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Welcome to the latest edition of the UK Tech Investment News where we keep you up to date on the latest deals in the UK tech industry.

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Pre-Seed

• Hartfield based Business Software and SaaS company Atheni Strategy (t/a Atheni), which is a platform designed to move AI use from summaries and shortcuts to analysis, decisions and deeper work raised £350k Pre-Seed investment from Alex Chesterman.

• London based SecurTech company VoxMind, which provides voice biometrics and deepfake detection raised £546k Pre-Seed investment from Ascension Ventures, Mark McDermott, Russell Hart and Cambridge angel network.

• Wetherby based Business Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS company Handshaik , which is a software development platform that simplify business growth using cutting-edge AI technology raised £1.7 million Pre-Seed investment.

Seed

• London based MedTech company Zonova Technologies (t/a Zonova), which has developed an innovative antimicrobial technology which embeds into existing medical devices, reducing the risk of infections and combating antimicrobial resistance raised £2.1 million Seed investment from THENA Capital, Animal Health Angels, Angel Academe, The Conduit Impact Fund, Arāya Sie Fund and The S100 Club.

• Newcastle Upon Tyne based Infrastructure company Surff, which is creating a fair data marketplace that restores the broken relationship between people and the companies raised Seed investment from Mercia Ventures.

• London based LegalTech company Crimson Legaltech (t/a Crimson), which is the AI platform built for litigators raised £1.8 million Seed investment from Y Combinator, Symphony Ventures, Twenty Two Ventures, ACQ Ventures, Amino Capital, Eight Capital, Scale Asia Ventures and Progressive Ventures.

• London based IT Services, Enterprise Software and SaaS company Tequipy, which is streamlining global IT equipment management through automation raised £2.6 million Seed Follow On investment from Smedvig Ventures, Manta Ray and Unfold.vc.

• Renfrewshire based AdTech, eCommerce and SaaS company Snow Line (t/a Go Swag), which is a full-stack corporate gifting company that helps global brands deliver premium, on-brand gifts worldwide, removing operational burden raised £3.7 million investment from Mercia Ventures and Techstart Ventures.

• Rutland based Robotics company Slamcore, which specialises in spatial intelligence software raised £10.4 million Series A investment from ROKStar Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Interwoven Ventures, MMC Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners and IP Group.

Unverified Deals

• Cheshire based Enterprise Software and SaaS company Inherent, which is an AI lab raised £37.3 million Seed investment from Index Ventures and Radical Ventures.

• London based FinTech company Luffa Technology Network Company (t/a Luffa), which is a Web3 social app that offers encrypted messaging and AI translation services raised million Series A investment from GoFintech Quantum Innovation Limited.

• London based SecurityTech company Binary (t/a RevEng.AI), which is an AI powered Binary Analysis platform for Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis raised £11.2 million Series A investment from NATO Innovation Fund, Sands Capital, In-Q-Tel, IQ Capital and Episode One.

• London based SecurTech company Geordie AI, which is a developer of an agent-native security platform raised £22.3 million Series A investment from Balderton Capital, Crosspoint Capital, General Catalyst and Ten Eleven Ventures.

• Edinburgh based SportsTech company PlayerData, which is making data accessible, utilising biometric data to enhance feedback, all-round team analysis and levelling the playing field player data raised million Series A investment from Bolt Ventures and Darco Capital.

• London based HealthTech and SaaS company Perceptic Technologies (t/a Perceptic), which develops an AI-powered tools for for scientific decision-making in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors raised £8.91 million Seed investment from Accel and Air Street Capital.

• Manchester based Telcom company VS Group Holding (t/a VS Group), which is a technology and telecoms provider to the Charity and Voluntary Sector raised million investment from Foresight Group.

Acquisition

• TrueLayer acquires In3 to launch credit and debit at checkout

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Pre-Seed

• London based Enterprise Software and SaaS company Calibre Technologies (t/a Calibre), which is building AI for the testing, inspection and certification (TIC) industry raised £2.4 million Pre-Seed investment from Vicus Ventures, CIV, I2BF, 9 Yards Capital, Jigeum and Nikesh Arora.

