Acurable, an award-winning wearable medical devices company, has announced an €11m investment as a result of its Series A funding round. The funds will be used to accelerate the international expansion of its first product AcuPebble SA100 and drive the company towards its ambition to become the preferred solution for home sleep testing worldwide. The investment was led by Kibo Ventures, along with Mundi Ventures, Kindred Capital, angel investors and Comprador Holdings among others.

Open banking-powered fintech Currensea has secured £2.4m from leading Venture Capitalists Blackfinch Ventures and 1818 Venture Capital, along with existing and new angel investors, which will be used to accelerate the fintech’s ambitious growth plans.

Building on its recent launch and in line with its growth plans for North America and Europe, KYP has announced the closure of its pre-seed funding round with total funds of approximately £800,000 raised. Despite often quoted challenging market conditions, KYP pre-seed round was 35% oversubscribed with the support of US based 1414 Ventures, BH Ventures and some leading UK Angel Investors.

Edinburgh startup, Gecko Glazing, has created an affordable, easily-installed alternative to double glazing that can cut window heat loss and carbon emissions by up to 50%. With huge potential to improve inefficient homes, including historic and listed buildings, the company has just secured a £150k investment in a funding round led by British Design Fund.

BVA BDRC's latest quarterly SME Finance Monitor findings shows that rising costs, the economic environment and climate change are contributing a stall in SME recovery.  

Sidekick, a digital active investment manager built for today’s rapidly changing world, has announced a £3.33M Pre-Seed equity round led by Octopus Ventures, one of Europe’s largest and most active venture capital investors. Seedcamp, Europe’s leading early-stage fund, and Semantic, a venture fund investing in new rails for data and the digital economy, also participated in the round.

Innovate UK KTN has chosen 13 startups of the future to take part in its prestigious sustainability accelerator programme. Over the next ten weeks, 13 companies selected from the Sustainable Innovation Fund will work with Innovate UK KTN and their partners Growth Studio to further develop their propositions and prepare to raise external capital.

Pembroke VCT plc, the venture capital trust focused on backing early-stage businesses led by exceptional founders and management teams, has today invested £2.5 million into ethical glasses company Bloobloom as part of a £3.7 million fundraise. Investing alongside Pembroke VCT are DMG Ventures and several angel investors. 

Bloobloom successfully launched two London stores in November and December 2021 (based in Carnaby Street and Marylebone High Street) and plans to grow this store network firstly in London before looking nationwide.

Lisburn-based engineering company, Rock Extraction has secured £500,000 in funding to further develop the Volt 100K, an innovative rock-breaking tool offering a cleantech alternative to explosives for the global mining industry.

Signum Surgical, the medical technology company developing innovative solutions to treat colorectal diseases, announces it has successfully raised a further €2.9 million to support its ongoing regulatory and clinical programs. The financing round was led by Halo Business Angel Network’s MedTech Syndicate, a joint initiative by Enterprise Ireland, InterTrade Ireland and Invest Northern Ireland. Additional investment was secured from the Western Development Commission and other angel investors in the medical device industry.

Ronspot has raised €1.1 million in investment funding. The news follows the recent dramatic growth in the hybrid working and space management market. This investment includes the HBAN Angel Network and Enterprise Ireland as well as being led by Dublin-based Furthr VC (formally DBIC Ventures).

Capital Pilot's Boost Fund 1, the first automated, high-volume fund for UK-based startups, has now reached its halfway milestone by completing the first 50 investments out of the £5m fund in just three months.