The team behind the UK’s first female urinal have raised £250,000 in their first funding round, as they strive to pioneer ‘pee-equality’ for women and make long queues for the ladies a thing of the past.  University of Bristol graduates Amber Probyn, 23, and Hazel McShane, 25, say their flatpack portable urinals made of recycled sea plastics are six times faster to use and produce 98% less carbon than traditional portable toilets.

REHAUS, a marketplace dedicated to matching pre-owned designer furniture with new owners, has announced the launch of its consumer seller platform. REHAUS removes the hassle usually associated with pre-owned furniture online, offering a superior experience for both buyers and sellers. This includes full provenance, direct communication and next day delivery for buyers as well as collection, storage and superior merchandising for sellers.

The Allergen Neutral™ skincare brand, Oodee has raised £700,000 supported by Angel Investment Network, the world’s largest online angel investment platform. Oodee is the world’s first Allergen Neutral™ skincare range and is pioneering a new solution to the hidden mysteries of allergies, intolerances, and skin flare-ups. 

A strategically differentiated supplier of premium mountain bike and crossover brands, Silverfish UK Limited, which supplies some of the most desirable brands to UK retailers, is set to power ahead in 2022, after an £8.5m investment from Connection Capital, the specialist private client alternative investments business.

Myzone, the global manufacturer of wearable fitness tracking technology, has secured a 17.2 million dollar investment from BGF, the UK’s most active growth capital investor, alongside renowned tech entrepreneur Vin Murria OBE, who also joins as Non-Executive Chair.  

Two sport and exercise scientists who established ART Health Solutions, an app to improve employee wellbeing and performance have raised £800,000 from the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia, to fund the next stage of growth.

Warwick Acoustics – the Midlands-based company which aims to disrupt the delivery of entertainment within the next generation of electric vehicles - has raised £2.8m from existing shareholders including Mercia Asset Management, and a small number of high net worth investors.

On-demand laundry service provider, Oxwash, which closed a £500,000 crowdfunding capital raise last month, has announced that they are aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2023, in line with the UK government’s ambition to be carbon neutral by 2050.

Easol, the leading experience commerce platform, is announcing an investment of $25 million from Tiger Global with participation from existing investors Notion Capital, Foundation Capital, Y Combinator and FMZ Ventures led by Michael Zeisser, the former Chairman of US investments at Alibaba who is also joining the board. According to CrunchBase, this will be the fifth largest Series A fundraise of all time for a UK-based SaaS company*. 

Stitched, a digitalised platform providing curtains and blinds to customers using a combination of 3D customisation and augmented reality, has secured £200,000 from the Enterprise M3 Growth Fund to grow its marketing, sales, and finance teams to take the business to the next level. The investment is part of a £750k funding round, where the Enterprise M3 Growth fund is joined by FSE’s Angel Investor Network, Angel Academe, and existing investors.

A London based contemporary hair care brand has secured £550,000 from the Greater London Investment Fund to support its range expansion. The funding will enable the brand to recruit a number of new employees over the next three years.

UK equestrian start-up, Armaros, which has developed an innovative new type of flexible body armour for horse riders, has secured a £100k investment from British Design Fund.

The company was founded by Esmeralda Tuomi (pictured), a former Finnish showjumper who suffered a bad accident while riding. The body protector she was wearing at the time saved her life but like fellow riders, she found existing products to be very rigid and uncomfortable. In some cases, also impacting on balance.