Funding

Resilience Media, the security-first media platform dedicated to NATO’s defence tech sector, has secured a significant seed investment from a group of leading mission-aligned investors as it reveals a line up of former TechCrunch journalists.  The investors are from the UK, the US, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, and Poland.

Hytro, the UK-based performance brand behind the world’s first wearable Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) product, has announced new backing from sports and human performance investors Joyned Capital and Skin In The Game. The investment accelerates Hytro’s expansion plans in elite sport and human performance, and strengthens its global leadership in recovery technology.

Sava Technologies, the London-based startup pioneering real-time molecular health monitoring, has raised $19 million in Series A funding, following promising early results from its clinical trial.

Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC), the VC firm investing in the UK’s highest-potential deeptech and life sciences companies, is committing at least £100 million to invest in spinouts from the University of Cambridge.

FuriosaAI, a semiconductor company building a new foundation for AI compute, today announced it has completed a $125 million Series C bridge funding round. The investment continues a period of significant momentum for Furiosa as global demand for high-performance, efficient AI infrastructure soars.

The British Business Bank has made its first investment through the Regional Angels Programme new co-investment platform.

Tzafon has announced the final close of its $9.7million pre-seed funding round, where HV Capital led the extension, joining investors such as Streamlined VC, Kakao VC, Oliver Jung, and angels from OpenAI and xAI.

Cotton Mouton Diagnostics (CMD), a UK-based diagnostics technology company, has received a half-a-million-pound investment from CPI Enterprises, the investment arm of CPI, as part of the Innovate UK Catapult Associated Fund.

In 2018, I sold my telehealth company, Advance Medical, to Teladoc. It was the culmination of over 15 years building a global healthtech company, and the beginning of the next stage of my career. Today, as a General Partner at Nina Capital, a specialist VC focused on healthtech, I work on the other side of the table. With constant discussion about what it means to be a VC that adds value – I often find myself wondering how best to draw on my founder experience as an advisor to the companies we invest in.

Korra Ventures is an impact-investment angel syndicate backing underrepresented founders to create the next wave of £100 million+ companies and has launched with a mission to deploy £50 million of capital to support these founders over the next decade.

Global investment platform Lightyear today announces a $23 million Series B investment round to bolster retail investing in the UK, alongside unveiling a new suite of AI-powered market intelligence tools.

Vanta has announced its $150 million Series D funding round at a $4.15 billion valuation. The round was led by new investor Wellington Management, and included existing investors, Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Sequoia, J.P. Morgan, Craft Ventures, Y Combinator, Atlassian Ventures and CrowdStrike Ventures. The funding brings Vanta’s total funds raised to $504 million since 2021.

360Learning has announced it has been awarded a €1.8 million grant from the French Government to accelerate R&D in AI-powered skills-based learning.

inforcer has raised $35 million in a Series B round led by Dawn Capital with participation of existing investors Meritech Capital.

ÄIO, an Estonian biotechnology company developing sustainable, non-animal fats and non-vegetable oils through innovative fermentation processes, has secured €1 million in funding to accelerate development of safer and more ecological alternatives to traditional oils used in cosmetics and chemical industry applications.

Scotland’s early-stage investment landscape continues to broaden its international appeal, with 73 investors new to the Scottish market participating in funding rounds during 2024, according to the latest Scotland Newcomer Investors Report from Young Company Finance.

Q.ANT announces a  €62 million Series A financing round to accelerate the commercialisation of its energy-efficient photonic processors for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC).

Fiber Elements announces it has raised €2.6 million in seed funding. The round was led by LEA Partners alongside the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund.

A Manchester based children’s online safety app backed by Innovate UK and Centre for Digital Innovation, is looking for £250,000 in funding, to help younger children aged 6-13 stay safe on social media.

British Business Bank has announced a new commitment of £15 million to a new separately managed account (SMA) managed by Prefequity LLP.