools for designing and analysing LLM experiments

⌛ 12 months ago

• Rival £3.2m pre-seed led by Speedinvest for its AI 2D-to-3D content platform

• Firenze £2.5m seed round led by Outward VC to open up Lombard lending for mass affluent investors

• Komodo Energy £340k from One Planet Capital and SFC Capital to integrate heat flexibility into energy markets

Now hiring

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• Fuse Energy: Renewable energy company hiring across various departments

• Outpost: Cross-border payment platform hiring across engineering and GTM

• Olix: Photonic AI chip startup hiring across software ad chip architecture

• Tracebit: Cybersecurity platform hiring researchers, engineers and their first SDR

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We’re focused on delivering a plug-and-play solution that gives concrete producers access to affordable, local materials - while improving the economics of electric steelmaking. Expanding supply is the fastest way to stabilise costs and lower carbon in concrete.

Eliot Brooks, Co-founder & CEO of Cocoon on its £11m Series A

The big ones

• Bio-scaffolding Mestag Therapeutics secured £30m to advance fibroblast immunology cancer therapies

Best of the rest

• Laying cyber traps Tracebit landed £15m Series A led by FirstMark for cloud-native threat detection platform

• Carbon copy Cocoon raised £11m Series A led by 2150 and Brick & Mortar Ventures to unlock new supply of cement replacement materials

• Property lingo VerbaFlo landed a £5m seed round led by Pi Labs to power global real estate communications with conversational AI

• Scratching the surface Sequential unlocked £2.6m in funding led by Sparkfood and Corundum Systems Biology for non-invasive testing of skin health ingredients

• The trust issue Signals secured an £880k seed round from strategic investors to help publishers evaluate integrity of research

• The creative stack First Concepts raised a £750k pre-seed round led by Arāya Ventures to coordinate the workspace stack for creative teams

• Ancient crafts, modern ways Hydra Manufacturing secured £320k in funding from SFC Capital to develop ceramic manufacturing systems​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌​‍‌​​‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‍​‍‌​​‌‌​​​‌‍‌‌‍‌‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌

Next events

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The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Conduct emerged from stealth with £9m seed led by Creandum to transform ERP operations with AI agents

• Plumerai secured £6.5m Series A led by Partech and OTB Ventures to scale vision LLMs for edge devices

• Hiverge raised £3.7m seed led by Flying Fish Ventures to build an algorithm factory for tailored business optimisation

⌛ 12 months ago

• ABEX raised £5m from MMC Ventures to advance ML-powered execution technology for digital asset trading

• Eventum Orthopaedics secured £3.8m from Mercia Ventures to expand rollout of knee replacement device

• Qlarifi landed £1.4m pre-seed led by HoneyComb Asset Management and Carthona Capital to enhance BNPL credit reporting

Now hiring

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• Runware: Powering AI media generation hiring for various engineers

• Ankar AI: Developing agents for IP management, hiring across departments

• Artificial Labs: Digital underwriting startup hiring across engineering and design

• Modo Energy: Energy startup hiring for commercial and engineering roles

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This is the fourth industrial revolution; the world is changing at a rapid pace. Over the next 5 years, AI will be integrated into every industry, every product, and every job. Accelerating drug discovery, extending human life, autonomising travel and robotics, lifting productivity, and driving massive growth. This is leading to the largest infrastructure buildout in human history. Nscale is leading this buildout.

Josh Payne Founder & CEO of NScale on its £1.5bn Series C

The big ones

• Hyperscale moment NScale raised a £1.5bn Series C led by Aker ASA and 8090 Industries to build vertically integrated AI infrastructure

• Made to measure Isembard landed £37.5m Series A led by Union Square Ventures to manufacture high-precision components for critical industries

Best of the rest

• Sell anywhere Outpost unlocked a £13m round led by Ribbit for cross-border payments and tax compliance infrastructure

• CCTV with a brain Augur secured a £11.3m seed round led by Plural to protect critical infrastructure and public spaces

• Crop hacking Cytotrait raised a £3m seed round led by Northern Gritstone to develop novel genetic traits for crops

• Funds on file ILS secured a £2.3m seed round led by Chicago Ventures to automate legal workflows for private investment funds

• Sheffield’s silicon valley AmpliSi unlocked £2m pre-seed led by Northern Gritstone and Clean Growth Fund to commercialise silicon anodes for batteries

• North East wind Kinewell closed a £750k pre-seed round from Mercia Ventures to accelerate its AI software for offshore wind farm design

• Pay-as-you-train SPORTL raised £250k pre-seed to launch its fitness booking app

Next events

📅 Tue 31 March: Soapbox Sessions — Casual drinks for VCs & venture-backed founders in Shoreditch Sign up on Luma

The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Messium raised £3.3m seed round led by UKI2S and Expansion Aerospace to tackle nitrogen efficiency in farming

• uRoutine secured £555k seed round from angel investors to launch AI-powered productivity social network

• TERN Group landed £18m Series A led by Notion for its clinical workforce platform to tackle global healthcare staff shortages

⌛ 12 months ago

• Mimo raises £6.5m equity funding led by Project A to simplify SME payments, cash flow and financials

• Zero Point Motion emerged from stealth with a £4m in funding led by SCVC to revolutionise motion sensing

• Cloud Gateway secured £1.5m investment to accelerate its transition to a Network-as-a-Service platform

Now hiring

The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• Ben: Global HR platform hiring across all departments

• Fuse: Full stack energy platform hiring across design and engineering

• PolyAI: Developing conversational agents and hiring for various engineers

• SatVu: Capturing hi-res data from space hiring engineers

Full breakdown

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