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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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• Sokin: Global fintech company hiring across operations

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The hottest jobs from venture-backed UK startups

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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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The hottest roles from the Soapbox UK startup jobs board

• 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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The hottest jobs from venture-backed UK startups

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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​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌​‍‌​​‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‍​‍‌​​‌‌​​​‌‍‌‌‍‌‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌

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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

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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

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Our north star is simple: no one should be left behind as work changes. The way we learn has to match the speed of AI. ivee is built for continuous change - and change is one thing that's for sure in the age of AI.

Lydia Miller, Co-founder of ivee on its seven-figure seed round

The big ones

• No hands on the wheel Oxa closed £77m Series D led by National Wealth Fund to develop autonomous vehicle and robotic technology in industrial environments

Best of the rest

• Discovering the impossible Antiverse unlocks a £7m Series A led by Soulmates Ventures for AI-designed antibodies targeting undruggable diseases

• The intelligent harvest Bindbridge secures £2.8m in funding from Speedinvest and Nucleus Capital to boost agricultural outputs with crop protection technology

• Flying blind Mutable Tactics lands a £1.6m pre-seed round led by Seraphim Space for autonomous drone coordination when communications or GPS are unreliable

• Your rent’s due Payr lands a £1.5m seed round led by Ingenii Capital to enable tenants and businesses to pay rent by credit card

• Compliance bots Vivox AI raises £1.3m from investors to tackle anti-money laundering, KYB and financial crime compliance with atomic agents

• Storage wars LifeCellsNI secures £590k in pre-seed funding led by The AMP Angel Syndicate for regulated stem cell storage and biobanking facility for healthcare providers

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The scout

⏳ 6 months ago

• Xampla £10m Series A from Emerald Technology Ventures to replace single-use plastics

• Camera Intelligence £1.5m seed to build AI camera system for creators

• RYE £900k pre-seed from CapitalT and January Ventures to build the energy OS

⌛ 12 months ago

• InsureVision £2m seed to advance AI vehicle risk assessment

• Notify £1.5m from Calculus and Mercia to expand workplace safety platform

• Mission £2m from backers including Pierre Gasly for its natural energy drinks

• Ocean Ledger £700k pre-seed to enhance coastal risk management

Now hiring

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• Callosum: AI infrastructure hiring for various engineering roles

• Dwelly: Property management platform hiring across growth, tech, and more

• Synthesia: AI video creation platform hiring across all departments

• Wayve: Pioneering self-driving vehicles hiring engineers

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Ten years on from raising our first SpaceTech fund, we are still only in the early phases of tapping into the immense opportunities that Space holds to transform all our lives.

Mark Boggett, CEO of Seraphim Space, on the close of its £75m fund

The big ones

• Roads without drivers Wayve shared a £900m Series D from leading VCs and automakers to roll out its fully driverless tech platform

• Acquiring indie estate agents Dwelly secured £69m in funding led by General Catalyst to acquire and digitise independent letting agencies

• Making devs out of employees SolveAI raised £37m Series A led by GV allowing employees to create enterprise software through conversational AI

Best of the rest

• Faster physics BeyondMath secured a £14m seed round led by Cambridge Innovation Capital for AI that runs complex engineering-grade simulations faster

• Chips on the table Callosum unlocked £7.5m led by Plural, building technology that enables different AI models to run together across multiple types of computing chips

• Moving the needle Eco-Inject landed £5.2m led by Adjuvo for a bio-based autoinjector designed to simplify patient self-injection

• HR in your Slack Kinfolk announced its a £5m seed round led by AlbionVC for agentic AI that handles HR workflows directly inside Slack

• The AI imaging we wanted Brainomix raised £4.8m in a Series C extension led by Parkwalk Advisors and Hostplus to expand its AI medical imaging platforms for stroke and lung fibrosis

• Live P&L for restaurants Alpa secured a £2.6m pre-seed round led by Daphni for a live P&L platform that lets hospitality businesses track profitability in real time

• Energy-smart homes Tewke unlocked £1.5m from VC investors for home hardware automation that helps households manage electricity and improve energy efficiency

Dry powder

• Seraphim closed its oversubscribed £75m early-stage venture fund with key investors including British Business Bank ,The National Security Strategic Investment Fund and Arabsat. The fund focuses on Seed and Series A space tech companies globally

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Deal flow?

