The Royal College of Art (RCA) - via its Design & Innovation S/EIS Fund hand - and Infinity Asset Management LLP have invested in Reporti, a company developing a real-time incident reporting platform that enhances safety at live events such as concerts, festivals, nightclubs, and sports matches.

UK fintech innovator Bourn has closed a £1.5 million seed round with a mission to transform the SME finance landscape with its Flexible Trade Account (FTA). The funding round was led by Haatch, alongside fintech specialists Love Ventures, Portfolio Ventures, and Aperture, with additional backing from private investors. Founded by Nick Tracey, Roger Vincent and Paul Gambrell, the company also welcomes seasoned fintech executive and former banker Leda Glyptis as a Non-Executive Board Member.

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OneID®, the UK's only provider of bank-verified digital identification services, has secured new funding led by ACF Investors. OneID is one of the leading angel-funded businesses in the world, having raised over £16m from more than 200 UK, Swedish and US Angel Investors. The investment will be used to drive growth and expand operations and services to reach a growing customer base.

Aura Funerals, the digital end-of-life planning and funeral service, has announced a successful £750,000 funding round through Angel Investment Network, the world's largest online angel investment platform. This marks Aura's third successful raise through the network. The funds were raised as part of a larger £3.2m growth funding round.

The University of Sussex Business Angels (USBA) group has announced the latest investment by its local business angels in a pre-seed fundraising round for "last mile delivery" technology platform, Naurt.

Yavrio, a London-based Open Banking fintech, has raised $2.4 million in seed funding to accelerate the fast-growing firm's mission to transform the enterprise resource planning (ERP) space by eradicating error- and fraud-prone CSV file imports.

Fuel Ventures led the round with a $1.9m investment and joins an illustrious group of Yavrio investors which includes Sajid Javid, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Garth Ritchie, former President of Deutsche Bank, alongside Dan Cobley, co-founder of ClearScore and Salary Finance.

Shopblocks, the Stockport-based business that is a pioneer in digital commerce, has raised £2m from NPIF II - Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Ventures as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II), Mercia's EIS funds, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and private investors.

Web security company Almanax has secured $1 million investment which will enable the company to accelerate its growth.

This funding round brings onboard a distinguished group of investors, including Blockchain Builders Fund, Exor Ventures, Vento Ventures, Italian Angels for Growth (IAG), Eden Ventures by IAG, Moonbase, and several strategic angels. Almanax has closed $1.5 million to date and hired key talents from firms like Fireblocks, Circle, Mastercard, and institutions like MIT.

The Royal College of Art (RCA) and Infinity Asset Management LLP have invested, through its RCA Design & Innovation S/EIS Fund, in PulpaTronics.

Mulder, a UK-based, female-led, and minority-owned MedTech SaaS startup, has raised £500,000 in its rolling pre-seed round. Led by SFC Capital, a prominent early-stage investor in the UK, the round also received support through an Innovate UK SMART Grant. Mulder is dedicated to transforming traceability and regulatory compliance in the medical device industry.

The Investment Fund for Northern Ireland (IFNI) has deployed £5.95m of equity investment in its first year of operation, leveraging a total of £14.6m of investment across deals with six local companies.