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Embedd raises a £2m pre-seed round led by Seedcamp to automate chip software integration for physical AI systems
Embedd builds an infrastructure platform for physical AI systems that creates a digital twin of hardware components. The platform gives AI agents the context to automate integration work and generate the software that makes a chip function, replacing the manual documentation reading and hand-written integration code that hardware software teams rely on today.
Nexcade secures a £4.5m seed round led by Project A Ventures to expand its AI agent platform for freight forwarding
Nexcade builds AI agents for freight forwarders. Its platform captures unstructured work from emails, attachments, conversations and spreadsheets and turns it into structured workflows that automate quoting, pricing, rate procurement and customer communication.
Dessn raises £4.5m led by Connect Ventures for product design and prototyping inside live codebases
Dessn is a design-in-production platform for product teams. The platform lets designers and product managers prototype and explore products directly inside their company’s real codebase without needing to run code locally or use developer tools.
Nexcade raises £1.9m pre-seed led by Connect Ventures to bring AI automation to global freight forwarding
Nexcade builds AI automation tools for freight forwarders, streamlining pricing, quoting and procurement by structuring unstructured communications across complex logistics workflows.
Cloud Capital emerges from stealth with £6m from Backed and MiddleGame Ventures to help CFOs manage cloud infrastructure
Cloud Capital helps finance teams forecast and manage cloud infrastructure spend by treating cloud usage as a financial asset, giving CFOs visibility into risk, commitments and long term costs.
Plain raises £12m Series A led by Battery Ventures to build the future of B2B customer support
Plain develops a collaborative B2B customer support platform that unifies email, chat and tools like Slack, enabling support, engineering and success teams to resolve issues faster using shared workflows and AI assistance.
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- 9 Sept 2026
Anemo LabsAnemo Labs raises a £700k pre-seed round led by Zinc and SFC Capital to build electronic nose that detects disease signals in smell
Pre-seedHealth - 8 Sept 2026
VeridueVeridue raises a £3m pre-seed round led by Episode 1 Ventures to run AI due diligence on energy infra and data centre deals
Pre-seedFintech - 3 Sept 2026
SoukSouk raises a £1.2m pre-seed round led by SVV to reactivate dormant go-to-market partnerships
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