Eatron®, a fast-growing scale-up with its unique ‘intelligent automotive software’ platform for the edge and the cloud has raised $11M in its Series-A round led by MMC Ventures with participation from Aster Capital and Vinfast.

Preservica, a market leader in Active Digital Preservation software, has announced $6.8M (£5M) in investment funds from Gresham House Ventures to further accelerate product innovation in transforming the way organizations manage and protect critical long-term digital content.

UK equestrian start-up, Armaros, which has developed an innovative new type of flexible body armour for horse riders, has secured a £100k investment from British Design Fund.

The company was founded by Esmeralda Tuomi (pictured), a former Finnish showjumper who suffered a bad accident while riding. The body protector she was wearing at the time saved her life but like fellow riders, she found existing products to be very rigid and uncomfortable. In some cases, also impacting on balance.

All-in-one charge point and EV-friendly energy tariff comparison service Rightcharge, has raised £700k in a fully subscribed Seed funding round, to help accelerate the adoption of smart EV charging in the UK.

GP Bullhound acted as exclusive financial advisor to SALESmanago, the leading no-code omnichannel customer engagement platform on its acquisition and growth investment by SilverTree and Perwyn. 

Cerbos, a new open source software startup helping tech scaleups and other companies manage user permissions more efficiently, has raised a $3.5 million seed round.

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that aims to transform the ease and speed of home purchasing, has announced a £6m investment funding round led by Manchester-based Praetura Ventures.

British Patient Capital has made a €30m commitment to Partech Growth II, which has announced its final close at €650m.

METCLOUD, the innovative cloud and cybersecurity provider, has secured £1,000,000 funding from Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) West Midlands Equity Fund, managed by Midven, part of the Future Planet Capital Group, for its multi-award-winning platform. 

Launched in 2017, Birmingham-based METCLOUD has rapidly established itself as one of the most innovative cybersecurity and cloud technology providers in the UK. As well as providing a leading cybersecurity platform, through its partnerships, METCLOUD is helping organisations to accelerate the adoption of next generation technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics.

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has invested in Switchd via the Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2). This forms part of a capital raising round of over £1.2 million in which other investors included Nationwide Building Society, Inspired Energy and Crowdcube.

ARC Marine has secured £2 million in funding during its latest round. The deal was led by the FSE Group, the appointed fund manager for CIOSIF (The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund) and supported by a US impact VC fund Sustainable Ocean Alliance and two technically experienced angel investors.

NOS 5G Fund, created by NOS and managed by Armilar Venture Partners, and Triple Point Ventures, have co-invested €4.4M in digital health start-up knok. The investment round also includes participation from previous investors, the Social Innovation Fund and Social and Environmental Impact Fund MSM (Mustard Seed MAZE). The Portuguese start-up will use the investment to develop complete and fully integrated telemedicine solutions which benefit enormously from 5G technology.