Neurovalens, a health-tech start-up that specialises in combining neuroscience and technology to solve health issues, has secured funding of £1.1m – its largest investment to date. Angel CoFund and Beltrae Partners, join TechStart NI as the company’s primary investors.

Entier, Scotland’s largest independent privately-owned catering company, is preparing to grab a bigger slice of international markets after a £6.5m investment from BGF.

Draper Esprit has significantly increased its equity stake in Perkbox, investing a further $8.6 million. Draper Esprit first invested in Perkbox in 2016 alongside the equity crowdfunding platform, Seedrs, and, including the follow-on investment, has now invested over $12.0 million. 

Privacy engineering software company, Privitar, today announces that it has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round led by Partech Ventures with participation from CME Ventures and Salesforce Ventures. Existing investors IQ Capital, 24Haymarket and Illuminate Financial have reinvested. 

Ash TV, an award-winning Hull-based video advertising start-up has secured funding from NPIF - Enterprise Ventures Equity Finance. Ash TV will use the investment to hire additional staff to support its ambitious growth plans. It is the first investment in Humber by NPIF - Enterprise Ventures Equity Finance.

Altitude Partners has sold its stake in VoIP provider Gradwell Communications to a management buy-in team with private equity backing. The exit has realised a strong 2.7x investment return.

Cwmbran-based technology company Hudman has been acquired by Advanced, the UKs third largest software and services company. The deal sees investor Finance Wales sell its share in the company in the first exit from the Wales Technology Seed Fund.

Quill, the global leader in Primary Content production, has closed its latest round of investment, taking the total funding raised to date to £10 million. The investment is being used to accelerate the company’s rapid growth into new markets throughout the US and Europe, as well as to further develop its proprietary cloud technology platform.

Foresight Group has launched Tranche A of its innovative Foresight Smart Bonds Fund, which offers investors the choice to invest over 1, 2 or 3 year fixed terms for between 4.07% and 4.83% rates of interest per annum.

Tech North launches its biggest and best ever Northern Stars competition to find 10 of the North’s most promising tech startups. Over the last two years, Northern Stars has had great success in helping fast-growing startups and digital businesses to receive wider recognition and growth for their business, both within the region and beyond.

Berlin-based startup Caroobi, a platform that allows users to book car repair services online, has concluded its Series A financing round led by BMW i Ventures (BMW’s venture capital arm), DN Capital and Cherry Ventures.

Curve, the UK fintech startup that combines all your cards into one Mastercard®, connected to a mobile app, has closed a Series A funding round of $10m, bringing total funding to $13m. A group of global banks, leading VCs and industry veterans have joined the funding round.