UK Tech Investment Weekly Alert - 48th Edition
A total of £1,113.78 million was raised by 15 technology companies over the last 7 days:
Unlike previous weeks, I have managed to add all the deals listed here into Deal Lite. Please visit https://app.livestax.com/unifiedvu/techcelerate-deal-lite/lite and select last week to see them all. Please submit any feedback you have on here. Many thanks.
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- Manchester based EdTech company Digital Training Solutions, which uses cutting edge interactive video technology to bring a gaming approach to training raised undisclosed investment from Maven and GC Angels.
- London based EdTech company Blackbullion, which provides digital financial education that is both impactful and effective raised £400k Seed investment from Lord Stanley Fink, MPA Education, Emerge Education and Jisc.
- London based FoodTech company Deliveroo, which delivers straight to your door your favourite restaurants and takeaways raised £452.12 million Series G investment from Amazon, T. Rowe Price, Fidelity Management and Research Company and Greenoaks.
- Harrogate based FoodTech company Authenticate Information Systems, which provides a technology-led solution for managing complex supply chains raised £2.3 million Series A investment from Mercia Technologies and Summit Alpha.
- London based WellnessTech company Urban Massage, which offers on-demand wellness service app to consumers as well as employees raised £8.45 million Series B investment from ADV, Passion Capital and Felix Capital.
- Edinburgh based RegTech company Symphonic, which helps you share data across new boundaries and support new data use cases while maintaining privacy and compliance raised undisclosed investment round from Maven.
- London based RegTech company Arkk Consulting, which simplifies regulatory and statutory reporting raised £5 million investment from Mobeus.
- Cardiff based eCommerce company Brushbox, which offer oral care subscription box service raised £770k Seed Follow On via Crowdcube.
- Scotland based FinTech company Direct ID Co., which allows your business to start using and understanding customer bank data raised £1.57 million Seed investment from Amadeus Capital Partners and SixThirty.
- London based FinTech company Greensill, which specialises in Supply Chain Finance raised £628.56 million investment from Softbank [assumed some or all of it is lending capital].
- Glasgow based EnergyTech company Synaptech, which reduces power transmission, distribution and renewable generation costs by reducing outages, preventing damage and minimizing civil works raised £2.1 million investment from Foresight Group.
- Northumberland based DroneTech company OpenWorks, which is building drone busting weapons raised undisclosed Seed investment from Adderstone Group.
- Cambridge based Semiconductor company Agile Analog, which brings a step change to the analog IP semiconductor market with a new way of doing things raised £3.5 million Seed investment from Firstminute Capital, Delin Ventures and MMC Ventures.
- London based Enterprise Software company InstaDeep, which delivers AI-powered decision-making systems for the enterprises raised £5.5 million Series A investment from AfricInvest and Endeavor.
- London based RetailTech company BrandHouse Secures, which offers an online platform for fast moving consumer goods raised £3.51 million Series A investment from China Renaissance Capital Investment.
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Techcelerate Events:
A glimpse into what we would be discussing:
It's easy to come up with an idea which solves a specific problem you identified. It's harder to validate and develop a product that your customers would fall in love with. The journey from idea to product launch can be full of surprises and may take 3x longer than your initial estimate.
Techcelerate Coffees 14 and Pitch Practice 3 #TCMCR
We are still looking for one more company to pitch. Do get in touch. The venue is at Crowe, which means you get free coffee for the first time.
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Best regards
Manoj and team
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