Traced, a SaaS company that delivers cybersecurity powered by artificial intelligence for mobile devices to protect businesses from data breaches, has received investment from several Henley Business Angels members and guests, contributing to a total funding round of £400,000.

A UK company that provides an ethical alternative to the ad tracking techniques used by tech giants such as Facebook and Google has raised a £1.5m investment to build its global presence.  CitizenMe has secured funding from the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia, alongside funds from 1818 Capital and private investors.  The platform was developed in response to concerns over current practices, where consumers’ data is collected via apps or website cookies and may be used by multiple companies for marketing purposes.

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Intelligent property search portal property.xyz has secured a seed round of angel investment of £268,000 from eleven, experienced investors in the fields of technology, finance and real estate.

Borrower wellbeing app, ilumoni has officially launched and is now available to download on Android and iOS devices.  The app, which has received £1.63 million in investment since inception and gained FCA authorisation earlier this year, has successfully completed its Beta testing and is now available to the wider market.  

9fin, a leading provider of data, news and predictive analytics for debt capital markets, has announced an £8m Series A round to fuel its expansion into the US. The company is opening a New York office following increased demand from existing customers in Europe.  The latest investment was led by Redalpine, alongside previous investors in the company, Fly Ventures. Angel investors Paul Forster, Co-Founder of Indeed, and Alan Morgan, Co-Founder of MMC Ventures, also participated, along with Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital and a number of high net worth individuals

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Imophoron, a developer of a novel, next generation rapid-response vaccine platform, ADDomer(TM), to combat present and future infectious diseases, has secured £4 million in an oversubscribed fundraising round. 

London-based conversational media platform Octaive has raised £500k in an angel investment round. Backed by high profile industry leaders, the funding round is the first external investment by the two year old creative technology startup, which has seen revenues more than double in the past year, making it already profitable. Octaive’s ‘conversational media’ technology generates ‘active attention’ through conversations between consumers and brands within standard display and video inventory.

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Method Grid, providers of an enterprise-level connected assurance platform for regulated sectors, including engineering-construction and consultancy, with plans to expand into new project-based sectors, have raised their third round of investment from a network of eleven private investors. Including new funding and conversion of loan into equity, Method Grid have received a total of roughly £1 million to fuel their expansion into new markets and development of their integrated platform capabilities.

Digital and tech start up investment network NorthInvest has extended its strategic partnership with law firm Gordons following a successful three-year relationship.