Fuuse, the UK’s leading electric vehicle charge point management platform, has secured substantial funding to propel its next phase of growth in the UK and Ireland. Investment has come from lead investor YFM Equity Partners, and existing investors Par Equity and an angel syndicate. 

Based in Lancaster and employing over 60 staff, Fuuse has grown by 400% in the last 12 months and now serves over 750 clients and over 70,000 active users. It also processes enough electricity each year to power the whole of the UK for an hour, as well as processing millions in charging payments. 

atmio, the operating system for effortlessly finding, fixing, and reporting methane emissions has raised €5.1m in a seed round led by Notion Capital, with participation from SquareOne. Other investors to participate in the round include previous  investors, HCVC and Robin Capital; as well as angel investment from Bernhard Mohr, former VP Gas Detection at Dräger, and David Rowan’s VOYAGERS Climate-Tech Fund. atmio will use the funding to go to market, develop its product, hire new engineers, and build out a new marketing and customer success team. 

VoltShare, a leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions designed specifically for the hospitality industry, has secured £500,000 growth funding led by SFC Capital with support from London Co-Investment Fund, Bethnal Green Ventures, Copa Ventures and angel investors

The majority of the funding will be used to fuel VoltShare's growth in the hospitality charging market through a strategic expansion of the company's sales and marketing efforts. This investment will allow VoltShare to reach a wider audience of hospitality businesses, further solidifying its position as a leader in this sector.

Canada: Toronto-based nanotechnology startup Mesosil has closed $2.2 million CAD in seed funding to ramp up its production and fuel its commercialization plans.

Spun out of the University of Toronto, Mesosil is developing nanometre-scale, silica-based additives designed to prevent infection and disease at the tissue-biomaterial level and extend the lifespan of dental and medical devices like fillers and implants.

After years of research and development, Mesosil has finalized its flagship material and the startup says it is ready to scale up production to meet customer demand in the dentistry space with fresh funding from deep tech-focused GreenSky Ventures and a group of other investors.

The Royal College of Art's RCA Design & Innovation S/EIS Fund and Infinity Asset Management LLP has invested in BlueNose Technologies, an innovative climate-tech business in the maritime sector.

West London startup, Aeropowder, whose innovative solutions made from surplus feathers offer a sustainable alternative to single use plastics and other harmful materials, has secured a £150,000 investment from British Design Fund and business angels.

Prova Investments has continued to grow its European portfolio of early-stage businesses operating at the forefront of cleantech, sustainability and the circular economy, by taking an equity stake in electric vehicle (EV) software company ClearWatt.

Zero Carbon Capital (ZCC) has closed a £20 million fund to invest in European pre-seed and seed-stage companies developing transformative scientific solutions for deep decarbonisation.

The fund attracted investment from a diverse group of both institutional, corporate and individual investors, including Isomer Capital, Green Future Investments, Bunge Ventures, and Extantia Climate All-stars. This mix of investors underscores the broad support for ZCC's mission to tackle the planet's most pressing environmental challenges through science.

Carbon13, the Venture Builder for the climate emergency, has announced new investments in six ventures through its accelerator, the Venture Launchpad. Each venture has received £120,000 pre-seed investment.

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.

The Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg - an initiative launched by the Hamburg Invest business development organisation and the City of Hamburg - has selected five highly promising high-growth companies from a pool of international applicants. These green-tech pioneers include Allegro Energy from Australia, BANF from South Korea, Heatcube - Kyoto Group from Norway, Polymertal from Israel and Tsubame

A University of Glasgow start-up that is set to revolutionise the hydrogen energy sector has announced the successful closure of its pre-seed funding round totalling more than £1m in equity and grants.