⏳ 6 months ago

• Holiwise landed £1.3m pre-seed from angels to build its premium travel agency offering

• Wype secured £1m equity round led by Anotherway Ventures and Ventures Together to scale bottom care brand

• Yottar unlocked a £750k pre-seed round led by Haatch to unlock grid capacity

⌛ 12 months ago

• Relay raised £28m Series A led by Plural to expand logistics platform for e-commerce delivery

• Magdrive landed £8m seed funding led by Redalpine for next-gen spacecraft propulsion

• Medly AI secured £1.2m seed round led by Eka Ventures to advance AI in education

Now hiring

• Callosum: AI infrastructure platform hiring for various engineering roles

• Dwelly: Property management platform hiring across growth, tech, and more

• SolveAI: Employee DevOps platform hiring various engineers

• Wayve: AI platform for self-driving vehicles hiring across all departments

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SatVu was founded to give governments access to intelligence they cannot access elsewhere. High-resolution thermal imagery from space reveals activity that is otherwise invisible - day and night - including heat signatures associated with operations inside and around buildings and critical infrastructure.

Anthony Baker, Co-founder & CEO of SatVu on its £30m funding round

The big ones

• Grab your thermals SatVu landed £30m in funding led by NATO Innovation Fund to capture hi-res thermal imagery from space

• Have a FYLD day FYLD announced its £30m Series B led by Energy Impact Partners to monitor high-risk infra. fieldwork with its intelligence platform

Best of the rest

• Automating accounting admin Stacks raised a £17m Series A by Lightspeed to reinvent finance ops with its all-in-one accounting workspace for enterprise teams

• The AI DB SurrealDB secured a £17m Series A extension by Chalfen Ventures and Begin Capital to develop its multi-model database for storing and managing complex information

• Half price genes Tozaro secured £6m in funding led by Mercia Ventures to cut gene therapy manufacturing costs with its Smart Polymer technology

• OpenClaw for founders Toyo secured a £3m seed round led by Frontline Ventures to help companies run operational tasks with an AI agent platform

• Retail insights Made With Intent landed £2.4m in funding led by PXN Ventures to provide ecommerce websites with customer intent analytics

• Auto-3PL Fulfilment.com unlocked a £4m seed round led by Blackfinch to replace manual sourcing with ecommerce fulfilment partner marketplace

• The not so Bland Company raised a £2m pre-seed led by Initialized Capital to turn overlooked agricultural byproducts into functional food proteins

• SIMplifying business telecoms Meaningful Planet landed seed funding from SFC Capital to monitor and manage business SIM usage across organisations

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Deal flow?

⏳ 6 months ago

• Phoebe raised a £12.6m seed round led by GV and Cherry Ventures to monitor live software systems with AI agents

• Aircards secured £3m in capital from Foresight Group to expand global immersive studio offering

• Embargo lands £2.6m from investors and angels to supercharge its loyalty and CRM platform for hospitality SMEs

⌛ 12 months ago

• Capi Money secured £14m Series A led by Creandum to streamline SME international payments

• Safe Intelligence raised £4m seed round led by Amadeus Capital to conduct deep validation of AI models

• Atria AI announced its £720k pre-seed funding led by Fuel Ventures to revolutionise legal workflows with AI

Now hiring

• Klaris: MedTech compliance platform hiring across engineering ops and product

• Stacks: Agentic AI finance platform hiring across engineering and sales

• SatVu: Satellite thermal intelligence hiring a VP of sales and other roles

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The big ones

• British-grown chips Olix landed £160m in funding led by Hummingbird Ventures for its photonic AI interference chips taking its valuation to over $1bn

• Energy pricing Tem announced its £55m Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to replace opaque energy trading infrastructure with its transaction platform

Best of the rest

• Stepping on the ladder Tembo secured £16m in funding led by Gresham House Ventures to expand its digital savings and mortgage setup platform for home buyers

• Understanding your “customer” Electric Twin announced its £10m seed round led by Atomico to predict how customers respond to marketing strategies with synthetic audiences

