Abtrace, a healthtech start-up which uses machine learning to transform how chronic and long-term health conditions are detected, monitored and treated, has raised £2.1m of seed funding in a round led by Faber and joined by Ganexa Capital.

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has invested in RealVNC, a leading vendor of remote access and remote support software.  Founded in Cambridge in 2002, by the original inventors of VNC remote access technology, and now led by CEO Adam Greenwood-Byrne, RealVNC is a highly-rated vendor in the large and fast-growing market for remote access and remote support solutions, with customers in 160 countries.

North west based multi-family investment office, Arete, has announced it has led a private investment into business solutions group, Leonard Curtis, in a deal which values the business at £40m. The deal, which saw a £15 million investment into the professional services firm, was a venture led by Arete in partnership with Svella.

Musiversal, a global platform designed for making music creation and production more accessible to musicians and studio producers, has successfully raised a €1,36 million Seed financing round. The funding was led by the Shilling, a venture capital firm, counting also with the participation of existing investors, namely LC Ventures, REDangels and Best Horizon.  In addition to the Seed round, Musiversal also received €310 thousand in funding from the Portugal 2020 Programme, with the support of FEDER/European Union, bringing the company’s total to €2,51 million in funding to-date.

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has invested in leading social media publishing business, Jungle Creations. The investment was made through Livingbridge’s Enterprise 3 fund, which invests in fast-growth SMEs.

BurdaPrincipal Investments (BPI), the growth capital arm of media and tech company Hubert Burda Media, has invested in UK-based Oddbox, a platform that is leveraging technology to fight food waste. BPI has invested a total of £16m, comprising a combination of primary and secondary investment. 

SnapDragon Monitoring, an online brand protection business, has raised £1.2m in its latest funding round - bringing the total raised to just over £3m - from ACF Investors, Mercia, and Scottish Enterprise, to help brand owners identify and remove fakes, copycats and online threats, using intellectual property to do so.

Echion Technologies is a leading developer of next generation materials for Lithium-Ion batteries. Its products deliver a unique combination of fast-charging capability, cost-effectiveness, and high energy density, vital for the world’s shift towards decarbonisation through pervasive electrification.

DataMilk, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool which autonomously optimizes E-Commerce websites to improve the customer experience and drive increased sales, has raised a $1.7m seed round led by Brazilian VC big_bets, European investors RTP Global, and Berlin-based Angel Invest, with additional support from investor Matthew Freud and the founders of digital commerce platform VTEX to expand its product offering across the globe as it takes on more employees to drive forward product development.

QVentures has announced their latest fund investment into Semeris, a legal AI startup that builds contract analysis products for the financial sector.

Ordnance Survey, Britain's national mapping service, has decided to exercise its stock options in UK InsurTech, Flock. This marks the first time Ordnance Survey has ever held equity in a startup.  Flock has recently raised $17M in funding to supercharge its expansion into new geographies and product lines. This round of funding marks a major milestone in building a global, fully digital insurance company for connected and autonomous vehicles.     

Mafic, a leading UK construction technology company, has secured a major investment in its innovative Safeguard Internet of Things (IoT) solution for the construction sector. The investment from Errigal Contracts, a market leading construction company, will enable Mafic to further develop the wearable Safeguard devices through implementation with workforces, on vehicles and in materials at key customer sites.