Nanomaterial producer iGii has raised £8.8 million of new funding to accelerate growth. The Stirling-based company, formerly known as Integrated Graphene, will use the funds to accelerate customer projects, increase its manufacturing capacity, and deepen its research and development to explore further applications of its patented Gii^TM material. iGii plans to expand its facilities and continue creating highly skilled local jobs.

Sussex-based angel investment group South East Angels has invested in Skyverse, a software startup helping increase safety and reduce costs in air traffic control operations.

Skyverse helps all airports modernise away from traditional processes to a cloud workflow solution that provides more data, transparency, and insight to a control tower. This solution allows regional and general aviation airports to access the same standard of tools typically delivered to the major international airports.

Skyverse’s SaaS tools replace Air Traffic Services’ paper-based processes and a significant volume of repetitious radio and telephone communications. The tools share clearer, faster and richer information between Air Traffic Services and their network of users. This cuts Controller and Assistant workload while improving safety and situational awareness.

Henley Business Angels (HBA) has announced a new strategic sponsorship partnership with NatWest, one of the UK’s largest retail and commercial banks, with a reputation for enhancing the startup ecosystem.   

This partnership represents a significant milestone for Henley Business Angels, providing the opportunity to leverage NatWest’s expertise, resources and extensive network to empower its members and portfolio companies to thrive and succeed from startup to exit. 

USA: Proofs, which uses AI agents to dramatically accelerate the proof-of-concept phase in software sales, has raised $2.6 million (€2.4 million) in pre-seed financing. The round was led by Earlybird Digital East Fund with support from Expeditions Fund, Step Function Ventures, RTP Global, and a number of prominent angel investors.

Wave Photonics, a Cambridge-based deep tech start-up, has received £4.5M to develop onchip photonics designs for quantum technologies, sensors, and datacentre applications.

The UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund and Cambridge Enterprise Ventures led the round, with participation from the Redstone and QAI Ventures’ Quantum Fund, Kyra Ventures, and Deep Tech Labs.  Several angel investors from the UK, EU and US participated in the round, contributing a total in excess of £400k.

Floreon Technology, a cutting-edge bioplastics firm which was spun out of a successful partnership with the University of Sheffield is set to receive a £250,000 investment from CPI Enterprises.

The University of Liverpool has become a founding shareholder in a spin-in company which has been formed to take forward technology for use in the insurance and financial sectors. Intellegri, an established company led by insurance industry experts, will spin-in to the University of Liverpool to commercialise software developed by Professor Simon Maskell, from the School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science.

ESG360°the technology platform that helps businesses comply with regulations and mitigate ESG risks has secured an investment round led by OnePlanetCapital, an early stage VC focused on climate change and businesses accelerating the transition to a green economy.

This seed funding will enable ESG360° to capitalise on several client wins and enhance its product offering and technology in the coming year.  The company has previously completed two rounds of funding, including committments from a number of angel investors.

OGI Bio, a leading Scottish biotechnology company, has secured follow-on funding of £650,000 in a deal led by TRICAPITAL Angels and supported by Scottish Enterprise, Merleview, Apollo, and Old College Capital to accelerate the company's growth and expansion in the UK, EU, and US biotechnology sectors.

Adventuro, the innovative marketplace platform dedicated to adventure sports, has closed its latest funding round with the support of esteemed angel investment network, Lifted Ventures.

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.