• Trained on curiosity Stanhope AI secured a £6m seed round led by Frontline Ventures to develop its brain-inspired AI model

• UX for AI Heywa Labs raised £3.7m in a seed round led by Cherry Ventures to build generative UX for AI-powered search engines

• Downloads in orbit The Compression Company landed £2.5m in a pre-seed round to develop data compression software that runs directly onboard satellites

• Treasury mgmt. for the mid-market Bracket secured a £5m seed round led by Macquarie Group and Blackfinch Ventures for mid-market FX and treasury platform

• Positive smoke signals Vape Guardian announced its £350k seed round via Angel Investment Network for vape detection technology in schools

Ukraine is not a pilot or test market. It’s the most demanding operating environment for autonomous systems anywhere in the world right now. Every assumption is tested under pressure: latency, reliability, operator load, decision-making.

Gui Wainwright, Co-founder & CEO of Occam on its £2.6m pre-seed

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⏳ 6 months ago

• Archestra landed £2.5m pre-seed led by Concept Ventures to help firms securely connect company data to AI agents

• Riva Money raised £2.2m pre-seed from Project A to streamline cross-border payments using blockchain

• Tilki secured £1.6m pre-seed from Twin Path Ventures to launch AI-powered no-cade game creation platform

⌛ 12 months ago

• Renew Risk secured £5m Series A funding led by Molten Ventures for renewable risk modelling

• Noxus raises £1.2m pre-seed led by SFC Capital to help enterprises build AI workforces

• Flit secured £1.2m from ACF Investors and Cambridge Angels to scale production of its folding e-bikes

Now hiring

• Olix: Building photonic AI chips and hiring engineers to do it

• Seamflow: Regtech for the TIC world hiring a Founder’s Associate

• Tem: Energy transaction start-up hiring across multiple teams

• The Compression Co: Space startup hiring engineers to compress Earth’s data

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Mati and Piotr are exceptional founders and leaders. They have built ElevenLabs into one of the most successful and most impactful companies in the global AI ecosystem.

Andrew Reed, Partner at Sequoia Capital

The big ones

• Say it louder ElevenLabs announced their £370m Series D at an $11bn valuation led by Sequoia Capital to deploy its human-like AI text to speech model

• Everyday legal AI Lawhive landed £45m Series B led by angel Mitch Rales to cut the time and cost of retail legal case admin using its AI operating system

• More time to booze? Artificial Labs secured £33m Series B led by CommerzVentures to provide digital broking and underwriting technology for speciality and commercial insurance markets

Best of the rest

• Beyond the CV Veremark raised £19m Series B led by Gresham House Ventures to enable employers to implement global background screening at scale during hiring processes

• Where’s my money? Incard announced a £10m Series A led by Smartfin to help digital companies gain visibility and control over their finances

• Fighting info wars Refute landed a £5m seed round led by Amadeus Capital Partners to protect organisations and democracies from hybrid warfare and disinformation threats

• A colourful one Sparxell announced £3.7m in funding led by SWEN Capital Partners to replace toxic chemicals with plant-based colours

• Simplified R&D claims Taxnova emerged from stealth alongside a £750k pre-seed investment from VCs including a16z speedrun for its platform designed to automate R&D tax credit claims

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Deal flow?

⏳ 6 months ago

• Tracelight announced a £2.7m seed round led by Chalfen Ventures to bring AI to complex financial modelling

• Edumentors secured a £1.5m seed round led by Magna Investments to launch fully interactive AI tutor Edu

• Approov raised £5m Series A from Maven to expand real-time security solution for mobile apps and APIs

⌛ 12 months ago

• Applied Monitoring secured £500k from Mercia Ventures for its non-invasive blood testing technology

• Blackdot Solutions raised £4.5m led by Maven to scale AI-powered intelligence and investigations platform

• Astral Systems landed £4.5m led by Speedinvest and Playfair to scale compact fusion reactors for medical isotopes

Now hiring

• Elevenlabs: AI speech synthesis hiring across engineering, growth and finance

• Bound: Series A fintech hiring with open sales and marketing roles

• OneDome: Female-founded property start-up hiring across all departments

• Incard: Series A finance platform hiring across growth, design and engineering

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