Grid Edge, a UK company whose AI-powered software helps reduce carbon emissions and energy costs in commercial buildings has raised over £2.8m from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund II and Mercia Ventures, Centrica, bp Ventures and private investors.

UK-based startup Matoha, manufacturers of AI-powered material identification scanners, have completed a first phase of Seed funding which will enable them to solve the problem of textiles sorting for recycling. The round was led by Archipelago Ventures and the Circular Plastics Accelerator with additional investment from Conduit Connect, British Design Fund, Fashion for Good and others.

Komodo Energy, the Cambridge based software company tackling the energy grid challenge of electrifying heat, has raised £340,000 from investors who deeply understand energy flexibility markets and have backed other critical energy flexibility players at their earliest stages such as Electron, Piclo and Ev Energy.

Bower Collective, a leading sustainable home and personal care product brand has secured equity funding from the British Business Bank's South West Investment Fund. The investment comes via appointed Fund Manager, The FSE Group, and takes Bower's total funds now raised through multiple funding rounds to £6.6 million.

Haatch Ventures has made a pre-seed investment in Leafr, a marketplace connecting mid-market businesses with vetted independent sustainability consultants.

FLIT, an engineering company that builds folding electric bikes for urban commuters, has raised £1.2 million in new funding with participation from ACF Investors, Cambridge Angels and former Head of Technical Development at British Cycling, Tony Purnell. The funding will be used to ramp up production of its latest model, the FLIT M2 at its Cambridge facility.

An innovative Scottish company looking to revolutionise the way buildings are insulated has secured a substantial six-figure investment.  Sisaltech has successfully raised £800,000 in a funding round led by TRICAPITAL Angels, with backing from Scottish Enterprise.

GRYD Energy, a solar tech startup and developer of the UK's first true solar subscription, has raised £1 million to fund its national expansion.

Lithium Salvage ("Li-Sal") UK Limited has secured significant funding to scale production in a new facility in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear.

The investment round led by Venture Sunderland with additional investment from Sixthwave Ventures, Gaspara Asset Management, NPIF II - Maven Equity Finance, which is managed by Maven as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II ("NPIF II") and business angel investors from across the UK.

A Scottish start-up looking to net its share of Europe's £9 billion seaweed market has secured a substantial six-figure investment.  Kaly Group has successfully raised £300,000 in a funding round led by TRICAPITAL Angels, with co-investment from Scottish Enterprise.

The business opened its first seaweed farm on the Isle of Skye earlier this year and will use the cash injection to expand its operations and develop an integrated and sustainable seaweed supply chain along Scotland's west coast.

Seaweed offers clean alternatives to plastics, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and textiles, and can also be used in food, animal feed and fertilisers. The potential for seaweed farming to revitalise Scotland's marine industries is also significant.

With full-scale processing facilities, the sector could create over 550 jobs across the Scottish supply chain, offsetting the decline of traditional fishing and marine industries.

Groundbreaking new technology capable of generating power without emitting carbon will be developed in Durham, Edinburgh and Aberdeen following a major investment deal.  H2CHP has secured a six-figure cash injection to advance its free-piston engine, which generates heat and power efficiently from multiple clean fuels.

Wilder Sensing, a developer of software for biodiversity monitoring using audio and Artificial Intelligence (AI), has secured a £300,000 equity investment from the South West Investment Fund, via appointed Fund Manager The FSE Group.

This forms part of a £700,000 investment round that also includes Oxford Innovation Finance and Cambridge Angels. The new funding will enable the company to create 15 new jobs, increasing its capacity to deliver cutting-edge solutions in biodiversity data collection and analysis.