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08/08/2025

🚀 UK founders are on fire this week!
💸 £14M raised across 7 startups pushing boundaries in:

🔐 Cybersecurity
🍽️ Foodtech
🤖 AI
💊 Healthtech
🛍️ B2C

📊 Weekly Startupmag Recap:
• Total Raised: £13,920,000
• Biggest Round: £5M – Approov (Cybersecurity)

🚀 1. Approov raised £5,000,000
Edinburgh's Approov secures £5 million in Series A funding to enhance mobile app security and combat evolving cyber threats. Brilliant work Ted Miracco on securing this investment!

🚀 2. Doughlicious raised £3,800,000
Doughlicious raises £3,770,000 to expand its healthy frozen snacks—set to make a tasty splash in the U.S. and beyond! Great job Kathryn Bricken on this achievement!

🚀 3. Tracelight raised £2,700,000
London's AI startup Tracelight lands £2,700,000 in Seed funding, aiming to transform financial modelling and boost analyst productivity! Congrats on the raise Peter Fuller and Janek Zimoch!

🚀 4. Wanda Health raised £1,900,000
Wanda Health secures £1.9M to enhance remote patient monitoring, paving the way for groundbreaking innovations in healthcare! Well done Tom Smith, impressive raise!

🚀 5. NeuWave Technologies raised £550,000
NeuWave Technologies secures £550K to boost offshore wave forecasting, cutting costs and enhancing accuracy with its AI-powered engine! Congrats Jana Stella!

🚀 6. Adanola raised funding
Manchester's Adanola secures funding from STORY3 Capital, reaching a $530 million valuation. With star endorsements, it’s set to soar! Congrats on the funding Niran Chana and Hyrum Cook!

💡 Additional startups:
🚀 7. Resilience Media raised funding

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06/08/2025

Startupmag is now a media partner for The Business Show — one of the UK’s biggest and most influential startup events.

📍 13–14 November
🏛 ExCeL London
👥 30,000+ attendees
🎤 200+ seminars

We’ll be covering the speakers, spotlighting UK founders, and bringing the best of the show to our readers and community.

Speakers include:
– Alex Partridge (Founder, LADBible & UNILAD)
– Touker Suleyman (Chairman, Dragon’s Den)
– Tessa Clarke (Co-Founder, CEO, OLIO)
– Lucie Macleod (Founder, Hair Syrup)
– Jason Graystone (Entrepreneur)
– Sam Holmes (CEO, Prime Time Beers)
– Olivia Mae Hanlon (Founder, Girls in Marketing)

A big thank you to the incredible team behind The Business Show London, and a special shoutout to Cerian Swain for making this collaboration happen.

Attending, exhibiting or speaking?
DM me. We'd love to feature more startups and founders in the run-up to the event.

06/08/2025

🚨 Investor of the Week 🚨
Spotlight on Dawn Capital — one of Europe’s leading VCs backing the next generation of B2B SaaS and AI startups.

💼 Latest Deal: Inforcer raised £23M
📍 HQ: London 🇬🇧
💸 Stages: Series A, B & Growth
🚀 Backed: Ably, Collibra, Daitaku

Dawn Capital team
– Evgenia Plotnikova – General Partner
– Haakon Overli – Co-Founder & General Partner
– Shamillah Bankiya – Principal

👇 Know a founder building in B2B SaaS or AI?
Tag them — this VC should be on their radar.

—
Founders already backed by Dawn include:
🧭 Matthew O'Riordan (Ably) – Ably solves the messiness of real-time infrastructure. Today, it powers apps used by millions. Clients include HubSpot and Toyota.

🤖 Florian Douetteau (Daitaku) – Daitaku uses AI to optimise complex business processes. It’s building the next generation of operational intelligence for scaling companies.

📊 Felix Van de Maele (Collibra) – Collibra helps global enterprises make sense of their data. Felix built it into a category leader in data governance. It's used by firms like Adobe, Dell, and Pfizer to stay compliant and data-driven.

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(cc: Dawn Capital — another sharp move with inforcer 🔥)
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01/08/2025

£102M raised by 11 UK startups this week!