• London based HealthTech company Prema Cognition (t/a PREMAZ), which is a digital cognitive assessment raised £550k Pre-Seed investment from SFC Capital and Yin Chao Lee.

• London based SecurTech company Infrawatch, which is building the Internet Infrastructure Intelligence Layer, helping organisations stop cyberattacks, fraud, scams, and online abuse before they happen raised £2.2 million Pre-Seed investment from Outward VC, Triple Point Ventures and Portfolio Ventures.

• Sheffield based HRTech company Nexco.AI, which builds AI agents for executive search raised Pre-Seed investment from DSW Ventures.

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Pre-Seed

• Brighton based EdTech company AskEd, which delivers voice and conversational AI assistants for student recruitment raised £100k Pre-Seed investment.

Seed

• London based FinTech company Panta, which is transforming the index creation landscape through its state-of-the-art, cloud-based SaaS solution raised £3 million Seed investment from Fuel Ventures.

• Lancashire based Enterprise Software and AV/VR company Inter Face IP (t/a Envoke), which is a virtual demo platform raised £1.6 million Seed Follow On investment from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, Mercia, Finance Yorkshire Seedcorn Fund and Foresight Group.

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Pre-Seed

• London based FinTech company ThatRound, which is the the platform connecting startups with the right funding partners raised Pre-Seed investment from Bradley Jones.

Seed

• London based Enterprise Software company CheckStep, which is an AI content moderation software that helps global platforms detect harmful content, enforce policies, and stay compliant at scale raised £3 million Seed investment from Alea Capital Partners, Slow Ventures and LookAI.

Series A

• Wolverhampton based Business Software company StudentCrowd, which is a platform that sells pricing and market intelligence to the purpose-built student accommodation sector raised £7 million Series A investment from YFM Equity Partners and Mercia Ventures.

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Pre-Seed

• Crawley based PropTech company Arrival Systems (t/a Arrival), which is a platform that consolidates household utilities into a single subscription for renters and property managers raised £500k Pre-Seed investment from Fuel Ventures.

Seed

• London based e-Commerce company The Little Loop, which is a circular fashion marketplace enabling parents and brands to buy, sell, and recycle children’s clothing through a scalable recommerce platform raised £750k Seed investment from FSE Growth Fund and Business Angel Network.

• Cheshire based Enterprise Software company Ineffable Intelligence, which is building an AI superintelligence system raised £14.7 million Seed investment from British Business Bank, Sovereign AI Fund, Sequoia, Lightspeed, NVIDIA, Index Ventures, Google, EQT, Evantic, Flying Fish, DST Global and BOND.

• London based RecruTech company Dex Talent (t/a Dex), which is a SaaS company that offers an AI assistant to act as user’s personal talent agent and scan the tech market for next opportunity raised £3.9 million Seed investment from Notion Capital, a16z Speedrun and Concept Ventures 2100.

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Pre-Seed

• London based Enterprise Software company Numonic Labs (t/a Numonic), which is a digital asset management platform built specifically for AI-generated content raised £250k Pre-Seed investment from Fuel Ventures.

• Dorking based PropTech company InStep AI (t/a instep.ai), which builds AI-led automation for the property industry raised £900k Pre-Seed investment from Fuel Ventures.

• Oxford based Robotics company Stateful Robotics, which is a robotics software company developing a decision intelligence engine for mobile robots operating in dynamic, real-world environments raised £3.6 million Pre-Seed investment from Amadeus Capital Partners and Oxford Science Enterprises.

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Pre-Seed

• London based Enterprise Software and SaaS company First Concepts Creative, which builds AI software that helps creative teams develop ideas and manage context across creative workflows raised £750k Pre-Seed investment from Arāya Ventures, Antler, Jez Jowett, Nathan McDonald, Sean Williams, Sam Winward and Hugo Rodger Brown.

