Bryd, a consultancy specialising in productivity and a Slack-first partner, recently secured $300,000 in seed funding from angel investors. This milestone underscored Bryd's mission to revolutionise how businesses utilise and comprehend Slack's extensive features.

Definely, a LegalTech firm based in the UK and dedicated to simplifying legal documents, has announced a strategic investment from Raine Ventures, the venture arm of US investment firm The Raine Group.

Startup Adam, now operating in nine UK cities, is revolutionising the way customers find reliable and affordable tradespeople, eliminating long waiting times and uncertain pricing. The company is embarking on a new growth phase, bolstered by a €3 million investment from British Brighteye, a prominent European edtech venture capital fund, in a late-seed funding round.

wamo, a digital business account provider for SMEs, has announced the successful closure of a $5 million bridge to Series A growth funding round. Additionally, the company secured an EU Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence from Finland’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA), positioning it for accelerated expansion across Europe.

13books Capital has successfully closed a £121 million fund aimed at propelling the next generation of fintech disruptors. This latest fund underscores 13books Capital's dedication to supporting visionary founders who are redefining the future of financial services.

CultureAI, a Human Risk Management Platform, recently secured $10 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Mercia Ventures and Smedvig Ventures, with continued backing from existing investors Passion Capital and Senovo.

Science faces a reproducibility crisis, with more than 50% of preclinical research experiments failing to replicate, costing the industry over $50 billion annually. Addressing this issue, techbio startup Briefly Bio has launched software to enhance reproducibility by helping scientists document and share their work clearly and consistently.

Hey Savi, the UK-based fashion search and recommendation platform, has announced a £2.2 million investment. This significant pre-seed funding round marks one of the largest for an all-female founded tech startup in the UK.

Syntetica, a startup specialising in nylon recycling, has successfully raised €4.2 million in a seed round. Leading the investment was EQT Ventures, joined by the family offices of Peugeot and ETAM, Volta Circle (Indorama Ventures’ shareholders family office), Better Angle, Pareto Holdings, Athletico Ventures, Bear Flag Capital, and notable angel investors including two-time Formula-E champion Jean-Éric Vergne, IDEC Group CEO Patrice Lafargue, and former tennis player Paul-Henri Mathieu.

Activewear brand TALA, founded by entrepreneur Grace Beverley and led by CEO Morgan Fowles, has successfully secured £5 million in new investment.

OCN, previously known as “OneCarNow”, has secured an impressive $86 million in Series A funding. This funding round, which combines equity and debt, signifies strong confidence in the company’s business model and its successful track record.

LegalFly, a legal AI platform, announced it has secured over €15 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Notion Capital, with additional backing from Redalpine and Fortino Capital.

NALA, a UK fintech company, announces that it has raised $40 million in Series A funding to support its global expansion and enhance the reliability of payments to Africa by developing its payment rails.

Defence AI innovator Helsing has secured €450 million in a Series C funding round, led by General Catalyst. The round also saw participation from prominent investors such as Elad Gil, Accel, Saab, Lightspeed, Plural, and Greenoaks.

Grand Games, a mobile gaming company transforming social game development, has raised $3 million in pre-seed funding and soft-launched its inaugural game just four months after its inception. The funding round was spearheaded by Earlybird Digital East Fund, an investor in Peak Games, with additional support from Laton Ventures.

Index Ventures has announced a $2.3 billion fund, that will be used to invest in startups across Europe, the US, and Israel in order to take advantage of recent breakthroughs in AI.

Exein, a company in embedded IoT cybersecurity, has secured €15 million in a Series B funding round.

Switchee, a social housing technology provider, has announced a £5 million investment from new backer Octopus Ventures and existing supporter AXA IM Alts. This follows a previous £6.5 million funding round led by AXA IM Alts in May 2023.

The UK tech sector has secured nearly one-third of all European VC funding in the first half of 2024, marking a notable resurgence in investment.

Granta Autonomy, a startup in autonomous UAV technology for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions, has announced the successful closure of its €1 million seed funding round.