Semiconductor manufacturer Kubos is set to bring its revolutionary new compound semiconductor material to South Wales, with a £670,000 equity investment from the Development Bank of Wales.  The funding wsa part of a wider £2.2 million round from investors including Dr Drew Nelson, founder of IQE plc, Angels Invest Wales Co-Investment Fund and business angels, plus a £700,000 grant from Innovate UK.

Where You At ("WYA") an app which uses indoor mapping and offline bluetooth positioning to allow users to precisely locate and contact friends in spaces without connection, has raised funding from Angel Academe.

Superfy, the AI-powered social networking platform catering to Gen Z, has raised a further $2.2m in its latest funding round from a number of high profile angel investors.  This latest funding brings its total funding to $6.7m. Superfy’s AI instantly connects users with the most relevant people so they can discuss anything on their mind – get real-time responses, tips, and more, in a live chat.

Dubai, UAE - Lune, a leading Emirati Financial Data Analytics company, has successfully concluded a seed funding round of $1.5 million. This investment will fuel further expansion of Lune's MENA operations and solidify their position as a leader in data-driven financial solutions.

Pollen Careers, a job platform on a mission to transform the entry-level job market into a more inclusive and equitable space, has raised £112,000 funding via SeedLegals, which reached 100% of the target amount in just one week and closed after being overfunded by 12%. Private investors also participated in the round.  The new funding will be used to scale operations to accommodate more employers, meet growing demand, automate processes and for product design, paving the way for future scalability.

South East Angels has invested in Blue Skies Space - a startup on a quest to enable the world’s research communities to solve the biggest questions in the universe.

Relevic, a web personalisation SaaS platform, has secured £150,000 in a pre-Seed round led by early-stage venture capital firm Jenson Funding Partners. Launched in 2023 by Ali Sohail, Saad Sohail and Fahd Sheikh, the funding will be used to enhance the product whilst increasing customer acquisition.

A new University of Liverpool spin-out company, Atomik AM, brings together cutting-edge chemistry and solutions-focused engineering expertise to enable manufacturers to reduce cost, waste and adverse social impact.

Investment and pension provider Prosper is establishing a back office at Capital Quarter in Cardiff following an investment of £520,000 from the Development Bank of Wales and a syndicate of 11 business angels.

The EdTech company, founded by Salisbury mum-of-three Kirstin Coughtrie, has gone through its biggest growth quarter to date – with both significant new angel investments, alongside its learners tripling since the start of this academic school year.

A new assessment of British Patient Capital’s Future Fund: Breakthrough reveals that the programme is successfully increasing later stage capital investment into deeptech and life sciences companies – the sectors it was founded to support.

JOINRS, a start up AI based job board that puts the university students and junior profiles in front of the big corporations, has receieved its latest round of investment, raising €1.7million and has launched its service in the UK!

The capital received will be used primarily for the acceleration and the internationalization of JOINRS, which already has developed a community of over 650,000+ users ready to use the platform so that they can have a step closer in the world of work.