Midlands-based travel demand management platform You. Smart. Thing. (YST) has secured £1.2 million in funding, from the West Midlands Co-Investment Fund (WMCO). The regional fund is managed by Midven, part of Future Planet Capital, and has invested alongside angel investors including Giles Fearnley, ex-MD at First Bus, Will Phillipson ex-COO Citymapper, Venture Innovators’ Jeremy Acklam, and green energy company, Ecotricity.