Funding

Symbe raises £1.2m to help sales teams win deals

Symbe, an AI-powered platform that helps sales teams win more deals by automating the creation of tailored business cases, has raised a £1.2m pre-seed round led by Concept Ventures and joined by Pact VC, Notion Capital, and a range of leading angels through Nodes Ventures.

Tuza secures £4M to compare business card payments

Tuza, the UK platform changing payment processing for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has successfully secured £4 million in a seed funding round led by Connect Ventures, with investment from Northzone, Triple Point, and Entrepreneur First.

Pleo secures €40M debt financing from HSBC Innovation Banking

One of Europe’s leading spend management platforms, Pleo, has secured a €40 million debt financing facility from HSBC Innovation Banking UK, the specialist financial partner for the innovation economy.

Conversational AI insurtech PeppercornAI raises £3.25m

Insurtech firm PeppercornAI has successfully secured £3.25 million in its recent funding round.

Camion raises €2.7M to scale the deployment of EV charging

Camion, a power and electric vehicle charging intelligence and analytics platform based in London, arms stakeholders in the real estate and EV charging infrastructure sectors with crucial insights to capitalise on the increasing demand for EV charging and future-proof their portfolios.

Software company Sci-Net secures first IP-backed loan from NatWest

NatWest has recently extended its inaugural mass-market Intellectual Property-backed loan to Sci-Net, a rapidly expanding software enterprise located just outside Oxford, in Chipping Norton.

TOCA Football Receives Investment from World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen

TOCA Football has announced an investment from Norwegian Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen.

Battery storage company Terra One raises $7.5M to power transition to green energy

Terra One, a Berlin-based startup that facilitates the transition to green energy with its grid-connected large-scale battery storage systems, has secured $7.5 million in seed funding.

Treefera raises $12m for AI-platform bringing transparency to nature-based data

Treefera, the AI-enabled data management platform focused on enhancing transparency and accuracy in nature-based asset reporting – such as carbon credits and supply chain sustainability – announced a $12 million Series A funding round, led by AlbionVC.

Slack founder backs Amplifier Security with $3.3m pre-seed round

Security teams rely on an ever-growing stack of security tools to keep their organisation safe. Yet, coverage gaps and alerts across these tools do not get proper and timely attention because of the difficulty engaging company employees busy with their daily work to fix them.

UserHub secures $3.2m to help SaaS startups monetise and scale

UserHub, a User-Based Billing Platform built for B2B SaaS, has secured $3.2 million in pre-seed funding.

AI-powered recycling startup Sorted raises £1.65m

Sorted, a London-based recycling tech business, has raised £1.65 million in a seed funding round led by Pi Labs. Other investors include the circular economy-focused fund Archipelago Ventures, Circular Plastics Accelerator, Conduit Connect, Antler and angel investors.

Czech startup Talsec obtains initial investment

With users increasingly favouring mobile applications over computers, attackers are turning their attention toward mobile devices. However, company executives often view security costs as a “necessary evil” due to their indirect impact on revenues. Czech startup Talsec aims to change this perspective by offering specialised tools for app developers that protect against hackers, conceal sensitive information, and detect malicious software. Originating as a spin-off from the Brno-based technology company Monet+, Talsec, after two years of organic growth, has received an investment exceeding 25 million Czech crowns in the first round from London-based Dig Ventures and Czech DEPO Ventures. This funding is intended to accelerate its penetration into the global market and support further development.

PLD Space achieves €120 million in funding

The Spanish company PLD Space has attained 120 million euros in funding to date, thus ensuring it can meet its upcoming technological and corporate milestones, culminating in the launch of the MIURA 5 mission at the end of 2025.

14Peaks closes inaugural $30M fund to power software startups in fintech and future of work space

Venture capital firm 14Peaks Capital has successfully closed its first fund at $30 million in capital commitments from an impressive consortium of limited partners (LPs), consisting of influential High Net Worth Individuals (HNIWs) and family offices spanning Europe and the United States.

Equispheres secures $20 million investment round

Equispheres has announced it has completed an initial close on its Series B financing totalling approximately C$20 million.

Lemon Secures £500K Pre-Seed Funding to Cut SMB SaaS Costs

Manchester-based fintech startup, Lemon, has successfully closed its pre-seed funding round, raising £500,000 to propel the next phase of its development.

Langdock Raises $3M to Boost Workplace Productivity with LLMs

Langdock, the platform empowering companies to leverage large language models (LLMs) while staying in control of their data, has raised a $3 million seed round led by General Catalyst alongside La Famiglia.

British Video Game Developers Secure Multi-Million Pound Support

Grants of up to £150,000 from the UK Games Fund (UKGF) will help 22 high-potential games companies in hiring additional staff, securing publishing deals, and unlocking more private investment.

HoloSurge awarded €8.9M Horizon Europe grant to improve surgical planning with hologram technology

HoloSurge, an ambitious four-year initiative, has secured one of the largest EU grants in recent history, amounting to €8.9 million. This project unites 14 European leaders in technology and healthcare research, aiming to mitigate the risk of complications during planned surgeries.