From AI diagnostics to blockchain identity to HRtech, British innovation is on fire:

📅 28 Jul – 1 Aug 2025
💸 Total Raised: £101,890,000
🏆 Top Round: £41.4M (Ultromics – AI)
🔬 Sectors: AI, Healthtech, HRtech, Blockchain, Biotech

👇 Your full Startupmag funding recap starts here:

1. Ultromics raised £41,400,000
Ultromics secures £41.4 million to advance AI-driven heart disease diagnostics, harnessing tech to transform patient care. Congrats Dr. Ross Upton and Ross Upton!

2. Sava Technologies raised £14,300,000
Sava Technologies raises £14,300,000 to launch its game-changing wearable health monitor, aiming for a new era of health tracking! Congrats on the funding Rafaël Michali and Renato Circi!

3. TaskMaster Resources raised £15,000,000
TaskMaster Resources nets $15M in funding to boost growth and target £100M revenue—watch this Leeds firm shake up the staffing scene! Excellent news Andrew George Skorupka - congrats!

4. Zodia Markets raised £13,600,000
Zodia Markets secures $18.25 million to power international growth and enhance stablecoin payment solutions. The future of finance starts now! Congrats on the raise Nick Philpott and Usman Ahmad!

🚀 5. LIfT BioSciences raised £10,400,000
LIfT BioSciences secures £10,380,000 to tackle cancer with innovative therapies. A game-changer in the biotech landscape awaits! Congrats on the funding Alex Blyth!

6. DynaRisk raised £3,500,000
DynaRisk lands £3,500,000 funding to enhance cyber risk management, making it a top investment for savvy backers in a digital age! Congrats Andrew Martin!

💡 Additional startups:
7. Novee AI raised £1,600,000
8. JECO raised £960,000
9. Fluid Focus raised £640,000
10. Productive Machines raised £510,000
11. Unmind raised funding

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25/07/2025

Fantastic funding week for British innovation! £571M raised across 10 companies with game changing tech in Energy, SaaS, Fintech, Healthtech and AI.

This is your weekly startupmag recap:

Total Raised: £571,380,000
Largest Round: £282.6M (Zenobē – Energy)
Sectors Energy, SaaS, Fintech, Healthtech and AI

🚀 1. Zenobē raised £282,600,000
Zenobē is an energy‑tech company that designs, finances, builds, and operates grid‑scale battery storage and EV fleet electrification services to support renewable energy and transport decarbonisation. Smashing it Steven Meersman!

🚀 2. Xelix raised £119,200,000
Xelix raises £119,240,000 to enhance AI in finance, streamlining accounts payable and driving innovation in the fintech landscape. Smashing it Phillip Watts!

🚀 3. Sunsave raised £113,000,000
Sunsave lights up the green energy scene with £113 million in funding! Discover how their subscription model is changing solar access for all. Brilliant fundraising Ben Graves and Alick Dru!

🚀 4. inforcer raised £25,900,000
Inforcer secures £26M in Series B funding, empowering MSPs to enhance client service amid the growing demand for Microsoft solutions. Big win Richard Thompson and Will Connor - well done!

🚀 5. Monet raised £17,000,000
Unlock financial agility with Monet's £17M funding boost! Tailored solutions for creative agencies are here to streamline your cashflow. Great achievement Jacob Casson - congratulations!

🚀 6. Bitfount raised £5,900,000
Bitfount enables secure, privacy-preserving AI analysis on sensitive data without sharing the raw data. Brilliant fundraising Dr. Naaman Tammuz and Dr. Blaise Thomson!

💡 Additional startups:
🚀 7. Magentic raised £4,100,000
🚀 8. Modern Baker raised £2,500,000
🚀 9. Bloom raised £1,200,000
🚀 10. Currency Stream raised funding

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18/07/2025

Exciting week for UK's startup scene! £76M raised across 10 companies with game changing tech in Healthtech, Blockchain, Greentech, Fintech and Biotech.

This is your weekly startupmag recap:

Total Raised: £75,600,000
Largest Round: £44.8M (Numan – Healthtech)
Sectors Healthtech, Blockchain, Greentech, Fintech and Biotech

🚀 1. Numan raised £44,800,000
Numan is a UK-based digital health clinic for men, offering treatments for issues like erectile dysfunction, hair loss, and testosterone deficiency. It provides online consultations, prescriptions, and discreet delivery of medication. Fantastic work Sokratis Papafloratos - well deserved!

