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Tilt raises £20m in fresh funding led by TQ Ventures for auction app connecting buyers and sellers through live video
Tilt is a live auction app that connects buyers and sellers through live video, with AI matching buyers to relevant streams in real time and tools that help sellers list, price, and manage sales during streams. The platform is designed for anyone to start a resale business without a website, ad spend, or upfront capital.


Neuracore secures £2.2m in pre-seed funding led by Earlybird VC to streamline infrastructure for robotics teams
Neuracore offers cloud-native infrastructure for robotics teams, unifying data collection, model training and deployment to accelerate development of machine learning systems for real-world robots.


Portal Biotech secures £25m Series A led by NATO Innovation Fund and Earlybird to pioneer full-length protein sequencing
Portal Biotech is developing benchtop protein sequencing technology that reads full-length proteins at single-molecule resolution, enabling new insights for drug discovery, diagnostics and biosecurity research.


Briefcase raises £2.4m seed led by Earlybird to bring the next-generation of AI accounting automation to bookkeepers
Briefcase develops AI-native accounting automation software, aiming to handle bookkeeping and month-end processes so accountants can focus on higher-value advisory work.


Keel secures £5m seed round from Earlybird and LocalGlobe to fill the gap between no-code and ERP
Keel offers a platform for building custom operational software, enabling operations teams to create secure, scalable internal tools that sit between spreadsheets and traditional ERP systems without needing dedicated engineering resources.
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- 26 Oct 2026

NousNous raises £13m in funding led by Heartcore Capital and Mosaic Ventures for an AI agent that manages household bills and admin
EquityConsumer - 19 Oct 2026

FrugaFruga secures a £1m in funding led by PXN Ventures to lower insurance renewal premiums through open banking
EquityFintech - 13 Oct 2026

SainapticSainaptic raises £1m in funding led by Cornerstone VC and Ufi Ventures for AI-assisted marking of vocational and professional qualifications
EquityEducation