CareLoop, a digital therapeutic platform and University of Manchester spinout that focuses on tackling severe mental illness has closed a £1.8m funding round from the GMC Life Sciences Fund By Praetura, NPIF II - Praetura Equity Finance, Verge and SFC Capital.

Astral Systems, the ambitious deeptech firm pioneering multistate fusion (MSF) technology, has closed over £4.5M investment led by 

Aston University launched its Enterprise Strategy to an audience of industry executives, entrepreneurs and local leaders at John Cadbury House in Birmingham city centre on Thursday 6 February 2025.

A cornerstone of the enterprise strategy is the Birmingham Innovation Precinct, an ambitious initiative that will establish a technology-driven innovation ecosystem at the heart of the city built on strategic and inclusive collaborations. The precinct is being developed in partnership between Aston University, Bruntwood SciTech and Birmingham City Council.

The highly anticipated Athena VC Festival is set to take place on 13 May 2025 at Nexus, University of Leeds. Uniting women venture capitalists, aspiring investors, and industry allies, this landmark event is designed to promote equity, innovation, and collaboration in venture capital.

SFC Capital, the UK’s most active seed-stage investor, has received an additional £10 million commitment from British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank,  through its Regional Angels Programme, which is designed to reduce regional imbalances in access to early-stage equity finance across the UK.

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Soource, a startup founded in 2024 in Bolzano by former European diving champion Maicol Verzotto together with Nazareno Mario Ciccarello, Silvia Chiarot, Serena Galli and Luca Taddeo, has closed a €1.5 million pre-seed round. The operation was led by 360 Capital, with the participation of EXOR Ventures, Vesper, B Heroes, several Business Angels and the Members of the Investors Club through Simon Fiduciaria .

Lithium Salvage ("Li-Sal") UK Limited has secured significant funding to scale production in a new facility in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear.

The investment round led by Venture Sunderland with additional investment from Sixthwave Ventures, Gaspara Asset Management, NPIF II - Maven Equity Finance, which is managed by Maven as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II ("NPIF II") and business angel investors from across the UK.

BOW, a robotics software company, has secured a combined £4 million seed round investment led by Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on science and technology in the North of England and chaired by Lord Jim O'Neill. Co-investors include Finance Yorkshire and NPIF II - Praetura Equity Finance, which is managed by Praetura as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II.

Fuel Ventures has invested £2 million in Prosper, a wealth management platform targeting high net worth individuals that is shaking up the way wealth is managed by unlocking access to private markets and leveraging AI.

The investment round which totalled £4 million was led by Fuel Ventures and included participation from existing investors, including England cricket captains Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler, Olympians Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, Dame Sarah Storey and Tim Pidcock, and footballers Ben White and Serge Gnabry. They are among 60 professional athletes who invested through The Players Fund, a VC firm that also took part in the round. Liverpool footballer Cody Gakpo invested directly.

Financial services AI platofrm Serene has successfully raised £930,000 in pre-seed funding to improve how financial services detect and support customers in vulnerable circumstances. The round was led by Fuel Ventures, with participation from NatWest Group, Oxford Seed Fund, and a group of industry-specific angel investors with deep sector expertise.