🚀 2. Ja Mining raised £12,700,000
Join the blockchain wave with Ja Mining's £12,680,000 boost! Discover how they're set to transform the cloud mining landscape.

🚀 3. Gen Phoenix raised £11,200,000
Gen Phoenix raises £11,150,000 to drive sustainable leather innovation, transforming waste into high-quality solutions. Discover the future now! Exciting news John Kennedy - congrats on the round!

🚀 4. Yetipay raised £3,500,000
YetiPay is a UK-based fintech providing modern card payment terminals and software tools for small businesses. Kudos Oliver Pugh!

🚀 5. ScienceMachine raised £2,600,000
ScienceMachine lands £2,600,000 in funding, ready to transform biotech research with AI-driven data analysis. A game changer for innovation! Great job Lorenzo Sani on this achievement!

🚀 6. TRIFFT Loyalty raised £400,000
London's TRIFFT Loyalty secures £410,000 in funding to transform customer loyalty. Big things are on the horizon—stay tuned! Smashing it Jason Smith!

💡 Additional startups:
🚀 7. Inntelo AI raised £500,000
🚀 8. Warden AI raised
🚀 9. FundApps raised funding
🚀 10. Quant Insight raised funding

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04/07/2025

British founders securing serious backing! £87M raised across 8 companies with game changing tech in Biotech, Ecommerce, Fintech, Energy and Healthtech.

This is your weekly startupmag recap:

Total Raised: £87,420,000
Largest Round: £31M (HIVED – Ecommerce)
Sectors Biotech, Ecommerce, Fintech, Energy and Healthtech

🚀 1. Portal Biotech raised £25,500,000
Portal Biotech secures £25,510,000 to advance protein analysis and unlock new insights in biotech. A game-changer for research awaits! Excellent news Andy Heron - congrats!

🚀 2. HIVED raised £31,000,000
HIVED raises $42M to transform UK parcel delivery with AI-driven solutions and dynamic logistics—redefining e-commerce efficiency! Great achievement Murvah Iqbal and Mathias Krieger - congratulations!

🚀 3. Yaspa raised £8,800,000
Yaspa secures £8.79m to fuel US expansion, blending open banking and AI for smarter payment solutions. The fintech landscape is watching! Big win James Neville - well done!

🚀 4. AssetCool raised £10,000,000
AssetCool secures £10 million in Series A funding, paving the way for innovative tech to tackle grid congestion and enhance energy efficiency. Well done Dr. Niall Coogan, impressive raise!

🚀 5. MediShout raised £6,600,000
MediShout secures £6,590,000 in funding, set to transform hospital operations and boost efficiency across Europe and the US! Congrats on the funding Ash Kalraiya and Ali Nehme Bahsoun!

🚀 6. Zango raised £3,500,000
Meet Zango: the London fintech just secured £3.5M to simplify compliance with AI. It's time to streamline your regulatory processes! Congratulations Shashank Agarwal and Ritesh Singhania on the successful funding!

💡 Additional startups:
🚀 7. Pimentae raised £1,500,000
🚀 8. Mozart AI raised £530,000

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27/06/2025

Fantastic funding week for British innovation! £145M raised across 9 companies with game changing tech in AI, Mobility, Biotech, Healthtech and Greentech.

This is your weekly startupmag recap:

Total Raised: £145,223,000
Largest Round: £99.2M (PhysicsX – AI)
Sectors AI, Mobility, Biotech, Healthtech and Greentech

🚀 1. PhysicsX raised £99,200,000
PhysicsX nets £99,210,000 to drive AI innovations, reshaping industries and boosting global growth—an exciting opportunity for investors! Congrats on the raise Jacomo Corbo and Robin Tuluie!

🚀 2. Metaview raised £25,700,000
London startup Metaview raises £25,720,000 to supercharge AI-driven hiring solutions—transforming recruitment for top companies. Fantastic work Siadhal Magos and Shahriar Tajbakhsh - well deserved!

🚀 3. Zeelo raised £17,000,000
Zeelo secures £17,040,000 to enhance TaaS, revolutionising transport for employers and schools while expanding into new markets. Excellent news Barney Williams and Sam Ryan - congrats!

