The British Business Bank has made a second investment under its new co-investment strategy as part of its £350m Regional Angels Programme into Portal Biotech, a developer of a real-time, single-molecule protein sequencing technology. The company has raised £27 million ($37m) in an oversubscribed round led by Earlybird and NATO Innovation Fund.

South Yorkshire tech startups are being offered support to validate their new early-stage ideas through a new incentive programme launched to boost the region's tech startups.

The support comes from the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority funded TECH SY project, which is offering either financial grants or support from a specialist consultancy to promising startups in South Yorkshire as part of the wider aim to help scale up our tech eco-system.

Mozart AI, a next-gen Music AI Startup on a mission to 10x every artist, has raised £530K in pre-seed funding and unveiled its first product - a revolutionary AI-powered Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) designed to accelerate and amplify human creativity.

Pimentae, the female-founded tequila cocktail brand redefining the ready-to-drink (RTD) category, has secured £1.5 million in new funding. The round was led by early-stage consumer fund FIGR Ventures, with participation from Revenge Capital, Solo Investments and entrepreneurs Poonam Gupta OBE and Puneet Gupta OBE.

Our Rainwater has successfully secured investment from SFC Capital marking a significant milestone in its journey to transform rainwater management through data-driven solutions.

Roomix, the UK-based furniture brand known for its customisable, made-to-order pieces, has successfully raised £850k in its latest funding round, a move that marks a new chapter in its mission to reimagine how families furnish their homes.

Founded in 2022 by Shona Chalmers and Mark Apter, Roomix was born out of a desire to make home improvements without the hefty price tag of expensive tradespeople.

Fuel Ventures has led a £525,000 investment round into Eventwise, the end-to-end event budgeting platform that gives event professionals full control over their finances, so they can focus on delivering exceptional experiences. The round, which closed on 30th June, signals a key milestone as Eventwise scales its platform and infrastructure to meet growing demand across the events industry.

UK AI startups secured $2.4 billion in venture capital funding in the first half of 2025, representing 30% of all UK VC raised -

Perci Health, the UK's most comprehensive virtual cancer clinic, has successfully raised a total of £7.7 million funding, after closing a new £3 million round, doubling the original £1.5m target. This includes a £295,000 investment from Macmillan Cancer Support, further solidifying the charity's belief in Perci Health's mission

The entrepreneurs behind two of the UK's most successful hospitality tech businesses have joined forces to launch a new venture that aims to reshape hospitality recruitment.

Sam Brown and Nick Holroyd-Doveton have raised £785,000 to further develop their matchmaking platform, Candid Hospitality. The funding came from NPIF II - Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Ventures and part of the Northern Powerhouse Fund II (NPIF II), Haatch and an angel investor, and marks the first NPIF II equity investment in Hull.

Appacut, the UK's leading mobile barbering platform, has raised £600k in seed funding to accelerate its national expansion, led by musicMagpie co-founder Steve Oliver, who joins as Non-Executive Chair.

Glyde, the currency platform that empowers individuals and businesses to send, receive and convert money on their own terms, has secured £450,000 in pre-seed funding led by Fuel Ventures. The investment will be used to grow Glyde's engineering team, accelerate product development, and expand adoption across the UK and internationally.