Belgium: Classified Cycling, a Belgium-based company developing innovative technology for the cycling industry, today announces it has closed a funding round of €22 million led by Active Partners, the investors behind well-known cycling brands Rapha and Evans Cycles. Existing investor Bridford Investments Limited continue to support Classified by participating in the round. The company’s investors also include well-respected Olympic and World Champion riders, Tom Boonen, Anna Van der Breggen, Andre Greipel and Marcel Kittel.

EcoSync, an Oxford University start-up offering innovative dynamic, room-by-room energy management solutions for commercial buildings, has raised close to £1m in its second seed funding round. At a very exciting stage in its development, the energy management technology start-up is looking forward to expanding into new sectors beyond higher education, bringing its energy saving benefits to other commercial buildings such as offices, schools and hotels.

Sustainable shopping platform Greenr.co.uk has raised £260k supported by Anglia Capital Group members.

France: Biomemory, a start-up focused on DNA data synthesis and storage, has closed of a 5 million euros seed investment for the development of its technology. The seed funding round was led by eureKARE and the French Tech Seed Fund, managed on behalf of the French State by Bpifrance within the scope of France 2030, with the support of Paris Business Angels, Prunay Impact and existing investors Octave Klaba (Founder and President of OVHcloud), Flavien Kulawik (Co-Founder of KLB Group), Radouane Kharbichi (SAP Entrepreneur), Eric Carreel (President and Founder of Withings, Sculpteo, Invoxia and Zoov), Jean David Benichou (President of Via.io and CEO of Viadialog).

A Leeds-based tech company whose advanced remote working software is used by the Home Office and the NHS has raised £400,000 from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), and angel investors.

Market Dynamics, a pioneering fintech start-up on a mission to democratise systematic trading for retail financial traders, has moved its operations to Brigantine Place, Cardiff following equity investment from the Development Bank of Wales.

Canada: East Valley Ventures-backed agtech company Picketa Systems has released its flagship product LENS, which allows agronomists and other agricultural professionals to analyze plant tissue in real-time in the field.

Enterprise Loyalty Cloud platform, Antavo, has successfully closed its Series A round at €10M led by Euroventures alongside Lead Ventures, iEurope and Innovation Nest and private investors including Zoltan Vardy, empowering the company to develop its best-in-class SaaS platform.

Untap, a UK start-up that has developed a device capable of detecting and monitoring the spread of infectious diseases in sewage, has just secured a £100k investment from British Design Fund, as part of a £1.1m fundraise from specialist funds and angel investors.

Queen City Angels (QCA) has announced the closing of an investment in C360, a Pittsburgh-based computer vision SaaS company that provides solutions to leading broadcasters and sports leagues around the world.

Worldr, the zero trust architecture for the world’s most popular collaboration and communications platforms, is announcing that it has raised a total of $11 million in Seed funding. 

UK: Howbout, a London-based startup that makes it easier for groups of friends to make plans, has raised a total of £1.92 million from investors including ACF Investors, Supernode Global, Boost Capital, and angel investors Claire Valoti (senior advisor Snap Inc.) and Desigan Chinniah (ex-Paypal and Skype).