A Northumberland-based AgriTech firm has secured a six-figure investment and received innovation grant funding to transform how farmers and rural landowners manage their assets.  Drone Ag established its business delivering aerial crop scouting, spraying, and mapping using drones and smart data-analytics and has gone on to secure a mix of Innovation funding to expand their operation into developing a drone-based solution to soil sampling.

A doctor who has developed an app to help reduce anxiety in children undergoing surgery has raised £1.5m from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), Mercia’s own funds and private angel investors.

Gabriel IS has completed an exit deal with Scottish biotech business CuanTec after the company secured a significant investment from Hive Energy Ltd., one of the UK’s largest renewable energy and cleantech project developers.

Atelerix, a business at the forefront of cell preservation with aims to revolutionise the way we store, and transport cells and tissues, has raised £425,574 investment to help fully commercialise their product and bring it to market.

Angel Academe has made its latest investment is in Dem Dx, founded by CEO Lorin Gresser. Dem Dx’s CE-certified AI clinical reasoning platform helps frontline healthcare professionals to make initial clinical assessments more effectively and efficiently.

CybExer Technologies, a NATO-awarded cyber range company with global customers spanning international defence organisations, financial institutions, and critical infrastructure enterprises, has announced a €5m funding round to meet market demand and expand its global operations in the face of  a global cyber security skills gap and the explosive growth in increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks.

Nous (to rhyme with ‘house’) a London-based fintech start-up, has raised a $9m seed financing round to build out its service that helps households get smart and stay vigilant as they navigate the imminent cost of living crisis. 

The company, founded in 2021 by a team of serial entrepreneurs headed by former venture capitalist and onefinestay founder & CEO Greg Marsh, has raised funds from a who’s who of angels, entrepreneurs and investors.

SPOKE, a new app that provides music with mindfulness benefits, has secured a £1.1m pre-seed investment led by Ada Ventures. The funding will be used to expand its team, further develop the product and train more artists to create music that can have a positive impact on the mental wellbeing of a younger generation.

The entrepreneur behind a new property management platform COHO has raised £275,000 to establish it as the ‘Airbnb for shared living’.

Vann Vogstad has raised funding from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, and a number of private angel investors.

AI-driven cancer detection platform C the Signs has raised £5,000,000 in Series-A funding from MMC, Ataraxia and Acequia Capital, alongside notable Angels including the past CEO of AXA Health, past CEO of Bupa, and Founder of Monzo.

London-based eCommerce start-up aisle-3 have confirmed they are accelerating the release after securing £400,000 from angel investors including from Snap, Catch and MoneySupermarket.

Intelligent energy management and storage technologies specialist, Verlume, has received a £2.5m investment from a consortium led by Par Equity.

Par Equity, a venture capital firm based in Edinburgh, specialises in investing in innovative technology companies and was joined by existing investors, Orchard Venture Capital and Scottish Enterprise.