• Buckinghamshire based MediaTech company Deaku, which is an intelligent, connected workspace built for the Creator Economy raised £480k Pre-Seed investment from Fuel Ventures, Rob Landes, Charles Berthoud, Rob Van Impe and Mario Joos.

• London based Enterprise Software and SaaS company xmemory, which builds memory infrastructure for AI raised £3 million Pre-Seed investment from Fly Ventures, Begin Capital, AAL VC, 33East, Inovia Capita, Mark Shmulevich, Alexey Dosovitskiy and Konstantin Vinogradov.

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Pre-Seed

• London based SportTech, and ConsumerTech company SPORTL, which is a pay-as-you-train fitness booking platform raised £250k Pre-Seed investment from Kevin Hewitt, James Hardy and Jamie Hearne.

• Cardiff based FinTech company Obon Life (t/a DataWollet), which is an artificial intelligence-powered data automation tools designed to improve data accessibility and workflow efficiency raised £1.3 million Pre-Seed investment from 1848 Ventures, Development Bank of Wales, Sarah Williams-Gardener OBE and SyndicateRoom.

Seed

• London based SecurTech company Augur Initiative (t/a Augur), which is a technology company that applies advanced AI to support national security, protect public spaces and safeguard critical national infrastructure raised £11.3 million Seed investment from Plural, First Kind, SNR, Flix, and Tiny VC.

• London based RecruTech and HRTech company Crawljobs, which a provider of an AI-powered global job board and recruitment platform that leverages automation to connect job seekers with employers raised £2.2 million Seed investment.

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Pre-Seed

• London based DefenceTech and Robotics company Mutable Tactics, which specializing in agentic AI for defense and security raised £1.5 million Pre-Seed investment from Seraphim Space, National Security Strategic Investment Fund, Koro, Entrepreneurs First and Transpose.

• West Yorkshire based EdTech company Plato Academic (t/a Plato), which is a cutting-edge AI-powered personal study aid made to support college students in reaching their learning objectives and academic goals raised £260k Pre-Seed investment from SFC Capital.

Seed

• Cambridgeshire based AgriTech company Bindbridge, which is an AgTech company that applies artificial intelligence to discover and design molecular glues for crop protection raised £2.8 million Seed investment from Speedinvest and Nucleus Capital.

• London based FinTech company Payr, which enables rent payments with credit/debit cards, offering flexibility, rewards, and international payments with secure, instant payouts raised £1.6 million Seed investment from Ingenii Capital, Haatch and Velocity Capital.

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Pre-Seed

• London based MediaTech and ConsumerTech company luupli, which is a social platform provider raised £445k Pre-Seed investment.

Seed

• Wynyard based Enterprise Software and SaaS company Klik UK (SaaS) (t/a KLIK SaaS), which is a software that powers digital communities, enabling them to better Connect, Communicate & Collaborate raised £300k Seed investment from Malcolm Knott.

• London based HRTech, RecruTech and SaaS company Clstr (t/a Kinfolk), which is the AI Workforce Operations platform for modern HR teams raised £5.1 million Seed investment from AlbionVC, PROfounders Capital, Ascension, Emerge, Tony Jamous and Saurav Chopra.

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Pre-Seed

• Warwickshire based HealthTech company Matresa, which is a clinical-grade, preventative maternal health platform focused on early screening, risk identification, and continuous care across pregnancy, postpartum and return to work raised 315k Pre-Seed investment from SFC Capital.

Seed

• Isle Of Wight based Telcom company Meaningful Planet, which is a provider combining network services with a proprietary telecoms management platform designed to reduce waste, cost, and administrative complexity across large SIM estates raised Seed investment from SFC Capital.

• Birmingham based ConsumerTech and MarketPlace company Cubbi App (t/a Cubbi), which is a money-saving app for new and expecting parents raised £50k Seed investment from Susie Ma.

