Paapi, a next-generation Ad Measurement Platform, has closed a £420,000 pre-seed funding round led by SFC Capital, the UK's most active early-stage investor. The initial round was oversubscribed by 20%.

Paapi is tackling one of adtech's biggest challenges: giving brands a clear and independent view of cross channel advertising ROI-without relying on the platforms marking their own homework. Paapi offers a cost-effective solution that connects spend to performance across channels, campaigns and creatives.

Teal, the payroll data platform building financial data solutions for the credit industry, has raised £1.4 million in pre-seed funding led by Passion Capital

Foresight Group has invested £3 million in Ad Signal, a provider of content intelligence for the media and entertainment industry.

Foresight's investment will allow the Company to accelerate the rollout of new products and expand its commercial footprint, capitalising on growing demand from broadcasters, platforms and post-production houses seeking more efficient, cost-effective content management solutions.

Valla, the trailblazing legal platform placing employment rights back into workers' hands, has secured £2 million in seed funding to democratise access to justice for millions across the UK. The funding was backed by top global VCs and angel investors including Tom Blomfield, Ada Ventures, Active Partners, and Portfolio Ventures.

Motion, a London-based care technology startup, has closed a funding round of over £250,000 to accelerate the digital transformation of UK care homes. 

PlaySafe ID, the platform for gamers that keeps cheaters, hackers, bots, and predators out of games, has raised $1.12M (€1 million) in pre-seed funding to bring trust, fairness, and accountability to gaming communities, without compromising player privacy or freedom.

The round was led by Early Game Ventures, with participation from Hartmann Capital and Overwolf. The raised capital will fuel rapid expansion and strategic platform integrations, as the company gears up for a major go-to-market push and targets 250,000+ users in the coming months.

Oxford University Innovation (OUI) spinout Mode Labs has raised £3 million in seed funding to take chemical sensing out of the lab and into the field - anywhere, anytime. Its platform could radically change how water quality is monitored, delivering lab-grade sensitivity with 1,000 times less reagent, a fraction of the power consumption, and at just 10% of the cost of current technologies.

SCI Semiconductor, a UK start-up that aims to win the race to develop the world's first ‘memory safe' computer chip has raised £2.5m in a funding round led by Mercia Ventures.

Wull Technologies, a joint venture between Manchester-based Vector Labs and Wool Insulation Wales, has received backing from the University of Manchester Innovation Factory and Greater Manchester Combined Authority's GM Advance fund. Each has invested £150,000 in the business.

Everybody Counts, the UK-based EdTech social enterprise delivering inclusive, AI-powered maths education, has raised £500,000 in the latest phase of its £1.9 million seed funding round. The investment, led by Fuel Ventures with support from industry angels, will accelerate the global rollout of its personalised learning platform designed to close the maths attainment gap for all learners.

Bristol-based renewable energy company Cepro has raised £335,000 angel investment to accelerate its mission to decarbonise and decentralise home energy and shake up the energy industry in the process.

Tended, the company behind a wearable safety solution, which helps to improve the safety of railway staff and prevent avoidable incidents, has raised £2m from Praetura Ventures and Blackfinch Ventures, as it aims to expand into new sectors and global markets.

Lincoln-based Tended has created an innovative geospatial positioning device to alert rail workers when they exit designated safe zones, allowing them to maintain a safe distance from onsite hazards, such as open lines and in-use heavy machinery.