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The Bland Company lands a £2m pre-seed led by Initialized Capital to turn overlooked agriculture byproducts into food proteins
The Bland Company produces functional food proteins from agricultural side streams using a biochemical process that works with existing manufacturing equipment. Its ingredients are designed for food manufacturers to replace eggs while maintaining texture, binding, and emulsifying performance.
Seamflow unlocks a £3.3m seed round led by Northzone and Initialised Capital to bring AI into certification workflows
Seamflow provides workflow software for testing, inspection and certification organisations. It embeds AI into document management and review processes to reduce administrative bottlenecks.
Olix unlocks £160m in funding led by Hummingbird Ventures to launch chips designed to run trained AI models
Olix develops optical AI inference chips designed to run trained models more efficiently than traditional GPU-based systems. Its hardware focuses on reducing compute cost and energy use for inference workloads.
Automata raises £33m Series C led by Dimension to build the operating layer between physical labs and AI models
Automata builds integrated lab automation systems for life sciences research. Its platform combines robotics, software and data infrastructure to help laboratories run experiments more consistently and at higher throughput.
AgileRL lands a £6m seed round led by Fusion Fund to speed up reinforcement learning for training AI models
AgileRL builds reinforcement learning tooling that simplifies training, optimisation and deployment of AI agents, making advanced RL techniques accessible without large research teams.
CoMind raises £75m funding led by Plural to bring non-invasive brain monitoring device to market
CoMind develops a non invasive brain monitoring device that provides continuous bedside data for critical care patients, aiming to improve treatment decisions without the risks of invasive probes.
Jack & Jill lands £15m seed round led by Creandum to take its AI recruiter and candidate matching system global
Jack & Jill uses agentic AI recruiters to match candidates and roles through natural conversations, delivering faster hiring, reduced bias and lower costs for employers and jobseekers.
Mimica raises £20m Series B led by Paladin Capital Group to capture, map and optimise business processes with AI
Mimica captures how work is actually done inside organisations, turning everyday processes into structured data that can be used to train reliable AI automation.
Tracelight lands £2.7m seed round led by Chalfen Ventures to bring AI to complex financial modelling
Tracelight builds AI tools that work directly inside spreadsheets, helping analysts automate complex financial modelling tasks, validate logic, and run analysis using natural language without changing established Excel-based workflows.
Magdrive raises £8m seed funding led by Redalpine for its next-generation spacecraft propulsion system
Magdrive develops high-thrust electric propulsion systems for satellites using solid metal propellants, enabling more efficient manoeuvring, longer missions and future in-space servicing and manufacturing.
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.
Wexler announces £1.1m pre-seed as leading law firms adopt its AI legal fact intelligence platform
Wexler builds an AI legal fact intelligence platform that helps law firms analyse large volumes of case material, surface verified facts and automate complex dispute workflows with accuracy and strong data security.
More venture news
- 11 Feb 2026
Occam IndustriesOccam lands a £2.6m pre-seed round led by Presto Tech Horizons to automate front line defence with drone software
Pre-seedDefence - 5 Feb 2026
Decima2Decima2 raises £480k in pre-seed funding from Haatch and Y Combinator to eliminate wasted marketing spend with AI
Pre-seedMarketing - 5 Feb 2026
Dataline LabsDataline Labs lands £750k pre-seed funding led by Haatch to unlock insights from fragmented enterprise datasets
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