Oxbotica secures £34.45 million Series B investment led by bp
- 6 January 2021
OXBOTICA RAISES $47 MILLION TO DEPLOY AUTONOMY SOFTWARE PLATFORM AROUND THE WORLD Oxbotica raises $47 million cementing its position as a global leader in autonomous vehicle softwareInvestment raised from across the globe including Australia, China, UK, and the USA with bp ventures a lead investorOxbotica demonstrates the commercial viability of its universal autonomy software platform, deploying in industries today London, UK, Wednesday 6th January 2021: Oxbotica, a global leader in autonomous vehicle software, has announced the completion of a $47 million Series B investment with partners across the globe led by bp ventures. The funding will accelerate Oxbotica’s commercial deployment of
read moreAflorithmic Labs secures £1 million Seed investment from Crowd Media
- 3 February 2021
Voice Cloning AI Startup Aflorithmic Raises £1M, Making Affordable, Personalized Text-to-Voice Audio A Reality For Marketers and Content Creators London, February 3, 2020, Aflorithmic Labs Ltd, a London/Barcelona based AI Audio-As-A-Service startup, announced today that it has raised a £1 Million Seed Round from Australian media company Crowd Media Holdings (ASX: CM8 & FWB: CM3). Aflorithmic enables fully automated, scalable audio production by using synthetic media, voice cloning and audio mastering, to then deliver it onto any device or platform. With this Audio-As-A-Service, anybody can create beautiful, podcast-quality audio, tailored to each individual listener. Get Deal News in your inbox
read morePeptone secures £1.84 million Seed investment led by Hoxton Ventures
- 8 January 2021
Peptone’s protein engineering operating system which speeds up medicine development secures $2.5m investment 8 January 2021, London, UK: In a year that has seen scientists heralded as heroes and the future of protein-based medicine has sat at the coalface of a pandemic, one startup is looking to increase the pharmaceutical industry’s chances of developing future medicines quicker than ever before. Peptone, the computational physics company, has built the world’s first protein engineering operating system and, thanks to $2.5 million seed round led by Hoxton Ventures and supported by dRx Capital, a venture arm of Novartis Pharma AG, Founders Factory and
read moreLimitless Technology secures £7.3 million Series B investment led by
- 2 February 2021
Limitless Announces $10m Series B, adds Genesys as Investor and Technology Partner UK GigCX platform innovator Limitless continues global expansion and accelerates CX transformation with Genesys Cloud integration and new investment led by Redline Capital February 2, 2021: London, UK - Limitless, the AI-driven gig customer experience platform, today announced it has raised $10 million in financing. The Series B investment is led by Redline Capital and features new investment from Genesys, as well as continued participation from AlbionVC and Unilever Ventures. In addition to its latest funding achievements, Limitless also recently entered into a new technology partnership with Genesys, which was announced today by the global leader in cloud customer and contact
read moreHero Wellbeing secures £825k Seed investment from Mercia
- 21 December 2020
Digital wellbeing company set for healthy future as it raises £825k A healthtech platform has raised £825,000 investment from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, to support its continued growth. The funding will allow hero to further enhance its software platform and develop its marketing strategy. The Leeds-based company helps organisations to deliver tailored health and wellbeing programs and offers services ranging from coaching and training to medical screening and health and nutrition advice. What makes hero unique is its Navigator platform, which can track the impact of different wellbeing
read moreKinomica secures £3.9 million Seed investment led by BGF and
- 17 December 2020
KINOMICA SECURES £3.9M INVESTMENT FOR PIONEERING CELL SIGNALLING TECHNOLOGY TO AID PRECISION MEDICINE DEVELOPMENT The deal cements the business’ ambition to become a world-leader in cell signalling bioinformatics by 2022 Proteomic-data science and diagnostics company, Kinomica, has secured £3.9m in funding for pioneering technology that could prove integral to the development of new drug treatments. KScan™, a next-generation biomarker and molecular diagnostics platform, has been designed to aid the development of kinase inhibitor drugs for treating cancer patients and other conditions. It can be utilised at every stage of the drug development process; from generating novel drug targets, to investigating
read moreETIQ AI secures £585k Pre-Seed investment from SFC Capital
- 28 January 2021
Startup helps reduce cost of discovering bias in AI, democratising access for firms of all sizes to resources needed to deploy AI fairly ETIQ, a startup that helps financial companies identify and eliminate bias within their algorithms, has raised £585,000 in pre-seed funding. The funding includes equity investment from SFC Capital and grants from Innovate UK, and will be used for R&D to improve the platform as well as to expand the company’s marketing and sales functions. Developed by entrepreneur Iris Anson and data scientist Raluca Crisan after participating in the Zinc VC accelerator programme, ETIQ’s platform analyses the data
read moreSlingshot Simulations secures £1.5 million Seed investment from Mercia
- 29 January 2021
‘Digital twin’ pioneer raises £1.5m as it prepares for launch Slingshot Simulations, the Leeds-based start-up which is a global pioneer in the field of ‘digital twin’ technology, has raised a further £1.5m of investment as it prepares to roll out its system to its first commercial customers. The funding comes from existing investor NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), as well as the government’s Future Fund, and will help the business to scale its operations. Slingshot’s technology allows businesses to create a virtual model of an object or a location to
read moreCorrosionRADAR secures Series A investment led by Saudi Aramco Energy
- 10 February 2021
10 February 2021, Cambridge, UK Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures investment in CorrosionRADAR® predictive corrosion monitoring technology energises global push on industrial digitalisation New investment from Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV) is driving the next phase of global growth for UK-based company CorrosionRADAR Ltd. The funding will enable CorrosionRADAR to strengthen its operations and widen efforts to address Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) and other operational challenges through digitalisation. The investment from SAEV is part of a $5m funding round which included investment from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund (managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund),
read moreKarakuri secures £6.3 million Seed Follow On investment led by
- 3 December 2020
Karakuri unveils its first robotic canteen set to change the global food and hospitality industry The UK robotics firm secures an additional £6.5m investment to develop ways to bring the fourth industrial revolution to the food industry 3rd December 2020: Karakuri, the world-leading food robotics company, is bringing the future of food to life as it lifts the lid to unveil the world’s first automated canteen to make meals, the DK-One. Karakuri’s robotic system will revolutionise how and what we eat in restaurants, canteens, buffets, hotels and supermarkets as demand for personalised nutrition grows and the industry’s looks for new
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