Aura Funerals, the digital end-of-life planning and funeral service, has announced a successful £750,000 funding round through Angel Investment Network, the world's largest online angel investment platform. This marks Aura's third successful raise through the network. The funds were raised as part of a larger £3.2m growth funding round.

Big Business Intelligence, trading as Distil.ai, has successfully secured a £350,000 equity investment from the British Business Bank's South West Investment Fund, via appointed Fund Manager The FSE Group. The funding is part of a £1million round that also includes investment from Waterspring Ventures.

The University of Sussex Business Angels (USBA) group has announced the latest investment by its local business angels in a pre-seed fundraising round for "last mile delivery" technology platform, Naurt.

Air Aware Labs, a London-based tech start-up tackling the global health crisis caused by air pollution through personalised data, has announced the first close of its oversubscribed pre-seed investment round. This funding is expected to accelerate growth, starting with a mobile app version of their flagship product AirTrack.

Dorset Business Angels (DBA) kicked off 2025 with its first pitch event of the year on February 3rd at the Carlton Hotel in Bournemouth, introducing an innovative new ‘Meet the Founder' session.

An innovative Scottish company looking to revolutionise the way buildings are insulated has secured a substantial six-figure investment.  Sisaltech has successfully raised £800,000 in a funding round led by TRICAPITAL Angels, with backing from Scottish Enterprise.

GRYD Energy, a solar tech startup and developer of the UK's first true solar subscription, has raised £1 million to fund its national expansion.

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.