Login NEC X invests in Verdi, integrates AI platform with NEC’s CropScope NEC X, the Silicon Valley innovation accelerator backed by NEC’s advanced technologies, announced a new investment in Verdi Expeditions, the world’s first scalable platform for farm automation and personalised plant healthcare. Funding 5 months ago
Login Gresham House Ventures Invests £6.3m in LegalTechs ActiveNav and Actfore Gresham House Ventures, a growth equity investor specialising in software and digitally-driven businesses, made a £6.3 million investment into data governance leader ActiveNav and cyber incident solutions provider Actfore, two divisions of Data Discovery Solutions (DDS). Funding 5 months ago
Login Nory Raises $16M Series A to Lead AI in Hospitality Industry Nory, the AI-powered operating system for hospitality businesses, secured $16 million in a Series A funding round led by Accel, bringing its total raised to $25 million, following a 400% revenue growth in 2023. Existing investors Cavalry, Playfair, Samaipata, and Triplepoint also participated in the round. Funding 5 months ago
Login KARRI Secures £775,000 Pre-Seed Funding to Launch Smart Walkie-Talkie for Safe Child-Parent Communication KARRI, a startup developing a smart walkie-talkie for children, has raised £775,000 in pre-seed funding. Funding 5 months ago
Login Cellugy raises €4.9M to replace petrochemicals in personal care products Cellugy, a Danish industrial biotechnology startup, has raised €4.9M in seed funding to scale up production of its EcoFLEXY dry cellulose product to industrial volumes. The round was led by Germany’s ICIG Ventures and Denmark’s Unconventional Ventures, with new US-based investor Joyance Partners joining, along with existing investors PSV DeepTech, The Footprint Firm, and EIFO. Funding 5 months ago
Login Zen Educate Secures $37M for Teacher Recruitment Zen Educate, an online marketplace connecting schools with top substitute teachers and teaching assistants, has closed a $37 million Series B funding round. Funding 5 months ago
Login Limula Raises $6.8M to Democratise Access to Cell and Gene Therapies with Swiss-Made Platform Life science startup Limula has announced it has raised £5.4 million to advance its solution for automating cell therapy manufacturing. Funding 5 months ago
Login Artisan AI closes a $7.3M seed round to build AI employees for enterprise Artisan AI, a startup developing AI employees and software for enterprise companies, raised $7.3 million in a round led by Oliver Jung, an early investor in Airbnb, Rippling, and Revolut. Funding 5 months ago
Login VCTs bolster UK tech with £500m invested into high-growth early-stage companies New data from the Venture Capital Trust Association (VCTA) showed that its members invested £505 million in early-stage companies across the UK during 2023. Funding 5 months ago
Login qomodo raises £1.3 million to secure the IoT against cyber threats Qomodo, the Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity company, announced it had raised a £1.3 million pre-seed funding round led by Expeditions Fund, with participation from Amadeus Capital Partners, Auriga Cyber Ventures, Nio Advisors, McNally Capital, Ventures Together, and previous investor Techstars. Funding 5 months ago
Login ABB invests in Ndustrial to accelerate decarbonisation through AI-powered energy management tech ABB announced a minority investment in Ndustrial, a US-based clean technology startup that developed an AI-powered energy management platform. Funding 5 months ago
Login European Space Agency funds Phlux Technology to help develop 2.5 Gbps free space optical satellite terminals Phlux Technology, a manufacturer of avalanche photodiode (APD) infrared sensors, Airbus Defence and Space, and The University of Sheffield have embarked on a €500,000 project to build more efficient free-space optical communications (FSOC) satellite terminals. Funding 5 months ago
Login Accel raises $650 million European startup fund Accel, the Silicon Valley investor known for backing Monzo, GoCardless, and Synthesia, has raised a $650 million European startup fund. Funding 5 months ago
Login Incredible secures $1M in Pre-Seed funding to automate credit card and loan repayments Incredible, the London-headquartered fintech, secured $1 million in pre-seed funding to fully launch its platform and app, which aims to provide consumers with an automated, all-in-one credit management solution. Funding 5 months ago
Login ULEMCo Closes Funding Round for its Hydrogen Transport Technologies ULEMCo, a UK supplier of hydrogen-based low carbon transport technologies, has completed a funding round worth over £5 million and expanded its investor base. Funding 5 months ago
Login Ocean 14 Capital Fund I reaches hard cap of €200 million the Ocean 14 Capital Fund I, focusing exclusively on the multi-trillion-dollar ‘blue economy,’ has announced it has closed on €201 million to support its mission of funding sustainable solutions to improve ocean health. Funding 5 months ago
Login Triomics and its GenAI-powered oncology platform raises $15M Currently, oncology staff must manually search thousands of patient health records to find the right trials or care pathways for their patients. Triomics is announcing it has raised $15M to help cancer centres streamline these workflows and process oncology data at scale by applying their framework to build, institution-tuned large language models (OncoLLM) and use case-specific software. Funding 5 months ago
Login Superfy raises $6.7m for its Gen Z-targeted social networking app Superfy, the AI-powered social networking platform catering to Gen Z, has successfully raised a further $2.2m in its latest funding round, bringing its total funding to $6.7m. Funding 5 months ago
Login Mindstone announces crowdfunding campaign to democratise access to AI Mindstone, the upskilling platform bridging the gap between the potential and practical use of AI to boost productivity, announces the launch of its crowdfunding campaign to extend the AI opportunity to its community. Funding 5 months ago
Login Xtend secures £40M to redefine robotics with AI-powered common sense XTEND, the developer of XOS, an AI-driven operating system that is transforming the interaction between humans and drones and robots, announced its £40 million Series B funding. Funding 5 months ago