Teal, the payroll data platform building financial data solutions for the credit industry, has raised £1.4 million in pre-seed funding led by Passion Capital

Altura, an AI-powered bid management startup, has raised €8 million Series A funding as it becomes the first to launch autonomous AI agents to help businesses win more public and private sector tenders, particularly as procurement processes grow more complex. The funding will be used to scale operations and expand into the UK market with a new London office.

Voltavate, an early-stage battery tech company, has raised A$850,000 in an oversubscribed pre-seed round led by Artesian, with support from Investible, Electrifi Ventures, and leading industry angels including John Wood, Christiaan Jordaan, Steven Vassiloudis, and Reza Behnam. Reza also serves as Voltavate's Chairman.

The Minerva Business Angels investment network - part of the University of Warwick Science Park - brought new investors and business founders together as part of the UK Business Angel Association's (UKBAA) ‘Embracing Diversity' series of talks around the country.

Noah has announced a $22 million Seed funding round to build the definitive infrastructure for the burgeoning Stablecoin Revolution. Its mission: to forge a truly global, payment network so intuitive and inclusive that sending money across borders is as easy as sending a text.

Chesham-based startup, Flomark Ltd, has secured a £150,000 investment from British Design Fund (BDF) and £150,000 from Imperial College Enterprise Fund (ICEF) as part of a broader funding round, as it looks to accelerate the development of its pioneering solutions aimed at making IV drips safer for patients.

Marissa Krummrich, Investment Manager at b2ventures, explains the thinking behind leading Kiin Bio's $2.2m pre-seed round, with co-investment from Heartfelt, rule30 and angel investors. 

A pioneering Scottish technology that could dramatically speed up the development of life-saving cancer treatments has secured a £750,000 seed investment.  ScreenIn3D, a spin-out of the University of Strathclyde, has developed a groundbreaking "lab-on-a-chip" system that allows drug developers to test dozens of cancer therapies on tiny patient-derived tumour samples - offering a faster, easier and more accurate alternative to animal testing.

Foresight Group has invested £3 million in Ad Signal, a provider of content intelligence for the media and entertainment industry.

Foresight's investment will allow the Company to accelerate the rollout of new products and expand its commercial footprint, capitalising on growing demand from broadcasters, platforms and post-production houses seeking more efficient, cost-effective content management solutions.

Oxford Capital has backed NavLive, a University of Oxford spin-out that uses artificial intelligence and LiDAR to turn any building into an accurate digital twin in minutes. The £4m round has Oxford Capital investing alongside SOSV and existing shareholders Oxford Science Enterprises, Clearance Capital, Britbots and AE Works.

Valla, the trailblazing legal platform placing employment rights back into workers' hands, has secured £2 million in seed funding to democratise access to justice for millions across the UK. The funding was backed by top global VCs and angel investors including Tom Blomfield, Ada Ventures, Active Partners, and Portfolio Ventures.

Ankar, a platform leveraging AI agents to transform how innovators and companies across the world capture, protect and monetise their intellectual property (IP), has raised a £3m Seed round led by Index Ventures. They were joined by Daphni, Motier Ventures, Booom and Puzzle Ventures, as well as leading angels including Datadog CEO, Olivier Pomel and Hugging Face CTO, Julien Chaumond. Founded in 2024, the tech is already being embraced by Fortune500 companies.