GoChallenge is proud to announce the successful close of its oversubscribed €500,000 pre-seed funding round. This investment marks a major milestone in the company’s mission to transform workplace culture through movement-based challenges that energise teams, boost engagement, and foster stronger connections – wherever work happens.

International SME financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has renewed its securitisation arrangement for three years, boosting its funding capacity to improve access to finance for UK businesses. 

trawa, a Berlin-based electricity provider and AI-powered software company, has secured €24 million in Series A funding. The round was led by venture capital firm Headline, with participation from Norrsken VC, the impact fund of Klarna co-founder Niklas Adalberth, and existing investors Balderton Capital, Speedinvest, and AENU. Berlin-based VC Magnetic and Tiny VC from London are also among trawa’s shareholders.

Despite a complex global landscape, angel investors are planning to invest more in startups in 2025 than last year, with cautious optimism the prevailing mood. This is the key finding from the latest global survey of investors from Angel Investment Network (AIN), the global online angel investment network.

Gresham House Ventures has led a £3.9 million investment round in workplace pension provider, Penfold, alongside existing investors.

adeus, a digital-first wills and legacy planning platform developed by Mankind Technologies Ltd, has been awarded a £500,000 Smart Grant from Innovate UK, the UK government’s innovation agency. The funding will accelerate the development of proprietary technology to support the introduction of electronic wills in England and Wales.

PiLogic announces the closing of a $4 million seed round to expand its footprint in the aerospace and defence industries to upgrade rules-based systems with the power of exact AI.

Surgify Medical, a Finnish medical technology company focused on improving the safety and precision of bone surgery with its Surgify Halo technology, has successfully raised €7 million in Series A funding.

Bloobloom, the designer eyewear brand, has raised £3m in a follow-on funding round to facilitate the rollout of European retail stores and expand its online presence in the US.

Swedish startup Alrik, the fast-scaling platform transforming construction logistics, has raised a new funding round led by Nordic-VC People Ventures, with Pi Labs doubling down on their investment.

Alba Health, a Swedish and Danish gut health startup, has raised a $2.5 million seed funding round to advance its innovative approach to digital gut health support for children. The round was led by Unconventional Ventures, with participation from Exceptional Ventures, as well as continued investment from Voima Ventures, Noaber, Bust, and Petteri Lahtela (co-founder of Oura).

Bloq.it, the smart locker company providing end-to-end services for out-of-home delivery and e-commerce businesses, has recently closed a €28 million Series B round.

Inven, a Finnish technology company building an AI-native deal sourcing platform to uncover the full global private market, has announced the closing of a $12.75 million (€11.2 million) series A round.

LovOn, a US-based AI-powered bonding platform for couples, raised $850,000 in pre-seed funding to launch the most human-like AI coach designed to help couples navigate their relationship challenges, from intimacy to domestic conflicts.

deepdots, the end-to-end AI platform for streamlining customer feedback analysis, has raised a €5.5 million seed funding round led by Dawn Capital, one of Europe’s specialist B2B software investor, with participation from Maki.vc and angel investors including Geeta Schmidt (former CEO and Co-Founder of Humio).

Spanish startup Dedge Security has raised a €4 million seed funding round, led by venture firm Tritemius, to strengthen its position as a leading security platform for developers and companies building on Web3.

Treefera, the AI-enabled data fabric for supply chain resilience, has announced that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding to drive product development and expansion across North America, APAC, and Europe.

An innovative AI-driven shopping platform founded by a former Dragons’ Den contestant is aiming to raise £2 million through Crowdcube.

British modelling and simulation software company Skyral has announced that it has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by European venture capital firm NOIA Capital. 

Finnish medtech startup AIATELLA has secured €2 million in funding to accelerate the development and scaling of its AI-powered cardiovascular imaging technology.