🚀 4. Outsee raised £1,800,000
OutSee clinches £1.8M in seed funding to boost its AI tool, *Nomaly*, transforming drug discovery and advancing genomic analysis. Well done Dr Julian Gough, impressive raise!

🚀 5. Giles AI raised £750,000
Giles AI secures £750k in pre-seed funding to enhance medical research with cutting-edge AI. Innovation in healthcare is on the horizon! Kudos Constantin Gorgan!

🚀 6. Simplisales raised £373,000
Simplisales secures $500,000 in funding to streamline B2B sales workflows, enhancing productivity with AI-driven solutions. Discover more! Congrats Ihsan Diskan!

💡 Additional startups:
🚀 7. Fundin raised £330,000
🚀 8. FourTwoThree raised funding
🚀 9. Our Rainwater raised

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21/06/2025

Strong week for UK's innovative startups! £55M raised across 8 companies with game changing tech in Fintech, Healthtech, AI and Proptech.

This is your weekly startupmag recap:

Total Raised: £54,842,000
Largest Round: £39M (Aspora – Fintech)
Sectors Fintech, Healthtech, AI and Proptech

🚀 1. Aspora raised £39,000,000
Aspora raises $53M to enhance banking for immigrants, boosting transaction volumes to over $2B and redefining financial solutions for NRIs! Great achievement Parth Garg - congratulations!

🚀 2. Ceryx Medical raised £11,000,000
Ceryx Medical raises $15 million to advance cutting-edge cardiac therapies, promising to enhance recovery for heart failure patients. Excellent news Stuart Plant - congrats!

🚀 3. Ankar raised £3,000,000
Ankar secures £3 million led by Index Ventures to transform IP management with AI-driven solutions, driving innovation for top companies! Exciting news Tamar Gomez - congrats on the round!

🚀 4. Voda raised £650,000
Voda is a mental wellbeing app designed by and for the LGBTQIA+ community, offering self-guided, evidence-based therapy tools—like CBT, ACT, DBT, mindfulness exercises. Well done Jaron Soh, impressive raise!

🚀 5. Zero One Creative raised £400,000
Zero One Creative secures £427,000 to elevate storytelling with their groundbreaking AI platform, AMARA. Watch this space! Great achievement Ashkan Dabbagh and James Elkin - congratulations!

🚀 6. Glyde raised £450,000
Unlock seamless currency exchange with Glyde! Freshly boosted by £450,000 in funding, this platform is set to change the game. Congratulations Ellis Taylor on the successful funding!

💡 Additional startups:
🚀 7. Blocktype raised £315,000
🚀 8. Icon Solutions raised funding

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13/06/2025

Fantastic funding week for British innovation! £380M raised across 10 companies with game changing tech in Greentech, Legaltech, Data Analytics, Fintech and Automation.

This is your weekly startupmag recap:

Total Raised: £380,040,000
Largest Round: £300M (Believ – Greentech)
Sectors Greentech, Legaltech, Data Analytics, Fintech and Automation

🚀 1. Believ raised £300,000,000
Believ is a UK-based electric vehicle charge point operator that installs, operates, and maintains publicly accessible EV charging stations. Congrats Guy Bartlett!

🚀 2. Definely raised £22,200,000
Definely bags £22,210,000 in Series B funding, boosting its AI legal tech and spotlighting a new era for legal professionals! Impressive raise Feargus MacDaeid and Nnamdi Emelifeonwu - looking forward to what's next!

🚀 3. Maze raised £18,500,000
Maze secures £18,500,000 in funding to boost its AI-native cloud security platform, setting new standards for data protection. Fantastic work Harry Wetherald and Thomas Mary - well deserved!

🚀 4. Noah raised £16,300,000
Noah raises £16,280,000 to enhance payment infrastructure, aiming to redefine financial access for businesses worldwide. Congrats on the raise Shah Ramezani!

🚀 5. Q5D raised £10,000,000
Q5D secures $13.5 million to reshape product electrification, tackling manufacturing inefficiencies with advanced robotic tech. Congrats on the raise Stephen Bennington!

🚀 6. OpenTrade raised £5,200,000
OpenTrade secures £5,150,000, supercharging its plans to transform FinTech with innovative stablecoin yield solutions. Big win David Sutter and Dave Sutter - well done!

