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Relace raises a £1.2m pre-seed round led by Boost Capital to automate regulatory management for financial services firms
Relace automates regulatory management for financial services firms by applying rules to each firm's specific operating model, products, services and customers. The platform establishes which obligations apply, tests firms against them and provides a live, traceable view of regulatory posture and gaps across multiple jurisdictions.
Sprive unlocks an £8m Series A from VCs to help homeowners pay down their mortgages
Sprive is a mortgage overpayment app for UK homeowners. Cashback earned on everyday shopping through the app is automatically put towards the user's mortgage, reducing interest costs and potentially shortening the term, and the app also monitors the market for cheaper mortgage deals.
Qureight lands £15m Series B led by Molten Ventures to bring AI imaging to clinical trials for lung and heart disease
Qureight is an end-to-end imaging company that provides enterprise-grade imaging and precision endpoints for clinical trials, with a focus on lung and heart disease. Deep learning models built on 3D chest imaging quantify structural changes that indicate disease progression, giving biopharma partners measurable endpoints during trials.
Neuronostics raises £3m in funding led by Empirical Ventures and The FSE Group for platform that diagnoses epilepsy from brain activity recordings
Neuronostics develops BioEP, a digital biomarker platform that analyses EEG recordings to support the diagnosis and prognosis of epilepsy. The platform is designed for clinicians who need objective decision support when routine EEG results are inconclusive.
Saltroad raises £1.5m in funding led by Techstart Ventures to build an AI-enabled speech and language therapy workforce
Saltroad is a speech and language therapy provider that gives families private access to NHS speech and language therapists. Its associate model matches therapists to a child's clinical needs without waiting lists, at a lower cost than traditional private therapy.
Voxmind secures £550k led by Ascension Ventures for on-device voice biometrics that authenticate users and detect deepfakes
Voxmind is a London-based voice biometrics and deepfake detection startup. Its patent-pending phoneme-frequency extraction engine analyses the biomechanics of the human vocal tract to deliver language-agnostic voice authentication and deepfake detection for enterprises, contact centre operators, and hardware manufacturers.
NunaBio raises £6.5m led by Northstar Ventures to manufacture high fidelity synthetic DNA at scale
NunaBio develops an enzymatic DNA synthesis platform that manufactures high fidelity synthetic DNA at scale. The platform enables customers in sectors such as medicine, biotechnology and diagnostics to access complex DNA formats that are difficult to produce using traditional methods.
ManaMind secures a £1.1m pre-seed round led by SVV to develop autonomous QA agents for gaming
ManaMind is an autonomous game testing startup that builds AI agents to test video games. Its platform plays through games, identifies bugs, and generates reports to reduce manual quality assurance work for game developers.
Hosel lands a £500k pre-seed round led by Ascension for second-hand golf equipment marketplace
Hosel is a platform that helps golfers compare, buy and trade pre-owned golf clubs and equipment from trusted sellers. It aggregates listings from multiple sellers in one searchable site and provides price comparison, authentication guarantees and trade-in services.
Kinfolk raises a £5m seed round led by AlbionVC to shift manual HR workflows with agentic AI
Kinfolk builds AI agents that execute HR workflows directly inside Slack. It automates tasks such as drafting letters, updating HRIS records and coordinating approvals to reduce manual HR administration.
Tembo lands £16m in funding led by Gresham House Ventures to help home buyers with digital savings and mortgage setup
Tembo operates a digital savings and mortgage platform for prospective homebuyers. It connects savings products with mortgage advice and tracking tools in a single app.
Eolas Medical raises £9m Series A led by Acton Capital to give healthcare professionals access to on-demand medical knowledge
Eolas Medical provides a clinical knowledge platform that gives healthcare professionals instant access to local guidelines, protocols and pathways at the point of care.
Stream announces a £67m Series D led by Sofina to help firms provide financial tools for the everyday worker
Stream partners with employers to provide workplace financial tools, enabling workers to access wages, manage savings and pensions, and reduce reliance on high-cost credit.
farmdrive secures £1m pre-seed round led by TechStart Ventures and Ascension Ventures to scale livestock data and supply-chain platform
farmdrive offers livestock data and supply chain software for farmers, processors and retailers, replacing manual compliance paperwork with real-time animal tracking, traceability, forecasting and sustainability reporting from farm to shelf.
Synkka launches with pre-seed led by Ascension to build AI workforce for parcel delivery operations
Synkka builds an AI workforce for parcel delivery operations, starting with tools that automate carrier integrations and reduce manual effort across ecommerce, logistics and cross-border delivery networks.
Sprive raises £5.5m seed round led by Ascension to help UK homeowners repay mortgages faster
Sprive runs a mortgage overpayment app that helps UK homeowners reduce interest costs by automatically applying spare cash, shopping rewards and refinancing opportunities to their mortgage balance.
Capably raises £3m in funding led by Boost Capital Partners to expand intelligent automation platform
Capably offers an intelligent automation platform that lets non technical teams delegate repetitive business tasks to AI while retaining control, visibility and reliability across everyday operational workflows.
Merx raises £1m pre-seed led by VentureFriends to power AI-driven conversational commerce on WhatsApp
Merx builds an AI-driven conversational commerce platform that allows brands to sell and support customers through WhatsApp, enabling personalised product discovery and purchases within messaging apps.
FinCrime Dynamics secures seed funding to revolutionise financial crime prevention with AI and synthetic data
FinCrime Dynamics develops synthetic data and behavioural simulation tools that help financial institutions test and improve fraud detection systems without relying on restricted or sensitive customer data.
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