Rome, ITALY: Rent2Cash, the first Italian start-up to bring "rental advance" services to landlords, offering upfront payouts of up to 3 years' rent, 

British Design Fund has been selected as an official investment partner to deliver Innovate UK's Investor Partnerships Programme.

Stairpay, a platform that simplifies the customer journey of shared ownership to help more people achieve their dream of owning a home, has raised £750k in Pre-Seed funding.  The round was led by Fuel Ventures, with participation from Heartfelt Ventures. Prominent angel investors such as Rob Hamilton, who built and sold Instant Offices to private equity house MML Capital, prolific proptech specialist Luke Appleby, and Paul Kempe of City and Provincial Properties also joined the round. 

Chromacity, a Scottish laser technology business, has secured over £1m of new funding from existing investors - Eos Advisory, Kelvin Capital and Scottish Enterprise - to support the launch of its latest ultrafast laser technology focussed on the healthcare market, and from the UK Government's Innovate UK programme to develop its technology for monitoring agricultural emissions.

Fundmypitch has played a pivotal role in the recent successful fundraising campaign of Exact Comms, which has secured £155k in pre-seed investment. 

A female-focused investment network is on a mission to establish the North of the UK as the premier investment capital for women.  With a strong commitment to fostering economic growth and gender equality, Lifted Ventures spearheads initiatives empowering female entrepreneurs and investors, ensuring that the North becomes a thriving hub for women's success.

Women are starting and running new businesses at virtually the same rate as men for the first time, while one in five entrepreneurs are non-white, according to new analysis of entrepreneurship activity in Scotland.

Wealthbrite, an award-winning company whose AI-powered accelerator programmes enable businesses to build financially savvy teams has closed a pre-seed round of £200,000 from angel investors to expand into new markets.

Pioneering audio technology company Submix has closed a $1 million funding round. This investment will drive Submix's mission to enhance remote collaboration for musicians, producers, and audio professionals, fundamentally reshaping their workflow and access to global opportunities.

Tech1M, a recruitment intelligence platform, has raised $750K in pre-seed funding to revolutionise the talent acquisition landscape. 

INQDATA, a data solutions company which hails Northern Ireland as a global centre of excellence when it comes to the talent of engineers, has received £750,000 funding from the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland’s equity arm.

4D Medicine – a UK company whose innovative biomaterial has potential to be used for a wide range of 3D printed implants and surgical devices - has raised £3.4m ($4.4m) in a Series A investment.  The funding round was led by Oshen Holdings and backed by DSW Ventures, SFC Capital, Boundary Capital and private investors including several leading scientists and surgeons. It will enable the company to complete pre-clinical testing of its first product range and seek FDA clearance for entry into the US market.