11th July 2025
- 0 commentsMunich-based Robotic-Startup Filics, developer of innovative solutions for autonomous load carrier handling, has completed a new financing round. The new investors include Sandwater, Alven, F-LOG Ventures, and the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, alongside Bayern Kapital, business angels Andrei Danescu (founder and CEO of Dexory) and Helmut Schmid (CCO of Filics and former CEO of Agilox), and with continued participation from Capnamic and 10x Founders.
11th July 2025
- 0 commentsIgnite, the Ford Family Foundation's flagship pitching event for social entrepreneurs seeking funding, has launched its 2025 event.
The grant competition for social entrepreneurs emerging from UK universities is now open for entries after last year's six finalists shared more than £300,000 in funding for their start-up businesses.
11th July 2025
- 0 commentsupLYFT, a pioneering company in the smart technology sector, has completed a £500,000 investment through the Deepbridge Capital UK Innovation Seed Fund, alongside TIME Interconnect (HK) Limited.
This significant investment will enable upLYFT to accelerate the development and market introduction of its intelligent wearable technology. The funding will support product enhancement, team expansion, and operational scale-up to meet growing demand across the healthcare and sports sectors.
11th July 2025
- 0 commentsBeverage and supplement brand Neutonic has raised £2.7 million in its first funding round. The investment, backed by a high-profile group including fitness influencer Kayla Itsines, and Grenade founder Alan Barratt, will accelerate Neutonic's mission to become a global leader in nootropics.
11th July 2025
- 0 commentsThe fifth annual Investing in Women Code report was launched in London this week with key findings highlighting the strides made by the initiative.
Up from 12 founding signatories when it launched in 2019, the Investing in Women Code represents an increasingly powerful ambition to back the UK's women-led businesses.
11th July 2025
- 0 commentsAnya, a HealthTech company utilising advanced AI to deliver personalised, 24/7 care to women, empowering them to take control of their health, has received investment from five Henley Business Angels members, contributing towards Anya's seed round and marking the network's second-largest investment in a company to date.
4th July 2025
- 0 commentsThe British Business Bank has made a second investment under its new co-investment strategy as part of its £350m Regional Angels Programme into Portal Biotech, a developer of a real-time, single-molecule protein sequencing technology. The company has raised £27 million ($37m) in an oversubscribed round led by Earlybird and NATO Innovation Fund.
4th July 2025
- 0 commentsSouth Yorkshire tech startups are being offered support to validate their new early-stage ideas through a new incentive programme launched to boost the region's tech startups.
The support comes from the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority funded TECH SY project, which is offering either financial grants or support from a specialist consultancy to promising startups in South Yorkshire as part of the wider aim to help scale up our tech eco-system.
4th July 2025
- 0 commentsMozart AI, a next-gen Music AI Startup on a mission to 10x every artist, has raised £530K in pre-seed funding and unveiled its first product - a revolutionary AI-powered Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) designed to accelerate and amplify human creativity.
4th July 2025
- 0 commentsPimentae, the female-founded tequila cocktail brand redefining the ready-to-drink (RTD) category, has secured £1.5 million in new funding. The round was led by early-stage consumer fund FIGR Ventures, with participation from Revenge Capital, Solo Investments and entrepreneurs Poonam Gupta OBE and Puneet Gupta OBE.
4th July 2025
- 0 commentsOur Rainwater has successfully secured investment from SFC Capital marking a significant milestone in its journey to transform rainwater management through data-driven solutions.
4th July 2025
- 0 commentsRoomix, the UK-based furniture brand known for its customisable, made-to-order pieces, has successfully raised £850k in its latest funding round, a move that marks a new chapter in its mission to reimagine how families furnish their homes.
Founded in 2022 by Shona Chalmers and Mark Apter, Roomix was born out of a desire to make home improvements without the hefty price tag of expensive tradespeople.