• Newport based HealthTech company Pontiro, which is a healthtech company founded to make medical imaging data safe and accessible for research and AI development raised £357,500 Seed investment from SFC Capital, Plug and Play Ventures and British Business Bank.

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Seed

• London based AudioTech and MusicTech company Arthos U.K. (t/a Mozart AI), which is an intelligent DAW that understands natural language through text and voice, and converts user instructions to high quality musical output raised £4.4 million Seed investment from Balderton Capital, Mercuri, EWOR, Kevin Hartz, Charles Ferguson, and Emery Wells.

• London based FinTech company Bracket Group (t/a Bracket), which is an FX, treasury and cash management platform aimed at high-growth and mid-market businesses raised £5.1 million Seed investment from Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Global Markets business, Blackfinch Ventures and Failup Ventures.

• Hampshire based SensorTech company SMF Systems (t/a VapeGuardian), which provides a fast, reliable & affordable solution to detect vaping in schools & indoor spaces raised £350k Seed investment from Angel Investment Network.

• Amersham based LogisticsTech and MarketPlace company 3PLS Platform (t/a fulfilment.com), which is the data-driven marketplace connecting ecommerce brands with the world’s best fulfilment providers and 3PLs raised £4 million Seed investment from Blackfinch Ventures and Haatch Ventures.

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Pre-Seed

• London based Enterprise Software company Dataline Labs, which is an AI company building a proprietary AI-powered data platform (MIRA AI) that organises enterprise data and enables natural-language querying raised £740k Pre-Seed investment from Haatch Ventures and British Business Bank.

• St. Albans based FinTech company TaxNova , which is an AI fintech platform that focuses on R&D tax credit automation raised £730k Pre-Seed investment from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) speedrun accelerator, s16vc and Karaoke Club.

• Oxfordshire based IndustrialTech and Enterprise Software company Polaron , which is a startup specializing in AI-driven materials design raised £5.8 million Pre-Seed investment from Racine2, Speedinvest and Futurepresent.

• Oxford based MarTech, AdTech and SaaS company Decima2, which uses generative AI and causal modelling to help businesses identify which marketing activities are delivering genuine results raised £480k Pre-Seed investment and Grant from Haatch, and Nicolas Dessaigne.

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Pre-Seed

• London based HealthTech and WellnessTech company Emerald Labs (t/a Emerald), which provides a preventive health membership service platform designed to support early detection, ongoing monitoring, and data-driven personal health management raised £1.4 million Pre-Seed investment from Boost Capital Partners, Mark Fountain and Granatus Ventures.

Seed

• London based WellnessTech company Vet Analytics (t/a MyARC), which is a fitness app for content creators and their fans raised £1.5 million Seed investment from Araya Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Techstars, and G Fund.

• London based FinTech and Enterprise Software company Paraglide AI, which automates the busywork of high-volume B2B collections, handling invoice queries, reminders, replies and personalised follow-ups with AI agents raised £3.6 million Seed investment from Bessemer Venture Partners, DN Capital, Born Capital and The Nordic Web Ventures.

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To view full funding histories and more, visit www.deallite.uk.

Pre-Seed

• London based Business Software and SaaS company LaunchLemonade, which is a platform for building, sharing, and monetizing AI agents that actually convert prospects into revenue raised £357k Pre-Seed investment from Spring Syndicate and Ventures Together.

Seed

• Grantham based DefenceTech and SecurTech company Shield Space, which is developing systems to protect satellites from signal jamming or attack raised £2 million Seed investment from Midlands Engine Investment Fund II (via Mercia Ventures), Twin Path Ventures, ROI Ventures, and P3A Ventures.

Series A

• Hertfordshire based Business Software and SaaS company Elyos Energy UK (t/a Elyos AI), which offers a suite of autonomous AI agents that automate customer communications and operations for trades and field service companies raised £9.7 million Series A investment from Blackbird Ventures, Pi Labs and Y Combinator.

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