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CSignum unlocks £2.6m in funding from investors to provide underwater and underground wireless communications
CSignum provides wireless communications for environments beneath the surface of water, ice and ground, using Electromagnetic Field Signalling to move data through media that block conventional signals. Its EM2 product portfolio connects sensors at submerged and buried sites for customers in utilities, maritime, offshore energy and environmental monitoring.
MAGIC AI announces its £8m Series B led by Beringea and IW Capital to take its AI fitness mirror to the US
MAGIC AI builds an AI-powered fitness mirror that delivers real-time feedback and personalised workouts at home. The MAGIC AI Mirror uses computer vision and holographic coaching to track motion, correct form, count reps and guide users through more than 1,000 exercises.
MicroLub lands £7.5m in funding led by Northern Gritstone to help food manufacturers cut fat without losing taste or texture
MicroLub develops patented protein-based ingredients that use water to replicate the lubrication fat provides in food, beverage and personal care products. Food manufacturers use its ingredients to reduce fat and calories, increase protein and simplify ingredient lists while keeping the taste, texture and mouthfeel consumers expect.
Expanse emerges from stealth with £4m led by Crane Venture Partners for software that sizes AI workloads before they run
Expanse builds software that works out the GPU, CPU, memory and runtime a job will need before it runs and recommends the best configuration. Installed inside a customer's cloud or on-premises environment, it helps engineering teams avoid over-allocating resources and failed jobs without code or telemetry ever leaving their systems.
SCI Semiconductor raises £5m in funding led by PXN Ventures and Mercia Ventures for memory-safe computer chips
SCI Semiconductor designs computer chips that build memory safety into the hardware itself, dividing memory into trusted compartments and tightly controlling how each one is accessed. Its ICENI range is aimed at critical infrastructure, defence and medical systems, where memory safety is the key factor in around 70% of cyber attacks.
Cytix raises a £5m Series A round led by Northern Gritstone to manage the security risk of AI-driven software change
Cytix is a Manchester-based cybersecurity company that provides a change risk management platform. The platform continuously monitors every software change a business makes, validates the risk it introduces, and produces evidence for regulators of how that risk was handled.
BidScript raises £600k in a pre-seed round from PXN Ventures and SFC Capital for its AI platform helping firms win public and private contracts
BidScript is a tender management platform that helps businesses find, qualify, manage, write and submit bids for public and private sector contracts. It is built for organisations in sectors such as construction and engineering, IT and education that would otherwise rely on manual, spreadsheet-based bidding processes.
VASO Global secures £5m in funding to turn recycled glass into structural building panels
VASO Global converts waste glass into high-performance structural composite panels used to build modular homes and other buildings. Its combination of digital design, integrated manufacturing and semi-autonomous construction is aimed at people and organisations needing affordable, thermally efficient, low-carbon homes built more quickly than through traditional methods.
Silveray lands £5m Series A led by PXN Ventures to scale ultra-thin flexible X-ray film technology
Silveray has developed a flexible Digital X-ray Film (DXF®) that produces high-quality radiographic images using ultra-thin, lightweight detectors that can conform to curved surfaces. The technology is designed to replace conventional rigid X-ray detectors in both industrial inspection and medical imaging applications.
Aveni lands £12m in funding led by PXN Ventures to monitor consumer-facing AI agents in financial services
Aveni builds AI compliance and productivity tools for regulated financial services firms, including banks, wealth managers and financial advisers. Its platform monitors conduct risk across human and AI agent interactions with consumers, underpinned by proprietary language models trained on UK financial services data.
Imperagen secures a £5m seed round led by PXN Ventures to accelerate the process of enzyme engineering
Imperagen is a techbio startup developing a closed-loop enzyme engineering platform for pharmaceutical manufacturing, personal care and sustainable chemical production. The platform combines quantum physics simulations, AI modelling and laboratory automation to improve enzyme performance faster than traditional screening methods.
Rightbrain secures £3m in funding led by PXN Ventures to help services businesses deploy AI agents
Rightbrain is a platform that helps services businesses build, deploy and monitor AI agents inside the software tools they already use. The platform is designed for businesses such as marketing agencies, recruitment firms and professional services firms that want to adopt AI without rebuilding existing systems or hiring specialist
Earswitch raises funding led by PXN Ventures for in-ear blood pressure and vital sign monitoring
Earswitch develops in-ear sensing technology that enables continuous, non-invasive monitoring of vital signs through the ear canal. The technology is designed to help healthcare providers capture real-time health data without traditional cuff-based monitoring systems.
Infex Therapeutics secures £4.3m in funding led by Jon Moulton for antimicrobial resistance treatments
Infex Therapeutics is an anti-infectives specialist developing treatments for antimicrobial resistance and other infectious diseases. Its pipeline includes programmes targeting drug-resistant Gram-negative infections and respiratory infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Quantcore secures a £2.5m seed round from VC investors for quantum hardware manufacturing
Quantcore is a quantum hardware manufacturer producing superconducting components for quantum computers and sensing systems. It enables customers such as national laboratories to build and operate quantum technologies more efficiently using niobium-based materials.
Earth Blox secures £6m in funding led by PXN Ventures to turn natural risk into financial insights
Earth Blox is a technology platform that helps organisations understand how nature loss and climate hazards affect financial performance. It combines satellite, environmental and portfolio data to provide analysis for banks, businesses and other institutions.
Made With Intent lands £2.4m in funding led by PXN Ventures to provide ecommerce websites with customer intent analytics
Made With Intent provides analytics software that predicts shopper intent by analysing behavioural signals on ecommerce websites. Retailers use the platform to understand customer mindset in real time and deliver personalised experiences designed to improve engagement and conversion.
HomeCooks raises £1.4m in funding from investors for its restaurant-grade meal-prep marketplace
HomeCooks operates a meal-prep marketplace connecting consumers with dishes prepared by independent chefs. It enables customers to subscribe to weekly meal plans while supporting chefs with production and delivery infrastructure.
QV Bioelectronics raises £4.5m in funding led by PXN Ventures to treat brain cancer with implantable device
QV Bioelectronics develops an implantable medical device that delivers therapeutic electric fields to residual brain cancer cells, aiming to reduce tumour regrowth following surgery for patients with glioblastoma.
StretchSense raises £2m in funding led by PXN Ventures for its extended reality training and gaming gloves
StretchSense develops extended reality gloves that capture detailed hand and finger movement, allowing organisations to run immersive training simulations and interactive experiences without handheld controllers across sectors such as healthcare, education, aviation and defence.
Future Greens lands £500k in funding from investors to develop food waste-to-energy technologies
Future Greens develops compact bioreactors that convert food and brewery waste into on-site heat and power, reducing energy costs and waste for food manufacturers.
Orbital Marine Power lands £7m from backers including PXN Ventures to deploy its tidal turbine around the world
Orbital Marine Power develops floating tidal turbines that generate predictable renewable electricity from ocean currents, supplying continuous low-carbon power to coastal grids and industrial users.
Feasibly secures £200k pre-seed from PXN Ventures to solve bottlenecks in renewable energy planning
Feasibly builds an AI-powered geospatial planning platform that helps renewable energy developers identify, assess and de-risk suitable sites in seconds, reducing delays caused by manual analysis and planning bottlenecks.
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