💡 Additional startups:
🚀 7. Impact Recycling raised £3,300,000
🚀 8. Perci Health raised £3,000,000
🚀 9. SushiDog raised £1,300,000
🚀 10. Flomark raised £300,000

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06/06/2025

Great news from Britain's startup ecosystem! £74M raised across 10 companies with game changing tech in Legaltech, Software, Tech, Cyber security and Construction.

This is your weekly startupmag recap:

Total Raised: £74,190,000
Largest Round: £18.5M (Wordsmith AI – Legaltech)
Sectors Legaltech, Software, Tech, Cyber security and Construction

🚀 1. Wordsmith AI raised £18,500,000
Edinburgh's Wordsmith AI secures £18,490,000 to enhance legal intelligence—poised to reshape efficiency in legal teams across industries! Big win Ross McNairn - well done!

🚀 2. Skyral raised £14,800,000
Skyral has secured £14,790,000 in Series A funding to reshape decision-making with groundbreaking tech solutions. Exciting times ahead! Great achievement Naomi Hulme - congratulations!

🚀 3. Labrys raised £14,800,000
Labrys has secured £14,770,000 to elevate workforce management, paving the way for smarter, AI-driven solutions for remote teams. Kudos August Lersten!

🚀 4. ThreatSpike raised £10,400,000
ThreatSpike secures £10.4m to simplify cybersecurity for mid-sized enterprises, aiming for growth with enhanced all-in-one solutions. Amazing achievement Kate Blake and Adam Blake!

🚀 5. Auar raised £5,100,000
Auar secures £5.1M to redefine sustainable housing with its automated construction platform, eyeing expansion across Europe. Congrats on the funding Mollie Claypool and Gilles Retsin!

🚀 6. Filament Syfter raised £3,500,000
Filament Syfter raises £3,540,000 to enhance AI-driven dealmaking, empowering firms with smarter data solutions for optimal outcomes. Impressive raise Phil Westcott - looking forward to what's next!

💡 Additional startups:
🚀 7. Literal Labs raised £4,600,000
🚀 8. OBT Live raised £2,250,000
🚀 9. Melius CyberSafe raised £250,000
🚀 10. CareLineLive raised funding

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30/05/2025

UK startup ecosystem thriving this week! £247M raised across 14 companies with game changing tech in Fintech, Biotech, AI, Energy and Cyber security.

This is your weekly startupmag recap:

Total Raised: £247,470,003
Largest Round: £141.1M (Dojo – Fintech)
Sectors Fintech, Biotech, AI, Energy and Cyber security

🚀 1. Dojo raised £141,100,000
Dojo bags £141,130,000 to supercharge payment solutions across Europe—big opportunities ahead for founders and investors! Congratulations Juan Farrarons and George Karibian on the successful funding!

🚀 2. Juvenescence raised £56,200,000
Juvenescence Limited secures £56,200,000 to tackle aging head-on! Discover how this biotech pioneer is shaping the future of health. Congratulations Dr Richard Marshall on the successful funding!

🚀 3. Stotles raised £9,600,000
Stotles helps businesses discover and win public sector contracts by providing access to government procurement data and sales insights. Well done Taj Kamranpour and Carsten Schaltz, impressive raise!

🚀 4. Volteras raised £8,200,000
Volteras lands £8,230,000 to reshape energy management! Expect innovation for EV services and smarter data solutions ahead. Congrats Peter Wilson!

🚀 5. Velocity raised £7,400,000
Velocity raises £7,430,000 to enhance fintech solutions, unlocking seamless capital management for businesses around the globe! Big win Tom Greenwood and Eric Queathem - well done!

🚀 6. SpAltial raised £9,600,000
SpAItial launches with £9.6m funding to pioneer AI-generated 3D environments, redefining industries from gaming to robotics! Big win David Novotny and Luke Rogers - well done!

💡 Additional startups:
🚀 7. Applied Computing raised £9,000,000
🚀 8. Ontik raised £2,700,000
🚀 9. SCI Semiconductor raised £2,500,000
🚀 10. RoxFit raised £800,000
🚀 11. Motion raised £250,000
🚀 12. Ankar raised £3
🚀 13. Ad Signal raised funding
🚀 14. Lynx Craft raised funding

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