MISSION, a natural energy drink and performance tea company, has successfully extended its equity fundraising round to £2 million, including an investment from F1 driver Pierre Gasly.

YAi, a platform helping marketing agencies and brands create, evaluate, and improve AI-generated content at scale, has raised £250,000 in Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) funding from Jenson Ventures. 

StimOxyGen, a spin-out from Ulster University, has raised £1.5m, led by DSW Ventures, to accelerate the development of its innovative therapy designed to overcome treatment resistance in solid tumours.

A pioneering angel investment initiative, fhunded angels, has been officially launched by Lancashire County Council (LCC). Part of LCC's highly successful fhunded early-stage finance programme, fhunded angels is thought to be the UK's first angel network to be led and managed by a local authority at such a scale.

CapRelease, the UK's first logistics-embedded finance platform, has secured £1.7 million in pre-seed funding to redefine how eCommerce retailers access capital. The round was led by a global FinTech-focused family office with significant holdings in leading UK neobanks, alongside a group of experienced angel investors.

WEARABLE tech start-up UNA Watch has secured more than £300,000 investment from SFC Capital as it prepares to take on industry giants Apple and Garmin with the world's first repairable modular GPS sports watch.

Edinburgh-based UNA Watch, which also won the £100,000 top prize from Scottish EDGE last year, is pioneering a new category of sustainable smartwatches, allowing users to repair, replace, and upgrade components instead of discarding entire devices. The innovation aligns with the growing Right to Repair movement and addresses the mounting e-waste crisis, with 62 million tonnes of consumer electronics discarded annually.

Noxus, a startup helping enterprises build their own AI workforces to unlock business-changing productivity, innovation and growth, has raised $1.5m in pre-Seed funding. Led by SFC Capital, with participation from Antler, Bynd VC, Caixa Capital, AltaIR Capital, I2BF Global Ventures, Yellow Rocks, and Smart Partnership Capital plus prominent business angels from the European ecosystem. The funding will help further develop and scale Noxus' platform and expand operations.

Lant Medical has secured £500,000 investment from Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency, and two angel investors from the Northern Investor Hub to design a clinical trial for a promising new non-antibiotic treatment, designed to eradicate cancer-causing Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori).

adeus', a registered trademark of Mankind Technologies Ltd, has closed a pre-seed funding round, raising £295,000 from a global network of angel investors spanning the UK, Europe, USA, and Asia.

Araya Ventures has completed a second close of the Araya Super Angel Fund at £18.2million and received a milestone £5 million commitment from British Business Investments, a subsidiary of the British Business Bank, co-investing alongside the Araya Super Angel Fund.

The community-powered fund which will invest in up to 60 innovative pre-seed and seed stage primarily UK startups across the next four years that are transforming the way we live and work across Health, FinTech, Commerce and Future of Work.

Approxima closed the first part of a Series A financing round securing €7.3M. The round was co-lead by ENEA Tech e Biomedical and Panakès Partners with strong continued support from current shareholders Club degli Investitori through Simon Fiduciaria and other business angels. 

CRESS, a pioneering pre-loved school uniform platform, has successfully raised £234,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by GC Angels, alongside One Planet Capital and a group of angel investors.